Katherine Argent
@katherineargent.com
Kansas City-based writer and woman of a certain rage. Reading submissions for @fracturedlit.bsky.social & The Master’s Review. Petting all the dogs.
Also at the bad place: https://x.com/effthealgorithm
Also at the bad place: https://x.com/effthealgorithm
The only chance to get the bastards in D.C. investigated and held accountable is by showing up in such big numbers in November they can’t deny the count. “Too Big to Rig.“ Make it happen.
August 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The only chance to get the bastards in D.C. investigated and held accountable is by showing up in such big numbers in November they can’t deny the count. “Too Big to Rig.“ Make it happen.
Need.
The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing.
Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla)
@unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history
Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla)
@unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history
August 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Need.
Today’s book mail. Some women collect shoes, some collect husbands. I like my choices.
August 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Today’s book mail. Some women collect shoes, some collect husbands. I like my choices.
Frankly, this platform is where social media posts that can’t be shared elsewhere because they’d mess up engagement come to die.
August 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Frankly, this platform is where social media posts that can’t be shared elsewhere because they’d mess up engagement come to die.
Really getting tired of being governed by the “it’s easier to appeal than follow the law” administration.
August 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Really getting tired of being governed by the “it’s easier to appeal than follow the law” administration.
“Welp.” I sit at my desk and slap both thighs with my hands. “This world-changing novel isn’t going to write itself. I’m not going to write it, either, but why not spend another morning pretending otherwise?”
August 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
“Welp.” I sit at my desk and slap both thighs with my hands. “This world-changing novel isn’t going to write itself. I’m not going to write it, either, but why not spend another morning pretending otherwise?”
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`Here's the link for more information and to sign up! Only 12 spots total!
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August 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
`Here's the link for more information and to sign up! Only 12 spots total!
westportwriters.org/event/writin...
westportwriters.org/event/writin...
I hate the short text limit here.
August 14, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I hate the short text limit here.
My dad was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer last month. Today I got to tell him that I’m getting published. He knows why I had to stop writing 32 years ago, and how hard it’s been trying to find my voice again. You’re never too old to make your parents proud.
Just got my first-ever short story acceptance. I’ve been wrestling with this story (and my voice) for a couple months. New end came to me last night in my sleep so I rewrote it and @doricliterary.bsky.social accepted it this evening with a tentative publish date of 12/1. So grateful and thrilled!
August 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
My dad was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer last month. Today I got to tell him that I’m getting published. He knows why I had to stop writing 32 years ago, and how hard it’s been trying to find my voice again. You’re never too old to make your parents proud.
Unpopular but true: if you refuse to click through links and read the actual article, you have no one but yourself to blame for having misinformed, skewered opinions spread thin over a vast chasm of ignorance.
“I understood the article better after reading it. This is a problem with the social copy, somehow.”
Reading your skeet and the picture, this guy sounds like a real psycho. But after reading the article, he seems like a relatively normal 22, if very focused, year old who has an incredibly lucrative opportunity, and doesn't want to blow it. Maybe save the clickbait for Twitter.
August 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Unpopular but true: if you refuse to click through links and read the actual article, you have no one but yourself to blame for having misinformed, skewered opinions spread thin over a vast chasm of ignorance.
As a reader for a couple of lit journals, may I also add that using a single name as an author (especially if you use numbers in the spelling) is not the power move you think it is.
August 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
As a reader for a couple of lit journals, may I also add that using a single name as an author (especially if you use numbers in the spelling) is not the power move you think it is.
Friend said “Oh, those little bugs were from my plants? I thought they were getting into my house through the screens.” This is how many were in my place after just a couple of days. I pity the people moving into her place! 🤣
August 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Friend said “Oh, those little bugs were from my plants? I thought they were getting into my house through the screens.” This is how many were in my place after just a couple of days. I pity the people moving into her place! 🤣
“Every day he put on the captain’s hat from their anniversary cruise. They had entered the ship’s talent contest as Captain and Tenille and won matching cruise keychains.
He began roaming the hallways at night, flashlight in hand.“
He began roaming the hallways at night, flashlight in hand.“
I'm so honored to be part of this stellar group of writers at one of my favorite journals. Thank you to @tylermalone.bsky.social for my fitting artwork too!
I've written very little in the last 18 months. This story bears more weight than usual.
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/potemkins-bo...
I've written very little in the last 18 months. This story bears more weight than usual.
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/potemkins-bo...
August 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“Every day he put on the captain’s hat from their anniversary cruise. They had entered the ship’s talent contest as Captain and Tenille and won matching cruise keychains.
He began roaming the hallways at night, flashlight in hand.“
He began roaming the hallways at night, flashlight in hand.“
Just got my first-ever short story acceptance. I’ve been wrestling with this story (and my voice) for a couple months. New end came to me last night in my sleep so I rewrote it and @doricliterary.bsky.social accepted it this evening with a tentative publish date of 12/1. So grateful and thrilled!
August 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Just got my first-ever short story acceptance. I’ve been wrestling with this story (and my voice) for a couple months. New end came to me last night in my sleep so I rewrote it and @doricliterary.bsky.social accepted it this evening with a tentative publish date of 12/1. So grateful and thrilled!
We are now at the point in the heatwave when they’re teasing us with promises of relief Thursday… no, Friday… ope, maybe Saturday now. It’s making me extra cranky and I wasn’t very pleasant to start with.
August 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM
We are now at the point in the heatwave when they’re teasing us with promises of relief Thursday… no, Friday… ope, maybe Saturday now. It’s making me extra cranky and I wasn’t very pleasant to start with.
I give up asking for it to make sense, I just want someone to make it stop.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/au...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/au...
Trump vs. trumpets: New tariff plan hits the orchestra’s brass section
The Trump administration this week declared tubas, trombones, trumpets and French horns a national security threat.
www.washingtontimes.com
August 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I give up asking for it to make sense, I just want someone to make it stop.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/au...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/au...
Kinda weird how the “fight, fight, fight” guy cowered in a catering cart when there weren’t cameras around.
August 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Kinda weird how the “fight, fight, fight” guy cowered in a catering cart when there weren’t cameras around.
Always said I’ll know it’s time to remarry when I meet a man with a rolling ladder in his home library.
Surround yourself with the kind of people who will never give up on their dream of having a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.
August 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Always said I’ll know it’s time to remarry when I meet a man with a rolling ladder in his home library.
Slight reduction in the infestation today. I’ve got blue light traps in two spots, plus sticky traps in every plant, and did a hydrogen peroxide flush of each pot. Still feeling pestered.
Friend is traveling for an year and gifted me her houseplants. Three days later, they gifted me a fungus gnat infestation. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. It’s a constant onslaught! Picking up sticky traps, blue light traps & gallons of hydrogen peroxide tomorrow. My god.
August 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Slight reduction in the infestation today. I’ve got blue light traps in two spots, plus sticky traps in every plant, and did a hydrogen peroxide flush of each pot. Still feeling pestered.
Normalize muting or unfollowing the accounts of people who can’t tell the damn difference between actual writing and AI, especially when they claim to be writers.
And sorry, but a sexy author photo and sob story don’t overcome all the signs + multiple 100% AI scores on Pangram.
And sorry, but a sexy author photo and sob story don’t overcome all the signs + multiple 100% AI scores on Pangram.
August 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Normalize muting or unfollowing the accounts of people who can’t tell the damn difference between actual writing and AI, especially when they claim to be writers.
And sorry, but a sexy author photo and sob story don’t overcome all the signs + multiple 100% AI scores on Pangram.
And sorry, but a sexy author photo and sob story don’t overcome all the signs + multiple 100% AI scores on Pangram.
These are all wonderful.
The UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. You just have to know where to look. I've decided to make a thread here of some of the best ones I've found on walks.
1. JRR Tolkien's Psychedelic Lime Kiln.
1. JRR Tolkien's Psychedelic Lime Kiln.
August 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
These are all wonderful.
Friend is traveling for an year and gifted me her houseplants. Three days later, they gifted me a fungus gnat infestation. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. It’s a constant onslaught! Picking up sticky traps, blue light traps & gallons of hydrogen peroxide tomorrow. My god.
August 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Friend is traveling for an year and gifted me her houseplants. Three days later, they gifted me a fungus gnat infestation. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. It’s a constant onslaught! Picking up sticky traps, blue light traps & gallons of hydrogen peroxide tomorrow. My god.
You aren’t mad enough about AI.
Employers are using AI to compile your personal data (credit score, browsing data, social media posts) to find out the lowest salary you’ll accept.
www.marketwatch.com/story/employ...
Employers are using AI to compile your personal data (credit score, browsing data, social media posts) to find out the lowest salary you’ll accept.
www.marketwatch.com/story/employ...
Employers are using your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you’ll accept
Surveillance pricing came for your wallet. Now, surveillance wages are coming for your paycheck.
www.marketwatch.com
August 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
You aren’t mad enough about AI.
Employers are using AI to compile your personal data (credit score, browsing data, social media posts) to find out the lowest salary you’ll accept.
www.marketwatch.com/story/employ...
Employers are using AI to compile your personal data (credit score, browsing data, social media posts) to find out the lowest salary you’ll accept.
www.marketwatch.com/story/employ...
Also: we’ve been fighting Israel’s war against Iran for 164 days without a formal declaration of war or authorization for use of military force from Congress. Meanwhile, Capitol Hill keeps forking over our tax dollars to pay for it.
It’s been 190 days since the Epstein files were released and not one person involved has been arrested.
August 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Also: we’ve been fighting Israel’s war against Iran for 164 days without a formal declaration of war or authorization for use of military force from Congress. Meanwhile, Capitol Hill keeps forking over our tax dollars to pay for it.
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Our America as WE know it💔
August 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Our America as WE know it💔