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Sarah McPherson

@summermoth.bsky.social
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HE manager by day. Writer, crafter, LARPer, runner. Procrastinator extraordinaire. Lover of the fantastic. Definitely not a grown up. She/her. Find me here: linktr.ee/summer_moth

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 20h
A whole new cast! Welcome to BFS Shortcuts; not replacing Long Story Short, but filling those empty weeks in which silence reigns. No longer! Ten set questions introduce authors you may not have read, but should. Kicking us off tomorrow, @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social faces the questions!
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#ReEnchantment is resistance.
I believe humanity always lives in its folklore. I believe humanity is stories. Those stories walk and those stories need places to live. Those tales are how we relate to landscape. Those tales are how we connect to each other, how we build community and how we resist. That is why Hookland exists. For in the hopeless moment when all the territory is darkening bruise, that’s when we need stories and re-enchantment the most.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excellent session of the #BitesizedBookClub tonight, discussing four pieces by the always-incredible @kathyfish.bsky.social - thanks to everyone who came along! 😊
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence.' Love this gorgeous micro from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social!
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My obsession with Girl In The Year Above continues unabated with their third single, which came out today...
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Girl In The Year Above - Wet Paint
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Haven't done any crafting in forever, but was recently inspired to finish this little guy - he's from a kit that I started and then abandoned about 2 years ago. He's a bit wonky but I like him 😊
Front view of a small crocheted owl, made of blue and black yarn, with a striped body, white belly, and yellow beak and feet.Side view of a a small crocheted owl, made of blue and black yarn, with a striped body, white belly, and yellow beak and feet, showing the concentric circle pattern on its wing.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
'She keeps you in her poppy-song, there with dewed-fireflies and unlovable soil' Beautiful!
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What I appreciate most about this cat is how pissed off it looks to have been discovered! www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Writers are in the business of being as human as we goddamn can. That's measured by vibes, by the way we feel, by gauging how well we’ve managed to communicate the thing we want to communicate in our writing.
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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Luna Station Quarterly is always seeking new artists to work with. We license art for four covers each year. We prefer work by woman-indentified and non-binary artists. 1/3
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is why I restarted having singing lessons as an adult a few years ago (after stopping when i was 18), just for the joy of it!
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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 17/07/2026
Hark, writers of the north country. A fortnight remains to send us your sorcerous tales. Gaze upon our submission guidelines etc: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/
Two weeks left to submit: submissions close midnight 31st July for our sorcery anthology. Writers living in the North of England are invited to send us short stories of 2,000-8,000 words. Visit carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions for more details.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Went to a weaving workshop at our summer staff festival yesterday, and made this dinky little wall hanging that I'm quite pleased with (I was going for abstract seascape vibes)
A small wooden frame painted light purple, with a strip of weaving attached to it. It starts with blue and green yarns at the bottom, changes to orange and yellow halfway up, then light purple, white, and light blue towards the top.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Sheer brilliance here from @wangleberry.bsky.social
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Submissions are open at trampset! Read our guidelines and send us your best work. We pay $30 via PayPal. Anybody can use our free submission category. Tips and quick response revenues pay our writers, editors and site costs ✍️ We've missed you all! www.trampset.org/submissions
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submit to trampset | literary journal submissions
Submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations to trampset. Read guidelines and share your best work with our literary journal.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
If you've been enjoying all the fab @natflashfictionday.bsky.social stories and want an excuse to read more great flash fiction, why not sign up for the #BitesizedBookClub! First session in the current block is on Thursday (18 June) - details here: theleadedwindow.blogspot.com/p/bite-sized...
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Bite-sized Book Club
The Bite-sized Book Club is a monthly online book club dedicated to reading flash fiction. Everyone is welcome, whether you normally read fl...
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Happy National Flash Fiction Day, everyone! 🥳 Here's my offering in the #FlashFlood - 'Down From the Door' #NFFD2026
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Happy to report that I'll be in the FlashFlood again this year! Look out for 'Down From the Door' at around 8:15am BST on Saturday 13 June 😊
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest
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Neither fish nor foul 📖 @neitherfishnorfoul.com · 25/03/2026
www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-mcph... 'She avoided direct line of sight, always, preferring to make her approach over or around obstacles. Whenever we went out I had a constant sense she was peering over my head at something more interesting ...' @summermoth.bsky.social
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Issue 6 McPherson/My First Girlfriend Was a Periscope — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I'm in @neitherfishnorfoul.com Issue 6 with 'My First Girlfriend Was a Periscope', a story that was born in @mattkendrick.bsky.social's Glorious Words course! (And thanks to Amy Marques for the accompanying illustration) www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-mcph...
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Issue 6 McPherson/My First Girlfriend Was a Periscope — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Ah shit, the fey" 😄
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We are thrilled to share that our Human Authored scheme is now live. This scheme has been designed for the benefit of SoA members, to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/02/2026
Plums xkcd.com/3209/
Comic. [Person is sitting at a desk with a laptop, turned toward voice coming from off-panel.] VOICE FROM OFF-PANEL: I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight. Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them. Be back later! PERSON’S THOUGHT BUBBLE: Oh no. [caption] Help. It actually happened. I shouldn’t. But how can I not!?
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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The new block of The NIFTY Book Club starts next week! On Monday, 23rd February, we'll be discussing 'Lessons at the Water's Edge' - the prize-winning novella-in-flash - by Caroline Greene. There's still time to sign up! See ⏬ for details ⏬ #fiction #flashfiction #novellainflash #writingcommunity
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Amused by the fact that the #BitesizedBookClub session focusing on happy/positive stories is the one that has generated the most divisive opinions and (friendly) disagreement so far 😄 Thanks to everyone who came for the interesting discussions!
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is a great list!
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The NIFTY Book Club is great - come join us! ☺️
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Because, here's the thing. We're told: "it's the way of the world; it's human nature," as an excuse for every act of cruelty or selfishness we witness, in the hope that we'll just stand by and watch. But it's not human nature. It's human choice. And we don't have to stand by. We can stand up.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
'Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)' Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Well, I settled on four that *I* think are happy. Will see what everyone else makes of them at the session next week! 😊
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Maybe 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by REM Or 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' by Meat Loaf
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Today's debate, as I try to finalise my choices for this month's #BiteSizedBookClub... how much of a bittersweet edge can I allow myself before I decide something doesn't qualify as a happy flash fiction? 😄
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is a beautiful story
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A four-panel Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schultz, showing Snoopy sitting on the dog house roof typing on his typewriter.
Panel 1: Gentlemen, Regarding the recent rejection slip you sent me.
Panel 2: I think there might have been a misunderstanding.
Panel 3: What I really wanted was for you to publish my story, and send me fifty thousand dollars.
Panel 4: Didn't you realise that?
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
So many open tabs... so many...
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Still time to sign up for the January session next week - come and read some brilliant stories by @devaneemily.bsky.social with us! #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)! The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time): Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
December reads 💙📚: 1. Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty (novella-in-flash) 2. The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay (novella-in-flash) 3. The Museum of Shadows and Reflections by Claire Dean (short stories) #books #amreading #novellainflash #shortstories #shortstorycollection #2025reads
Three books, roughly stacked on a red satin throw: 'Spin of the Triangle' by Stephanie Carty, 'The Lives of the Dead' by Fiona McKay, and 'The Museum of Shadows and Reflections' by Claire Dean.

'Spin of the Triangle' has a white spine with black text. 'The Lives of the Dead' has a black spine with white text. 'The Museum of Shadows and Reflections' has a teal and white cover that looks hand-drawn, with white text and an image of a female figure swinning underwater.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
'you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first, you just gotta know — can I beat that devil?' Lush, mesmerising writing - don't miss this one from @mynachang.bsky.social!
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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy New Year! Happy Year Seventeen!!! Come join us for our 17th year of championing women-identified authors!!! Use code: ED8FC for 20% off your first year or month of support on Patreon www.patreon.com/cw/l... #ShortStories #WomenWriters #Fantasy #SciFi #Reading
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Last-minuter here, as always!
A circular purple badge with yellow and white stars scattered across it. Text reads: The Welkin Writing Prize, Micro Wizard'.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Help us celebrate the more than 60 publications reported to us by our workshop participants in December! Onward, trousers! www.smokelong.com/december-wor...
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December Workshop Celebration 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...
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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 31/12/2025
Wild that out of all things from medieval cosmology, the thing about the ocean being full of monsters turned out to be correct.
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I'll take that! 💜
Screenshot of a post by Merrian-Webster. Text reads: Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

The Gif has stopped on the word 'joyous'.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Thank you to everyone who has subbed so far to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES! Our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social are busy reading away! You have till 15 Feb to submit your flash. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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a purple background with snoopy jumping in the air and the words thank you
ALT: a purple background with snoopy jumping in the air and the words thank you
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
'Secrets wisp into ears and out the windows into the fresh air where, weightless and powerless, they can finally dissipate.' Sharing this quiet, lovely piece from @chelseastickle.bsky.social to end the year ❤️
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Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Homemade chocolate covered Brazil nuts (three ways), and Christmas pudding made and steaming!
Homemade chocolate covered Brazil nuts in a small grey ceramic dish. There are three varieties: white chocolate drizzled with milk chocolate, milk chocolate drizzled with dark chocolate, and dark chocolate drizzled with white chocolate. A Christmas pudding in a foil-covered basin, steaming in a pan on the hob.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
As it is the season … have a wonderful Hookland Bone Horse by the wonderful @mariastrutz.bsky.social
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