Erica Ruppert
@renfestklingon.bsky.social
Writer of weirdness, reader of everything
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Erica Ruppert
@renfestklingon.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Seven Stars: Collected Stories - JournalStone
SEVEN STARS Collected Stories “Magic—dark and light—abounds in this second collection by Erica Ruppert, a rising star in the weird and wonderful firmament with stories rooted in folklore and fairyta...
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Today is the day! Seven Stars: Collected Stories is out now!
Order your copy here: journalstone.com/bookstore/se...
Order your copy here: journalstone.com/bookstore/se...
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.
Great anthology with a strong selection of stories that run the wide spectrum of weird. Horror, fantasy and sci-fi are all here, along with just plain odd and eerie tales.
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 1, curated by Michael Kelly, @undertow.bsky.social.
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 1, curated by Michael Kelly, @undertow.bsky.social.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.
Finally got the front yard raked. We dumped all the leaves in the beds in the backyard as mulch.
Critters gotta rummage.
Critters gotta rummage.
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Finally got the front yard raked. We dumped all the leaves in the beds in the backyard as mulch.
Critters gotta rummage.
Critters gotta rummage.
Why has Franklin’s crusade been forgotten?
...It also does not fit into the American founding myth of being victims of British tyranny, rising up as one & defeating the tyrants. Invading the neighboring colony does not fit with that story.
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...It also does not fit into the American founding myth of being victims of British tyranny, rising up as one & defeating the tyrants. Invading the neighboring colony does not fit with that story.
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
Canada Letter: Benjamin Franklin’s Quest to Take Canada
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December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why has Franklin’s crusade been forgotten?
...It also does not fit into the American founding myth of being victims of British tyranny, rising up as one & defeating the tyrants. Invading the neighboring colony does not fit with that story.
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
...It also does not fit into the American founding myth of being victims of British tyranny, rising up as one & defeating the tyrants. Invading the neighboring colony does not fit with that story.
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
The fierce, wild beasties, braving the elements.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The fierce, wild beasties, braving the elements.
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
Seeing how I'm exhaustificated, I'll be calling it an early night. But I am going to watch another episode of The Lowdown, first.
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Seeing how I'm exhaustificated, I'll be calling it an early night. But I am going to watch another episode of The Lowdown, first.
The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to foster closer ties with Europe’s nationalist parties, including Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland. In September a senior AfD party figure visited the White House for meetings with senior officials.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to foster closer ties with Europe’s nationalist parties, including Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland. In September a senior AfD party figure visited the White House for meetings with senior officials.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Haven't had the crows stop by in a while. Two showed up this cold morning to nab some peanuts.
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Haven't had the crows stop by in a while. Two showed up this cold morning to nab some peanuts.
This would have been a lovely picture if Smokey didn't choose to shake his head and turn it into something from Beyond.
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This would have been a lovely picture if Smokey didn't choose to shake his head and turn it into something from Beyond.
Pay no attention to the squirrel behind the curtain.
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pay no attention to the squirrel behind the curtain.
Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jeffrey Merkley (D-OR), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
December 3, 2025
Republican Matt Van Epps won yesterday’s special election in Tennessee’s seventh congressional district, but Republicans aren’t celebrating triumphantly.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jeffrey Merkley (D-OR), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...
More than 450,000 people are employed at the VA, providing healthcare, education, rehabilitation and other services to veterans. The VA also works with thousands of contractors nationwide for day-to-day operations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: US veterans affairs to share immigration data about non-citizen workers with ‘appropriate agencies’
Exclusive: The move prompts fears the data will be sent to ICE to further the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
More than 450,000 people are employed at the VA, providing healthcare, education, rehabilitation and other services to veterans. The VA also works with thousands of contractors nationwide for day-to-day operations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm | CBC News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb bla...
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
For friends in the UK, new journal is out. Including a little something from yours truly on the history of the tentacle in weird art & literature.
newweirddecadent.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/l...
newweirddecadent.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/l...
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
For friends in the UK, new journal is out. Including a little something from yours truly on the history of the tentacle in weird art & literature.
newweirddecadent.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/l...
newweirddecadent.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/l...
Got the house decorated, the windows washed, and the plastic insulation up. Now a bit of writing, then off the watch The Lowdown.
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Got the house decorated, the windows washed, and the plastic insulation up. Now a bit of writing, then off the watch The Lowdown.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Got my contributor copy today--it's gorgeous!
Thanks, TL Wiswell!
Thanks, TL Wiswell!
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Got my contributor copy today--it's gorgeous!
Thanks, TL Wiswell!
Thanks, TL Wiswell!
The documents from the Epstein estate released by the House Oversight Committee on November 12 showed a chummy friendship between Epstein and political, academic, and economic leaders...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
November 30, 2025
On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration’s approach to the world at ho...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The documents from the Epstein estate released by the House Oversight Committee on November 12 showed a chummy friendship between Epstein and political, academic, and economic leaders...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-3...
Judging by the pile o' cats in the corner, I think we have an unfortunate mouse in the house.
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Judging by the pile o' cats in the corner, I think we have an unfortunate mouse in the house.
Reposted by Erica Ruppert
As if I didn't have enough projects, I just released indiehorror.co upon you unsuspecting innocents. The opportunity to do for the indie horror community what @freshcomics.us did for comics was too sweet to pass up. (... and reuse some code in the process!)
Check out the thread below for details.
Check out the thread below for details.
We're still fine-tuning a few things, but the new Indie Horror has escaped its cage and is now available for terrorizing your local neighborhood.
Browse and search the site for a global collection of the best small press horror and weird tales for that difficult-to-surprise reader in your life!
Browse and search the site for a global collection of the best small press horror and weird tales for that difficult-to-surprise reader in your life!
Indie Horror
Books and stories from your favorite indie writers and publishing houses.
indiehorror.co
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As if I didn't have enough projects, I just released indiehorror.co upon you unsuspecting innocents. The opportunity to do for the indie horror community what @freshcomics.us did for comics was too sweet to pass up. (... and reuse some code in the process!)
Check out the thread below for details.
Check out the thread below for details.
This month, New York became the first state to enact a law targeting a practice, typically called personalized pricing or surveillance pricing, in which retailers use artificial intelligence and customers’ personal data to set prices online...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
N.Y. Law Could Set Stage for A.I. Regulation’s Next ‘Big Battleground’
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This month, New York became the first state to enact a law targeting a practice, typically called personalized pricing or surveillance pricing, in which retailers use artificial intelligence and customers’ personal data to set prices online...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Today is for getting back into the swing of things before the next holiday disruption hits.
Doing some writing, some editing, and some veggie stroganoff making, all with the help of my lovely assistant.
Doing some writing, some editing, and some veggie stroganoff making, all with the help of my lovely assistant.
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today is for getting back into the swing of things before the next holiday disruption hits.
Doing some writing, some editing, and some veggie stroganoff making, all with the help of my lovely assistant.
Doing some writing, some editing, and some veggie stroganoff making, all with the help of my lovely assistant.
The idea of stripping some of the country’s 24.5 million naturalized citizens of their citizenship changes the nature of what it means to be an American.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 28, 2025
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The idea of stripping some of the country’s 24.5 million naturalized citizens of their citizenship changes the nature of what it means to be an American.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
I can't start on Stranger Things until I get Lily Allen out of my head.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I can't start on Stranger Things until I get Lily Allen out of my head.
In 1861, Americans went to war to keep a cabal from taking control of the government and turning it into an oligarchy. The fight against that rebellion seemed at first to be too much for the nation to survive. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In 1861, Americans went to war to keep a cabal from taking control of the government and turning it into an oligarchy. The fight against that rebellion seemed at first to be too much for the nation to survive. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...