Sage Tyrtle

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social

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Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com

Photograph of a Toronto intersection. It's raining and a person holding an umbrella is crossing the street.
Pen and marker drawing of Toronto in the rain. A silhouetted person is crossing the street holding an umbrella.
Photo of a curious rat from the belly up, very curious. The whiskers are in high relief as the background is entirely black.
Pen and marker drawing of a rat from the belly up, looking up. The rat looks woeful.
Tabby cat takes up the majority of a white table which also has a calendar and analog task organization boxes and cards on it.
Pen and marker drawing of a person in green pants standing on the subway platform. Black and white glasses, blue bangs.
Photo of a seagull near water, pink feet, yellow beak, white body and gray wings.
Pen and marker drawing of a seagull standing near water looking at the viewer. In the corner it says "17 / 365, Aug 04 2026".
Person with black and white glasses stands on the Sheppard-Yonge subway platform in Toronto. White and black polka dot shirt and striped pants, alternating dark green and very dark green.
Photo of a yellow cupcake with purple icing, candy bits, and a candy rainbow.
Pen and marker drawing of a yellow cupcake with purple icing, little candy bits, and a candy rainbow on the top. In the corner it says "16 / 365, Aug 3 2026".
Screenshot of the Window Swap site. This is the view out user Spring Day's window. It features two low rises in the upper corners, lots of green grass, and walkways to get from one building to the next. We can see the windowsill on the bottom side of the photo.
Pen and marker drawing of a view from a window in Pskov City, Russia. Lots of grass and walkways. Two cars in the upper right hand corner and buildings scattered around. In the lower right hand corner it says, "15 / 365, Aug 02 2026".
Pen and marker drawing of the head and shoulders of a Common Bronzewing bird. Gray beak, yellow, brown, and gray markings. In the bottom right corner it says "14 / 365, Aug 01 2026".
Photo of Seattle raccoon Jimothy standing next to a tree in a backyard. There's a blue plastic tree swing behind him and a gray fence. He's sitting on grass.
Ink and marker drawing of Seattle raccoon Jimothy standing on grass next to a tree and looking in the camera. Behind him is a plastic blue tree swing. In the lower right corner it says "13 / 365, Jul 31 2026".
Photo of a chipmunk with nuts in its mouth. One paw in the air, one paw on the wall supporting it.
Pen and marker drawing of a chipmunk sitting on a small wall with one paw in the air and one on the wall supporting its weight. In the lower right corner it says "12 / 365, Jul 30 2026".
Person in blue glasses is holding a brown tabby cat whose eyes are closed. (He's purring, too, that's today's bonus alt tag, HEAR-O-PHONE image!)
Two adult white swans and two young brown swans swimming together, rocks in the background.
Photo of a green 1960s Smith Corona typewriter with white keys on top of a wooden stand with a gray background.
Ink and marker drawing of a green Smith Corona typewriter. The paper in the typewriter says, "Your memory of today will be the warm sun on your skin and the sound of your laugh, impossibly young." In the lower left hand corner it says "11 / 365, Jul 29 2026".
Photograph of a yellow maple leaf on the ground on top of the forest floor.
Drawing of a maple leaf surrounded by a gray background. In the upper left hand corner it says "10 / 365, Jul 28 2026".
Animated typewriter from Sesame Street. The typewriter is red with cartoon eyes and can scoot around on wheels. It has big gloved hands (wow, this typewriter is weirder by the minute as I describe it, I don't remember it being quite THIS weird) and a piece of paper sticking up from its head. The bottom right corner says "sesamestreet.org".
Brown tabby cat scowling into the camera, sitting on a yellow blanket. He has a clipped ear because the rescue shelter thought he might be too feral to be adopted. (Spoiler: he is the cuddliest cuddle monster in the world.)
Ink and marker drawing of a scowling tabby cat on a yellow blanket. In the upper right corner it says "9 / 365, Jul 27 2026".
Photo of a stack of pancakes on a square white plate. Syrup is on top as well as a pat of butter.
Pen and marker drawing of a stack of pancakes but the pancakes are blue and the syrup is green. In the upper right hand corner it says, "7 / 365, Jul 26 2026".
Photo of a shelf. There are 3 espresso cups with blue, yellow, and green designs, and a small bear carved from wood behind the cups.
Close up pen and marker drawing of a shelf. Three espresso cups with blue, yellow, and green designs. A small bear carved out of wood behind the cups. The top right corner says "7 / 365, Jul 25 2026".
Person with blue bangs and black framed glasses stands in front of a framed ink drawing holding the book Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist, which is red with two lambs on the cover.
Photo by Andrew Prokos of the Royal National Theatre in London. Brutalist building at the top of steep stairs. The sharp corner of the building is exactly centered. Black and white. There are no people, it looks quite desolate.
Pen and marker drawing of a brutalist building. The upper right corner says, "6 / 365, Jul 24 2026".
Person in black and white glasses holding a red book called Redshirts Sometimes Survive by Finnian Burnett.
Pen and marker drawing of a person in a baseball hat sitting on a bench by the water.
Pen drawing of a person on the subway looking at their phone. In the upper right hand corner it says "4 / 365, Jul 22 2026".
Espresso cup and saucer with espresso and vanilla ice cream inside.
Person in rainbow striped pants, blue shirt, standing in front of a bookshelf (yes, that is a lot of Terry Pratchett) a framed ink drawing on the wall. Fabric: Wings Dark Rainbow by Fableism.
Pen drawing of an opossum on a branch. In the upper right hand corner it says "3 / 365, Jul 21, 2026".
Pen and marker drawing of a Canada Goose. In the upper right hand corner it says "2 / 365, Jul 20, 2026".
Ink drawing of a pigeon walking, front facing. In the upper right hand corner: 1 / 365, Jul 19 2026
Dark gray fabric with rainbow stripes that look painted on, though it's an illusion. The fabric is just woven in a cool way. This is "Dark Rainbow" by Fableism.
Painting by Elise Macdonald of a person sitting at a table with a tea cup and cupcakes. There is a parrot on the shoulder, a parrot on the head, two birds on the tea cup. A duck glares at the person.
Person with blue bangs and blue glasses in a patchwork shirt, the front is half yellow and orange designs with little cat faces, the other half is black. The collar is made of the cat fabric. The buttons are yellow.
A photograph of a mirrored sink which is very hard to understand, with a caption that says, "I'm going to save you a lot of time, because this one took me about five minutes of staring into the neon void: it is a sink."
Cover of the 1970s YA novel "Unwed Mother" featuring a woman holding a baby and a man walking away. The woman is supposed to be 15 but looks 50.
Person is standing in front of a dead end sign and a lot of green trees. There's a street in front and a guardrail behind. Inset is a small screenshot from Google Maps showing the same dead end with a person mowing their lawn on the left.
Book cover for Love Comes to Anne by Lucille S. Warner for Wildfire. Features two people who are supposed to be teenagers but look 40, both in turtleneck shirts.
Person with blue bangs and black and white glasses wears a black t-shirt under a half made patchwork button down shirt, one side a yellow and orange cat pattern, the other side black.
Person with blue bangs and oversized black glasses holds "Best Microfiction 2026", beaming.
Two Bluesky posts, one a painting and one a photograph that happen to be right next to each other and quite similar, both featuring a red ball and a black triangle.
Antique orange-red chaise longue with wooden trim. Gray wall, gray floor.
Person with blue bangs stands in front of bookshelf (yes, that's a bunch of Terry Pratchett books) wearing a shirt with an anglerfish on it. The shirt is being held closed because there aren't enough buttons yet.
About 3/4 of a coffee cake in a dark red silicone container on a kitchen counter. Behind the cake, a radio and a yellow mixing bowl.
Metal steamer basked, unfolded.
Person with blue bangs and black and white glasses is holding the book Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha.
Close up of a tabby cat, showing pink nose, white muzzle, white teeth.
Person with blue bangs and blue glasses in front of a bookshelf pointing to the newly-finished sleeve on the half-made anglerfish shirt, worn on top of another shirt.
Person with blue glasses and blue bangs stands with a half-sewn shirt over a regular shirt. Front and back poses. The shirt in progress has an anglerfish on it, otherwise it's the blue of the deep ocean.