Sarah Goehrke, Author (✨2026 Debut✨)
@sarahgoehrkewrites.bsky.social
2026 debut literary fantasy author ✨ Writer of witches. Drinker of coffee. Sender of long emails. Occasionally still a 3D printing SME. Child-having cat lady, wife, ally. Probably taller than you. She/her.
📍CLE, OH, US
https://linktr.ee/sarahgoehrke
📍CLE, OH, US
https://linktr.ee/sarahgoehrke
When I entered @nycmidnight.bsky.social's scary story contest, I wrote four (!) 400-word stories before choosing one to enter.
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them! Here's the second one, out today!
🔪🌴🩸
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them! Here's the second one, out today!
🔪🌴🩸
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When I entered @nycmidnight.bsky.social's scary story contest, I wrote four (!) 400-word stories before choosing one to enter.
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them! Here's the second one, out today!
🔪🌴🩸
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them! Here's the second one, out today!
🔪🌴🩸
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
When I entered @nycmidnight.bsky.social's scary story contest, I wrote four (!) 400-word stories before choosing one to enter.
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them, starting with A Love Song for Beth I!
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them, starting with A Love Song for Beth I!
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When I entered @nycmidnight.bsky.social's scary story contest, I wrote four (!) 400-word stories before choosing one to enter.
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them, starting with A Love Song for Beth I!
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
The other three don't deserve to languish, and so I'm sharing them, starting with A Love Song for Beth I!
#WriterSky #ShortStory #ScaryStory #Substack
🔗 below!
Well, since I've entered one, I think I'll add another challenge to my slate...
#WriterSky #Microfiction
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
#WriterSky #Microfiction
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Well, since I've entered one, I think I'll add another challenge to my slate...
#WriterSky #Microfiction
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
#WriterSky #Microfiction
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
What the heck, let's share the hard things.
I found some old writing from the time of leaving my incorrect marriage, and so, unedited since 2013:
Poetry from the Time of Dissolution
#WriterSky #Writing #Substack #Poetry #Dissolution #Divorce
🔗 below
I found some old writing from the time of leaving my incorrect marriage, and so, unedited since 2013:
Poetry from the Time of Dissolution
#WriterSky #Writing #Substack #Poetry #Dissolution #Divorce
🔗 below
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What the heck, let's share the hard things.
I found some old writing from the time of leaving my incorrect marriage, and so, unedited since 2013:
Poetry from the Time of Dissolution
#WriterSky #Writing #Substack #Poetry #Dissolution #Divorce
🔗 below
I found some old writing from the time of leaving my incorrect marriage, and so, unedited since 2013:
Poetry from the Time of Dissolution
#WriterSky #Writing #Substack #Poetry #Dissolution #Divorce
🔗 below
Annnnnnnd 48-hour scary short story challenge, round one: submitted.
🤞
#WriterSky #ScaryStory #ShortStoryChallenge #ScaryStoryChallenge
@nycmidnight.bsky.social
🤞
#WriterSky #ScaryStory #ShortStoryChallenge #ScaryStoryChallenge
@nycmidnight.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Annnnnnnd 48-hour scary short story challenge, round one: submitted.
🤞
#WriterSky #ScaryStory #ShortStoryChallenge #ScaryStoryChallenge
@nycmidnight.bsky.social
🤞
#WriterSky #ScaryStory #ShortStoryChallenge #ScaryStoryChallenge
@nycmidnight.bsky.social
ooh, registering for my first #ShortStory contest in a whiiiiiiile 👀 What do we think, #WriterSky? Are you participating, too?
#ScaryStory
Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st!
Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
#ScaryStory
Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st!
Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
ooh, registering for my first #ShortStory contest in a whiiiiiiile 👀 What do we think, #WriterSky? Are you participating, too?
#ScaryStory
Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st!
Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
#ScaryStory
Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st!
Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
That whole "be the change you wish to see in the world" is a message that can happen person by person—and flower by flower. Yesterday a stranger gave me flowers and a reminder of hope. I'd like to share this bouquet with you today.
🔗in comment below
#WritingLife #WriterSky #Hope
🔗in comment below
#WritingLife #WriterSky #Hope
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
That whole "be the change you wish to see in the world" is a message that can happen person by person—and flower by flower. Yesterday a stranger gave me flowers and a reminder of hope. I'd like to share this bouquet with you today.
🔗in comment below
#WritingLife #WriterSky #Hope
🔗in comment below
#WritingLife #WriterSky #Hope
Pros(e)—writing, professionals, good things!
Cons—conventions, conferences, negatives!
Events in the writing/bookish world are a loaded topic these days.
I went to a con(vention) and a con(ference) this summer, and—well, let's get into it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the puns.
#WriterSky
Cons—conventions, conferences, negatives!
Events in the writing/bookish world are a loaded topic these days.
I went to a con(vention) and a con(ference) this summer, and—well, let's get into it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the puns.
#WriterSky
September 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Pros(e)—writing, professionals, good things!
Cons—conventions, conferences, negatives!
Events in the writing/bookish world are a loaded topic these days.
I went to a con(vention) and a con(ference) this summer, and—well, let's get into it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the puns.
#WriterSky
Cons—conventions, conferences, negatives!
Events in the writing/bookish world are a loaded topic these days.
I went to a con(vention) and a con(ference) this summer, and—well, let's get into it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the puns.
#WriterSky
I had a FANTASTIC time, overall, at Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference.
But what made it stand out, especially in a time when so many bookish events have been...chaotic?
✨Networking
✨Sessions
✨Community
✨Conference Experience
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
🔗 below ⬇
But what made it stand out, especially in a time when so many bookish events have been...chaotic?
✨Networking
✨Sessions
✨Community
✨Conference Experience
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
🔗 below ⬇
September 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I had a FANTASTIC time, overall, at Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference.
But what made it stand out, especially in a time when so many bookish events have been...chaotic?
✨Networking
✨Sessions
✨Community
✨Conference Experience
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
🔗 below ⬇
But what made it stand out, especially in a time when so many bookish events have been...chaotic?
✨Networking
✨Sessions
✨Community
✨Conference Experience
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
🔗 below ⬇
Coffee ✅
Schedule ✅
Day two 🔥
Let's write. Let's learn. Let's go!
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
Schedule ✅
Day two 🔥
Let's write. Let's learn. Let's go!
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Coffee ✅
Schedule ✅
Day two 🔥
Let's write. Let's learn. Let's go!
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
Schedule ✅
Day two 🔥
Let's write. Let's learn. Let's go!
#CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social
This full day of #CLEInk25 has my head spinning in the best ways (and not just because of this stairway!)
I have so many notes from publishing and genre presentations...!
People have been kind and welcoming, all the best of both Cleveland community and the writing community 🫶
I have so many notes from publishing and genre presentations...!
People have been kind and welcoming, all the best of both Cleveland community and the writing community 🫶
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This full day of #CLEInk25 has my head spinning in the best ways (and not just because of this stairway!)
I have so many notes from publishing and genre presentations...!
People have been kind and welcoming, all the best of both Cleveland community and the writing community 🫶
I have so many notes from publishing and genre presentations...!
People have been kind and welcoming, all the best of both Cleveland community and the writing community 🫶
September 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Any time it hurts,
Play another verse
I can be your
Play another verse
I can be your
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Any time it hurts,
Play another verse
I can be your
Play another verse
I can be your
Cleveland Inkubator #Writing Conference kicked off tonight and the welcome mixer was a fantastic opportunity to meet other Clevelanders writing fantasy and start talking shop!
Tomorrow, the conference sessions begin and I'm so excited to get going ✍️🤩
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
Tomorrow, the conference sessions begin and I'm so excited to get going ✍️🤩
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Cleveland Inkubator #Writing Conference kicked off tonight and the welcome mixer was a fantastic opportunity to meet other Clevelanders writing fantasy and start talking shop!
Tomorrow, the conference sessions begin and I'm so excited to get going ✍️🤩
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
Tomorrow, the conference sessions begin and I'm so excited to get going ✍️🤩
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
🎉 2025 #Inkubator Writing Conference is this weekend here in Cleveland!
Head up out of my edits and finally looking over my schedule 🤩
Starting TONIGHT with the kickoff mixer at Loganberry Books--will I see anyone awesome there (like you)??
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
#SkyWriters
Head up out of my edits and finally looking over my schedule 🤩
Starting TONIGHT with the kickoff mixer at Loganberry Books--will I see anyone awesome there (like you)??
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
#SkyWriters
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🎉 2025 #Inkubator Writing Conference is this weekend here in Cleveland!
Head up out of my edits and finally looking over my schedule 🤩
Starting TONIGHT with the kickoff mixer at Loganberry Books--will I see anyone awesome there (like you)??
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
#SkyWriters
Head up out of my edits and finally looking over my schedule 🤩
Starting TONIGHT with the kickoff mixer at Loganberry Books--will I see anyone awesome there (like you)??
@literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25
#SkyWriters
#Writing isn't always writing.
Sometimes writing is a walk in the woods.
Out now on my Substack, a behind-the-scenes look at how words on a page are only a part of the writing process.
Sometimes writing is a walk in the woods.
Out now on my Substack, a behind-the-scenes look at how words on a page are only a part of the writing process.
July 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#Writing isn't always writing.
Sometimes writing is a walk in the woods.
Out now on my Substack, a behind-the-scenes look at how words on a page are only a part of the writing process.
Sometimes writing is a walk in the woods.
Out now on my Substack, a behind-the-scenes look at how words on a page are only a part of the writing process.
Today, I'm channeling Darkwing Duck but in, like, a weird way.
Sharing my story of How I Went from Layoff to Debut Author on Substack.
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Sharing my story of How I Went from Layoff to Debut Author on Substack.
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July 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today, I'm channeling Darkwing Duck but in, like, a weird way.
Sharing my story of How I Went from Layoff to Debut Author on Substack.
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Sharing my story of How I Went from Layoff to Debut Author on Substack.
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Have you been waiting for your physical copy of A TWIST ON TIME?
Have I got great news for you!
🎉 The paperback is now available 🎉
(Only on the 'zon so far, but I hear more availability is coming soon/eventually!)
#ShortStory #ShortStories #Anthology #BookSky #ReaderSky
Have I got great news for you!
🎉 The paperback is now available 🎉
(Only on the 'zon so far, but I hear more availability is coming soon/eventually!)
#ShortStory #ShortStories #Anthology #BookSky #ReaderSky
July 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Have you been waiting for your physical copy of A TWIST ON TIME?
Have I got great news for you!
🎉 The paperback is now available 🎉
(Only on the 'zon so far, but I hear more availability is coming soon/eventually!)
#ShortStory #ShortStories #Anthology #BookSky #ReaderSky
Have I got great news for you!
🎉 The paperback is now available 🎉
(Only on the 'zon so far, but I hear more availability is coming soon/eventually!)
#ShortStory #ShortStories #Anthology #BookSky #ReaderSky
#Playlist time!! What am I listening to when I write? Have a listen, I think I have great taste 😎
Discover The Amazing Devil and other artists whose #music powers my witches, shadow people, and queens.
What music gets your creative mind working?
Out today at my Substack, link follows!
#WriterSky
Discover The Amazing Devil and other artists whose #music powers my witches, shadow people, and queens.
What music gets your creative mind working?
Out today at my Substack, link follows!
#WriterSky
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#Playlist time!! What am I listening to when I write? Have a listen, I think I have great taste 😎
Discover The Amazing Devil and other artists whose #music powers my witches, shadow people, and queens.
What music gets your creative mind working?
Out today at my Substack, link follows!
#WriterSky
Discover The Amazing Devil and other artists whose #music powers my witches, shadow people, and queens.
What music gets your creative mind working?
Out today at my Substack, link follows!
#WriterSky
Let's math the path to #publication
💡➕✍🟰🤑
🕓➕👀🟰📚
At least...some of the math, and some of the paths. Because there are a lot of numbers and a lot of different paths.
🔗below
💡➕✍🟰🤑
🕓➕👀🟰📚
At least...some of the math, and some of the paths. Because there are a lot of numbers and a lot of different paths.
🔗below
July 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Let's math the path to #publication
💡➕✍🟰🤑
🕓➕👀🟰📚
At least...some of the math, and some of the paths. Because there are a lot of numbers and a lot of different paths.
🔗below
💡➕✍🟰🤑
🕓➕👀🟰📚
At least...some of the math, and some of the paths. Because there are a lot of numbers and a lot of different paths.
🔗below
Hey, friend 👀
Can I interest you in a short story about dragons?
🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
Bonus writing out today at sarahgoehrke.substack.com/p/bonus-cont...
#AmWriting #ShortStory #ShortStories #Dragons #Fantasy #Substack #WriterSky
Can I interest you in a short story about dragons?
🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
Bonus writing out today at sarahgoehrke.substack.com/p/bonus-cont...
#AmWriting #ShortStory #ShortStories #Dragons #Fantasy #Substack #WriterSky
June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hey, friend 👀
Can I interest you in a short story about dragons?
🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
Bonus writing out today at sarahgoehrke.substack.com/p/bonus-cont...
#AmWriting #ShortStory #ShortStories #Dragons #Fantasy #Substack #WriterSky
Can I interest you in a short story about dragons?
🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
Bonus writing out today at sarahgoehrke.substack.com/p/bonus-cont...
#AmWriting #ShortStory #ShortStories #Dragons #Fantasy #Substack #WriterSky
THE KEEPERS is coming summer 2026 with @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social but that's only part of the witches' story.
Their tale will continue directly in a saga following the Burning Times as queens ally against witchery... but.
It all had to start somewhere.
Their tale will continue directly in a saga following the Burning Times as queens ally against witchery... but.
It all had to start somewhere.
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
THE KEEPERS is coming summer 2026 with @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social but that's only part of the witches' story.
Their tale will continue directly in a saga following the Burning Times as queens ally against witchery... but.
It all had to start somewhere.
Their tale will continue directly in a saga following the Burning Times as queens ally against witchery... but.
It all had to start somewhere.
This week's #author newsletter, coming Friday, will have the first exclusive content for my paid subscribers—a #shortstory about dragons, people, and community.
Future bonus content will include deleted and expanded scenes from THE KEEPERS, and more from published works.
#WriterSky
Future bonus content will include deleted and expanded scenes from THE KEEPERS, and more from published works.
#WriterSky
June 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This week's #author newsletter, coming Friday, will have the first exclusive content for my paid subscribers—a #shortstory about dragons, people, and community.
Future bonus content will include deleted and expanded scenes from THE KEEPERS, and more from published works.
#WriterSky
Future bonus content will include deleted and expanded scenes from THE KEEPERS, and more from published works.
#WriterSky
In THE KEEPERS, "Witch" is a dangerous thing to be—and the queens who rule the lands are getting ready to burn them.
But when those witches are the ones who keep the world in balance, when they're trying to live as they were born, is magic so terrible?
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But when those witches are the ones who keep the world in balance, when they're trying to live as they were born, is magic so terrible?
🧵
June 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In THE KEEPERS, "Witch" is a dangerous thing to be—and the queens who rule the lands are getting ready to burn them.
But when those witches are the ones who keep the world in balance, when they're trying to live as they were born, is magic so terrible?
🧵
But when those witches are the ones who keep the world in balance, when they're trying to live as they were born, is magic so terrible?
🧵
The concept of the "Other" is a long-lived one, and it's relevant today.
So often, "Other" becomes "Witch" and "Witch" is an accusation.
🧵
#WriterSky #LiteraryFantasy #AuthorSky #WitchSky
So often, "Other" becomes "Witch" and "Witch" is an accusation.
🧵
#WriterSky #LiteraryFantasy #AuthorSky #WitchSky
June 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The concept of the "Other" is a long-lived one, and it's relevant today.
So often, "Other" becomes "Witch" and "Witch" is an accusation.
🧵
#WriterSky #LiteraryFantasy #AuthorSky #WitchSky
So often, "Other" becomes "Witch" and "Witch" is an accusation.
🧵
#WriterSky #LiteraryFantasy #AuthorSky #WitchSky