Bethany van Sterling

Lives in Spain, writes in English, with a Dutch nom de plume. Ça c'est moi.

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

I haven't posted in ages, but am gradually shifting over to Bluesky, so follow me there for future writing-related updates 😺
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[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

My #novelette "Manuela," originally published 7 years ago, will be reprinted in Dragon Soul Press's Magick & Mystery #anthology. Preorder is currently available and the book will be released in November. A bonus that there are kitties on the cover 😻 #darkfantasy #spanishhistory

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In UNESCO's City of Literature, I'm looking forward to reading at Reykjavik Poetics' #openmic tonight at @KexHostel ! I'll be presenting my #poem "The Volcano," and a previously unread piece "The Selkie," an excerpt from a longer #poetryinprose narrative. 🦭 #reykjavikpoetics

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"Honor" is now available for Kindle pre-order, an anthology of short stories featuring Asian warriors. Mine features a Central Asian warrior, inspired by the Magyars, Huns, Avars, and Mongols.

#anthology #dragonsoulpress #warrior #darkfantasy #medieval #shortstory #fiction

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I'm pleased to announce that my short story "Escape the Pyre" will appear in this beautiful anthology! More details coming soon. #darkfantasy #paganfiction #HistoricalFiction #centralasianwarrior #magyarwarrior #hunnicwarrior #carpathianhistory #eurasiannomads #dragonsoulpress

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Yesterday I led the Madrid Writers' Critique Group at the beautiful @SecretKingdoms ... The topic was incorporating folklore and mythology into your writing... accompanied by local mead... perfect for the winter solstice and upcoming holidays 😺🌲❄️✍️ #madridwriters #writersclub

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I've entered my dark fantasy novelette "Manuela" in @ankara_circle 's Tales by Moonlight Contest! If you like it, please do vote - all you have to do is make an account on the website: https://t.co/UMfi8GeCGt
#spanishhistory #historicalfantasy #urbanfantasy #manuelamalasaña

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Thanks to writers Joseph Candora and Felicity Hughes @Fliss108 for organizing the #OpenMic last night. I read my #gothicfantasy #flashfiction piece "Black Boots," inspired by my winter in #Helsinki, #Finland. ❄️ Hoping to soon find a home for it in the print form! 🌹🌛

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Great meeting last night at the Madrid Writers' Critique Group, where I led a session on non-linear and experimental fiction. 😺 Wine and literary chat is one of my favorite combinations in this city! 🍷📖🖊️ #madrid #writersclub #wineandbooks #madridwritersclub #nonlinearfiction

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After a long hiatus, the Madrid Writers' Club Open Mic is finally taking the stage tonight! I'll be reading my poem "The Volcano"... Looking forward to sharing the art of spoken word with my literary colleagues, this time in costume ✍️👄🎃 #openmic #madridwritersclub #spokenpoem

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Much-needed discovery of the Shut Up & Write group in Copenhagen, Denmark... To finally polish and give form to a short story (or poetry in prose?) written during and inspired by my half year in Iceland. #shutupandwrite #Copenhagen #Denmark #poetryinprose #needsplot

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"Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú nakran loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg í endaleysu óvissuni?" - Eivør
(Friend, friend do you understand me? Do you know any secret path? Have you wandered as I have in the endless uncertainty?)
#Eivør #lyrics #faroeislands #poeticphoto

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

The #selkie (seal woman) of #Iceland, #Orkney and the #FaroeIslands is one of my favorite #folkloric personages, illustrated here by an acquaintance, Spanish #artist Rubén de Frutos. Like the selkie, I'll be visiting yet another Atlantic shore - the Faroe Islands for midsummer ☀️

[IslamSciFi @IslamSciFi]

We are doing an anthology of historical fiction on anthology on Vikings and Muslims and third way funded on Kickstarter . Lets continue the momentum and get it fully funded. (Image: Al-Idrisi's description of Scandinavia from 12th century) #Althingi https://t.co/pQpEXudnOg

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

@IslamSciFi I have an MA in Middle Eastern & North African Studies and just spent half a year in Iceland, so very interested in both cultures. This is my pen name but I am a translator/editor under my real name. Could I email you?

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

If you love him, set him free. Hrafninn flýgur. #raven #hrafn #fantasyphotography #Iceland #winter #mythology #folklore

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

"As love crowns, so shall he crucify...
If you seek only love’s peace and pleasure,
Then cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you'll laugh, but not all of your laughter,
and weep, but not all of your tears." - #kahlilgibran

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

My wintry 25th of December was brightened up by the magic of 25 Icelandic folk and ghost tales. What a delight to take part in the Icelandic tradition of gifting books on Christmas Eve 😻❄️ #reykjavik #iceland #icelandicfolklore #windowview #bookgift #folkloreintranslation

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The speculative short story collection Triangulation: Extinction is now available through Amazon! https://t.co/GvkbzBRL1h
My microfiction piece "Ancestral Nocturne" was written early last year, and yet bears an eerie resemblance to the lockdown in Madrid. #parsecink #microfiction

[Bethany van Sterling @BethVanSterling]

Parsec Ink's (@ParsecInk) new anthology will be coming out in less than a week! #speculativefiction #anthology #flashfiction #shortstories #Triangulation:Extinction #prehistoricrevival