Ward Parker
@wardparker.bsky.social
Author of paranormal mystery and urban fantasy novels. www.wardparker.com
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Ward Parker
@wardparker.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Who are the new "others," the out-groups that it's okay to hate?
Supernatural creatures.
Check out my new urban fantasy series. books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
Supernatural creatures.
Check out my new urban fantasy series. books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
Definitely worth a read.
I'm not sure if people share stories here (or read the ones that are shared) but fwiw, I've got a new story out in @newyorker.com today that means a great deal to me. It's about a writer I love, and an amazing cache of long-lost photographs from WW1: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The First World War, in Sharp Focus
An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Definitely worth a read.
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Today is #NationalWritingDay and the theme is ‘Share Your Voice’. So, whether you’re an aspiring writer, a published author, or something in between: tell us what you're working on!
Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.
Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.
June 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today is #NationalWritingDay and the theme is ‘Share Your Voice’. So, whether you’re an aspiring writer, a published author, or something in between: tell us what you're working on!
Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.
Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.
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NEW: For years, Floridians have used ballot measures to enact progressive reforms. Now, a new law makes it nearly impossible for grassroots groups to get initiatives on the ballot. Critics say it's an attack on voters' rights and free speech.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
In Florida and Nationwide, GOP Cracks Down on Direct Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: For years, Floridians have used ballot measures to enact progressive reforms. Now, a new law makes it nearly impossible for grassroots groups to get initiatives on the ballot. Critics say it's an attack on voters' rights and free speech.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
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Column: #Florida's new disaster relief law may stop local governments from limiting growth in areas hit hard by the hurricanes. No blocking builders from rebuilding in the exact spots we already know will be disaster-prone. www.tcpalm.com/story/opinio...
State's new disaster relief law may stop local governments from limiting growth | Opinion
The Florida Legislature approved a bill to help areas hit by last year's storms rebuild. The bill may also limit restrictions on other development.
www.tcpalm.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Column: #Florida's new disaster relief law may stop local governments from limiting growth in areas hit hard by the hurricanes. No blocking builders from rebuilding in the exact spots we already know will be disaster-prone. www.tcpalm.com/story/opinio...
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This month’s column is up at the @nytimes.com! This time I talk about Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou (Tin House), Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker (Mira), and Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland (Levine Querido). Free link!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
3 New Horror Novels About the Haunting Power of Family
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This month’s column is up at the @nytimes.com! This time I talk about Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou (Tin House), Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker (Mira), and Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland (Levine Querido). Free link!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
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Happy #IndieBookstoreDay to all you readers, to all my fellow indies, to librarians, to bookstore cats...it's a great day to buy a cheap paperback and feel smug about the deal: exhibitbbooks.com/collections/...
Paperbacks
Exhibit B. Books
exhibitbbooks.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy #IndieBookstoreDay to all you readers, to all my fellow indies, to librarians, to bookstore cats...it's a great day to buy a cheap paperback and feel smug about the deal: exhibitbbooks.com/collections/...
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$300M in FEMA aid meant to help protect #Florida communities from flooding, hurricanes & other natural disasters has been frozen since January. Now the state will never get the money, leaving the projects in limbo www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/11/f... via @sundogwriter.bsky.social
FEMA slashes $300 million in flooding, hurricane relief projects in Florida
The money would have paid to elevate roads, shore up canals and fix water treatment systems from Jacksonville to Miami-Dade County.
www.orlandosentinel.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
$300M in FEMA aid meant to help protect #Florida communities from flooding, hurricanes & other natural disasters has been frozen since January. Now the state will never get the money, leaving the projects in limbo www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/11/f... via @sundogwriter.bsky.social
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Y’all, the ebook of The Book of Love is on sale for $1.99 right now.
The Book of Love: A Novel
A Novel
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April 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Y’all, the ebook of The Book of Love is on sale for $1.99 right now.
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My thanks to @unclegrambo.bsky.social for asking me to write about Val Kilmer for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social: decider.com/2025/04/06/v...
Val Kilmer was Gen X's Brando: Messy, gorgeous, and defiant
Kilmer could never completely hide his wisdom.
decider.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My thanks to @unclegrambo.bsky.social for asking me to write about Val Kilmer for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social: decider.com/2025/04/06/v...
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Congratulations to Arkady Martine! Arkady's “Three Faces of a Beheading” is a finalist for the Best Short Story Hugo Award! You can read it here! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/thre...
April 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Congratulations to Arkady Martine! Arkady's “Three Faces of a Beheading” is a finalist for the Best Short Story Hugo Award! You can read it here! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/thre...
I found 33 books of mine on here--all independently published on Amazon, and even a novella which is only available as a gift for readers who subscribe to my mailing list!
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
March 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I found 33 books of mine on here--all independently published on Amazon, and even a novella which is only available as a gift for readers who subscribe to my mailing list!
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
Book 2 of the Goddess's Daughter urban fantasy novels is now available as an eBook and paperback.
The state has passed a bill outlawing supernatural creatures and magical activity.
I’m a witch, an empath, and now, an outlaw.
books2read.com/u/bWkdR0
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
The state has passed a bill outlawing supernatural creatures and magical activity.
I’m a witch, an empath, and now, an outlaw.
books2read.com/u/bWkdR0
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
March 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Book 2 of the Goddess's Daughter urban fantasy novels is now available as an eBook and paperback.
The state has passed a bill outlawing supernatural creatures and magical activity.
I’m a witch, an empath, and now, an outlaw.
books2read.com/u/bWkdR0
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
The state has passed a bill outlawing supernatural creatures and magical activity.
I’m a witch, an empath, and now, an outlaw.
books2read.com/u/bWkdR0
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
Who are the new "others," the out-groups that it's okay to hate?
Supernatural creatures.
Check out my new urban fantasy series. books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
Supernatural creatures.
Check out my new urban fantasy series. books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
February 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Who are the new "others," the out-groups that it's okay to hate?
Supernatural creatures.
Check out my new urban fantasy series. books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
Supernatural creatures.
Check out my new urban fantasy series. books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 #booksky 🪐📚
It’s #FridayReads time! Books always help. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. All artists welcome. I’m sharing a book full of everything fascists hate. Wishing you a peaceful weekend.
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February 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Empathy is great to have. Unless you need to kill someone.
Check out my new urban fantasy series: books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 🪐📚
Check out my new urban fantasy series: books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 🪐📚
February 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Empathy is great to have. Unless you need to kill someone.
Check out my new urban fantasy series: books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 🪐📚
Check out my new urban fantasy series: books2read.com/u/mvVaQq
💙📚 🪐📚
The Memory Guild Boxset (Books 1-3) is on sale for only $0.99 (regularly $6.99) through Jan. 2. It's a great way to explore this midlife paranormal thriller series chock full of psychics, shifters, vampires, and more, set in America's oldest city. Check it out. 🪐📚💙 www.bookbub.com/books/memory...
Memory Guild: Books 1–3 by Ward Parker is only $0.99 - BookBub
When middle-aged telepath Darla returns home to Florida to turn a haunted old inn into a bed-and-breakfast, she develops the ability to touch an object and see the memories of anyone who has touched i...
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December 31, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The Memory Guild Boxset (Books 1-3) is on sale for only $0.99 (regularly $6.99) through Jan. 2. It's a great way to explore this midlife paranormal thriller series chock full of psychics, shifters, vampires, and more, set in America's oldest city. Check it out. 🪐📚💙 www.bookbub.com/books/memory...
The Memory Guild Boxset (Books 1-3) is on sale for only $0.99 (regularly $6.99). It's a great way to explore this midlife paranormal thriller series chock full of psychics, shifters, vampires, and more, set in America's oldest city. www.bookbub.com/books/memory... #booksky
Memory Guild: Books 1–3 by Ward Parker is only $0.99 - BookBub
When middle-aged telepath Darla returns home to Florida to turn a haunted old inn into a bed-and-breakfast, she develops the ability to touch an object and see the memories of anyone who has touched i...
www.bookbub.com
December 29, 2024 at 1:12 PM
The Memory Guild Boxset (Books 1-3) is on sale for only $0.99 (regularly $6.99). It's a great way to explore this midlife paranormal thriller series chock full of psychics, shifters, vampires, and more, set in America's oldest city. www.bookbub.com/books/memory... #booksky