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l.s. johnson
@lsjohnson.bsky.social
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prima materia, chase & daniels, rare birds, vacui magia. writer, indexer, proofreader, cat wrangler. sfwa, hwa, codex.

https://www.traversingz.com/
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My dad got an email from the VA and nearly had another stroke at this wording:
President Trump opposes a lapse in appropriations, and on September 19, the House of Representatives passed, with the Trump Administration’s support, a clean continuing resolution to fund the government through November 21. Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking this Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands.
October 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Shirley says never be afraid to show your delectably soft belly to those you love.
A floofy black cat with a grey patch on her belly sprawled magnificently on a blue carpet, waiting for the inevitable rubs and to be told how adorable and beautiful she is.
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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At this point I’m just fascinated by the journey these books are taking. (They were supposed to go from Delaware to Louisiana.)
A tracking history that shows the box went to Texas (which kind of makes sense, 79127 instead of 70127) but are now in Nebraska, which is beyond sense.
July 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Found @theesnakebitch.bsky.social at GalaxyCon and stocked up on my faves 🐍
Six stickers of my favorite Ludo designs, though I could also have bought six of the biblically accurate angel and been quite content
July 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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50% of my books arrived! We’ll see what tomorrow brings … but started my sticker shopping in case I’m done early. Lovelies courtesy of @hexabeast.bsky.social
Four lovely dark stickers!
July 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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NOLA, it’s been too long. I am here, my GalaxyCon table is F5 … and my books are in four different states. 😂😭 When life hands you lemons, you google the nearest beignets for breakfast, go to sleep early, and just take whatever the shipping gods hand out, day by day.
A view of the Mississippi River with an orange moon rising, because if I don’t have books to sell, at least I have an amazing view
July 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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On this hot summer day in this hellish timeline, wishing everyone a few minutes to listen to the birds and dream of murder
A perfect panther of a black cat sprawled in a windowsill, listening to a dozen birds singing the avian version of “cant touch this”
July 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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My cat Lord van der Kitten, Prince of Darkness (aka Kitten PoD) watching me doomscrolling the day's news
A black panther kitty giving me proper side-eye as I lose my sh*t reading today's news. As someone who has endured younger cats stealing his crunchies for three long years now, he now knows life is suffering, and the best we can hope for is someone who cares enough to give us butt-scratches and the occasional Churu.
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Humid summer afternoon, need caffeine
A fluffy black cat asleep on my lap, wrapped around my left forearm, who has cunningly made it all too easy for me to also sleep
June 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A quiet Sunday morning—
watching the birds, thinking about murder
A large short haired black cat looks out a window on a lovely morning, dreaming of bloody feathers, hot flesh, the squirt of organs between his teeth
May 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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That is a mighty fine tuna sandwich you have there
An elderly tabby, well-versed in the fine art of begging by staring, and his young fluffy all-black protégé, who is fighting the urge to just smack the sandwich out of my hand.
April 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 14, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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Looking for print copies of my weird fiction? Right now both collections and my new novella are only available in hardcover, and only available directly through me! This means your copies come signed AND with fun swag. Check them out here: shop.traversingz.com
Pictures of the covers of my weird fiction books: Rare Birds, In Her Mind a Darkness, and Vacui Magia.
September 26, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Look! A table number! Find me this afternoon at GalaxyCon San Jose! (And forgive me if I yawn - there was 3 am cat ruckus)
A picture of a sign that says I, LS Johnson, am at booth B4 in Artist Alley
August 16, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Nearly forgot it was #caturday!
Three young cat bros who are pressed to the screen door, itching to get at a raven on the roof and oblivious to the fact that the raven would kick all their asses.
August 11, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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What’s your sign
July 4, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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If you see this post a photo without explanation
A picture of the Welsh defenders hung at Conwy Castle, which is also the number clue for a children’s game.
July 1, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 20:
The cover of Kelly Link’s Stranger Things Happen.
June 23, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 19:
The cover of Andrea Barrett’s Ship Fever
June 22, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 18:
The cover of Yu Hua’s The Past and the Punishments
June 21, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 17:
The cover of Elaine Scarry’s Body in Pain.
June 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 16:
The cover of Thomas Ligottti’s Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
June 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 15:
The cover of Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety. It is one of my personal theories that Mantel was hot for a certain kind of man. Her portrayals of Cromwell and Danton here feel a little … thirsty at times. 😆
June 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 14:
The cover of Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble. Cannot emphasize enough how the idea of gender as performance rocked grad school seminars
June 17, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 Day 13:
The cover of Adrienne Rich’s Time’s Power, which includes “Dreamwood,” a hugely influential poem for me
June 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM