Allison Mulder
@amulderwrites.bsky.social
SFFH author with shorts in Escape Pod, Fireside Fiction, & more.
Somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram of silly and scary. Dabbler in too many hobbies. ND. She/her.
https://allisonmulder.wordpress.com/welcome/what-i-write/
Somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram of silly and scary. Dabbler in too many hobbies. ND. She/her.
https://allisonmulder.wordpress.com/welcome/what-i-write/
I did not bake, but I did make Nadiya Hussain's Masala Porridge and it is:
- Delicious
- Satisfying
- Something about the grated carrot and texture and overall warm flavors is giving me stuffing vibes, so it feels appropriately Thanksgiving.
The Glum has Diminished.
- Delicious
- Satisfying
- Something about the grated carrot and texture and overall warm flavors is giving me stuffing vibes, so it feels appropriately Thanksgiving.
The Glum has Diminished.
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I did not bake, but I did make Nadiya Hussain's Masala Porridge and it is:
- Delicious
- Satisfying
- Something about the grated carrot and texture and overall warm flavors is giving me stuffing vibes, so it feels appropriately Thanksgiving.
The Glum has Diminished.
- Delicious
- Satisfying
- Something about the grated carrot and texture and overall warm flavors is giving me stuffing vibes, so it feels appropriately Thanksgiving.
The Glum has Diminished.
Well, looks like a cinnamon raisin bread to me.
Now we let it surf for an hour to keep it from settling all weird or something. I just do what the sourdough cookbook tells me.
Now we let it surf for an hour to keep it from settling all weird or something. I just do what the sourdough cookbook tells me.
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Well, looks like a cinnamon raisin bread to me.
Now we let it surf for an hour to keep it from settling all weird or something. I just do what the sourdough cookbook tells me.
Now we let it surf for an hour to keep it from settling all weird or something. I just do what the sourdough cookbook tells me.
I have attempted to be slightly fancy.
Time will tell if this is hubris and I just knocked down any hope of a rise or something. Who knows. I'm just saying bread words now. Autolyze. Lamination. Ear.
Time will tell if this is hubris and I just knocked down any hope of a rise or something. Who knows. I'm just saying bread words now. Autolyze. Lamination. Ear.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I have attempted to be slightly fancy.
Time will tell if this is hubris and I just knocked down any hope of a rise or something. Who knows. I'm just saying bread words now. Autolyze. Lamination. Ear.
Time will tell if this is hubris and I just knocked down any hope of a rise or something. Who knows. I'm just saying bread words now. Autolyze. Lamination. Ear.
Hey, loaf.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hey, loaf.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
I need the counter.
Can you just go hang out over there for 2-4 hours?
Thanks.
All in all, a beautiful evening, and I highly recommend the experience of a very ND man stopping you just as you're leaving with the words, "Have I got a treat for you," followed by an additional 30 minutes of gushing about SPACE.
Always a great time~
Always a great time~
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
All in all, a beautiful evening, and I highly recommend the experience of a very ND man stopping you just as you're leaving with the words, "Have I got a treat for you," followed by an additional 30 minutes of gushing about SPACE.
Always a great time~
Always a great time~
And then of course we have this truly beauteous shot where we had taken one selfie and then I forgot to turn my camera around.
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
And then of course we have this truly beauteous shot where we had taken one selfie and then I forgot to turn my camera around.
These are only a small selection of the dozen or two pictures I took.
I'm especially fond of this one, capturing one of those moments car headlights kept interrupting...but the way they slid over the fields was kind of a vibe in itself.
I'm especially fond of this one, capturing one of those moments car headlights kept interrupting...but the way they slid over the fields was kind of a vibe in itself.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
These are only a small selection of the dozen or two pictures I took.
I'm especially fond of this one, capturing one of those moments car headlights kept interrupting...but the way they slid over the fields was kind of a vibe in itself.
I'm especially fond of this one, capturing one of those moments car headlights kept interrupting...but the way they slid over the fields was kind of a vibe in itself.
Friend and I drove outside Lincoln to a tiny observatory and got some aurora pics (really only visible via phone)
+ saw Saturn and Andromeda Galaxy through telescopes, a few meteors, a deep-space pic of a nebula someone was taking with a fancy telescope.
Delightful!
+ saw Saturn and Andromeda Galaxy through telescopes, a few meteors, a deep-space pic of a nebula someone was taking with a fancy telescope.
Delightful!
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Friend and I drove outside Lincoln to a tiny observatory and got some aurora pics (really only visible via phone)
+ saw Saturn and Andromeda Galaxy through telescopes, a few meteors, a deep-space pic of a nebula someone was taking with a fancy telescope.
Delightful!
+ saw Saturn and Andromeda Galaxy through telescopes, a few meteors, a deep-space pic of a nebula someone was taking with a fancy telescope.
Delightful!
Lotsa folks have been making their eligibility posts recently.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Lotsa folks have been making their eligibility posts recently.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
Oh hey, a certain someone*'s campaign--
*slot in your local / disfavored politician as appropriate.
*slot in your local / disfavored politician as appropriate.
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Oh hey, a certain someone*'s campaign--
*slot in your local / disfavored politician as appropriate.
*slot in your local / disfavored politician as appropriate.
Me: Alright, time to fill this "Crow nest" with shiny trinkets! Bits and bobs worth more or less nothing, yet somehow appealing, gathered rather mindlessly for years and stuck wherever they will...fit...
Me: *falls silent, pawing through craft storage with enough contents to make a dozen of these*
Me: *falls silent, pawing through craft storage with enough contents to make a dozen of these*
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Me: Alright, time to fill this "Crow nest" with shiny trinkets! Bits and bobs worth more or less nothing, yet somehow appealing, gathered rather mindlessly for years and stuck wherever they will...fit...
Me: *falls silent, pawing through craft storage with enough contents to make a dozen of these*
Me: *falls silent, pawing through craft storage with enough contents to make a dozen of these*
Me: *pinching nose* So as I learned why some things in air fryer get weighted or wrapped in foil, you detected nothing.
Overly Touchy Smoke Alarm That Goes Off Constantly: all seems well to me, boss.
Me:
Smoke Detector:
Neighbor's Smoke Detector, Somewhere in the Distance: *chirp*
Overly Touchy Smoke Alarm That Goes Off Constantly: all seems well to me, boss.
Me:
Smoke Detector:
Neighbor's Smoke Detector, Somewhere in the Distance: *chirp*
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Me: *pinching nose* So as I learned why some things in air fryer get weighted or wrapped in foil, you detected nothing.
Overly Touchy Smoke Alarm That Goes Off Constantly: all seems well to me, boss.
Me:
Smoke Detector:
Neighbor's Smoke Detector, Somewhere in the Distance: *chirp*
Overly Touchy Smoke Alarm That Goes Off Constantly: all seems well to me, boss.
Me:
Smoke Detector:
Neighbor's Smoke Detector, Somewhere in the Distance: *chirp*
The Holiday Walks.
They Encroach.
They Encroach.
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Holiday Walks.
They Encroach.
They Encroach.
Sir, are you lost? Are you showing off? I do not think that is the correct direction to--
Are you a portal to the fae world??
Are you a portal to the fae world??
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sir, are you lost? Are you showing off? I do not think that is the correct direction to--
Are you a portal to the fae world??
Are you a portal to the fae world??
Y e s
The day / week Requires this
The day / week Requires this
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Y e s
The day / week Requires this
The day / week Requires this
"Oof T v T hope the murder cabin is at least cozy, lol"
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Oof T v T hope the murder cabin is at least cozy, lol"
"keep an eye out for old sewing machines" everyone said.
"New plastic parts are worse. Look for Older machines"
Now here I stand, a $20 bill in my pocket, restrained only by the distance I'd have to lug this home and the lack of Anywhere to put it in apartment.
"New plastic parts are worse. Look for Older machines"
Now here I stand, a $20 bill in my pocket, restrained only by the distance I'd have to lug this home and the lack of Anywhere to put it in apartment.
October 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"keep an eye out for old sewing machines" everyone said.
"New plastic parts are worse. Look for Older machines"
Now here I stand, a $20 bill in my pocket, restrained only by the distance I'd have to lug this home and the lack of Anywhere to put it in apartment.
"New plastic parts are worse. Look for Older machines"
Now here I stand, a $20 bill in my pocket, restrained only by the distance I'd have to lug this home and the lack of Anywhere to put it in apartment.
Such a great event! Loved hearing @lydiakang.bsky.social and Tosca Lee.
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Such a great event! Loved hearing @lydiakang.bsky.social and Tosca Lee.
I'm at @sowerbooksne.bsky.social for a book launch event for @lydiakang.bsky.social and Tosca Lee--
Playing the game of "How many times can I check out in the fifteen minutes before the event starts?"
So far the count is three.
Playing the game of "How many times can I check out in the fifteen minutes before the event starts?"
So far the count is three.
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm at @sowerbooksne.bsky.social for a book launch event for @lydiakang.bsky.social and Tosca Lee--
Playing the game of "How many times can I check out in the fifteen minutes before the event starts?"
So far the count is three.
Playing the game of "How many times can I check out in the fifteen minutes before the event starts?"
So far the count is three.
I may have overbrushed the butter.
This is a risk I am willing to take.
This is a risk I am willing to take.
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I may have overbrushed the butter.
This is a risk I am willing to take.
This is a risk I am willing to take.
I take it back.
A beaut.
[At least compared to a few of these I almost definitely took off too soon, through timidity.]
Now just gotta heat up the potato and leftover pea mix I cobbled together the other day and I will be like 1/16th of the way to the samosas I love from the local Indian places.
A beaut.
[At least compared to a few of these I almost definitely took off too soon, through timidity.]
Now just gotta heat up the potato and leftover pea mix I cobbled together the other day and I will be like 1/16th of the way to the samosas I love from the local Indian places.
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I take it back.
A beaut.
[At least compared to a few of these I almost definitely took off too soon, through timidity.]
Now just gotta heat up the potato and leftover pea mix I cobbled together the other day and I will be like 1/16th of the way to the samosas I love from the local Indian places.
A beaut.
[At least compared to a few of these I almost definitely took off too soon, through timidity.]
Now just gotta heat up the potato and leftover pea mix I cobbled together the other day and I will be like 1/16th of the way to the samosas I love from the local Indian places.
SIR, CALM DOWN, WE WERE ALMOST OUT OF THE WOODS, YOU ARE NOT A CHAPATI LIKE THE ONES I MADE A FEW YEARS BACK
THE RECIPE DOES NOT CALL FOR YOU TO PUFF UP, SIR.
THE RECIPE DOES NOT CALL FOR YOU TO PUFF UP, SIR.
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
SIR, CALM DOWN, WE WERE ALMOST OUT OF THE WOODS, YOU ARE NOT A CHAPATI LIKE THE ONES I MADE A FEW YEARS BACK
THE RECIPE DOES NOT CALL FOR YOU TO PUFF UP, SIR.
THE RECIPE DOES NOT CALL FOR YOU TO PUFF UP, SIR.
*clenches fist* I am gonna make SO much naan with my sourdough discard.
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
*clenches fist* I am gonna make SO much naan with my sourdough discard.