José Pablo Iriarte
@labyrinthrat.bsky.social
Spec fic author and middle grade novelist. Cuban-American ceterosexual enby. They/them.
Debut MG novel BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED is a Norton, BSFA, Ignyte, and Florida SSYRA finalist!!!
https://linktr.ee/labyrinthrat
Debut MG novel BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED is a Norton, BSFA, Ignyte, and Florida SSYRA finalist!!!
https://linktr.ee/labyrinthrat
And just for gits and shiggles, here's the opening to my most recent completed manuscript, which will be making the rounds very soon. Will somebody buy it? Dunno! It depends on whether TPTB believe there is a market for a nonbinary middle grade novel!
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And just for gits and shiggles, here's the opening to my most recent completed manuscript, which will be making the rounds very soon. Will somebody buy it? Dunno! It depends on whether TPTB believe there is a market for a nonbinary middle grade novel!
And here is the opening to the follow up, AJ TORRES AND THE TREASURE OF CAPTAIN GRAYSHARK:
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And here is the opening to the follow up, AJ TORRES AND THE TREASURE OF CAPTAIN GRAYSHARK:
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
(This is the opening of BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED.)
Oh. My. God.
You can't fix this.
You can't fix this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Oh. My. God.
You can't fix this.
You can't fix this.
It hurts, that my kids should ask me to buy this.
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It hurts, that my kids should ask me to buy this.
Looks like between 3:56 am and 4:45 am my spam account (ie, the throwaway email I give when forced to give an email for stuff) got signed up for approximately 130 accounts. So like a DDOS on my email?
Is there a mass unsubscribe option?
Is there a mass unsubscribe option?
October 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Looks like between 3:56 am and 4:45 am my spam account (ie, the throwaway email I give when forced to give an email for stuff) got signed up for approximately 130 accounts. So like a DDOS on my email?
Is there a mass unsubscribe option?
Is there a mass unsubscribe option?
This bar's bathroom has an automatic hand dryer. Unfortunately I don't have automatic hands to dry.
I only have, well, manual hands.
#SorryNotSorry
I only have, well, manual hands.
#SorryNotSorry
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This bar's bathroom has an automatic hand dryer. Unfortunately I don't have automatic hands to dry.
I only have, well, manual hands.
#SorryNotSorry
I only have, well, manual hands.
#SorryNotSorry
I promise you that having the addition overwhelm the original White House is exactly what trump wants. That he cares about this, in fact, more than he does about holding lavish thousand-guest balls that he will likely never live to see. This is a physical legacy.
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I promise you that having the addition overwhelm the original White House is exactly what trump wants. That he cares about this, in fact, more than he does about holding lavish thousand-guest balls that he will likely never live to see. This is a physical legacy.
Cookies and . . . soda?
Okay, I'm intrigued.
Okay, I'm intrigued.
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Cookies and . . . soda?
Okay, I'm intrigued.
Okay, I'm intrigued.
I ordered some copies of my books, and the box arrived like this.
All I can guess is that somebody was hoping to find copies of the new @rickriordan.bsky.social book but discovered, to their chagrin, that it was just mine. ;)
All I can guess is that somebody was hoping to find copies of the new @rickriordan.bsky.social book but discovered, to their chagrin, that it was just mine. ;)
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I ordered some copies of my books, and the box arrived like this.
All I can guess is that somebody was hoping to find copies of the new @rickriordan.bsky.social book but discovered, to their chagrin, that it was just mine. ;)
All I can guess is that somebody was hoping to find copies of the new @rickriordan.bsky.social book but discovered, to their chagrin, that it was just mine. ;)
This is my new reggaeton stage name.
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is my new reggaeton stage name.
Dear blue sky, why tf would you suggest these nazi accounts to me?
October 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Dear blue sky, why tf would you suggest these nazi accounts to me?
How much you wanna bet this "enhanced platform" will require me to pay a "convenience" fee to pay my bill online?
October 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
How much you wanna bet this "enhanced platform" will require me to pay a "convenience" fee to pay my bill online?
I think my father would be proud to know that in my house we still call Entenmann's chocolate donuts "truck tires."
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I think my father would be proud to know that in my house we still call Entenmann's chocolate donuts "truck tires."
Just a reminder, if you've got young-at-heart readers in your life who love funny ghost stories. 😊
October 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just a reminder, if you've got young-at-heart readers in your life who love funny ghost stories. 😊
I was SO GOOD today when a student came up to me to complain that they had never been taught how to differentiate this.
SO GOOD
SO GOOD
October 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I was SO GOOD today when a student came up to me to complain that they had never been taught how to differentiate this.
SO GOOD
SO GOOD
I wrote this on my hand sometime *this afternoon*, while ostensibly awake. I know what "Reward points" and "hours" refer to, but have no clue on "pics."
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I wrote this on my hand sometime *this afternoon*, while ostensibly awake. I know what "Reward points" and "hours" refer to, but have no clue on "pics."
What . . . is the meaning of the bar graphical element here?? Is the claim that the Dolphins have "outperformed" the Panthers on third down because they have more conversions,disregarding the fact that they are converting under 50% while the Panthers are converting 50%?
October 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What . . . is the meaning of the bar graphical element here?? Is the claim that the Dolphins have "outperformed" the Panthers on third down because they have more conversions,disregarding the fact that they are converting under 50% while the Panthers are converting 50%?
Not shown on the "Account Dashboard": how to close an account.
October 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Not shown on the "Account Dashboard": how to close an account.
This is nonsensical. It implies that if I pay at 10 pm on a Friday, it will be credited as Monday, but if I pay at 3 pm on a Saturday, it will be credited Saturday, and thus if it's after 8 pm on a Friday or Saturday, you're better off waiting until the morning to remit payment.
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is nonsensical. It implies that if I pay at 10 pm on a Friday, it will be credited as Monday, but if I pay at 3 pm on a Saturday, it will be credited Saturday, and thus if it's after 8 pm on a Friday or Saturday, you're better off waiting until the morning to remit payment.
I've gotten five spam calls on the last half hour: three within a minute, and then two within a minute.
WTF do I do about this??
WTF do I do about this??
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've gotten five spam calls on the last half hour: three within a minute, and then two within a minute.
WTF do I do about this??
WTF do I do about this??
NO backups with date stamps in the last TWO days! 😭
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
NO backups with date stamps in the last TWO days! 😭
Huh. GameDay can make a reasonably good facsimile of the stadium, and also show you whether the batter bats lefty or righty, but it looks like all batters are white.
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Huh. GameDay can make a reasonably good facsimile of the stadium, and also show you whether the batter bats lefty or righty, but it looks like all batters are white.
I keep misreading this as, "When fire boys get on the bus," which is a story prompt if I've ever heard one.
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I keep misreading this as, "When fire boys get on the bus," which is a story prompt if I've ever heard one.