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sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26)
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Haligonian SFFH writer / She/They / A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING 🌊 (Sourcebooks 2026) / Maritime Cryptid / Hazel stan 🐈 / Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski at Azantian Literary Agency
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sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social · Nov 17
A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING is my love letter to sisterhood, feminine rage, and revenge.

Ft. Faustian bargains, escaping 1860s patriarchy, the ghost of an island lighthouse keeper gutted by the young lady seeking shelter at his door, and the spiral of a sister's love warped with fear and power.
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Publishers Marketplace Deal Report: Category Fiction - Debut from June 24, 2024. "A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING" by Sarah L. Hawthorn Imprint: Sourcebooks. Sarah L. Hawthorn's A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING, a queer historical speculative novel about a lighthouse keeper who leads sailors to their death as part of a devil's bargain to save her sister, but when a shipwrecked survivor washes ashore, breaking her deal with the devil and stealing her sister's heart, so is left with an impossible choice, to Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Larissa Melo Pienkowski at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (world English). Rights: sam@jillgrinbergliterary.com
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Thinking about how sometime in Fall when I was 16 and at a family gathering, I went up to my grandmother and told her I'd decided to be a writer.

I don't know what it was specifically about that day that made me want to announce it, but it's now been another 16 years and I'm debuting next year 🥹
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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(in the same tone as a proud parent after a particularly good christmas concert): my cat not only got a gold star sticker at the vet & was told she was the best cat they'd seen all day, but she ALSO let them touch her belly AND they said we were lucky to have such a perfect cat AND THEY WERE RIGHT
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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HAPPY GOTCHA DAY TO THE BEST GIRL HAZEL BASIL !!!
A calico cat tucked into a dinosaur print blanket while on a person's lap at a desk as they try to type. A calico cat with her tongue stuck out a little, looking up in a silly way. A calico cat in a man's lap, looking at playing cards as if she is playing a card game. A calico cat sitting in a fake Christmas tree, looking directly at the camera between the branches.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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how am I supposed to write under these conditions???
a calico cat is tucked into a dinosaur print blanket at the desk of a writer, who is trying to write at a keyboard. a calico cat is laying her head delicately against a person's arm, while the person is trying to type at a keyboard just out of frame of the photo.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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IT'S IMPERFECT CREATURES DAYYYYYY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations to Joe on a truly stellar, mind-bending book. It's been such a pleasure witnessing this book turn into something so multi-layered and heart wrenching!!
writelikeashark.bsky.social Joe Butler @writelikeashark.bsky.social · 11d
RELEASE DAY!!! Imperfect Creatures is OUT NOW! My weird, Twin Peaks X House of Leaves novel is finally out in the world and wants to take up space in your brain.
You can get it here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Imperfect-Cr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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RELEASE DAY!!! Imperfect Creatures is OUT NOW! My weird, Twin Peaks X House of Leaves novel is finally out in the world and wants to take up space in your brain.
You can get it here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Imperfect-Cr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Cozy brie bake Sunday 🩷
A coffee table with a wheel of melted Brie with walnuts and dried cranberries, cut up green apples, and cut up baguette slices.
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I can be your angle (eepy baby) or your debil (ferocious toy hunter)
A calico cat sleeping on a grey couch. A calico cat looking up with green eyes while sitting on a couch, with a colourful toy mouse in front of her.
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

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(A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING, 2026)
I CUT THE COD DOWNWARD, behind the head and near the gills, to create a space in the cavity. The blade runs down its back in shal- low sections until the body becomes thin enough to slice end to end. A sharp knife makes all the difference between a quick, clean cut and a massacre of choppy, gut-covered bits. Smaller fish, like pollock or mackerel, can be opened with one quick swipe of the blade down the backbone. Cod requires patience. “You’ve gotten better at that cut since you did it to me,” says the man I murdered last year. He floats a few inches off the ground, idling near the stairs.
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Piiiiiiiiiink!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!! 🩷🌸🩷

It's been 3 years since I last dyed it and I love it so much 🩷
Sarah smiling at the camera with bright pink hair, mixed with brown at the edges.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Hazel is here to tell you to shoot for your dreams, especially if the dream is to sit directly in front of whatever work "needs" to get done given you are much more important than words on a monitor ❤️
A calico cat looking up at the camera with green eyes, sitting on a desk with a notebook, phone, airpods, and lit up keyboard.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Long time no post but I'm thrilled to reveal the cover of my debut, An Inheritance of Lies, coming out on May 5, 2026 with Lake Union!

You can pre-ørder now everywhere and àdd on Goodreads!

🔗 below
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Cover reveal for Carnalis, my lesbian cannibal novella, which is out in MARCH from @nictitatingbooks.bsky.social!!
Abstract photo of a woman’s face, distorted through smears of water. Shades of pink, brown, and white. At the top Carnalis is written in a serif font. At the bottom is my name.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I'm going to get my hair coloured this weekend!! It's been a whole 3 years since I last dyed it, I'm so excited 👀
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Writing in past after such a long time writing/editing in present is a bit of a trip. What do you mean this already happened. Who are we telling this to after the fact. I'm so used to reading it and I'll get used to it, it's just so alien right now!
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Good GOD are you KIDDINGGGGG
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Spirit of baseball heed one more point for the Jays I don't want to stay up until 4 am 🫶
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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"let the spirit of baseball take care of this game" objectively the funniest thing I have heard the announcers say as players pour out onto the field for a fight
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Had a fun little trip down to the Valley today for speciality cheeses, Korean food, vinyl searching, and cider tasting 🧡🧡🧡
Sarah, a white non-binary person (she/they), in a black beanie with a ghost embroidered on it and a cozy fall sweater, sorting through vinyls at a record shop.
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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the energy tonight
A gengar plushie sitting on the back of a couch with a blue jays hat on its head.
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Hark! It's a new Frog Pond, featuring sharks, ancient jawless fish, and why your teeth are so sensitive!! Plus book updates 🌊💙👻

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The Frog Pond #27: Blame ancient fish for your sensitive teeth
Did you know sharks aren't attracted to human blood? Plus ancient jawless fish, exoskeletons becoming teeth, and more in this month's Frog Pond!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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As a girlie with nausea issues I want a "pretend food doesn't exist" setting on all apps where I can switch it on and scroll in peace to not get food reels mixed in with cute cats etc.

There are dozens of us 😔
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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exCitement for yOur debut can be so Very funny because somE days I'm at my day-job or wRiting or playing with my cat and suddenly my brain'S like !!! remember hOw your childhood dreams are cOming true?? are you taking this in?? what it if goes wroNg??

what if it goes better than you'd ever hoped??😇
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Had a lovely time at a local used bookstore today called Fluffy Cat Books! Posted a little haul video over on the tictacs: www.tiktok.com/@slhawthorn/...

I'm still new to posting videos of myself BUT I'm happy with this one and even edited out at least half the ums! 🥰 📚👀 #booksky
Used Bookstore Haul!! I grabbed some local gems, a new horror I can't wait to read, and a reading journal (and bonus sticker!). All from a lovely store in Lower Sackville called Fluffy Cat Books! #Boo...
TikTok video by ✨ sarah l. hawthorn✨
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October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM