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Chey Rivera

@criverawrites.bsky.social

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🇵🇷 SpecFic writer. Words in Flame Tree Press, Heartlines Spec, The Skull & Laurel, Hexagon MYRIAD Lawless, Elegant Literature, A Coup of Owls Press, and elsewhere. Forthcoming in The Scythian Wolf. Find all my work here: https://cheyrivera.carrd.co

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here!

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 14

New Martha Wells, imprisoned gods, and thirteen swords: It's @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's must-read SFF short stories of July 2025!

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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025 - Reactor

Stories about loss, love, and about getting back at the assholes who hurt you...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 12d

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 12d

Some Puerto Rican SFF books for your TBR 🇵🇷

Six books on a pink background. Text in the middle reads “Puerto Rican SFF”. The books are Blazewrath games by Amparo Ortiz; The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal; The Youngest Doll by Rosario Ferre; House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias; They Both Die At the End by Adam Silvera; Lotería by Cynthia Pelayo

Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 14d

Caribbean historical fantasy, imprisoned gods, and the complex bond between two sisters desperate to protect their home and each other.

“For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶

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For the Pursuit of the Better by Chey Rivera

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 14d

A month until the veil is lifted and THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION is unleashed! Nine tales of horror & dread that put candle flame to the underbelly of this mortal coil. Amazon & Kobo ⬇️

The full wrap of This World of Vile Wonder. The cover art is an astronomer holding a candle, resting his hand on a globe, reading a manuscript. The art is a 1650s painting by Gerrit Dou called 'Astronomer by Candlelight.'

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 24d

The latest historical horror anthology from The Scythian Wolf, THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, is on Goodreads. Add it as 'want to read' if you're interested. Release is Oct 20!
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This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientif…

A HIDDEN SIDE OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION In an age l…

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for sharing this story, Karlo! I just read it for the first time and… wow!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 29d

It's my birthday!! I'm 49 - how did that happen? I would LOVE it if you could share or follow my art for my birthday, that would be a brilliant gift! Thank you everyone who follows and comments, it is such a great place here! 49 feels ace btw. #artshare #birthday #watercolour
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huge dragon (only the head visible) resting in a body of water in a forest. Lots of vines and tree branches dangling down, a stream running over its head and a great white egret taking off from the water next to it.

a mermaid with a pink tail resting on a rock and leaning back on her hands as her tail comes out of the water. In the background is a lagoon and some cliffs and further back the hint of a waterfall

a precarious tall hill with a wizard's house sitting on top of it with a wisp of smoke coming out of the chimney. It is dusk and all the windows are yellow with the light from inside.

a large winged blue dragon prepares to land on a nest with two baby blue dragons waiting in the nest for their dinner.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 29d

Last month, my story “For the Pursuit of the Better” was featured in @reactorsff.bsky.social’s Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025.

Today this story is free to read online in @heartlines-spec.com! 🫀

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Sep 4

All the horned beasts, all in a row.
Stunning art by @wolfskulljack.bsky.social @carlydraws.bsky.social @mxmorgan.com

Met the Weird writers shaping tomorrow's landscape. Just 1.2 million more sales & we're talking NatGeo circulation numbers!

Do your part: store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...

THE SKULL & LAUREL cover art clockwise: WolfSkullJack, Carly A-F, Mx Morgan G Robles x2

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · Sep 3

This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases Oct 20! Ebook is up for preorder now on Amazon & Kobo. Nine tales that range from the unfathomable depths of the Pacific in 1517 to the height of the Carpathian Mts in 1687.

Cover of This World of Vile Wonder featuring the Gerrit Dou painting ‘Astronomer by Candlelight’

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruszine.bsky.social · Sep 1

For those night owls currently awake, ISSUE 04 IS OPEN FOR SUBS! Right now! You can submit! Right!! Now!!

(Pretty post to come after your humble EIC sleeps.)

www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

Submit — The Icarus Writing Collective

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · Aug 21

Read our #BookReview of The Skull & Laurel Magazine of New Weird Fiction Issue 004 from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · Aug 16

I’ve had fun with my anthologies. The 1st was WWI, a commercial topic to get things going. The 2nd is the Scientific Rev, which isn’t commercial. Hitting ignored eras is the real point of these, so we’ll see how it goes. If it makes its money back, we’ll go ancient with the 3rd.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here!

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 14

New Martha Wells, imprisoned gods, and thirteen swords: It's @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's must-read SFF short stories of July 2025!

reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025 - Reactor

Stories about loss, love, and about getting back at the assholes who hurt you...

reactormag.com

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks for including my story! ☺️

Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here!

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 14

New Martha Wells, imprisoned gods, and thirteen swords: It's @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's must-read SFF short stories of July 2025!

reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025 - Reactor

Stories about loss, love, and about getting back at the assholes who hurt you...

reactormag.com

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Aug 13

If you're looking for New Weird fiction that doesn't know how to stay in its own lane...try THE SKULL & LAUREL🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...

Shrike 🐦‍⬛ @shrikebait.bsky.social · Aug 12

This was my first Skull & Laurel issue. I was impressed by the variety of style and subject even for weird fiction. Prostheses stood out to me...

#arcreview #weirdfiction 📚💙

Magazine mockup of The Skull & Laurel issue 004 with the text "I love A weird little critter" in matching purple font. A shrike and two bug are perched around the magazine.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 12

Excited to announce that my story, “The Death of the Angel Prince,” will be reprinted in @conquestpublishing.bsky.social’s anthology, Monstrous Angels. Edited by @arwyns.bsky.social 🪽

Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 10

Now reading 📖

My hand holding the book Puerto Rico: Historia de una Nación

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · Aug 8

The proof copy of This World of Vile Wonder arrived today! Very pleased with it. Ebook preorder is up now on Amazon & Kobo. Print copy will be available to order in October.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 5

I’m so beyond excited my story is included in this incredible anthology.

“Two Paths, One Death” takes place from 1523 to 1600. Death takes pity on a young Spanish woman and sends her down two parallel paths: one to know the world, the other to know the universe. 🌊✨

Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · Aug 5

Proud of how this anthology turned out. Nine horror tales that explore the Scientific Revolution, with the earliest story taking place in 1523 & the latest in 1687. Release is Oct 20. Ebook preorder is up now on Kobo & Amazon.

Cover of This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution. Painting is “Astronomer by Candlelight.”

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 3

Devastating rejection in my inbox today.🥲
But! I just submitted to a bunch of cool markets that opened this month 💌

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · Aug 1

Louder for the people in the back!!

Issue 8 released yesterday and is a labyrinth of delicious words: 8 short stories, 5 poems, 1 Horizon Zero Dawn essay, 1 review on spec-fic books

Not to mention the delightful @angelvleal.bsky.social acting as Guest Poetry Editor

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · Jul 31

Issue 8 has stepped through the portals! Our summer issue is always special because it's powered by a birthday wish, BUT this issue is EXTRA POWERFUL because it's powered by TWO BIRTHDAYS.

You should subscribe (or buy online!) -- can't let a birthday wish down 🎂

www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-8/

Issue 8

Issue 8 features portals, aliens, and metamorphoses. These stories and poems are about growing up, growing apart, and growing together. As much as our characters wish they could stay locked in their f...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Jul 31

My story “For the Pursuit of the Better,” is in this issue!

It’s about the complex bond between two sisters who’ve inherited the duty to defend their Caribbean island in the age of expansion and conquest.

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · Jul 31

Issue 8

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you! ☺️