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Sylvia Heike
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Fantasy & science fiction writer from Finland. Stories in PodCastle, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders. Likes knitting, gardening, birdwatching. SFWA member. She/her. Website: https://sylviaheike.com
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Sylvia Heike @sylviaheike.bsky.social · 15d
Here's my 2025 Awards Eligibility post. 🦄✨ Thank you so much to everyone who read, published, or supported my writing journey this year! Feel free to nominate anything you liked. Thank you for your consideration.
A soft blue-toned gradient background with text. Awards Eligibility of Sylvia Heike. "MAMA'S LABYRINTH" (Fantasy/horror) in Inner Worlds, Nov 2025. "A WITCH'S LAMENT" (Fantasy) in Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices, Oct 2025. "FRIEND SQUAD" (Science Fiction micro) in Anomaly, Aug 2025. "GARGOYLE GIRL" (Fantasy) in Worlds of Possibility, May 2025. "SEEDS OF HOPE" (Science Fiction) in Hexagon Magazine, Feb 2025. "WOLF ROSES" (Fantasy) in MYRIAD: Nocturnal, Jan 2025.
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Just a reminder that I'm still collecting links and making updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. If you have a link, send it my way!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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A message for you all to carry through the year
Image is a popular astronaut meme. An astronaut is looking at the earth from space saying wait, I am worthy of love? An astronaut is behind him holding up flowers and saying always have been
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
It's 6pm in Finland and the first New Year's fireworks are going off.
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
Free download of WORLDS OF POSSIBILITY Vol 2 available including my story, “Gargoyle Girl.” 🖤 Happy New Year!
omgjulia.bsky.social Julia Rios @omgjulia.bsky.social · 6d
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Merry Christmas 2025 to those who celebrate!
during a snowy night in the woods a procession of gnomes returning home with berries is assisted by a cat. the gnomes lead on the cat with paper star lanterns, while another gnome in the foreground smokes a pipe on a branch with a bird. Underground, the gnomes are sitting around a table with their children and a large white rabbit. In an adjoining room a gnome child is blissfully asleep on a pile of baby bunnies.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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A drawing of a fluffy cat in the snow. The caption reads, "you are good enough, you always have been"
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
Please enjoy this live bird feeder cam from Finland. Not mine, but I love watching it. (Just a photo in this post)

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A photo of the live feed. Bird feeders hung in a forest. The scene includes red decorative Christmas balls hung among the feeder and one golden one, a gnome, an apple and an oat bundle. The most commonly seen birds here are blue tits, great tits, and willow tits.
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
Here's my 2025 Awards Eligibility post. 🦄✨ Thank you so much to everyone who read, published, or supported my writing journey this year! Feel free to nominate anything you liked. Thank you for your consideration.
A soft blue-toned gradient background with text. Awards Eligibility of Sylvia Heike. "MAMA'S LABYRINTH" (Fantasy/horror) in Inner Worlds, Nov 2025. "A WITCH'S LAMENT" (Fantasy) in Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices, Oct 2025. "FRIEND SQUAD" (Science Fiction micro) in Anomaly, Aug 2025. "GARGOYLE GIRL" (Fantasy) in Worlds of Possibility, May 2025. "SEEDS OF HOPE" (Science Fiction) in Hexagon Magazine, Feb 2025. "WOLF ROSES" (Fantasy) in MYRIAD: Nocturnal, Jan 2025.
December 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
"When the doorbell rings, Penny doesn’t want to open the door. She doesn’t want anyone to see how they live. She peers through the spyhole, a sea of junk mail slipping under her tennis shoes."

Read 'Mama's Labyrinth' by @sylviaheike.bsky.social

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Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike
When the doorbell rings, Penny doesn’t want to open the door. She doesn’t want anyone to see how they live.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This is such a beautiful tender story about grief and loss and connection. #amreading
December 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Got myself an advent calendar of tea! 🙂 Looking forward to trying all the flavours. Normally I tend to stick to just one favourite.
English Teashop Organic Rooibos Cocoa & Vanilla tea bag sachet held over the advent calendar box where more numbered tea bags await. English Tea Shop Organic advent calendar that is shaped like a small green festive box with robins and decorations printed on it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Thanks so much @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing "Mama's Labyrinth" in their latest issue. A special occasion as it's my 30th original (flash or) short story out in the world! 😲😊🎉

Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike
When the doorbell rings, Penny doesn’t want to open the door. She doesn’t want anyone to see how they live.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
Thanks so much @innerworlds.bsky.social for publishing "Mama's Labyrinth" in their latest issue. A special occasion as it's my 30th original (flash or) short story out in the world! 😲😊🎉

Read for free here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike
When the doorbell rings, Penny doesn’t want to open the door. She doesn’t want anyone to see how they live.
inner-worlds.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
I've got a new story out! Read "Mama's Labyrinth" in this issue. It's dark, but I hope you enjoy it. 🖤
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · Nov 30
👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e...

#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾

Includes numerous CREATURES.

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-nine-e...

#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Voted for @innerworlds.bsky.social for @chillsubs.bsky.social best lit mags of 2025 awards ♥️ Sarah runs an impressive operation and alone! (from what I can tell)

Vote here:
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November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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💥 Issue 9 TOC!!! 💥

Feat:
@crystalkoo.bsky.social
@jyzh.bsky.social
@nomonbooks.bsky.social
@sylviaheike.bsky.social
@angelvleal.bsky.social
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
@camdenscorner.bsky.social
@jamielnathan.bsky.social
@rjaurand.bsky.social
@yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social
@yoakeim.bsky.social
I Haven't Felt My Grief by Bleh 👅 Ghost Leopard by Crystal Koo Puparium by J. Y. Zhang Mumbi and the Second Coming by Celestine Ndanu K. The Monster by Mon Misir The Boy With The Headphones by Taija Sensei Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike To Sleep In Seagrass Beds by Angel Leal Moult by Anita Harris Satkunananthan What I'm Made Of by Camden Rose Hoofbeats by J. Nathan If You Can't Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine by RJ Aurand Wonderful by Yasmeen Fahmy 3 East by Ramez Yoakeim
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I have a new story coming out soon in this issue! 😊
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · Nov 20
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
sylviaheike.bsky.social
Trying to get into the Christmas mood.
A tiny shy bear with a Christmas hat over one ear holding an artificial heart-shaped gingerbread cookie.
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Current wip on the yarn side of things. These socks will be a gift, but I might make a pair for myself too.
A newly started woolly sock on the needles alongside two balls of yarn (light pink and the other multicoloured: light pink, white, and shades of purple).
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Going to Philcon? Celestial Echo Press is holding a launch party for the anthology I'm in! I live overseas so I won't be able to come, but you might meet other cool authors who'll sign your copy. 🙂 philcon.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Going to Philcon? Celestial Echo Press is holding a launch party for the anthology I'm in! I live overseas so I won't be able to come, but you might meet other cool authors who'll sign your copy. 🙂 philcon.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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だいじょうぶ？

さむくない？
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM