Michael Morrison

@rhetoricalreader.bsky.social

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Reader, gamer, strongly anti-AI

A banner headline from Inside Higher Ed reading, "Will AI help revive the stale OPM market."
The cover of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. The cover is a vibrant red with the title centered over the whole cover in large, white, medieval style script. In the background is a black ink image of a skeleton wearing nightly armor.
The cover of the novel Beautiful Nights by Nina George. The title is centered at the top in white letters with the author's name centered at the bottom in the same way. The cover image is a blue photo of the sea, with an inset black and white photo of two women's legs sitting in the surf.
Red Curtain, 1956. A photograph by Saul Lieter. A picture of a woman and a man seen at a distance through a window. The woman is walking away from the camera and the man toward. But the image is fragmented by the bar of the windows itself in the foreground and the man is seen only from the shoulders down, framed by a triangle of drooping red fabric of the window curtain. The street appears wet and washed out, the people almost monochrome, while the interrupting window frame is warm, gold and red, and shining a little with reflected light. I'm sorry if this su ks... describing this photo is hard.
A black book cover with the title, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons printed large across most of the cover in a pale green font. The author's name is centered middle right in a white font. Behind it all is a picture of a Teenage girl's face with red skin, horns, and jutting sharp teeth. She has brown hair and an exposed strip of muscle along her jawline and chin.
A square of color blending from teal at the top to a yellowish bottom. Beside a circular Mirriam Webster logo are the words, Your 2026 Word, in a white, semi-serif font. Below that, centered in the box in black text is the word mid. The caption reads, Take a screenshot of this gif, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Cover of the novel, Alanna: The First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce. In the foreground, a young Alanna stands holding a shining sword in front of her. She is dressed in a green tunic and her red hair is cut short. Behind her, a dark haired boy sits on a black horse, holding the reins of a white horse. Even farther in the distance, the ruins of a dark city jut up into a cloudy sky.
The Elfquest reissue boxes set. Golden yellow box cover with art of an elf riding a big grey wolf. Behind him, shadowy figures lurk. The logo for Elfquest is done in large blue ornate font at the top. I'm sorry I'm bad at alt text.
Cover of the novel Tilt, by Emma Pattee. The title and author's name take up the top third of the cover in a white font. The cover shows a brilliant red sky at the top, shading to blue in the middle and down to the image of a city skyline against the backdrop of a black mountain.
Black book cover with the title, Ploybius, and author's name Collin Armstrong, in a neon bright pink 80s style font. In the center is an image of a black arcade cabinet with a shining screen.
Yellow cover with a stippled orange line of diagonal color running through it. Two girls with purple hair lay in the diagonal. One is dressed in a black corset dress and full length black gloves. The other is wearing a sleeveless yellow dress. Their hands are touching in the center. In the top left corner is the title Magica Riot Full Bloom. At the bottom left is the author's name, Kara Buchanan.
Cover of the novel, Bloomtown Genesis by Ally North. The cover is white with a yellow gold border. The title and author's name are centered in a blocky black font. Around the words are vines and flowers in green, gold, orange, and red. Hidden in them are a revolver and a snake.
A screenshot of a post by Merriam Webster showing my word of the year. Which is "mid."
Cover of The Warlord Omnibus, Volume 1. A red background with yellow comic book fantasy images behind a color picture of Travis Morgan, wielding his sword and gun, and wearing his signature winged helmet.
Three handmade wooden shelves affixed to a wall in a bookstore. They are labeled, on yellow tape with black letters, Small Books, Unreasonably Small Books, and Microscopically Small Books. The first two shelves contain ever smaller books. The third is (seemingly) empty.
The cover of The Listeners, a novel by Maggie Stiefvater. The cover is a black and white, slightly distorted, image of a hotel maid taking a tray up a spiral staircase, with the title and author's name overlaid in a light blue text.
A picture of the cover of They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran. It shows a human teen transforming into an ocean being while floating just beneath the surface of water.
Cover art of the fallout 4 video game. A close up of the helmet of a suit of power armor. The logo FALLOUT 4 emblazoned over it in white text.
The cover of the novel, Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan. A magical girl modern fantasy. The cover is shades of pink and purple with an image of Claire, the main character in the center.
Original library cover of Alanna the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. The cover shows a young person with red hair holding a magic sword in the foreground. Behind them, another, dark haired person sits on a black horse, holding the reins of a white horse. In the distance, a menacing dark city looms.
The cover of the novel, Bunny by Mona Awad. Bright pink cover with yellow letters for the title and a black silhouette of a rabbit standing on its hind legs.
A picture of Confessor, a vampire super hero in the Astro City comics.
A picture of the cover of the novel, sunburn, by Chloe Michelle Howarth.
A hand drawn pencil sketch of a sprawling harbor city on graph paper.
Two CDs by the band, The Beaches.
The cover of Powers, a source book for the Modern AGE rpg.
An image showing the list of prompts for the month of August to post about your fantasy pantheons.
A picture of the Pokémon, psyduck.
Kurt Russell and his Escape From New York stunt double Dick Warlock.
Schmendrick the magician from The Last Unicorn.
Cover of Bad Company by Megan Greenwell. A book about the issues with private equity.
DC Pride 2025 Alan Scott cover.
An image of Gorbash and Smrgol from the film Flight of Dragons.
A promo poster for the TV show Warrior.
Book cover. Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto. Great read.