Latest Dispatch · Sep 19, 2026
Contested Outcomes
On entering a writing contest, making it past the first round, and deciding whether it was worth the entry fee.
Speculative fiction & other contraptions
Mike Miksch
I Make Stuff Up.
Writing about impossible systems, terrible decisions, and the people trapped inside them.
Dispatches
Recent Dispatch · Aug 7, 2026
Cycles and Circulations
On abandoned websites, recurring aesthetics, and trying once more to build an audience for the work.