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Sophia Adamowicz

@sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social
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Writer of dark fictions//debut novel THE BRINK out with Ruadán Books Sept 2026//work published in Cunning Folk, Crow & Cross Keys, Haven Speculative and more//co-founder of Artemis Writers UK sophia-adamowicz.wixsite.com/website She/they 💗💜💙

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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 9h
The Brink went to #1 in Nonbinary and genderqueer on release day! So proud. For me—and this may be different for you—nonbinarity is about feeling a deep kinship with the grey areas, the borderlands, the brinks. #nonbinary #genderqueer #lgbtqia+ #books
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How would you answer this vaguely offensive question? sophiaadamowicz.substack.com/p/what-folk-...
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‘What folk horror experience turned you totally weird?’
… has got to be the most provocative question of last week’s online launch party for The Brink (out now as a paperback in the US and ebook in the UK and the US).
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What's that behind you? The Brink by @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social is coming to audio in late 2026. #BookSky #HorrorSky #folkhorror
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Final call to join me and @elizadearnley.bsky.social tonight at The Brink launch party! Online from 1pm ET and 6pm UK BST: links.ruadanbooks.com/BrinkLaunch
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Brink Launch Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Brink Launch Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 24/09/2026
Out this week from @ruadanbooks.bsky.social is this outstanding folk-horror tale by @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social!
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The white rose and the hell hole come together this weekend at the launch party for The Brink from @ruadanbooks.bsky.social Haunted Yorkshire will be represented by @elizadearnley.bsky.social I’ll speak for demonic Derbyshire. And together, we will see Beyond. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Brink Launch Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Brink Launch Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Spend an hour this Saturday with us, soaking up Derbyshire folk horror, to celebrate the release of @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK! 📅 9.26.26 ⏰ 1 PM ET 📍 Register: links.ruadanbooks.com/BrinkLaunch Hosted by @elizadearnley.bsky.social, it'll be an eerie good time. #BookSky #HorrorSky
A painted grassy expanse gives way to the gaping mouth of a hell hole in the background. Text on the image reads “The Brink Online Launch Party” in white and yellow. Beneath a thick line, the text continues, “September 26, 2026 at 1 PM ET.” A photograph of a copy of The Brink paperback sits to the right of two circular black and white photos (one of author Sophia Adamowicz, one of host Elizabeth Dearnley). Text beneath their photos reads, “Sophia Adamowicz, reading and Q&A with Elizabeth Dearnley.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper right. Sign up for the launch party at https://links.ruadanbooks.com/BrinkLaunch.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s humbling and astonishing to see so many readers already enjoying my debut book. Thanks @ruadanbooks.bsky.social for making this a reality!
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy book birthday to THE BRINK by @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social! (And happy early birthday to Sophia herself!) Grab your copy of this eldritch English folk horror wherever books are sold, or direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink Thank you, @netgalley.bsky.social reviewers! #BookSky #HorrorSky
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW in our Trash Family Bookfinder for your reading pleasure 🦝 @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social with her dark folklore novel, The Brink www.amazon.co.uk/Brink-Sophia... @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social with her haunting novel of love and loss, Longshore Drift www.amazon.co.uk/Longshore-Dr...
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mam Tor is the sixth of the Seven Wonders of the Peak, that "mother hill" sheltering Bronze Age ruins and a southeast face that sees continuous landslides. Tomorrow, pick up @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK: available now for pre-order. 🍂 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky #TBR
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The next Wonder of the Peak is Chatsworth House, which may or may not be haunted by Mary, Queen of Scots and/or the house's builder Bess of Hardwick. On 9.22.26, pick up @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK: available now for pre-order. 🍂 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky #HorrorSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our next Wonders of the Peak stop is the Devil's Arse, which, "swallowing with open jawes the damned croud" (thanks, Hobbes), contains an underground stream called the Styx. @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK is out 9.22.26! 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky #HorrorSky
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My thoughts on the hole at the bottom of the lake in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and many other voids. sophiaadamowicz.substack.com/p/holes-desi...
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Holes, desire and death
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and the primordial abyss
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m honoured to be joined by Elizabeth Dearnley, whose most recent books are The Fairy Spotter’s Guide and Haunted Yorkshire (ed).
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Join us next Saturday for THE BRINK's launch party! @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social will read from her debut novel, English folk horror with teeth, and host @elizadearnley.bsky.social (folklorist, writer, artist) will lead the Q&A. Sign up now: links.ruadanbooks.com/BrinkLaunch #BookSky #HorrorSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wonders of the Peak #2! The Ebbing and Flowing Well: the variations of this "little torrent" were well-noted but it subsided c. 1790. @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK blends folk horror with a darkly hungry Derbyshire Peak District. 9.22.26: links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky #TBR
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
See the Wonders of the Peak! 1: St Ann's Well & its healing waters: parliament decreed the waters must be made freely available to the town. @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK blends folk horror with a darkly hungry Derbyshire Peak District. 9.22.26: links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This week in Sophia Adamowicz's Hell Mouth: why do shoes hold so much power over us? sophiaadamowicz.substack.com/p/cursed-obj...
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Cursed Objects: Shoes
Last weekend, under the glare of the Hungarian sunlight, I wasn’t so sure that my lucky racing shoes were quite so lucky anymore.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
US folks! Pre-order The Brink from Barnes and Noble today using this code and get 25% off. It’s an offer you can’t refuse…
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This equinox, what better book to read than one Donna Freitas describes as combining "classic folk horror and gothic terror"? THE BRINK by @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social is coming 09.22.26. ⚫ links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink What is in Elden Hole? #BookSky #HorrorSky
A close-up of the cover art for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz features a yawning black hole taking up most of the image with only a fringe of green crumbling into the abyss around the left edges. Tilted text, as if it’s falling into the hell hole, reads, “‘Gripping and gruesome in all the best ways, The Brink combines classic folk horror and gothic terror.’—Donna Freitas, Author of The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left corner, while “The Brink, Coming 09.22.26” is in the lower right corner.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Probably the gods’ punishment for Cage’s version of The Wicker Man: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Sinkhole appears outside Malibu home thought to belong to Nicolas Cage
The driveway of the beach-front house collapsed on Tuesday morning, according to local authorities.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dive into Folk Horror Fall with @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK, out 9.22.26! We can't wait for you to discover what Hollie Starling calls "a gorgeous tale of sacrifice, hunger and inherited evil" that's "dark as a moorland winter." Order direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky
A close-up of the cover art for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz features a yawning black hole taking up most of the image with only a fringe of green crumbling into the abyss around the left edges. Tilted text, as if it’s falling into the hell hole, reads, “‘Dark as a moorland winter, The Brink is a gorgeous tale of sacrifice, hunger and inherited evil. Folk horror rewilded.’—Hollie Starling, Folklorist & Author of The Bleeding Tree.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left corner, while “The Brink, Coming 09.22.26” is in the lower right corner.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
What's that, you say? Bottomless pit? Entrance to hell? Get me some rope, lads, get me some rope! This abyss must be sounded! Three, two, one. Off I gooooooooo... sophiaadamowicz.substack.com/p/the-histor...
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History of a hell hole: Part 3
Curiosity knows no bounds
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Fall into @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK this autumn, a debut novel that @kristenkorvette.bsky.social calls "historical folk horror at its finest." ⚫ links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink Out September 22, 2026, and available to order from your favorite book retailer! #BookSky #HorrorSky
A close-up of the cover art for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz features a yawning black hole taking up most of the image with only a fringe of green crumbling into the abyss around the left edges. Tilted text, as if it’s falling into the hell hole, reads, “‘The Brink drags you into its eldritch depths and doesn’t let go. This is historical folk horror at its finest.’—Kristen J. Sollée, Author of Witch Hunt.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left corner, while “The Brink, Coming 09.22.26” is in the lower right corner.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Murder at the mouth of Hades: an updated version of my article on the true (?) story behind The Brink (released in the US 22nd Sept from @ruadanbooks.bsky.social). substack.com/home/post/p-...
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History of a hell hole: Part 2
Murder at the mouth of Hades
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This time last year, I shared an article about Eldon Hole on Substack while querying The Brink. Now, my debut folk horror is coming out on 22nd September in the US with @ruadanbooks.bsky.social So much can change in twelve months! An updated version of the article: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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History of a hell hole
Part 1: The first descent
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Prepare to be devoured by @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social 's THE BRINK—coming September 22, 2026, and available for pre-order from your preferred book retailer. 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink (Pre-order direct from us for a beautiful cover art magnet!) #BookSky #HorrorSky
A close-up of the cover art for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz features a yawning black hole taking up most of the image with only a fringe of green crumbling into the abyss around the left edges. Tilted text, as if it’s falling into the hell hole, reads, “‘The Brink is the sort of book that devours you. A meditation on violence, family & redemption, the story crackles with intrigue and ancient power.’—Danielle Giles Author of Mere.” Green and white text reading “The Brink, coming 09.22.26”’ appears in the lower right.  The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left corner.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
How did the Devil's Arse get its name? Dive into the folklore and history of Peak Cavern, where you'll find Satanic feasting, fairy harvests and a true tragedy. open.substack.com/pub/sophiaad...
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Dining in the Devil’s Arse
The diabolical folklore of Peak Cavern
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's not Folk Horror Fall until @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK falls into your lap! On 9.22.26, meet the Vernons & the hell hole they tend in the English countryside. When love confronts duty, no one escapes unscathed. Available everywhere, and: link.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day!
INTERNATIONALNON-BINARY PEOPLE'S DAY
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Diana Chan @thingsbydiana.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
✨🌈Non Binary Pride dragon!
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Consider this your ticket into “the weird and wild heart of old England…” Derbyshire and its dangers await, and this folk horror isn’t for the faint of heart. Pre-order @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's The Brink wherever books are sold: 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink #BookSky #HorrorSky
A close-up of the cover art for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz features a yawning black hole taking up most of the image with only a fringe of green crumbling into the abyss around the left edges. Tilted text, as if it’s falling into the hell hole, reads, “‘Deliciously dark and strangely familiar, this assured debut gives us a glimpse into the weird and wild heart of old England…’—Elizabeth Sulis Kim, Author of The Book of Beasts.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left corner.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Wanna know what I've been reading this month? It's been wet, wild and wicked: open.substack.com/pub/sophiaad...
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June Reading Round-Up
Revenge is a dish best served moist
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Feed your hunger for folk horror with @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's THE BRINK, reviewers: this deliciously dark historical horror novel is now on NetGalley. Edelweiss: links.ruadanbooks.com/TBEW NetGalley: links.ruadanbooks.com/TBNG NetGalley UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/TBUK #BookSky #HorrorSky
Background image is a close-up of the cover art for The Brink. The image features the paperback book of The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz, with additional text around the cover image reading, “now available to request on NetGalley & Edelweiss” and “When the keeper of a demonic hell hole falls in love with the perfect sacrifice, she must choose between loyalty to her family & village, or her own chance at happiness.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left-hand corner.
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Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today's story is "Why the tap water tastes of communion wine" by Sophia Adamowicz. @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #Susurrus
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Why the tap water tastes of communion wine
By Sophia Adamowicz
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Great news! @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social's The Brink is now available to request on Edelweiss! Booksellers, librarians, reviewers, read this novel as you prepare for Folk Horror Fall. Get lost in the Derbyshire Peak District with eldritch and human horrors. 🕳️ links.ruadanbooks.com/TBEW #BookSky
Background image is a close-up of The Brink’s cover art. The image features the cover for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz in the center, with additional text around the cover image reading, “available to request on Edelweiss” and “When the keeper of a demonic hell hole falls in love with the perfect sacrifice, she must choose between loyalty to her family & village, or her own chance at happiness.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the upper left-hand corner.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Are you ready to descend?
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Ooh, a sale on pre-orders of The Brink 🔥🕳️ at @barnesandnoble! Members who pre-order can get 25% off, with an extra 10% off for Premuim Members. Sale ends June 26th, so grab your discounted copy while you can. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-brink-...
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Frequent landslides destroyed the old A625 road that ran around Mam Tor’s south side from 1819 to 1979. Now, craggy layers of tarmac testify to the power of nature over manmade infrastructure. It’s sobering to walk down this once busy road and see flowers bursting through the gravel.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
An account of a 24-hour run, told in a very Sophia Adamowicz way with reference to magic, medieval dancing plagues and demons. open.substack.com/pub/sophiaad...
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Charmed circle or demonic dance?
A woodland on a loop.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Okay, Seed Talks, stop digging through my brain and marketing its contents back to me.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We're here for bed rotting so long as it's with queer reads, though. Tis the season! cc: @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social #BookSky #HorrorSky #folkhorror #historicalhorror
A plain graphic split down the middle with a black line. The cover for The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz appears on both the left and the right. Centered text on the left reads: “Millennial  Marketing Manager: When the keeper of a demonic hell hole falls in love with the perfect sacrifice, she must choose between loyalty to her family & village, or her own chance at happiness.” Centered text on the right reads: “Gen Z  Marketing Intern: Is this the queer English Midsommar (2019)  of our nightmares?!” This is followed by the hole-in-the-ground emoji.
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thrilled to share my Cunning Folk interview with the multi-award-winning and very lovely Lucy Rose! www.cunning-folk.com/conversationsposts/in-conversation-with-lucy-rose
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Saw Backrooms last night along with the rest of the world, it seems! The set design was jaw-dropping and the plot gave me a lot to unpack (instructions not included), but I was weirdly unaffected by it. If you fancy reading more: open.substack.com/pub/sophiaad...
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Armchair psychology
Backrooms, the unconscious mind and the (im)possibility of change
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Our Green Bin sub call is almost upon us! 🦝 Check out our Mood Board here for inspo and ideas: trashcatlit.com/summer-mood/ We always love stories about flora and landscape - here's @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social 'Wixton Fen' from Summer 2025 trashcatlit.com/wixton-fen/ Call opens 1st June 💚
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Wixton Fen
Sophia Adamowicz I Dry bones, wake from your sleep. Your home is scored with ditches, its groundwater drained. Only a thin river veins the grasses, and that is clotted with crisp packets and plasti…
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thoughts on Hokum: a thoroughly satisfying film despite shallow engagement with folklore substack.com/@sophiaadamo...
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Sophia Adamowicz's hell mouth (@sophiaadamowicz)
Thoughts on Hokum and folk horror: a thoroughly satisfying film despite some shallow engagement with folklore
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Microfiction hot on the heels of US Mother's Day: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
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Buy me potpourri on Mother's Day
by Sophia Adamowicz not fresh flowers, because desiccated petals never wilt, and because lopped-off buds require no water and no sun, and because, when the dried orange peel and cinnamon sticks lose.....
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
‘I’ll be happy if I get a book deal’ has become a whole series of other ‘I’ll be happy ifs.’ If it sells, if it gets good reviews, if I gain a following, if I get a deal for book 2… Success doesn’t guarantee happiness, as the goal posts keep shifting: open.substack.com/pub/sophiaad...
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A bad case of the 'I'll be happy ifs....'
Living in the never-ever and anxiety
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Sophia Adamowicz @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Substack post on The Brink and how to pre-order it! open.substack.com/pub/sophiaad...
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Good publishing news!
The Brink is near
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