Erica Ruppert
@renfestklingon.bsky.social
Writer of weirdness, reader of everything
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Erica Ruppert
@renfestklingon.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Seven Stars: Collected Stories - JournalStone
SEVEN STARS Collected Stories “Magic—dark and light—abounds in this second collection by Erica Ruppert, a rising star in the weird and wonderful firmament with stories rooted in folklore and fairyta...
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Today is the day! Seven Stars: Collected Stories is out now!
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In Lincoln’s day, and in the Gilded Age, and in the 1930s, Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy in the United States. That project appears to be gaining speed as well in today’s America,
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November 16, 2025
On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In Lincoln’s day, and in the Gilded Age, and in the 1930s, Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy in the United States. That project appears to be gaining speed as well in today’s America,
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
Not the weekend I was planning on, but here we are.
At least I've gotten a bunch of reading and writing done.
At least I've gotten a bunch of reading and writing done.
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Not the weekend I was planning on, but here we are.
At least I've gotten a bunch of reading and writing done.
At least I've gotten a bunch of reading and writing done.
I have made waaaaaay more progress on the latest story than I ever thought possible. Of course, I still have to edit the beast...
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I have made waaaaaay more progress on the latest story than I ever thought possible. Of course, I still have to edit the beast...
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
Trump is clearly worried that the Supreme Court is going to find that much of his tariff war is unconstitutional, as the direction of the justices’ questioning in its November 5 hearing suggested.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
November 13, 2025
We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Trump is clearly worried that the Supreme Court is going to find that much of his tariff war is unconstitutional, as the direction of the justices’ questioning in its November 5 hearing suggested.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
Share a GIF of vid that reminds you of your teenage years.
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Share a GIF of vid that reminds you of your teenage years.
I just dropped an open bag of catnip on the rug.
Things are going to get wild any minute now.
Things are going to get wild any minute now.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I just dropped an open bag of catnip on the rug.
Things are going to get wild any minute now.
Things are going to get wild any minute now.
My story "Antediluvian" appears in the debut issue of New Weird and Decadent: the London Lovecraft Review--available now!
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New Weird & Decadent: The London Lovecraft Review (Volume I)
New Weird & Decadent: The London Lovecraft Review (Volume I) [Wiswell, TL, Couturier, Scott J, Tidhar, Lavie, Derie, Bobbie, Mackintosh, Paul StJohn, Naylor, Katy, Mowatt, Catriona, Schweitzer, Darrell, Barrass, Glynn Owen, Tierney, Carol] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. New Weird & Decadent: The London Lovecraft Review (Volume I)
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November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My story "Antediluvian" appears in the debut issue of New Weird and Decadent: the London Lovecraft Review--available now!
www.amazon.com/dp/180605101...
www.amazon.com/dp/180605101...
Failing to get an extension of the healthcare premium tax credits into the continuing resolution, House Democrats filed a discharge petition to force the House to vote on a measure that would extend the credits for three years.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
November 12, 2025
It turns out Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and House Democrats were right to call it the “Epstein Shutdown” for the last several weeks on social media and in interviews.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Failing to get an extension of the healthcare premium tax credits into the continuing resolution, House Democrats filed a discharge petition to force the House to vote on a measure that would extend the credits for three years.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
The Epstein files released today did not come from the DOJ's Epstein Files. They came from Epstein's estate. Pam Bondi is still protecting Trump at all costs. Today's release by Democrats was aimed at undermining her efforts. And to make it harder for Donald to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Epstein files released today did not come from the DOJ's Epstein Files. They came from Epstein's estate. Pam Bondi is still protecting Trump at all costs. Today's release by Democrats was aimed at undermining her efforts. And to make it harder for Donald to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
In an administrative stay issued on Tuesday, the highest court upheld the administration’s request to extend a pause on a federal judge’s ruling that would have required $4bn in funding for SNAP, the food aid relied on by 42 million people, to be distributed.
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US supreme court extends Trump pause on $4bn in food aid benefits
More uncertainty after justices allow temporary block on full payments for Snap, relied upon by 42 million Americans
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November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In an administrative stay issued on Tuesday, the highest court upheld the administration’s request to extend a pause on a federal judge’s ruling that would have required $4bn in funding for SNAP, the food aid relied on by 42 million people, to be distributed.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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My story "Primordium" is now available for your reading pleasure at Nightmare Magazine!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/prim...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/prim...
Primordium - Nightmare Magazine
I have a longstanding fascination with fungi—their interconnectedness, their otherness, their ability to emerge from seemingly nothing. I also have a longstanding fascination with serial killers and t...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My story "Primordium" is now available for your reading pleasure at Nightmare Magazine!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/prim...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/prim...
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Snow flurries!
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Snow flurries!
Supposed to go down to 30 degrees tonight.
Got my cat pods set up for whatever critters need them.
Got my cat pods set up for whatever critters need them.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Supposed to go down to 30 degrees tonight.
Got my cat pods set up for whatever critters need them.
Got my cat pods set up for whatever critters need them.
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Angus King (I-Maine)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Rosen (D-Nev.)
Durbin (D-Ill.)
Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Hassan (D-N.H.)
Kaine (D-Va.)
Rather conveniently, none of these Dems face an election or a primary challenge next year, while 2 of them have announced their retirement.
Angus King (I-Maine)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Rosen (D-Nev.)
Durbin (D-Ill.)
Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Hassan (D-N.H.)
Kaine (D-Va.)
Rather conveniently, none of these Dems face an election or a primary challenge next year, while 2 of them have announced their retirement.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Angus King (I-Maine)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Rosen (D-Nev.)
Durbin (D-Ill.)
Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Hassan (D-N.H.)
Kaine (D-Va.)
Rather conveniently, none of these Dems face an election or a primary challenge next year, while 2 of them have announced their retirement.
Angus King (I-Maine)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Rosen (D-Nev.)
Durbin (D-Ill.)
Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Hassan (D-N.H.)
Kaine (D-Va.)
Rather conveniently, none of these Dems face an election or a primary challenge next year, while 2 of them have announced their retirement.
And now there is a pair of tufted titmouses!
Or maybe they're titmice.
There's a lot of conflicting info on pluralization.
Or maybe they're titmice.
There's a lot of conflicting info on pluralization.
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And now there is a pair of tufted titmouses!
Or maybe they're titmice.
There's a lot of conflicting info on pluralization.
Or maybe they're titmice.
There's a lot of conflicting info on pluralization.
Just spotted a Carolina wren at the feeders.
How it got past the sparrow mafia is beyond me.
How it got past the sparrow mafia is beyond me.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Just spotted a Carolina wren at the feeders.
How it got past the sparrow mafia is beyond me.
How it got past the sparrow mafia is beyond me.
Call your reps. This isn't good enough.
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Demand a Strong Deal to End the Government Shutdown (UPDATED 11/9) - DEAL ADVANCED BY SENATE ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates November 9, 2025: Eight Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to advance a deal to reopen the government; the deal includes three FY2026 …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Call your reps. This isn't good enough.
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5calls.org/issue/federa...
From the Man Ray exhibit at the Met--getting into a surreal mood.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
From the Man Ray exhibit at the Met--getting into a surreal mood.
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
The Trump administration told states they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full SNAP benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Trump administration told states they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full SNAP benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Some shots from the Casa Susanna exhibit at the Met.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Some shots from the Casa Susanna exhibit at the Met.
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