Sylvia Heike

@sylviaheike

Fantasy & science fiction writer from Finland. Stories in PodCastle, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders. Likes knitting, gardening, birdwatching. SFWA member. She/her. Website:

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Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 12

My story "Forestborn" was recently reprinted & podcasted in the wonderful @castofwonders.org 💚 www.castofwonders.org/2026/06/cast...

A phone resting against the trunk of a large tree with the title and partial first lines of the story "Forestborn" by Sylvia Heike open on the screen.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 12

Sunday walk and the cosy side of the harbour.

A white rowing boat resting on the shore with a peaceful lake and pale blue sky in the background.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 10

Forest friend.

A typical Finnish red squirrel on the ground.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 8

European goldfinch outside my kitchen window today. #birds

A small bird sitting in a tree. It has yellow and black wings, a pale beak, red, black and white around the face and the rest of its body is light golden brown.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 5

A tiny squirrel friend captured by a tiny #Rollei camera.

A squirrel on a mossy rock almost touching my fingers.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 5

And here's some pictures taken with my new tiny cam from today's walk.

A very slightly faded and moody picture of a small harbour in the summer with boats and orange buoys.

A dark blue rowing boat and yellow flowers on the shore near the harbour.

Two large pieces of drift wood or old logs by the water's edge.

My hand touching a patch of wild chamomile flowers.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jul 5

Bought a new mini camera. 😊

A tiny black-and-silver Rollei camera resting on my hand, about 2 inches/5cm wide.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jun 28

Picked some fresh daisies and maiden pinks on today's walk. Have a good Sunday, everyone!

A jade in a white pot and a water glass on a window sill holding five daisies and tiny bright magenta pink flowers.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jun 28

Visited a small manor & farm this week and I love how they have a free pony just roaming the grounds. Also a pleasant surprise this year, baby bunnies!

A white pony eating grass in the midst of café tables and chairs.

A white wooden building with very decorative glass windows.

Pink pelargonias on the window sill of an old building, photo taken from the inside.

Three baby bunnies in an enclosure filled with soft woodchip litter and hay. Brown, white, and black. A hand reaching to touch them through the wire fence.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jun 21

Sunday walk. Wore a long skirt, picked daisies, and followed a secret path down to the water. A very nice secluded spot.

A view towards the lake from the shade of trees. Big rocks surround the lake's edge. Blue sky with fluffy clouds.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jun 20

Gorgeous weather for a Midsummer Day's stroll in the big park by the lake.

A scenic view towards the lake. Green grass, blue skies, fluffy clouds. Some geese can be seen by the water's edge.

Dark red and white peonies blooming in the park with trees, a bench, and a lake in the background.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jun 19

Happy Midsummer! Hyvää juhannusta! Here's a nice view from an artist's studio museum place I went to a couple of weeks ago.

A view to a lake where one small green island can be seen.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Jun 8

Finnish summer.

Small rowing boats resting in a tree's shadow by the lake.

A view over a lake towards a city. Blue sky with fluffy white clouds above.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 31

Photos from a walk. Wild strawberries, a stream, and mystery flowers. Possibly large bittercress.

A little white flower and strawberry leaves at the feet of the photographer.

Small whitish flowers on the bank of the stream, closeup. They have four petals each.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 24

Sunday walk. Sunny but quite windy. Kids had drawn a rainbow on the asphalt. Apple trees blooming in a park near the beach. I hope you all have a great Sunday!

A small chalk rainbow drawn on the asphalt.

Closeup of pinkish white apple blossoms.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 18

Today I saw a crow half-napping under my window. His eyes kept closing and he remained there a good while. 🖤

A sleepy hooded crow sitting on a thin branch, eye nearly closed.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 14

Pear blossoms at the park. (European wild pear)

A closeup of lovely white blossoms on a tree that look a lot like apple blossoms.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 10

Sunday walk on this lovely island that no one lives on. It has some rentable saunas & space for outdoor activities. Saw a lot of birds. Ducks, grebes, geese, wigeons. ♥️

A curving gravel road, a blue sky, and a red-roofed house in the distance.

Blue sky and lake and leafless birch trees and some boats on the shore.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 5

Wood anemones blooming near the harbour. One of my favourite spring flowers.

A few dozen white wood anemones growing among dirt and dead grass, near water.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· May 2

Summer's coming. Saw the first butterfly and dandelion this weekend and also other tiny yellow wildflowers.

Blue sky, blue water and a small harbour. A mostly bare birch stands on the left and there are many orange buoys floating in the water.

A few dandelions pushing through the crack between outer wall and asphalt and blooming!

Closeup of tiny yellow gagea flowers among grass. They have small thin sharp petals.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Apr 19

Sunday walk. Spotted a goldeneye pair swimming (and diving!) in the small harbour.

Two duck-sized birds in the water near a jetty that has a couple of parked small motorboats alongside it. The sky is blue, the trees aren't green yet, and there are apartment buildings in the background.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Apr 15

Spotted the first spring flowers in the wild today: coltsfoot. It'll be a blink and everything's green again.

Small yellow flowers among new green leaves and old dirt. Black shoe tips are visible in the photo that is taken from the top down.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Apr 8

The lake has thawed.

Very blue sky and blue water in a small empty harbor in Finland.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Apr 5

Sunday walk. Cool and grey but very fresh. Here's a view from the boat ramp over the lake.

A still, gloomy lake with a mass of pale grey clouds above. A distant horizon shows a few towers and cranes.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Mar 27

Went to the beach today. Spring in Finland.

A thawing lake and the shadow of two people on the shore (one is taking the photo). A group of rocks standing on the left, between water and sand.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Feb 28

Everything's melting today, but a few days ago, I found a snowman on the lake and made a little snowbunny. 😊

A little snowbunny on top of a stone pillar by a snowy lake.

A snowman in the distance on a snowy lake.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Feb 22

Lots of people walking on the ice this week in Finland. The whole lake is covered in ice and snow.

A scenic shot of snow-and-ice-covered lake and bluish sky. Some people and dogs can be seen walking on the ice.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Dec 23

Please enjoy this live bird feeder cam from Finland. Not mine, but I love watching it. (Just a photo in this post) www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2B...

A photo of the live feed. Bird feeders hung in a forest. The scene includes red decorative Christmas balls hung among the feeder and one golden one, a gnome, an apple and an oat bundle. The most commonly seen birds here are blue tits, great tits, and willow tits.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Dec 22

Here's my 2025 Awards Eligibility post. 🦄✨ Thank you so much to everyone who read, published, or supported my writing journey this year! Feel free to nominate anything you liked. Thank you for your consideration.

A soft blue-toned gradient background with text. Awards Eligibility of Sylvia Heike. "MAMA'S LABYRINTH" (Fantasy/horror) in Inner Worlds, Nov 2025. "A WITCH'S LAMENT" (Fantasy) in Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices, Oct 2025. "FRIEND SQUAD" (Science Fiction micro) in Anomaly, Aug 2025. "GARGOYLE GIRL" (Fantasy) in Worlds of Possibility, May 2025. "SEEDS OF HOPE" (Science Fiction) in Hexagon Magazine, Feb 2025. "WOLF ROSES" (Fantasy) in MYRIAD: Nocturnal, Jan 2025.

Sylvia Heike@sylviaheike· Dec 2

Got myself an advent calendar of tea! 🙂 Looking forward to trying all the flavours. Normally I tend to stick to just one favourite.