Madison Scott-Clary @makyo@maddypa.ws

Qoheleth and Gallery Exhibition

A meta-furry, gender-weird pair of sci-fi novellas exploring what it means to create and live in a post-self world.

Available in paperback and ebook, and free to read in the browser!

https://qoheleth.makyo.ink

Come join me for an online launch party for my new book, Qoheleth! Meet the author, hear some readings, learn more about the post-self universe, and maybe get some discounts on books~

Thursday, October 1 at 12:00PM and 6:00PM Pacific, 30-60 minutes each.

https://qoheleth.makyo.ink/?pk_campaign=qoheleth&pk_kwd=launch#launch

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ally

An ergodic, arborescent, semiautobiographical work about identity, mental health, spirituality, and the mutability of the past.

"“Cleareyed yet powerfully immediate . . . A fresh, daring exploration of lived experience.” - Kirkus Reviews

Now available for pre-order!

https://ally.id/book?pk_campaign=ally&pk_kwd=preorder
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My book of short stories, Restless Town, is now available as a paperback, an ebook, and an audiobook! If you're interested in queer animal people trying their best to get by in a flyover state, I've got you covered.

https://makyo.ink/publications/restless-town/?pk_campaign=pinned&pk_kwd=toot

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Microdosed some psilocybin last week and yo, it didn't remove my depression, but it seems to have erected a barrier between me and ideation? Like...I just can't access that place anymore. I can get close, but what plans, however loose, I had before seem off limits.

Struggling to not feel like I'm just...done with writing. All my projects have stalled, and given the limited reach and impact of my work, why even bother? I can't see any new works going further than old works.

I'm sure I'll get back to it, but man, the silence is disheartening. I can't write in a vacuum (and am of the opinion doing so it's not super healthy), but that's all there is right now.

S4 Martin

NB: I am absolutely not going to do this haha

I hate these toots in a deep, almost soothing way. It feels _good_ to hate them.

"W-where are we?" the photographer whispered, clutching all the more tightly at Control's hand.

"Stay close, Navi," came the reply, and, not for the first time, Navidson wondered how so comforting a statement could somehow still sound possessive, coming from his alpha's lips...

Gonna write a Navidson from House of Leaves / Control from the Southern Reach trilogy omegaverse fic one of these days, just so you all can suffer as I do every damn day.

Fell down a research rabbit-hole, and I have a project I'm interested in picking up after Limerent Object, but I promise I'll get more writing done soon.

(new project already includes more BibTeX than prose, so you know it's gonna be super Maddy 9.9)

I like how putting horror quotes on booty shorts is just A Thing We Do now®

Qoheleth was really fun, but looking at my current projects, I think I have a genre I'm pretty well seated in. I'm coming off a little binge of self-loathing around my writing, but there will be more soon.

New review of *ally*: "Ally is an incredibly complex and beautiful glimpse into Maddy’s mind and life. Personal and incomplete in a very intentional way."

https://forums.furrywritersguild.com/t/thoughts-on-ally-by-madison-scott-clary-spoilers/2323

One week left to nominate for the Ursa Major Awards! If you read and enjoyed Qoheleth, I'd be honored if you'd nominate it for Best Novel :D

Additionally, the lovely cover by @irisjaycomics is eligible for best published illustration!

https://ursamajorawards.org/nominations.htm

I got like two brain cells in my head ping-ponging around like the DVD logo and they're both dedicated to feeling shame

(I got too depressed to remove cached media and ran out of disk space.)

I'm back.

From outer space.

$5+ patrons! Please enjoy the next entry in this new Sawtooth story! https://www.patreon.com/posts/46369177

Just finished "The River in the Mist" by Dwale on Khaki's delightful The Voice of Dog (https://thevoice.dog) and gosh, just...gosh! Permit me a small review.

https://makyo.io/2Q

I accidentally six iambs in a row in this opening line and I'm just upset I didn't get more D:

"I wrap emotions in the cool embrace of jargon to soften sharp edges and take the sting out of ones I feel too keenly."

Anyway! $5+ patronfriends get a first entry from a new Sawtooth story. https://www.patreon.com/posts/46310882

Hello friends! Tonight at 9PM Pacific at virtual Further Confusion (https://furcon.org) I will be talking about what we like after dark with data from the furry survey, SoFurry, and e621! 🔞 please!