Erin Ampersand, Author
@erinampersand.bsky.social
Author and LitRPG fan. She/her
Check out www.erinampersand.com for my books and blog!
Check out www.erinampersand.com for my books and blog!
2025 Micro-reviews:
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
One of the earliest gamelit books. For reasons of their own, an eclectic group of aliens teach a young human a complex board game that may – or may not – be more real and more serious than it seems.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
One of the earliest gamelit books. For reasons of their own, an eclectic group of aliens teach a young human a complex board game that may – or may not – be more real and more serious than it seems.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
2025 Micro-reviews:
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
One of the earliest gamelit books. For reasons of their own, an eclectic group of aliens teach a young human a complex board game that may – or may not – be more real and more serious than it seems.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator
One of the earliest gamelit books. For reasons of their own, an eclectic group of aliens teach a young human a complex board game that may – or may not – be more real and more serious than it seems.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Something very unfortunate happened for my husband today.
A child whose ears had recently been pierced lost an earring.
Whereupon, I pulled out my old piercing stud I'd kept for decades, sterilized it, and popped it in.
Packrat tendencies SO vindicated right now. Keep everything forever. YESSS.
A child whose ears had recently been pierced lost an earring.
Whereupon, I pulled out my old piercing stud I'd kept for decades, sterilized it, and popped it in.
Packrat tendencies SO vindicated right now. Keep everything forever. YESSS.
December 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Something very unfortunate happened for my husband today.
A child whose ears had recently been pierced lost an earring.
Whereupon, I pulled out my old piercing stud I'd kept for decades, sterilized it, and popped it in.
Packrat tendencies SO vindicated right now. Keep everything forever. YESSS.
A child whose ears had recently been pierced lost an earring.
Whereupon, I pulled out my old piercing stud I'd kept for decades, sterilized it, and popped it in.
Packrat tendencies SO vindicated right now. Keep everything forever. YESSS.
2025 Micro-reviews:
Bioshifter by Natalie Maher
A lifetime of repetitive dreams turns out to be the “slow burn” part of a transdimensional transformation process for a girl who thought she was human.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #µreviews
Bioshifter by Natalie Maher
A lifetime of repetitive dreams turns out to be the “slow burn” part of a transdimensional transformation process for a girl who thought she was human.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #µreviews
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
2025 Micro-reviews:
Bioshifter by Natalie Maher
A lifetime of repetitive dreams turns out to be the “slow burn” part of a transdimensional transformation process for a girl who thought she was human.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #µreviews
Bioshifter by Natalie Maher
A lifetime of repetitive dreams turns out to be the “slow burn” part of a transdimensional transformation process for a girl who thought she was human.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #µreviews
This is adorable. I also love how most of the characters have fancied themselves up at least slightly and Hornet is just like "Whatever, I was born fancy."
We’re deeply honored that HADES II is in the running for Game of the Year and more at #TheGameAwards tonight, especially since we’re in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games.
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is adorable. I also love how most of the characters have fancied themselves up at least slightly and Hornet is just like "Whatever, I was born fancy."
2025 Micro-reviews:
Tower of Jack by Sean Loomer
A professional assassin wants to leave his job. Unfortunately, he’s sucked into a magical world and told that if he doesn’t successfully slay an unkillable hero, a powerful faction will wipe out humanity.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Tower of Jack by Sean Loomer
A professional assassin wants to leave his job. Unfortunately, he’s sucked into a magical world and told that if he doesn’t successfully slay an unkillable hero, a powerful faction will wipe out humanity.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
2025 Micro-reviews:
Tower of Jack by Sean Loomer
A professional assassin wants to leave his job. Unfortunately, he’s sucked into a magical world and told that if he doesn’t successfully slay an unkillable hero, a powerful faction will wipe out humanity.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Tower of Jack by Sean Loomer
A professional assassin wants to leave his job. Unfortunately, he’s sucked into a magical world and told that if he doesn’t successfully slay an unkillable hero, a powerful faction will wipe out humanity.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
2025 Micro-reviews: 1% Lifesteal by Robert Blaise
A poor young man is scraping by at the bottom of a stratified society. He’s “lucky” enough to find a possible path to bettering his life, but the road ahead is painful and dangerous.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
A poor young man is scraping by at the bottom of a stratified society. He’s “lucky” enough to find a possible path to bettering his life, but the road ahead is painful and dangerous.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2025 Micro-reviews: 1% Lifesteal by Robert Blaise
A poor young man is scraping by at the bottom of a stratified society. He’s “lucky” enough to find a possible path to bettering his life, but the road ahead is painful and dangerous.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
A poor young man is scraping by at the bottom of a stratified society. He’s “lucky” enough to find a possible path to bettering his life, but the road ahead is painful and dangerous.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Shrinkflation is always infuriating, but it's extra infuriating to have a recipe that calls for "1 package (16 oz)" and every package on the store shelf is between 14 oz and 15.5.
Recently made banana pudding and had to get multiple packages of three "1 package" ingredients. Came home seething.
Recently made banana pudding and had to get multiple packages of three "1 package" ingredients. Came home seething.
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Shrinkflation is always infuriating, but it's extra infuriating to have a recipe that calls for "1 package (16 oz)" and every package on the store shelf is between 14 oz and 15.5.
Recently made banana pudding and had to get multiple packages of three "1 package" ingredients. Came home seething.
Recently made banana pudding and had to get multiple packages of three "1 package" ingredients. Came home seething.
2025 Micro-reviews:
Discount Dan by James A. Hunter – A guy teleported to a malfunctioning dungeon immediately ends up as a spectator in a superpower battle. He’s lucky enough to grab a few discards that might just be the tools he needs to survive.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Discount Dan by James A. Hunter – A guy teleported to a malfunctioning dungeon immediately ends up as a spectator in a superpower battle. He’s lucky enough to grab a few discards that might just be the tools he needs to survive.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
2025 Micro-reviews:
Discount Dan by James A. Hunter – A guy teleported to a malfunctioning dungeon immediately ends up as a spectator in a superpower battle. He’s lucky enough to grab a few discards that might just be the tools he needs to survive.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Discount Dan by James A. Hunter – A guy teleported to a malfunctioning dungeon immediately ends up as a spectator in a superpower battle. He’s lucky enough to grab a few discards that might just be the tools he needs to survive.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
2025 micro-reviews
Player Manager by Ted Steel – Guy secretly gets FIFA game powers in real life. It sounds terrible, but it’s actually great. I don’t even like sports.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Player Manager by Ted Steel – Guy secretly gets FIFA game powers in real life. It sounds terrible, but it’s actually great. I don’t even like sports.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
2025 micro-reviews
Player Manager by Ted Steel – Guy secretly gets FIFA game powers in real life. It sounds terrible, but it’s actually great. I don’t even like sports.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
Player Manager by Ted Steel – Guy secretly gets FIFA game powers in real life. It sounds terrible, but it’s actually great. I don’t even like sports.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #µreviews
2025 Mini-Reviews:
Game at Carousel by Rob M. Lastrel –
The town of Carousel is alive, forcing those it traps to act out horror stories in order to survive. In a storyline, even death can be survived, as long as your companions finish the story successfully.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Game at Carousel by Rob M. Lastrel –
The town of Carousel is alive, forcing those it traps to act out horror stories in order to survive. In a storyline, even death can be survived, as long as your companions finish the story successfully.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
2025 Mini-reviews:
Calamity (Knights of Eternity #1) by @quirkiltons.bsky.social
Woman is sucked into her favorite arcade game and inhabits the body of one of the game’s most terrifying villains. Things get worse from there.
Bonus: The author is super nice & cool :D
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Calamity (Knights of Eternity #1) by @quirkiltons.bsky.social
Woman is sucked into her favorite arcade game and inhabits the body of one of the game’s most terrifying villains. Things get worse from there.
Bonus: The author is super nice & cool :D
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
2025 Mini-reviews:
Calamity (Knights of Eternity #1) by @quirkiltons.bsky.social
Woman is sucked into her favorite arcade game and inhabits the body of one of the game’s most terrifying villains. Things get worse from there.
Bonus: The author is super nice & cool :D
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Calamity (Knights of Eternity #1) by @quirkiltons.bsky.social
Woman is sucked into her favorite arcade game and inhabits the body of one of the game’s most terrifying villains. Things get worse from there.
Bonus: The author is super nice & cool :D
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Oldest: Didn't you and Dad finish that game? Like all the achievements.
Me: Yeah, I can't explain why I'm doing this when I'm not accomplishing anything.
Oldest: Well... it's not like you were really accomplishing anything before.
Me, trying to figure out if my child is trying to be mean or nice:
Me: Yeah, I can't explain why I'm doing this when I'm not accomplishing anything.
Oldest: Well... it's not like you were really accomplishing anything before.
Me, trying to figure out if my child is trying to be mean or nice:
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Oldest: Didn't you and Dad finish that game? Like all the achievements.
Me: Yeah, I can't explain why I'm doing this when I'm not accomplishing anything.
Oldest: Well... it's not like you were really accomplishing anything before.
Me, trying to figure out if my child is trying to be mean or nice:
Me: Yeah, I can't explain why I'm doing this when I'm not accomplishing anything.
Oldest: Well... it's not like you were really accomplishing anything before.
Me, trying to figure out if my child is trying to be mean or nice:
Excited to share that I'll have a table at this year's Nerdy Noel!
Pick up a copy of my books, a vinyl Apocalypse Parenting sticker, get books signed, or just stop by to chat!
Pick up a copy of my books, a vinyl Apocalypse Parenting sticker, get books signed, or just stop by to chat!
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Excited to share that I'll have a table at this year's Nerdy Noel!
Pick up a copy of my books, a vinyl Apocalypse Parenting sticker, get books signed, or just stop by to chat!
Pick up a copy of my books, a vinyl Apocalypse Parenting sticker, get books signed, or just stop by to chat!
2025 mini-reviews:
Ends of Magic: Antimage by Alexander Olson
A grad student is yanked into a fantasy world, where he immediately has to fight off mind-control attempts. After he escapes, he uses his Earth knowledge to find unique ways to use the world’s magic
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Ends of Magic: Antimage by Alexander Olson
A grad student is yanked into a fantasy world, where he immediately has to fight off mind-control attempts. After he escapes, he uses his Earth knowledge to find unique ways to use the world’s magic
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I frequently wake my kids up in the morning like I'm a video game boss summoning reinforcements: "Arise, my champions!"
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I frequently wake my kids up in the morning like I'm a video game boss summoning reinforcements: "Arise, my champions!"
2025 Micro-reviews:
Rebuild the World: Alaska by Justin Marks
An accident leads to the rapid cooling of Earth. The aliens responsible don’t stop to fix it, but they throw some tech at the planet that might be enough to help humanity survive if used correctly.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Rebuild the World: Alaska by Justin Marks
An accident leads to the rapid cooling of Earth. The aliens responsible don’t stop to fix it, but they throw some tech at the planet that might be enough to help humanity survive if used correctly.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
2025 Micro-reviews: Battlefield Reclaimer by David North
A family's hereditary “broken” class has left them poor and weak for generations. A horrible accident leaves a father and son in danger far from home, but it might also give them the key to finally move forward.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
A family's hereditary “broken” class has left them poor and weak for generations. A horrible accident leaves a father and son in danger far from home, but it might also give them the key to finally move forward.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
2025 Micro-reviews: Potions and Perils by Reck Well
Small town witch has injured jerk foreigner dumped in her lap. Can she heal her, live up to her mom’s high expectations, and save her village from a mysterious threat?
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #romantasy
Small town witch has injured jerk foreigner dumped in her lap. Can she heal her, live up to her mom’s high expectations, and save her village from a mysterious threat?
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #romantasy
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
2025 Micro-reviews: Potions and Perils by Reck Well
Small town witch has injured jerk foreigner dumped in her lap. Can she heal her, live up to her mom’s high expectations, and save her village from a mysterious threat?
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #romantasy
Small town witch has injured jerk foreigner dumped in her lap. Can she heal her, live up to her mom’s high expectations, and save her village from a mysterious threat?
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #romantasy
2025 micro-reviews: Shadeslinger (Ripple System #1) by Kyle Kirrin
Rich guy buys all the early access slots for new MMO. Everyone rightfully resents him for this. Somehow a really fun story, probably because the MC is heckled the whole time by a sapient axe companion.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Rich guy buys all the early access slots for new MMO. Everyone rightfully resents him for this. Somehow a really fun story, probably because the MC is heckled the whole time by a sapient axe companion.
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM