Sylvia Heike
@sylviaheike.bsky.social
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Fantasy & science fiction writer from Finland. Stories in Small Wonders, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders & more. Likes knitting, gardening, birdwatching. SFWA member. She/her. Website: https://sylviaheike.com
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In August, my SF micro fiction "Friend Squad" was published in Anomaly. Available to all tiers of Anomaly's Patreon subscribers (including free). Edited by @ericfomley.bsky.social

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A haunted house but it’s so nice inside, let’s just stay in here
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Oh no, I'm so sorry for your loss.
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“I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.”
Jane Goodall
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I love them. We used to get European goldfinches almost every day last winter at the feeders. Until that garden, I'd rarely seen them.
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A bouquet of goldfinches.

#photography #BirdSky #bloomscrolling #nature #wildlife #PNW #BirdPhotography #birding #garden #birds
A trio of goldfinches all perched in a small clump of tiny pink-purple flowers. The flowers are on long thin stems, and have started to go to seed so there is a fair bit of brown mixed in with the tiny blooms. The birds have their beaks in the clusters of flowers, looking for seeds. Blurry garden greenery in the background.
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Aw, that must bring luck somehow.
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Happy October! 🖤 Internet tells me this might've been a wood pigeon tail feather.
Fallen leaves and a feather on the ground, shot from above, my shoes and coat hem visible in the picture.
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I'm so sorry for your loss. 💜
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A photo from yesterday's walk.
Two human shadows reflected in shallow water.
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Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of Skin Thief: Stories! I'm very proud of this book. I put it together during the darkest period of my adult life. I felt very alone and friendless when I sent it out into the world and it brought me so much love in return. Thank you to everyone who's read it. 🖤
My hand holding a copy of Skin Thief: Stories.
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Aww this is adorable. I mean, the ending can be read in two ways. :)
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Have you tried being a little plant today?

Turn to face the sun? Shake your leaves? Let your roots carry you? Drink your water? Crawl and grow even in impossible environments that defy physics and tangle yourself around people’s necks?

No? What’s stopping you?
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This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
a small brown dog leaps up from behind a pile of crunchy brown leaves. her eyes and mouth are open wide, and her big floppy ears are extended out like wings to either side.