My parents have been using them in salads where they bleed purple blood on things. (I'm not a raw tomato eater myself.)

My parents have been growing the gothest tomatoes this season, and I finally remembered to get a picture. (Spatula included to provide color comparison.)

This hits like a freight train

I'm moderating an event at Powell's! I'll be asking Sarah Andersen (Sarah's Scribbles) and Reza Farazmand (Poorly Drawn Lines) Extremely Important questions about cats (among other topics, I GUESS), so come say hi! I'm also happy to sign books and will have some special extras with me. 😊

We are now OPEN for submissions of ⭐️ short fiction ⭐️ flash fiction ⭐️ poetry for @augurmag.bsky.social@talesfeathers.bsky.social Issue 4!!! We want your dreamy & slipstream narratives, character-driven sci-fi, epic & soft fantasy, otherworldly folklore, and magical fairytales!🔮🐉🎪

My prime squirrel Growler had 3 kits recently, and just now it seems her sister Pipette had 3 more kits!! But six more mouths to feed. So I am doing some squirrel theme commissions that come with a sticker pack of squirrels to buy nuts. Please DM me if you would like one.

Hey writers/journalists in Seattle! Do you want to come to Iceland for 2-4 weeks to write about Icelandic literature? All expenses paid! More info here: reykjavik.is/en/city-of-l...

New story up at GNS: Four patients. Four surgeries. Four chances for Regan to sabotage the Elders’ loyalty implants as she installs them, and save everyone. Read “To Sacrifice Others” by R. Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.socialgiganotosaurus.org/2024/10/01/to-sacrifice-others

you don’t understand, mom, those are my emotional support boxes of miscellaneous junk that I need to store unopened in your basement for somewhere between 3 and 35 years

For those wondering about my back, I was able to get hold of the MRI image for my L5 disk.