I’m Samantha Garner, a Canadian author of character-driven adult fantasy. I draw from Filipino and Finnish history, folklore, and culture to explore belonging in the in-between. My various projects generate research and reflections on memory, identity, and the stories we inherit.
This newsletter is where I share monthly updates on writing, research, and the evolving creative threads behind my work. Patreon is where I share the research and ideas that find their way into my novels, or pull at my attention in general.
If you're new here, Boundary Keepers & Path Shifters is probably the best place to start. It's a collection of notes on four folkloric figures from the Philippines and Finland, and the themes that shape my writing. It’s free for newsletter subscribers.
Subscribers to Deadmedia hear from me on the 15th of each month, maybe outside of that if there’s time-sensitive news I’m excited to share. I cut my teeth on the late ’90s internet and love Livejournal-era authenticity – without the oversharing, of course. If you’re into undertold stories, introspection, and liminal spaces of identity and belonging, we’ll get along great.
Here’s to staying weird, the joys of the unpolished life, and curiosity above all.
Me, elsewhere
Check out my website, Instagram, and other things I’ve written online.