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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 12h

#QueerPrompts There is absolutely no way DEAD BEATS is not getting immediately banned if it got a wide release. Among the charges: -Queer characters -Drugs, tobacco, alcohol -Talk of suicide/self-harm -Violence -Coarse language -Sexual content -Criticisms of US politics -Contempt for the system

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t blame people for seeking out joy from special occasions. However, I do blame them for the buildup to a single day (let’s be honest, 99% of these “we love the holidays” people really just mean Christmas) taking up a quarter of the damn calendar at this point. Halloween’s fun too, damn.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 20h

#QueerPrompts October 1 Hi, I’m Chance (he/him), just a bi guy writing whatever his heart desires. My WIP of the moment is my road trip novel DEAD BEATS, about two guys on the search for what it’s all for.

Cover art for the book DEAD BEATS: A EULOGY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM by Chance Morgan. The central picture is a black-and-white photograph of an artfully arranged collection of objects.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 20h

#QueerPrompts October 3 From DEAD BEATS: “Hello, Seymour,” says the skeleton in my father’s voice, “Come sit a while. Let’s talk.”

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 20h

#QueerPrompts A day late to this one. In DEAD BEATS, there are quite a few references to works by major American queer artists, including but not limited to: -RENT -The Matrix -Howl by Allen Ginsberg -various Sondheim songs -an Against Me! song -two Tennessee Williams plays (Streetcar & Menagerie)

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#FirstDraftFall I genuinely set out for DEAD BEATS to be a standalone, mostly because I had no ideas for any sequels. Well, recently I’ve been marinating a sequel idea, but it’s still just a nice thought for now.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 3 What a week! An amazing new job, huge progress on my WIP, and even the inspiration for a mockup cover for that WIP! (NO AI, just good old photography and Add Text) #WritingCommunity

Book cover for DEAD BEATS: A EULOGY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM by Chance Morgan. The central image is a black and white image of a neatly ordered collection of items on a chair.

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Rosie Amy 🏳️‍⚧️ @comicsamy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy Fullmetal Mean Girls Day, to all who celebrate.

Shot from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Edward's opened watch with "Don't Forget 3.Oct.10" engraved on the inside.

Shot from Mean Girls.
Cady (Lindsay Lohan) sat in a class and telling the boy in front of her "It's October 3rd"

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every “good guy with a gun” in the USA has the opportunity to prove it by Frank Castling some ICE agents. Step up or shut up. Be a protector, or a coward.

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Punisher Holding Rifle

Alt: The Punisher loading a huge-ass gun

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Am I capable? Cooking: I’m told I’m pretty good Whistle: yep Draw: some abstract stuff Paint: ditto Swim: yep English: mother tongue Dance: barely Sing: yes, but self conscious Gifting: I’ll cook instead Write: my lifeline Guitar: a little, my bass is better Speaking: moreso these days

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Community Standards won’t allow me to plainly state what we need to start doing to these absolute monsters instead of screaming at and filming them. “Why are you taking her?!” - Not enough. “Get the fuck off her! [savage beatings until they do]” - Much closer. FUCK ICE FOREVER.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This actually inspired me enough to make a mockup book cover! It took no time at all, and it looks pretty dang good. The best part? NO AI USAGE. NONE. PERIOD. SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO NOT USE AI?! SEE HOW EASY IT ALWAYS WAS?!?! #WritingCommunity

Rough mockup of a book cover. Top caption (all caps) reads DEAD BEATS: A EULOGY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM. The central image is a black and white photo of a collection of sundry items arranged on a chair. The bottom caption reads my name, Chance Morgan.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon Oct. 2 My WIP of the moment is my road trip novel DEAD BEATS: A EULOGY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM. Kind of an IRL mood board. All of these items, including the chair, are references points for something in the novel, especially re: the narrator, Seymour. #WritingCommunity

Collection of items on a greet velvet chair. Items
include a black Colorado Rockies ballcap, a gray backpack, a small American flag, black headphones, a vape pen, a pair of Timbs, a US passport, a magnet depicting Seurat’s La Grande Jatte, a red lighter, a 1972 Moon landing commemorative silver dollar (eagle side up), and the following books and DVDs.
Books (L-R): On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and Howl & Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg.
DVDs (L-R): Blazing Saddles, Clerks, Jaws, Spider-Man, Top Gun, and Season 7 of the Simpsons.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Doing a happy dance for this one! Of all my characters in all my works, Most Unpredictable definitely goes to the narrator of DEAD BEATS, Seymour McClure! The most consistent thing about him is his inconsistency. Or so he thinks. 😈 #WritingCommunity

THE SIMPSONS: Principal Skinner talking to himself.
Caption: “Delightfully devilish, Seymour”

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Outlining is consistently one of the easiest and fastest steps for me, and I spend all the time I save picking out songs for the playlist 😅 #WritingPrompts

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Summarize Your WIPs/Works Found footage of freaky fungus ☑️ Evil reform school for super teens ☑️ NoLa PI vs gentrifier drug lord ☑️ Workplace sitcom set on a pot farm ☑️ Theatre troupe robs banks ☑️ Gay small town romance ☑️ Jukebox musical of The Wonder Years 🚧 Picaresque American road trip 🚧

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just got a REALLY exciting and clear story idea for a new horror screenplay. Time to make a ton of notes and such so I can make this happen when I have time again. I think folks will really resonate with this one.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#ScribesUnited Checking in from Mountain Time. First week of the new job is going fantastic and that feels fantastic, but admittedly fell behind on chores and adequate sleep. I need to remember that jobs take a lot of spoons and to plan accordingly. #WritersCommunity

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“The thing about being a survivor is that there’s no good way to become one.”

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sometimes comparison isn’t the thief of joy. Sometimes comparison gives the gift of learning just how massive their relative advantage really was.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon Hello everyone, I’m Chance (he/him)! My goal for this month is to finish this story arc I’m in the middle of drafting for my novel. I just started a new job (yay!) so my time will be limited (boo!), but I think that’s achievable. #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The great thing about loving the Rockies and loving horror movies is that thanks to the former, my Octobers are wide open for the latter. If they ever become a playoff team again, I might have a problem.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No no, you don’t understand. It’s absolutely vital that I use an e-scooter on the sidewalk. I need that valuable time to doomscroll and gamble.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Went to My Hero Academia In Concert with my wife for date night. What a show! Absolutely delighted to see and hear so many great moments from one of our favorite series! #mha

Large projection screen reading MY HERO ACADEMIA IN CONCERT on a starry background, over a stage filled with musicians

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was tinkering with a zombie story idea today, and the phrase “hollow-point brain surgery” came into my mind. Pretty proud of that one. #WritingCommunity

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters For the DEAD BEATS boys: Seymour would agonize all day over what he actually wants, and never actually get around to writing it. Kent would write the one fantasy he always revisits: his hockey injury never happens, and he goes on to win the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe put the most profound thing to ever happen in the MCU into its own film with substance, rather than relegating it to essentially a deleted scene. Just a thought.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember Thank you @nikibond.bsky.social for hosting this, it was a ton of fun meeting people and seeing how music fits each of their stories. I’m currently working on a WIP and a website so I have little to self-promo right now, but follow me for updates and yapping about stories!

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WritingCommunity Describe your book poorly: A couple of men having midlife crises go on a long-ass road trip about it.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One thing that I find really frustrating is how many people are so entirely committed to seeing things in binaries and absolutes when things just don’t work that way. Almost nothing is a true binary or absolute, especially people. People are really fucking complicated.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Ah, shit,” we say in unison.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember One of the many adventures Kent and Seymour get up to on the road is visiting a strip club in Houston. Seemed appropriate to choose the one and only Megan Thee Stallion for the occasion.

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Megan Thee Stallion - Bigger In Texas [Official Video]

YouTube video by Megan Thee Stallion

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters For DEAD BEATS, I’m gonna focus on just Seymour, as the MC and narrator. At the beginning, he sees himself as a survivor (correct) but a loser (warped). What he doesn’t see is that he is adventurous, curious, and well-traveled. [Spoilers for DEAD BEATS follow]

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just finished orientation day for my new gig at my childhood nature & science museum. I had not fully realized how much my previous industry had been draining me, holy cow.

Panel from the webcomic Questionable Content. Tai, a short red headed woman in a blue flannel shirt is on the left. Marten, a tall white man in a red tee, is on the right.
Dialogue as follows.
Marten: “What…what’s this strange feeling?”
Tai: “Job satisfaction.”
Marten: “I think I need to lay down.”

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Character idea: Immortal whose vocabulary is peppered with words and phrases from all the languages they used to know at one point in history or another.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*deep breath* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK *deeper breath* YOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I used to be worried about writing sports realistically. That said, last night’s football game would’ve sounded like a lot even in a sports movie. Broncos at home, down 16-0 at the half, come back to win 30-26, including several miracle interceptions and a literal last-second deciding play.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember I’ve seen a lot of people post about the wonderful romances in their stories, especially queer ones. If anyone needs a sad, sad song about choosing to be left behind, here’s “Let Me Drown” by Orville Peck. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Orville Peck - Let Me Drown (Live In Nashville)

YouTube video by OrvillePeckVEVO

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Of the DEAD BEATS gang, Kent is probably my most straight-up traumamuffin. Seymour still has a little too much bitterness in him. Chuck and Gina are less traumatized, but warm and supportive. #WritingCommunity

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

PRIMETIME was intense. This is like the third time Pattinson had given an Oscar-worthy performance that also made me want to scrub myself. Someone hug that man.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Got a free Quran on my way to the movies. Genuinely can’t wait to check it out!

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember Seymour makes two very important decisions at the end of DEAD BEATS, and one of them is represented in this song. This one has a special place in my heart. It’s my recovery song from when I stopped drinking, just over two years ago. #WritingCommunity

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Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - Runnin' Out Of Excuses (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by Loneliest Place On Earth

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Of the DEAD BEATS gang: Seymour is prone to long walks exploring his city, usually stopping wherever curiosity moves him. Kent, if he isn’t at a sporting event, is very fond of mini-golf. Chuck and Gina will probably spend it together, sharing a hobby or getting amorous.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember In DEAD BEATS, Seymour’s climactic showdown is essentially with his own darker nature, the side of himself that is impulsive, selfish, hedonistic, vengeful, and mean. For this, I picked “Specter of the Goblin” from the 2002 Spider-Man movie. #WritingCommunity

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Specter of the Goblin

YouTube video by Danny Elfman - Topic

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have a couple, if I may: -Horror has so much gross misogyny baked into the canon. -Bass roles in musical theater are basically nonexistent. -I dislike how imperialist and pro-cop a lot of cape fiction still is. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Well, that’s a layered answer for DEAD BEATS. Seymour gets punched a few times and takes it well, but the most brutal damage definitely goes to Kent, when we witness his career-ending hockey injury in a flashback. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#PretendPanel I have a lot of fun with this, but keeping the formatting consistent can be a pain. I usually just go ahead and put the sound effects on the page. Thinking of onomatopoeia is a lot of fun! A recent example is trying to think of how to spell the noise a harmonica makes.

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Chance Morgan @chancemorgan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Worst is going to be relative to the reader. Without spoiling, Seymour is gonna go through quite the dark night of the soul by the end of DEAD BEATS. He gets through it, but he is unquestionably changed by the adventure. #WritingPrompt

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