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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 01/09/2026

My village has little free libraries, little free art galleries, etc. But this is my absolute favorite:

A picture of a rack holding Driftwood sticks, labeled little free stick gallery

B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 24/04/2026

I'm somehow always surprised to see a heron in a tree, but we just discovered a very small (2 nest rookery) near us. The babies look either (young) like faintly iridescent dragons or (older) like grumpy vultures.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 11/11/2025

But if you're more of a 'when does the real story start' person, here's the first chapter opener for Susurrus:

Image of the first page of the first chapter of the novel Susurrus. The chapter title is "Home is Where the Hunger Is". The first lines are: "The House was empty. Its doorway loomed black and vacant between crumbling drystone walls, the summer door of reeds already gone to some other home."

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 11/11/2025

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want. Susurrus opens with:

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 20/09/2025

Sometimes it's the same thing...

A large, single-clove bulb of garlic covering a good portion of a man's palm

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 17/09/2025

Cooking pro tip: When a recipe calls for "1 clove of garlic", this is the one they mean.

A large, peeled clove of garlic in a man's hand.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 25/06/2025

Looked in my call history and found this entertaining conversation between two AIs, with no human involvement at all. The phone never rang.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 31/05/2025

Others will miss Daisy as well.

A white dog and a black cat snuggling side by side.

A white dog and a black cat eating from the same bowl.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 31/05/2025

A moments of heartbreak, it's helpful to look back at good times and be thankful for what you had and didn't deserve.

A stolid-looking white dog with brown spots.

A beloved white dog doing her favorite thing - exploring the woods.

A beloved white dog with an orange harness looking up.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 17/05/2025

While nominally foraging for mushrooms, we also stopped by some agate beds. Since we had no tools, knowledge, or expertise, we didn't find much of interest. I thought one discarded shard had promise, but overall, I think they're what are called 'rocks'.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 17/05/2025

It always seems like mushrooms are rare on the first day(s) of foraging, but we did finally end up with a basket of burn morels and a _very_ dirty dog yesterday. And some spring boletes today.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 23/02/2025

Report with the first album you bought with your own money. First album: probably Stormbringer First CD: definitely Meddle

Ripples in clear water over an indistinct image. The cover of Pink Floyd's Meddle album

Pegasus flying in a storm over a tornado on farmland. The cover of Deep Purple's album Stormbringer.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 19/11/2024

At a dozen likes, I'll start giving away some e-copies of my collection Chambers of the Heart for those who want a deeper dive. ❤️🫀

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 13/11/2024

Went looking for candy cap mushrooms. Found this guy instead.

A dark grey brown salamander on bright green moss at the base of a tree.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 01/11/2024

A couple of bedraggled bald eagles near the house. #OregonCoast

Two bedraggled bald eagles, one with its wings extended in an inverted V shape, in an evergreen tree.

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 07/09/2023

My latest #story is out! "Voter Fraught" is about a grandfather and his grandchild (plus voting and public participation). It's in #TransformTheWorld, the 3rd in a series of SFF anthologies from Other Worlds Ink. This one has some great stories in it! www.otherworldsink.com/book/transfo...

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B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com · 29/08/2023

A few, but the latest is Chambers of the Heart, a collection of speculative stories. The cover (by Bonnie Leeman) is an illustration of the title story, in which the heart is both a biological organ and a building with room, staircases, and staff.

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