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Mary Morris (she/her)
@maryloquacious.bsky.social
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1/2 of @phoebewalker.bsky.social
Romance professor, SNHU Online MFA
VP, @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social
Stories & essays in lit mags. Mother. MFA. Chaos Muppet. Romance fan and author. Bi 🌈

Website: https://marymorris-writer.com
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My friend Katie took this pic of me and Jeff Ryden on Saturday during PrideFest ‘25, and I liked the caption so much that I had to screenshot it.

Yes, I would like to have “Mary Morris, All-around Fun Time” on my tombstone, pleaseandthankyou. 😂😁

#pride #pridefest #pride🌈 #umbrellahat
A pic of two middle-aged white people wearing jean shorts and gray PrideFest '25 T-shirts, standing together. The man is wearing a rainbow button-down shirt over his T-shirt, while the woman is wearing a neon yellow volunteer vest over hers. But more importantly, she is wearing a RAINBOW UMBRELLA HAT like a boss!
June 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Evergreen…

Twitter: GenX is trending

GenX: your mom is trending
A picture of Bender from The Breakfast Club flaring his nostrils below the caption Twitter: GenX is trending GenX: Your mom is trending
June 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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If you or anyone you love is in downstate Illinois, spread the word about Pride Richland County’s second annual PrideFest from 1-7 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Rotary Park in Olney, IL!

Community. Empowerment. Love. Acceptance.

Happy #Pride, friends! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A pic of the paint-splatter rainbow logo for Pride Richland County Pride Fest '25 in the middle, with the upper caption "Come join the fun and feel the love at our second annual Pride festival in one of the reddest counties in Illinois!!!" and the lower caption "Saturday, June 7, 1-7 p.m., Rotary Park Olney, IL"
June 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I am delighted that my essay “In Your Life, You’ll Do Things Greater” is in Salukis on Swift: The Anthology, a collection featuring SIUC folx writing about the music of Taylor Swift.

The book is available for the very Swiftie price of $13.13. 😁 💘 👉 tinyurl.com/3ahh685a
A picture of the author, a white woman with curly brown bangs and big green-framed glasses, smiling as she holds up a copy of Salukis on Swift: The Anthology beside her face
June 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Your yearly reminder to remember those less fortunate than yourself this holiday season...
A meme of Bruce Willis from Die Hard in the ducts of Nakatomi Plaza, wearing a Santa hat, that says, "This Christmas Eve, don't forget to leave a pair of shoes and a pack of cigarettes in the ductwork for John McClane"
December 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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I’m subbing for my daughter’s 4th grade class today, and I found this on her desk while they were at PE. She’s very protective. 😂🤦‍♀️
A spiral notebook open to a page with the header, “Talking kids giving Mrs. Morris a hard time,” in a 9yo’s handwriting
December 17, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Monrosalee = best couple, always
A screenshot from Grimm featuring a nattily dressed Monroe and Rosalee getting cozy and romantic at a dinner table
December 16, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Nothing is more delightful than seeing a dear friend and critique partner shine at their first book signing! 🎉🤩 Here’s to many more to come, @lilyfeldhus.bsky.social! ❤️

Buy her lovely book here: www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Dy...
An “ussie” of two white women, Tracy Gulovsen and Mary Morris, smiling at the camera. As per usual, Tracy looks elegant and well-coiffed, while Mary is rather unkempt. Tracy’s husband Andrew is the maniac in the back doing the photobomb.
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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If you’re in the St. Charles, MO, area today, come to Main Street Books from 1:30-2:30 and get a wonderful picture book about friendship and communication and love and dinosaurs! ❤️🦕 Bonus: You can get it signed by its amazing author, @lilyfeldhus.bsky.social!

My fam has our copy! 😁🎉
Two cute children, a boy and a girl with pale skin and blond hair, posing with the book Dinosaurs for Dylan A white woman with curly brown hair and glasses holding the book Dinosaurs for Dylan under her chin and grinning like a madwoman
November 17, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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A phenomenal Inside Higher Ed op-ed about the creative fight against #AI from my friend Melanie Dusseau — join the resistance and find us at the Lamplighter secret meetings. The password is “password.”
A blue background with robots walking and conversing in the background, while a human in a suit and tie stands in the foreground holding up a sign that says “No AI”
November 14, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Enjoy this pic of Cheeseburger cat being ridiculous
November 13, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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I made this meme for my storytelling class as they embark on their first workshop, but it's really for all of us, today and every day
A triumphant pic of Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues from Abbott Elementary, arms raised to point to her name on the board behind her, with the caption "Give yourself the chance to be the best Janine you can be"
November 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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My two littles love to read at our library, but they also love playing with their friends in the kids’ section, so when they were all excited to go to the library for “book club,” I half-expected it to be an elaborate game they made up.

Nope. This was book club. They plan to meet every week.
A picture of three kids sitting at a round table in front of stacks of books at a library. All three are diligently reading.
November 11, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Today’s obsession is my 8yo’s spelling of “February”
Feberwary 14th
February 21, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer spotted in the wild at Under the Cover romance bookstore in Kansas City!!! ❄️🌨️🎄

#romancelandia #romtalk #rombktalk #romance
It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer on a “Tis the Season” shelf at Under the Cover bookstore in Kansas City, MO
February 11, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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I love making new friends — both human and feline.
An orange tabby cat curled up and sleeping on the lap of a woman wearing a loose green cardigan
January 14, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Fargo Man is all of us if we had access to a flamethrower. You must acquit
Fargo Man Arrested for Clearing Snow with Flamethrower
January 13, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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Much like Barbara from S3 of Ted Lasso, I like clothes that tell the truth.
A white woman with glasses and curly brown hair, smiling mischievously, wearing a dark-blue shirt that says “I’m a delight”
November 25, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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Whilst we labored over "forgiveness"-themed homework ... Me: So, what can you do to *show* people you're sorry instead of just saying the words? Hazel: Ummm ... Say you won't do it again? Me: Let's think more in terms of action. Think about when your brother gets hurt while you're playing. What do you do when that happens? Hazel: *thinks hard* Hazel: Beg him not to tell you about it? 🤣🤣🤣 Give a hug. The answer was "give a hug."
November 16, 2023 at 10:07 PM
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Y'all, I am positively THRILLED to announce this!

#romancelandia #romancebooks #romancewriter #romreads #romancenovels #deadweight #loveinthetimeofzombies #zombieapocalypse
A screenshot from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with MJ in his iconic red-and-black outfit dancing with the zombies
October 28, 2023 at 4:27 PM
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During a long car trip over the weekend…

6yo: Mom, can I watch you struggle?
Me: *chuckle* Um, sure?

He shows me his notebook (original spelling in pic and alt text):

“What can I do? Well, I have some ideas.

-Read books
-Play
-Watch Mom struggle

Well, that’s what I got.”
A blond white boy sitting in the backseat of a car holding an open notebook in which he’s written the following: “Wut am i guiea to do Wel i hav sum [ideas] Red books Pla Woch mom stugle Well thets all i got” Translation: What am I going to do? Well, I have some ideas: Read books Play Watch Mom struggle Well, that’s all I got.
October 10, 2023 at 2:15 PM
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I would just like to announce that for this Halloween, my 8yo is going to be Stereotypical Barbie (in the pink gingham!) and I am going to be Weird Barbie, and I just love this for both of us and for EVERYONE we're going to be calling "Hi, Barbie!" to during trick-or-treating
Margot Robbie as Barbie in a pink gingham floppy hat, waving and smiling, with the caption “Hi Barbie”
October 3, 2023 at 3:15 PM
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Our upcoming zombie-apocalypse romance #DeadWeight has only one instance of "caress," but that one instance is fraught with danger and uncertainty.

🥺🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧟

#FridayKiss
Allie relaxed into Cam’s body, warm and solid behind her. “We’re already burning daylight.” “I know.” He sighed, tucking his chin against her neck, his attention on the feeds from the security cameras. “All right. It’s time. Right?” She sighed, turning her head and sliding her hands up to pull him into a brief, caressing kiss. “Right. But… Cam.” “Yeah?” Allie swallowed hard, then she kissed him again. “Be careful.”
September 15, 2023 at 6:07 PM
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Husband is at a metal fest for the weekend, but he knows how to show me love from afar 🥰😁

And, yes, his beard IS a delightfully coarse mix of cinnamon and sugar and I DO adore it
A redheaded white man with long straight hair and a full red beard, reading a copy of Mirror Witch by Phoebe Walker with an assessing-but-content expression on his beloved and very bearded face
September 9, 2023 at 3:58 PM
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Today's #FridayKiss is all about Frankie and Liam, our B-couple from Dead Weight who will be the focus of the next book in the Love in the Time of Zombies series!

They are grumpy/sunshine fated-mates to the max, and I adore them, your honor. 🥰
Frankie called out to Liam and Cam, and they both looked up, Cam grinning and Liam’s mouth settling into something that might have been a frown if not for the moment of unguarded longing in his eyes, which were all for Frankie. She might have imagined it, for it was gone in a split-second, replaced by his customary expression of cool assessment. Sure, Allie could have imagined it. But she didn’t think so.
September 8, 2023 at 3:37 PM