Elijah J. Mears

@elijah.mea.rs

1520 Followers 829 Following

sci-fi & fantasy writer • former classicist • transit nerd • gay married to @beryl.rubacky.dev • 🏳️‍🌈✡️ • he/him 📍  Raleigh, NC 🌐 www.elijahjmears.com

Sickos voice yes
Several pepper plants in clay pots sit on the edge of a balcony in direct sunlight. In the background, you can see various flags hanging off the balcony, including a trans flag, a gay pride flag, and the flag of North Carolina.
WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA by Slayyyter CD sitting on a counter, still in the plastic with the parental advisory sticker
A similar photo to previous but with a Kindle open to Chapter 9 of "The Subtle Art of Folding Space" by John Chu
A white ceramic coffee mug with a "B1 Test Team" logo sits on a camp table. Beyond, the railings of a balcony and a brick wall are visible, and beyond that in soft bokeh are green trees, buildings, and blue skies.
A caucasian man with blue eyes, a mustache, and brown hair stands in a forest with a gray shirt and backwards ball cap.
William grumbled and started yanking cords out of the computer terminal. “Fine. I’ll just stay all crouched down like this and set back all the progress I’ve made with my knees. It’ll be fine.”
Smiling brown-haired, blue-eyed white man with a mustache wearing a T-shirt and holding up a Ret-Con guest badge
A screenshot of a Pokemon summary from Pokemon Leaf Green of a Lvl 10 Sandshrew named Balin who knows Scratch, Defense Curl, and Rock Tomb
A Switch playing the port of Pokémon Leaf Green showing Bulbasaur being selected as the starter
A styrofoam tray with a barbecue sandwich, hush puppies, fried okra, and mac and cheese next to a styrofoam cup of sweet tea
Interior of a GoRaleigh bus
smol
Lenovo Center in Raleigh
A color-coded bar graph labeled "Submissions Tracker" showing the following data: 2022: 1 personal rejection, 2 form rejections, 1 withdrawal; 2023: 1 personal rejection, 6 form rejections; 2024: 1 acceptance, 11 personal rejections, 38 form rejections; 2025: 6 acceptances, 10 personal rejections, 51 form rejections, 2 withdrawals, 6 pending responses.
A "Yearly Statistics" table from The Submission Grinder showing submissions and responses by year. 2025: 75 submissions, 6 acceptances, 57 form rejections, 11 personal rejections. 2024: 50 submissions, 1 acceptance, 34 form rejections, 11 personal rejections. 2023: 7 submissions, 0 acceptances, 4 form rejections, 0 personal rejections. 2022: 4 submissions, 0 acceptances, 2 form rejections, 1 personal rejection.
DVDs and Blu-rays laid out on a table; the complete Cowboy Bebop and two volumes of Batman The Animated Series are visible with Rear Window partially obscured
Coffee steeping in a French press
A Christmas tree next to a TV playing "Hanukkah Blessings" by The Barenaked Ladies
An apartment with a lot of stuff moved into it
Spotify Wrapped Top Artists: Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Chappell Roan
Tweet from @topherflorence that reads "back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale"
A somewhat rustic apple pie in a glass dish cooling on a wire rack on a counter, with a cook book and toaster visible in the background. The pie crust is a golden brown with a fork crimped edge.
Whitney Chewston, the homophobic dog
A horrible little yellow lump creature stands on two spindly stick legs with all the tears in the world dripping like an awful goo from its two massive, shining, misshapen, black eyes
A plate with creamy orzo, a medium steak, and asparagus with parmesan flakes.
A laptop with writing up on it next to a plate with a bagel and an iced coffee sit on a counter in front of a window
Lifetime Stats - Pieces: 24 - Submissions: 117 - Rejections: 100 - Acceptances: 5
A steaming plate of eggplant parmesan sits on a counter
Oreos on floor :(
Clouds seen from an airplane window, tinged softly pink by the setting sun while the horizon glows with sunset
White guy with brown hair, blue eyes, and a mustache with a gray shirt, cyan lanyard, and black backpack going up and escalator
White dude in front of a TARDIS
Vancouver Pacific Central Station
Caucasian man with fluffy brown hair, blue eyes, and a mustache with a gray shirt looks up into the camera
An email from Sheila with the subject "Gym is opened" and the text "Good afternoon, The gym is now opened. Enjoy! Thank you, Sheila"