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@lesleyariel.bsky.social

SF & F romance writer living by the sea in Massachusetts. Querying. Writing. Reading.

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Journalist, podcast creator, and Punk Planet founder Dan Sinker's I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS!: Terror, Truth, and the Editor Who Took on the Klan, a narrative account of crusading journalist George Dale, who faced off against a powerful, ascendant Klan movement in 1920s Indiana, and who serves as a model of journalistic integrity and defiance in the face of fascism, to Eric Kerl and Katy O'Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).

Journalist, podcast creator, and Punk Planet founder Dan Sinker's I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS!: Terror, Truth, and the Editor Who Took on the Klan, a narrative account of crusading journalist George Dale, who faced off against a powerful, ascendant Klan movement in 1920s Indiana, and who serves as a model of journalistic integrity and defiance in the face of fascism, to Eric Kerl and Katy O'Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).

Yooooooooooooooooo.

Gonna do a book.

07.10.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 469    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 5

Me when I put on my fun cardigan.

06.10.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please know that even in these unprecedented times of injustice and despotism, elementary schools are still sending third graders home with recorders.

04.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…

03.10.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 21
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I am just so fucking proud of her.

03.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14508    πŸ” 3480    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 281

Prosecutor at my thoughtcrimes trial: and can you please explain for the court what it is you meant when you responded to the post on the link between sudden ankle swelling and mortality with this.

He unveils a large poster with πŸ‘€ printed on it.

03.10.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Submission Guidelines β€” DongWon Song

Hello! I'm open to unsolicited submissions for the first time in ages...

Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only

Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

02.10.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8

Kate’s up in P-town just being her awesome self.

02.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was a volunteer at a fundraiser for Community Servings in Boston which Fred attended every year, and at the end of the night he danced with everybody and then the DJ put on Love Shack and held out the microphone and Fred took it sang along from the dance floor. He’s a delight.

02.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks so good!

02.10.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hell of a kicker.

01.10.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THE RED SOX ARE GOING TO WIN IT ALL WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!

01.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"This Court has listened carefully to the reasons given by Γ–ztΓΌrk’s captors for masking-up and has heard the same reasons advanced by ... ICE. It rejects this testimony as disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a single reasonβ€”to terrorize Americans into quiescence."

30.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1027    πŸ” 389    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 13
Images of Pippin and Aragorn from Lord of the Rings in discussion with added text.
Pippin: β€œWhat about a night-coded love interest?”
Aragorn: β€œWe already had it.”
Pippin: β€œWe’ve had shadow daddies, yes. What about a shadow enby?”

Images of Pippin and Aragorn from Lord of the Rings in discussion with added text. Pippin: β€œWhat about a night-coded love interest?” Aragorn: β€œWe already had it.” Pippin: β€œWe’ve had shadow daddies, yes. What about a shadow enby?”

Listen, we’ve had our share of night-adjacent shadowy boys in romantasy. It’s time we got some queer rep! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆβœ¨πŸ’•

(They’re the main love interest and literally the night sky trapped in a mortal form so πŸ‘€)

#UnhingedPit #A #Q #F #LGBT

23.09.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Meme of hand smashing button; top text: FAMILY DYING OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

Bottom text (on button): HOT BANSHEE

Meme of hand smashing button; top text: FAMILY DYING OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE Bottom text (on button): HOT BANSHEE

What could go wrong?

THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH is a gothic horror about the black sheep of a powerful 14th century Irish family and his doomed love story with the banshee who's haunted his household for generations.

#UnhingedPit #Q #H #R #A #Historical #Gothic

23.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
quick guide to Saint of Dogs
Forbidden love -
Hot religious art and hot dog eating contests
Who did this to you! - her to him
He goes feral When she's in danger
The dumbest dog
Sci-fi rom-com
The moons of Io and Ganymede are at war.

quick guide to Saint of Dogs Forbidden love - Hot religious art and hot dog eating contests Who did this to you! - her to him He goes feral When she's in danger The dumbest dog Sci-fi rom-com The moons of Io and Ganymede are at war.

SAINT OF DOGS 
A sci-fi death cult love story

SAINT OF DOGS A sci-fi death cult love story

It’s like if Tina Belcher wrote Dune.

#unhingedpit Now Querying
#R #Q

23.09.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

22.09.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah!! Thank you so much, Nathan!

22.09.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I got an early look at this, and it was a DELIGHT. Half brooding goth sci-fi; half irreverent, character-driven comedy; and generating considerable fun from the clash between those two tones. I won't be surprised if this lands representation, much less an eager publisher.

22.09.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Now querying Saint of Dogs, Gideon the Ninth by Assistant to the villain. Axel met the woman he was made for. Unfortunately she’s his enemy and it’s the worst possible time. (The apocalypse he’s starting.)

Now querying Saint of Dogs, Gideon the Ninth by Assistant to the villain. Axel met the woman he was made for. Unfortunately she’s his enemy and it’s the worst possible time. (The apocalypse he’s starting.)

SAINT OF DOGS
TROPES & VIBES
β€’ Enemies-to-lovers
β€’ She falls first, he falls harder
β€’ Who did this to you? -her to him
β€’ Gothic castle
β€’ Dual POV
β€’ Sweetest dog with one brain cell
β€’ Forbidden love
β€’ Sleep Token aesthetics

SAINT OF DOGS TROPES & VIBES β€’ Enemies-to-lovers β€’ She falls first, he falls harder β€’ Who did this to you? -her to him β€’ Gothic castle β€’ Dual POV β€’ Sweetest dog with one brain cell β€’ Forbidden love β€’ Sleep Token aesthetics

SAINT OF DOGS
"How dare she do something so cruel, so unforgivable, as choose me?"

SAINT OF DOGS "How dare she do something so cruel, so unforgivable, as choose me?"

It feels like everything is, um, bad. But in the worst times, books, music and art have given me strength and joy. So even with everything going on, I’m proud to be sending my work out to agents. I hope people dig it too.

22.09.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

10.09.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6994    πŸ” 3651    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 287
Maris Kreizman | Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down Maris Kreizman is an essayist and critic. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, Vanity Fair, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Esquire and more. ...

I blew through this in an afternoon. I can’t say it was a goddamn delight per se because it’s about so much that is angering, but I can say say it made me feel less isolated in the world, which is I think the best one can hope for in 2025. www.mariskreizman.com

30.08.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today we kicked off the Justice Journey from Durham, NC heading down to Louisiana with 100s of workers from across the country.

We’re standing up for our union siblings unjustly detained by ICE.

#JusticeJourney #OrganizeTheSouth #SolidaritySummer @seiu.org @fightforaunion.bsky.social

28.06.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

the way calling for the deportation of any visible non-white person is rapidly becoming normalized is a huge cause for concern.

26.06.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5901    πŸ” 1741    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 52

bro they got my 74-year-old lifelong registered democrat mom out here talking about "establishment democrats won't say the rich are robbing you blind because they ARE the rich." something is shifting

26.06.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3637    πŸ” 549    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 46

Thank you! I was holding onto a lot of stress about it. Which makes sense!

25.06.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I had my first post-breast cancer mammogram and it came out good! I don’t have to be checked again for a whole year. I physically feel lighter after getting this news.

24.06.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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*waves when you walk past the pianoforte*

23.06.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to take this moment to repost this thread by @kameronhurley.com that I've repeatedly returned to and has given me resolve in the last few months.

22.06.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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