He/they. Published novelist and short story writer. Buy Glassworld: Out of the Darkness at amazon.com/dp/1068754818. I usually follow back. https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com https://kesterparkauthor.blogspot.com/p/index.html #WritingCommunityhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mv7saf7jq22nIf you want something done, ask a busy person. If you want a large vehicle driven, ask a bussy person. If you want something drunk, ask a boozy person. 1/2 #WritingCommunity11 Sep 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7saf7jq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mubwh7ib722vRead my Sunday-morning musing and fifth short note at https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/to-be-and-not-to-be-that-is-the-proposition #writingcommunity #philsky #contradiction #logic #aristotle #nagarjuna30 Aug 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubwh7ib722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mtb77se7kc23Excellent series. Much enjoyed.17 Aug 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb77se7kc23https://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mrnl7d7wps2yGood news! I’ve been elected as an ordinary member of the Scottish Green Party's Finance & Fundraising Committee for the year beginning 1st Sept. I'd like to thank everyone who's supported me in achieving this. I look forward to finding out how I can help the Party achieve its goals.27 Jul 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnl7d7wps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mpdueccrrc2zI have written a tiny song and sung it. You can read about and hear it at: https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/if-you-would-take-my-hand #WritingCommunity #Song #Romance #counterfactual28 Jun 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpdueccrrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3morreevp6k22My work-in-progress, The Librarian and the Savage, has just passed into the five-figure word-count zone, which means it can no longer justifiably be called a short story. It is now a kitchenette, I mean a novelette. #WritingCommunity 1/221 Jun 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3morreevp6k22https://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mnouvuu3bk2oRead my #breakdown of how #shame, #phobia and #fascism interconnect #WritingCommunity https://open.substack.com/pub/kesterparkauthor/p/elevator-to-heaven?r=3hcrcu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web07 Jun 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnouvuu3bk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mnbwosysx227Joy. I am writing again. The Librarian and the Savage are back on the road. When this story is complete, I will have all the raw material I need for my first collection, A Night at the Necropolis. Good chance of getting it out this year if I keep at it. #WritingCommunity02 Jun 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbwosysx227https://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mhnnmaqiac2lToday's publications Silence, a poem kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/silence Unknown Island, a poem https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/unknown-island The Murder Mystery, a genre analysis https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/the-murder-mystery #WritingCommunity22 Mar 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnnmaqiac2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mgq7h6nrtc2rA picture drawn with my student in our final class.10 Mar 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq7h6nrtc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfez2q6cq22bRead my review of The Dig (2021), a film which attempts to correct one historical item while managing to blur fact with fiction on several others. #WritingCommunity #film-review #history #archaeology #philosophy #dark-ages #sutton-woo #criticism #historical-correction #historical-fiction https://open.substack.com/pub/kesterparkauthor/p/period-film-wades-through-historic?r=3hcrcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true21 Feb 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfez2q6cq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfdhszddjc2gRead my account of how time travel would turn us into 'little green men'. #WritingCommunity #time-travel #ethics #observation #sci-fi #alien-abduction #role-reversal #reasoning https://open.substack.com/pub/kesterparkauthor/p/time-traveller?r=3hcrcu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true21 Feb 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdhszddjc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3meqbmxfz5c24Read my latest short piece of writing, Dear Applicant, at https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/dear-applicant It is an effort to subvert the formal language of official rejection into a statement of motivation and community. #WritingCommunity #letter #rejection #advice #support #winner #loser #metaphor13 Feb 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqbmxfz5c24https://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mdg2nlo5ls2fI've changed my mind. It should be; Life is a magazine, and you are the issue. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdg2nlo5ls2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mdbuzozt522yLife is an arc, and you are the tangent. #WritingCommunity #philsky25 Jan 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbuzozt522yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mdaiodbnzs2mRead my short story Happy Ending about a man telling his son a story about a family struggling on a distant planet. #story #happiness #tragedy #betrayal #father-and-son #alien-world #sci-fi #drought #monsoon #rain #death #family #journey #dialogue #compassion #WritingCommunity https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/p/happy-ending25 Jan 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdaiodbnzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3md53hmlf7s2rRead my first substack article on how to adopt a positive mindset towards bad reviews #article #reviews #star-ratings #amazon #writers #demographics #writing-advice #interpretation #perspective #subjectivity #one-star-review #goodreads #marketing #audience #WritingCommunity https://open.substack.com/pub/kesterparkauthor/p/wishing-upon-a-star24 Jan 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3md53hmlf7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3md4mns37x22gI've had my blogger.com site for nearly two years now and it's been broadly speaking positive, but now it seems that it might be time to try something new. To subscribe to my substack, click the link below. Any pledges would be warmly welcomed, but no pressure! #WritingCommunity https://kesterparkauthor.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D23 Jan 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4mns37x22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3md3hebx3pk2dRead my article about the mechanics of a method for self-improvement, Talking About Yourself in the Third Person, here: #article #existentialism #self #feng-shui #self-distancing #cognitive-dissonance #identity #behavioral-psychology #self-improvement #phenomenology #WritingCommunity https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2026/01/talking-about-yourself-in-third-person.html23 Jan 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3hebx3pk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mcmpv4kzh227Read my poem and first published villanelle about love at a distance, A Thousand Leagues away, at: https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2026/01/a-thousand-leagues-away.html #betrayal #continents #distance #dreams #guilt #introspective #leagues #love #metaphor #nature #poem #poetry #protection #romance #WritingCommunity17 Jan 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmpv4kzh227https://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mbqp2bnue22lRead my poem about searching for the deepest and most intimate part of yourself, My Name, at https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2026/01/my-name.html #becoming, #commendment, #deep, #embodiment, #existence, #free-verse, #identity, #intimacy, #name, #poem, #ritual, #search, #selfhood, #voice, #WritingCommunity06 Jan 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqp2bnue22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mboarejqws2qCheck out my freshly made index of everything on my blog, and read whatever takes your fancy! www.kesterparkauthor.net/p/index.html PS It's my birthday, so you have to! #WritingCommunity https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/p/index.html05 Jan 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboarejqws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mbkr4z45t22eRead my poem, I Prefer Not To, about product or service review requests: https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2026/01/i-prefer-not-to.html #anti-capitalism, #anticorporate, #Bartleby, #capitalism, #corporatism, #poem, #political, #protest, #refusal, #reviews, #rhyme, #satire, #self-mockery, #WritingCommunity04 Jan 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkr4z45t22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mbkr4z45t22eRead my poem, I Prefer Not To, about product or service review requests: https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2026/01/i-prefer-not-to.html #anti-capitalism, #anticorporate, #Bartleby, #capitalism, #corporatism, #poem, #political, #protest, #refusal, #reviews, #rhyme, #satire, #self-mockery, #WritingCommunity04 Jan 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkr4z45t22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mbbjzdv5oc2bRead my poem, The Thirty-First of December, about why we celebrate endings at https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2025/12/the-thirty-first-of-december.html #celebration, #completion, #destiny, #divine, #endings, #existence, #faith, #fate, #flow, #free-verse, #perfection, #poem, #universe, #WritingCommunity, #philsky31 Dec 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbbjzdv5oc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mb74bia4r227Read my poem, Soul Bridge, about metaphysical love at https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2025/12/soul-bridge.html #body, #bridge, #dance, #intimacy, #love, #meeting, #metaphysical, #metphor, #poem, #rhyme, #romance, #sex, #soul, #WritingCommunity30 Dec 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb74bia4r227https://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3mb3cgaxxgk2aRead by poem about the regenerative powers of water at https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2025/12/water.html #communication, #free-verse, #humans, #nature, #pavements, #poem, #poetry, #rain, #renewal, #revival, #roads, #second-chances, #secret-passages, #water, #water-cycle28 Dec 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb3cgaxxgk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kesterparkauthor.bsky.social/post/3maxkintkds2oRead my satirical poem, No Prior Experience, at https://www.kesterparkauthor.net/2025/12/no-prior-experience.html #poem, #satire, #free-verse, #birth, #experience, #mechanics, #philosophy, #executive-babies, #exclamation, #irony, #interviews27 Dec 2025 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:6vmac2yknvz4poo4unfstkph/app.bsky.feed.post/3maxkintkds2o