Sylvie Althoff
@sylvie-althoff.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher, and jazz banjoist based in Lawrence, Kansas. Fiction appearing in Escape Pod, Small Wonders, Inner Worlds, Saros, and more. 🏳️⚧️🚲🍃
Look for my story "Hot Teeth" in Space Wizard's new anthology Lesbians in Space!
Look for my story "Hot Teeth" in Space Wizard's new anthology Lesbians in Space!
Guess who won Greek Mythology trivia night? All it took was some inventive spelling and the (stolen) team name “Euripides Shorts.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Guess who won Greek Mythology trivia night? All it took was some inventive spelling and the (stolen) team name “Euripides Shorts.”
We as a society really lost our way when we stopped worshiping cats as gods. Look at this magnificent motherfucker.
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We as a society really lost our way when we stopped worshiping cats as gods. Look at this magnificent motherfucker.
The latest in unsolicited student portraiture:
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The latest in unsolicited student portraiture:
Is this praxis?
September 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Is this praxis?
At least we’re back to heartwarming child art season.
August 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
At least we’re back to heartwarming child art season.
Well that’s an authorial first: a book containing a story of mine sighted in the wild on a bookstore shelf. Not just any bookstore, mind you, but @ravenbookstore.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Well that’s an authorial first: a book containing a story of mine sighted in the wild on a bookstore shelf. Not just any bookstore, mind you, but @ravenbookstore.bsky.social
Mourning the defeat of my boy, SHRIMP.
August 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Mourning the defeat of my boy, SHRIMP.
The corpses of the fallen are hauled away. There will be no glory for them; they are only empty shells.
August 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The corpses of the fallen are hauled away. There will be no glory for them; they are only empty shells.
The people yearn for the chariot races.
August 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The people yearn for the chariot races.
All cower under the ceaseless bombardment of the T-shirt gun.
August 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
All cower under the ceaseless bombardment of the T-shirt gun.
The strongest children are sent as tribute. Or possibly the weakest, it’s impossible to tell.
August 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The strongest children are sent as tribute. Or possibly the weakest, it’s impossible to tell.
I’m a 40-year-old woman. I’ve lived in the American Midwest for 20-something years. Time to see what a demolition derby is about.
August 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I’m a 40-year-old woman. I’ve lived in the American Midwest for 20-something years. Time to see what a demolition derby is about.
Okay, yeah, that’s a baby sweater! More importantly, it’s still a baby sweater even after going through the washer AND dryer! 🧶
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Okay, yeah, that’s a baby sweater! More importantly, it’s still a baby sweater even after going through the washer AND dryer! 🧶
July 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Why, what a gorgeous hardcover! What’s that you say? It includes zany lesbian space heist “Hot Teeth” by Sylvie Althoff? And other amazing stories by SF luminaries? And it’s available right now at www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com ?! Neat!
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Why, what a gorgeous hardcover! What’s that you say? It includes zany lesbian space heist “Hot Teeth” by Sylvie Althoff? And other amazing stories by SF luminaries? And it’s available right now at www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com ?! Neat!
In the flesh! (Well, paper.) Saros issue 3! @fusionfragment.bsky.social
Featuring my story “The New Sound” as well as some other remarkable fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk history. Cat not included.
Featuring my story “The New Sound” as well as some other remarkable fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk history. Cat not included.
June 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In the flesh! (Well, paper.) Saros issue 3! @fusionfragment.bsky.social
Featuring my story “The New Sound” as well as some other remarkable fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk history. Cat not included.
Featuring my story “The New Sound” as well as some other remarkable fiction, poetry, and cyberpunk history. Cat not included.
Cronos Devouring His Child (mixed media, googly on stone)
June 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Cronos Devouring His Child (mixed media, googly on stone)
No more news today. Get in the box.
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
No more news today. Get in the box.
I've put all my nervous energy to work finishing my trans time travel novella, and I get to write with this good girl for company.
June 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I've put all my nervous energy to work finishing my trans time travel novella, and I get to write with this good girl for company.
Good lil’ guest writing partner yesterday. Closing in on the end of the novella, finally.
June 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Good lil’ guest writing partner yesterday. Closing in on the end of the novella, finally.
It’s a great look! And that friend doesn’t know what they’re talking about!
June 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s a great look! And that friend doesn’t know what they’re talking about!