about
Hi! I’m Sawyer Elliot, and I write about haunted families, stubborn identities, and the messy, beautiful ways people love and hurt each other. Born in sunny Florida and raised on gothic novels and sweet tea, I now live in Oregon, where I share my home with two cats who think they run the place (and they do).
My stories have found homes in places like Feels Blind Literary, Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Microfiction Monday Magazine, The Fiction Pool, Sad Girls Club, and Herstry. I am the founder of Burgeon Design and Editorial, where I help writers find their voices and tell stories that matter. I am currently writing a novel.
publications
Note: works published before 2024 were published under the name Tiffany Grimes.
short fiction
“Abstrakt” - Feels Blind Literary (2019): A young woman finds solace among her plants while caring for her ailing mother and yearning for a life beyond her small-town cage.
“I Know the Way Home” - Meat for Tea: The Valley Review (2019): Lost and untethered, a young woman rebuilds her life by turning an abandoned house into a sanctuary.
“Fish” - Microfiction Monday Magazine (2019): A person wrestles with an impossible choice about their pet goldfish, revealing the depth of their loneliness.
“Look Up” - The Fiction Pool (2019): While stargazing, a teenager’s encounter with a strange creature shifts his understanding of the world—and himself.
“Grave Clothes” - Sad Girls Club (2020): A young woman rewrites her father’s legacy, bridging the gap between the man he was and the one she needed.
nonfiction
“Dear Tiffany” - Herstry (2019): A letter to my younger self, exploring pain, resilience, and finding self-worth.
awards
“Unwound” - Shortlisted for the Fractured Lit Fast Flash Challenge (2022): A person unravels their body and mind, piece by piece, in a grotesque yet liberating act of self-discovery.
contact
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