Esker Park

Sword lesbians, chivalry, and mech suit jousting (oh my)

Check out my flash fiction in Small Wonders today!

Magazine cover of Plott Hound magazine showing a soldier owl in a blue robe and a satchel looking like they're in attack mode. Issue 4, Winter 2026

Today is publication day for my story, "How May I Serve You?" in Plott Hound!
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Right? Don't let her get the credit for it.

Those words have infiltrated where they're not wanted. They are villains. Your job is to let them reveal themselves. Down the road their evil intentions will become evident and then you, in true Minneapolis fashion, will OUST them villainous words, and your own pure and gorgeous prose will prevail!

Ha! I took Rocks for Jocks, too! And Shocks for Jocks! And I wasn't even a Jock!

A classic case of cheesefoot.

Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.

Is this the best debut novel of this century? I say it's a contender, at the very least.

a woman in a wonder woman costume is holding a shield and a sword . Alt: a woman in a wonder woman costume is holding a shield and a sword .

What I sent to Senator Collins today:

Here is your chance to prove your courage! Stand up to your Republican colleagues who want to trade ACA subsidies for abortion restrictions. Say NO! Say it publicly for all of us constituents to admire! You can do it! Prove you're a woman and not a mouse!

Great news! Can't wait to read it. I bet Weird Wild West is...Wicked Weaselly and Well-crafted!

Congratulations!

Doesn't this sound FANTASTIC!?! Can't wait!

I love how it looks like some 1950s sci-fi gizmo. 🚀

I'm just reposting this to show how much fun them Scots are having in naming their festivals.

Heh heh. Why not?

Great news! May your employment be a happy one!

Fantasy-astic! Congratulations!

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

Audiences baffled as TV detective not even a little bit autistic Crime drama fans have been left bewildered by Channel 4’s latest offering, which features a sleuth protagonist so neurotypical that he is completely unrecognisable as a detective, critics have claimed...

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They say if you sit by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies gonna float on by. Well Lord, I brought a picnic basket and a bottle of that good French wine, but there seems to be some kind of logjam upstream and I'm starting to wonder if I oughtn't fetch the dynamite.

Well, this is the best sentence I've read in a while.

From Angel Maker by @matociquala.bsky.social/

Thank you so much for this!

(the author is @lumchanmfa.bsky.social )

Check out this book promo; it's by an author I know and she's great!

Yeah, there's a glitch going on.

So slimy!

Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegally | CNN A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after federal agents arrested him on accusations that he was living and working in the c...

A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after federal agents arrested him on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.

One perfect dark red Macoun apple hanging on a tree

Apple season in New England! My favorite is the Macoun, bred by New York researchers in the 1920s from MacIntosh and Jersey Black stock. Great in pies and greater eaten fresh, crispy and tart (but not too tart).
They don't keep super well, so there's many a pie in our near future.

South Korea to probe potential human rights abuses in US Hyundai raid More than 300 South Korean workers returned home on Friday after being held for a week in the US following the raid.

Thank you South Korea, with your polite but insistent resistance to the unconscionable.
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