R. J. Sterling
rj-sterling.bsky.social
R. J. Sterling
@rj-sterling.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Sterling 👋 |she/her
Writer
🗡️Speculative Fiction🪐
Short stories, poetry, zines, collages
"Cassandra and the Changeling" out now in Apex Magazine issue 151.
I am so desperately curious to know what the prompt was.
January 6, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Ooh I am very intrigued by that title! That's part of one of my favorite lines in the Tempest.
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Thank you for teaching me my new favorite word: quaquaversal!
It sent my on an etymology spiral, and with a Latin scholar friend we decided that "cuicuiversal" would mean, similarly, "turning towards each person from a central point."
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
An incomplete list of my favorite new words from this book:
Quaquaversal (my absolute favorite!!)
Brocken spectre
Eusocial
Terpischorean
💙📚
December 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Exciting! I bought it last year from a romance themed bookstore in Cambridge, MA.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thank you!!
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thank you!
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you!!
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you so much! This comment overwhelmed me in the best way. It's so miraculous to have my story available to the world, and it means a lot to me that you took the time to post about it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Have you tried turning the journal off and on again?
March 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Where/how can I join?
February 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The armor is amazing!
February 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hello I LOVE this!! I really want to know more about this story. What happens if I follow the mole down? What if there are innumerable afterlives at the tips of the roots? The idea of the roots feeding the tree nutrients is also interesting. Thanks for sharing!!!
February 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🫡🫡🫡🫡Aware and on high alert for aromantic sightings in my viscosity.
February 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM