@sylviaheike.bsky.social
Fantasy & science fiction writer from Finland. Stories in PodCastle, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders. Likes knitting, gardening, birdwatching. SFWA member. She/her. Website: https://sylviaheike.com
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01.03.2026 10:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
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A little snowbunny on top of a stone pillar by a snowy lake.
A snowman in the distance on a snowy lake.
Everything's melting today, but a few days ago, I found a snowman on the lake and made a little snowbunny. 😊
28.02.2026 11:18 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Aww!
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Eero Järnefelt
( 1863 - 1937 ) Finnish painter
"Old Birch" pencil on paper, from the artist's sketchbook, c.1887
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Anomaly Year One Anthology is now out, including my melancholy micro fiction piece, "Friend Squad." 🚀https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
10.02.2026 10:38 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A scenic shot of snow-and-ice-covered lake and bluish sky. Some people and dogs can be seen walking on the ice.
Lots of people walking on the ice this week in Finland. The whole lake is covered in ice and snow.
22.02.2026 10:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
4 panel comic. Two bunnies walk through nature, sit on a bench and enjoy some coffee back at home. One says to the other “what a year we had”. The other replies “it’s February my love”
That time again
07.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 1384 🔁 349 💬 7 📌 1Congrats! That's so awesome!🎉 The writers there are lucky to have you.
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Anomaly Year One Anthology is now out, including my melancholy micro fiction piece, "Friend Squad." 🚀https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
10.02.2026 10:38 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Congrats!! 🎉
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Just a reminder that I'm still collecting links and making updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. If you have a link, send it my way!
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Thanks so much for doing this! Here's mine. 💙
sylviaheike.com/2025/12/22/a...
Image is a popular astronaut meme. An astronaut is looking at the earth from space saying wait, I am worthy of love? An astronaut is behind him holding up flowers and saying always have been
A message for you all to carry through the year
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
31.12.2025 13:18 — 👍 91 🔁 53 💬 6 📌 24It's 6pm in Finland and the first New Year's fireworks are going off.
31.12.2025 16:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is a lovely story.
31.12.2025 15:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thank you!
31.12.2025 15:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Free download of WORLDS OF POSSIBILITY Vol 2 available including my story, “Gargoyle Girl.” 🖤 Happy New Year!
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during a snowy night in the woods a procession of gnomes returning home with berries is assisted by a cat. the gnomes lead on the cat with paper star lanterns, while another gnome in the foreground smokes a pipe on a branch with a bird. Underground, the gnomes are sitting around a table with their children and a large white rabbit. In an adjoining room a gnome child is blissfully asleep on a pile of baby bunnies.
Merry Christmas 2025 to those who celebrate!
24.12.2025 21:33 — 👍 337 🔁 97 💬 5 📌 0Good luck!
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A drawing of a fluffy cat in the snow. The caption reads, "you are good enough, you always have been"
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A photo of the live feed. Bird feeders hung in a forest. The scene includes red decorative Christmas balls hung among the feeder and one golden one, a gnome, an apple and an oat bundle. The most commonly seen birds here are blue tits, great tits, and willow tits.
Please enjoy this live bird feeder cam from Finland. Not mine, but I love watching it. (Just a photo in this post)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2B...
So sorry to hear this, Sarah. I'm grateful I got to have a story here. 💙
22.12.2025 18:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Links to all stories on my website. sylviaheike.com/short-stories/
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A soft blue-toned gradient background with text. Awards Eligibility of Sylvia Heike. "MAMA'S LABYRINTH" (Fantasy/horror) in Inner Worlds, Nov 2025. "A WITCH'S LAMENT" (Fantasy) in Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices, Oct 2025. "FRIEND SQUAD" (Science Fiction micro) in Anomaly, Aug 2025. "GARGOYLE GIRL" (Fantasy) in Worlds of Possibility, May 2025. "SEEDS OF HOPE" (Science Fiction) in Hexagon Magazine, Feb 2025. "WOLF ROSES" (Fantasy) in MYRIAD: Nocturnal, Jan 2025.
Here's my 2025 Awards Eligibility post. 🦄✨ Thank you so much to everyone who read, published, or supported my writing journey this year! Feel free to nominate anything you liked. Thank you for your consideration.
22.12.2025 12:39 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
"When the doorbell rings, Penny doesn’t want to open the door. She doesn’t want anyone to see how they live. She peers through the spyhole, a sea of junk mail slipping under her tennis shoes."
Read 'Mama's Labyrinth' by @sylviaheike.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...
Thanks so much for reading!
21.12.2025 11:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In November, my dark fantasy/horror short story "Mama's Labyrinth" came out in Inner Worlds. 🖤
Cw: hoarding, child neglect, physical injury
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-mama...