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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

Day 25 of #LatineHeritageMonth: AN EMBROIDERY OF SOULS, Mexican-American author Ruby Martinez's enchanting YA tale of magic and intrigue. Jade is a thread speaker: She can change your life with a needle and thread. But her mother is missing, a mysterious boy turns up, and a monster is out there...

The cover of AN EMBROIDERY OF SOULS, featuring multicolored flora and fauna against a black background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

Day 24 of #LatineHeritageMonth: LAST SUNRISE IN ETERNA, Puerto Rican author Amparo Ortiz's (@amparoortiz.bsky.social) elvish bargain of a YA. Elves suck. But when Sevim is coerced into joining the Exchange, where she can trade her dreams for elvish magic, she learns that it's not quite that simple.

The cover of LAST SUNRISE IN ETERNA, featuring a human girl and an elvish prince against an orange background with yellow and pink flora

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

Day 23 of #LatineHeritageMonth: CASTLE OF THE CURSED, a haunted romance by Argentine author Romina Garber (@rominagarber.bsky.social). You should all know by now that if you move to your dead family's ancestral castle in Spain, a mystery and a very gothic affair with a ghost will surely follow.

The cover of CASTLE OF THE CURSED, with a European-style castle sitting on a comparably sized mass of roots, blood running from the entry

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

And oh-so-timely. But the queer romance is gorgeous!

Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

Day 22 of #LatineHeritageMonth: LAKE LORE, yet another ethereal dream of a novel by Mexican-American author Anna-Marie McLemore. When the mystical world beneath the lake starts to drift to the surface, the only two people who have been there will do anything to stop it--even talk to each other

The cover of LAKE LORE, featuring two figures covered in lake flora, head and shoulders above the surface of a multicolored lake surface, with mountains and the moon in the background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

Day 21 of #LatineHeritageMonth: LARKLIGHT, a high-stakes, high-fantasy YA by Colombian-American author Alex Aster. Every 100 years, Larklight hosts the Centennial, a deadly game that gives the winner a chance to break a curse. A lot is riding on Isla...for herself and her people and her new love

The cover of LARKLIGHT, featuring a bouquet of red flowers, bound in thorns, against a black background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14h

Day 20 of #LatineHeritageMonth: ALL THESE MONSTERS, a dystopian, militaristic YA by Mexican-American author Amy Tintera (@amytintera.bsky.social). Clara is just ready to go--anywhere, as long as its away from home. So she jumps at the chance to fight monsters. But things are never that easy...

The cover of ALL THESE MONSTERS, with the lavender words made of scales, with a tale coming out of the R, against a gray background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 15h

Day 19 of #LatineHeritageMonth: FAMILY LORE, Dominican-American author Elizabeth Acevedo's multigenerational novel. Flor can predict someone's death, so when she plans a living wake, it wreaks havoc. But that's just the beginning of Acevedo's glorious, women-focused work of family, love, and magic.

The cover of FAMILY LORE, featuring three stylized women against a blue background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 15h

Day 18 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, Chicana author V. Castro's (@vlatinalondon.bsky.social) searing horror novel. Though La Llorona and a mother's haunting, Castro masterful anticolonial work expertly deconstructs system oppression and the violence of motherhood

The cover of THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA, featuring the head and shoulders of a woman, almost completely covered in stylized flowers, except for a portion of her face, against a marigold background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 15h

Day 17 of #LatineHeritageMonth: QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, Puerto Rican author Isabelle Olmo's (@isabelleolmo.bsky.social) chess match of a political fantasy. Almira was raised to be cunning--and to rule. Olmo showcases the many ways women shape the future, and how Almira plays the game of a lifetime

The cover of QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, featuring an armored dress on a mannequin, backlit in red, surrounded by stylized gold filigree

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 15h

Day 16 of #LatineHeritageMonth: FIREBLOOMS, a dystopian YA SF novel by Uruguayan-American author Alexandra Villasante. When Sebas moves in with his dying, abusive mother, he doesn't expect the tech surveillance-state school--an attempt to curb bullying--or his attraction to student ambassador Lu

The cover of FIREBLOOMS, featuring two humans in an embrace, surrounded by red flowers

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20h

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

#Sirens26 Faculty: Lilliam Rivera (@lilliamr.bsky.social): dazzling author across genres and categories 📚, including for the LOVE IN GRAVITY podcast. 🌈 Winner of piles of awards, honors, and fellowships. 🌠 Essayist (NYT, WaPo, Elle, Cosmo), educator, and speaker. Absolutely luminous firestarter🔥

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

#Sirens26 Faculty: Kelly Barnhill (@kellybarnhill.bsky.social): masterful, magical teller of tales, winner of a veritable 🏔️ of awards, maker of 🥧, mom. NYT essayist. Former teacher, activist, bartender, waitress, janitor, park ranger. 🥳 WaPo says she's "eloquent writer who spins beautiful lines." 💫

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

#Sirens26 is a community of dreamers, of scholars, of truth-tellers, of revolutionaries, of readers of progressive speculative literature. The cornerstone of our programming is our brilliant faculty who are all of the above. Please join us in celebrating our second round of faculty announcements:

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 6d

On being in conversation with our books...

Wendy Pratt @wendypratt.bsky.social · 8d

On today’s Notes from the Margin, I’m defacing books with no apologies.
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...

I deface my books because I am in conversation with them.

Do not be afraid to abuse your books*

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 9d

None of this would be happening if I had an enormous cursed sword

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 9d

Gearing up for the second half of this list, so it's probably a good time to share it again!

K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · May 29

Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️‍🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️‍🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 9d

This is a great time to lean into local community and make sure you have folks' current contact information. Check on your strong friends. Check on your trans friends. Check on your disabled friends. Check on folks.

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 9d

It has been a delight to witness the love for speculative poetry after @swantower.bsky.social won the first EVER poetry Hugo award! Here’s my interview with the winner, you gotta read it! 🏆 Congrats Marie!

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 9d

This week on Planetside…

The Hugos presented their first award for poetry at Worldcon in 2025.

Learn what that means for the genre in “The First Hugo for Poetry: An Interview with Marie Brennan” by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social & @swantower.bsky.social: www.sfwa.org/2025/09/30/t...

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 9d

Psst, did you register for #Sirens26? Price increases in just a couple hours!

Sirens @sirensconference.org · 9d

Hey, progressive speculative fiction readers! 🚀🐉👻🩷 Friendly reminder that the price to attend #Sirens26 -- March 18-22, 2026, in New Haven, CT -- will increase tomorrow. You know you want to join us, so head over to sirensconference.org/attend and register today!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 9d

Hey, progressive speculative fiction readers! 🚀🐉👻🩷 Friendly reminder that the price to attend #Sirens26 -- March 18-22, 2026, in New Haven, CT -- will increase tomorrow. You know you want to join us, so head over to sirensconference.org/attend and register today!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 10d

Day 15 of #LatineHeritageMonth: CECE RIOS AND THE DESERT OF SOULS, a brujeria twist on a classic MG adventure by Mexican and British author Kaela Rivera (@kaelarivera.bsky.social). A desert spirit kidnapped Cece's sister and she's absolutely going to learn to practice forbidden magic to get her back

The cover of CECE RIOS AND THE DESERT OF SOULS, featuring a figure surrounded by red rock formations, saguaros, black-and-white butterflies, and a figure playing guitar

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 11d

Day 14 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE LOST DREAMER, Mexi-Rican author Lizz Huerta's (@lizzhuerta.bsky.social) ferocious YA fantasy debut. When a shift in patriarchal power threatens a sisterhood's traditions, Saya must separate truth from lies, exploitation from power, and maybe set the world aflame

The cover of THE LOST DREAMER, featuring the head and shoulders of a teenaged girl surrounded by stylized flora in shades of black, purple, blue, and pink

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 11d

Day 13 of #LatineHeritageMonth: BLOODY SUMMER, Cuban-American maestro Carmen Maria Machado's wild short story about legends, lies, and histories. Centuries of unexplained tiger sightings haunt the town of Never-Again, Pennsylvania -- but when a new researcher arrives, new clues unfold...

The cover of BLOODY SUMMER, featuring a bold graphic tiger paw, claws out, against orange, yellow, and green foliage

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