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Sarah Fletchins
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Queer, expat writer-illustrator based in Sheffield, UK. Addicted to tea🫖 #amquerying YA 🏳️‍🌈supernatural romance🐈‍⬛ Runs Storytime for Grown-ups 📖#TeamTeaAndBooks May be a🐉on the inside. She/they
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Sarah Fletchins @phdancersteapot.bsky.social · Dec 4
Hi! I'm a writer-illustrator with #YA & #NA #amquerying & #WIP projects feat. queer teens with superpowers coping in modern day England. I also write Storytime for Grown-ups & poetry & I make art. I have a smol who steals time & 3 bunnies. 🚫No TERFs, Tories, crypto promoters, or general meanies pls
A tea mug with a teapot on it surrounded by art materials including watercolour paints, paper and pencils, and some open notebooks. Sarah in the snow with her baby inside her waterproof jacket sleeping against her chest.
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Hello and apologies for the long absence! Here's a post about what's happening with Storytime.

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Back From The Silence... | PhDancer's Teapot
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November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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My very dear friend P.S.C. Willis ( @pscwillis.bsky.social ) has their debut novel coming out and there is going to be a virtual celebration. To join in, sign up to their newsletter for the Zoom details and a bingo card! (Follow the tag)

☕🫖📖

#debutauthor #newbooks #queerbooks #booklovers
A digital invite to a book launch party for 'Crying out For Magic', featuring reading and a bingo game, on 31st August at UTC 12.00 pm. Instructions say to sign up for the author's substack to receive your bingo card and meeting link.
August 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A very belated update with a hello from me and some news from writer friends.
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This Creator Is Still Here
Hey everyone! Thank you for patiently sticking around following my (lack of) creations, as we approach one year since my small human made his appearance and slowed things down a tad! A quick update…
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June 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Today's the bday of my novel character Grace, loyal adorer & supporter of cat-shifter Fey. Though she's an MC in my cat-shifter book, Grace is a side character in the spin-off WIP, & this snippet comes from there, where Reece is getting to see the extent of her dedication & practical support skills.
A dark background with one cat's eye visible holds the following snippet of text: ‘So she won’t be able to do it.’ At first Grace just looked terrified, but then she got her science face on, and determination rose to the surface, her adrenaline becoming focused. sharper somehow. ‘So we have to do something to increase her energy so she can get through the Change. So we feed her, right? Like, a lot.’ Grace’s anguish was dropping away now that she felt she could take action, replaced with a calm purposefulness. Max might not get involved very often, but all he was smart, Reece realised. ‘I’ll throw it all up!’ Fey groaned, looking green. Grace knelt beside her, cupped her chin and held her gaze. ‘No, you won’t.’ She looked up at Reece. ‘We need a load of sweet stuff, sugary drinks, and salty, fatty stuff like crisps. Just pretend we’re having a tenth birthday party.’ She paused. ‘And also tuna, for afterwards. Just get all the cans of tuna, but don’t open any, or the smell will bother her.’ Max put a hand on her shoulder. ‘Very good.’ Grace gave a tight smile and went pink again.
June 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Happy #Pride month. Check out all the queer books Space Wizard is publishing soon, including mine!

They released their campaign video, and guess who's the thumbnail? But during a transition shot, so I have blended into my flag.

So queer, I am become the rainbow.

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BackerKit Year 4 Part 1 Campaign Video!
YouTube video by William C. Tracy
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June 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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It's Thursday for me! So I can drop the full cover art!

I am IN LOVE with this incredible work by Jess Montz. It's wild that they could draw what was inside my head.

Cover with title will be in a promo interview with my publisher dropping soon. 🔗 ⬇️ when available

#2025Debuts #WritingCommunity
Two teenage boys reaching out to each other, divided by a vivid green line. Different ruined buildings are in the background of each side.
May 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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pscwillis.bsky.social
Eeeee. Definitely encourage people to do this. #SmallPitch is how I got my publishing offer.
smallpitch.org #SmallPitch @smallpitch.org · May 8
It's official, #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on July 7-8, 2025 🌊

This time, it will be open to all unagented authors from the #WritingCommunity.

Check our website for more details ⬇️
#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses
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May 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Cover art reveal for Crying Out for Magic by P.S.C. Willis

Detail 3: Someone ready to jump into anything with both feet

Watch @lifelovelily22.bsky.social for the next detail & see the full cover via @pscwillis.bsky.social on Thurs 22nd

#WritingCommunity #2025Debuts #Fantasy

Artist: Jess Montz
A brown paper page with packing symbols for ‘this way up’ and ‘fragile.’ A contents label reads: Cinnamon rolls - 2, Magic - Lots. Three small sections of the paper are ripped away. One reveals two different skylines, depicting ruined buildings, with a green slash between them. The second, the face of a white boy with curly hair, smiling shyly at someone. The third, the face of a boy with straight dark hair and an eager smile, looking up at the first person).
May 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Cover art reveal for Crying Out for Magic by P.S.C. Willis

Detail 2... Someone ready to fall ever so awkwardly in love

Watch @alethearlyons.bsky.social for the next detail, & see the full cover via @pscwillis.bsky.social on Thursday 22nd

#WritingCommunity #2025Debuts #Fantasy

Artist: Jess Montz
a brown paper page with packing symbols for ‘this way up’ and ‘fragile.’ A contents label reads: Cinnamon rolls - 2, Magic - Lots. A small section of the paper is ripped away to reveal two different skylines, depicting ruined buildings, with a green slash between them. Two small sections of the paper are ripped away. One reveals two different skylines, depicting ruined buildings, with a green slash between them. The second, the face of a white boy with curly hair, smiling shyly at someone.
May 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Today is the birthday of my novel character Sam, so I decided it was time I shared a snippet of her in my current #WIP.
Closeup of hands playing guitar with the following text on a dark background: ‘So you knew when you asked me to join the band.’ His voice was flat and empty, his gaze dropping to the floor. She was ruining the memory of their amazing performance and it hurt to watch. ‘I promise we didn’t just ask you because of that,’ she told him, her voice pleading. ‘You are amazing Jake. And your song, it gets to everyone. Like somehow you’re speaking directly to every single person.’ She hesitated. Say it, say it, say it. ‘And I really like our band practices. I’ll miss them so much when I leave school. I’ll miss you. I—’ ‘JAKE!’ Grace had spotted them, and came tumbling up from the table to envelop Jake in a hug, Fey close behind her.
May 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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This is the book that introduced me to @pscwillis.bsky.social and led me to fall in love with their writing and I am so, so excited that it's going to be out in the world! If you like nerdy, cute, queer, magical people, I highly recommend getting a copy when you can.
pscwillis.bsky.social P.S.C. Willis 🌈🖋️ Crying Out for Magic - Out Now! @pscwillis.bsky.social · May 17
Space Wizard have announced the first set of books in their 2025-26 publishing year.... and guess who that includes?

As the backerkit page is now online, I can officially declare myself a #2025Debut and a #SmallPit success story.

Follow the campaign here: tinyurl.com/52k3pubw
A mood board with a bright purple banner across the middle and the words IT'S BEING PUBLISHED in bold, black caps. Moodboard: Left column: hand holding crystals, cup of tea, old books, hands making a heart with rainbow lighting. Central column: silhouetted figure standing amongst fireworks, a book hovering in an open circle of other books with text around it reading 'That world deserves magic... it's crying out for it,' a boy with his back turned to the camera. Right column: hands holding a paper rainbow heart, a Tyne and Wear metro train, a modern library, Tynemouth priory above the beach.
May 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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pscwillis.bsky.social
If 'Radio Silence' by Alice Oseman was not actually 'Radio Silence' by Alice Oseman but a book about trees by me.

#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #F #LGBT
Landscape image with the cover of 'Radio Silence' by Alice Oseman in the centre. To the left, a list titled 'Keep' with green checkmarks for bullets against the points: university anxiety, friend fall out, ace/demi rep. On the right, a list titled 'Replace...with....' followed by a bulleted list: [X] - Emotional abuse [arrow] Befriending tree spirits, [x] Podcast [arrow] Arts and crafts.
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Using #UnhingedPit to imagine the future 1 star reviews awaiting Tree Book - my #ownvoices ace rep cosy little contemporary fantasy.

#YA #Q #F #LGBT
A fake, tongue in cheek 1 star review, left by a user called 'ExplosionLover88' with a sports car profile picture. Review reads: Nothing happens! It's just this girl doing crafts and talking to a tree then feeling happy. Sometimes the tree talks back. There's this one guy who's kind of a jerk but nothing even blows up. I don't get it. Also, she claims to be "demi sexual" which I've never even heard of. Is that a real thing?
March 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret.
THE BONE SHARD WAR x THE JASAD HEIR

#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F
Photo collage with a dark aesthetic and reddish and green tones. Top row: A fox stares out from the darkness, one eye visible; a door knocker fashioned like a dragon; an eclipse, the sky is swirling with green tinged clouds. Middle row: A female warrior sits, propped up using the hilt of her sword; a double exposure of a face holding its hands like the scream but it's ghostlike and hard to discern the gender; a catacomb tunnel with a man holding a torch of fire; a strange unusual formation of rocks against the night sky with stars visible. Bottom row: a murky dark forest with twisted limbs and green atmostphere; the profile of a woman, long hair loose, she's in silhouette surrounded by darkness.
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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PERFECT ON PAPER x THE INFINITE NOISE

16 Y/O Grace *would* be ready to confess feelings for her BFF, if Fey'd just stay human long enough 😪
🐈‍⬛Shape-shifting
🏳️‍🌈Best friends➡️lovers
🤷School drama
🧡Found fam
💙Siblings
😠Bullies
🏳️‍🌈#OWN bi, demi, NB
🫖Comfort

#P2Ppit #YA #Q #RF
The spring green-toned image collage is dominated by the stare of a half-human, half-cat face, illustrated in watercolour and pencil. Both eyes in the portrait are yellow-green and both the short, pixie-cut hair of the human and the fur of the cat is black. The human half of the face has pale skin. The tagline reads: “Have you ever been told a secret that changed everything, when all you wanted was to share one of your own?” Around the portrait image are photographs relating to high school gossip and bullying, queer Pride and comfort. They include gossiping figures in school uniform, a hot beverage held between someone’s palms, rainbow reflections and badges, a black cat, a writing hand with a pen, and someone sketching.
January 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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NOT MY PROBLEM x MISFITS

Fey (16, cat-shifter) thinks she’s unlovable. BFF Grace has the feelings to prove her wrong. Jake, Grace’s little bro, thinks Fey is the perfect prom date. For love to win, Fey must accept herself, & Grace must speak up.

#P2Ppit #YA #Q #RF
The spring green-toned image collage is dominated by the stare of a half-human, half-cat face, illustrated in watercolour and pencil. Both eyes in the portrait are yellow-green and both the short, pixie-cut hair of the human and the fur of the cat is black. The human half of the face has pale skin. The tagline reads: “Have you ever been told a secret that changed everything, when all you wanted was to share one of your own?” Around the portrait image are photographs relating to high school gossip and bullying, queer Pride and comfort. They include gossiping figures in school uniform, a hot beverage held between someone’s palms, rainbow reflections and badges, a black cat, a writing hand with a pen, and someone sketching.
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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May I proudly present to you my #agentsguide to AT NIGHT, WE HIDE, a YA Dystopian Thriller.

😒 A snarky, thieving FMC
😈 A very unexpected villain
👽 Stay hidden at night or die
🫦 Slow burn
☠️ Murdery mole
🌪️ Twisty AF

#Q #UW #YA #DS #T #ANWH
#amquerying #litagents #P2Ppit
An agent’s guide to AT NIGHT, WE HIDE by Ann Littler AT NIGHT, WE HIDE pitch PITCH FIRST LINE: It was so much easier to steal when I worked alone. A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SCAVENGER WITH A DANGEROUS SECRET MUST FIND THE MOLE BEFORE SHE BECOMES THEIR NEXT VICTIM AND THE ENTIRE RESISTANCE EFFORT IS COMPROMISED. WHAT TE EXPECT • MORALLY-DODGY STEM FEMALE MC WHO CAUSES ALMOST ALL THE PROBLEMS • THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT WE DON'T • DYSTOPIAN MURDER MYSTERY • SLOW BURN ROMANCE •FOUND FAMILY KNOW WHAT • EVERYONE HAS SECRETS • CLOSE QUARTERS • UNEXPECTED VILLAIN • UNPUTDOWNABLE TWISTS • PLANNED TRILOGY Comps: Dystopian vibes of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Thriller elements of Five Survive Close Quarters of The Stranded
January 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Asparagus Bunch x A Fish in a Tree

Dyslexic Hazel would rather paint in her sketchbook than deal with words. Finally, in a school that accepts her, sketchbook and all, she thrives. When bulldozers come to tear it down, only her artistic eye will save the school.

#P2Ppit #MG
Mix of pics representing aspects of the book. Middle girl climbing trees, surrounded by floating letters, old documents, friends playing, buried treasure, bowler hat man, paint brushes, JCB and daisy chain
January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
phdancersteapot.bsky.social
Hi! I'm a writer-illustrator with #YA & #NA #amquerying & #WIP projects feat. queer teens with superpowers coping in modern day England. I also write Storytime for Grown-ups & poetry & I make art. I have a smol who steals time & 3 bunnies. 🚫No TERFs, Tories, crypto promoters, or general meanies pls
A tea mug with a teapot on it surrounded by art materials including watercolour paints, paper and pencils, and some open notebooks. Sarah in the snow with her baby inside her waterproof jacket sleeping against her chest.
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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At long last, the new installation of Storytime for Grown-ups. A short memorial to much-loved Elizabeth Barber, storytime patron & writer in a number of virtual exhibition projects, who sadly left us in October, is included. Short scenes & poems follow.

youtu.be/UinaCKJcwjM?...
Storytime #77: Scenes From a Dry July Garden Party
YouTube video by PhDancer's Teapot
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November 25, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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The 76th Storytime, a Solstice special in which we trialled short in-character scenes as an option for the chaos of the next few months, is now available to watch at youtu.be/OBBrUORA86A?...
The July session will be coming... when it can. So keep your eyes open for announcements.
Storytime #76: Scenes from the Solstice
A series of in-character scenes from the White Cedar Flat family's annual Soltice gathering, including representations of Dina, Albie, Crackers the galah and...
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June 9, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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The 75th Storytime, featuring constellations, street performers, train mayhem, & unlikely friendships, is now available to watch at youtu.be/wuErPjnVgLw?si…
I'll be doing slightly different style Storytimes the next few months around the arrival of my tiny human. Watch this space.
Storytime #75: Similar Opposites
Arjun and Annae are unlikely friends. When Arjun asks Annae to accompany him to an astronomy convention, he learns that some ways of being similar are more i...
https://youtu.be/wuErPjnVgLw?si…
May 20, 2024 at 6:29 AM
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My poem "The Gates" features in the anthology Not/Coming Out, launching today on Amazon. Copies will be available via bookshops longer term (patience required for Ingram Spark). A big thank you to the anthology team for accepting my poem for inclusion.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CXHMNM3...
A gradated pastel background with images of the kindle and paperback versions of the anthology 'Not/Coming Out' and the text: Not/Coming Out, a charity anthology, May 16th 2024, OUT NOW! And a small sticker-style text saying 'My work's in this!'
May 16, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Thanks to everyone who came along to hear Storytime 74! If you'd like to catch up, you can watch at
youtu.be/69wsxwmGSNo?...
Storytime #74: April Fools
Fraser and James decide to adopt a baby. Brodric the cat is unimpressed by the idea, and his opinion is shared by Elena, but not the rest of the White Cedar ...
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April 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM