S. Z. Meriläinen

Queer writer, fan of sci fi, fantasy, and found family. She/her

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

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[Lacey 🦉🚀(She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈 @OwlishGalactic]

I would like to introduce the #writingcommunity to @SzFletcher, an amazing writer with a style that envelopes you in her world. Here is an excerpt from one of the stories in "The Moon Wears a Different Face".

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 Delighted to be a part of Issue 2 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[Crab Tales Magazine @TalesCrabMag]

ALL RESPONSES HAVE BEEN SENT.

If you have not had a response, please let me know ASAP. I have one spot left for issue 2!

To those who have been accepted, please do shout and clack to the world about it! 🦀

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

@TalesCrabMag (Mainly because Roy does the same crab hand fingers crossed move I do and it seems appropriate)

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

I have a draft submitted! Maybe I’ll refine it over the next 17 hours but if not at least something is in!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Writing Battle @WritingBContest]

Prompts are now LOCKED - what you have is what you write.
Your 250 word nanofiction story is due on Sunday night at 10PM EST.
Your judging schedule will be emailed to you!
#writingcommunity #writingbattle #writingcompetition #writingcontest #writing #writer #amwriting #fiction

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@theb00kslayer My wife calls him Roguey and plucks him whenever he peeks out of hiding 😂

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@theb00kslayer I had such a great time on the piece I submitted to this 🥰

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@hidingunderhere No worries and right back atcha! ☺️

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

Another little signal boost! This is the anthology my previous snippets have been from! Click through if you’re interested in #ownvoices #queerwriters #sapphicbooks #gaybooks :D

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

This is a snippet of my story for She Wears The Midnight Crown, the #sapphicbook of the anthologies from @duckprintspress in the last days of funding so it’s a great time to support #ownvoices & #queerwriters in #writing ❤️#writingcommunity #crowdfunding https://t.co/5px3rND2Xv

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A snippet of my story 'Carved of Ice and Snow' for the upcoming anthology 'She Wears the Midnight Crown' by @duckprintspress . Currently in crowdfunding at @seedandspark here https://t.co/5px3rNlZVv

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

Hey, that's me! I'm excited to share a (too small, per a friend of mine!) snippet of my story for She Wears the Midnight Crown with @duckprintspress :) If you'd like to read more, the anthology is being funded now through @seedandspark

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My story for SWMC is ‘Carved of Ice and Snow’, where an unseasonable storm brings a masked stranger to a witch's hearth. Together they discover secrets long kept, the fear of a woman pursued, and the power of a gift freely given.
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I'm excited to be one of the 36 authors who've written stories about masquerades—in all their forms. 18 wlw and 18 mlm together in a pair of sibling anthologies from @duckprintspress https://t.co/gyAmf2kR5y

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Oh look, it’s a bunch of excellent writers and also me 🥰🥰😂

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You can also tell I don’t use Twitter much huh? Literally the only reason I’m back is to watch the #OurFlagMeansDeath cast retweet fanart 😂😂😂 #RenewOurFlagMeansDeath please I need it so badly

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My absolutely FAVOURITE gag in OFMD is when @sambaschutte piffs a sandwich at @cononeilluk and it smacks him in the head then falls in the ocean. I’m in fits of giggles EVERY. SINGLE. TIME I rewatch 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Absolutely thrilled and SO EXCITED to be part of @duckprintspress 's anthology She Wears The Midnight Crown. More info can be found here: https://t.co/JwQUef0x4K
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Absolutely adoring this incredibly put together anthology and excited to see what comes up next!! @duckprintspress #MagicToTaste

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

Drifting through space, lost and #lonely. I find myself drawn into planetary orbits, only to be discarded. Unable to decay, to be dissolved to atoms, I watch as eons lazily swim by, as stars are born and die.

I hope to be drawn into one of them, and finally be gone.

#vss365

[S. Z. Meriläinen @S_Z_Merilainen]

My dear writing friend currently being spotlighting in this queer anthology full of magic and love and I’m SO EXCITED FOR MY COPY

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@KesheWrites ☺️

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She’s lived a life of #almosts. Always missing out on promotions. Invariably arriving just as the last train pulls away. A thousand first dates where sparks don’t fly.

Finally, she returns home to her studio flat. Scoops her dog into her arms. And smiles. Fulfilled.

#vss365