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Kij Johnson
@kijjohnson.bsky.social
Some books, some awards, one cat. Licensed to sell weasels and jade earrings.
Novel-writing workshops: https://kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kijjohnson
Latest feat: RiverBank RPG! https://riverbankrpg.com
in Texas, sky full of starlings
monarch in the McDonald's lot
home at last
#haiku #senryu
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
hotel florals
with the wrong scent
ready for home
#haiku #senryu
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
weed-choked lot
hundreds of geese ignore the highway
like it's no big thing
#haiku #senryu
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
hard to hear the birds
when we are all shouting
but they sing anyway
#haiku #senryu
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'll be in the Dallas area for a talk Thursday! Cannot wait.
www.collin.edu
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
as I drive past
hawk floats up to the street lamp
claws empty
#haiku #senryu
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A lovely review of RiverBank in ttrpgfans.com! "Kij Johnson and Kobold Press have created something quietly revolutionary: a game about manners as mechanics and chaos as comedy." 19/20! #riverbankrpg
Kobold Press' RiverBank RPG (Deep Dive & Review)
We offer our take on Kobold Press' "Riverbank RPG," a new critter-filled, cottagecore game of manners and mischief inspired by The Wind in the Willows.
ttrpgfans.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
small for November
but the little squirrel
prevails
#haiku #senryu
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
choose your own adventure:
at the cafe, read my book?
or chat with the Londoner?
#haiku #senryu
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
overnight frost
nothing left of summer
but crows and sunlight
#haiku #senryu
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
lost sunglasses:
kicking through the dead leaves
is as good as finding them
#haiku #senryu #haibun
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
making absinthe
finally, something to look forward to
wormwood, do your stuff
#haiku #senryu #haibun
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
two hours later
same power line, different birds
shift change
#haiku #senryu
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
the cat:
what about now? what about now?
what about now?
#haiku #senryu
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Poppets, there's going to be a RiverBank coloring contest! I'm one of the final judges. #riverbank #riverbankrpg #coloring
A Most Charming Affair: The RiverBank RPG Coloring Competition - November 5, 2025
From October 5th through 14th, you are cordially invited to bring the world of RiverBank to life with color, imagination, and perhaps just a touch of glitter.
koboldpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
false defiance
spinning up in the autumn wind
the dead leaf
#haiku #senryu
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
red-tailed hawk waits
flat-footed on the hill
where his tree stood
#haiku #senryu
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Everyone has symptoms of PTSD by now. I read the news this a.m. and burst into thankful tears. People have worked hard, and now we've seen this moves the needle. It's scarcely a postcard of what has to happen, but it's the first mail I've seen in a long long time. Love you all, you dear fighters.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
tattered bright fans
thrown away at summer's end
ginkgo
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
that one bird
with the two-note cry
hey-ho hey-ho
#haiku #senryu
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Windy day
reaching for the falling leaves
are they laughing at me?
#haiku #senryu
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hurrah!
My copy has come in and I have to say I truly think this is one of the best RPG books I've seen published in a few years. The mechanics are already exciting and the writing is both easy to consume for rules, and wonderful to read for background. Every footnote is a treasure. Get this.
The RiverBank tabletop RPG is available now for preorder from Kobold Press! Go buy five copies each, okay?
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
RiverBank is out in the wild!!
Yay! My copy of the RiverBank Roleplaying Game has arrived 🥳
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
five minutes after
the murmuration one starling
late for the party
#haiku #senryu
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
stopped in traffic
the murmuration passes overhead
wing-sound like surf
#haiku #senryu
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM