Sophie Sharp

@sharpwit.bsky.social

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Writer. Obsessed with stories of all shapes and sizes, especially horror, history and mystery. www.sophiesharp.com

Front cover of The Sun newspaper, with the headline: Texas Kane Score Massacre. Image of England international soccer players Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford standing on the pitch mid-match, during a World Cup game in which England beat Croatia 4 goals to 2.
Madame Medusa, villain of Disney movie The Rescuers. She has red hair and is wearing a red dress, gaudy jewellery and too much eye makeup.
White text on black background reads: This morning, I just lay there It snowed last night Shovels scrape the sidewalk Somewhere beyond the whiteness the world burns on I should fix inequality I should fix injustice I should fight for the dream that was I should brush my teeth But sleep doesn't do what it once did This morning, I just lay there
Screenshot of a post from a user named Amy, which reads: I used to laugh at jokes with setups and punchlines but now it's just stuff like this. Below is a picture of a yellowed device with two lights and a speaker, labelled "SMORK ALAM" (sic).
Cover of A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. Features an illustration of an underground city beneath the red rock surface of a planet, accessed via a geodesic dome sitting in a crater.
Fluffy black dog lying on a cushion and looking sad
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
A handful of dust by Evelyn Waugh
Poster for The Law According to Lidia Poët on Netflix.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Ghost Stories by M. R. James
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Map with a cluster of circles, showing location of ancient pit houses in Banff, Alberta, identified in 1914 but destroyed in the late 1920s. From Langemann & Greaves 2015: Curiosities, Collectors and Housepits in Banff National Park: The First Protected Archaeological Site in Canada.
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Hotel sign shows image of vampire silhouette from 1922 Nosferatu film, with caption that reads Rasputin.
My sister, the serial killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Broken Harbor by Tana French
Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
If on a winter's night a traveller by Italo Calvino
Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself, by Judy Blume.
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Metamorphoses by Ovid, translated by Stephanie McCarter
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. Cover of the book features a match, just gone out, emitting a wisp of smoke over the novel's title against a mauve background.
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger