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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am delighted to share that I will be at Overbooked bookstore in Fargo on Saturday, October 10, from 11-1. Stop by and say hi!

Overbooked Book Signing with Author A. Sherman Karlsson

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What I want from an #Apple foldable is to be able to limit certain apps to the outside versus the inside. Why? The word is people rarely open their folding phone so let me use that: I'll answer calls and change my music all the time, but social media distractions can go sit in big-screen jail.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As self-evaluations, I'll give these kinds of personality tests that they are good at supporting a sense of self-identity. But then that is something someone with the strengths of ideation and intellection would say, huh

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I just took these photos yesterday after having much the same delight!

Hello Kitty x Godzilla collaboration happy meal tots

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I got a good night’s sleep last night, so surely I earned a nap today, right?

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

One of my favorite things is when kitties come sleep in the same area where you are. So comforting, so sweet.

Spotted kitty sleeps next to a spotted cat pillow

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's rather frustrating, I have to say. Ghost added the ability to post to ActivityPub, but it's also a different account...and then it would use the bridge to get to BS. We need some kind of braider that can get all of those posts into one place to make it easier to connect.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Caught between nations, convictions, and their own painful histories, can their love can bridge what's legal and what's right? Sparks Under a Northern Sky is out now on Amazon (including Kindle Unlimited), Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org. Links in the profile!

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It’s been a magical week for Willow—she might have just met the love of her life. But after seven perfect days in Vancouver, Mason is on his way back home to Minnesota. They've promised to send letters, a romantic vision that's about to slam into the hidden troubles they haven't yet shared. #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Got a box in the mail! *dances around excitedly* Books books books!

A box filled with copied of the book Sparks Under a Northern Sky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I’ve been wanting a Swiftie x Hockey Fan romance, where he’s the #Swiftie and she’s the hockey fan, and there’s sweet love, care, (anger), and everything works out in the end… So we wrote that and it’s called Sparks Under a Northern Sky!

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Sparks Under a Northern Sky, coming July 14!

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It took an extra day for your letter to arrive, but I’ve written back right away. After you shared your fears in your letter, let me share mine: I hope to never disappoint you, even in the face of an earth in pieces and snowy doom.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Dear Willow, And then the earth exploded (but I still reply)! My friend Wyatt tells me that, letter or not, I should start all writing with an attention grabber so, there, I tried. The truth is that the only real apocalypse here was the snow-pocalypse.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I have therefore decided to approach this letter as a missive tossed into the void, a modern-day message in a bottle. That way, if I don’t hear back, I can attribute your silence to a catastrophe or a wormhole or some other unanticipated twist of fate.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The only other letters I write are to my grandmother, and she’s guaranteed to reply. With you, I dare not hold my breath. Our whirlwind week together already feels more like a dream from someone else’s life, and...

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Dear Mason, Can you forgive me for taking a few days to write you this letter? I have thought about it ever since you left, and with each passing hour, the idea of setting pen to paper became a little more intimidating...

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

(Pre-orders coming soon for release on July 14!)

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Caught between nations, convictions, and their own painful histories, Willow and Mason must decide whether their love can bridge the distance between what's legal and what's right.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In Canada, magic is a common part of technology, medicine, and daily life. In the U.S., though, magitech is seen as dangerous and outlawed for civilian use. For Mason, the ban isn't just political-it's personal. And for Willow, magic is tangled up in a loss she isn't quite ready to discuss.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

he was only in town for his favorite musician's final concert, and now he's flying back to his home in Minnesota. They've promised to send letters, a dreamy, romantic vision that's about to crash right into the hidden troubles they haven't yet been willing to share.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

After seven perfect days exploring Vancouver together, she feels closer than she ever thought possible to the kind and imaginative Mason Hayes. But all too soon, she's forced to face reality:

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Finally, I get to announce it! Sparks Under a Northern Sky is coming! It's been a magical week for film student Willow Ferguson--she cheered for her favorite hockey team, shot the B-roll needed for her class assignment, and, oh, might have met the love of her life. #booksky

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Book cover for Sparks Under a Northern Sky

Sparks Under a Northern Sky book cover surrounded by tropes: Crash-Into Hello, Love Letters, Long-Distance Relationship, Girlfriend in Canada *for real), Hope is Scary, I want to Tell You, But..., and Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow... I can share tomorrow! #booksky

A blurred out book surrounded by sparkles and a star

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So now, my cat continues his gallant but sisyphean battle against the bug that will not die. 3/4

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And now there’s a small screw hole in the wall, which is VERY CLEARLY STILL A BUG AND NEEDS TO BE FOUGHT! 2/4

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A few weeks ago, one of my cats decided that this spot in our bedroom where the previous owners had covered a drywall screw with something not quite flat was clearly a bug. Periodically, Dax would get really excited and fight the wall there until one day when he managed to pull the covering off. 1/4

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Just ordered a proof of something exciting. *kicks heels together* Can’t wait to share!

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Day 30 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: That shaved ice is out of season, and both Kenji and the waitress are going to have to deal with it. #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Day 29 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Sometimes the best friendships make things easier and harder at the same time. #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A villain isn’t always twirling a mustache. Sometimes it’s the looming reporting for the Q2 profit margins.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Day 28 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: We wanted to wrestle with the question of how people mean to do good and end up doing bad, awful things because of the little nudges that happen along the way. #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Day 27 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Sometimes the real treasure was the friends we found along the way. Sometimes it was the real enemies. #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Day 26 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: The raw horse happened, and no further questions on the topic will be answered. #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Day 25 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Vanessa gave her brother a plant, and that’s what happened to it? #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Day 24 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: A nice interestingly complicated timeline always makes me happy (and the spreadsheet only made us cry a little). #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Day 23 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Trains. Trains. Trains. All the trains. (Why else would we need that map?) #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Day 22 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: No fantasy book is complete without a detailed map at the front and that character list at the back. How could I resist continuing the tradition? #booksky

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Day 21 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: We can all have a little unhinged breaking and entering, as a treat #books

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Day 20 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: All of the moms are alive, and most of their children mostly lament this fact very much. #indienovel

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Day 19 of my favorite things about our book The Butterfly Koi: Female friendships where there’s enough history to make things comfortable and complicated, especially when you’re stuck at a fondue restaurant. #books

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Day 18 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Capturing that feeling when you pull on your big girl pants and go make it happen, no matter how comfy your bed is. #indiewriter #indienovel

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Day 17 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: The most delicious food and the most terrible ramen

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Day 16 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Sometimes you need a friendship where your bestie can remind you that you're about to get yourself murdered (multiple times)

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Day 15 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Because sometimes people became famous for being the Flower Boy Ramen Chef #indienovel

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Day 14 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Because sometimes people need to make their money selling Diet Breakfast Water

In which Eika walks down a hallway in pajamas, sees a giant strawberry serving breakfast and smiles. Kinoshita Diet Breakfast Water.

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A. Sherman Karlsson @ashermankarlsson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Day 13 of sharing things I love about our book The Butterfly Koi: Tense, plot-relevant episodes of a Japanese Meet the Press #indiefiction

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