Stephanie Harrison
@stephanieharrisonauthor.com
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.com
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This space anchors my upcoming autobiography, The Sovereign Seed—investigating how we map panentheism onto a fractured human life. Alongside my writing, I am launching two public podcasts: Pretty Stupid (interviewing resilient women) and The InBetween Place (highlighting community artists).
Finley just stole a brand new tube of toothpaste and hid it in his yard. He has never once shown an interest in oral care before today. #dogsofbluesky #bloodhounds
September 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Finley just stole a brand new tube of toothpaste and hid it in his yard. He has never once shown an interest in oral care before today. #dogsofbluesky #bloodhounds
Cartels, circus trains, poltergeists, and a lynching…this town has it all! #writersofbluesky #ozzy #southerngothic #arkansas open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
Off the Rails on a Sanity Train
Dispatch 10: Living in the gaps that the counters never see
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September 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Cartels, circus trains, poltergeists, and a lynching…this town has it all! #writersofbluesky #ozzy #southerngothic #arkansas open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
A literary magazine editor essentially said they use AI to find out if you used AI to write or edit.I’m going to put away my encyclopedias and microfiche machine, and grab a coffee before I respond. Algorithms policing creativity is peak irony. #WritingCommunity #Substack #AI #Authors
September 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM
A literary magazine editor essentially said they use AI to find out if you used AI to write or edit.I’m going to put away my encyclopedias and microfiche machine, and grab a coffee before I respond. Algorithms policing creativity is peak irony. #WritingCommunity #Substack #AI #Authors
If I did it over, I'd get a PhD. Then I could sit in a bubble and lecture people that they don't have the right credentials to speak on their own pain. Then I look at my life and realize I’m so thankful things turned out exactly the way they did. #SouthernGothic #WritingCommunity
September 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
If I did it over, I'd get a PhD. Then I could sit in a bubble and lecture people that they don't have the right credentials to speak on their own pain. Then I look at my life and realize I’m so thankful things turned out exactly the way they did. #SouthernGothic #WritingCommunity
If you and your Luck Dragon are looking for something to read this afternoon please check out my article #theneverendingstory #writersofbluesky #spiritualdeconstruction
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The Story That Never Ends
Dispatch No. 9: On Morla’s swamp, the tyranny of cynicism, and the quiet acts of sub-creation that keep our wonder alive
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September 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
If you and your Luck Dragon are looking for something to read this afternoon please check out my article #theneverendingstory #writersofbluesky #spiritualdeconstruction
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Hey! If you like Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick this one might be for you. #writersofbluesky #indiepodcasts
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Reading: The Light in The Shining
On evangelical sanctuary, the frozen timber, and finding God outside the fortress
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September 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Hey! If you like Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick this one might be for you. #writersofbluesky #indiepodcasts
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It isn't a whisper, it isn't a rule, it's a fuck you fire in the back of the school...Come burn it all down with me- article drops Sunday. #writersofbluesky #recovery #trauma#memoir #southerngothic
August 29, 2026 at 1:19 AM
It isn't a whisper, it isn't a rule, it's a fuck you fire in the back of the school...Come burn it all down with me- article drops Sunday. #writersofbluesky #recovery #trauma#memoir #southerngothic
🎵 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 #HearnesCenter
August 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
🎵 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 #HearnesCenter
When 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 #Relatable
August 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
When 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 #Relatable
It 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.
August 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
It 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.
We 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 #TheSovereignSeed
August 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
We 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 #TheSovereignSeed
Episode 2 of Pretty Stupid just dropped! #Substack #Podcasts #IndiePod #Memoir #Recovery #SouthernGothic #Panentheism
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Reading: Tangled Up In True(isms)
Dispatch No. 4: On the weight of the ancient lines and the young grunge gods
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August 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Episode 2 of Pretty Stupid just dropped! #Substack #Podcasts #IndiePod #Memoir #Recovery #SouthernGothic #Panentheism
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My daughter and my bloodhound are often featured in my substack articles. Thought I’d share a cute pic of my two “babies”. #booksky #southerngothic #dogsky
August 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
My daughter and my bloodhound are often featured in my substack articles. Thought I’d share a cute pic of my two “babies”. #booksky #southerngothic #dogsky
New 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.
August 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
New 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.
"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 #ComingSoon
August 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"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 #ComingSoon
Looking 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 #FaithAndFantasy
August 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Looking 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 #FaithAndFantasy
For anybody that remembers laser disc cartridges, caboodles, and sleepovers spent watching scary movies #horrorfilms #indieauthors #standbyme #writersofbluesky open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
The Light in the Shining
Dispatch No. 5: On evangelical sanctuary, the frozen timber, and finding God outside the fortress
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August 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
For anybody that remembers laser disc cartridges, caboodles, and sleepovers spent watching scary movies #horrorfilms #indieauthors #standbyme #writersofbluesky open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
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I love a little poetry in the weekend.
<reads poetry>
Gotdamn that poetry got hands.
<reads poetry>
Gotdamn that poetry got hands.
August 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I love a little poetry in the weekend.
<reads poetry>
Gotdamn that poetry got hands.
<reads poetry>
Gotdamn that poetry got hands.
This spider lives on my porch. I fully expect to wake up one morning and see “Some Pig” written in the beautiful webbing. #ebwhite #booksky #everydaywonder
August 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This spider lives on my porch. I fully expect to wake up one morning and see “Some Pig” written in the beautiful webbing. #ebwhite #booksky #everydaywonder
My first podcast episode has officially been released into the wild! Still learning and very nervous, but excited. #writers #indiepodcast open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
Reading: Mother White's Store is Closed
How the little kingdoms of Monroe County began to fall
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August 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
My first podcast episode has officially been released into the wild! Still learning and very nervous, but excited. #writers #indiepodcast open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
Learning 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 #AmWriting
August 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Learning 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 #AmWriting
Hey void dwellers, just dropped my latest article. It is for the universe now. #southerngothic #spiritualdeconstruction #austin #recovery
August 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Hey void dwellers, just dropped my latest article. It is for the universe now. #southerngothic #spiritualdeconstruction #austin #recovery
Look what came in the mail! My afternoon plan is set @matthewholvey.bsky.social
July 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Look what came in the mail! My afternoon plan is set @matthewholvey.bsky.social
So lesson learned about recording in a room with 12 ft ceilings. Still a win! Check out the trailer: open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
Introducing: Pretty Stupid
A podcast about the grit, the strange beauty, and the absolute absurdity of living
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July 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
So lesson learned about recording in a room with 12 ft ceilings. Still a win! Check out the trailer: open.substack.com/pub/thebirda...
Dumbledore 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 #trauma
July 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM