J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
Indie author, multi-genre: Academic Mystery, Speculative SF, & Magical Realism | One-time academic & librarian | Style guide nerd | NO AI | No autofollows | Alt Text used
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J.A. Jablonski
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Setting the stage: J.A. Jablonski (Jude) writes in three different genres (mystery, speculative SF, and magical realism) while keeping one foot in the academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. (She/They/Dr/Ms/Mx)
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The drone cameras at the Olympics speed skating & downhill skiing give a very Murderbotish visual vibe.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The drone cameras at the Olympics speed skating & downhill skiing give a very Murderbotish visual vibe.
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Needed to totally escape the ::waves hands:: for a bit so I read all of Martha Wells' Murderbot stories (& preordered her latest). 🤖
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February 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Needed to totally escape the ::waves hands:: for a bit so I read all of Martha Wells' Murderbot stories (& preordered her latest). 🤖
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"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
We've quite a few dog walkers in our neighborhood. Just now a gent came by a well-groomed terrier. Said gent was wearing a fedora & trim-fitting, hip-length suede jacket. Both looking rather dashing I have to say.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
We've quite a few dog walkers in our neighborhood. Just now a gent came by a well-groomed terrier. Said gent was wearing a fedora & trim-fitting, hip-length suede jacket. Both looking rather dashing I have to say.
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Congrats, Rob! 👏
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A Chicago-sized thanks to everyone who purchased a copy of Harriet's latest case! VERY grateful to Stephany Evans @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @paulbradleycarr.bsky.social @sarahlacy.com @bestbookstore.bsky.social for believing there is a place for Harriet on bookshelves!
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Congrats, Rob! 👏
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While I'm a big fan of Dorothy Sayers, there are aspects of her detective novels that have always bugged me. The o-uncle-newt Tumblr writer has a splendid essay on this re: GAUDY NIGHT: "Sayers and the nonsense of the 'proper job' (with some defense of Annie."
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💬 0 🔁 2 ❤️ 6 · Sayers and the nonsense of the "proper job" (with some defense of Annie) · Okay, so I've already written a bit about this here but was just rereading and had an additional thought…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
While I'm a big fan of Dorothy Sayers, there are aspects of her detective novels that have always bugged me. The o-uncle-newt Tumblr writer has a splendid essay on this re: GAUDY NIGHT: "Sayers and the nonsense of the 'proper job' (with some defense of Annie."
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Oooh, loving the concept behind this one: 'soul gardens.' Sounds like a kind of emotional synaesthesia. I am most curious. Going to order post haste!
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A detective who sees soul gardens faces his hardest case yet — proving his childhood friend isn’t a killer.
Kindle www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Nook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/that-murde...
Apple books.apple.com/us/book/that...
all links: books2read.com/thatmurderfe...
#mystery #fantasy #booksky
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Nook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/that-murde...
Apple books.apple.com/us/book/that...
all links: books2read.com/thatmurderfe...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Oooh, loving the concept behind this one: 'soul gardens.' Sounds like a kind of emotional synaesthesia. I am most curious. Going to order post haste!
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Not gonna link the thread, because it's embarrassingly flattering, but specifics of it have led to thoughts.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
February 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Nobody's perfect, but at least Finkelstein is a real one.
Harvard professor Robert Trivers tried to get Jeffrey Epstein in touch with Norman Finkelstein. Instead of accepting, Norman sent a reply calling Alan Dershowitz a pedophile rapist and saying Trivers should be ashamed for defending them, and both should be strangled instead
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Nobody's perfect, but at least Finkelstein is a real one.
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no better summation of America's unrepentant rape culture than that one of the biggest stories of the last decade is about the abuse of women and girls and every single stakeholder working on it couldn't give less of a shit about the actual victims of the story
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
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February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
no better summation of America's unrepentant rape culture than that one of the biggest stories of the last decade is about the abuse of women and girls and every single stakeholder working on it couldn't give less of a shit about the actual victims of the story
Besides looking to be intensely interesting for itself, this article by Antonio Melechi is a great resource for writers of fiction (literary & genre).
#WritingCommunity #SF #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #LiteraryFiction 📚💙
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Sleep paralysis, somnambulism, hypnic jerks: we’ve all drifted through the borderlands of sleep & wakefulness. Those borderlands have preoccupied philosophers, scientists, & novelists, from Montaigne’s “most profound and maddest fancies” to E.M. Cioran’s warning of sleep’s “frightening importance.”
Daydreamers and Sleepwalkers: Crossing the Borderlands of the Unconscious
Scientists and philosophers have spent centuries studying sleep. Each descent only deepens the mystery.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Besides looking to be intensely interesting for itself, this article by Antonio Melechi is a great resource for writers of fiction (literary & genre).
#WritingCommunity #SF #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #LiteraryFiction 📚💙
#WritingCommunity #SF #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #LiteraryFiction 📚💙
This IG post (Acct: "herstory_feminism") about the Maltida Effect gave me a perfect plot shift for Bk 4 of my WIP academic mystery series. (Bk 1 comes out this spring so I have time to reconfigure my Bk 4 outline!).
www.instagram.com/p/DUNrMq0iNH...
More: www.lostwomenofscience.org/news-events/...
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More: www.lostwomenofscience.org/news-events/...
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This IG post (Acct: "herstory_feminism") about the Maltida Effect gave me a perfect plot shift for Bk 4 of my WIP academic mystery series. (Bk 1 comes out this spring so I have time to reconfigure my Bk 4 outline!).
www.instagram.com/p/DUNrMq0iNH...
More: www.lostwomenofscience.org/news-events/...
www.instagram.com/p/DUNrMq0iNH...
More: www.lostwomenofscience.org/news-events/...
I finally got around to watching Arwen Curry's splendid documentary on American author Ursula K. Le Guin. What a delight! Many segments of her speaking thoughtfully in that amusing and direct way she had. Recommended!
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February 1, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I finally got around to watching Arwen Curry's splendid documentary on American author Ursula K. Le Guin. What a delight! Many segments of her speaking thoughtfully in that amusing and direct way she had. Recommended!
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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"Tell us something we don't know," chorus women authors, actors, artists, academics and those in every other profession, all the way through the alphabet.
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Older women ‘disappear’ from BBC presenting roles, internal review finds
Older men seen as ‘gaining wisdom’ but women must keep looking younger or be ‘idiosyncratic’, review hears
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
"Tell us something we don't know," chorus women authors, actors, artists, academics and those in every other profession, all the way through the alphabet.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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By the way, Wisconsin is a major producer of frac sand because easily mined, almost pure silicon dioxide sand is not actually that common, and some beautiful and unique northern Driftless Area and Central Sand Plain landscapes are going to be permanently scarred as a result.
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 AM
By the way, Wisconsin is a major producer of frac sand because easily mined, almost pure silicon dioxide sand is not actually that common, and some beautiful and unique northern Driftless Area and Central Sand Plain landscapes are going to be permanently scarred as a result.
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You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
Though a bit too cold for one of our Lake Michigan walks yesterday...it was lovely to see this 'cloudbow' through a briefly opened car door. 🌈☁️
January 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Though a bit too cold for one of our Lake Michigan walks yesterday...it was lovely to see this 'cloudbow' through a briefly opened car door. 🌈☁️
My sister knitted me a pair of fingerless gloves that I use when I am writing on cold days. She free-formed dinosaur shapes on the cuffs of each.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #knitting #StayWarm
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #knitting #StayWarm
January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
My sister knitted me a pair of fingerless gloves that I use when I am writing on cold days. She free-formed dinosaur shapes on the cuffs of each.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #knitting #StayWarm
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #knitting #StayWarm
Taking a great deal of comfort in returning to this book after a few months away. (It's not cosy or comforting *at all*, but deeply imagined and splendidly written.)
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January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Taking a great deal of comfort in returning to this book after a few months away. (It's not cosy or comforting *at all*, but deeply imagined and splendidly written.)
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In book #2, Harriet visits a German gymnasium and fences for the first time! Fear not, the blade tips are blunt--well, they are supposed to be! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalmystery #historicalfiction #lgbtqbooks
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January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
In book #2, Harriet visits a German gymnasium and fences for the first time! Fear not, the blade tips are blunt--well, they are supposed to be! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalmystery #historicalfiction #lgbtqbooks
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Upton Sinclair chronicled the stockyard's horrors for animals and immigrant workers in his seminal work, The Jungle, published in 1906. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks
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January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Love these historical tidbits that Rob is posting before the publication of his new book, THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER. I had the chance to hear Rob speak at our local indie, Boswell Books. It was a great discussion--Rob really does his research!
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Harriet Morrow is back in 4 days to match wits with Saloon Mickey and Irish Dan, based on the real-life 1st ward politicians "Bathhouse John" Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Mike Kenna. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks
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January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Love these historical tidbits that Rob is posting before the publication of his new book, THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER. I had the chance to hear Rob speak at our local indie, Boswell Books. It was a great discussion--Rob really does his research!
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MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.
The images hurt like hell to see, but @nakedpastor.bsky.social is absolutely on target with his work.
Thank you, NP. 🙏
Thank you, NP. 🙏
Jesus said... whatever you did to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did to me.
That's why I draw pictures like this one.
That's why I draw pictures like this one.
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The images hurt like hell to see, but @nakedpastor.bsky.social is absolutely on target with his work.
Thank you, NP. 🙏
Thank you, NP. 🙏