Hey! Name's Sasha. I'm:
- a 2022 Wattys shortlister for my sci-fi/fantasy book, Garden of Light
- a 2023 ONC shortlister for my sci-fi novella, For the Good of the World
- an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister who sometimes brings sci-fi/fantasy nerdery into the pulpit
- a beginner figure skater trying to make my flutz jump into a lutz jump and my sit and layback spins actually sit and lay back
- and a singer, tabletop roleplay nerd, and opinionated progressive
In my books you'll find stories blurring the line between science fiction and fantasy with alien worlds, clever troublemakers, arcane sciences, intersectional justice, apocalyptic environmental themes, bizarre magic with a splash of neo-Roman culture, and people finding of moments of gentleness in brutal dystopian worlds.
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ostromn
Jun 03, 2026 01:41AM
Ah, the fun of trying to apply genre and sub-genre labels to... whatever the heck it is that I actually wrote lol...View all Conversations
Stories by ostromn
Garden of Light: Beneath Devouring...
One must lead. One must teach. One must transform. And all must decide: will they rise to the occasion, or le...
For the Good of the World: a Benea...
Via Astralis is a daughter of Chief Navigator Patria Astralis, the planetary governor of the Trappist-1E Colo...
Garden of Embers: Beneath Devourin...
Lightholder mages live by many rules. Among these: second-born twins must die for the good of all.
In this se...