the edge of the earth

tbh i'm here for a good time, not an organized/professional time. that said! one! must! hustle!

i wrote a Gothic horror novel called the hacienda. think the haunting of hill house in 19th-century mexico + a healthy dose of the hot priest from fleabag s2

i have a new novel out in 2023 and some surprises in store for 2024 👀

i also write short fiction! here's a selection of my favorite things i've published, available to read free:

six goats: bite-sized sapphic high fantasy

there are no monsters on rancho buenavista: a feminist twist on an old mexican monster folktale

my sister is a scorpion: magical realism that stings

the law of take: tristan & isolde, but make it space fantasy

a land of saints and monsters: more vampires, this time in late medieval anatolia

no other life: sapphic vampires in 16th-century istanbul

the weight of a thousand needles: a retelling of the fairy tale the needle prince

Hi everyone! Since I have recently started using tumblr as a means to share my writing and be a part of this community, I should probably introduce myself lol. My name is Sarah (as I think most of you know at this point) and I’ve been writing for fun for quite a while now. I’m in university as a music major but still enjoy art, writing, and reading. 

My Writing!

I am currently writing a fantasy series, but have written mysteries and sci-fi in the past. I’ve dabbled in poetry as well (granted, it is quite bad lol, but I enjoyed it). My current project is called The Fall and has proved to be a massive worldbuilding project. This project has been “in development” for about 4 years now and I am currently in the outlining process. I am hoping that being on here will help me stay determined with writing it! I still am planning to do a project intro as well so people can actually know what it is. It goes without saying, but I am super excited about this series!! I must admit, I am very anxious about sharing my work; I am terrified that I’ll get no interest or that this is how I’ll find out that this project is a bad idea. But yeehaw, I am attempting to ignore my anxiety and put myself out there!!! 

I am also working on some music projects (that I won’t really talk about on here) as well as a prequel to The Fall. I intend to focus mostly on this project because I truly want to see it through. But if you are curious about any of these as well, feel free to ask about them! I haven’t gotten a ton of writing done recently because of school, but I hope to have some scenes and chapters posted here throughout the summer!

The Belvedere Torso, Apollonious of Athens, 1st century BC

dear @adroitely tagged me in this ages ago, finally catching up <3 these are all from my weekly short stories project!

Three Hundred and Fifty Nine Other Angles The architect is dying in the same way she does everything: abstract, and horrifying, and utterly uncompromising.

Dead Bug Soup (or: The Killing Jar) “Do you like my picture, Miss Kahele?” the kid asks one morning, showing all his tiny teeth. “It’s the brain inside the mountain.”

Strange Fruit in Vinegar, with Meat & Numb Hands In the middle of the second encore of the fourth verse of Love Me or Leave Me, Rashi makes a strangled noise and falls off the stage.

Milk Teeth She knows the new baby will never stop staring.