Sarah Schofield

Sarah Schofield’s stories have been published in Lemistry, Bio-Punk, Thought X, Beta Life, Spindles, Conradology and The New Abject (all Comma Press), Wall: Nine Stories from Edge Hill Writers (EHUP), Best of British Short Stories 2020 (Salt), Spilling Ink Flash Fiction Anthology, Back and Beyond Arts Publication, Litfest’s The Language of Footprints, Synaesthesia Magazine, Lakeview International Journal, Woman’s Weekly and others. She has been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize and the Guardian Travel Writing Competition and has won the Orange New Voices Prize, Writer’s Inc and The Calderdale Fiction Prize. Sarah is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edge Hill University and runs writing courses and workshops in a variety of community settings. Her debut short story collection, Safely Gathered In, is published by Comma Press in 2021.
Publications by Sarah Schofield
Safely Gathered In
The debut collection by Lancashire-based short story author Sarah Schofield establishes a new and exciting voice in Northern fiction.
Anthologies featuring Sarah Schofield
Beta-Life
Short stories from an A-Life Future, inspired by the vway we interact with technology, the roles we adopt in an increasingly ‘intelligent’ environment, and how we interface with each other.
Conradology
Polish and British writers journey into the heart of darkness that is Europe to write responses and meditations on Conrad’s writing.
The New Abject
A sequel to Comma‘s award-winning horror anthology The New Uncanny. Featuring specially commissioned stories inspired by Julia Kristeva’s theory of the abject.
Thought X: Fictions and Hypotheticals
An anthology of specially-commissioned stories exploring thought experiments and their use in science to crack fundamental problems.

Bio-Punk
14 leading authors have here been challenged to write fresh fictional interpretations of what the uncanny might mean in the 21st century.

Lemistry
British and Polish novelists join screenwriters, poets, computer engineers, and artists, to celebrate and explore Lem’s legacy through short stories and essays.
Spindles: Stories from the Science of Sleep
Short stories informed by explorations of the science of sleep