Lauren Parker
@laurenparker.bsky.social
I have never heard of punk music.
Dark Way Down (Animal Heart Press, Feb, 2025)
Spells for Success (Simon and Schuster, Jan, 2025)
laureneparker.com
Dark Way Down (Animal Heart Press, Feb, 2025)
Spells for Success (Simon and Schuster, Jan, 2025)
laureneparker.com
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena has been carrying my deck since launch and my mom sent me, “so fun to see you in the bookstore!”
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena has been carrying my deck since launch and my mom sent me, “so fun to see you in the bookstore!”
It was so great to walk into @spectatorbooks.bsky.social and see my poetry collection about science fiction and lesbian disasters and David Bowie on the local authors shelf. Stock up on books from indie bookstores this holiday season. They are champions.
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It was so great to walk into @spectatorbooks.bsky.social and see my poetry collection about science fiction and lesbian disasters and David Bowie on the local authors shelf. Stock up on books from indie bookstores this holiday season. They are champions.
Reminder that I wrote a whole book of genderqueer sci fi poems about David Bowie and @animalheartpress.bsky.social bought it. You should support small presses and queer art as much as possible and if do buy it I’ll probably kiss you so factor that in. animalheartpress.net/dark-way-dow...
July 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reminder that I wrote a whole book of genderqueer sci fi poems about David Bowie and @animalheartpress.bsky.social bought it. You should support small presses and queer art as much as possible and if do buy it I’ll probably kiss you so factor that in. animalheartpress.net/dark-way-dow...
I wrote about Zoltar fortune telling machines, marketing history, and divination for @thewildhunt.bsky.social and you can read it here wildhunt.org/2025/07/zolt...
July 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wrote about Zoltar fortune telling machines, marketing history, and divination for @thewildhunt.bsky.social and you can read it here wildhunt.org/2025/07/zolt...
Big publishing day! I Came to Walmart to Fight God just came out in the Revolution issue of Feral Magazine! feralpoetry.net/i-came-to-th...
#poetry
#poetry
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Big publishing day! I Came to Walmart to Fight God just came out in the Revolution issue of Feral Magazine! feralpoetry.net/i-came-to-th...
#poetry
#poetry
Me, being incognito as an Ohioan around Pennsylvanians
June 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Me, being incognito as an Ohioan around Pennsylvanians
My deck’s six month birthday is today! What a perfect day for it. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Spells...
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My deck’s six month birthday is today! What a perfect day for it. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Spells...
Read this essay I wrote about my father’s death and my family’s legacy sandwich over at @beltmagazine.bsky.social
beltmag.com/true-story-o...
beltmag.com/true-story-o...
June 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Read this essay I wrote about my father’s death and my family’s legacy sandwich over at @beltmagazine.bsky.social
beltmag.com/true-story-o...
beltmag.com/true-story-o...
Me: my parents’ tendency to move made it difficult to connect to my family culture!
Me whenever I hang out with my relatives:
Me whenever I hang out with my relatives:
June 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Me: my parents’ tendency to move made it difficult to connect to my family culture!
Me whenever I hang out with my relatives:
Me whenever I hang out with my relatives:
Thanks so much to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social for stocking Spells for Success!
May 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thanks so much to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social for stocking Spells for Success!
Had a great time talking about Keanu Reeves and David Bowie at Book Society last night.
May 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Had a great time talking about Keanu Reeves and David Bowie at Book Society last night.
On May 18th, I’ll be having a drop-in mini class at Ancient Ways and be doing a spell deck signing. Come by any time between 2-4 to do a little magic and check out Spells for Success. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, Ancient Ways has stock and if you buy one you get a free witchy gift!
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
On May 18th, I’ll be having a drop-in mini class at Ancient Ways and be doing a spell deck signing. Come by any time between 2-4 to do a little magic and check out Spells for Success. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, Ancient Ways has stock and if you buy one you get a free witchy gift!
I just got the new proof of my poetry collection Dark Way Down, which just got a five star review by Readers’ Favorite! I’m so proud of this book and I’m so glad people love it. Many thanks to @animalheartpress.bsky.social for publishing it and to @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for reviewing it.
May 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just got the new proof of my poetry collection Dark Way Down, which just got a five star review by Readers’ Favorite! I’m so proud of this book and I’m so glad people love it. Many thanks to @animalheartpress.bsky.social for publishing it and to @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for reviewing it.
So later this year I’m going to be dropping a linocut illustrated family folktale about the Michigan cryptid the Dogman of Wexford County. Stay tuned.
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So later this year I’m going to be dropping a linocut illustrated family folktale about the Michigan cryptid the Dogman of Wexford County. Stay tuned.
And now I’m working with linocutting, with removing to add, to think about how ink moves, sits, and shadows. Not just putting chewed up words on patches but making visuals that look like they had to fight their way out
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And now I’m working with linocutting, with removing to add, to think about how ink moves, sits, and shadows. Not just putting chewed up words on patches but making visuals that look like they had to fight their way out
For my second it was about graphic placement and font selection and understanding how to make text work in the container of an image.
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For my second it was about graphic placement and font selection and understanding how to make text work in the container of an image.
My zines have always felt distinct because I had to think about the artwork. For poems and short stories and essays, I didn’t feel tasked with visuals. But for zines, I did. I did elaborate collages for my first zine and learned how to tamper with the printer at my office job to take high res scans
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My zines have always felt distinct because I had to think about the artwork. For poems and short stories and essays, I didn’t feel tasked with visuals. But for zines, I did. I did elaborate collages for my first zine and learned how to tamper with the printer at my office job to take high res scans
Highly recommend the audiobook of poetry in general but especially this
April 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Highly recommend the audiobook of poetry in general but especially this
I looked pretty at a poetry event
April 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I looked pretty at a poetry event
WITCHWELL question 2. Daily practice and ritual.
April 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
WITCHWELL question 2. Daily practice and ritual.
WITCHWELL sent over some questions for me about spellcasting and serving your community. Spells for Success is available at your favorite book retailer and I hope to see some of you on April 25th. partiful.com/e/LOocZw1aXy...
April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
WITCHWELL sent over some questions for me about spellcasting and serving your community. Spells for Success is available at your favorite book retailer and I hope to see some of you on April 25th. partiful.com/e/LOocZw1aXy...
I want to write about IHOP but it occurs to me I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten one of the IHOP specials, and now at 36 I debate putting my life in the hands of Le Internationale Haus de Frittella.
March 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I want to write about IHOP but it occurs to me I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten one of the IHOP specials, and now at 36 I debate putting my life in the hands of Le Internationale Haus de Frittella.
Oakland rune reading
Tiwaz, gebo, kenaz, isa, isa
Tiwaz, gebo, kenaz, isa, isa
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Oakland rune reading
Tiwaz, gebo, kenaz, isa, isa
Tiwaz, gebo, kenaz, isa, isa
When my dad got sick I started trying to make poticia, the family delicacy that had died with all the women who made it. It’s a recipe from 1890, traveling from old country to Peoria, to Cleveland, to Cadillac Michigan. I send a loaf to my uncle for review.
March 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When my dad got sick I started trying to make poticia, the family delicacy that had died with all the women who made it. It’s a recipe from 1890, traveling from old country to Peoria, to Cleveland, to Cadillac Michigan. I send a loaf to my uncle for review.
I’m so excited to be deeply nosy
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m so excited to be deeply nosy