Neon SFF and gaudy boots. Pub'd in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, &etc. Lead writer on a TTRPG forthcoming from Gameswell. #vp23; James White Award finalist. She/her. stories @ https://sarahpauling.com/https://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mwyg4zccpk2athis is barbershop harmony. at least I think so03 Oct 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyg4zccpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mwtqtxp4os2kI am in Boise for a barbershop harmony convention so please pass along Boise recs if you’ve got ‘em. I liked the art museum01 Oct 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtqtxp4os2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mwswbgvaxs26“At Generic State, it’s normal for crowds…to chant, scream, cry, and occasionally bleed while exploited youths risk their bodies and minds in ritual violence to sate the bloodlust of their watchers. Surely this must be Dark Academia somehow.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/generic-state-university-pivots-to-dark-academia01 Oct 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwswbgvaxs26https://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mwjr747wfs2neveryone in a given writer’s circle has an important social role. my role is “doesn’t shut up about tiptree”27 Sep 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjr747wfs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mwjaqasz4c24for blood on the clocktower last night i couldn’t decide if I should go for “literal witch casting spells” or “why on earth would I have killed my husband, officer?” So I split the difference27 Sep 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjaqasz4c24https://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mwhmpytafc2hthey both fit. they promise27 Sep 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhmpytafc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mw73kprb7c2dgod dc comics are stupid (she said, lovingly). i should get back into reading dc again23 Sep 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw73kprb7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mw265u33ds2ddental hygienist looked in my mouth and said “oh yeah I remember now” am I cooked?21 Sep 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw265u33ds2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvxnu5qvnc2kbest (worst?) thing abt conventions is how quickly my "to read/watch" bookmarks multiply20 Sep 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxnu5qvnc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvvb4cqtsc2zSOON the mystery rpgs talk is at 11pm EDT which means i am here to support the australians. australians, assemble [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvb4cqtsc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvv53a7rrs2vcheating bc i already talked about this like a month ago but i read THE GONE WORLD by tom sweterlitsch and lost my goddamn mind. good and idiosyncratic prose, strong characterization, complicated emotional valence, "time travel as cosmic horror" [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv53a7rrs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvtie2cos22nthis was real real good and now i want to play girl frame even MORE [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtie2cos22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvpzajnkyc2dthe mystery rpg ted talk is in part an excuse to give recs recentish games whose handling of mystery stories i will enthuse about include Psychic Trash Detectives by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, Alice is Missing by @spenserstarke.bsky.social, and of course The Between by @jasoncordova.bsky.social!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpzajnkyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvgkvixen22fi am going to Talk About Things at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! 1) I love slush reading at @diabolicalplots.com and @smallwondersmag.com AND 2) I am neck-deep in mystery ttrpgs and ready to make that everybody else's problem13 Sep 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgkvixen22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahpauling.bsky.social/post/3mvilpvvnis27i've been so deep in the tabletop mines in the first place because i’m lead writer for wyrd mist, a ttrpg with deck building elements forthcoming from gameswell! i've been pitching it as "nancy drew twin peaks." the playtest packet is available online: https://gameswell.shop/pages/wyrd-mist14 Sep 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:k7zo3ezbbidc2ffdrlvbjple/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvilpvvnis27