S. R. Crickard

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In Christian eschatology, there are four last things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. This blog is where I explore the space between story and soul. I discuss books, media, and moments in our world through the lens of memento mori:

The First Last Thing.

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S. R. Crickard lives in Ohio with a husband, some children, a bunch of dying plants, and a collection of preserved bugs and animal bones.

After a career as a caseworker specializing in senior care, she now specializes in collecting homeschool curricula and then making up her own worksheets anyway.

When she isn't running, reading, or searching for Lepidoptera in the woods, she is writing down characters who search for the good, true, and beautiful in unexpected places.

Her fiction was featured in the 2022 anthology, For the Good of the Realm. Her debut novel, Misshelved Magic, was released in 2024 and is the recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval as well as second place for the Catholic Media Awards in science fiction.

Find her as @srcrickard on social media.

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