Penny Walker
@pennywalker.bsky.social
Fiction writer, news editor, TV binger, overthinker. Rock chalk, forks up. Aka auntpeso. She/her. Work in Ninth Letter and the Sine Qua Non.
Lots of photos of books and my grandkids on IG @auntpeso.
Lots of photos of books and my grandkids on IG @auntpeso.
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Penny Walker
@pennywalker.bsky.social
· Jul 2
SQN - Sine Qua Non - Issue 1 - Journal - Page 119
Sine Qua Non is not just a journal. It’s a literary revolt against the death of the author.
Founded by a collective of writers and thinkers in Dallas, Texas, Sine Qua Non reclaims authorial intent as ...
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My latest piece is out! “Badland,” in the inaugural issue of Sine Qua Non.
It is under 300 words — lit for the time-pressed. Would appreciate it if you gave it a read.
CW: Sexual assault.
(My story is on page 96, or 119/129 in the little flipper bar.)
sqtest.paperturn-view.com?pid=ODg88907...
It is under 300 words — lit for the time-pressed. Would appreciate it if you gave it a read.
CW: Sexual assault.
(My story is on page 96, or 119/129 in the little flipper bar.)
sqtest.paperturn-view.com?pid=ODg88907...
November book stack — the top three for my “disability representation in sci-fi” class and the bottom one for book club.
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
November book stack — the top three for my “disability representation in sci-fi” class and the bottom one for book club.
The way I just froze for five full seconds as my brain processed that the in-flight opera in “The Fifth Element” was a literal take on the sci-fi subgenre of space opera … 🤯
Bravo, Luc Besson. Yet another reason I love this movie.
Bravo, Luc Besson. Yet another reason I love this movie.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The way I just froze for five full seconds as my brain processed that the in-flight opera in “The Fifth Element” was a literal take on the sci-fi subgenre of space opera … 🤯
Bravo, Luc Besson. Yet another reason I love this movie.
Bravo, Luc Besson. Yet another reason I love this movie.
The October book stack.
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The October book stack.
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
My favorite read of the month is in the second photo. Vampires and werewolves in space? Generational trauma? Not one but two slow-burn romances? Adorably enthusiastic spider bots?
What’s not to love?
How you store your sunglasses on your person when not in use really puts you into a specific category.
Like, forget a sorting hat or being dauntless — my future postapocalyptic story will be organized by: tucked into collar, pushed to the top of head, worn backwards over the neck, stored in a case.
Like, forget a sorting hat or being dauntless — my future postapocalyptic story will be organized by: tucked into collar, pushed to the top of head, worn backwards over the neck, stored in a case.
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How you store your sunglasses on your person when not in use really puts you into a specific category.
Like, forget a sorting hat or being dauntless — my future postapocalyptic story will be organized by: tucked into collar, pushed to the top of head, worn backwards over the neck, stored in a case.
Like, forget a sorting hat or being dauntless — my future postapocalyptic story will be organized by: tucked into collar, pushed to the top of head, worn backwards over the neck, stored in a case.
The September book stack — delayed until I could get the physical copy of “This Inevitable Ruin” from the library. (I read the ebook last month but wanted to show off how huge that book is in the photo.)
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The September book stack — delayed until I could get the physical copy of “This Inevitable Ruin” from the library. (I read the ebook last month but wanted to show off how huge that book is in the photo.)
This organ piece — the slowest and longest music piece ever — is being performed for 639 years in Halberstadt, Germany. (It began in 2001.)
It is a real thing, and yet I am absolutely convinced it's something from a @jasperfforde.bsky.social novel.
universes.art/en/specials/...
It is a real thing, and yet I am absolutely convinced it's something from a @jasperfforde.bsky.social novel.
universes.art/en/specials/...
John Cage Organ Project in Halberstadt
ORGAN2/ASLSP, the slowest and longest music piece ever heard, is being performed for 639 years in Halberstadt, Germany. Information, photos, video with sound.
universes.art
October 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This organ piece — the slowest and longest music piece ever — is being performed for 639 years in Halberstadt, Germany. (It began in 2001.)
It is a real thing, and yet I am absolutely convinced it's something from a @jasperfforde.bsky.social novel.
universes.art/en/specials/...
It is a real thing, and yet I am absolutely convinced it's something from a @jasperfforde.bsky.social novel.
universes.art/en/specials/...
August book stack! Not many titles this month, but so many pages — 812 in that top book alone.
September 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
August book stack! Not many titles this month, but so many pages — 812 in that top book alone.
I clicked on one cold-brew-tea ad on Instagram and am now getting a bunch of different tea companies in my feed.
Not mad about it.
Not mad about it.
August 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I clicked on one cold-brew-tea ad on Instagram and am now getting a bunch of different tea companies in my feed.
Not mad about it.
Not mad about it.
The July book stack. See photos 2 and 3 for my favorites.
August 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The July book stack. See photos 2 and 3 for my favorites.
How you can tell it’s still summer break/summer session: You go to the Panda Express on the edge of ASU’s Tempe campus in the noon hour and there are only two people in line in front of you.
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
How you can tell it’s still summer break/summer session: You go to the Panda Express on the edge of ASU’s Tempe campus in the noon hour and there are only two people in line in front of you.
My latest piece is out! “Badland,” in the inaugural issue of Sine Qua Non.
It is under 300 words — lit for the time-pressed. Would appreciate it if you gave it a read.
CW: Sexual assault.
(My story is on page 96, or 119/129 in the little flipper bar.)
sqtest.paperturn-view.com?pid=ODg88907...
It is under 300 words — lit for the time-pressed. Would appreciate it if you gave it a read.
CW: Sexual assault.
(My story is on page 96, or 119/129 in the little flipper bar.)
sqtest.paperturn-view.com?pid=ODg88907...
SQN - Sine Qua Non - Issue 1 - Journal - Page 119
Sine Qua Non is not just a journal. It’s a literary revolt against the death of the author.
Founded by a collective of writers and thinkers in Dallas, Texas, Sine Qua Non reclaims authorial intent as ...
sqtest.paperturn-view.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My latest piece is out! “Badland,” in the inaugural issue of Sine Qua Non.
It is under 300 words — lit for the time-pressed. Would appreciate it if you gave it a read.
CW: Sexual assault.
(My story is on page 96, or 119/129 in the little flipper bar.)
sqtest.paperturn-view.com?pid=ODg88907...
It is under 300 words — lit for the time-pressed. Would appreciate it if you gave it a read.
CW: Sexual assault.
(My story is on page 96, or 119/129 in the little flipper bar.)
sqtest.paperturn-view.com?pid=ODg88907...
June book stack.
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
June book stack.
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
Still really, really enjoying Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Only two more to go!
You're reading this on a digital device.
Lots of people — way more than you might think — don't have that ability. They might lack the internet, a computer, the know-how to utilize it, or all three.
This @arizonastateuni.bsky.social project is working to change that.
news.asu.edu/20250620-loc...
Lots of people — way more than you might think — don't have that ability. They might lack the internet, a computer, the know-how to utilize it, or all three.
This @arizonastateuni.bsky.social project is working to change that.
news.asu.edu/20250620-loc...
ASU-led project brings internet connection to thousands in Arizona | ASU News
Hunter Amerine, a recent Arizona State University graduate, was at his job teaching people how to use the internet a few weeks ago when a man walked in and asked for help with a job application.“A lot...
news.asu.edu
June 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
You're reading this on a digital device.
Lots of people — way more than you might think — don't have that ability. They might lack the internet, a computer, the know-how to utilize it, or all three.
This @arizonastateuni.bsky.social project is working to change that.
news.asu.edu/20250620-loc...
Lots of people — way more than you might think — don't have that ability. They might lack the internet, a computer, the know-how to utilize it, or all three.
This @arizonastateuni.bsky.social project is working to change that.
news.asu.edu/20250620-loc...
The May book stack.
June 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The May book stack.
Hey, worldbuilders: @arizonastateuni.bsky.social researchers have put together a guidebook that blends biology with fantasy to help creators build more believable fictional worlds and answer questions like: Just how much food would a 5,000-pound dragon need to survive?
news.asu.edu/20250528-sci...
news.asu.edu/20250528-sci...
ASU researchers blend biology, fantasy in world-building guidebook | ASU News
Evolution may be the ultimate novelist.Through genes, generations and different environments, it spins characters, conflicts and adaptations.For gamers, fantasy writers and other creators of imaginary...
news.asu.edu
May 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hey, worldbuilders: @arizonastateuni.bsky.social researchers have put together a guidebook that blends biology with fantasy to help creators build more believable fictional worlds and answer questions like: Just how much food would a 5,000-pound dragon need to survive?
news.asu.edu/20250528-sci...
news.asu.edu/20250528-sci...
Stepped away from the doomscrolling to juice the last of the oranges from our tree. (There’s more in the fridge.)
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Stepped away from the doomscrolling to juice the last of the oranges from our tree. (There’s more in the fridge.)
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
You know spring in the desert is at its end when the oranges are all gone.
The April book stack — all read in the final two weeks of the month. (Three cheers for breaking the reading slump!)
May 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The April book stack — all read in the final two weeks of the month. (Three cheers for breaking the reading slump!)
Sometimes day-old pho is exactly what the doctor ordered.
April 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sometimes day-old pho is exactly what the doctor ordered.
If you've got "from left" in your caption, I promise you don't need "to right." There's nowhere else to go.
April 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If you've got "from left" in your caption, I promise you don't need "to right." There's nowhere else to go.
Dracula sure had a nice view. (Though of course, he would’ve only had the night view.)
March 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dracula sure had a nice view. (Though of course, he would’ve only had the night view.)
A rather tricky bowl to deal with after not having slept in 27 hours.
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
March 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A rather tricky bowl to deal with after not having slept in 27 hours.
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
(I managed to get only the tiniest bit of that sauce on the pale tablecloth, though!)
February book stack — smaller this month as I find my pace slowing down.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
March 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
February book stack — smaller this month as I find my pace slowing down.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
My favorite from the month? The one on the top of the stack: “More Enduring for Having Been Broken” by Gwendolyn Paradice, one of the titles in last month’s subscription box from @blacklawrence.bsky.social.
"How I view it is that every dollar spent on development and diplomacy is $10 we don’t have to spend on defense."
— Glen Goodman, interim executive director of ASU’s International Development Initiative.
via @sbordow.bsky.social
news.asu.edu/20250305-loc...
— Glen Goodman, interim executive director of ASU’s International Development Initiative.
via @sbordow.bsky.social
news.asu.edu/20250305-loc...
ASU's USAID projects provided economic benefits to US | ASU News
For more than a decade, Arizona State University has helped people around the world — and advanced interests in the United States at the same time — through its collaborative projects with the U.S. Ag...
news.asu.edu
March 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"How I view it is that every dollar spent on development and diplomacy is $10 we don’t have to spend on defense."
— Glen Goodman, interim executive director of ASU’s International Development Initiative.
via @sbordow.bsky.social
news.asu.edu/20250305-loc...
— Glen Goodman, interim executive director of ASU’s International Development Initiative.
via @sbordow.bsky.social
news.asu.edu/20250305-loc...