Then Someone Must Want Them to Be
Sara K. EllisHome to speculative fiction writer, Sara K Ellis
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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From Where We Sit
I bought a new chair for my writing desk. I’d been relying on a 1921 Chesterfield, comfortable but more suited to a fireplace and a smoking jacket. It swallowed me up and made getting up for the bathroom an ordeal, demanding a series of noi...
Brokenly We Scroll Along
Jacob Elordi as the creature in Frankenstein. © 2025 Netflix / Ken Woroner — still from Frankenstein, written & directed by Guillermo del Toro.
I caught Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein last week, and I can’t stop thinking about it.
It t...
Watching, Feeling, Remembering
“The jumbling up of time, the montaging of earlier eras, has ceased to be worthy of comment; it is now so prevalent that it is no longer even noticed.” – Mark Fisher
In the age of streaming, less stream than the bog we sift through for rar...
Two Trees in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Image courtesy of George Saunders and Farrar, Straus and Giroux (or publisher name) for A Swim in the Pond in the Rain.
I’ve been working my way through a backlog of craft books in the mornings. I’ll read for half an hour, sometimes just f...
Look! A Book!
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Friends have been visiting Japan, the semester started up, and I’m still catching my breath after the excitement of launching my debut novel, If the Stars Are Lit, at Eastercon in Belfast, Ireland...
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Speculative fiction writer published in Analog, Fusion Fragment, Shoreline of Infinity, and more. Debut novel If the Stars Are Lit out now from Luna Press (April 2025). Based in Tokyo.
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