@pretensesoup.bsky.social
Lammy-nominated author (Wisconsin Gothic series, 2023-present), poet, podcaster (Ask a Medievalist), pansexual, psychopomp. She/they.
Books: https://ehlupton.com/links/
@pretensesoup.bsky.social"I'll make my own [fill in the blank]...with blackjack, and hookers!" happens a lot too. Also yes, the Venture Bros!
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialName a Futurama quote. This gets said around our house a lot. I'm sure you are all shocked.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialStumbled across this absolutely iconic sentence in a Goodreads review for a book I was looking up. Will I finish the book? I don't know. But I will remember this.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialOh, I should dig that up. My kids would love it. I was gonna say Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books would make a nice adaptation.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialGosh, I want someone this direct to come run against Ron Johnson. 😑
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialHoly shit!
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialWhat an excellent use of form, of title and poem in counterpoint, of humor, of everything.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialYou can get it anywhere in ebook or on itch in paperback: xanthippe42.itch.io/the-alignments
You might want to read the Wisconsin Gothic series at leas through Troth before you grab this. Find those here:
@pretensesoup.bsky.social#FridayFling Attract! I use this word a lot, but this time it's from The Alignments, a novella I wrote that came out last December. It's a fun little romp through Carnac, France, featuring standing stones, weird magic, bad choices, and crazy elderly French people.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialDiscworld, too! There are series within the world that you probably want to read in order, but you don't have to, and you can start in multiple places. (I have been trying to do this, and working in the background info to each book is very hard. I don't remember what people might not already know!)
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialUpdate: apparently it changed in 2025. This is very sad and annoying. When I managed to place a poem in Asimov's, it was the most prestigious publication I'd ever been in. It still is, I guess. 😑
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialI wonder when this changed, or if it's more for art? The contract I had from Asimov's (circa 2023) was a v standard first English language serial rights and non-exclusive foreign serial rights contract. Very disappointing way to treat anyone, that's for sure.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialThis is the greatest possible response to learning you've won a Nobel.
@jenszalai.bsky.socialReposted by @pretensesoup.bsky.social
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialAbsolutely. I'll be here forever.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialI have put down an otherwise charming cozy mystery because one character said he dropped out of medical school during his residency where he was training to be a psychologist. It was published by Kensington, who apparently don't employ editors or something. 🙄
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialIt wouldn't be much trouble—I have a great love of Memorial (srsly, I've written several novels with scenes there). But I do wonder if you could get whatever you're wanting via ILL. Would possibly be easier and faster for you.
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialI am in Madison! I don't currently have access (no longer a student), but I could apply for a day pass!
@pretensesoup.bsky.socialInteresting question! I think he initially has a somewhat contentious relationship with tarot in general when we meet him in DIW, but I think he eventually settles into it.
