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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We read Field Notes from an Extinction in a book club I joined and it was a damn fine read.

Cover art for Field Notes from an Extinction by Eoghan Walls - cream colored background with old fashioned illustration of an auk, an auk egg, and a rocky shore with a row boat

Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just your periodic reminder that I have books out there, like this one. Screaming Intensifies is a horror short story collection, available on Amazon. a.co/d/hya9h9F

Book ad for Screaming Intensifies, with excerpt from story "The Wasp and the Fig"

"...Mia was just standing there, her arms at her sides. Her eyes were open, yet her expression was not like that of a sleeper. It was focused and… malevolent. There was no other word for it. here, her arms at her sides. Her eyes were open, yet her expression was not like that of a sleeper. It was focused and… malevolent. There was no other word for it."

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have two poems in the latest issue of Pink Panther Magazine, “Silent and Talkies” and “The Miracle of Tamarind Candy.” Thank you to the PPM team! It’s $1.99 to read the digital version. www.magcloud.com/browse/issue...

Cover of Pink Panther Magazine Vol. 17, No. 2, 8 Sept 2026, featuring a phjoto of a gray-haired white woman

Screenshot of Pink Panther magazine's list of contributors, Sept 2026 issue

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m pleased to share that my prose-poem, “My Booyah Moon,” appeared today in the inaugural issue of The Submission Fetish. Many thanks to editor Victoria Schoen. www.themeansofproduction.press/the-archive/...

Screenshot of page from The Submission Fetish with title My Booyah Moon and Lauren Scharhag's bio

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’m thrilled to share that Ivo Review has nominated my poem, “Bird Bones,” for a Best of the Net. Link to the original publication is here: www.ivoreview.com/issues/issue... The poem also appears in my latest collection, A Food Court in Hell: a.co/d/acOkZyx

Cover art of Ivo Review Issue Two: Lost, with abstract art of green, white and red swirls

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I got love bonks galore last night. Happy Caturday!

Big orange cat curled around woman's head

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I sold a short story to a horror podcast! I will share details about the show when I am able. In the meantime I am geekily excited. 😁😁😁

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's gotcha day for our Aggie and Hazel! They are now three years old

Two tortie kittens lying on a fluffy gray blanket

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My poem, “The Yellow Gown,” appeared in the latest issue of The Khaotic Good Magazine: Return - Reclamation of the Self. Thank you to editor Kayla Trusick. www.magcloud.com/browse/issue...

Cover art of The Good Within the Khaos Magazine: Return - Reclamation of Self, image of ocean cliff

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Husband made Thai style chicken with peanut sauce and basmati rice

Thai peanut chicken on a bed of basmati rice garnished with chives, cilantro and lime wedges

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My poem, “Walnut Memories,” is up at the Woodside Review. Many thanks to editor E. C. Traganas thewoodsidereview.substack.com/p/walnut-mem...

Screenshot of Woodside Review page with "Walnut Memories" cover image an illustration of a walnut tree

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

In addition to Father's Day, my family has two birthdays to celebrate so I made cupcakes - pretty princess Fruity Pebbles cupcakes for my niece and chocolate cupcakes for my brother 😋

White cake stand with Fruity Pebbles cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes with white frosting and chocolate sprinkles

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

After watching IWTV tonite, hubby was like that's the guy who played Greyworm on GoT right? So we talked about how amazing Jacob Anderson is, because Louis de Pointe du Lac is definitely universes away from the Unsullied commander.

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Louis De Pointe Du Lac in Interview With The Vampire

Alt: Louis De Pointe Du Lac in Interview With The Vampire

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Any fans of weird west stories out there? In honor of Pride Month, I thought I'd share this horror anthology I contributed to a few years ago. Amazon: www.amazon.com/Queer-Weird-... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queer-weir... Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/quee...

cover art of Queer Weird West Tales edited by Julie Bozza: a colorful swirly abstract cover with suggestion of desert landscape

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Today is my husband's kidney-versary! 14 years since his transplant and still going strong. We celebrated with art, crepes and pastries because they are some of the best things.

Husband and wife standing in front of Alphonse Mucha poster at Nelson Atkins

Box with three fancy pastries inside: a raspberry pistachio tart, a strawberry cream puff, and an eclair

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Anyone else think allowing insurance companies to lend money is a stepping stone to bringing back debtors' prison?

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I’ve been writing poems lately about illness/disability that keep getting rejected. I thought maybe they were just too depressing. Yesterday I received such a warm and validating acceptance. So grateful to find spaces that are willing to let people like me talk openly about our bodies. 🫶

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

the doe appears at dawn a waking dream in the spring haze branchlike legs beneath the peach trees hooves in clover living grace come to nibble at tender twigs and the green vitality of new leaves the world about to burst open

A doe standing in a patch of clover beneath a peach tree. The pic was snapped through a window so it's hazy

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I saw someone say that IWTV season 2 was just about mean theater kids and their drama and watching Lestat get attacked by "regionals" feels like the showrunners were like yassss make it Glee but with vampires.

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Lestat is the pride month gift we all want and deserve.

X user @sampunzels: bisexuality is a spectrum. Pic of Sam Reid with short hair in business casual attire next to pic of Sam Reid as Lestat

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In Heavy Feather, Scott Ferry reviews my latest poetry collection, A Food Court in Hell. My deepest thanks to Scott and to the Heavy Feather team! heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/06/03/a...

Screenshot of Heavy Feather magazine review of A Food Court in Hell. Text: "We are made of other people's secrets"

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We just found out this goober likes graham crackers.

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Just saw Red Rooms. That was an intense watch. #horror

Movie poster for Red Rooms - a woman looking back over her shoulder at the camera, her image distorted like a picture glitching

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

@radiosaturday.bsky.social Ha! I exhibit no shock that you're watching Widow's Bay. Are you enjoying it?

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Widow's Peak is like Pawnee took a dark turn.

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I had a blast doing the Meat for Teacast with my beloved siblings-in-poetry, Scott Ferry and Lillian Necakov. Many thanks to Elizabeth Macduffie and Mark Alan Miller for having us back on the show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Meat for Teacast S17 E13 with pictures of poets Scott Ferry, Lauren Scharhag and Lillian Necakov

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I hate telling people what to do and I'd just rather do it myself thank you. This is why I hate AI.

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Lauren Scharhag @laurenscharhag.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

On the strength of The Boroughs, can we get an Insomnia adaptation now? That's one of my fave Stephen King novels.

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