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Writer of queer historical urban fantasy romance and scifi dystopian prose poetry, pansexual, podcaster/producer (#AskAMedievalist), psychopomp, and so much more. Possibly.

I speak a bunch of languages badly. I don't sleep enough. Sometimes I go out and run long distances for fun.

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pretensesoup , to Romancelandia group
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I'm excited to announce that Troth, book 3 in the Wisconsin Gothic series, is available for preorder now! You can find it on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D69R1X8F (will be up at B&N later today).

If you missed the first two books, go read them! They're really good! They've been nominated for prizes for both fantasy books and gay romance!

Book 1: https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p

Book 2: https://books2read.com/u/4jB8jl

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Wisconsin Gothic book 3 An arrow picture. The arrows are labeled: spiders, peace and love, petty theft, cohabitation, unruly ghosts. Book: two men drawn in a Greek style, one dressed as Dionysus, one dressed in a leather jacket and black trousers, both looking left. A spider descends from above and Dionysus is pointing at it. Troth, by E. H. Lupton.

Accolades for the Wisconsin Gothic Series Finalist for the 2024 Lammy in Gay Romance Finalist for the Midwest Book Award in Fantasy/Scifi "The magic in this book is deliciously weird and there's so much wonderful stuff about digging for answers in rare books..." --Felicia Davin, author of the French Letters series "Lupton's characters (especially Sam and Ulysses) are deeply felt and lovingly drawn; but even the minor characters are important as the twisted plot unravels." --Ulysses Grant Dietz, author of Cliffhanger Covers of Dionysus in Wisconsin (The cover is black figure art of two men, one seated and dressed as Dionysus, one standing, wearing jeans and a leather jacket) and Old Time Religion (Done in Greek red figure style, two men are standing side by side, one dressed as Dionysus supporting one shirtless in jeans, holding an athame.)
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    • pretensesoup , to Romance Books
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    If you ever wanted a version of Dionysus in Wisconsin that was short, set in 2010, and replaced most of the magic with discussions of philosophy, I've got a new short story out! It's free and full of whimsy (and existentialism). It's a slow burn, friends-to-lovers, dealing with depression, café AU version of DIW. You can find it on my website in both epub and pdf formats: http://ehlupton.com/extras/

    It's on Goodreads here:
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214203425-dous

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    willaful , to Romance Books
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    ? I found Level Up by Cathy Yardley a bit of a slog. She's reworked some of the same themes (career vs love, introversion vs isolation) in later books more successfully, and the geeky elements feel more authentic in her later books too, IMO. (Though perhaps that's just because game design isn't my thing.) Also needed some editing. Not sure I'll continue this series.

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    @willaful I am listening to the audiobook of On the Move by Oliver Sacks and reading Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves, so I guess it's a memoir-heavy week for me. @romancebooks

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    Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

    My top five reads of 2024 so far:

    The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

    James, Percival Everett

    The Book of Love, Kelly Link

    Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

    Prequel, Rachel Maddow

    pretensesoup ,
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    @kimlockhartga

    Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
    Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
    Matrix by Lauren Groff
    You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

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    pretensesoup , to Romancelandia group
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    Dionysus in Wisconsin won third place at the New England Romance Writers Readers' Choice awards in the fantasy/paranormal category. I am definitely going to be cool about this and not use it as an excuse to call myself an AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR at every turn because that would be obnoxious.

    Check out the AWARD-WINNING NOVEL here: https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p

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    pretensesoup , to Romancelandia group
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    Dionysus in Wisconsin has also been shortlisted for the New England Romance Writers Readers' Choice Award in the paranormal/fantasy/scifi/time travel category! I didn't get a chance to make a graphic specifically for this one, but I'm excited--being shortlisted means it went up against more traditional M/F romances and won!

    https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p

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    A grad student and an archivist fight a god Book cover in the center (Dionysus in Wisconsin: The cover is black figure art of two men, one seated and dressed as Dionysus, one standing, wearing jeans and a leather jacket.) Text with arrows pointing to cover, clockwise from top: mystical library communion New England Romance Writers Readers' Choice Finalist Lambda Literary Award Finalist Debut novelist! (points at E. H. Lupton) becoming a god Midwest Book Awards Finalist
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