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Molly Ringle
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She/her. Editor of lots of things; writer of often-queer stories about fae, witches, and love, such as Lava Red Feather Blue and the other Eidolonia books.
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Without even looking, I already know what’s on #AO3 tonight.

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Mamdani and Trump smiling together in the Oval Office
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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This.
Tumblr post by ceruleana, Apr 11: arguing against ai is always like. im not sure how to explain to you. that you need to think for yourself with your own thoughts.. maybe this would be easier to understand if idk, you were practiced in thinking for yourself
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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For my #tea fans: my Camellia sinensis in bloom. 💚
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Since I just finished proofreading The Quicksand Theatre Company, my upcoming novel, here is a celebratory glimpse of the main couple's first kiss!

Yes, Vai is a they/them. :)

The book!: mollyringle.com/quicksand-th...
🌈📚💙
Page of a book that says: An array of fireworks exploded, splashing colored light across our hill. Vai and I looked at each other, smiling. "Happy spring" I squeaked, and leaned toward them. "Happy spring" They moved closer. We balanced on our elbows. Our lips touched, a swift but silky collision, mint-flavored and much too brief. If there was anything I'd learned from rehearsals, it was that you got to do a thing over again if you knew you could do it better. "Awkward angle" I said. "Here. Maybe..." I let myself fall onto my back, on the mattress, and waited to see what Vai would do. Politely ignore me and look up at the fireworks? Lean down for a perfunctory kiss and then pull back to watch the fireworks? Those seemed the likeliest options. I was wrong on both. Vai pounced. Their torso slanted across mine, forearms framing my shoulders. They took my face in both hands and kissed me like they had no intention of stopping anytime in the next half hour. I hardly need to say I was up for it. Though I laughed in surprise for a sec-ond, against Vai's mouth, this was not a comedy kiss, a caricature of passion. Vai kissed like a lover from a drama. So I shifted to sincerity too. My pretenses fell away, and I kissed Vai with all the upwelling feelings they had sparked in me these past five months. Admi-ration. Friendship. Fondness. Desire. Love. I wound my arms around their back, sliding a hand up into their sleek hair. Tilting my face for a deeper fit, I kissed Vai like I was drinking them in, reveling in soft lips and lean muscles and the weight of their body on me. Fireworks whistled and burst, light flaring through my closed eyelids.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Mayor-elect Katie Wilson looks like Virginia Woolf, and I love that for her and for us.

#seattle
Photo of Virginia Woolf Photo of Katie Wilson, Seattle's next mayor
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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November dusk loveliness
#Seattle
Mt Rainier at dusk viewed behind a branch of bamboo Colorful sunset over Puget Sound
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Fantastic moon halo out there right now over Seattle! #astronomy
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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This pic of Comet Lemmon + auroras 😍

From
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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My cozy queer romantic fantasy, The Quicksand Theatre Company, is up on NetGalley now and could use some early reviews! Here are its tropes in all their fluffy glory.

(And if the PDF gives you trouble, let me know—I have an unofficial epub.)🌈📚💙📚🪐

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Cover of The Quicksand Theatre Company by Molly Ringle, listing these tropes: - cozy queer romance + fantasy - witches, fae, magic - comedy! heartbreak! all the feels! - pining (omg they were roommates) - vibes/influences: Howl's Moving Castle, Moulin Rouge, MDZS/The Untamed
October 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Met two great doggos in Seattle!
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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“They hate America,” the right tries to say about the rest of us, while their guy literally smashes apart the White House.
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Someday, though, Wordle, right?
#wordle
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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There’s nothing like growing your own vegetables and seeing firsthand what a bountiful harvest the earth can provide.
World’s tiniest cucumber, in my hand
October 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Oh, so it isn’t just my parents 😂
Tweet by Cara Weinberger: When I miss my parents I put 12 expired salad dressings in my fridge and it feels like home
October 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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GIVEAWAY! I have a few paperback ARCs remaining for The Quicksand Theatre Company and would love to get them into the hands of some early readers. Open worldwide, winners to be picked at random on Oct. 31! TO ENTER: 1) in comments, tag someone who might be interested, 2) share this post! 🪐📚🌈
Paperback copies of The Quicksand Theatre Company by Molly Ringle Cover for The Quicksand Theatre Company: tropes: cozy queer romance + fantasy; witches, fae, magic; comedy! heartbreak! all the feels!; pining (omg they were roommates); vibes/influences: Howl's Moving Castle, Moulin Rouge, MDZS/The Untamed
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Drama of the evening.
#corgi #dogs
October 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Meanwhile, outside Earth, look how gorgeous Comet Lemmon is! And it might even become visible to the naked eye soon. Watch spaceweather.com for details.

#comet #astronomy
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Show these to anyone claiming "relax, no one's actually banning books."

Graphics by Simon & Schuster on IG. #bannedbooksweek
Text: The State of Book Bans By the Numbers 6,870: Instances of book bans in the 2024-2025 school year. This represents nearly 4,000 unique titles across 23 states. 2,304: The number of bans in Florida, the top state for bans for the third year running, followed by Texas (1,781) and Tennessee (1,622). 881: The number of demands to censor library materials in 2024. 72%: The percent of demands that came from pressure groups and government entities. Only 16% of ban demands came from parents, and 5% from individual library users. 3: The number of executive orders by President Donald Trump targeting books at a Federal level. SOURCE: PEN America Text: What exactly is BANNED BOOKS WEEK? Every year since 1982, a coalition of organizations including the American Library Association (ALA) and Amnesty International takes this week in October to highlight attempts to ban and restrict access to books and to encourage activism in protecting our freedom to read. When it comes to access to books in schools and libraries, there are two terms you should know: A banned book is a written work whose access has been restricted or removed by law. A challenged book has been (or is currently) the object of attempts to remove or restrict it.
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Kindly pause to appreciate these epic pics of my dog rolling in the grass under a rainbow. #corgi
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Thank you, state of Washington, for allowing this! #covidvaccine
Woman with band-aid on upper arm
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I need you all to see the face my dog makes when deciding to be a possessive jerk about a ricotta container.
#corgi
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I wrote this dedication months ago, mainly because the story involves comedic theatre as well as a whistleblower, but it has become timelier than ever. 📚💙
September 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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It has been too dry in Seattle and I want it to rain, so I am posting rain pics. I took these two on the very first day I was ever in NYC, which was in 2019. It poured warm rain all over my head as I wandered through Manhattan. A good evening.

#newyorkcity
Nighttime photo of Manhattan, blurry with humidity, with lots of colorful lights reflecting in the wet streets. Manhattan at night from street level, with skyscrapers lit up, and pedestrians carrying umbrellas.
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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😂 Keep up the good work, #tumblr!
Tumblr post: "in these times of extreme surveillance, tumblr's nonfunctional search engine stands in solidarity with the revolutionary"
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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FFS, Amazon. It’s the middle of September.
September 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM