Stephanie King

@stephstephking@mstdn.social
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Writer of #FlashFiction #MicroFiction & #novels
Former Philadelphian living in #Montreal
Public school advocate for #PHLed
#Hockey mom of a #FigureSkater
Reader of #LitMags, #SciFi, and #Horror
Je parle #français aussi

Photo description: A white woman with auburn hair standing in front of a red wall
Background image description: A refrigerator full of food items with googly eyes stuck on them as an April Fools prank

Websitehttps://stephanieking.net/
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Stephanie King2d ago
Laundry tag: Don't put this in the dryer!
Me doing laundry:
Stephanie King2d ago
bought a warm fuzzy rug so my bedroom floor wouldn't be so cold but I'm not used to it being there so every morning is a jump scare in the dark when I think I've stepped on my cat
Stephanie King4d ago
The way either one of my kids opens with "THERE'S NO PROBLEM or anything" instead of "hello" when they call me unexpectedly during the work day
Stephanie King5d ago

If you're going to wring your hands about "kids on screens," then we need to make it so a) they don't have to download any apps for school, b) every carrier is required to sell either a decent flip phone or "light" phone, and c) pay phones exist

You might also want to try stopping school shootings

Stephanie King6d ago

I was explaining to my son how the internet basically cooks some people's brains like an egg and he said "it's like that old-timey drugs commercial"

My son is clever and also I'm really old

Stephanie KingDec 14
Went to a holiday gathering at a bar and there was this gaggle of girls in their cute lil club outfits pre-gaming near us and I said "aww, it's just like when I used to come here in my 20s" and my friends were like WHAAAAAAAAAT as if I'd told them I used to be a spy
Stephanie KingDec 12
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem like everything is SUPER ANNOYING lately? Like everything requires endless paperwork, trying to do an administrative task is a slog, and EVERYONE is bitchy. And that's even IF you have enough money to pay rent & groceries, which I'm fortunate enough to do
Stephanie KingDec 11
Looked in the "Hanukkah" section of the Walmart website and this came up and my son let out the longest WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT I've ever heard
Stephanie KingDec 7

Hi! I've got the most important job in the world. I'm "the person who strategically positions their knees so you don't accidentally see anything you shouldn't" on the Heated Rivalry show

It's a tough job! But someone's gotta do it

Stephanie KingDec 6

GET THEIR ASS, POND FROGS is not a sentence I had on my bingo card for 2025, but sure, why not

https://www.popsci.com/environment/frogs-murder-hornets/

Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all

Insect venom means nothing to some amphibians.

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