Cait_onthe_luce
@caitluce.bsky.social
Bookseller in Seattle, lost in a stack of books.
Please bring me fries.
Please bring me fries.
Wednesday February 11: "Deer Season" by Kevin Barry. "She saw him often in the morning and often again around dusk as he walked out by the river."
February 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Wednesday February 11: "Deer Season" by Kevin Barry. "She saw him often in the morning and often again around dusk as he walked out by the river."
Tuesday February 10: "Pomp and Circumstances" by Nina McConigley.
"The Shirley Basin seemed to be a big stretch of nothing that fell between Casper and Laramie."
"The Shirley Basin seemed to be a big stretch of nothing that fell between Casper and Laramie."
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Tuesday February 10: "Pomp and Circumstances" by Nina McConigley.
"The Shirley Basin seemed to be a big stretch of nothing that fell between Casper and Laramie."
"The Shirley Basin seemed to be a big stretch of nothing that fell between Casper and Laramie."
Monday February 9: "The Miracle Cabbage" by Melissa Border.
"When my father was taken to the ICU in December 2020 following a critical injury in a car accident, he was still talking."
"When my father was taken to the ICU in December 2020 following a critical injury in a car accident, he was still talking."
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Monday February 9: "The Miracle Cabbage" by Melissa Border.
"When my father was taken to the ICU in December 2020 following a critical injury in a car accident, he was still talking."
"When my father was taken to the ICU in December 2020 following a critical injury in a car accident, he was still talking."
Sunday February 8: "Galicia"
"Antje came to Spain three years ago. She worked as a hotel maid in San Sebastián, where she met Mathis and married him."
"Antje came to Spain three years ago. She worked as a hotel maid in San Sebastián, where she met Mathis and married him."
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Sunday February 8: "Galicia"
"Antje came to Spain three years ago. She worked as a hotel maid in San Sebastián, where she met Mathis and married him."
"Antje came to Spain three years ago. She worked as a hotel maid in San Sebastián, where she met Mathis and married him."
Saturday February 7: "Wedding Dresses" by Louise Erdrich.
"During a January thaw, water trickled from a burst pipe down an interior wall, into the basement storage closet, and ruined all of Dora's wedding dresses."
"During a January thaw, water trickled from a burst pipe down an interior wall, into the basement storage closet, and ruined all of Dora's wedding dresses."
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Saturday February 7: "Wedding Dresses" by Louise Erdrich.
"During a January thaw, water trickled from a burst pipe down an interior wall, into the basement storage closet, and ruined all of Dora's wedding dresses."
"During a January thaw, water trickled from a burst pipe down an interior wall, into the basement storage closet, and ruined all of Dora's wedding dresses."
Friday afternoon.
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Friday afternoon.
Friday February 6: "Cowboys and East Indians" by Nina McConigley.
"I had been following the house for almost two miles and, while trying to pass it almost ten miles back, saw its cross-sectioned sides laid open like a dollhouse."
"I had been following the house for almost two miles and, while trying to pass it almost ten miles back, saw its cross-sectioned sides laid open like a dollhouse."
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Friday February 6: "Cowboys and East Indians" by Nina McConigley.
"I had been following the house for almost two miles and, while trying to pass it almost ten miles back, saw its cross-sectioned sides laid open like a dollhouse."
"I had been following the house for almost two miles and, while trying to pass it almost ten miles back, saw its cross-sectioned sides laid open like a dollhouse."
Thursday February 5: "The Coast of Leitrim" by Kevin Barry. "Living alone in his dead uncle's cottage, and with the burden lately of wandering thoughts in the night, Seamus Ferris had fallen hard for a Polish girl who worked at a café down in Carrick."
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Thursday February 5: "The Coast of Leitrim" by Kevin Barry. "Living alone in his dead uncle's cottage, and with the burden lately of wandering thoughts in the night, Seamus Ferris had fallen hard for a Polish girl who worked at a café down in Carrick."
Wednesday February 4: "Python's Kiss" by Louise Erdrich. "He was the second, or perhaps the third, Nero owned by my grandparents."
February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wednesday February 4: "Python's Kiss" by Louise Erdrich. "He was the second, or perhaps the third, Nero owned by my grandparents."
A few minutes later.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A few minutes later.
Tuesday February 3: "A Willow and the Moon" by Paul Yoon. "It was once a sanatorium high up in the mountains."
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Tuesday February 3: "A Willow and the Moon" by Paul Yoon. "It was once a sanatorium high up in the mountains."
Several months ago I decided to do a revisit of Morrison's writing and other writers on her legacy. Here's my current collection. Titles are in the alt text.
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Several months ago I decided to do a revisit of Morrison's writing and other writers on her legacy. Here's my current collection. Titles are in the alt text.
I feel quite fortunate to have this collection of Toni Morrison's lectures during her tenure at Princeton University. Language as Liberation is out tomorrow from @aaknopf.bsky.social. Please support your local independent bookstore/neighborhood library.
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I feel quite fortunate to have this collection of Toni Morrison's lectures during her tenure at Princeton University. Language as Liberation is out tomorrow from @aaknopf.bsky.social. Please support your local independent bookstore/neighborhood library.
Monday February 2: "Melting" by Nina McConigley. "We were the wrong kind of Indians living in Wyoming."
February 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Monday February 2: "Melting" by Nina McConigley. "We were the wrong kind of Indians living in Wyoming."
Sunday February 1: "Brandied Fruit" by Elisabeth Meyer Gonzalez. "Energy radiates around this stack of old cookbooks like a mirage."
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Sunday February 1: "Brandied Fruit" by Elisabeth Meyer Gonzalez. "Energy radiates around this stack of old cookbooks like a mirage."
February 2026! Short stories and essays to keep the doom away for a few minutes. The titles are in the alt text.
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
February 2026! Short stories and essays to keep the doom away for a few minutes. The titles are in the alt text.
Saturday January 31: "Fortune" by Joy Williams. "It was the parents! When would the parents stop coming?"
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Saturday January 31: "Fortune" by Joy Williams. "It was the parents! When would the parents stop coming?"
Friday January 30: "Rot" by Joy Williams.
"Lucy was watching the street when an old Ford Thunderbird turned in to their driveway."
"Lucy was watching the street when an old Ford Thunderbird turned in to their driveway."
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Friday January 30: "Rot" by Joy Williams.
"Lucy was watching the street when an old Ford Thunderbird turned in to their driveway."
"Lucy was watching the street when an old Ford Thunderbird turned in to their driveway."
Thursday January 29: "Kite Girl" by Hillary Behrman. "Mr. Horseman watches me all through class, seventh-grade US history, second period."
January 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Thursday January 29: "Kite Girl" by Hillary Behrman. "Mr. Horseman watches me all through class, seventh-grade US history, second period."