Kate Garrett
@kategarrettwrites.bsky.social
An incomprehensible being in very strange surroundings (just like you).
Writer, tutor, & editor in Shropshire.
Postgraduate researcher of hauntology & Daphne du Maurier. 🖤
Spooky is a lifestyle, not a season.
(She/They)
Writer, tutor, & editor in Shropshire.
Postgraduate researcher of hauntology & Daphne du Maurier. 🖤
Spooky is a lifestyle, not a season.
(She/They)
Reposted by Kate Garrett
🦇 November is here and for bats periods of torpor are lasting longer. Some begin hibernation, to save energy over the colder months, when insects are harder to find. They are using stored fat as fuel.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🦇 November is here and for bats periods of torpor are lasting longer. Some begin hibernation, to save energy over the colder months, when insects are harder to find. They are using stored fat as fuel.
From today and through November, I'll be reading and responding to the spooky submissions sent to Mugwort for our special December issue, Spectral & Strange. 🖤
Submissions will open for 2026: Season 3 shortly!
Submissions will open for 2026: Season 3 shortly!
Thank you to all who sent writing and art for Spectral & Strange! Submissions for the special issue are now closed.
I'll be reading and responding to all of your otherworldly winter work from today, but please bear with me - it could take a few weeks to answer everyone (and I do answer everyone).
I'll be reading and responding to all of your otherworldly winter work from today, but please bear with me - it could take a few weeks to answer everyone (and I do answer everyone).
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
From today and through November, I'll be reading and responding to the spooky submissions sent to Mugwort for our special December issue, Spectral & Strange. 🖤
Submissions will open for 2026: Season 3 shortly!
Submissions will open for 2026: Season 3 shortly!
Reposted by Kate Garrett
Our Mugwort Magazine submissions inbox is OPEN until 31/10 for our special winter issue, Spectral & Strange, to be published in December.
Check out the guidelines: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
...then send us your best eerie, weird, or unsettling fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art!
Check out the guidelines: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
...then send us your best eerie, weird, or unsettling fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art!
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our Mugwort Magazine submissions inbox is OPEN until 31/10 for our special winter issue, Spectral & Strange, to be published in December.
Check out the guidelines: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
...then send us your best eerie, weird, or unsettling fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art!
Check out the guidelines: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
...then send us your best eerie, weird, or unsettling fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art!
Writers, artists: send me your winter chills!
That is to say, @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social is open for special issue submissions until 31/10. 🌿
Winter 2025: Spectral & Strange will be published in December. 🖤
Full guidelines are here: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
That is to say, @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social is open for special issue submissions until 31/10. 🌿
Winter 2025: Spectral & Strange will be published in December. 🖤
Full guidelines are here: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Writers, artists: send me your winter chills!
That is to say, @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social is open for special issue submissions until 31/10. 🌿
Winter 2025: Spectral & Strange will be published in December. 🖤
Full guidelines are here: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
That is to say, @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social is open for special issue submissions until 31/10. 🌿
Winter 2025: Spectral & Strange will be published in December. 🖤
Full guidelines are here: mugwortmag.wordpress.com/special-call...
Our last @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social issue of 2025 is out now - Season 2: Volume 3.
Maybe I'll see you in the submissions inbox when we open again on 1 November! Until then, happy reading.
Maybe I'll see you in the submissions inbox when we open again on 1 November! Until then, happy reading.
Season 2: Volume 3 of Mugwort is here. As we move more fully into autumn, our last issue of 2025 covers much: from summer's end to frosty hints of winter, small joys & fears, natural & supernatural, tricks & treats.
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We create from the edges, and it is beautiful here. 🖤🍂🍁
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We create from the edges, and it is beautiful here. 🖤🍂🍁
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our last @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social issue of 2025 is out now - Season 2: Volume 3.
Maybe I'll see you in the submissions inbox when we open again on 1 November! Until then, happy reading.
Maybe I'll see you in the submissions inbox when we open again on 1 November! Until then, happy reading.
Yesterday it was chilly and raining and my son said the weather was nice.
I said yes it is, makes you want to read and have ideas.
Autumn is officially 'read and have ideas' season.
('Spooky season' is 30 October to 31 January, and no one can change my mind. A radical, scandalous opinion.)
I said yes it is, makes you want to read and have ideas.
Autumn is officially 'read and have ideas' season.
('Spooky season' is 30 October to 31 January, and no one can change my mind. A radical, scandalous opinion.)
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Yesterday it was chilly and raining and my son said the weather was nice.
I said yes it is, makes you want to read and have ideas.
Autumn is officially 'read and have ideas' season.
('Spooky season' is 30 October to 31 January, and no one can change my mind. A radical, scandalous opinion.)
I said yes it is, makes you want to read and have ideas.
Autumn is officially 'read and have ideas' season.
('Spooky season' is 30 October to 31 January, and no one can change my mind. A radical, scandalous opinion.)
Just before dawn in September is the best. While reading next to the window, I get to hear these lads making their 'this is my bit of woods! go away!' sounds at the same time.
Poor owl. I always feel properly told off when tiny songbirds yell at me (especially robins, house sparrows & blackbirds).
Poor owl. I always feel properly told off when tiny songbirds yell at me (especially robins, house sparrows & blackbirds).
September 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Just before dawn in September is the best. While reading next to the window, I get to hear these lads making their 'this is my bit of woods! go away!' sounds at the same time.
Poor owl. I always feel properly told off when tiny songbirds yell at me (especially robins, house sparrows & blackbirds).
Poor owl. I always feel properly told off when tiny songbirds yell at me (especially robins, house sparrows & blackbirds).
Reposted by Kate Garrett
Cannot wait to share this with you all 💙🗺️🐉
The Word for World: an exhibition and book presenting the maps of Ursula K Le Guin! Thrilled to be partnering with the Architectural Association on this. Details of the exhibition - opening 10 October (and free!) - online here: www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...
August 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cannot wait to share this with you all 💙🗺️🐉
Painfully aware I haven't had any Birb Drama to tell Bluesky about for ages.
Wait: a couple of weeks ago the gulls were having issues with buzzards & cormorants, but I was busy & forgot to report back.
But gull drama is barely even drama. It's just gulls. They're at it right now. It's their thing.
Wait: a couple of weeks ago the gulls were having issues with buzzards & cormorants, but I was busy & forgot to report back.
But gull drama is barely even drama. It's just gulls. They're at it right now. It's their thing.
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Painfully aware I haven't had any Birb Drama to tell Bluesky about for ages.
Wait: a couple of weeks ago the gulls were having issues with buzzards & cormorants, but I was busy & forgot to report back.
But gull drama is barely even drama. It's just gulls. They're at it right now. It's their thing.
Wait: a couple of weeks ago the gulls were having issues with buzzards & cormorants, but I was busy & forgot to report back.
But gull drama is barely even drama. It's just gulls. They're at it right now. It's their thing.
On Friday night, I saw Supergrass live at Ludlow Castle. 😍
On Saturday afternoon, inspired by the concert, I wrote a substack about memory, place(s), music, and embarking on a Fool's Journey.
You can read it at thefolklorefaery.substack.com 🖤
On Saturday afternoon, inspired by the concert, I wrote a substack about memory, place(s), music, and embarking on a Fool's Journey.
You can read it at thefolklorefaery.substack.com 🖤
July 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On Friday night, I saw Supergrass live at Ludlow Castle. 😍
On Saturday afternoon, inspired by the concert, I wrote a substack about memory, place(s), music, and embarking on a Fool's Journey.
You can read it at thefolklorefaery.substack.com 🖤
On Saturday afternoon, inspired by the concert, I wrote a substack about memory, place(s), music, and embarking on a Fool's Journey.
You can read it at thefolklorefaery.substack.com 🖤
Reposted by Kate Garrett
If you like your poetry a little weird, a little folk-lore based, or nature aware, you will like this magazine. `Thanks to @kategarrettwrites.bsky.social, I have a very mugwort poem in it!
mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/s...
mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/s...
July 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If you like your poetry a little weird, a little folk-lore based, or nature aware, you will like this magazine. `Thanks to @kategarrettwrites.bsky.social, I have a very mugwort poem in it!
mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/s...
mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/s...
New issue of @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social is out now! 🖤🌿
Season 2: Volume 1 is out now!
mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/s...
You’ll find plants, birds, the sea, holidays... & of course, the edges: the shifting borders between the human & non-human, the urban & the wild, this world & others.
We hope you have a beautiful journey through each one. 🌿
mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/s...
You’ll find plants, birds, the sea, holidays... & of course, the edges: the shifting borders between the human & non-human, the urban & the wild, this world & others.
We hope you have a beautiful journey through each one. 🌿
July 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New issue of @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social is out now! 🖤🌿
Reposted by Kate Garrett
Hello writers! I originally hoped to respond to all subs by 1/7, but that's tomorrow & I'm still reading submissions.
We've received more for Season 2 than for Season 1 - a beautiful problem to have, but it means I underestimated how long it would take to respond.
I'll reply by this weekend! 💚
We've received more for Season 2 than for Season 1 - a beautiful problem to have, but it means I underestimated how long it would take to respond.
I'll reply by this weekend! 💚
June 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hello writers! I originally hoped to respond to all subs by 1/7, but that's tomorrow & I'm still reading submissions.
We've received more for Season 2 than for Season 1 - a beautiful problem to have, but it means I underestimated how long it would take to respond.
I'll reply by this weekend! 💚
We've received more for Season 2 than for Season 1 - a beautiful problem to have, but it means I underestimated how long it would take to respond.
I'll reply by this weekend! 💚
Reposted by Kate Garrett
Poets 👀You’ve got until midnight to submit poems to @atriumpoetry.bsky.social
Hi #Poets! We're open for submissions at @atriumpoetry.bsky.social during the first week of June - if you have poems looking to make their way out into the world, @hollyannepoet.bsky.social and I would love to consider your work. Full submission guidelines are available on our website:
June 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Poets 👀You’ve got until midnight to submit poems to @atriumpoetry.bsky.social
Reposted by Kate Garrett
Mugwort Magazine is still open for submissions until the end of day (whatever your time zone) on Sunday, 15/6!
See mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines for full details & how to submit!
I'd especially love to see some images of wild flora & fauna for possible cover art. (NO AI please!)
See mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines for full details & how to submit!
I'd especially love to see some images of wild flora & fauna for possible cover art. (NO AI please!)
June 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Mugwort Magazine is still open for submissions until the end of day (whatever your time zone) on Sunday, 15/6!
See mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines for full details & how to submit!
I'd especially love to see some images of wild flora & fauna for possible cover art. (NO AI please!)
See mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines for full details & how to submit!
I'd especially love to see some images of wild flora & fauna for possible cover art. (NO AI please!)
Mugwort Magazine has just reopened for submissions. Please do send your 'writing from the edges' - I'll look forward to reading it!
Beltane / May Day greetings to you all! We are now open for 2025: Season 2 submissions at Mugwort until 31 May. 🌿
Full details in the guidelines - mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-g...
📷 ~ Bluebells (and dandelions) from my garden to celebrate the day.
Full details in the guidelines - mugwortmag.wordpress.com/submission-g...
📷 ~ Bluebells (and dandelions) from my garden to celebrate the day.
May 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Mugwort Magazine has just reopened for submissions. Please do send your 'writing from the edges' - I'll look forward to reading it!
While I have blossoms on my mind...
In just under 2 weeks, I'll be delivering this email course of daily creative prompts (12-21 April).
A bit of April flora, fauna, folklore, myth, & history to inspire your writing &/or art. Details in the link. 🌸
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In just under 2 weeks, I'll be delivering this email course of daily creative prompts (12-21 April).
A bit of April flora, fauna, folklore, myth, & history to inspire your writing &/or art. Details in the link. 🌸
kategarrettwrites.bigcartel.com/product/by-a...
March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
While I have blossoms on my mind...
In just under 2 weeks, I'll be delivering this email course of daily creative prompts (12-21 April).
A bit of April flora, fauna, folklore, myth, & history to inspire your writing &/or art. Details in the link. 🌸
kategarrettwrites.bigcartel.com/product/by-a...
In just under 2 weeks, I'll be delivering this email course of daily creative prompts (12-21 April).
A bit of April flora, fauna, folklore, myth, & history to inspire your writing &/or art. Details in the link. 🌸
kategarrettwrites.bigcartel.com/product/by-a...
Flowers, so many flowers. 😍
For those who prefer birds: I did meet a robin while taking these photos. He made it VERY CLEAR that I was to stay away from his property (an ornamental bush at the side of the castle), then hopped back into said property before I could take his photo.
Noted, sir. 🫡
For those who prefer birds: I did meet a robin while taking these photos. He made it VERY CLEAR that I was to stay away from his property (an ornamental bush at the side of the castle), then hopped back into said property before I could take his photo.
Noted, sir. 🫡
March 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Flowers, so many flowers. 😍
For those who prefer birds: I did meet a robin while taking these photos. He made it VERY CLEAR that I was to stay away from his property (an ornamental bush at the side of the castle), then hopped back into said property before I could take his photo.
Noted, sir. 🫡
For those who prefer birds: I did meet a robin while taking these photos. He made it VERY CLEAR that I was to stay away from his property (an ornamental bush at the side of the castle), then hopped back into said property before I could take his photo.
Noted, sir. 🫡
No photos but Mr Mallard is on the roof again, & he has a companion. Congrats to the happy couple on their seasonal pairing. May they have several beautiful weeks together!
Also, the best bird thing in the mornings at the moment: the sound of Great spotted woodpeckers. 10/10 no notes. ❤️
Also, the best bird thing in the mornings at the moment: the sound of Great spotted woodpeckers. 10/10 no notes. ❤️
March 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No photos but Mr Mallard is on the roof again, & he has a companion. Congrats to the happy couple on their seasonal pairing. May they have several beautiful weeks together!
Also, the best bird thing in the mornings at the moment: the sound of Great spotted woodpeckers. 10/10 no notes. ❤️
Also, the best bird thing in the mornings at the moment: the sound of Great spotted woodpeckers. 10/10 no notes. ❤️
A spring prose poem of mine, 'Gently does it', posing with some scrappy primroses (they sprouted through cracks in the concrete in our garden) - a day late for the equinox, but on time for World Poetry Day. 🌿💛
March 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A spring prose poem of mine, 'Gently does it', posing with some scrappy primroses (they sprouted through cracks in the concrete in our garden) - a day late for the equinox, but on time for World Poetry Day. 🌿💛
Mimi-cat leapt onto my lap while I was taking a five minute crochet break - now I don't know when I'll be allowed up again.
It's a beautiful problem to have, honestly. 🩷💙🧡
It's a beautiful problem to have, honestly. 🩷💙🧡
March 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Mimi-cat leapt onto my lap while I was taking a five minute crochet break - now I don't know when I'll be allowed up again.
It's a beautiful problem to have, honestly. 🩷💙🧡
It's a beautiful problem to have, honestly. 🩷💙🧡
Look, I haven't had any major bird drama to report since the cormorant & corvids business. However, it's now ducks-on-roofs season down here by the river. Spring has truly sprung.
Had coffee with a mallard this morning (even if he didn't know what was going on). I just love ducks-on-roofs season. 🦆
Had coffee with a mallard this morning (even if he didn't know what was going on). I just love ducks-on-roofs season. 🦆
March 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Look, I haven't had any major bird drama to report since the cormorant & corvids business. However, it's now ducks-on-roofs season down here by the river. Spring has truly sprung.
Had coffee with a mallard this morning (even if he didn't know what was going on). I just love ducks-on-roofs season. 🦆
Had coffee with a mallard this morning (even if he didn't know what was going on). I just love ducks-on-roofs season. 🦆
This morning, I got back from the school run & the crows over the river were agitated. Turned around to see what was up & there's a cormorant at the top of their tree.
This afternoon, the crows were cross again. I looked out the window & the cormorant is BACK, looking around like 'lol what'.
This afternoon, the crows were cross again. I looked out the window & the cormorant is BACK, looking around like 'lol what'.
February 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This morning, I got back from the school run & the crows over the river were agitated. Turned around to see what was up & there's a cormorant at the top of their tree.
This afternoon, the crows were cross again. I looked out the window & the cormorant is BACK, looking around like 'lol what'.
This afternoon, the crows were cross again. I looked out the window & the cormorant is BACK, looking around like 'lol what'.
Reposted by Kate Garrett
COVER REVEAL:”Tree Poets : Flames of Ice”
Well, our second in the series of Tree Poets - anthologies with a good chunk of work from Three Poets, if you missed the news release - really has started well and will continue for a wee while yet. The second in the series has a stunner of a cover, which…
Well, our second in the series of Tree Poets - anthologies with a good chunk of work from Three Poets, if you missed the news release - really has started well and will continue for a wee while yet. The second in the series has a stunner of a cover, which…
COVER REVEAL:”Tree Poets : Flames of Ice”
Well, our second in the series of Tree Poets - anthologies with a good chunk of work from Three Poets, if you missed the news release - really has started well and will continue for a wee while yet. The second in the series has a stunner of a cover, which I am proud here to be revealing like a magician with an old tea towel over a load of gems on a tea tray.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
COVER REVEAL:”Tree Poets : Flames of Ice”
Well, our second in the series of Tree Poets - anthologies with a good chunk of work from Three Poets, if you missed the news release - really has started well and will continue for a wee while yet. The second in the series has a stunner of a cover, which…
Well, our second in the series of Tree Poets - anthologies with a good chunk of work from Three Poets, if you missed the news release - really has started well and will continue for a wee while yet. The second in the series has a stunner of a cover, which…