Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Saw this one in an airport and was immediately sucked in. In a world where death has been conquered, the Scythes exist to keep existence temporary and meaningful. Lots of fun, the whole series is good. It's easy to love the characters too, especially Scythe Faraday. 7/10 100 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I went to the gym today and it was closed due to a power outage. Why do I need power to move weights around? Even the machines are mostly manual, that's the whole point 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Travels with Charley is an underrated Steinbeck classic. It always fills me with a pride in being American. It shines a light on the way things were in 1960 when Steinbeck made the journey and much of it feels familiar to today. Also, Charley is an ornery poodle with attitude as any old dog. 8/10 110 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Every once in a while, I remember I have a master's degree, and I never know what to do with that information. Definitely the best use of my money to date. #education #masters #MBA #college #university 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I know everyone and their editor has reviewed this one. The story, world, writing, and characters are all phenomenal. The best part for me was how smart and creative the characters were in the last third of the book. I read the audiobook and sat grinning like an idiot for the last four hours! 9/10 120 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I realized I haven't introduced myself, so... I’m Parker. I talk about books and stories and sometimes I write them. I tend towards science fiction of all types, but sometimes something else slips through. You never know when or where you'll find a good story. 010 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 09/09/2025#booksky #scifi #specfic #military #book I suppose I should've added some of those to begin with 020 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 09/09/2025I've started writing a novella. It follows a light infantry platoon on one mission in the 2040s during a conflict between superpowers. Any suggestions for a title? I've always been bad at those 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I was reminded today of two of my favorite Grimm edition fairy tales. One is The Golden Key sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm2... and the other is The Death of the Little Hen sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm0... and they both have wildly unsettling endings.sites.pitt.edu Grimm 200: The Golden Key 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Is it just me or is literary criticism (like in school) almost a quest to turn every story or poem into a sort of fable with a moral? 100 0
Reposted by ParkerBarnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com · 07/12/2024Who cares how many books you read this year! Did you read? Yes. Did it bring you joy? Yes. You’ve met the only goal that matters. 25902145 0
Reposted by ParkerRamses the Pigeon @ramsesthepigeon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I have a slightly different perspective: 111 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Just got a kick out of this D&D related short and decided to share: youtube.com/shorts/OtYah... Those poor DM's dealing with their genius playersyoutube.comWhat DM's See When DnD Players Come Across a ChallengeYouTube video by AsHeracles 000 0
Reposted by ParkerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/11/2024It’s a question we ask all the time. 412198803347 0
Reposted by ParkerLiterary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Distance is not a problem, the problem is humans, because we don't know to love without touching, seeing or listening. And love is felt with the heart, not the body. Gabriel García Márquez Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude 936080 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Is it just me, or are PG rated insults and slurs often better than the regular ones? Classic example is "Scum" in Star Wars, it's harder hitting than a piece of shit or a fucker. I think it's the intentionality of it, like giving someone a solid eye contact thumbs down instead of flipping them off 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Swords should be a more common choice for home defense items. Sure they take some skill to wield, but so do baseball bats and firearms. Besides, a home invader in a t-shirt lowers that necessary skill floor dramatically 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 03/12/2024In the same vein, I always thought covid should be "the crow virus" or something to that effect. Covid sounds like corvid, a member of corvidae the crows and friends family of birds 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I think Bluesky posts should be called flits. Twitter's icon was a bird and birds tweet. This place is a butterfly and those flit and float from place to place 000 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 29/11/2024It's either music or books, although I think books and journals really win out 000 0
Reposted by Parker✿Lily cutie ✿ @lilycutie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Pick one carefully. . 13588921036 0
Parker @parkerwiltrout.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Is it just me or do other people also collect phrases they encounter in the hopes of writing something similar someday? 000 0