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laurenscharhag.bsky.social
Disabled. Queer. Latina. Feminist. Cat lady. Genre slut. S'mores enthusiast. Award-winning author of fiction and poetry. Senior Editor at Gleam. Pushcart, Best of the Net, Elgin Award nominee. Latest đź“š IN THE KING'S POWER series and SCREAMING INTENSIFIES.
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Autumn Colors #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #scenic #blueskyphotography #autumn #PhotographersUnited #nature

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Cat comes across literally anything in the house: ooh, don't mind if I chew.

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Here are some lovely little #mushrooms. #fungifriends #nature #photography

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We are open for submissions at Gleam through April 12th. Get your cadralor poems in! #poems #poetry #poets #submissions gleampoets.org/submit/

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Ladybug on tombstone, snapped fall 2023. #bugs #photography #insects #nature

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This arrived yesterday! Thank you to the SFPA for this honor. You can read the winning poem, “Little Brown Changeling,” here: www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2023/... #poem #poetry #speculativepoetry #fantasy

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Halp. #cats #Caturday

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Friend messaged last night to say she heard the song Red Right Hand and it made her think of one of my characters, the "blood magic guy." I was like you're going to have to be more specific than that. #writing #writerslife

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Sneak peak of the work I have made over the past 12 months. My goal is to finish a big body of work that includes paintings, sculptures and sensory (olfactory) installations.

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We have company, so someone wouldn't come down from their hiding place to eat, so she got room service. #cats

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My poem, “At Culver’s Drive-Thru,” is in the latest issue of Locust Shells Journal. Many thanks to the editors for including my work. locustshellsjournal.com/locust-shell... #poem #poetry #writing

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Part 6, the final installment of In the King's Power is now available! Thank you to everyone who has been reading. I hope you like the ending. a.co/d/h9szpnX #fantasy #romance #ebook #books #newrelease #booksky

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i have two poems in @oneart.bsky.social! very happy & excited that @markdanowsky.bsky.social & @eboninthehedges.bsky.social love my poetry so much hehe go check out "[our house is claustrophobic: a catastrophe;]" and "[this is what you offer]" oneartpoetry.com/2025/01/30/t...

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Visitor at 1:30 am #nature #deer

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Just heard an elderly lady say she's "got it going on" and had to resist the urge to ask if she was Stacy's mom.

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January news is up on ye olde blogstead. laurenscharhag.blogspot.com/2025/01/janu... #writer #writingcommunity #indieauthor

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Thanks to Editor Barbara Leonhard for publishing my poem The Other Self latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/t...

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Ben followed his brother over to the highway nearby. “Henry, do you think we will ever go back home?” “No, Ben. I don’t.” Henry positioned the wheelbarrow near the road, and they waited for a long time. #shortstory #amwritingfiction melissamendelson.com/f/short-stor...

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submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

Latest acquisition - #poetry by one of my favorite poets Tanya Rakh. #books #booksky #newrelease

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Sunset over Brookside, KCMO, 2019. #photography

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Trump has gagged the CDC, but not me. So I'm sharing this. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

submitted 31 days ago • 566 comments

From Jennifer Givhan's book, Belly to the Brutal. #poem #poetry #books #jennifergivhan #writing

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