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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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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I promise I've still got stuff going on, both with writing and life in general, but just...not feeling up to posting about it here, I guess. Been researching publicly on my discord, if you're interested, though! https://makyo.io/2N

Also, :P

Also, with the lower cloud ceiling over the city and the higher one over here, Seattle was definitely visible last night. This is at ~midnight

I guess we changed our minds overnight, huh?

Oh... Uh, okay!

Hi friends! I know that I've been a bit quiet on the writing front. I wound up in a bit of a funk in that area of my life, but I'm getting back to it, promise!

Also, as an experiment, I'm doing my research for my next story publicly on my Discord server, as I'm missing a lot of cultural context when it comes to Christianity. Feel free to join! https://makyo.io/2N

As always, Patrons get previews of WIPs https://patreon.com/makyo

New shirt day

Saw deer in the yard and got the drone out on a whim. Turns out the deer were mostly just curious. They walked up to it cautiously, then kept eating.

Here we go:

- Pseudo-Matthew -> midichlorians
- Catholic canon+apocrypha and also maybe calvinism -> dynastic force users
- Protestants -> some people are force sensitive, but you can still try
- Unitarian Universalists -> Star Wars is actually a found-family/transition metaphor

Even That One Wizard Franchise™ gave kids the hope that they, too, might meet a half giant who proclaims "yer a wizard".

Suddenly striving to be holy and using Jesus as an exemplar isn't enough, gotta have Mary as a mom. I know, non-canonical, immaculate, etc, but still.

It feels like a lot of Infancy Gospels hit similar notes, too.

Anyway, I acknowledge that I'm also coming at these from a more socially protestant perspective.

Listening to Apocrypals chat about Infancy Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and, to be perfectly nerdy about it, this particular elevation of Mary hits a lot like midichlorians did. Prior to Phantom Menace, kids could believe that perhaps they too might one day wake up to force powers.

I would dream a lot about suddenly gaining this connection and becoming a Jedi if I studied hard and was extra good or whatever, but suddenly, it turns out no actually, I need magic bugs.

Excellent kitchen-witch piece from Kappy! (Kappy on FA, ms_kappy on Twitter)

Please enjoy: full moon.

My 25-haiku poem, Pale She, was published on SpillWords: https://spillwords.com/pale-she/

Snep treats!

Please enjoy dogs enjoying a nice afternoon