Sarah Day

There are four aspects of the eternal spark: the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. These are the ways that hope manifests. These are the ways we keep ourselves engaged. These are the ways by which we learn how to fight monsters. We stand with cup, shield, sword, and stick. This is the iconography of Arcana. These are the four quarters of the whole. These are the ways we heal, harbor, howl, and hum.This, then, is the first deck of the Arcana: thirty-eight stories that celebrate these aspects. With contributions from Forrest Aguirre, Michael Barsa, Nathan Batchelor, Breanna Bright, Elou Carroll, Brandon Crilly, Sarah Day, Jetse de Vries, Eric Del Carlo, Louis Evans, Tori Fredrick, H. L. Fullerton, Manfred Gabriel, Vera Hadzic, Catherine Hansen, Christopher Hawkins, David Hewitt, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, A. P. Howell, Selah Janel, Nikoline Kaiser. Jessie Kwak, Jon Lasser, J. A. W. McCarthy, Jon McGoran, Linda McMullen, Tristan Morris, Christi Nogle, Stephen O'Donnell, Jennifer Quail, W. T. Paterson, Lexi Per z, Jonathan Raab, Josh Rountree, Rebecca Ruvinsky, Lorraine Schein, and Ro Smith.

When Amberley-Jayne swaps her quiet Yorkshire village for a glossy London school obsessed with image and influence, she’s instantly out of place. Surrounded by designer bags, social media cliques, and students chasing likes instead of dreams, AJ feels invisible — until one impulsive Hi-5 post goes viral. Overnight, ‘AJintheCity’ becomes a sensation. Follower counts soar, invites from the cool crowd flood in, and for the first time, she feels seen. But as the likes keep coming, so do the pressures — to look perfect, to stay relevant, to be someone she’s not. When her online persona begins to take over, AJ finds herself caught between two worlds: the filtered, flawless life she’s built on screen, and the messy, authentic one she’s slowly losing sight of. As secrets surface and friendships are tested, she must decide who she really wants to be — the influencer everyone adores, or the girl brave enough to be real. Funny, fast-paced, and thought-provoking, Miss Influential is a modern tale about friendship, fame, and self-discovery in the age of social media — and a reminder that the best version of yourself doesn’t need a filter.

Aspen; otherwise known as David Lee has to take on the responsibility of protecting his city from the superhuman group "Sazaro" with the powers he had been gifted. However, he is not alone in this battle, accompanied by his partner "Luna" and Jaison, an FBI agent assigned to assist them. While only being known as their aliases to each other, David wishes to discover more about his partner and who she truly is behind the mask.

Aspen; otherwise known as David Lee has to take on the responsibility of protecting his city from the superhuman group "Sazaro" with the powers he had been gifted. However, he is not alone in this battle, accompanied by his partner "Luna" and Jaison, an FBI agent assigned to assist them. While only being known as their aliases to each other, David wishes to discover more about his partner and who she truly is behind the mask.

Reader, she married him. But not before a LOT of discussion of his behaviour in the group chat.With courage, determination and logged into her social media accounts - plain Jane Eyre is ready to take on the world. But then she meets and begins to fall for Edward Rochester, AKA the definition of a red flag, with screenshots to prove it.When authors Claire McGowan and Sarah Day imagined how 'Pride and Prejudice on Social Media' might look, retelling the story through mocked-up social media posts, their post instantly went viral. Now, they return with a Bronte classic told through highs and lows of social media . . .Perfect for fans of Charlotte Brontë . . .***READERS LOVE JANE EYRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA***'This is a fun text with a witty comedic spin and definitely one to put on your TBR pile' ????? 'If you read nothing else this year, read this! It's honestly the best read of the year. Not only is it a clever idea for a retelling, it's charming, witty and downright hilarious!' ????? 'It all did make me laugh. Lots!' ????? 'Really well done and difficult to put down. I see the authors have done the same thing with Pride and Prejudice and I am definitely adding that to my TBR' ???? 'What a funny and quirky book!' ???? 'This clever retelling combines charm, wit, and humour to create an engaging and hilarious narrative' ???? 'A lot of fun and a good way to make modern a classic' ????

Losing everything can cause you to reflect and grieve, it's no exception for this prior queen. After spending the last year gaining friends and family, it is lost in an instant. Being forced into the human world once again with no return back to Selestria, Saige must completely start over. Struggling to find her way in her new life residing in the human world, while having to face the consequences of returning to a world that she had abandoned for a year, she is fortunate to have her former best friend, Addisin, to rely on. When forced back into Selestria once again, the chase for ultimate power continues with Austin by her side. Once the ultimate power is finally achieved once and for all, only one can achieve their goal.The finale to the Selestria series.

Elizabeth Bennet has politely declined your friend request and asks that you do not slide into her DMs again. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, will probably be verified on social media. The characters of Pride and Prejudice are navigating the same struggles on unfamiliar channels - social media channels, to be precise. When authors Claire McGowan and Sarah Day imagined how 'Pride and Prejudice on Social Media' might look, retelling the story through mocked-up social media posts, their post instantly went viral. Have you ever wondered what Austen's most famous couple might be like if it played out online? Well, here is the story in full . . .Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy . . .

The first book in a spellbinding series that weaves together powerful women and complex magic.Wild and stubborn, Ora Widogast is determined to join her brother for the annual Tabas hunt. After a terrible mistake, her brother is turned into a pig, and Ora is taken captive in the fae realm.Alone in a strange world, she is faced with the overwhelming task of finding a way home, but no one wants to help a human girl. Especially one who has been placed under the watchful eye of a cruel and powerful mage, Tyg Marigen.As a world of politics and old conflicts unfolds around Ora, she makes a dangerous discovery-she can use magic. Though her newfound powers give her a glimmer of hope, she soon learns that it may put her in more danger than before.

Light, as a physical and metaphorical entity recurs in many of the poems in this new collection by Sarah Day. Light makes its presence felt in these poems as a source of illumination and grace, it is also the means by which the flaws and discrepanies of the present and past are highlighted.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWNLONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST NOVEL PRIZESarah Day's MUSSOLINI'S ISLAND is a novel of sexuality and desire, of hidden passions and the secrets we keep locked within us. Based on the true story of the rounding up of a group of Sicilian gay men in 1939, this book is sure to appeal to readers of the Elena Ferrante novels, Anthony Doerr's ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE or Virginia Baily's EARLY ONE MORNING.'A fascinating debut...the setting and characters are strong and the story is written with verve. Day is a talent to watch' - The Times Francesco has a memory of his father from early childhood, a night when life for his family changed. From that night, he has vowed to protect his mother and to follow the words of his father: Non mollare. Never give up.As Francesco is herded into a camp on the island of San Domino, he realises that someone must have handed a list of names to the fascist police. Locked in spartan dormitories, resentment and bitterness between the men grows each day.Elena, an illiterate island girl, is drawn to the handsome Francesco. Sometimes, she is given a message to pass on. She's not sure who they are from; she knows simply that Francesco is hiding something. When Elena discovers the truth about the group of prisoners, the fine line between love and hate pulls her towards an act that can only have terrible consequences for all.

The author writes of her work, "This selection reflects continuities the eye for detail and ear for cadence, the process of distilling experience for its essentials, the power of the image. It also reflects range and development; from simple clarity of early works which were notionally influenced by classic black and white photographers such as Brandt, and Bresson in whose human and inanimate landscapes, the whole narratives could be extrapolated from the fleeting moment, to the more wide-angled view of the later poems, pre-empted by the earlier Goldstein's Drapery in which history is viewed through the archeology of fashion"