Sarah McPherson
@summermoth.bsky.social
HE manager by day. Writer, crafter, LARPer, runner. Procrastinator extraordinaire. Lover of the fantastic. Definitely not a grown up. She/her.
Find me here: https://linktr.ee/summer_moth
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Sarah McPherson
@summermoth.bsky.social
· Nov 28
The light is on for Sarah McPherson! @summermoth.bsky.social💡
“Primordial” is a beautiful and beguiling flash fiction that’ll bring you face to face with the ancient past.
Check out Sarah’s incredible writing over at the site!
“Primordial” is a beautiful and beguiling flash fiction that’ll bring you face to face with the ancient past.
Check out Sarah’s incredible writing over at the site!
Primordial - Sarah McPherson — Bulb Culture Collective
Bull leads, cow follows.
www.bulbculturecollective.com
Thank you so much to @bulbculture.bsky.social for putting this piece of mine back out in the world (originally published by Reflex Fiction) ❤️
#FlashFiction
#FlashFiction
Amused by the fact that the #BitesizedBookClub session focusing on happy/positive stories is the one that has generated the most divisive opinions and (friendly) disagreement so far 😄 Thanks to everyone who came for the interesting discussions!
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Amused by the fact that the #BitesizedBookClub session focusing on happy/positive stories is the one that has generated the most divisive opinions and (friendly) disagreement so far 😄 Thanks to everyone who came for the interesting discussions!
This is a great list!
Looking for mags to delve into? Here is the long list of what is on my regular reading rotation:
Adventitious
Allegory
Analog
Apex Magazine
Asimov's Science Fiction
Augur Magazine
Baffling Magazine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Bourbon Penn
Cast of Wonders
Clarkesworld
The Dark
The Deadlands
3/
Adventitious
Allegory
Analog
Apex Magazine
Asimov's Science Fiction
Augur Magazine
Baffling Magazine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Bourbon Penn
Cast of Wonders
Clarkesworld
The Dark
The Deadlands
3/
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is a great list!
The NIFTY Book Club is great - come join us! ☺️
The next block of The NIFTY Book Club is open!
📚 Monthly on Mondays, 19:30-21:00 GMT/BST
📚 Read & discuss a novella-in-flash
📚 Live author Q&A where possible
See link for books, dates & sign up form
www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...
📚 Monthly on Mondays, 19:30-21:00 GMT/BST
📚 Read & discuss a novella-in-flash
📚 Live author Q&A where possible
See link for books, dates & sign up form
www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...
NIFTY Book Club | My Site
Book club for lovers of the novella-in-flash. Monthly meetings online.
www.laurabesley.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The NIFTY Book Club is great - come join us! ☺️
Reposted by Sarah McPherson
Because, here's the thing. We're told: "it's the way of the world; it's human nature," as an excuse for every act of cruelty or selfishness we witness, in the hope that we'll just stand by and watch. But it's not human nature. It's human choice. And we don't have to stand by. We can stand up.
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Because, here's the thing. We're told: "it's the way of the world; it's human nature," as an excuse for every act of cruelty or selfishness we witness, in the hope that we'll just stand by and watch. But it's not human nature. It's human choice. And we don't have to stand by. We can stand up.
'Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)'
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region
Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...
bulbregion.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
'Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)'
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Well, I settled on four that *I* think are happy. Will see what everyone else makes of them at the session next week! 😊
Today's debate, as I try to finalise my choices for this month's #BiteSizedBookClub... how much of a bittersweet edge can I allow myself before I decide something doesn't qualify as a happy flash fiction? 😄
February 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Well, I settled on four that *I* think are happy. Will see what everyone else makes of them at the session next week! 😊
Maybe 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by REM
Or 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' by Meat Loaf
Or 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' by Meat Loaf
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Maybe 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by REM
Or 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' by Meat Loaf
Or 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' by Meat Loaf
Today's debate, as I try to finalise my choices for this month's #BiteSizedBookClub... how much of a bittersweet edge can I allow myself before I decide something doesn't qualify as a happy flash fiction? 😄
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Today's debate, as I try to finalise my choices for this month's #BiteSizedBookClub... how much of a bittersweet edge can I allow myself before I decide something doesn't qualify as a happy flash fiction? 😄
This is a beautiful story
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This is a beautiful story
So many open tabs... so many...
Be not ashamid of how manye wyndowes are open on thy computir at one tyme. Thou art buildinge a skyscraper.
January 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
So many open tabs... so many...
Still time to sign up for the January session next week - come and read some brilliant stories by @devaneemily.bsky.social with us!
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)!
The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time):
Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane
Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories
Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time):
Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane
Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories
Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Still time to sign up for the January session next week - come and read some brilliant stories by @devaneemily.bsky.social with us!
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)!
The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time):
Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane
Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories
Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time):
Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane
Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories
Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)!
The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time):
Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane
Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories
Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time):
Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane
Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories
Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations
#BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
December reads 💙📚:
1. Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty (novella-in-flash)
2. The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay (novella-in-flash)
3. The Museum of Shadows and Reflections by Claire Dean (short stories)
#books #amreading #novellainflash #shortstories #shortstorycollection #2025reads
1. Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty (novella-in-flash)
2. The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay (novella-in-flash)
3. The Museum of Shadows and Reflections by Claire Dean (short stories)
#books #amreading #novellainflash #shortstories #shortstorycollection #2025reads
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
December reads 💙📚:
1. Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty (novella-in-flash)
2. The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay (novella-in-flash)
3. The Museum of Shadows and Reflections by Claire Dean (short stories)
#books #amreading #novellainflash #shortstories #shortstorycollection #2025reads
1. Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty (novella-in-flash)
2. The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay (novella-in-flash)
3. The Museum of Shadows and Reflections by Claire Dean (short stories)
#books #amreading #novellainflash #shortstories #shortstorycollection #2025reads
'you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first, you just gotta know — can I beat that devil?'
Lush, mesmerising writing - don't miss this one from @mynachang.bsky.social!
Lush, mesmerising writing - don't miss this one from @mynachang.bsky.social!
Happy for my first publication of the year to be in Ghost Parachute! Huge thanks to @brettpribble.bsky.social! And thanks to Brett J Barr for the illustration!
(It's always a treat to find an editor who doesn't want to "edit" my use of dialect! 💜)
Hope you enjoy my tiny devil story!
(It's always a treat to find an editor who doesn't want to "edit" my use of dialect! 💜)
Hope you enjoy my tiny devil story!
Deal Breaker, 1937 — Ghost Parachute
Devil days got that fool magic brewin’ in the hot, you know what I’m talking about, those close Kansas afternoons when the thunderheads build and build, climbing up the sky like they trying to get int...
ghostparachute.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
'you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first, you just gotta know — can I beat that devil?'
Lush, mesmerising writing - don't miss this one from @mynachang.bsky.social!
Lush, mesmerising writing - don't miss this one from @mynachang.bsky.social!
Reposted by Sarah McPherson
Happy New Year! Happy Year Seventeen!!!
Come join us for our 17th year of championing women-identified authors!!!
Use code: ED8FC for 20% off your first year or month of support on Patreon
www.patreon.com/cw/l...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #Fantasy #SciFi #Reading
Come join us for our 17th year of championing women-identified authors!!!
Use code: ED8FC for 20% off your first year or month of support on Patreon
www.patreon.com/cw/l...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #Fantasy #SciFi #Reading
January 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Happy New Year! Happy Year Seventeen!!!
Come join us for our 17th year of championing women-identified authors!!!
Use code: ED8FC for 20% off your first year or month of support on Patreon
www.patreon.com/cw/l...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #Fantasy #SciFi #Reading
Come join us for our 17th year of championing women-identified authors!!!
Use code: ED8FC for 20% off your first year or month of support on Patreon
www.patreon.com/cw/l...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #Fantasy #SciFi #Reading
Last-minuter here, as always!
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Last-minuter here, as always!
Reposted by Sarah McPherson
Help us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers!
www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
December Workshop Celebration 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...
www.smokelong.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Help us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers!
www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
Reposted by Sarah McPherson
Wild that out of all things from medieval cosmology, the thing about the ocean being full of monsters turned out to be correct.
December 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Wild that out of all things from medieval cosmology, the thing about the ocean being full of monsters turned out to be correct.
I'll take that! 💜
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I'll take that! 💜
Reposted by Sarah McPherson
Thank you to everyone who has subbed so far to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES! Our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social are busy reading away! You have till 15 Feb to submit your flash. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
a purple background with snoopy jumping in the air and the words thank you
ALT: a purple background with snoopy jumping in the air and the words thank you
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December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who has subbed so far to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES! Our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social are busy reading away! You have till 15 Feb to submit your flash. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.'
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Our last piece of 2025 is by @chelseastickle.bsky.social! You are going to love “In The Dark.” lost-balloon.com/2025/12/31/i... (photo credit: Flashlight by Katie Tegtmeyer)
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.'
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
Homemade chocolate covered Brazil nuts (three ways), and Christmas pudding made and steaming!
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Homemade chocolate covered Brazil nuts (three ways), and Christmas pudding made and steaming!
Reposted by Sarah McPherson
As it is the season … have a wonderful Hookland Bone Horse by the wonderful @mariastrutz.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As it is the season … have a wonderful Hookland Bone Horse by the wonderful @mariastrutz.bsky.social
Have loved this poem since the first time I saw it 🌅
A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Have loved this poem since the first time I saw it 🌅