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Thank you so much! Hope a copy of Crossroads comes upon your path soon ✨

Crossroads sits on a lectern where authors gave readings of their work. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram.

Editorial Lead Cora smiles at the camera while Project Manager José and Marketing and Sales Manager Chloe have a conversation. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram.

Crossroads leans up against a table as an attendee reads from it. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram.

Marketing and Sales Assistant Molly and their partner, Matthew enjoying the event. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram.

Without further delay, we are so excited to announce that Crossroads is now available for purchase on the University of Stirling online shop! 💚

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Image of the printed edition of "Crossroads" sat next to empty prosecco glasses and a thoroughly enjoyed cupcake.

Author Shani reads an excerpt from their piece "Do you remember?"

Cupcakes provided by Wildflower Bakes.

Thank you to all of you who came to our launch event! For those of you who couldn't make it, why not check out some of these fantastic shots? Captured by John Morton Photography, a change of pace from the student's usual music and concert work. #Photography #Launch #Booksky 📚💙

Join us: June 4th 5.00-7.00pm. Albert Halls, Stirling. A night of reading's and author q+a's. Dresscode encouraged but not enforced: Come in green or on theme!

Today's the day! Last chance to book a ticket for this evening's launch party at Albert Halls🎉 Would love to see you there!

Louise Gow- author of The Lonely Woman Louise is a current Creative writing masters student who writes mainly young adult fiction with a mix of thriller/romance and sometimes mental health themed poetry. She graduated with an undergraduate degree in Primary Education and recently wrote a children's book for Scottish children's charity A Bear Named Buttony. She is passionate about writing and is loving the course along with the lovely community at Stirling University.  [Image of Louise smiling with an indoor background]

Demi Savannah Jo Sutherland- Author of Kelpie's Law, Forest Path and more. Demi is a writer and filmmaker based in Dunfermline, Fife, currently completing an MLitt in Creative Writing. Through her screenplays, poetry, and short prose, she explores mental health, relationships, and nature. She is inspired by folklore, mythology, and philosophy, using magical realism to reflect human psychology. She is currently filming a documentary commission celebrating Fife’s coastline. She loves night walks with her dog and finds writing about herself in the third person amusing! [Image of Demi with a cute dog]

Introducing... Louise Gow and Demi Savannah Jo Sutherland ✨

Catherine Ogston- Author of The Black Book Catherine Ogston writes flash fiction, short stories and longer YA fiction. Flash pieces have been published by Bath Flash, Flash 500, TL;DR Press, Firewords, The Phare, National Flash Fiction Day 2020-25 and others. Short stories have been published in New Writing Scotland 35 & 39, Scottish Arts Trust, Leicester Writes Prize, Retreat West Prize and others. Longer work has been long/short listed at Exeter Novel Prize, Caledonia Novel Award, Kelpies Prize for Children’s Writing and others. Recent winner of the Fabuly Writers’ Challenge and upcoming in Best Microfictions 2025. [Image of Catherine in front of plants.]

Ren Robertson- Author of Musings for the Magpie and The Darkest Spot in the Sky Ren Robertson is a fiction writer currently based in Stirling, Scotland. He is primarily a sci-fi, Scottish folklore, mythology, and fantasy writer with a specific interest in blending them all together and exploring characters and ideas that come from that. He has a few short stories locally published and is currently working on a sci-fi/Scottish mythology novel. [Image of Ren in front of a body of water]

Introducing... Catherine Ogston and Ren Robertson ✨

James Howard- Author of Finn Folk and The Last Haggis in Scotland James Howard is the writing team liason for this years Styvling press anthology. He is from Shetland, and writes mostly poetry, along with some prose and scriptwriting. He is particularly interested in dialect poems, and the use of second person in poetry and fiction. His pieces for the anthology centre around Scottish Folklore, and aim to highlight Scottish language and culture in a unique and humorous manner. [Image of James in the crook of a brick alley]

saint jae- author of Dinosauria saint jae is a detroit-born and michigan-raised primeval slacker-poet presently pursuing a postgraduate degree at the university of stirling in stirling, scotland. jae writes on grief, identity, and dinosaurs. [image of Le Chevalier aux Fleurs]

Introducing... James Howard and saint jae ✨

Dhanya Baburaj- Author of Haunted A selective introvert who loves to read and write poetry, memoir and romance stories, she was born in rural Kerala but grew up in Mumbai, a metropolitan city in India. Her love for words began at an early age through reading of classical works in English and Malayalam (language spoken in Kerala). Her fascination with English literature started with reading Bram Stoker's Dracula at 8 years old. In her free time, besides reading and writing, she loves to explore places, especially beaches; listen to music; and paint landscapes. [Image of Dhanya in front of the coastline]

Alysha Boa Morte Santos- Author of Where Jacarandas Grow Alysha Boa Morte Santos completed her Bachelor of Creative Writing and Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Wollongong and is currently working to complete her Masters of Letters in Creative Writing at the University of Stirling. Alysha enjoys working in prose, poetry and script but most often writes contemporary and literary fiction exploring themes of cultural heritage and diaspora. She is currently working on a full-length novel about the ties between the people we call family and the places we call home. [Image of Alysha smiling with a building in the background]

Introducing... Dhanya Baburaj and Alysha Boa Morte Santos ✨

E. Olsen- Author of Get Lost Writes hopeful near-future speculative fiction, blending elements of solarpunk and hopepunk to reimagine our world in her novels. This short story, a departure from her usual work, reimagines Hansel and Gretel as an origin story of the Slavic folklore figure Baba Yaga. It was inspired by her daughter creating necklaces for the family as safety amulets after a turkey feast. Thanks be to the poultry. [Image of tree with sprawling branches and leaves]

Jules Forrest- Author of A Tourist's Guide Jules is a Scottish writer who writes dark, humorous literary fiction. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in creative writing at the University of Stirling. If she isn't writing, she is most likely rewatching Twilight or listening to Chappel Roan while trying to navigate the Easyjet website. [Image of Jules standing in front of cherry blossom tree.]

Introducing... E. Olsen and Jules Forrest ✨

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🎤Meet the voices behind the stories!
Ahead of our upcoming launch this Tuesday, we're introducing some of the talented authors behind Crossroads ✨
#booksky #books #author #reader #anthology 💙📚

Take the opportunity to "customise your character", so to speak✨ One of our press team may or may not be wearing a cape... 👀

Or why not preorder the book while you're here? 😜
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£2 for a ticket to a terrific evening!
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Join us for 'Crossroads' Book Launch: June 4th 5.00-7.00pm. Albert Halls, Stirling For a night of readings and author q&a’s. Dress code: Come in green or on theme! (So anything mystical, magical or mythical!)

🎉You are invited to a magical evening of readings and author panels as Stryvling Press prepares for the release of our 8th anthology 📖 Come along to the Albert Halls on June 4th to celebrate the talented team behind this year’s title! Tickets linked in bio/replies ✨ #booklaunch

Image features book cover for Crossroads: A creative writing anthology from the students at the University of Stirling.

Something whimsical this way comes…✨

You can’t crack open Crossroads just yet but you can feast your eyes on our fantastic cover 😍📚💙 #booksky #books #bookcover #scotland #anthology #toberead

Crossroads Cover Reveal, coming May 16th

✨ Something stirs at the crossroads… ✨
The cover of our 2025 anthology is almost here.
Join us on May 16th for the grand reveal!
#CrossroadsAnthology #CoverReveal #StryvlingPress

Seven years of stunning covers and one more about to drop. Shows the previous book covers we have designed.

We've been releasing stunning covers for over seven years and our next cover reveal is just around the corner... stay tuned! 📚💙 #booksky #cover #bookcover #art

Project Manager Jose discusses Stryvling Press and the wider publishing climate with Ringwood Publishing Podcast. Listen now to hear about: -The first screenplay to be featured in a Stryvling Press anthology -Rejection and the publishing process -The endurance of the written word, in particular the fantasy genre And more! S5E6 of The Ringwood Publishing Podcast.

Project Manager José recently appeared on The Ringwood Publishing Podcast. Check it out for a behind the scenes glimpse into the creative process at Stryvling Press, as well as some thoughts on the contemporary publishing climate. Scan the link in the image below to listen on Spotify!🎧#Booksky 📚💙

Hi Paul,

This email hasn't came through our end but I'm sorry for the wait in reply. We currently only accept submissions from the University of Stirling but we'll let you know if this changes!

Have a good day.

Chloe, Marketing and Sales

Would you rather? Crossroads Edition. Swipe to choose your path!

Travel back to the dinosaur age or take a trip to talk to the stars?

Find a book of ancient magic spells or encounter a UFO and spot an alien?

Fly like a magpie or run like a leopard?

Choose your own adventure - Crossroads edition!✨🫧 The characters in this anthology face a lot of choices and now it’s your turn to make some. What path will you take? 📚💙Can't choose? Don't worry, Crossroads features these paths and more! #booksky #fantasy

Image features the text 'Vice-Chancellor's Fund Award Ceremony- thank you for your support!' it is accompanied by a collage of images: Image 1- Project management team Jose and Racheal with the Vice-Chancellor Image 2- Backdrop of the event Image 3- Our certificate for received support from the Vice-Chancellor's Fund Image 4- A group photo of recipients holding their certificates

In March some of our team attended the Vice-Chancellor's Fund Award Ceremony. Thank you to the fund for supporting this year's project and for inviting us to the ceremony- it was fantastic to celebrate with the other hard-working and inspiring recipients.
#StirAlumni #Indiepublisher #Studentled

Whispers leave, and the grotesque city slowly becomes more and more oppressive. The buildings harbour no horrors or harm I try to convince myself, but the ever-persistent images of the past scattered within them come and go in flashes and refuse to let up. In the face of my inevitably waning life, I decide to go further on into the city. From ‘A Decadent Company’’ by Utku Soyal Sonder 2024

Sonder 2024!

I turn your bones to ash and soil, Too diseased for flowers to bloom. My petals are pretty But my pollen is poison And everything is decomposing. I have polluted you. From ‘Fen’ by Francesca Parsons In the Flesh 2023

In the Flesh 2023!

If I were a book, I would be a fable A piece of furniture - a wobbly table ‘A mental illness, you just need a label. Snap out of the slump, you used to be Mabel.’ From ‘You Used to be Mabel’ by Trish Stafanovic Solas 2022

Solas 2022!

For every Friday night utopia there wis an equal and opposing Sunday morning chasm. Otherwise, it wis an in between place ae potent purgatory, endless longings ae elsewhere never really satiated by any substance. From ‘The Mad Hoose’ by Graeme Armstrong Pharos 2021

Pharos 2021!

The lads are out. In thrall to the rain and rottenness. You’ll see them scurry, their eyes twinkling in amongst the mash of things unwanted, unloved, untended. This is the town where scurrying things find all they need. From ‘The Lads’ by Maurice Gartshore Time and Tide 2020

Time and Tide 2020!

Deep down in my dry season well where I take the shallow breathes where the lowered bucket clatters on stone where no one will drink me for disease I know I can’t stop cramming two lines into one. I am too much for the piece of paper you’ve assigned. From ‘A4 Piece of Paper’ by Tineke Hegeman Bryson Circling the Point 2019

Circling the Point 2019!

Dread tugged at his insides, heavier and stronger than the panic. This was a hello that needed to be reciprocated in some manner, a greeting imprinted in him, words that did not fade. From 'The Deity' by Kevin Macgowan Inklings 2018

Inklings 2018!

Like the quote? Read the book! Inklings, Circling the Point, Time and Tide, Solas, Pharos, In the Flesh, Sonder. Swipe to find out which of our previous titles you should read based on the quote that captures your attention!

✨Fun Friday Feature✨

We’re flipping through the pages of our past anthologies and pulling out some of our favourite lines! Swipe through this thread and enjoy a mini literary journey with Stryvling Press.

Let us know which quote stands out to you! #BookSky #IndiePublisher #SmallPress #Quote

Our beloved characters stand in a place of contemplation, caught between the past and the future, between this world and the Other, wondering where the roads before them will lead… Stryvling 2025 welcomes you to the space between. [Graphic of a person standing in front of two paths.] Stryvling Press introduces to you our 2025 title. Crossroads

Exciting news! 🎉 We are thrilled to unveil the title of our upcoming release from Stryvling Press: Crossroads. A stunning new anthology themed around all things folklore, memory, and fantasy.📚💙 Stay tuned for more details, this is just the beginning! 🌱 #Crossroads #BookSky #Writer #Reader