E. H. Lupton
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E. H. Lupton
@pretensesoup.bsky.social
Author (Dionysus in Wisconsin, 2023; Old Time Religion, 2024; Troth, 2024; Lazarus, Home from the War, 2025), poet, podcaster (Ask a Medievalist), pansexual, psychopomp. She/they.
Website: https://ehlupton.com
Books: https://ehlupton.com/links/
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Hey, if you need a gift for the weirdo (affectionate) in your life, or something to read while you're hiding from your family, I got you covered.

Links for the novels: ehlupton.com/links

Preorder The Alignments novella: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

#booksky #romancelandia
When I die, I will come in fast and low. I will stick the landing. There will be no confusion. The dead will make room for me.

(From "Real Estate," by Richard Siken)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My husband said this shirt didn't fit anymore because his lats are too broad, so I get to be a lumberjack now.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My second-best nemesis, the guy who quit his lit journal to publish a sad substack about how hard it is to be a Gen X white man who writes Literature, has decided to self-publish his books. Two minutes after that, he decided to give paid zoom consultations to advise people about self-publishing.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The attentive, mildly concerned look on my face as the waitress explains the steaks to me because I forgot to lead the conversation with I'm vegetarian and just here at a steakhouse for a baked potato.
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Decided to order a new bokken for the 8yo and went looking for short ones online. We found a "junior" one that is 36" long. Then I went and measured my personal bokken, which I use as an adult human being. It is...34" long.
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Oh, buddy.
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
These are good books!
hey my peeps! guess who is running a sale on my available paperbacks on my website!

IT IS I

all the goblins paperbacks are $2 off, and A Bloomy Head is $1.50 off, until Monday, December 15th!

www.sharonjgochenour.com/store
Store — Sharon J. Gochenour, author and illustrator
Do you want to buy books directly from me? Here! Here is the place!
www.sharonjgochenour.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Regret to announce it got so cold the apple cider I had on the screen porch froze, so I had to bring it inside and stick it in the fridge.
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Heyyyy writers, join me to explore gender as a craft tool at a sliding scale rate (down to $0 if that's what you need to access it)--it'll be fun! Online, Tues evenings Jan–Feb, details at loft.org/classes/gend...
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
See, I think I'm on here too much, but apparently it could be much worse.
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Writers, treat yourself after the holidays! Connect, reflect, learn, & write at Wholehearted Writers Week (1/12–1/16). Prompted writing sessions, writing sprints, discussions, virtual happy hours, editor office hours, workshops, & more. Info at wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com, register by 12/12.
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey, anyone out there know Breton? I have a couple of phrases I could use someone to look at.
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is very niche, but there's a major international company you have probably heard of that is headquartered in my town and does approximately what I do, and I usually get asked if I work there. And I did once! But not as a code monkey, and not for a long time now.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Newsletter is up on my blog for non-subscribers: ehlupton.com/2025/12/01/d...
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
After shoveling all weekend, I currently regret having a body.

Newsletter later today probably. Sign-up is here if that seems interesting to you: winnowingfanpress.eo.page/lupton
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December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🥰What great company to be in. Look at these.
November reading wrap-up: Finally got up to date with @pretensesoup.bsky.social’s Wisconsin Gothic and loved the fourth book as much as the others! Loving @jordanlhawk.bsky.social’s Rath and Rune as much as Whyborne & Griffin!

🌈📚💙 🪐📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 📚
#booksky #fantasy
#romantasy #romancelandia
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It is that time when people seek book recommendations for kids. So I asked the 8yo for his top three from the year. They are all series!

1/ Lightfall, by Tim Probert. It's a graphic novel series (3 books at present) about a young girl who tries to save the sun.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(Discussing shoveling the driveway)

8yo: what happens if you throw snow in someone's face?

Me: you get a two-minute penalty for high sticking.

4yo: (nodding to self) two minutes not very much.

#parenting
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The dinosaurs are abroad in search of food.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ulysses is in a horror movie except it's just seeing a rival's comments in the margins of one of his papers.
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My books are 70% off at itch.io for a week or so.

itch.io/s/170452/bla...

Here's the main page in case you want to see the freebies that are up there too:

xanthippe42.itch.io
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by E. H. Lupton
A bundle by E. H. Lupton, $5.66 for 4 games
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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pssst Friday November 28 is Creator Day at itchio—meaning itch takes 0% and all the money goes to creators—so all my books are half price feliciadavin.itch.io/creatorday2025
Creator Day 2025 by FeliciaDavin
A bundle by FeliciaDavin, $30.00 for 13 games
feliciadavin.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
An older male family member said, "You should make audiobooks of your books. I'll listen to them." I thought, well that will be interesting. But I know he's listened to most of the Patrick O'Brien novels, so he probably won't be too shocked.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
One of those weird mornings of trying to read through and accept edits on a sex scene while the kids knock around, occasionally asking for glasses of apple cider.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Still working on this daf:

From what time does one [who typically travels for Thanksgiving] begin listening to Alice's Restaurant?
November 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM