Nino Cipri
@ninocipri.bsky.social
Writer, cat dad, wife guy, cryptid. Author of DEAD GIRLS DON'T DREAM (2024), DEFEKT (2021), FINNA (2020), and HOMESICK (2019).
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Happy paperback day to Dead Girls Don’t Dream! Now with a bonus playlist in the back, which are all songs I both listened to incessantly while writing this, and songs that are thematically or vibe-ally resonant. Available wherever books are sold, and signed copies thru @astoriabookshop.bsky.social
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Sounds about right! I think @ravenbookstore.bsky.social has exactly three signed copies of my latest, so now is your chance:
ravenbookstore.com/book/9781940...
ravenbookstore.com/book/9781940...
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sounds about right! I think @ravenbookstore.bsky.social has exactly three signed copies of my latest, so now is your chance:
ravenbookstore.com/book/9781940...
ravenbookstore.com/book/9781940...
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
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Fellow undercover operatives, Honing the Blade by @clclark.bsky.social is one of my very favorite newsletters, so this recognition is deeply meaningful. And this post is a great example of why you should absolutely subscribe today.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fellow undercover operatives, Honing the Blade by @clclark.bsky.social is one of my very favorite newsletters, so this recognition is deeply meaningful. And this post is a great example of why you should absolutely subscribe today.
clclarkwrites.com/career-advic...
clclarkwrites.com/career-advic...
This is so much better than my answer, which is “the bowl of raw and unwashed kale that you’re calling a salad”
The worst dish to bring to the potluck is one with unnecessary dairy or other allergens. That tablespoon of butter couldn't have been earth balance? The chopped peanuts couldn't have been on the side? Come on.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is so much better than my answer, which is “the bowl of raw and unwashed kale that you’re calling a salad”
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A BIG @kickstarter.com pledge cancelled. We dropped 14% overnight. It happens. If this story matters to you: RT, share, tell someone. bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A BIG @kickstarter.com pledge cancelled. We dropped 14% overnight. It happens. If this story matters to you: RT, share, tell someone. bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
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I have some inexpensive PDFs of some self-released books on adeniro.itch.io. And my chapbook From the Yew has been out for a couple months from @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I have some inexpensive PDFs of some self-released books on adeniro.itch.io. And my chapbook From the Yew has been out for a couple months from @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
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Real good thread. There's no making good economic policy w/out solidarity against oppression/exploitation. Even if you look at it only from a voter recruitment angle, beneficial economic policies are unlikely to be recognized quickly by voters for a host of reasons, but solidarity will.
You want to harness economic populism? Then get off your ass and do the difficult work of building solidarity across and through difference. That’s what makes a coalition; just look at who’s winning.
Asking people to abstract their identity away into some aggregate is a failure mode.
Wake up.
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Asking people to abstract their identity away into some aggregate is a failure mode.
Wake up.
/9
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Real good thread. There's no making good economic policy w/out solidarity against oppression/exploitation. Even if you look at it only from a voter recruitment angle, beneficial economic policies are unlikely to be recognized quickly by voters for a host of reasons, but solidarity will.
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Been listing for two hours. 11 LGBTQIA+ artists (and friends), all price ranges.
Thanks for shopping/pushing small business this year!
www.peculiarityshop.com
Thanks for shopping/pushing small business this year!
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Been listing for two hours. 11 LGBTQIA+ artists (and friends), all price ranges.
Thanks for shopping/pushing small business this year!
www.peculiarityshop.com
Thanks for shopping/pushing small business this year!
www.peculiarityshop.com
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I'm in the final stages of getting the 2026 new horror list ready to launch, so a reminder: please let me know about your books if you haven't already! RTs very appreciated
do you have a horror/horror-ish book coming out in 2026? tell me about it here, please! I'm working on the 2026 horror list and while I'm very good at sniffing out new books, I still miss things - help me help you!
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2025-2026 Horror Master List Book Submissions
Because I'm out of my mind, I maintain a running list of the year's new horror releases. If you're an author/editor/marketer/publicist/agent who'd like one of your books included, please fill out the ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm in the final stages of getting the 2026 new horror list ready to launch, so a reminder: please let me know about your books if you haven't already! RTs very appreciated
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*glances up, bleary-eyed from review of my 3rd-pass pages*
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis — neon hemlock
Publication date: June 30 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Items ordered with a pre-ordered title will ship when the pre-order becomes available. Meet Dizzy Carter: private investigator/blues enthusiast/de...
www.neonhemlock.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
*glances up, bleary-eyed from review of my 3rd-pass pages*
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
Oh hello. I have published exactly one thing this year if you're doing a year-end review: sapphic neo-noir novella THE DEAD WITHHELD was out back in June and we're gonna do it again for the sequel in 2026 www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...
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And yes, I know the novella market has changed and awards focus is on novellas that appear as standalone books from medium to large publishers but I (obviously) still love publishing and reading novellas as meaty offerings in magazines and anthologies and I hope enough people still do too.
As the end of the year approaches here's my 2025 eligibility post for my novella "Descent" in
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
2025 Awards Eligibility (Visibility) Post
Well! Here we are once again, approaching the end of another year. Where does all the time go? Sometimes I wish I could pull a Megalopolis and “stop time” (IYKYK). But yes, as the inexo…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
And yes, I know the novella market has changed and awards focus is on novellas that appear as standalone books from medium to large publishers but I (obviously) still love publishing and reading novellas as meaty offerings in magazines and anthologies and I hope enough people still do too.
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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
Ok last LAST call for this month's zines, if you order one from me today you'll also get this little guy I threw together last night ko-fi.com/ninocipri/shop
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Ok last LAST call for this month's zines, if you order one from me today you'll also get this little guy I threw together last night ko-fi.com/ninocipri/shop
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How To Restore a Timeline is a holiday story about violence and memory. It takes place on a special variant of December 27, 2006—one that never ends, overlapping and consuming all time that dares come after.
And I hear it makes a great gift, available everywhere you buy books.
And I hear it makes a great gift, available everywhere you buy books.
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How To Restore a Timeline is a holiday story about violence and memory. It takes place on a special variant of December 27, 2006—one that never ends, overlapping and consuming all time that dares come after.
And I hear it makes a great gift, available everywhere you buy books.
And I hear it makes a great gift, available everywhere you buy books.
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This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is not a drill: my next novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE will be out next fall.
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Clara is a real person and a great horror artist who could use some help!
(also don't miss her awesome art! Here is some, but you can find more - bsky.app/profile/trop... )
(also don't miss her awesome art! Here is some, but you can find more - bsky.app/profile/trop... )
My name is Clara, a black trans woman in Venezuela in a rly difficult situation, I need $400 this month to pay for at least some bills food and meds for myself and my family
Paypal: [email protected]
💸💕 🏳️⚧️🚨 Mutual aid, helpsky #mutualaid #MAboost #transmutualaid #trans #BIPOCMA #helpsky
Paypal: [email protected]
💸💕 🏳️⚧️🚨 Mutual aid, helpsky #mutualaid #MAboost #transmutualaid #trans #BIPOCMA #helpsky
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Clara is a real person and a great horror artist who could use some help!
(also don't miss her awesome art! Here is some, but you can find more - bsky.app/profile/trop... )
(also don't miss her awesome art! Here is some, but you can find more - bsky.app/profile/trop... )
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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A lawyer I know is trying to help an abuse victim client relocate to get away from their abusive ex. They have an infant child and they're really struggling due to SNAP being cut. Would be really cool if you're in a position to help a stranger out.
Donate to Help an abuse victim and her child relocate to safety., organized by Michael Wikoff
My name is Michael Wikoff. I'm a legal aid attorney in Franklin … Michael Wikoff needs your support for Help an abuse victim and her child relocate to safety.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A lawyer I know is trying to help an abuse victim client relocate to get away from their abusive ex. They have an infant child and they're really struggling due to SNAP being cut. Would be really cool if you're in a position to help a stranger out.
Reminder that I have 2 zines (one fiction, one essay) available for purchase. Anyone ordering tonight will get them mailed out Monday, along with a little something extra.
I finally got around to putting the zines I made with Back to Print up on ko-fi. Bad Dad Redemption is all about unredeemable dads, while What Stares Back is a strange little story about an even stranger movie. ko-fi.com/ninocipri/shop
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reminder that I have 2 zines (one fiction, one essay) available for purchase. Anyone ordering tonight will get them mailed out Monday, along with a little something extra.
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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...
This is giving me the strength to get through my Sunday chores
It's a fantastic day to throw @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social up on your TV, phone, or second monitor and do your chores: youtu.be/ss79spmJo3k
The Death of the Anti-Trans Ad: Why Democrats’ 2025 Wins Changed Everything (ft Laurel Powell)
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy - Media & Politics Podcast
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is giving me the strength to get through my Sunday chores
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On my Patreon, a post about the
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
Diaspora podcast, Old Marketplace, and Queering History | R.B. Lemberg
Get more from R.B. Lemberg on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
On my Patreon, a post about the
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
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November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Scarleteen is raising $40,000 to support the healthcare needs of staff and volunteers who do this vulnerable, crucial, intimate work. 204 people have donated $23k; please join them today and share. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scarleteen is raising $40,000 to support the healthcare needs of staff and volunteers who do this vulnerable, crucial, intimate work. 204 people have donated $23k; please join them today and share. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...