Francis Sparks
@writingsparks.bsky.social
Author living in Des Moines, IA. My debut novel MADE SAFE is out now! @pandamoonpub.
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These are the fantasy problems of a fictional world. One where the billionaire's fears of being taxed are more terrifying than people going hungry. Where affordable housing is more terrifying than a sexual predator in office.
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We are trapped in an imaginary crisis
The make-believe problems of 2025
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August 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
These are the fantasy problems of a fictional world. One where the billionaire's fears of being taxed are more terrifying than people going hungry. Where affordable housing is more terrifying than a sexual predator in office.
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Damn, great program. Sad day
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Damn, great program. Sad day
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Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
July 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
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1ST REVIEW! “Sparks works within a highly stylized mix of quirky and eerie—but from within her own idiosyncratic vision, she celebrates the power and strangeness of weird women and girls. For anyone who has ever wished they made Nancy Drew novels for grown-ups.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE | Kirkus Reviews
A mother and daughter move into a haunted apartment complex in this debut novel by an acclaimed short story writer.
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July 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
1ST REVIEW! “Sparks works within a highly stylized mix of quirky and eerie—but from within her own idiosyncratic vision, she celebrates the power and strangeness of weird women and girls. For anyone who has ever wished they made Nancy Drew novels for grown-ups.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Dude at work made a Mr. Miyagi reference and this kid was like “Who’s Mr. Miyagi?” And we were like “You don’t know who Mr. Miyagi is?!” And he goes “He sounds like a fake ass karate teacher” and I said “Brother you ain’t gonna believe this shit”
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Dude at work made a Mr. Miyagi reference and this kid was like “Who’s Mr. Miyagi?” And we were like “You don’t know who Mr. Miyagi is?!” And he goes “He sounds like a fake ass karate teacher” and I said “Brother you ain’t gonna believe this shit”
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Time to bring back the summoning circle for writers!
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July 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Time to bring back the summoning circle for writers!
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Keep reminding folks of this.
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Keep reminding folks of this.
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
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ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
July 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
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It feels weird to me that we're supposed to call our representatives to be like: "Hey can we not initiate another forever war?" You'd think they'd be able to handle that one without a ton of input.
June 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It feels weird to me that we're supposed to call our representatives to be like: "Hey can we not initiate another forever war?" You'd think they'd be able to handle that one without a ton of input.
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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
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Have ICE protests made Los Angeles too dangerous to live in? We asked three scowling retirees at a Shoney's in Branson.
June 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Have ICE protests made Los Angeles too dangerous to live in? We asked three scowling retirees at a Shoney's in Branson.
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That’s one heck of a campaign promise, Joni:
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We All Are Going To Die Joni Ernst Quote
"We all are going to die." - US Senator, Joni Ernst, in response to being told cuts to Medicaid and SNAP will result in deaths. A Portion of All RAYGUN Sales Raise Money For Organizations That We Supp...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
That’s one heck of a campaign promise, Joni:
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VOTER: “But people will die!” (if you kick them of Medicaid)
ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
VOTER: “But people will die!” (if you kick them of Medicaid)
ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
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Defending copyright is very important at a time when the impetus to alter it skews toward corporate power, away from the individual. It's a powerful protection for creators and philosophical or abstract arguments against it are often distasteful in how they weirdly align in action w those in power.
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Defending copyright is very important at a time when the impetus to alter it skews toward corporate power, away from the individual. It's a powerful protection for creators and philosophical or abstract arguments against it are often distasteful in how they weirdly align in action w those in power.
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No, you’re not crazy.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
May 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
No, you’re not crazy.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
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Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country!
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
May 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country!
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
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Signed up all the SGJ books at the Sioux Falls B&N.
May 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Signed up all the SGJ books at the Sioux Falls B&N.
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NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
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Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”