Writer, Screenwriter, curmudgeon, painfully liberal.https://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mlgfw73nkk2q"There was nothing that didn’t belong to him, or couldn’t, should Lorcan feel the desire. The world was a better place for people like him, and that wasn’t ego. It was scientifically proven by the most advanced algorithms to ever exist." Until the algorithm bleeds. #MicroFiction #Dystopian09 May 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgfw73nkk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mkutszwqlk2uDirective 010: Mislaid. A Ten disappears. His nanites notice. His concufriend notices. His wife notices last, and only as an echo. The world? Five minutes. #Directives #SpeculativeFiction #OptimisedFuture #dystopia https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com/directive-010-mislaid/02 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkutszwqlk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mkd67t6w4c2r"Central, why hast thou forsaken me?" When the architecture of a perfect city turns its back on you, where do you go? Down into the Scars. This week's Directive explores the price of a ninety-nine percent accurate world. Link in Comments. #SciFi #MicroFiction #Dystopia #WritingCommunity25 Apr 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd67t6w4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mjrl6ynu422w"You have a visitor." The front door vanishes. The State demands compliance. And if your biology resists, they will hijack your reality to force it. DIRECTIVE 008: CORPUS PLEROMA is now live. Link in comments. #SciFiBooks #SpeculativeFiction #WritingCommunity #SciFi #Dystopian #TenWithAFlag18 Apr 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrl6ynu422whttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mj7ybaq5rk2uDirective 007: опашка The tail of a line. The kind that stretched around the block in another era, in another system, the kind people stood in and didn't ask why. In the Optimised Future, the lines are different. The waiting is the same. Link in comments. #Directives #FlashFiction #Dystopia #SpecFic11 Apr 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7ybaq5rk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3miojdq7xqk22Directive 006: Visitation Rights. Something is missing from Tristan's evening routine. Something else is missing that won't let him mind. New entry in the weekly Directives series https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com/directive-006-visitation-rights/ #SpeculativeFiction #Microfiction #WritingCommunity #Dystopia #ScienceFiction04 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3miojdq7xqk22https://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mi4lizrjv22l“Blindness was a perk, an augmented reality which clouded the ground below on even the clearest of days.” In the Optimised Future, climbing the ladder doesn't just change your view, it actively erases the people you leave behind. https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com/directive-005-lunch/ #microfiction #dystopia28 Mar 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4lizrjv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mhkxwvexjs2rDIRECTIVE 004: LOAD-BEARING. Step into the lower categories with DIRECTIVE 004: LOAD-BEARING, the newest short dispatch from the Ten With a Flag expanded universe. The latest Ten With a Flag expansion is live on the site: https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com/directive-004-load-bearing/ #SciFi #Dystopian #TenWithAFlag21 Mar 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkxwvexjs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mgz7hxgjos26"If the frame is broken, the canvas might be replaced." Directive 003: The Hanging Thread is live on the site today. Step into the world of The Optimised Future. #scifi #DystopianFiction #WritingCommunity #Microfiction #TheOptimisedFuture https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com/directive-003-the-hanging-thread/14 Mar 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgz7hxgjos26https://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mgpa5totrs2uA creative partnership is a marriage, and like any marriage, when the parents stop talking, the kids—the stories we birth—are the ones who suffer. New on the blog: Why professional reciprocity and "Chain of Title" build every screen adaptation. https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com/any-marriage-takes-work-the-architecture-of-the-creative-partnership/10 Mar 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpa5totrs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mgikysq6yk2iThere are big things on the moving horizon—international collaborations, new narratives, and a vision for what’s next. Follow along for updates on the books and the adaptation of "Ten with a Flag." Explore the world here: josephpaulhaineswriter.com (3/3) 🧪 #ScienceFiction #BlueskyAuthors https://josephpaulhaineswriter.com07 Mar 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgikysq6yk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mgikx44j7k2iCurrently, I'm deep in expanding the world created in Ten With a Flag into a full trilogy, exploring the natural progression of a world obsessed with perfection. A world where the elite can live forever, and also regret it. 2/3 #SciFi #WritingCommunity #TheOptimisedFuture #tenwithaflag #RödFlagga07 Mar 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgikx44j7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3mgiknzsfz22iWriting speculative fiction is about finding the jagged heresy in a world of meticulous beige. I’m Joseph Paul Haines. I write stories about the cost of perfection, living without it, and the fallout of seperation. 🧵 (1/3) #SciFi #WritingCommunity #TheOptimisedFuture #tenwithaflag #RödFlagga07 Mar 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgiknzsfz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3ltcdnevlfc2y“If you’re someone who loves shooting off fireworks every night for weeks on end, I’m kind of done with your hypocritical, self-righteous, manipulative incongruence, BS of “Thank you for your service” because you obviously don’t mean it.” https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/03/veterans-ptsd-fireworks-fourth-of-july-service-dogs/?utm_campaign=socialflow06 Jul 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcdnevlfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lsruu6yjsk2pJust heard that Lady Gaga is having a baby and I’m here to tell you, if she doesn’t name that child, “GooGoo,” she’s missing a helluva opportunity.29 Jun 2025 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsruu6yjsk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3ls4qcmmzf22iHas anyone else noticed that Trump always gives a timeframe of, “Two Weeks,” when specifying when he’ll make a major decision? Two weeks to decide what to do about Iran. Two weeks on Putin sanctions. Forget TACO. How about, “Two Weeks Away Trump,” or, you know, “TWAT.” Works for me.21 Jun 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4qcmmzf22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lrxtlm4qek2gIn case you were having a good day, remember that at this very moment a religious zealot, a warmonger (unjustifiable) with a (justifiable) persecution complex, and an infantile, orange megalomaniac are all that stand between us and war in the Middle East. Have a nice day.19 Jun 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxtlm4qek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lrpt6y2iqc2fhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1CAthi2ewj/?mibextid=wwXIfr16 Jun 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpt6y2iqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lrpt5xwgcc2f16 Jun 2025 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpt5xwgcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lrid4pocdk2jHappy Paraskevidekatriaphobia Day!13 Jun 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrid4pocdk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lpjtlitoqs2h“You know you are living in a fascist country when you are constantly going over reasons in your head why YOU are safe.”19 May 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjtlitoqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3loeu3yusf22pHuckleberry is happy as well, but for the Hucka-Hucka Burnin’ Love, chillin’ is his happy place.04 May 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loeu3yusf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3loetv7xkbc2pMiss Molly is happy.04 May 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loetv7xkbc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3load2ejaos2503 May 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3load2ejaos25https://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lo7s255rk22aI was shot at and stabbed in the line of duty and the draft dodger-in-chief wants to take away Veteran’s Day? Not just no. Fuck no.02 May 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7s255rk22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lnbt6jc2t225I’m here to end the debate once and for all. Sean of the Dead IS an Easter movie.20 Apr 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbt6jc2t225https://bsky.app/profile/josephpaulhaineswriter.com/post/3lnblq4wmds2sI hope you all are in the spirit of the holiday and watching plenty of zombie movies!20 Apr 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:i676db5vjxoyjja4oll4echd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnblq4wmds2s