Climate Chaos
The Frog Pond #34: Beavers create soggy safe zones
This month's Frog Pond features the engineering and fire protection prowess of the humble beaver!
Sarah L. Hawthorn
SFFH writer / Haligonian / She/They / A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING (@Sourcebooks Summer 2026) / Maritime Cryptid / Hazel stan account 🐈 / Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski with Azantian Literary Agency
News
The Frog Pond Bonus #33B: I'm a B&N Our Monthly Pick!
The big news this month: A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING has been named the Speculative "Our Monthly Pick" by Barnes & Noble!
News
The Frog Pond #33: MY BOOK IS OUT!!! + Clingy Anglerfish
A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING is now out in the world!!! I am a published author!! Also, male anglerfish are the clingiest partners.
Publishing Quirks
The Frog Pond #32: Unlocking the Printer's Key + My Book Comes Out This Month???
What are those lines of numbers on the copyright page of books? I take a deep dive into the history and modern styles, for science.
Gnarly Nature
The Frog Pond #31: Air-Cleaning Bacteria Live in the Fog (+ new kitten!)
A helpful bacteria has been found living in calm fog, quietly eating formaldehyde and growing ocean-density colonies within air-suspended droplets.
Climate Chaos
The Frog Pond #30: Billionaire Bunker Bonanza + 25% off B&N sale
These billionaire bunkers make a lot more sense when you don't think of them as places to survive a nuclear attack, but places to hide from angry poor people.
Freaky Animals
The Frog Pond #29: A school bus-sized unicorn dinosaur
A recent study published Feb 19, 2026 in Science reveals a new contender for the title of real-life unicorn. Enter Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new species discovered in Niger which lived more than 95 million years ago.
News
The Frog Pond Special Edition: Cover Reveal for A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING!
The cover for A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING, my Nova Scotian folklore-inspired historical fantasy debut novel, is live!
Strange Elements
The Frog Pond #28: Solar storms of past, present, and future
Giant sunspots similar in size to those that caused the strongest solar storms in human history have been sighted—but what does that mean?
Freaky Animals
The Frog Pond #27: Blame ancient fish for your sensitive teeth
Did you know sharks aren't attracted to human blood? Plus ancient jawless fish, exoskeletons becoming teeth, and more in this month's Frog Pond!
Gnarly Nature
The Frog Pond #26: Underwater Bees and Their Only Flower
The bee of the sea pollinates a cousin of algae that you can learn about for free since it's important to me as a nature devotee.
Climate Chaos
The Frog Pond #25: Squid Bones vs Microplastics: Fight!
The humble squid (or at least its bones) is part of a new tool tackling microplastics!