Catherine Tavares
@cjtavares.bsky.social
Sci-fi & Fantasy Author | SFWA & Codex Member | Bibliophilic ghost haunting libraries | she/her
Work forth/in Apex, Heartlines, Nature Futures, Flash Point SF, Haven Spec +more
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/catherinetavares
Work forth/in Apex, Heartlines, Nature Futures, Flash Point SF, Haven Spec +more
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/catherinetavares
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Tis the season! Awards season!
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
Banana chocolate cake!!! 🍌🎂 Big thanks to @effies.bsky.social for sharing the recipe.
It's a simple chocolate frosting, just on the top and in between layers; and I decorated with banana chips on top, on the side seam, and then between the layers for a bit of a crunch with every bite. Delicious!
It's a simple chocolate frosting, just on the top and in between layers; and I decorated with banana chips on top, on the side seam, and then between the layers for a bit of a crunch with every bite. Delicious!
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Banana chocolate cake!!! 🍌🎂 Big thanks to @effies.bsky.social for sharing the recipe.
It's a simple chocolate frosting, just on the top and in between layers; and I decorated with banana chips on top, on the side seam, and then between the layers for a bit of a crunch with every bite. Delicious!
It's a simple chocolate frosting, just on the top and in between layers; and I decorated with banana chips on top, on the side seam, and then between the layers for a bit of a crunch with every bite. Delicious!
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This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.
The Mask Comes Off When I Write | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.
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The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.
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Did you know that the Dream Foundry is a 501(c)3 non-profit that depends on donations to continue operating? If you like what we do and want to keep our programs and content free, we’d love your support! Donate today to keep us going!
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December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Did you know that the Dream Foundry is a 501(c)3 non-profit that depends on donations to continue operating? If you like what we do and want to keep our programs and content free, we’d love your support! Donate today to keep us going!
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This story is written with the precision of a scalpel and it takes no prisoners when it comes to the revelation. Perhaps you want to read a non-linear story about heat and the chill of a ghost against your skin.
by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social
by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social
Ghosts of Summer
September, 100° F
The apartment is dark when I return, the blackout curtains doing their job of keeping the late afternoon sun...
www.apexbookcompany.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This story is written with the precision of a scalpel and it takes no prisoners when it comes to the revelation. Perhaps you want to read a non-linear story about heat and the chill of a ghost against your skin.
by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social
by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social
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I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way and spreading the word about all the amazing work that came out this year!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way and spreading the word about all the amazing work that came out this year!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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Hey! Some fun news. "The Sort" (orig. @clarkesworldmagazine.com) was picked up for @wilwheaton.net's podcast. Went live today! Narrated thoughtfully and w/a kind shoutout for SFF mags at the end. And a surprise(!) mention of Uncertain Sons 🙏. Many thanks to Wil and his audio team. What an honor.
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
wilwheaton.net
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hey! Some fun news. "The Sort" (orig. @clarkesworldmagazine.com) was picked up for @wilwheaton.net's podcast. Went live today! Narrated thoughtfully and w/a kind shoutout for SFF mags at the end. And a surprise(!) mention of Uncertain Sons 🙏. Many thanks to Wil and his audio team. What an honor.
The email inbox is exciting today! 👀😁
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The email inbox is exciting today! 👀😁
Please support if you are able! Flash Point SF is a great cornerstone of flash fiction and you definitely want them around in 2026:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Please support if you are able! Flash Point SF is a great cornerstone of flash fiction and you definitely want them around in 2026:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
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BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
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Check it out! We're increasing our author pay rates and announcing a "solarpunk horror" issue.
Solarpunk Magazine Announces Author Pay Raise, New Horror Themed Issue
Celebrating 5 years, Solarpunk Magazine raises author pay, announces new themes for 2026, and continues to uplift creative voices.
solarpunkmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Check it out! We're increasing our author pay rates and announcing a "solarpunk horror" issue.
Tis the season! Awards season!
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tis the season! Awards season!
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
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Nebula Awards are now open for SFWA members! ☄️ This year, I'd be very humbled and delighted if members considered my novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, in their ballots.
Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nebula Awards are now open for SFWA members! ☄️ This year, I'd be very humbled and delighted if members considered my novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, in their ballots.
Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
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Reposting with Alt text (this one is too good to miss!)
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reposting with Alt text (this one is too good to miss!)
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Yesterday we launched our Nebula Ballot under a new system rolling out this week to give SFWA Members a new experience of community on SFWA.org in 2026. This is a huge part of why we're on the campaign trail for Winter Worlds of Giving. Who are you supporting in genre? Signalboost their cause today!
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December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yesterday we launched our Nebula Ballot under a new system rolling out this week to give SFWA Members a new experience of community on SFWA.org in 2026. This is a huge part of why we're on the campaign trail for Winter Worlds of Giving. Who are you supporting in genre? Signalboost their cause today!
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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Happy December! We've got wonderful gift ideas for your loved ones, or for you! See our 2025 books and preorder a 2026 title at starsandsabers.com/books #books #fantasy #scifi #horror #giftideas
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy December! We've got wonderful gift ideas for your loved ones, or for you! See our 2025 books and preorder a 2026 title at starsandsabers.com/books #books #fantasy #scifi #horror #giftideas
Having an eczema flare behind your ears is great* when you wear both glasses and a mask.
*The worst. So bad. It's hell. Hydrocortisone, aloe vera, coconut oil—someone, anyone, save me!
*The worst. So bad. It's hell. Hydrocortisone, aloe vera, coconut oil—someone, anyone, save me!
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Having an eczema flare behind your ears is great* when you wear both glasses and a mask.
*The worst. So bad. It's hell. Hydrocortisone, aloe vera, coconut oil—someone, anyone, save me!
*The worst. So bad. It's hell. Hydrocortisone, aloe vera, coconut oil—someone, anyone, save me!
For the evening folks: issue 9 of Heartlines Spec is out today! Subscribers can read my zombie apocalypse love story: "At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines."
Be sure to bring snacks--but not chocolate. Never eat chocolate in the zombie apocalypse. 👀🍫🧟
Be sure to bring snacks--but not chocolate. Never eat chocolate in the zombie apocalypse. 👀🍫🧟
"At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines" published with @heartlines-spec.com. I stop every time I see a vending machine, looking for signs of Cheetos and the love of my life.
At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines
At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines by Catherine Tavares
www.heartlines-spec.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
For the evening folks: issue 9 of Heartlines Spec is out today! Subscribers can read my zombie apocalypse love story: "At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines."
Be sure to bring snacks--but not chocolate. Never eat chocolate in the zombie apocalypse. 👀🍫🧟
Be sure to bring snacks--but not chocolate. Never eat chocolate in the zombie apocalypse. 👀🍫🧟
Last newsletter of 2025 drops tomorrow! Subscribe for free to get links to a bunch of stories, some cool recommendations, and a look into my submission stats!
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November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Last newsletter of 2025 drops tomorrow! Subscribe for free to get links to a bunch of stories, some cool recommendations, and a look into my submission stats!
It's here! It's here! Issue 9 is out and includes my love letter to zombie stories, California, and junk food: "At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines." 🧟🍫
Number 9, number 9, number 9.
Issue 9 has been released! It's a bittersweet one as we welcome @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social as Poetry Editor and say goodbye to Jess Cho
2 pieces are available now to all subscribers! Snow, Stars, Stone and grotto
www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-9/
Issue 9 has been released! It's a bittersweet one as we welcome @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social as Poetry Editor and say goodbye to Jess Cho
2 pieces are available now to all subscribers! Snow, Stars, Stone and grotto
www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-9/
Issue 9
Issue 9 features farewells, apocalypses, the decay of laws of physics and things lurking in the water, waiting to drag you under. These endings are all balanced with new beginnings. Much like the deat...
www.heartlines-spec.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's here! It's here! Issue 9 is out and includes my love letter to zombie stories, California, and junk food: "At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines." 🧟🍫
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
Thanksgiving is almost here, but not quite. Let me help tide you over to the feast with some of my foodie fiction!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thanksgiving is almost here, but not quite. Let me help tide you over to the feast with some of my foodie fiction!
✅Awesome stories from David.
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
Introducing The 2025 Story Yearbook—a small collection of my published fiction from this year that I put together, along with an introduction and brief notes about what sparked each piece. If you’d like to read it , you can download the EPUB for free, no email req'd: davidanaxagoras.com/yearbook/
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
✅Awesome stories from David.
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.