Laura Ruth Loomis
@lauraruthless.bsky.social
Social worker by day, space cadet by night. Author of "The Cosmic Turkey" and "The Star-Crossed Pelican." Distantly related to horse thieves. She/her.
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Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
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Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
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“Looking for a homebody to settle down and have dozens of kids.” Swipe left.
“Looking for companion on dangerous mission in the Lilliput galaxy.” Swipe left.
“Looking for meaningless relationship, send picture from neck down, please.” Swipe left faster.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
“Looking for companion on dangerous mission in the Lilliput galaxy.” Swipe left.
“Looking for meaningless relationship, send picture from neck down, please.” Swipe left faster.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“Looking for a homebody to settle down and have dozens of kids.” Swipe left.
“Looking for companion on dangerous mission in the Lilliput galaxy.” Swipe left.
“Looking for meaningless relationship, send picture from neck down, please.” Swipe left faster.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
“Looking for companion on dangerous mission in the Lilliput galaxy.” Swipe left.
“Looking for meaningless relationship, send picture from neck down, please.” Swipe left faster.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
"Frink’s a compulsive pickpocket and occasional burglar.”
“Both perfectly respectable occupations on my home planet. Most people in my family run pyramid schemes or email frauds. How was I supposed to know that on other planets you’re not allowed to steal houses?”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Both perfectly respectable occupations on my home planet. Most people in my family run pyramid schemes or email frauds. How was I supposed to know that on other planets you’re not allowed to steal houses?”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
"Frink’s a compulsive pickpocket and occasional burglar.”
“Both perfectly respectable occupations on my home planet. Most people in my family run pyramid schemes or email frauds. How was I supposed to know that on other planets you’re not allowed to steal houses?”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Both perfectly respectable occupations on my home planet. Most people in my family run pyramid schemes or email frauds. How was I supposed to know that on other planets you’re not allowed to steal houses?”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Book 1 for 2026: "Exit Strategy," 4th book in the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells. Managed to hit all my reading challenges: #PopsugarReadingChallenge, #52BookClubChallenge, #BooklistQueenChallenge, and #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm.
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Book 1 for 2026: Exit Strategy
Exit Strategy , by Martha Wells. This is the fourth book in the Murderbot Diaries series. While they can be read as standalones, it really helps to read this series in order, starting with All...
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January 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Book 1 for 2026: "Exit Strategy," 4th book in the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells. Managed to hit all my reading challenges: #PopsugarReadingChallenge, #52BookClubChallenge, #BooklistQueenChallenge, and #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/bo...
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Happy Science Fiction Day! It's the perfect time to read the Cosmic Turkey.
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Happy Science Fiction Day! It's the perfect time to read the Cosmic Turkey.
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
“Do not let the lamp of hope dim in the chaos that descends. May peace know you by name.”
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
“Do not let the lamp of hope dim in the chaos that descends. May peace know you by name.”
They were in the middle of a screaming argument when he grabbed her and kissed her passionately. Jay knew Sue would squeal with #delight and admit her undying love.
"What the hell?" She shoved him away and smacked him with the nearest item, a hoagie. Shredded onions dripped down his face.
#VSS365
"What the hell?" She shoved him away and smacked him with the nearest item, a hoagie. Shredded onions dripped down his face.
#VSS365
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“And there are other improvements you need to make," the Counselor continued. “Jupiterans, you haven’t made a good holofilm in fifty of your years. Plutonians, stop calling yours a real planet. You’re not fooling anyone. And, Earthlings, where do I start?”
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
New Year, New Background!
I felt it was time for a little overhaul of the graphic, and what better time to do it than on January 1st?
The #WIPSnips word for January 1st is "begin"
Happy New Year!
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
I felt it was time for a little overhaul of the graphic, and what better time to do it than on January 1st?
The #WIPSnips word for January 1st is "begin"
Happy New Year!
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“And there are other improvements you need to make," the Counselor continued. “Jupiterans, you haven’t made a good holofilm in fifty of your years. Plutonians, stop calling yours a real planet. You’re not fooling anyone. And, Earthlings, where do I start?”
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
"The Space-Faring Moron’s Guide to Common Science Fiction Plot Devices" looked well-thumbed. I pulled it down and scanned the introduction.
"You’re space-faring. You’re a moron. You should have stayed home."
Not a promising beginning.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
"You’re space-faring. You’re a moron. You should have stayed home."
Not a promising beginning.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
New Year, New Background!
I felt it was time for a little overhaul of the graphic, and what better time to do it than on January 1st?
The #WIPSnips word for January 1st is "begin"
Happy New Year!
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
I felt it was time for a little overhaul of the graphic, and what better time to do it than on January 1st?
The #WIPSnips word for January 1st is "begin"
Happy New Year!
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"The Space-Faring Moron’s Guide to Common Science Fiction Plot Devices" looked well-thumbed. I pulled it down and scanned the introduction.
"You’re space-faring. You’re a moron. You should have stayed home."
Not a promising beginning.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
"You’re space-faring. You’re a moron. You should have stayed home."
Not a promising beginning.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
I was going to try to say…something about the year behind us and the year ahead but I couldn’t think of anything better than this post I have thought of often over the past challenging year.
January 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I was going to try to say…something about the year behind us and the year ahead but I couldn’t think of anything better than this post I have thought of often over the past challenging year.
Beau Dangere, a man of such good looks, warmth, intelligence, and charisma that it must have unbalanced the universe. To even it out, there had to be some unbelievably ugly, dumb, and mean man at the other end of the galaxy, or maybe in another timeline.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
🎶This is the end... beautiful friend... the end... 🎶
The #WIPSnips word on this eve of the new year is "end"
Be safe out there, folks! It's been lovely spending another full year hosting WIPSnips for y'all.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The #WIPSnips word on this eve of the new year is "end"
Be safe out there, folks! It's been lovely spending another full year hosting WIPSnips for y'all.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Beau Dangere, a man of such good looks, warmth, intelligence, and charisma that it must have unbalanced the universe. To even it out, there had to be some unbelievably ugly, dumb, and mean man at the other end of the galaxy, or maybe in another timeline.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
“You know my ex calls me Jam-it, right? He has a big mouth.” Which was nowhere near as attractive as Beau’s mouth.
“Want to try another end?”
My face warmed. “What?”
“A round of curling,” he said. “They call it an end.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Want to try another end?”
My face warmed. “What?”
“A round of curling,” he said. “They call it an end.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
🎶This is the end... beautiful friend... the end... 🎶
The #WIPSnips word on this eve of the new year is "end"
Be safe out there, folks! It's been lovely spending another full year hosting WIPSnips for y'all.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The #WIPSnips word on this eve of the new year is "end"
Be safe out there, folks! It's been lovely spending another full year hosting WIPSnips for y'all.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“You know my ex calls me Jam-it, right? He has a big mouth.” Which was nowhere near as attractive as Beau’s mouth.
“Want to try another end?”
My face warmed. “What?”
“A round of curling,” he said. “They call it an end.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Want to try another end?”
My face warmed. “What?”
“A round of curling,” he said. “They call it an end.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Thread for writers
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thread for writers
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
YouTuber with a Korean cooking channel? I....don't think I'd be very good at that.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
YouTuber with a Korean cooking channel? I....don't think I'd be very good at that.
50th and final #PopsugarReadingChallenge book for 2025: a book where music is integral to the story.
"Space Oddity," by Catherynne M. Valente.
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"Space Oddity," by Catherynne M. Valente.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 50: Space Oddity
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book where music plays an integral part in the story. Space Oddity , by Catherynne M.Valente This is a wonderfully absurd space opera comedy. In the first book,....
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December 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
50th and final #PopsugarReadingChallenge book for 2025: a book where music is integral to the story.
"Space Oddity," by Catherynne M. Valente.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
"Space Oddity," by Catherynne M. Valente.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Dylan needed #air after the negotiations had broken down once again. And when he said that to himself, what he really meant was he needed to fly. To get in Magpie and simply head out in a direction and not look back.
What was their negotiate? Help stop the eradication of humankind, or not.
#vss365
What was their negotiate? Help stop the eradication of humankind, or not.
#vss365
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Movie idea:
A depressed screenwriter learns to love life again after he meets a quirky, free-spirited burger restaurant.
Call it "Manic Pixie Dream Grill."
A depressed screenwriter learns to love life again after he meets a quirky, free-spirited burger restaurant.
Call it "Manic Pixie Dream Grill."
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Movie idea:
A depressed screenwriter learns to love life again after he meets a quirky, free-spirited burger restaurant.
Call it "Manic Pixie Dream Grill."
A depressed screenwriter learns to love life again after he meets a quirky, free-spirited burger restaurant.
Call it "Manic Pixie Dream Grill."
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It just went on and on. The #struggle. The fight to live. To exist. it weighed upon Dylan, preyed upon him every night, where dreams of glittering, brief explosions had transplanted any peaceful dreams he had before, if he had any.
And, in the mornings, the nightmares were all too real.
#vss365
And, in the mornings, the nightmares were all too real.
#vss365
December 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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I hope everyone has at least one surprisingly amazing and wonderfully good thing happen to them today.
December 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I hope everyone has at least one surprisingly amazing and wonderfully good thing happen to them today.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The asteroid burst into a million pieces using the new weapons systems developed by the Faction he worked for, drones rushing to drag the enormous net to capture the fragments.
He could #shoot asteroids all day, but that was just showing off. What they needed to do was talk to each other.
#vss365
He could #shoot asteroids all day, but that was just showing off. What they needed to do was talk to each other.
#vss365
December 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Don’t forget to rate and review books after you read them. Real authors need your help to beat the AI bro wannabes!
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Don’t forget to rate and review books after you read them. Real authors need your help to beat the AI bro wannabes!