Cait_onthe_luce

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Bookseller in Seattle, lost in a stack of books. Please bring me fries.

Layers of thin wafer clouds against a blue sky between tall buildings.
A galley of New Stories from the South 2026.
A galley of Walking displayed on a placemat decorated with colorful birds.
Overgrown greenery, rail tracks, and blue sky.
A library copy of Norwood by Charles Portis displayed in front of a vote yes on Prop 1 card.
A galley of Red Ants by Kimberly Blaeser.
A galley of Phantom Limb by Brian Evenson . The cover is of a woman's face with a creepy looking hand dangling down where an eye would be.
Bright leafy tall green trees against a dull cement office building
The Space Needle, trees, buildings, traffic lights, and signs.
A galley of New Stories from the South 2026.
A library copy of Under Water by Tara Menon.
A library copy of I Am My Country by Kenan Orhan.
Fishscale clouds over Seattle
A galley of Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latine Horror edited by Cynthia Pelayo. Out in September from Primero Sueño Press a division of Atria Books
Bridge, boat, Lake Washington from a light rail window
Light rail station greens, tops of trees, and wires
A galley of New Stories from the South 2026.
A library copy of I Am My Country by Kenan Orhan. The cover is blue with a painting by Ali Yaycioglu of a melting Istanbul.
A galley copy of New Stories from the South 2026.
A galley copy of New Stories from the South 2026.
A white greeting card that reads:"no matter how shitty things get, just remember there's always some form of potato that can make it better."
A library copy of Floodlines displayed in front of a bunch of random New Yorker covers.
A library copy of I Am My Country by Kenan Orhan.
A bee on a dandelion
A copy of Where You Live by Andrew Roe.
A library copy of A Private Man. The cover is a black and white photograph of a woman facing forward and holding a cigarette and the back of a man with his face turned down into his collar.
A copy of Where You Live by Andrew Roe
A photograph of a teen girl's face she has dark hair and bright blue eyes. This is one of my favorite short stories. Due out in April from FSG a novella by Sheila Heti The St. Alwynn Girls at Sea!
Clouds over Capitol Hill apartment buildings.
Tall leafy trees and their shadows on a dull looking office building.
A galley of Red Ants.
A bird perched on an overhead wire, clouds, blue sky, and a leafy green tree are also visible.
A black and white cat stretched out in his cat tree, his tail, and a back leg are hanging out. There's an overstuffed bookcase behind him.
McSweeney's 80 which was packaged in a trapper keeper covered with dolphins and sea life plus the 80s style vibrantly styled notebook.
Early morning sky layered blues and clouds and the lights of an apartment building.
A copy of Granta issue 172 Badlands
A copy of Trudeau & Doonesbury A Biography on a wood display shelf..
Same banana peel from Sunday now deflated and with brown spots
Wee bee on a bright yellow flower.
A galley of A Perfect Day to Put Your own in the Oven displayed in my oven. The cover is an illustration of a hand gripping a pen. The actual cover is a mint green but my phone camera didn't capture it.
A copy of Granta #172. The cover is a photograph of a car covered with a tarp and parked on a beach.
A galley of I Liked Rex displayed on a placemat decorated with colorful birds.
A copy of Blue Sunset on a wood display table. Maja is grieving a recent tragic loss when she meets the author at a conference. Beautiful sparse writing
A copy of Pen America Best Short Stories 2019 on a FSG tote. This is the best annual collection.
Black and white cat stretched out in his window seat and looking out the window.
A discarded banana peel that has been reshaped so it looks like a whole banana.
A copy of McSweeney's 80. Packaged in a very 80s dolphin themed Trapper Keeper with a brightly designed notebook.
Titles: Call it Evil The Last Best Place on the Internet The Complete Stories of Ingeborg Bachmann Bogland Behind the Gate Perfecting the Shot Garden On the Calculation of V
A copy of Reservoir Bitches the cover photo is of a young, frazzled mother sitting in the back of a car and preparing a bottle for a screaming baby.
White smashed paper trash on a sidewalk that resembles a duck.
Illustration of a Confederate drummer boy Illustration by Leigh Guldig for the July 8 & 15, 2024 issue of The New Yorker. Doctorow wrote this story in the mid 1950s after returning home from military service in Germany.
Lavender hydrangea
A copy of Half an Inch of Water by Percival Everett.
Evening night from Thursday lighting up a patch of overgrown greenery. There's a street light in front.
A copy of McSweeney's 82 opened to its letter "M" position. Cover art by Rob Sato. Red and gold, people and mountains.
Metallic pink sneakers and a red backpack about six feet away on an airplane.
A galley of Mafalda the cover is purple a young girl with black hair is holding a book that reads "Book Two" a red pencil in hand.
McSweeney's 82 red unfolds to the letter m.
A broken wooden squash racket in a city trashcan there are leaves, wrappers, and an empty sports drink bottle around it
Bright green long grassy Seuss-like