E.K. Johnston
@ekjohnston.bsky.social
"the meryl streep of ya". 17 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
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E.K. Johnston
@ekjohnston.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Another reason I couldn't have written ME2 is that every time Shepard met someone From Before, I would have them say "Are you serious?" so that Shepard could reply "No, I'm Cerberus.", and then I would have been dumped on the side of the Yellowhead with no snowboots.
Today for the first time Dad said "I wish I'd done that" instead of "I always wanted to do that", and, pocket friends, it sucks.
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Today for the first time Dad said "I wish I'd done that" instead of "I always wanted to do that", and, pocket friends, it sucks.
I love it when I return to a fic to reread it and there's art that wasn't there before. Fandom makes me happy.
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I love it when I return to a fic to reread it and there's art that wasn't there before. Fandom makes me happy.
YA + Romancelandia is a *force*.
Just realized that we have shipped almost 300,000 whistles across the country because of a show where Jane Grey's husband turns into a horse.
Without the Tudor Horse Man show I would not be BFFs with @moryan.bsky.social & she wouldn't have sent me to @lefttheprairie.bsky.social & yet here we are.
Without the Tudor Horse Man show I would not be BFFs with @moryan.bsky.social & she wouldn't have sent me to @lefttheprairie.bsky.social & yet here we are.
a man riding on the back of a horse in front of a fire with the words still running on the bottom left
Alt: Jane Grey flying through the air over flames and landing on the back of a horse. Who is also her husband.
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
YA + Romancelandia is a *force*.
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One thing that’s really underreported on is the amount of mutual aid support the Twin Cities are receiving from around the country.
A third/fourth of folks I know doing weekly food support for vulnerable families are getting it at least partially financed by someone out of state who wants to help.
A third/fourth of folks I know doing weekly food support for vulnerable families are getting it at least partially financed by someone out of state who wants to help.
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
One thing that’s really underreported on is the amount of mutual aid support the Twin Cities are receiving from around the country.
A third/fourth of folks I know doing weekly food support for vulnerable families are getting it at least partially financed by someone out of state who wants to help.
A third/fourth of folks I know doing weekly food support for vulnerable families are getting it at least partially financed by someone out of state who wants to help.
Two before OWEN, one canceled IP, one unwritten Book 3.
Hey authors -- I'm curious. For various reasons, we usually only see the highlight reals on social media, but how many novels have you trunked over your career? Especially post first published book?
February 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Two before OWEN, one canceled IP, one unwritten Book 3.
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There is no evidence of drawing down or deescalation on the part of the federal occupying army. The oppressive pressure of the nearness of evil makes casualness of any kind impossible. 6/7
February 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
There is no evidence of drawing down or deescalation on the part of the federal occupying army. The oppressive pressure of the nearness of evil makes casualness of any kind impossible. 6/7
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I might be able to leave my gloves in the car when I walk into the grocery store, but I sure as hell have a whistle on me. Every notification buzz might be another murder or kidnapping or outrageous lie from the administration. The exhausting hypervigilance remains necessary. 7/7
February 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I might be able to leave my gloves in the car when I walk into the grocery store, but I sure as hell have a whistle on me. Every notification buzz might be another murder or kidnapping or outrageous lie from the administration. The exhausting hypervigilance remains necessary. 7/7
"Doesn't matter how sad you are about doing evil crap if you keep doing it."
I love Taash so much.
I love Taash so much.
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
"Doesn't matter how sad you are about doing evil crap if you keep doing it."
I love Taash so much.
I love Taash so much.
My heart yearns for metaphor.
I talk about politics and the economy and sociology because I write about politics and the economy and sociology. I am a fantasy novelist. Come on.
February 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
My heart yearns for metaphor.
I just booked my first school visit since the pandemic. It's a bit different in Canada, but there are *several* school boards whose screenings I no longer pass.
One.
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I just booked my first school visit since the pandemic. It's a bit different in Canada, but there are *several* school boards whose screenings I no longer pass.
You mean like the UBI for artists that Ireland tried (to great success)?
Congratulations again to the team behind Heated Rivalry. Your success is a powerful reminder of why it matters to invest in Canadian content and stories.
January 31, 2026 at 11:18 PM
You mean like the UBI for artists that Ireland tried (to great success)?
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We rode past the site of his murder and then on to the block where ICE killed Renee Good. It took mere minutes riding very slowly.
My friend and I then swung off to head home, and our route took us through George Floyd Square.
It’s all so close. I knew this, but I really felt it today.
My friend and I then swung off to head home, and our route took us through George Floyd Square.
It’s all so close. I knew this, but I really felt it today.
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
We rode past the site of his murder and then on to the block where ICE killed Renee Good. It took mere minutes riding very slowly.
My friend and I then swung off to head home, and our route took us through George Floyd Square.
It’s all so close. I knew this, but I really felt it today.
My friend and I then swung off to head home, and our route took us through George Floyd Square.
It’s all so close. I knew this, but I really felt it today.
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Thousands upon thousands of cyclists gathered today to honor Alex Pretti and to demand ICE leave our state. In decades of cycling, I’ve never been in a bigger group of riders. I couldn’t see the head or the tail of the group.
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Thousands upon thousands of cyclists gathered today to honor Alex Pretti and to demand ICE leave our state. In decades of cycling, I’ve never been in a bigger group of riders. I couldn’t see the head or the tail of the group.
This armour is so silly and I always look *amazing* in it.
January 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This armour is so silly and I always look *amazing* in it.
It doesn't bother me, exactly. Perhaps because it's predictable? Perhaps because I've always felt shut out of CanLit? But I've dreamed of Amanda Tapping's version of The Story of Owen on screen since 2014. I've just never really believed it could happen.
The thing that bothers me so much about Carney's joke about greenlighting the Heated Rivalry show is that it furthers the narrative that it's a needle in a haystack. Anyone who reads Canadian books and watches Canadian film knows that we could have dozens more HRs with enough funding.
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
It doesn't bother me, exactly. Perhaps because it's predictable? Perhaps because I've always felt shut out of CanLit? But I've dreamed of Amanda Tapping's version of The Story of Owen on screen since 2014. I've just never really believed it could happen.
Migraine sidelines plan, back to bed with Murderbot audiobooks.
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Migraine sidelines plan, back to bed with Murderbot audiobooks.
There's one extremely silly mistake, and I ran out of my light grey with half a row to go, but...
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
There's one extremely silly mistake, and I ran out of my light grey with half a row to go, but...
One of my favourite "alternates" in Veilguard is that if you take Bellara to do the crystal thingies BEFORE she tells you about Cyrian, her reaction to the "Vora'shivan" note is "Wait, what?"
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
One of my favourite "alternates" in Veilguard is that if you take Bellara to do the crystal thingies BEFORE she tells you about Cyrian, her reaction to the "Vora'shivan" note is "Wait, what?"
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And we're live! Here's our one-off eerie audio drama titled "Kinbasket." (With fantastic cover art by Sarah-that's a real life painting!)
Here's a youtube link, apple podcast in the next post.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3Z...
Here's a youtube link, apple podcast in the next post.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3Z...
Kinbasket
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
And we're live! Here's our one-off eerie audio drama titled "Kinbasket." (With fantastic cover art by Sarah-that's a real life painting!)
Here's a youtube link, apple podcast in the next post.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3Z...
Here's a youtube link, apple podcast in the next post.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3Z...
I have an extensive list of usual suspects (Hurt, Hallelujah (not that one, the other one), etc), but my real answer is Creep, from Carrie Manolakos.
OH, AND: Rude, from Kina Grannis.
OH, AND: Rude, from Kina Grannis.
The Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson
(Simon & Garfunkel cover)
(Simon & Garfunkel cover)
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I have an extensive list of usual suspects (Hurt, Hallelujah (not that one, the other one), etc), but my real answer is Creep, from Carrie Manolakos.
OH, AND: Rude, from Kina Grannis.
OH, AND: Rude, from Kina Grannis.
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@sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social 's experimental audio drama Episode "Kinbasket" is now live! Strange and spooky, this is a wonderful jumping in point to the story as it's entirely self-contained.
We'll resume Season 2 of "The Concierge" with Episode 2 coming next month!
youtu.be/Jn3ZywLCABY?...
We'll resume Season 2 of "The Concierge" with Episode 2 coming next month!
youtu.be/Jn3ZywLCABY?...
Kinbasket
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
@sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social 's experimental audio drama Episode "Kinbasket" is now live! Strange and spooky, this is a wonderful jumping in point to the story as it's entirely self-contained.
We'll resume Season 2 of "The Concierge" with Episode 2 coming next month!
youtu.be/Jn3ZywLCABY?...
We'll resume Season 2 of "The Concierge" with Episode 2 coming next month!
youtu.be/Jn3ZywLCABY?...
Good job, team! Keep on those armoured vehicles.
The latest on the Pattison/ICE story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Good job, team! Keep on those armoured vehicles.
I love working with @mikechenwriter.bsky.social on the star war.
A tiny distraction on a bonkers day: a new excerpt of Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon that sees ND-5 and Jaylen track a target in the GFFA equivalent of Burbank Airport (seriously), only to discover ties to one of the underworld's biggest players
www.polygon.com/star-wars-ou...
www.polygon.com/star-wars-ou...
Star Wars Outlaws is getting a prequel next month — here's your first taste
There's even a tease of return of a fan-favorite Solo character
www.polygon.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I love working with @mikechenwriter.bsky.social on the star war.
I was 34 for Origins, DA2, and DAI, and then 40 for Veilguard.
[Redacted] asked how old I was when I started playing Dragon Age, so I did the maths:
• Dragon Age Origins: 23
• Dragon Age 2: 25
• Dragon Age Inquisition: 28
• Dragon Age The Veilguard: 38
How old were you?
#DragonAge
• Dragon Age Origins: 23
• Dragon Age 2: 25
• Dragon Age Inquisition: 28
• Dragon Age The Veilguard: 38
How old were you?
#DragonAge
January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I was 34 for Origins, DA2, and DAI, and then 40 for Veilguard.
It's -22°C before the windchill, and the *inside* of my car is frozen.
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It's -22°C before the windchill, and the *inside* of my car is frozen.