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Deborah Sale-Butler

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Life is weird. Life is funny. I write about it.

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AMAZING STORIES BEST OF 2025 Edited By LLOYD PENNEY - Amazing Stories AMAZING STORIES BEST OF 2025 Edited by Lloyd Penney This newΒ  release has not yet been rated From alien visitations that fracture reality to time-bending

Thrilled to have my story, "Preservation," included in the "Amazing Stories Best of 2025 Anthology," available as an e-book and paperback here: amazingstories.com/amazing-stor...

13.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Weird Little Book of Weird Little Things A Weird Little Book of Weird Little Things [Sale-Butler, Deborah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Weird Little Book of Weird Little Things

@bsky.app At the suggestion of Monica Drake, who is organizing a local writers' chap book swap, I collected a few of previously published flash pieces, and some original Etch A Sketch art in a wee, full-color paperback and Kindle book on Amazon. Check it out: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G73G59T...

15.12.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œQuestions for a Tethered Soul” will be broadcast on the β€œLaureate of Words Show,” along with a selection of other works on Thursday 27th November, 6 - 8pm (GMT). You can listen in at fcradio.co.uk. It’s a fifty word story that was originally published in Fifty Word Stories.

24.11.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My story, "Anansi" appeared today in "Fifty Give or Take."

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24.10.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
50 Give or Take Story No.1778

My fifty word story, "Trial of the Century" was published today on "Fifty More or Less." preview.mailerlite.com/l2l2p4w0p8/2...

19.09.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Whoever Needs to Hear This When Writing Touches a Heart or a Mind

Check out my latest post on Substack:
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04.09.2025 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kaidankai Podcast A podcast reading fiction stories about ghosts and the supernatural.

Exciting news - story, "Expectations," is now up on the very cool Kaidankai ghost story podcast. New, short creepy tales daily! Hope you enjoy mine: www.kaidankaistories.com

03.09.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing Stories Readers Choice Award Winners for the 2nd Quarter 2025 - Amazing Stories The votes are in and tabulated and ourΒ  winners are: Winner of the E-Book Anthology Bundle Random Draw (from the pool of all voters) is - Christina

"Preserveration" won first place in the Quarterly "Amazing Stories Reader's Choice Awards." Thanks to everyone who voted. You see (and read) the winning stories here: amazingstories.com/2025/08/amaz...

02.08.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A twisted little story, "Target Practice," was just published in the Summer Collection of "The Genre Society" on page 17. www.thegenresociety.com/ourcollections

26.07.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My story, "Preservation" is up for the Quarterly Reader's Choice Award at "Amazing Stories." Voters are eligible for cool prizes too. Please vote here: amazingstories.com/2025/07/vote...

25.07.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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DEBORAH SALE-BUTLER: Questions for a Tethered Soul What happens to a soul that can’t leaveβ€”tethered to a body that’s forgotten how to die? Does it secretly visit people and places it once loved? Is that why the body speaks out of time? …

"Questions for a Tethered Soul" was published today in "Fifty Word Stories." fiftywordstories.com/2025/07/17/d...

17.07.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Ought in Autism - TheHumanist.com Each parent ought to do what is best for their individual child. We owe it to them to find out what that is.

My essay, "The Ought in Autism," was just republished in "The Humanist" (originally published in "Etymology Press"). It talks about our journey to obtain services and education for our autistic son, and the path we chose instead. thehumanist.com/commentary/t...

08.07.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twisting, Turning Timeshifts (HERitage Anthologies) Twisting, Turning Timeshifts (HERitage Anthologies) [Ailur, Rigel, Young, Bryan, Southworth, Mariah, Ware, Laura, Rome, Ben H., Peel, John, Sale-Butler, Deborah, Lorens, Alana, McDonald, David, McDermott, Will] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Twisting, Turning Timeshifts (HERitage Anthologies)

"Twisting, Turning Timeshifts (A HERitage Anthology)" is now available on Amazon. I'm thrilled to be among the amazing writers in this book. In my story, Amelia Earhart lives.

www.amazon.com/Twisting-Tur...

30.06.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sparkles β€” Little Old Lady A blur of white and merle fur charges through the screen door. The dog’s figured out I’m loaded with groceries and can’t collar her. Sparkles speeds through each room banking with Aussie precision unt...

My story, "Sparkles" was just re-published in "Little Old Lady Comedy."

www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/ap...

14.06.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Available now at your favorite digital store! Three x the Fun by Rebellion LIT

My story,"HΓ‘vamΓ‘l," was just published in "Three Times the Fun Anthology" available through the linked sellers and Amazon: books2read.com/b/3xtheFun

30.05.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Preservation by Deborah Sale-Butler - FREE STORY - Amazing Stories A gentle story, about compassionate adults and children, and the unfortunate aliens they cared for. A story to make you think better of humanity, for if

My story, "Preservation," was published today on "Amazing Stories." amazingstories.com/2025/05/pres...

26.05.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Final Gravity, A Beer Zine, Issue 08 β€” Bean to Barstool Final Gravity, a print zine sharing personal, human-centered stories about beer. Issue 08 includes articles about Argentina's craft beer scene, the San Diego Brewchive, Bunny With a Chainsaw IPA by Pa...

The April issue, with my fun story is out now. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

27.04.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I just got a link for folks to pre-order the beer zine for which I wrote a fun article. The folks were lovely to work with. They aren’t looking for reviews, but stories about people’s personal experiences with beer and I happened to have a funny one. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

09.04.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
John Cleese's Legendary 1991 Speech About Creativity
John Cleese's Legendary 1991 Speech About Creativity YouTube video by Video Arts

Fellow writers, improvisers and humans of all stripes - I highly recommend this talk by John Cleese on creativity. It is full of useful tips and light-bulb jokes. youtu.be/nvKeu46jgwo?...

25.03.2025 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We did it! This drawing will be finished , along with 20 others and included in the "Twisting, Turning Timeshifts" anthology. Thank you to everyone who donated! If you missed it, there are 38 hours left to grab some fun goodies before this campaign ends www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu...

12.03.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deborah Sale-Butler | March 2025 β€” Does It Have Pockets

β€œYou know, you just can’t draw a person on an Etch A Sketch.” Challenge accepted in this delightfully brilliant March gallery from @debsalebutler.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid... #visualart

04.03.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What's a stretch goal? It's the difference between making something good and something great . And guess what? We're $59 from GREAT! We have 57 hours to raise 59 dollars. Let's make something pretty and uplifting. www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu...

11.03.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One more interior illustration done. We don't want her work be for nothing! 3 days and $181 from adding art to an alternative history anthology of twenty stories where women get the positive ending they deserve. Help make the book both powerful AND beautiful here: www.kickstarter.com/.../twisting...

10.03.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.kickstarter.com/.../twisting...
7 days left! $767 until our next Stretch Goal! Everyone who pledges eBook and above gets an eBooklet of ALL the glorious illustrations in the anthology!
Rewards for *any* budget: $13 for the eBook to $100 to be IN the book as a character. Every bit helps. Thanks!

07.03.2025 04:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Soooo close! Our alt-history anthology is just $246 away from being filled with uplifting women's stories AND beautiful artwork. Help tip it over the edge at www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu...

07.03.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Twisting, Turning, Timeshifts" is a go, but we'd love to include stunning artwork like this. If you can donate as little as $10, we'll have illustrations like these.
We've taken history and imagined it better for women. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that? www.kickstarter.com/.../twisting...

04.03.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Amelia Earhart smiling from her cockpit on her final flight. What if, instead of being lost to history, she changed it? The alternative history anthology, "Twisting, Turning Timeshifts" is funded, but now we'd like to add interior art! Go here to help www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu...

01.03.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you for your donations. Our anthology, "Twisting, Turning, Timeshifts," is a go! Now we want to try to include beautiful interior illustrations for each story. Visit our project to see who this may be, and help add more art to the world (or at least our book) HERitageAnthology.com

27.02.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So close we can touch it! We're fifteen dollars away from funding "Twisting Turning Timeshifts!" If you've been waiting to get us that last bit over the line, go to www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu... and toss in that final $15, or add a bit more for one of our lovely rewards.

23.02.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't leave us hanging! The Kickstarter for "Twisting, Turning Timeshifts" is just $201 from funding! Nineteen authors and a talented illustrator can't wait to share the alt-history stories that make the world a better place for women. Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu...

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