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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Thank you so much! I’m really going to miss these competitions 😥

Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The last day she saw Nan is a jumbled slideshow in Em’s memory: steaming cocoa on the stove; the rumbling dryer covering raised voices; Nan shrinking ever smaller as Em waved through a heart drawn in condensation on a car window, smaller and smaller still, until there was only the road. #WriteCBC

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Thank you ☺️ Yours is good too!

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It was a house both abandoned and inhabited: window grime crusted into continents, one pane smashed by a child long-grown and maybe dead, hot pie steaming on the table. At night, polystyrene ceiling tiles hummed harmonies to distant lorries, and door handles turned with no hands on them. #WriteCBC

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I put the papers back in the drawer at midnight. Hidden under the stack of journals, I spot the faded yellow cover of a school notebook, with a name on the cover that’s no longer mine. Deep down I hoped Jack might be nosy enough to find it one day, but he was far too polite. #WriteCBC

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Sheffield, UK, English and I prefer ‘miaow’ because it feels more insistent than ‘meow’, like the cat opening its mouth wide and demanding to be fed. My cat-obsessed daughter spells it ‘meow’ though.

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

She worries she has strayed too far ahead of him and as she turns a corner, a long-necked gilded virgin rises from her plinth like a great gold cormorant surfacing. Beneath her cape-wings shelter supplicants, hands pressed in prayer. Tara presses hers as if to join them. #WriteCBC

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Amy is waiting to pick Mum up from church when the message arrives. ‘Possible maternal half sister,’ it says, ‘add to family tree?’ The tap of the old woman’s cane on the flagstones echoes closer and closer. Amy shoves the phone back into her pocket before God can see. #writeCBC

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#100wordsaday I finished a SECOND chapter! This hasn’t happened in so long.

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

That does sound tricky. I guess you could write 100 words of what your characters would have thought of your course, if your head is still in that space. It would count as character development, right?

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I think the multicoloured too - because real books come in lots of colours!

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The darkness becomes beaks and bones and coal black wings and you recognise the half-rotted crow corpse you hid beneath the floor boards because you couldn’t resist the scratchiness of feathers filling your mouth. It is now many, multiplied. The unseen breather is whatever gave it life. #WriteCBC

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The air-con in the lab thrums an octave lower than on my salesfloor above. Disembodied hearts beat out a harmony. That, and the syrupy scent of blood, always make me imagine I'm entering the belly of a beast. But she is there, hands slick with gore, smiling. The lab is her safety. For now. #WriteCBC

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Ann Littler @annlittler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

May I proudly present to you my #agentsguide to AT NIGHT, WE HIDE, a YA Dystopian Thriller. 😒 A snarky, thieving FMC 😈 A very unexpected villain 👽 Stay hidden at night or die 🫦 Slow burn ☠️ Murdery mole 🌪️ Twisty AF #Q #UW #YA #DS #T #ANWH #amquerying #litagents #P2Ppit

An agent’s guide to AT NIGHT, WE HIDE by Ann Littler

AT NIGHT, WE HIDE pitch

PITCH
FIRST LINE:
It was so much easier to steal when I worked alone.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SCAVENGER WITH A DANGEROUS SECRET MUST
FIND THE MOLE BEFORE SHE BECOMES
THEIR NEXT VICTIM AND THE ENTIRE RESISTANCE EFFORT IS COMPROMISED.

WHAT TE
EXPECT
• MORALLY-DODGY STEM FEMALE MC WHO CAUSES
ALMOST ALL THE PROBLEMS
• THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT WE DON'T
• DYSTOPIAN MURDER MYSTERY

• SLOW BURN ROMANCE

•FOUND FAMILY

KNOW WHAT

• EVERYONE HAS SECRETS

• CLOSE QUARTERS

• UNEXPECTED VILLAIN

• UNPUTDOWNABLE TWISTS

• PLANNED TRILOGY

Comps:

Dystopian vibes of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Thriller elements of Five Survive
Close Quarters of The Stranded

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Nicola Fieldsend @nfieldsend.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE x THE LOST APOTHECARY When a gay Regency aristocrat arrives in the present day, he meets a historian determined to uncover his secret past. He returns to 1811 with a choice: marry the woman history remembers or defy everything for the man he loves. #P2Ppit #A #HF #W #Agented

A moodboard featuring images of Regency gentleman, a modern day young woman, as well as close ups of an old door, quill and paper, and a dust sheeted piano. The vibe is moody and poignant, with a dark and dusty colour palette.

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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Fearing persecution, a warrior keeps her magic secret, but risking exposure to steal a relic - she’s betrayed & imprisoned. A superstitious northman might help her escape but if they don’t trust each other – a vengeful witch will seize power & destroy the world. #P2Ppit #A #Q #F

A sky and cloudscape with sunlight on the left and thick rolling cloud on the right. Title reads 'Comps' and below are four different subtitles with corresponding books:
Magic - The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart
Politics - The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
Atmosphere - The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne
Slow Burn - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
(The Breath of Silence by M J Reynard)

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Ugh that sounds really stressful! I hope your knee heals soon 🤞

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The flame grew wings; a head; a tail. A fire dragon flew from Ella’s hands to join its icy twin who stood before her. She recalled Mum’s fear when she’d created them, one lonely snowy day when she was six. “Don’t worry.” Ella embraced her. “At Christmas, even humans love magic.” #5ActFestiveStory

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Ella felt ice mix with the fire she held in her heart. It did not melt. The fire burned strong. An ice-crowned figure took Mum’s hand. “You knew this day would come,” he said gently. “Arise, Ella, warm-hearted Queen of Winter. May your rule bring the Christmas mine could not.” #5ActFestiveStory

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

“Jack Frost fears only fire,” Mum chanted between sobs. Ella ripped a branch from the Christmas tree. They ventured out into the snow, makeshift torch blazing ahead. Ella glimpsed an icy face amid a tornado of snowflakes. “Your father!” Mum gasped as their torch was snuffed out. #5ActFestiveStory

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

“You wouldn’t know her,” Mum said. “Don’t matter anyway. Let me down fifty years ago. Let me down today.” “She must be here in the village,” Ella said. “The road’s been blocked for days.” “Nowt to do wi’ me if she is. Get yoursen home for tea. Leave me to my lonely Christmas Eve.” #5ActFestiveStory

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Ivy twisted her ring as she peered out the window to glimpse the card’s deliverer. Outside she saw nothing but an unbroken blanket of snow. She’d already known anyway, when she saw the robin perched in front of that familiar church. This card could only be from a ghost. #5ActFestiveStory

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Thank you so much! Now to decide which of my stories is worthy of Kat’s attention…

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Day 6—geese a-laying—of our Christmas giveaway is a 2-parter! Firstly, writer/Pseudopod assistant editor Kat Day @chronicleflask.katday.com is offering THREE story criques up to 6k! Remember to like AND repost this skeet to enter! The 3 winners will be chosen at random tomorrow at 5pm.

media.tenor.com

a cartoon character holding candles and a skull with the words hail science below him

ALT: a cartoon character holding candles and a skull with the words hail science below him

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Day 1—a partridge in a pear tree—of our #12DaysofKindness Christmas giveaway had to be 4 copies of my award-winning bird-related short story collection, TURDUCKEN! Like and repost this skeet to enter the giveaway; winners will be chosen tomorrow at 5pm by random generator!

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This sounds wonderful, Christine. Good luck with the editors!

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SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Bag of Bones Press contest time! Can you write a horror story in a single Blue-sky post? Follow me here, share this post, then add your story to this thread. Best story by midnight this Saturday (GMT) will win any one of our great horror anthologies! Link to our books: shorturl.at/0NotP 🖤💀🖤

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

D’you know that feeling, in bed at night when you hear buzzing and convince yourself it’s just the fridge but it gets louder and it must be wasps or the man you killed, so you claw a hole in the wall to find only your own bloody knife, so you stab at your neck and the guilt flows out? It feels good.

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Well, it’s more fun for the reader. Maybe not for Harper!

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

But it’s more fun *with* the deception demon!

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Love those comps, including the Reddit thread…

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Now that sucks, sorry that happened to you, Rachel‘s MC.

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

AITA if I (35f) undo one little teeny-weeny murder? #unhingedpit #a #spec #w

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

When you‘re dead but you’re still an optimist… #unhingedpit #SPEC #A #W

Gif of Lego figures: 1. jealousy caused this guy to shoot at me ( blond Lego guy pointing gun at identical Lego guy holding a cup of coffee) 2. Now I’m dead and standing by, while my best friend wants to die (sad ghost in front of a guy who is drinking, who is on the other side of a door from a black woman and an adorable cat) 3. but my love risks infamy, in her lab rebuilding me ( the woman is holding an arm on a ray, behind a bed where the disassembled blond man is lying) 4. I know I’ll open up those eyes‚ cause I’m Mr Brightside (the blond man is now fully assembled on the bed, he smiles up at the woman who smiles back)

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

The sun is shining. Leaves quiver in the warm breeze. A butterfly floats past, in the ephemeral prime of its short life. Perfect time for some grimdark fiction.

Picture of a kindle with Seeds of War by Joao F Silva

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Funnily enough the first thing I remember wanting to be was a writer. But at 8 or so, I already knew it would likely not pay well so I was going to work part time in the post office to pay for it.

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Sarah H @sarahwriteaway.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Finally made it here! It’s a sunny spot in a cloudy day (not literally, I faceplanted while running and am now covered in scrapes 😩) Anyway, onwards to better things…

A sunny path beside a field, leading off into the distance

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