Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer
@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social
Writer of speculative fiction • 🌈 they/them • 📚 words in Strange Horizons, Apex, Flame Tree, Heartlines, Factor Four, Utopia SF & more • Codex, SFPA • Rhysling nominee • Currently querying
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Reading for awards? I'd be honored if you considered my SFF poetry and short fiction!
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If it is not too late, I finally got my webpage updated:
catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
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Awards Eligibility - Catherine Tavares
The following page lists all my published works of this year, updated as new stories/links become available. If you are reading/voting for the Nebulas, Hugos, Locus, or other awards, I’d be honored an...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If it is not too late, I finally got my webpage updated:
catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
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I'm thrilled to announce my poem 'The Woman in the Snow' will appear in Common Bonds 2!
I loved writing this aroace retelling of 'The Snow Queen', and I'm still in shock that it found a home with such a fantastic anthology.
I loved writing this aroace retelling of 'The Snow Queen', and I'm still in shock that it found a home with such a fantastic anthology.
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm thrilled to announce my poem 'The Woman in the Snow' will appear in Common Bonds 2!
I loved writing this aroace retelling of 'The Snow Queen', and I'm still in shock that it found a home with such a fantastic anthology.
I loved writing this aroace retelling of 'The Snow Queen', and I'm still in shock that it found a home with such a fantastic anthology.
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I have a poem in Issue 6 of Trollbreath! "Whittled & Burned" is a tale of...
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I have a poem in Issue 6 of Trollbreath! "Whittled & Burned" is a tale of...
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
So happy to see @cjtavares.bsky.social's intense, gorgeous 'Ghosts of Summer' on this list!
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So happy to see @cjtavares.bsky.social's intense, gorgeous 'Ghosts of Summer' on this list!
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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Issue 3 of Plott Hound Magazine is now live!
Subscribers should have already received their copies via email.
Find all issues here!: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
Subscribers should have already received their copies via email.
Find all issues here!: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Issue 3 of Plott Hound Magazine is now live!
Subscribers should have already received their copies via email.
Find all issues here!: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
Subscribers should have already received their copies via email.
Find all issues here!: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
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just use the fucking library.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
just use the fucking library.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I have a poem in Issue 6 of Trollbreath! "Whittled & Burned" is a tale of...
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I have a poem in Issue 6 of Trollbreath! "Whittled & Burned" is a tale of...
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
🦴 Skulls & memorials
🔥 Burning time
🕰️ Bitter reflections
Releasing for subscribers in just 7 days!
🩸📚💙
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i’m in this one! with a story about:
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
i’m in this one! with a story about:
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
🧡 immortals coming to terms with death
🧡 the smell of loam and moss
🧡 friendships that transcend life
🧡 how much i loved my cat
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Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
2025 Eligibility& Bibliography
For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
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I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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So it seems a lot of short fiction readers don't know about @inkfoundry.bsky.social! This is a great site to look for your next great read.
InkFoundry
Welcome to Inkfoundry! A curated, searchable library of short fiction tagged and organized to help readers find stories and authors they'll love.
inkfoundry.net
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So it seems a lot of short fiction readers don't know about @inkfoundry.bsky.social! This is a great site to look for your next great read.
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
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on this trans day of remembrance my poem "live" at @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social feels very fitting
"you have to live to hold your own failures in cupped palms, drink them up like gin and fire. to spit blood on burnt earth. to bind your chest wrong the first time."
"you have to live to hold your own failures in cupped palms, drink them up like gin and fire. to spit blood on burnt earth. to bind your chest wrong the first time."
“live” by Ash Vale
you have to live to hold your own failures in cupped palms, drink them up like gin and fire. to spit blood on burnt earth. to bind your chest wrong the first time. to feel the blunt pain of it and …
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
on this trans day of remembrance my poem "live" at @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social feels very fitting
"you have to live to hold your own failures in cupped palms, drink them up like gin and fire. to spit blood on burnt earth. to bind your chest wrong the first time."
"you have to live to hold your own failures in cupped palms, drink them up like gin and fire. to spit blood on burnt earth. to bind your chest wrong the first time."
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If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵
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Transparency is a core value for us at OTHERSIDE... and with that in mind, we now have sample contracts available on our website! We believe in supporting and protecting authors: no AI, no rights grabs, quick payment. Let us know if you have questions!
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Sample Contracts - OTHERSIDE
Sample contracts for OTHERSIDE, including the language for nonfiction, reprints, original fiction and poetry.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Transparency is a core value for us at OTHERSIDE... and with that in mind, we now have sample contracts available on our website! We believe in supporting and protecting authors: no AI, no rights grabs, quick payment. Let us know if you have questions!
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
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My dark fantasy 'A Single Song', a trans take on the Grimm fairytale of music, revenge, and manipulation, came out this summer from Factor Four!
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A Single Song by Nico Martinez Nocito
A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song. Haunting, my listeners called my melody, and beautiful. My fingers glided over the sinuous strings and my voice, the harp’s voice,…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My dark fantasy 'A Single Song', a trans take on the Grimm fairytale of music, revenge, and manipulation, came out this summer from Factor Four!
factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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"Here, the fish make homes among our bones. The crabs weather the tides nestled between layers of muscle, folds of fat." 🐠💀🦀
New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Here, the fish make homes among our bones. The crabs weather the tides nestled between layers of muscle, folds of fat." 🐠💀🦀
New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
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absolutely LOVED this story by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social. probably no stranger that i'm a weirdo for non-linear fiction, and this one is a perfect example of non-linear storytelling. quick and precise and ... no spoilers.
"Ghosts of Summer" by CJ Tavares
"Ghosts of Summer" by CJ Tavares
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...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
absolutely LOVED this story by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @apexmag.bsky.social. probably no stranger that i'm a weirdo for non-linear fiction, and this one is a perfect example of non-linear storytelling. quick and precise and ... no spoilers.
"Ghosts of Summer" by CJ Tavares
"Ghosts of Summer" by CJ Tavares
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as my debut pub date nears, i am not going to ask you to buy my book. it will exist. you can pre-order it. some people have already read it and said some nice stuff about it on various review platforms.
i'm going to ask you to read some awesome sci-fi that isn't Dune. that's all.
i'm going to ask you to read some awesome sci-fi that isn't Dune. that's all.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
as my debut pub date nears, i am not going to ask you to buy my book. it will exist. you can pre-order it. some people have already read it and said some nice stuff about it on various review platforms.
i'm going to ask you to read some awesome sci-fi that isn't Dune. that's all.
i'm going to ask you to read some awesome sci-fi that isn't Dune. that's all.
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The Kickstarter is officially LIVE!!!
Kickstarter Launching Monday.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Kickstarter is officially LIVE!!!