Author of The Sovereign Seed—a Southern Gothic memoir investigating trauma, recovery, and panentheism through art.Home of The Bird and the Baby circle.🕊️ Join the Hatchlings & listen to our upcoming podcasts below:👉 stephanieharrisonauthor.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mtwjmhlshs2h🎵 Golden memory: Seeing Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers at the Hearnes Center (Sept '85) with my grandparents on the Real Love tour. They threw tambourines right into the crowd! An unmatched night with absolute icons. ✨ #DollyParton #KennyRogers #MusicMemories #HearnesCenter25 Aug 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwjmhlshs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mtw3pw23oc2pWhen we are young, life is about finding the right formula—how to be the perfect spouse, parent, or friend. Then you get older and realize the formula doesn't exist. Which is great, because I always hated algebra.#LifeLessons #Growth #Perspective #Relatable25 Aug 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw3pw23oc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mtqxlcaxrk2dIt turns out I can drive in the dark. On my trip I decided to play The Smiths. “In my life why do I give my valuable time to those who don’t care if I live or die” And I realized I’m not doing that anymore. I’m writing for me. That made me happy. That, and I did not hit a deer or a Bigfoot.23 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqxlcaxrk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mtonz2eud22sWe build the stage to hide the wreckage, splitting in two while the calliope screams. But the Ferris wheel always comes back around, and the ego has to die. New article drops tomorrow. Raw audio score on Bandcamp. #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky #SouthernGothic #TraumaRecovery #TheSovereignSeed22 Aug 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtonz2eud22shttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mtk5hixmc22bEpisode 2 of Pretty Stupid just dropped! #Substack #Podcasts #IndiePod #Memoir #Recovery #SouthernGothic #Panentheism https://open.substack.com/pub/thebirdandbaby/p/reading-tangled-up-in-trueisms?r=8qfcrp&utm_medium=ios20 Aug 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk5hixmc22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mthmpc3crc27My daughter and my bloodhound are often featured in my substack articles. Thought I’d share a cute pic of my two “babies”. #booksky #southerngothic #dogsky19 Aug 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthmpc3crc27https://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mt5og5jvek2bNew writing drops tomorrow: Old Crowley Medicine Show. 🌲✨Let's look at the prosperity gospel as modern sympathetic magic. Check out the article and companion track: stephanieharrisonauthor.com #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Recovery.15 Aug 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5og5jvek2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mswmu36dl22l"It doesn’t matter anyway." — Morla, probably. But if it did matter, my upcoming Substack article would be a must-read. Stay tuned. #NeverEndingStory #WritingCommunity #Substack #ComingSoon13 Aug 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswmu36dl22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3msvg74j72225Looking for misfits who love high fantasy & instinctively understand Tolkien & Lewis. They conveyed the vast, mythic depths of grace in a way that just isn’t digestible sitting in a standard church pew. ✨#FantasyCommunity #HighFantasy #Tolkien #CSLewis #FaithAndFantasy12 Aug 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvg74j72225https://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3msnnixn3rs2lFor anybody that remembers laser disc cartridges, caboodles, and sleepovers spent watching scary movies #horrorfilms #indieauthors #standbyme #writersofbluesky https://open.substack.com/pub/thebirdandbaby/p/the-light-in-the-shining-the-bird?r=8qfcrp&utm_medium=ios09 Aug 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnnixn3rs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mslhjvgr2c2fThis spider lives on my porch. I fully expect to wake up one morning and see “Some Pig” written in the beautiful webbing. #ebwhite #booksky #everydaywonder08 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslhjvgr2c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3msgudbuyec2uMy first podcast episode has officially been released into the wild! Still learning and very nervous, but excited. #writers #indiepodcast https://open.substack.com/pub/thebirdandbaby/p/reading-mother-whites-store-is-closed?r=8qfcrp&utm_medium=ios06 Aug 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgudbuyec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3msdu3ik57s2uLearning the writing biz. For my book, The Sovereign Seed, I dumped 40K words in a weekend. Writing was my 1st goal; funding is my 2nd. Right now, business trumps art. A whiteboard maps the mess in my head. Thoughts need a partnership with my hands. #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting05 Aug 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdu3ik57s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3ms423gpjak2qHey void dwellers, just dropped my latest article. It is for the universe now. #southerngothic #spiritualdeconstruction #austin #recovery02 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms423gpjak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrxiayay6k2kLook what came in the mail! My afternoon plan is set @matthewholvey.bsky.social31 Jul 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxiayay6k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrxbleia5k2dSo lesson learned about recording in a room with 12 ft ceilings. Still a win! Check out the trailer: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebirdandbaby/p/introducing-pretty-stupid?r=8qfcrp&utm_medium=ios31 Jul 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxbleia5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrunxe3lv22bDumbledore banning books mirrors how society treats raw trauma and spirituality. Writing my memoir feels like Hermione retrieving forbidden texts from the office. This tension is why I'm starting a podcast called Pretty Stupid. Trailer coming in a couple weeks. #memoir #trauma30 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrunxe3lv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrs4rjjrhc2iShameless promo day "Alright, Alright, Alright" - article drops on Sunday #writersofbluesky #recovery29 Jul 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs4rjjrhc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrnimk6rgs23Putting a mixtape together for The Sovereign Seed- trying to capture the mood of The Bird and the Baby. Heavy 90s noise, spiritual wreckage, recover, mythic dirt. Think Smog, Jane's Addiction, Spoon- the sonic equivalent of that green cardigan. Drop a track. www.stephanieharrisonauthor.com27 Jul 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnimk6rgs23https://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrkyt6rnqk24Here is what might be a radical idea: stop posting about, reading posts about, and giving attention to toxic leaders, people, and ideas. Has complaining helped so far? If everyone just decided to ignore them for five minutes they might shrivel up and go away.26 Jul 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkyt6rnqk24https://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrkfnnfpjk22Come for the pigs, stay for the story. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebirdandbaby/p/mother-whites-store-is-closed-the?r=8qfcrp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #missouri #southerngothic26 Jul 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkfnnfpjk22https://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mrfjju3nik2dWhen Rage Against the Machine screams, "Rally 'round the family, with a pocket full of shells," surface listeners only hear gunfire. They miss the architecture. In a Southern Gothic world, a "pocket full of shells" is the heavy combines and tractors of institutional power. 👇#RATM #missourihistory24 Jul 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfjju3nik2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mre7uw27ck2dMost people probably don't know Monroe County, Missouri exists. I grew up there. #missouri #writersofbluesky24 Jul 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mre7uw27ck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mr3am7i3tc24Does God shop on Amazon? Because I accidentally ordered two identical vacuums last week. I felt stupid until today, when I completely broke the first one before I could even initiate the return. Divine intervention or just prime logistics? 📦🙏 #adulting #amazonfinds #dogsky20 Jul 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3am7i3tc24https://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mqysw6r5fs2pHere it is: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebirdandbaby/p/the-day-i-stopped-praying-for-a-better?r=8qfcrp&utm_medium=ios19 Jul 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqysw6r5fs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mqwoqdac3s2gDropping tomorrow- the first peek at an excerpt from The Sovereign Seed. #writingcommunity18 Jul 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwoqdac3s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mqufayovtk2a"You cannot find your true melody by lip-syncing someone else's script. Dropping the prologue to my story this Sunday morning." #writersofbluesky #spirituality17 Jul 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqufayovtk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mqtypl7yys2aI created a Starter Pack for writers and artists navigating the Southern Gothic landscape, recovery, and spiritual deconstruction. Click to find your circle and follow with one click. go.bsky.app/FPPqoVj [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtypl7yys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/stephanieharrisonauthor.com/post/3mqshruxla22a🎙️ CALLING ALL FIRST GUESTS 🎙️ Pretty Stupid is a highly curated podcast highlighting women who have crawled through hell and found an enduring sense of spirituality through their creative work. Stories of raw survival and the art that came out of it. Apply here: https://forms.gle/csikyBHPdxiGiyoG817 Jul 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:hiiafp5qmbhyybsny2xzbjx2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqshruxla22a