Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff"
@authorlevai.bsky.social
She/her. PhD in Egyptology, now I write fiction. The Night Library of Sternendach is my novella in sonnets. The Glass Garden is space horror and family drama.
Will boost almost anything with a bat in it.
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Will boost almost anything with a bat in it.
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Hello to BlueSky and my new followers! Please check out my novellas:
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
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THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
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If your resolution this year is to support more independent bookstores, hi!👋🏽
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative to Amazon for buying books online where every purchase supports indie bookstores all over the U.S. 😌📚
(And our CEO has never gone to space, just saying)
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative to Amazon for buying books online where every purchase supports indie bookstores all over the U.S. 😌📚
(And our CEO has never gone to space, just saying)
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
If your resolution this year is to support more independent bookstores, hi!👋🏽
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative to Amazon for buying books online where every purchase supports indie bookstores all over the U.S. 😌📚
(And our CEO has never gone to space, just saying)
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative to Amazon for buying books online where every purchase supports indie bookstores all over the U.S. 😌📚
(And our CEO has never gone to space, just saying)
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
It's Epiphany, so it's a cool time to read one of my favorite Tanith Lee stories, "The Origin of Snow."
www.daughterofthenight.com/tlb230a.pdf
www.daughterofthenight.com/tlb230a.pdf
www.daughterofthenight.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It's Epiphany, so it's a cool time to read one of my favorite Tanith Lee stories, "The Origin of Snow."
www.daughterofthenight.com/tlb230a.pdf
www.daughterofthenight.com/tlb230a.pdf
I published this last year and am posting it again because I'm proud of it and hell, I want to.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
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Cast of Wonders 661: Bloom Like Roses, Wild And Thorned | Cast of Wonders
Perhaps you’ve heard the tale of a poor merchant who set out to seek his fortune, leaving his daughter home with the promise of a rose. There was a storm. There was a castle. There was a Beast.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I published this last year and am posting it again because I'm proud of it and hell, I want to.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
Time to post this again.
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Ack, my back! or, the progress of a minor physical ailment
What was that?Did it hurt?Does it hurt?It hurts!I don’t want pills.Give me the pills.The pills aren’t working.It’ll hurt like this forever!The pills are working.I’ll be taking them forever!I forgot…
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January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Time to post this again.
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The first rejection of 2026!
a close up of a christmas tree with a snowman holding a ornament
Alt: Camera pulls back to reveal Santa holding aloft a silver bell. "The First Gift of Christmas" scene from THE POLAR EXPRESS
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January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The first rejection of 2026!
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I wanna start a list of Central/East European indie authors. If you are one or know someone who is, please respond to this post :)
rp for more people to see this
rp for more people to see this
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I wanna start a list of Central/East European indie authors. If you are one or know someone who is, please respond to this post :)
rp for more people to see this
rp for more people to see this
Lately I've discovered I can stop my cat doing something annoying like sitting on my computer or eating painter's tape by saying, "Hey, Milo! Come here and be a good boy!" He'll come right over for pets, which I guess is what he wanted anyway.
Then back to the painter's tape!
Then back to the painter's tape!
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Lately I've discovered I can stop my cat doing something annoying like sitting on my computer or eating painter's tape by saying, "Hey, Milo! Come here and be a good boy!" He'll come right over for pets, which I guess is what he wanted anyway.
Then back to the painter's tape!
Then back to the painter's tape!
Oh, baby Ryan Reynolds was in an X-FILES episode!
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Oh, baby Ryan Reynolds was in an X-FILES episode!
I watched THE LORAX (2012) this week and, surprisingly, I didn't hate it. Huh.
January 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I watched THE LORAX (2012) this week and, surprisingly, I didn't hate it. Huh.
I called my 3 reps today. My husband called, too.
I encourage you to call yours.
Especially since you're likely to get the answering machine and won't have to sound eloquent to a living person. This is my preferred way/time to call.
I encourage you to call yours.
Especially since you're likely to get the answering machine and won't have to sound eloquent to a living person. This is my preferred way/time to call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I called my 3 reps today. My husband called, too.
I encourage you to call yours.
Especially since you're likely to get the answering machine and won't have to sound eloquent to a living person. This is my preferred way/time to call.
I encourage you to call yours.
Especially since you're likely to get the answering machine and won't have to sound eloquent to a living person. This is my preferred way/time to call.
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Have a great idea for the readercon 35 program? Submit your idea here: readercon.org/contribute! We'd be delighted to learn of it!
Contribute to Readercon's Program | Readercon Web Services
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January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Have a great idea for the readercon 35 program? Submit your idea here: readercon.org/contribute! We'd be delighted to learn of it!
Well, what a mornin'.
Sigh.
If you need a distraction and still have bookstore gift credit burning a hole in your pocket, I humbly suggest these.
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Sigh.
If you need a distraction and still have bookstore gift credit burning a hole in your pocket, I humbly suggest these.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
Hello to BlueSky and my new followers! Please check out my novellas:
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH is a bittersweet vampire opera in sonnets.
THE GLASS GARDEN is space horror.
Covers designed by @kglyder.bsky.social.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Well, what a mornin'.
Sigh.
If you need a distraction and still have bookstore gift credit burning a hole in your pocket, I humbly suggest these.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
Sigh.
If you need a distraction and still have bookstore gift credit burning a hole in your pocket, I humbly suggest these.
linktr.ee/authorlevai
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Patience. Maintenance. Guano ✨
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Patience. Maintenance. Guano ✨
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
3 things to think about before getting a bat house.
Visit our website for more resources on bat houses: https://www.batcon.org/about-bats/bat-house-guidelines/
🦇 Florida bonneted bat
📸 MGambaRios
Doing my annual #Tanuary a little differently this year. As I'm starting to run out of new Tanith Lee stuff to read, I'm gonna start with the tribute antho edited by @thisjulieday.bsky.social.
And then, hell, I'll probably reread The Silver Metal Lover if I've got time left in the month.
And then, hell, I'll probably reread The Silver Metal Lover if I've got time left in the month.
January 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Doing my annual #Tanuary a little differently this year. As I'm starting to run out of new Tanith Lee stuff to read, I'm gonna start with the tribute antho edited by @thisjulieday.bsky.social.
And then, hell, I'll probably reread The Silver Metal Lover if I've got time left in the month.
And then, hell, I'll probably reread The Silver Metal Lover if I've got time left in the month.
Anyone else having this problem with the Grinder? I go to a market page, click "Search For Pieces," and nothing comes up. Even when I know I have eligible pieces. Even when the market is brand new to me.
@diabolicalplots.com, is this a thing you've seen before?
@diabolicalplots.com, is this a thing you've seen before?
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Anyone else having this problem with the Grinder? I go to a market page, click "Search For Pieces," and nothing comes up. Even when I know I have eligible pieces. Even when the market is brand new to me.
@diabolicalplots.com, is this a thing you've seen before?
@diabolicalplots.com, is this a thing you've seen before?
MELANCHOLIC?
That does not bode well.
That does not bode well.
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
MELANCHOLIC?
That does not bode well.
That does not bode well.
It's tough being on the East coast of the US on New Year's. There's no one a time zone to the east of me so I can watch their NYE celebration and go to bed at a decent time.
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
It's tough being on the East coast of the US on New Year's. There's no one a time zone to the east of me so I can watch their NYE celebration and go to bed at a decent time.
Just watched DOCTOR WHO: "Last Christmas."
The perfect chaser/antidote to THE POLAR EXPRESS.
The perfect chaser/antidote to THE POLAR EXPRESS.
a man dressed as santa claus stands next to a bbc logo
Alt: Santa claus walks through the door into an arctic research station, carrying a specimen in a jar, and nods at The Doctor.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Just watched DOCTOR WHO: "Last Christmas."
The perfect chaser/antidote to THE POLAR EXPRESS.
The perfect chaser/antidote to THE POLAR EXPRESS.
My God, I had the same thought watching this last night!
They call it the Polar Express but it stops in front of every child's individual house more like the Polar Local. More like the Polar Local. (shuffling note cards, adjusting mic stand) Polar Local
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My God, I had the same thought watching this last night!
Hearing Santa tell the main character in a TV Christmas movie, "I was running out of ways to kill you," was not something I saw coming.
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hearing Santa tell the main character in a TV Christmas movie, "I was running out of ways to kill you," was not something I saw coming.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Friends, could someone please help me out with something to eat today? 🙏🏻💔 I'm hungry, I haven't eaten well today 😭😭
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Suddenly, this guy being teal doesn't seem so far-fetched.
December 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Suddenly, this guy being teal doesn't seem so far-fetched.
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career