Sarah Royston
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Writer and researcher inspired by queer/feminist ecologies & folklore.
Collection 'Fernseed' out now!
https://thebraag.co/?product=fernseed-a-collection-of-tales-by-sarah-royston-pre-order
https://hedgeways.wordpress.com/
Re-enchantment is resistance.
Collection 'Fernseed' out now!
https://thebraag.co/?product=fernseed-a-collection-of-tales-by-sarah-royston-pre-order
https://hedgeways.wordpress.com/
Re-enchantment is resistance.
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Sarah Royston
@sarahkat.bsky.social
· Jun 22
Misummer fern folklore was an inspiration for my collection of queer ecological enchantments, 'Fernseed: A Collection of Tales' share.google/ToA2Tlk9ruHT...
Merry midsummer and happy #Pride to all! 💚🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌿
Merry midsummer and happy #Pride to all! 💚🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌿
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There’s nothing like bad ice-cream and bullies to get a man riled 😝
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
Ice cream becomes a matter of life and death in JP Relph’s ‘A Man’s Gotta Eat.’ Check out this #shortstory as we near the end of our ‘Revolt’ series. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/30/a... @therelphian.bsky.social
A Man’s Gotta Eat – JP Relph
We sit at the segregated table with our “frozen treats”. It’s the Summer Fayre and, in her earlier impassioned speech, the Mayor said everyone should have ice-cream. Even them. We don’t want ice-cr…
urbanpigspress.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
There’s nothing like bad ice-cream and bullies to get a man riled 😝
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
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We're having a sale at thebraag.co/shop, with up to 50% off a whole BUNCH of our titles, including work by @timothyfox.bsky.social,
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We're having a sale at thebraag.co/shop, with up to 50% off a whole BUNCH of our titles, including work by @timothyfox.bsky.social,
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
Congratulations to all 750+ writers who had the perseverance to complete a story and the courage to submit it.
@thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
@thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is important, says Bulletin Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin.
"Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too."
See the winners of our fiction contest ⬇️
"Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too."
See the winners of our fiction contest ⬇️
And the winners of our fiction contest are…
The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is important. Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is…
thebulletin.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Congratulations to all 750+ writers who had the perseverance to complete a story and the courage to submit it.
@thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
@thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
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31 Dec: On the cusp of a New Year, nature carries its promise. These winter buds hold next season’s life, hope wrapped tightly within, waiting for the light to return. As midnight nears, we celebrate new beginnings already stirring beneath the earth and in the trees. #NewYearsEve
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
31 Dec: On the cusp of a New Year, nature carries its promise. These winter buds hold next season’s life, hope wrapped tightly within, waiting for the light to return. As midnight nears, we celebrate new beginnings already stirring beneath the earth and in the trees. #NewYearsEve
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Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"A Crossing gives us pilgrims almost meeting on the road – but centuries apart. Rich with authenticity and memory, deftly unspooled in under 1000 words. A gem."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@leighloveday.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
"A Crossing gives us pilgrims almost meeting on the road – but centuries apart. Rich with authenticity and memory, deftly unspooled in under 1000 words. A gem."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@leighloveday.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"A Crossing gives us pilgrims almost meeting on the road – but centuries apart. Rich with authenticity and memory, deftly unspooled in under 1000 words. A gem."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@leighloveday.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
"A Crossing gives us pilgrims almost meeting on the road – but centuries apart. Rich with authenticity and memory, deftly unspooled in under 1000 words. A gem."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@leighloveday.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
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Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
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Roger Clarke and I are writing a book about ghosts. We need a publisher. @tomsbrown.bsky.social
and I are writing a graphic novel about boy mire maids and need a publisher. If you are interested, DM me.
and I are writing a graphic novel about boy mire maids and need a publisher. If you are interested, DM me.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Roger Clarke and I are writing a book about ghosts. We need a publisher. @tomsbrown.bsky.social
and I are writing a graphic novel about boy mire maids and need a publisher. If you are interested, DM me.
and I are writing a graphic novel about boy mire maids and need a publisher. If you are interested, DM me.
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Day 20 of the #HooklandChristmasTree decoration comes. We set the Frost Witch to the tree, Drape the chain of miniature icicles falling from her cloak, unfurl the white lace trail that mimics her decoration of the lanes on winter mornings. Say a prayer for those sleeping rough.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Day 20 of the #HooklandChristmasTree decoration comes. We set the Frost Witch to the tree, Drape the chain of miniature icicles falling from her cloak, unfurl the white lace trail that mimics her decoration of the lanes on winter mornings. Say a prayer for those sleeping rough.
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Happy Christmas panic-buying onset for those who celebrate! Must be time to bump this, suitable for anyone in your life who likes a) charity and b) animals. And optimally c) reading. 27 snack-sized stories curated by @trashcatlit.bsky.social for The Wildlife Trusts: trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy Christmas panic-buying onset for those who celebrate! Must be time to bump this, suitable for anyone in your life who likes a) charity and b) animals. And optimally c) reading. 27 snack-sized stories curated by @trashcatlit.bsky.social for The Wildlife Trusts: trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...
Can't wait to hear this!
Like #writing? Love quiet horror? My interview with @storyradio.bsky.social is out today, featuring an incredible reading by @terryholland.bsky.social.
We talk about the Silent Screams charity anthology and whether horror can ever be literature.
Listen here:
pca.st/episode/bb24...
#writingcommunity
We talk about the Silent Screams charity anthology and whether horror can ever be literature.
Listen here:
pca.st/episode/bb24...
#writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can't wait to hear this!
David's work is such an inspiration. Because of Hookland, I shiver when I pass between two pylons. I often ask myself: "What would Emily Banting do?" And I know that the most ordinary places are alive with strangeness.
Sending gratitude and well wishes to you, David! @cultauthor.bsky.social
Sending gratitude and well wishes to you, David! @cultauthor.bsky.social
I am going to get through the next six-eight weeks of being housebound with books and good company. Today I am much helped by @sarahkat.bsky.social’s fabulous Fernseed and humbled to find Hookland mentioned in the acknowledgements.
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
David's work is such an inspiration. Because of Hookland, I shiver when I pass between two pylons. I often ask myself: "What would Emily Banting do?" And I know that the most ordinary places are alive with strangeness.
Sending gratitude and well wishes to you, David! @cultauthor.bsky.social
Sending gratitude and well wishes to you, David! @cultauthor.bsky.social
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Delighted to be in the latest issue of WestWord (and alongside some other wonderful pieces from brilliant writers) with this little story from earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
On Leaving a Familiar Place
A Micro Fiction by Jo Clark
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Delighted to be in the latest issue of WestWord (and alongside some other wonderful pieces from brilliant writers) with this little story from earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Woohoo! Good luck all!
We are blumming chuffed to share our nominations for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Amazing stories that deserve to go all the way 🦝💜
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@terryholland.bsky.social (in print)
@joeluscombe.bsky.social
@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social (in print)
1/4
Amazing stories that deserve to go all the way 🦝💜
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@terryholland.bsky.social (in print)
@joeluscombe.bsky.social
@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social (in print)
1/4
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Woohoo! Good luck all!
I'm ready for Halloween with this stunningly creepy anthology! 🖤
Silent Screams: An Anthology of Quiet Horrors share.google/gafGIwAXtsZR...
Silent Screams: An Anthology of Quiet Horrors share.google/gafGIwAXtsZR...
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm ready for Halloween with this stunningly creepy anthology! 🖤
Silent Screams: An Anthology of Quiet Horrors share.google/gafGIwAXtsZR...
Silent Screams: An Anthology of Quiet Horrors share.google/gafGIwAXtsZR...
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Every pylon was portal. Each transmission tower a temporary temple. We followed The Hum as an act of ecstatic pilgrimage. We were the 'filthy hippy cult' parent were afraid their child would run away to join. You either heard The Hum and understood or you didn't. – Trippy Pete, ex-Pylon Person #VOH
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Every pylon was portal. Each transmission tower a temporary temple. We followed The Hum as an act of ecstatic pilgrimage. We were the 'filthy hippy cult' parent were afraid their child would run away to join. You either heard The Hum and understood or you didn't. – Trippy Pete, ex-Pylon Person #VOH
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Want to read something a little folky, a little mystical?
Our print anthology has that among its 27 glorious short fictions.
Here are some teases to tantalise your storybuds 🦝
Then click here to buy our book and help raise money for charity 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
Our print anthology has that among its 27 glorious short fictions.
Here are some teases to tantalise your storybuds 🦝
Then click here to buy our book and help raise money for charity 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Want to read something a little folky, a little mystical?
Our print anthology has that among its 27 glorious short fictions.
Here are some teases to tantalise your storybuds 🦝
Then click here to buy our book and help raise money for charity 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
Our print anthology has that among its 27 glorious short fictions.
Here are some teases to tantalise your storybuds 🦝
Then click here to buy our book and help raise money for charity 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
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Very proud of this beautiful baby! 🦝
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Very proud of this beautiful baby! 🦝
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
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Three amazing charity anthology projects just landed...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Three amazing charity anthology projects just landed...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...
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Silent Screams is out now.
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Silent Screams is out now.
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity
Really valuable insights from @mattkendrick.bsky.social on feedback and editing processes, as always!
No Writer is an Island - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/prattlef...
No Writer is an Island - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/prattlef...
No Writer is an Island - Part 1
As an editor I have the privilege of working with writers at all stages of their writing journeys.
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Really valuable insights from @mattkendrick.bsky.social on feedback and editing processes, as always!
No Writer is an Island - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/prattlef...
No Writer is an Island - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/prattlef...
Resistance is fertile in this powerful piece! "Sporesong" is visually and lyrically stunning 👌🍄✊️
The penultimate story in Issue 3 of Tractor Beam is out now: "Sporesong" written by Genesis Whitlock and illustrated by Olivia Twist!✨
Can a single spore seed a revolution? 🍄🌱💥 Read to find out...
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/spores...
#comic #soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting #climatefiction
Can a single spore seed a revolution? 🍄🌱💥 Read to find out...
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/spores...
#comic #soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting #climatefiction
Sporesong | Tractor Beam
Can a single spore seed a revolution?
www.tractorbeam.earth
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Resistance is fertile in this powerful piece! "Sporesong" is visually and lyrically stunning 👌🍄✊️
A briny blast of soilpunk (with extra punk), and a masterclass in character, setting and voice. Love this!
Henry wants to upload his consciousness to his desktop game. He just needs to get through a couple of weeks on this cold beach first...
"Sandbag Squidward," written by Ashlee Lhamon and illustrated by Hisham Akira Bharoocha is available to read now on Tractor Beam! 🌊🌾🦺🌾🎮
#soilpunk #climatefiction
"Sandbag Squidward," written by Ashlee Lhamon and illustrated by Hisham Akira Bharoocha is available to read now on Tractor Beam! 🌊🌾🦺🌾🎮
#soilpunk #climatefiction
Sandbag Squidward | Tractor Beam
"Why beaches?"
www.tractorbeam.earth
September 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A briny blast of soilpunk (with extra punk), and a masterclass in character, setting and voice. Love this!
So excited to be part of this gorgeous anthology from the wonderful @trashcatlit.bsky.social ! My story follows two veterans walking the Icknield Way, 600 years apart, and a pilgrim badge that's lost and found.
We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So excited to be part of this gorgeous anthology from the wonderful @trashcatlit.bsky.social ! My story follows two veterans walking the Icknield Way, 600 years apart, and a pilgrim badge that's lost and found.
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If you read anything today, read this. Gorgeous soil and fungi prose, masterful worldbuilding 💚
In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls...
I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!
I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!
Read the new short story written by Sarah Royston (@sarahkat.bsky.social) and illustrated by Manon Cezaro, live today on Tractor Beam! 💫
And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌
#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting
And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌
#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting
September 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you read anything today, read this. Gorgeous soil and fungi prose, masterful worldbuilding 💚
In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls...
I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!
I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!
Read the new short story written by Sarah Royston (@sarahkat.bsky.social) and illustrated by Manon Cezaro, live today on Tractor Beam! 💫
And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌
#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting
And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌
#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting
Grubbers | Tractor Beam
Why'd you leave?
www.tractorbeam.earth
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls...
I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!
I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!