Category Archives: Who I am

What I Learned This Year

Posted on December 22, 2018 by MishaBurnett

Last year at about this time I announced my plans to concentrate on short fiction during 2018. How did that work out for me, you ask? Pretty well, all things considered. I had eight stories published this year, and while … Continue reading →

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My preferred pronouns

Posted on September 14, 2018 by MishaBurnett

I have a life-long history of mental illness. I spent a lot of time in therapy over the years and have managed to learn behaviours which compensate to the extent that I am able to hold down a job and … Continue reading →

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I was a willow last night in a dream

Posted on March 15, 2018 by MishaBurnett

I was listening to Robert McCammon’s novel Boy’s Life the other day.  In the long introduction he talks about childhood and magic, and how the world is a magical place when we are children and we gradually lose our ability … Continue reading →

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There and back again

Posted on September 15, 2017 by MishaBurnett

Just got back home to the Secret Hideout O’Doom. It’s been quite a trip. Thursday, 7 Sep: Leave St. Louis at 4pm, to Joplin, MO (280 miles) Friday, 8 Sep: Joplin, MO to Tucumcari, NM (650 miles) Saturday, 9 Sep: … Continue reading →

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Fear And Loathing On The Road To Motorcycle Maintenance With Charley

Posted on September 7, 2017 by MishaBurnett

So… the Caribbean cruise isn’t happening, due to Hurricane Irma. Instead, my roommate and I are going on a quest to seek out the bones of America–well, okay, we’re going to get on Interstate 44, going West.  We don’t have … Continue reading →

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Yes, I know I’m doing it wrong.

Posted on September 2, 2017 by MishaBurnett

I’ve come to a realization over the last few days.  I’ve been reading some Pulp Revival blogs, and other blogs by and for writers.  There is a lot of good advice on the craft of writing out there, but thinking … Continue reading →

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Going Away (for a while)

Posted on September 1, 2017 by MishaBurnett

I don’t ordinarily talk about myself and what I am doing in this blog.  That’s not what this platform is for.  But it occurs to me that some folks only know me through here, and I don’t want anyone to … Continue reading →

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This Ugly Little War

Posted on June 18, 2017 by MishaBurnett

Recently, during a discussion regarding the new Wonder Woman film, a comment was made: Let me put it this way: I write a beautiful poem all about how we should nuke New York. The poem is lovely. Gorgeous. The language … Continue reading →

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What do your dreams do when you are awake?

Posted on January 7, 2017 by MishaBurnett

Chewing over that question is what has got me stuck on Bad Dreams & Broken Hearts at the moment. You see, I am working from the premise that what humans dream is actually an objective reality and that when humans … Continue reading →

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In the ballet of black light and the agony of the fly we divide and then collide

Posted on December 23, 2016 by MishaBurnett

“It is not that I have no past, rather that it continually fragments on the vivid and terrible ephemera of now. In the long country, cut with rain there is suddenly nowhere to begin.” Samuel Delany, Dhalgren  I am a … Continue reading →

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