Mike's Substack

700 nights

a poem

Aug 4 • 

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July 2025

A walking morningstar

a poem

Jul 22 • 

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Playing the hand you're dealt

On my love-hate relationship with Magic: The Gathering

Jul 18 • 

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XXX

on turning 30

Jul 17 • 

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June 2025

My Dad used to wear a ring on his finger

on commitment

Jun 26 • 

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May 2025

A Eulogy

In the early hours of the 4th May 2025, my Nanna, Sheryl Palmer, passed away quietly in her sleep.

May 20 • 

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April 2025

You don't actually care about her body count, you're just scared of not being enough

On slut-shaming and how to unlearn it

Apr 24 • 

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March 2025

Notes from brighter days

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

Letters to my former lovers

Mam, please don't read this

Mar 16 • 

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How to stop yourself from becoming an incel

Advice to pull yourself from the precipice

Mar 9 • 

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February 2025

February 2025

Notes from a new life that never quite escapes the old

Feb 27 • 

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January 2025

Notes during a cold and lonely month

Feb 5 • 

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