Intersections in the dirt(y)

Short fiction and speculative mysteries from the off-kilter edges of reality

The Shadow Press shows how wreckage becomes ritual, how soil becomes scripture, and how the body becomes the first altar. Sign up to receive short stories, essays, and poetry unearthed from beneath the muddy roots of the world.

I am a published poet and author of children's stories. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in violin performance music composition from UCSB. Currently, I am primarily involved in the creation of my Poetic Improvisations.

The Path of the Logos is the Way of the Word

A witchy, dark fiction Substack. The time of burning the witch is over. It's time to burn the good girl to become the witch. Novels, essays, short stories, and potions curated for this purpose. Author of The Raven Dreams Trilogy.

A record of the Ohio River Valley — the plants that grow there, the stories that stay. Folk herbalism, Appalachian folklore, and The Shadowroot Trilogy, kept from a small farm by the woman who tends it.

Writing in longhand. An attempt to sort out the brain of an overly stimulated writer.

Poetry and prose inspired by my experiences and encounters with NHI

Sylvienne Ethara Author, screenwriter, and podcaster. I write myth-blooded fiction and dream walker prose, carving worlds where grief has teeth and prophecy refuses to die. Host of The Writer’s Quill (78 countries). Ranked #1,042 in Fiction on Substack.

The contours on the map cannot capture the beauty of the mountains.