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Bill Mize

@billmize.bsky.social
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I write things, film things, and occasionally publish things. Husband, Father, USAF Veteran. Podcaster. Tabletop Gamer. Certified Life Coach and liberal zaddy. Retired Nerd trying to do his best in the world. linktr.ee/billmize

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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 5h
More new groovy 1970's IP RPG fun! The Planet of the Apes RPG came and went with nary a whisper, but I did get the core rulebook, the quick start and the solo play books. APES TOGETHER STRONG. I'm not familiar with West End Games D6, but if I can grasp the basics of Modiphius' 2d20, well here we go.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two things: 1. Modiphius' 2d20 system finally clicked for basic game play, and 2. I got these two PDFs. These two things are very, very connected. Join my teeny tiny little server and look for one shots coming soon!
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm itching to run some one shots/short shots of Call of C'thulhu in the near future! If you'd like to game with ya boy Bill, then please join my teeny, tiny little Discord server. discord.gg/quc93r83fF
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WELL POOP.
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‘Daredevil: Born Again’ to End With Season 3 (Exclusive)
Showrunner Dario Scardapane, who headed up the Marvel show's second season, is no longer working on the series.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I started making some videos, both long and short. I'd love it if you checked them out, please, and thank you in advance! PS. Subscribe = love ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrM...
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Today I Got My Life Back At 65. Here's What I'm Doing About It.
YouTube video by Bill Mize
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today, take a moment of silence to remember those brave souls stationed on Moonbase Alpha, who, after the horrific nuclear accident that tore our moon out of its orbit, were never to be seen again.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
60 years ago today, the very first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap" premiered. Star Trek was my first fandom, and it still holds a place in my heart. There are many fandoms, but this fandom is mine. #startrek #startrek60
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good GOD. This is truly shocking and sudden! I know Will was just at Pulp Fest earlier this month! Anyone remotely familiar with pulps, The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Spider and many others, knows how important @willmurray53.bsky.social was to the fandom and keeping it alive. Rest in peace, my friend.
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Will Murray: 1953-2026
Matt Moring of Steeger Books posted on Facebook this morning that Will Murray died earlier this week. Will was 73. I’m in shock. Will had been a staple of pulpdom since at least the early 197…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I've put up a bookstore on my website, so you can see the books I recommend in my coaching practice for health, fitness, relationships, dating, meaning and creativity. Any purchases bring me one step closer to affording a cup of coffee, courtesy of Bezos the Clown. Any questions, let me know!
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Bookstore
As a former Assistant Manager of the late, great Waldenbooks (Countryside Mall, Clearwater, Florida and Union Square, San Francisco, California) and then as an inveterate customer and occasional Ho…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Seems like it's been a million years since I published any fiction, so here's one for you!
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“Death in the Black Lagoon”
The creature’s claws grip the rail of the hospital bed, as if hanging on for dear life. Smokers yellow nails, ancient blood a dark blue beneath the paper thin skin. Primordial, ancient, he’s been l…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
See, THIS is what AI should be used for: childhood crushes in favorite childhood television show uniforms. I would also have accepted Susan Dey and Joy from The Bugaloos.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Funny, but not funny at the same time. Maybe funny AND horrifying?
It's a two panel comic. The top panel is a person saying "Godzilla is destroying the town!"  The bottom panel is a cartoon Godzilla dressed in a suit and tie, with glasses, and pointing to a slide in a powerpoint with a picture of a data center that tells the audience that it creates jobs, has tax windfalls, is green energy and thus low impact.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In which the wonderful hosts of The Classic Horrors Club make an error in judgement and invite me to be on their show again to discuss 1976's "Alice Sweet Alice", which included a blink and you'll miss it appearance from a very young Brooke Shields. classichorrors.club/2026/07/20/t...
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The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 117: Fright, Sweet Fright
A 1970s drive-in movie by any other name would be as good… You say Alice, Sweet Alice, I say, Communion, Richard says, Holy Terror, and no one, including this month’s special guest, Bil…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The DNP period is over, so I can share with you my 2nd round entry for the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction Contest, "Peace At Any Price". It didn't make it into the final round, but I think that my fellow @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu players might find this interesting.
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“Peace At Any Price”
This was my second round entry in the NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Challenge.  For more on the competition and my winning first round entry, check this post out. Unfortunately, this story did…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Do Not Publish period is over, so I can share with you my first place entry in the first round of the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction contest, "The Thin Line". Fingers crossed that my entry for the second round does just as well! Enjoy and let me know what you think!
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“The Thin Line”
This was my entry in the first round of the NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Challenge. It won First Place in my group! How the competition works is that everyone who signs up is assigned to a gr…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Woke up to the news that my story, "The Thin Line" placed first in my group in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 2026 100 Word Microfiction Challenge! I move to the 2nd round, and, on Friday, I'll have a new prompt and 24 hours to write another one! www.nycmidnight.com/100
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The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Think you've got what it takes to manage a popular beach hotel in the 1920's? HINT: YOU DON'T. Think you want to play a free browser game where you enter the universe of The Marx Brothers a la "Cocoanuts"? HINT: YOU DO. geoffreygolden.itch.io/cocoanut
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Cocoanut Hotel by Geoffrey Golden, Gwen C. Katz
Run a madcap hotel in this Marx Bros management sim.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It's #flashfictionfriday and here's my latest for you to enjoy! The rejection notices were piling up, so I figure I'd just publish it my dang self. Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing! #flashfiction
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“Divine Intervention”
The world was coming to an end, and all he could do was scream about the lack of Peanut Butter Crunch cereal. His seven year old face was red and wet and contorted in feral mask of rage and his scr…
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“Private Lives” This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force.  As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St.…
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“Private Lives”
This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force.  As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St. Petersburg Times. During the transit time between Reading UK and Florida, I thought "Huh.
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A new little flash fiction for you to start your Saturday with! This is something new I'm trying, to get back into the fiction writing groove. It's a quick read, but I hope a good one for you. #flashfiction #fiction #writing williammize.com/2026/04/10/w...
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Four books on writing I'd recommend: - Working Days - Steinbeck - illuminates the joy & the struggle. - The Weekend Novelist - Ray - used copy of the first edition only. - Writing The Short Story - Bickham - learn the craft. - Writing Novels That Sell - Bickham - the OG way to learn Scene & Sequel
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Four Novels That Changed My Writing Life: - The Grapes of Wrath: It taught me empathy as a novelist. - A Prayer For Owen Meany: It taught me how to structure a novel. - Fer De Lance: It rekindled my love of the mystery. - A Confederacy of Dunces: It got me a wife. #booksky
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Bill Mize @billmize.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Music to my Sinatra loving, Trump hating ears.
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