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Kara Jorgensen

@authorkaraj.bsky.social

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Queer, nonbinary author, MFA, adjunct professor, and dog mom. Your local ND science-goth crocheter. Julia Child meets Vincent Price. They/them karajorgensen.com

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · Oct 20

Hi, I'm Kara (they/them). I'm a queer, autistic author who writes queer historical-paranormal fantasy books.
I've published 10 novels, a handful of short stories, and a novella, which you can get by joining my newsletter.
My newsletter: eepurl.com/bfJTW9
My books: books2read.com/ap/nAkLmr/Ka...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15m

People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears

That once it’s “official” you will have your basic needs met

The truth is people fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits

Caregivers are nearly impossible to find

If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 9h

Preorder book 4 THE REANIMATOR'S FATE in ebook, paperbacks coming in January: books2read.com/trm4

You can also find my all my ebooks in itchio: karajorgensen.itch.io
Or in library systems!

Check out my free between book short stories/novellas at karajorgensen.com/freebies

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Reanimator's Fate by Kara Jorgensen

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 9h

At Zon, Kobo, B&N, & more! Itchio link below!
Grab book 1 THE REANIMATOR'S HEART in ebook, audio, paperback: books2read.com/trm1

Grab book 2 THE REANIMATOR'S SOUL in ebook, audio, paperback: books2read.com/trm2

Grab book 3 THE REANIMATOR'S REMAINS in ebook, audio, paperback: books2read.com/trm3

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 9h

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 4 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia #booksky 🌈📚

Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer

The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem

The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge

cover reveal soon. preorder now, out January 29th.
autistic necromancer x undead ADHDer, mm romance, book curses and malicious magic, mutual aid, support, community, a new beginning, if im not a weapon, what good am i?, gwen to the rescue, the paranormal society is in peril, book 4 final book

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Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 2h

OH THANK GOD.

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 4h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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voids bunny 🏳️‍⚧️ @voidsbunny.bsky.social · 2h

I do want Transgender for Everyone.

I want everyone to have full personal and bodily autonomy.

I want everyone to have the freedom to determine who they are for themselves and not have this dictated by other people.

Everyone is the expert on themselves. Self-determination is a fundamental right.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 2h

Manalapan

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h

FBI agents assigned to Musk concluded he was systematically avoiding conduct standards imposed on those holding high-level clearances. FBI management concluded it could do nothing about this because of Musk's ties to Trump and the GOP.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 6h

The flotilla carrying Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder has been captured by the Israeli military. Please contact Emily's senators and representatives—Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Jimmy Gomez—and urge them to advocate for her safe release from Israeli detention

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 3h

Thread.

And a reminder: sex addiction is not real. It’s a religious scrupulosity issue and it is promoted and marketed by religious and parachurch organizations as both a money-making grift and a means of social control in high-demand religious movements.

it’s not an addiction.

doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 5d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 6d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 3h

Bookshop is doing free shipping through today and if you haven't yet, might I suggest
Some
Queer
Books

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · Jun 2

🏳️‍🌈 Hello it is PRIDE my lovelies 🏳️‍🌈
...and I am a queer little gremlin who writes and recs queer sff books.
You can get my queer assassins saving the day trilogy at anywhere wot sells books:
🔗 us.macmillan.com/series/chron...

All three covers of the Chronicles of Ghadid trilogy, the first with an ace flag background, the second with a lesbian flag, and the third with a pan flag

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 9h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 4h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 7h

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI
meme by @FLScience

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks, me too but your dogs. It is very scary.
Our last very old dog had two seizures very far apart at random that he bounced back from. I'm hoping it is the same for Finn.

Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 4h

No, he hasn't been around any pesticides or herbicides

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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 4h

ICYMI, here's Jack's decades-long career of proposing and voting to raise taxes.

Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 4d

Jack is an expert tax-raiser, voting to raise your taxes at every level of government.

See for yourself:

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 6h

Free shipping today only on my paperbacks at bookshop.org, including my cozy fantasy romance novella THE POTION GARDENER. It's got trans joy, it's got gender euphoria, it's got a butch farmer's market lesbian. Collect trans SFF in print while it's still around 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜

The Potion Gardener

Check out The Potion Gardener - Desperate to escape a messy romance, Florian Mulberry flees London: tipsy, panicked, and without a plan. It's while hiding in a rural garden shed that he meets Kells, a...

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 6h

#WerewolfWednesday 🐺📚

Illustration of a "Werewolf" sitting at lectern

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 23h

Did you miss my novel release this year? PAINTED FLOCK returns to Val-de-mer and deals with the fallout of BAKER THIEF -- as well as following the rocky emotional journeys of three aromantic spectrum protagonists.

Get your copy~ buy.bookfunnel.com/prdyz5509q

#QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚 #booksky #fantasy

An ad in two halves. The top has the cover for Painted Flock by Claudie Arseneault and the following information:
Return to the city of Val-de-mer... Aromantic fantasy, found family between three arospecs, six cats, and as single child. Cit and festivals inspired by Québec.

The lower half has the follow blurb:
Clémence Voyer’s only priority is Alain, ols five-year-old brother. Freed from Montrant Industries’ clutches, ol finally has a chance to give the bird-obsessed boy a sense of normalcy. But Clémence’s involvement in the creation of exocores hasn’t been forgotten, and when circumstances push ol in close proximity with the passionate and breathtaking scientist in charge of fixing ols crimes and one of ols angry, still-healing victims, Clémence is forced to reckon with ols legacy. Trying to repair it might be ols only path to finally heal, too.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 6h

It's so bad. I think it's the fact that you can just let it play without having to think or fully engage like you would a movie, especially a new to you one.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 6h

Being autistic is fun because I'm ready to tear my eyes out when my mom puts on the same episode of a sitcom for the 80th time, yet here I am, happily watching the same long ass Booktok drama video series for the 6th time.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 7h

Free healthcare to all residents of the US regardless of immigration status would rule, actually. Universal benefits for universal problems (having a body that can get sick or hurt)

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