STEPHAN LOY
@stephanloy.bsky.social
Artist of paintings and photos, writer of novels and short stories, enjoyer of retirement, and eater of donuts. Visit my website: smloy.net
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STEPHAN LOY
@stephanloy.bsky.social
· May 6
GUARDIANS AT THE GATE, a dark satire on the plight of public education in America, is right there, ready for you to buy, read, and gawk at. ebook formats and print. If you're a teacher, know a teacher, or ever had a teacher, this novel will blow you away. books2read.com/u/4A09QJ
Five jobs I've had:
- elementary school Art teacher
- commercial artist
- officer, US Army, tanks
- motel night clerk
- Dunkin Donuts night counter guy
Bonus 6th: Night baggage handler Trailways bus station, where I met the strangest people and situations of my life
- elementary school Art teacher
- commercial artist
- officer, US Army, tanks
- motel night clerk
- Dunkin Donuts night counter guy
Bonus 6th: Night baggage handler Trailways bus station, where I met the strangest people and situations of my life
Five jobs I've had:
- Baker's assistant
- Till operator
- Cash office assistant
- Administrator
- Price integrity and marketing
All within the same company I might add 😁
- Baker's assistant
- Till operator
- Cash office assistant
- Administrator
- Price integrity and marketing
All within the same company I might add 😁
Five jobs I’ve had:
- Customer service agent for (many) call centres
- Prep cook
- Tim Hortons counter attendant
- Hotel front desk agent
- Staffing clerk at a hospital
- Customer service agent for (many) call centres
- Prep cook
- Tim Hortons counter attendant
- Hotel front desk agent
- Staffing clerk at a hospital
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Five jobs I've had:
- elementary school Art teacher
- commercial artist
- officer, US Army, tanks
- motel night clerk
- Dunkin Donuts night counter guy
Bonus 6th: Night baggage handler Trailways bus station, where I met the strangest people and situations of my life
- elementary school Art teacher
- commercial artist
- officer, US Army, tanks
- motel night clerk
- Dunkin Donuts night counter guy
Bonus 6th: Night baggage handler Trailways bus station, where I met the strangest people and situations of my life
CAUTION: VERY MINOR SPOILER FOR ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL:
I just watched the penultimate episode of this season of All Creatures Great and Small. The war is over! Fascism has been defea--
Oh, wait a minute...
I just watched the penultimate episode of this season of All Creatures Great and Small. The war is over! Fascism has been defea--
Oh, wait a minute...
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
CAUTION: VERY MINOR SPOILER FOR ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL:
I just watched the penultimate episode of this season of All Creatures Great and Small. The war is over! Fascism has been defea--
Oh, wait a minute...
I just watched the penultimate episode of this season of All Creatures Great and Small. The war is over! Fascism has been defea--
Oh, wait a minute...
I had intended to make the fresh-baked bread for the end-purpose of making French toast, to kind of make fun of those people who raid the grocery store just before a storm, buying up all the bread, milk, and eggs.
But I ran out of milk.
But I ran out of milk.
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I had intended to make the fresh-baked bread for the end-purpose of making French toast, to kind of make fun of those people who raid the grocery store just before a storm, buying up all the bread, milk, and eggs.
But I ran out of milk.
But I ran out of milk.
Just finished making two loaves of cornbread bread. Nice and hot and filling after hours of shoveling snow. And my girl is making chocolate chip cookies.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Just finished making two loaves of cornbread bread. Nice and hot and filling after hours of shoveling snow. And my girl is making chocolate chip cookies.
It's snowing like a son of a gun out here in Naptown. Blowing and drifting, but it looks to be averaging 8 inches right now and we still have 12 more hours of it to go.
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM
It's snowing like a son of a gun out here in Naptown. Blowing and drifting, but it looks to be averaging 8 inches right now and we still have 12 more hours of it to go.
The nice thing about this weather is I'm not worried about carbon monoxide poisoning as the car and the house are electric. The not nice thing is that, if the grid fails... But we've never experienced a power failure longer than 8 hours and that was just the one time in, like, 50 years.
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The nice thing about this weather is I'm not worried about carbon monoxide poisoning as the car and the house are electric. The not nice thing is that, if the grid fails... But we've never experienced a power failure longer than 8 hours and that was just the one time in, like, 50 years.
Ahh, the hours before The Big Snow Storm. We're supposed to get 7-10 inches, which, as usual, sounds like nothing compared to some getting 2 feet or an inch of ice. Central Indiana really is God's country.
January 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Ahh, the hours before The Big Snow Storm. We're supposed to get 7-10 inches, which, as usual, sounds like nothing compared to some getting 2 feet or an inch of ice. Central Indiana really is God's country.
Social media is chockful of people whose whole thing seems to be missing the point of everything else.
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Social media is chockful of people whose whole thing seems to be missing the point of everything else.
And I've been reading James S.A. Corey's The Expanse series, which is good stuff but, man, they like the word 'was.' It's unrelentingly somebody WAS this or WAS DOING that. No one ever walks, they're always WAS WALKING. And no editor rooted that shit out.
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
And I've been reading James S.A. Corey's The Expanse series, which is good stuff but, man, they like the word 'was.' It's unrelentingly somebody WAS this or WAS DOING that. No one ever walks, they're always WAS WALKING. And no editor rooted that shit out.
Our new Las-Y-Boy recliner got delivered a few minutes ago. Feels funny. Higher than the last one. But comfy.
January 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Our new Las-Y-Boy recliner got delivered a few minutes ago. Feels funny. Higher than the last one. But comfy.
Good morning, I hope.
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Good morning, I hope.
Ahh, the baking powder goodness of a home-baked biscuit. Hmm.
January 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Ahh, the baking powder goodness of a home-baked biscuit. Hmm.
Hey, there! Find out more about my space fantasy novel A Light in the Black. Descriptions, cover art, buy links, and even a preview chapter. Smash the link:
www.smloy.net/a-light-in-t...
or follow the QR code. You'll love it.
www.smloy.net/a-light-in-t...
or follow the QR code. You'll love it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Hey, there! Find out more about my space fantasy novel A Light in the Black. Descriptions, cover art, buy links, and even a preview chapter. Smash the link:
www.smloy.net/a-light-in-t...
or follow the QR code. You'll love it.
www.smloy.net/a-light-in-t...
or follow the QR code. You'll love it.
I hope Denmark drops a battalion of troops in Greenland, maybe with a French-partner company or two, with an anti-aircraft battery, and just DARES the US to do anything at all.
January 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I hope Denmark drops a battalion of troops in Greenland, maybe with a French-partner company or two, with an anti-aircraft battery, and just DARES the US to do anything at all.
And here's the fourth of those five novels I've been working on since the beginning of Covid. The sequel to my cautionary tale about religion in government, Shining Star (from back in 2013!) and the eleventh part of my Nightwatch sorta series. Check it out:
books2read.com/u/mvlELXThe
books2read.com/u/mvlELXThe
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
And here's the fourth of those five novels I've been working on since the beginning of Covid. The sequel to my cautionary tale about religion in government, Shining Star (from back in 2013!) and the eleventh part of my Nightwatch sorta series. Check it out:
books2read.com/u/mvlELXThe
books2read.com/u/mvlELXThe
I've been working on 5 novels over the last 5 years. Now, 2 of them are ready at about the same time. Here's the first, a military sci-fi/fantasy filled with Kaiju, boogiemen, Santa Claus, dragons, pixies, and man-eating spiders.
books2read.com/u/mBkN2v
Ebook now, Print to come soon!
books2read.com/u/mBkN2v
Ebook now, Print to come soon!
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I've been working on 5 novels over the last 5 years. Now, 2 of them are ready at about the same time. Here's the first, a military sci-fi/fantasy filled with Kaiju, boogiemen, Santa Claus, dragons, pixies, and man-eating spiders.
books2read.com/u/mBkN2v
Ebook now, Print to come soon!
books2read.com/u/mBkN2v
Ebook now, Print to come soon!
I'm tired of trying to be healthy. It's, like, an everyday nag.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I'm tired of trying to be healthy. It's, like, an everyday nag.
I just saw a YouTube bit that I think is a deep fake. Jimmy Kimmel at his desk saying the Giant Baby has withdrawn the US from NATO and the EU has walked away as the European Defense Union. A complete split. Suspicious, I started looking. Can't find a word from any respectable news source.
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I just saw a YouTube bit that I think is a deep fake. Jimmy Kimmel at his desk saying the Giant Baby has withdrawn the US from NATO and the EU has walked away as the European Defense Union. A complete split. Suspicious, I started looking. Can't find a word from any respectable news source.
How do you ask for a button to remove followers? I don't want all these bots.
December 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How do you ask for a button to remove followers? I don't want all these bots.
Why don't they just fess up and re-name this season the Festival of the AAA Battery?
Also, we're scheduled to get one of those fancy December thunderstorms today. Lightning and liquid water from the sky. That hasn't happened in a while now.
Also, we're scheduled to get one of those fancy December thunderstorms today. Lightning and liquid water from the sky. That hasn't happened in a while now.
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Why don't they just fess up and re-name this season the Festival of the AAA Battery?
Also, we're scheduled to get one of those fancy December thunderstorms today. Lightning and liquid water from the sky. That hasn't happened in a while now.
Also, we're scheduled to get one of those fancy December thunderstorms today. Lightning and liquid water from the sky. That hasn't happened in a while now.
27 more pages to edit in my latest novel. Then a few tweaks here and there. That means I may be publishing two novels in the next week or two (though I've been working on both of them for the past four years).
December 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
27 more pages to edit in my latest novel. Then a few tweaks here and there. That means I may be publishing two novels in the next week or two (though I've been working on both of them for the past four years).
Winter ... is here.
a man in armor is standing in front of a crowd of people with his arms outstretched and the words `` winter is here '' .
Alt: a White Walker from Game of Thrones, basically an ice mummy/zombie/vampire in armor is standing in front of a crowd of frozen, living dead people with his arms outstretched and the words `` winter is here '' .
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December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Winter ... is here.
Last night, we watched It's A Wonderful Life, as one does. Great movie, but with 2 obvious faults.
1. The timeline is messed up; the years don't line up with reality. 🧐
2. Anyone who thinks Donna Reed would wind up a spinster is drowning in pureed bologna. That girl got options!😍
1. The timeline is messed up; the years don't line up with reality. 🧐
2. Anyone who thinks Donna Reed would wind up a spinster is drowning in pureed bologna. That girl got options!😍
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Last night, we watched It's A Wonderful Life, as one does. Great movie, but with 2 obvious faults.
1. The timeline is messed up; the years don't line up with reality. 🧐
2. Anyone who thinks Donna Reed would wind up a spinster is drowning in pureed bologna. That girl got options!😍
1. The timeline is messed up; the years don't line up with reality. 🧐
2. Anyone who thinks Donna Reed would wind up a spinster is drowning in pureed bologna. That girl got options!😍
Presents wrapped and put away REALLY HIGH from the cats. And, right in time like every year, I have to say that Chicago XXV is the best Christmas album ever released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFP...
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
YouTube video by Chicago - Topic
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December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Presents wrapped and put away REALLY HIGH from the cats. And, right in time like every year, I have to say that Chicago XXV is the best Christmas album ever released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFP...
For those who need to hear it, and coming from an artist: Stop bothering writers who use AI to create their cover art. Many can't afford a human artist. They're poor; they just can't. So, no one should care if they use AI because they were never going to use a human artist anyway.
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For those who need to hear it, and coming from an artist: Stop bothering writers who use AI to create their cover art. Many can't afford a human artist. They're poor; they just can't. So, no one should care if they use AI because they were never going to use a human artist anyway.