Writer, editor, and publisher @metaphorosis.com, long-time vegan, based in Oregon. Tofu-eating woke-rista.https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mk2fogecjk2rJust saw this. First time I've made Alex Brown's list as a writer, for my March piece in @foofarawpress.bsky.social ! https://reactormag.com/must-read-short-speculative-fiction-march-2026/22 Apr 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2fogecjk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mhqjmhsvk222Looking for an easy way to follow SFF magazine posts (no replies, no reposts)? Try this feed (or find it under my profile/feeds). Run a magazine and want to be added? Let me know! https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/feed/aaaawvrhzp7og [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqjmhsvk222https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mhjkj4r5bk2sMy story "Escape Algorithm" came out this month @foofarawpress.bsky.social Want to know what was behind it? Here's the tell-all interview! https://foofaraw.press/b-morris-allen/ Also some other writers to consider.20 Mar 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjkj4r5bk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mhjkde3zi22zCats in space! Well, one cat. Not quite a cat. Not quite a cat near space! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjkde3zi22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mfz2f6qsx22tMy latest story is out today in Trollbreath. Cats in space! (sort of). Lots of good stuff in this issue. Plus, it's cool that each issue starts things off with an interview of the artist - in this case, Aimee Cozza. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfz2f6qsx22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mfmjriltb22mAs the Nebula nomination deadline approaches, I hope that you'll keep in mind my 2025 novelette "Cupernicity" in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which I'm very proud of. Please consider including it in your nominations. https://futurefire.net/2025.72/fiction/cupernicity.html24 Feb 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmjriltb22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mb3nfizyms2lIt's been a rough year personally (and brutal this week), but good on the writing front. I'm glad to close it out with something positive: a review of my last collection of stories. HAUNTING, HEARTFELT, AND IMAGINATIVE. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/803604724429 Dec 2025 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb3nfizyms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3mahhc3v3ic27Pedant alert (about the pedophile alert) Trump is FLOUTING the law and FLAUNTING lawlessness. But otherwise I give Rep. Massie credit. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5658618-doj-redactions-epstein-files/21 Dec 2025 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mahhc3v3ic27https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3maeofqixqc24Well, I'm in favor of the latest change in #SFWA's #Nebula rules, I'm concerned that the sudden change suggests a failed process the first time around. We want the rules to reflect community input and avoid knee-jerk, reactionary changes.19 Dec 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeofqixqc24https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3ma5mvmk5h22sHe had his hopes up high. RIP Joe Ely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho919PYwOss&list=RDho919PYwOss&start_radio=117 Dec 2025 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma5mvmk5h22shttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m76dvwo4hk24I'm sorry Lackington's didn't make it. My own story “When Dooryards First in the Lilac Bloomed” is available at https://lackingtons.com/2017/08/23/when-dooryards-first-in-the-lilac-bloomed-by-b-morris-allen/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76dvwo4hk24https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m72am3jzy22qA pretty in depth look at how much meat (and billionaires) are subsidized in the US. The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News https://share.google/qd2PIshCdPYnJVCkJ03 Dec 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72am3jzy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6xqkrfgms2gNow that it's _officially_ Nebula nominating time... [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Dec 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6xqkrfgms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6vpnkv6t22dI didn't read a lot of #TomStoppard, but I did read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in high school, and it was incredibly funny. I went back to it several times (and much later saw the film) and always loved it. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/nov/29/tom-stoppard-playwright-of-dazzling-wit-and-playful-erudition-dies-aged-8801 Dec 2025 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6vpnkv6t22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6upyexj4c23Wondering what to #nominate? 1/4 As the year moves toward its end, and best of the year and awards consideration time moves closer, I'd like to ask that you consider my novelette "Cupernicity", published in February in The Future Fire for your nomination needs. http://futurefire.net/2025.72/fiction/cupernicity.html30 Nov 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6upyexj4c23https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6scek3sz22lWhoever runs for US president, from whatever party, I want their platform to be: - Rebuild a bureaucracy of non-partisan career officials - Start to rebuild trust in government - Prosecution decisions made by career officials on objective criteria. Neither 'look forward' nor 'prosecute my enemies'29 Nov 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6scek3sz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6sbpnklys2jMy entire life, I've heard that #SocialSecurity will run out exactly when I come eligible.* And we still haven't fixed it. It's amazing our political system could ignore such a big problem for so long. *I recognize that it's much more nuanced than this. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/29/social-security-trust-fund-203329 Nov 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6sbpnklys2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6rorn4yas26Hegseth added “...Biden...preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing...people...to flood our communities with drugs and violence. "Trump is set to pardon a former Honduran president...sentenced...for drug trafficking" Maybe have lunch sometime, guys?29 Nov 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rorn4yas26https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6qbndqnpk27Watching many of the old Bond movies, and happened across (can't seem to get a screenshot) a JD Vance doppelganger at the start of You Only Live Twice. Surprise, surprise, Vance plays a Russian envoy.29 Nov 2025 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6qbndqnpk27https://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6noiu3dtk2pEven better! Introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen: - Jesus Christ Superstar - Chess - The Book of Mormon - Hadestown - Aspects of Love - and, as a bonus, Jesus Christ Superstar (which can never be mentioned enough) [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Nov 2025 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6noiu3dtk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6nhedjhc22cIntroduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: - Cat Stevens - Darden Smith - ДДТ - Carrie Newcomer - Deep Purple [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6nhedjhc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6lf2k2v5k2yDid I tell you about my latest story? It's short, on PodCastle, and about choices! Read or listen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2025 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6lf2k2v5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bmorrisallen.com/post/3m6hmuxuans27My latest story is up @podcastle.org ! You can read my flash story, "The Only Map is Memory" along with shorts by David McGuire and Courtney Floyd. https://podcastle.org/2025/11/25/podcastle-919-flash-fiction-extravaganza-possibilities/ This is, astoundingly, my 12th story published this year, far outstripping any previous year.25 Nov 2025 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:l4sbmff3dzmklsrj5ncmecuy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hmuxuans27