Karin Kallmaker 💜🍦 Love is the Universal Story 🌈📚

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Ice cream. Tim Tams. Coffee. Lesbian writer of sapphic books. Loves her library card. Free reads and more at https://kallmaker.com Cis She/Her

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Picture of That Insane President Guy with a teleprompter. NPR headline: Officials probe whether White House teleprompter operator profited off Trump's words.
New York Times summary: American A.I. makers complain about Chinese copycats One of the most prominent American A.I. companies, Anthropic, sent a letter to Congress last month accusing its Chinese competitors of unfairly copying its technology. Other U.S. labs have argued that China’s A.I. tools would be much further behind theirs if not for a technique called distillation.
Text of banner: To Boldly Follow... Lesbian romance novella now @ Kindle Unlimited & Amazon store. Convention Sizzle, Steamy Surprises, Finding What's Not on a Map. Cover, TO BOLDLY FOLLOW by Karin Kallmaker. Harried redhead rushes forward while staring at her phone. She has a Bag of Holding. Hearts fall around her with a rainbow spectrum backdrop. A lesbian convention heat-cute.
Text of banner: To Boldly Follow... Lesbian romance novella now @ Kindle Unlimited & Amazon store. Convention Sizzle, Steamy Surprises, Finding What's Not on a Map. Cover, TO BOLDLY FOLLOW by Karin Kallmaker. Harried redhead rushes forward while staring at her phone. She has a Bag of Holding. Hearts fall around her with a rainbow spectrum backdrop. A lesbian convention heat-cute.
Cover, To Boldly Follow by Karin Kallmaker. Text COMING SOON. Heat Cute. Spicy Surprises. Best Wrong Decision Ever. Hope & Romance Novella. Cover, To Boldly Follow, a lesbian convention heat-cute by Karin Kallmaker. A cartoon redheaded, pink-skinned woman in purple clothes and carrying a yellow Bag of Holding gazes at her phone. Yellow, blue, and pink hearts sprinkle across a rainbow-gradient background. Published by Romance and Chocolate Ink.
Christina Koch became the first women to travel to the vicinity of the moon. The last time humans went to the moon, women could not have their own credit card. Liz Plank - LizPlank.substack.com
From "Lost in Found" by Karin Kallmaker 2026. The last two AllCons had been fun and lonely all at once. How did you start a conversation when everyone else was greeted with excited squeals, warrior roars, or effusive hugs? Lingering hopefully for a conversational opening had worked about as well as it did the rest of my life. Breathe. I opened my eyes and focused hard on the concrete wall. The dull gray, the pebbly texture, the hairline cracks. My costume is every bit as perfectly put together as Frank N. Furter’s. I’ve practiced the hairstyle. I actually have red hair. All fine and good, but then I remember that my mom always said I reminded her of delicate light vanilla pudding with a golden cherry on top. I blew a long sigh at the concrete. My mother had meant to be helpful. But sure, I loved seeing a bland, listless dessert every time I looked in the mirror. In Janeway’s uniform, I didn’t feel insipid and lifeless. I was sure that as soon as I had it on, I would feel light years away from Quinn Simmons, Pale Girl. I’d be in the Delta Quadrant with nothing but adventure ahead of me.
Wuthering Heights rendered in glorious semaphore by Monty Python. 2 images side by side. First Catherine stands atop a windswept moor, two flags aloft, captained "OH! Healthcliffe!" Second Heathcliffe stands infront of a mossy brick estate house signalling "Catherine!!!"
Two oval images produced by Royal Baking Powder Co of New York side by side. The first displays a photo of pineapple layer cake and Royal Dinner rolls and reads "One of the finest, most gracious things you could do after trying this baking powder is to tell some friend how satisfactory it is. We would appreciate your courtesy and so would she. (See other side for recipes for these two delicious cakes.)" Second image is all dense text of two recipes that are too lengthy to include as alt text, my apologies. Royal Baking Powder of course appears in each recipe.
Snap of TV with splash screen for Muppet Show 2026!
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A white woman with long red hair, braids and thick bangs wears silver armor covering shoulders and breast. Her muscled, scarred hands rest on a two-headed axe. A Coin of Love Romance Knight of Nights, by Karin Kallmaker, Goldie and Lammy Award Winner.
Screenshot: A study finds that aging is hereditary.
From the TV show Grimm opener "Give a man a mask and he will show you his true face."
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Pokemon Go characters medicham and Keldeo are specialized so it looks like a pink rider with riding togs is astride the tiny horse pokemon
From NYT afternoon briefing: "Trump is showing signs of fatigue: fewer events, shorter days and seemingly nodding off in front of the press."
Original green and white Naiad Press cover of Unforgettable (1997). Features a grid of a dozen yearbook photos with the most prominent being a long-haired slightly round every day kind of girl.
Snip from NYT Daily - Tech: Google release a new A.I. model, Gemini 3, that produces information that the company says is 72 percent accurate.
Against a bright blue sky with trees at the bottom edge, flags for the City of Dublin, State of California, and the USA flag flutter in a strong wind. Below them the Progress LGBTQ flag also flies. I love where I live.
small very serious kitten with paws folded together announces I WILL DOMINATE THE WORLD AFTER MY NAP
Don't step on my purple suede shoes that I of course can't wear anymore but will never part with.
Meme "Romance Writers" with 4 photographs. What We Wish We Were Doing: Poet chewing on pen while pondering over the choice of a word. What Friends Think We're Doing: Woman relaxes at a spa on a bed of roses. What the "Serious" Critics Think We're Doing: Howling monkeys throwing poo at the computer. What We're Actually Doing: Frazzled woman rests weary forehead on hand in front of a blank computer screen with a stack of blank paper to one side.
Steve Martin's butt in his fake ninja red warrior suit as he struggles to climb down from a stage.
Christine Baranski slinking into the scene to shout "alien love why why" at Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger.
Meme Of course you can trust me. Not alone with ice cream. Like duh.
Dour Lt Tragg and two other equally dour cops from classic Perry Mason.
Orphan Black black and white photograph of 4 of the characters all played by Tatiana Maslawny - Rachel "you are tiresome", Allison "don't be crude", Cosima "I will thwart you any way that I can" and Sarah "I just wanted to live my life but now you're in my way"
Colorful cupcakes on the Cover of Frosting on the Cake 3: Still Crazy After All These Years by Karin Kallmaker with inset "A calendar year's journey through the lives of couples who believe in love, live proud, and embrace the future.
Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon), stranded alone on Mars, says "It has been seven days since I ran out of ketchup."
Clouds in a blue sky. Quote: Let them come, let them be, let them go. - Culadasa.
Screenshot of 2 posts saying "it's true here is the link" and "wow this is the best chaos" referring to a completely false meme "Harvard University set to launch free college courses online for every US citizen. Highlighting basic US Government, understanding the Constitution, and How to recognize a Dictatorship 101"
Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on Mars and running out of food. He's talking to the in-habitat camera and looking a bit scruffy around the edges as he says "It has been seven days since I ran out of ketchup."
Moments later my hair was a mess. The heat of her hands on my ears, on my throat, on the back of my head, made me dizzy. She tipped back my head, and my mouth opened to her exploration. Someone moaned — I think it was me, but maybe it was her, or both of us in tune. She bit gently on my bottom lip as I ended the kiss. Her eyes were dark with lust as she asked, “Back seat or bed?” I gasped. “I—” “I’m not really serious about the back seat.” Her voice grew deeper, with a rasp. “Though I like that you’re thinking about it.” from Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material.
Cover, butch femme lesbian romance story, Black Velvet and a Little Boi Smile, by Karin Kallmaker, on dark velvet background with orange rose and neon blue ribbon in the shape of a heart
Her voice like the memory of a smoky fire, she added, “‘Eyes, look your last. Arms, take your last embrace.’” I didn’t recall the rest of Romeo’s speech, except the end. “‘Thus with a kiss I die.’” Her lips parted enough for her to say, “Oh, surely there won’t be death in your kisses, Darlin’.” The half-smile of promise, the flutter in my lashes — flirtation suddenly came to me easily. “I had quite the opposite in mind.” She leaned toward me with a now open grin, but a knock at the door brought me to my feet. - From Cowboys and Kisses by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material.
You know, somebody said, oh the shelves are going to be open. Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally. President TFG, April 30, 2025
67 across clue: Like government secrets, occasionally my answer SHARED IN SIGNAL CHAT
THE BLOND, CURLY-HAIRED woman was back. Nikki had noticed her almost right away because she listened attentively. She also applauded quickly, didn’t dress like the regular gamblers, and probably wasn’t a tourist either. She knew the waitstaff, spoke Italian to them, and seemed to smile easily. When she listened to Nikki’s music, her narrow, pale face was green and blue in the cabaret lights and smiled more than once in response to an unexpected key change or a cadenza Nikki used to segue between songs. Her large, wide eyes seemed to miss nothing. Nikki had at first found the lingering stare disconcerting, but that had changed on the third night, when their gazes had met, and that easy smile had held nothing but a grateful pleasure. She was back for a fourth night. Something about her felt like gravity pulling on Nikki’s skin. - from Velvet in Venice by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material.
Cadbury Creme Egg available only around Easter, with foil missing from a chunk of it exposing the chocolate of a confection either beloved or detested by all who know of it.
The adorable Tessa playing in the snow. An Aussie-Corgi mix with floppy ears, big smile, gray-blue-white Merle coloring, and an endless desire for you or absolutely anyone at any time to THROW THE BALL.
Barbara Bain (b. 1931) was Emmy nominated 3 times for her role as Cinnamon, blonde femme fatale, on the original Mission: Impossible. Those light blue eyes could cut you dead or cast an over-the-shoulder glance that said, "Follow me."
Lauren’s second bite of beignet was not so dainty. After that, with Chef Aliyah’s urging, she and Denise lustily ate their way through small plate servings of patatas bravas, lamb biryani, red bean jambalaya, coconut tom kha, smoky short ribs, and Lauren’s favorite, queso albondigas with creamy yucca mash that transported her to a long ago family trip to a wedding in Lima. “Your food is making me want to visit every place that they’re inspired from,” she honestly told the chef. “Or making me want to visit there again. The albondigas — all at once I was remembering learning to dance by standing on my father’s shoes at a wedding reception, and I kind of want to cry.” Chef Aliyah seems genuinely touched. “I’m going to live on that compliment for a month." From Covered Hearts, copyright Karin Kallmaker
“Kirstine.” Skyra’s voice grated with so much pain that Kirstine made herself look into the moonlight-on-ice eyes. Oh, she thought. Not pain. The future spilled open. She brushed the long hair and braids from between them and brought her fingers to the tender skin of Skyra’s lips. Skyra was trembling, this strong, powerful woman, and Kirstine knew it was because of her. From Knight of Nights by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material.
Bright yellow daffodils with orange centers in a clear glass vase showing a tangle of green stems.
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Takes all kinds, Jamie reminded herself. Val went “Ooo” over the difference between Belgian and Venezuelan cocoa the same way Jamie did. When asked the secret of their long relationship, Jamie always said, “We like the same chocolate.” Though she had Jamie stop recording a couple more times, Val hit her stride when it came to making her usual salt-and-pepper-wavy-hair-bright-flawless-skin-flirty-eye-sexy-flannel-shirt-competence-come-to-momma love to the camera. Jamie still didn’t know how Val made that kind of magic, but she was grateful every day that the charm was all hers to enjoy in person. From "Cookies and Kisses" by Karin Kallmaker. Copyrighted material.
Frosting on the Cake 3 screenshot of table of contents
Open Deadpool Collector's bag. On top of it is a lovely CheerPool on a carabiner I found inside. Deadpool is sporting blond curls. Instead of stabby weapons, he's got pompoms. Instead of red pants he's got a short red cheerleader skirt.
White sign with blue letters reads "Nothing you do on this site today will be as important as going home to your family and loved ones."