Cynthia Gómez
@cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social
2024 Ignyte nominee for "Lips Like Sugar." Member HWA. "The Nightmare Box and Other Stories" out now from cursedmorselspress.com. Stories in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Tree & Stone. Rep @LaurenBajek.
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
This looks like fun, folks :)
Did you ever play Mad Libs as a kid? Well, it's still fun as an adult! And it's the most fun with your favorite speculative fiction authors! Help them rewrite their masterpieces, but make it *WEIRD*!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This looks like fun, folks :)
YES PLEASE
Alex Le Domas: Are you ready for this?
Grace: Oh fuck no.
Episode 107, READY OR NOT out this Wednesday!
Grace: Oh fuck no.
Episode 107, READY OR NOT out this Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
YES PLEASE
Yeah, no. The reason people -- I mean developers -- are pushing to build these is because they are, on a per-square-foot basis, much more profitable for developers to build. And much more profitable, long term, for landlords, since higher turnover means rents can get raised all the time.
Single-room apartments once symbolized everything wrong with New York City. But today, city officials say the solution to the housing crisis involves building a lot more of them. Here's why.
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Single-Room Apartments
There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yeah, no. The reason people -- I mean developers -- are pushing to build these is because they are, on a per-square-foot basis, much more profitable for developers to build. And much more profitable, long term, for landlords, since higher turnover means rents can get raised all the time.
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Every economy op-ed writer: No see, you can't buy a house because you buy too many avocado toasts but you're hurting the economy by not buying a new $1,000 phone each year. I am very smart. Also don't ask me about my emails with Epstein.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Every economy op-ed writer: No see, you can't buy a house because you buy too many avocado toasts but you're hurting the economy by not buying a new $1,000 phone each year. I am very smart. Also don't ask me about my emails with Epstein.
@ericraglin1992.bsky.social has edited a bunch of my stuff and is really good at giving sharp, specific suggestions that help my story sing.
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@ericraglin1992.bsky.social has edited a bunch of my stuff and is really good at giving sharp, specific suggestions that help my story sing.
In case you needed more reasons to hate Amazon: I just saw an ad where they encourage people to do online shopping on their phones during a family dinner.
a close up of a man 's face with the words get a rope written above him .
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words get a rope written above him .
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November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In case you needed more reasons to hate Amazon: I just saw an ad where they encourage people to do online shopping on their phones during a family dinner.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
I feel sad.
I replied to a writer's discussion about how fucked up book piracy is (it is) and I think he didn't get that I was being sarcastic, because he blocked me :(
Also, don't fucking pirate books. Piracy is good when it's Spanish doubloons, not humans making art.
I replied to a writer's discussion about how fucked up book piracy is (it is) and I think he didn't get that I was being sarcastic, because he blocked me :(
Also, don't fucking pirate books. Piracy is good when it's Spanish doubloons, not humans making art.
a cat dressed in a pirate costume is holding a screwdriver .
Alt: a cat dressed in a pirate costume is holding a screwdriver .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I feel sad.
I replied to a writer's discussion about how fucked up book piracy is (it is) and I think he didn't get that I was being sarcastic, because he blocked me :(
Also, don't fucking pirate books. Piracy is good when it's Spanish doubloons, not humans making art.
I replied to a writer's discussion about how fucked up book piracy is (it is) and I think he didn't get that I was being sarcastic, because he blocked me :(
Also, don't fucking pirate books. Piracy is good when it's Spanish doubloons, not humans making art.
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Eligibility post! Here’s my new work for 2025. Thanks for your consideration 🖤
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Eligibility post! Here’s my new work for 2025. Thanks for your consideration 🖤
You guys, the prose in this book is so enchanting and the central premise so gripping. It'll make a great audiobook.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You guys, the prose in this book is so enchanting and the central premise so gripping. It'll make a great audiobook.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
England in the Middle Ages was in fact quite brightly colored (interiors, costumes, etc.) and, yes, people bathed.
Is there a word for where films have created such a distorted picture of a time & place that seeing an accurate depiction actually confuses people?
I bet there is in German.
Is there a word for where films have created such a distorted picture of a time & place that seeing an accurate depiction actually confuses people?
I bet there is in German.
A new werewolf film is currently being recorded and there are some set photos... are we taking bets on this film having the blue filter, it's never sunny and pretty much everything and everyone is constantly being covered in muck?
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
England in the Middle Ages was in fact quite brightly colored (interiors, costumes, etc.) and, yes, people bathed.
Is there a word for where films have created such a distorted picture of a time & place that seeing an accurate depiction actually confuses people?
I bet there is in German.
Is there a word for where films have created such a distorted picture of a time & place that seeing an accurate depiction actually confuses people?
I bet there is in German.
For the Sunday crowd: my novel, Muñeca, out June 2026, is Gothic historical fiction about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez: 9798217047574 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. It is 1968 Oakland, and Nat...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For the Sunday crowd: my novel, Muñeca, out June 2026, is Gothic historical fiction about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
You guys! Jonathan has written some of my favorite short stories!
(This is at the top of my list.)
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(This is at the top of my list.)
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November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You guys! Jonathan has written some of my favorite short stories!
(This is at the top of my list.)
pseudopod.org/2020/07/03/p...
(This is at the top of my list.)
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Sharpen thy quills, friends!
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
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YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Sharpen thy quills, friends!
If you read and enjoyed "Carrie White and All of Our Monsters," I would much appreciate you thinking of it come awards season time. Which is -- checks notes -- now!
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CARRIE WHITE AND ALL OF OUR MONSTERS
“Carrie White is still with me, a red-stained ghost running alongside my sentences, more than thirty years after I first discovered her. I have no way to thank Stephen King for this gift. …
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November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If you read and enjoyed "Carrie White and All of Our Monsters," I would much appreciate you thinking of it come awards season time. Which is -- checks notes -- now!
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This from the author who brought us "Ay, Carmela," a dark and satisfying tale of long-overdue retribution against fascists.
Sins of My Sisters is out now.
Dark, folkloric, and feminist horror, available in print + digital through Infested Publishing.
Dark, folkloric, and feminist horror, available in print + digital through Infested Publishing.
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This from the author who brought us "Ay, Carmela," a dark and satisfying tale of long-overdue retribution against fascists.
So... it's still true that it's not a good thing to go visit a fascist in the White House and praise him. That hasn't changed.
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
So... it's still true that it's not a good thing to go visit a fascist in the White House and praise him. That hasn't changed.
Man, Netflix is good at making shows that I hate-watch. The Beast in Me is one of those shows that only works if its subjects -- writers, politicians, artists, artistic agents -- act the way they never would in real life.
Okay, so Claire Danes' ex in this show is a struggling painter who lives in a huge loft in Bushwick. And Claire Danes lives in a place that probably cost $1.5-$1.8 million, on a writer's income.
Has anyone at Netflix ever met a... writer? Or an artist?
Has anyone at Netflix ever met a... writer? Or an artist?
I'm trying out The Beast in Me (ep. 1), and:
1) Danes' character lives in a huge house in Oyster Bay and her only stated income is... writer? HAHAHAHAHAHA.
2) Yet she's also worried about money somehow?
3) Also, that scene where she meets Jarvis? Girl, he is flying so many red flags.
1) Danes' character lives in a huge house in Oyster Bay and her only stated income is... writer? HAHAHAHAHAHA.
2) Yet she's also worried about money somehow?
3) Also, that scene where she meets Jarvis? Girl, he is flying so many red flags.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Man, Netflix is good at making shows that I hate-watch. The Beast in Me is one of those shows that only works if its subjects -- writers, politicians, artists, artistic agents -- act the way they never would in real life.
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New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
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"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
Author Interview * Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou’s writing consistently makes me smile and/or cry—often within the same story. Danai’s work features lyrical prose, incisive character choices, and an undercurrent of triumph aga…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
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So excited to see Automatic Noodle on @bookriot.bsky.social's best books of 2025, along with great new work from @charliejane.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, Lee Lai, @khanwong.bsky.social, @kimberlylemming.bsky.social and more!! bookriot.com/best-books-o...
Best Books of 2025
Picking the best books of the year was no easy task, but we sure had a lot of fun doing it. We present you with our picks for the best books of 2025!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
So excited to see Automatic Noodle on @bookriot.bsky.social's best books of 2025, along with great new work from @charliejane.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, Lee Lai, @khanwong.bsky.social, @kimberlylemming.bsky.social and more!! bookriot.com/best-books-o...
Bring on the Filipinx gothic!
Authors this round include @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social, @peterclines.bsky.social, @amalelmohtar.com / @maxgladstone.bsky.social, @jeremyteg.bsky.social, @victormanibo.com, @alexsegura.bsky.social, and more!
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11 new SF/F books to check out this November
Hidden secrets, uninhabitable planets, secret worlds, and quite a bit more to check out
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Bring on the Filipinx gothic!
Actually, if I had my way, any LLM that even attempted to scan my books would dissolve into a puddle of electric wires and goo.
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Actually, if I had my way, any LLM that even attempted to scan my books would dissolve into a puddle of electric wires and goo.