Brandon O’Brien

@therisingtithes.bsky.social

🇹🇹 Poet, SFF writer, TTRPG designer. Worldcon 2025 Poet Laureate. @rascal.news columnist. Podcaster @speculate.bsky.social & @skiffyandfanty.com. Author of CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? and other things. Thank God for words. https://www.brandonobrien.xyz/

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Longform Stories

Lukewarm Water: Sabotaging The Word-Machine

Back in my day, we had to carry our own pencils uphill both ways.

6d ago·18 min read·3595 words

TEST_Lukewarm Water: Sabotaging The Word-Machine

Back in my day, we had to carry our own pencils uphill both ways.

6d ago·18 min read·3499 words

Irish Coffee: We Brought This With Us From Home

At this table, we actually eat.

Mar 15·9 min read·1764 words

Scalding Black Coffee: Never Tell Me The Odds

Polymarket, what's the over/under on the next catastrophic meteor?

Mar 3·20 min read·3806 words

Brandon's Quick Bibliography

Feb 24·2 min read·248 words

A Sip of Tea: A Test of the Emergency ATProto System

No guarantees, only experiments.

Feb 24·8 min read·1527 words