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G. S. Cifuentes 👻

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He/Him indie writer and lover of pop culture Belongs to 💍 @arcanalegacy ✍️ Author of the Sci-fi action series Glass Hearts📚 Shop, short stories, and my other socials here! 👇 https://linktr.ee/gscwrites

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 18d

Glass Hearts is a sci-fi action adventure thriller with plenty of character, drama, intrigue, and epic fights!

My Socials and Shop here👇

linktr.ee/gscwrites

Digital version here👇

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#IndieAuthor

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, friends! Story 5 is live!
check the link below! 👇

www.wattpad.com/story/398522...

Check out the book that inspired the stories here 👉 Glass Hearts a.co/d/gn2ThNv

#indieauthor #shortstories #writing #sff

SHARDS - GSCifuentes - Wattpad

Shards: A Glass Heart collection of short stories. In the World of Glass Hearts, individuals discover they have invulnerable skin and elevated strength. What h...

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 3d

yep! 🐲

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 3d

That'd be the dream 😭😭😭😭 I hope my novel self has that!

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 3d

I like Wyverns, but big ol' kaiju type dragons would be awesome! and as a collector of physical media... i have a hoard 😅

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! @monstersandmaidens.bsky.social for a fun #TBBChat
and as always! if anyone wants to check out my series, I have free short stories and all my other links here👇https://linktr.ee/gscwrites

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

Thanks for hanging out, everyone! Now that you've answered my riddles four, here's your chance to tell us anything you want.
Got a project to promote? Let us know in the comments! We’ll have a fresh new chat next week for #TBBChat. Until next time!

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 3d

Fantasy is my end goal! #TBBChat My tisim makes it hard to make up stuff that I can't physically see. And I don't want to copy what's been done before without being able to put an interesting twist on it!
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The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q4: Is there a genre/subgenre you haven’t written yet but would like to someday?

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 3d

##TBBChat I'd be a dragon! I can never go wrong with being a dragon
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The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q3: If you could be any fictional sentient species (from your work, someone else’s, folklore, etc) which would you be?

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 4d

#TBBChat It’s pretty much set in the real world, so I would probably be struggling and working two jobs while writing there as well! 😅
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The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q2: What would your job or daily life be like if you lived in your story's setting? Would you enjoy it?

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 4d

My first series is a bit of a globe trotter. Espionage stories have a cool way of allowing for the settings to change and amazing backdrops to interesting stories and learning about different cultures.

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q1: Are any of the settings in your stories inspired by real places, or places from other stories?

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 4d

I look forward to these! #TBBChat!
#BookBazaar25 it's ya boy! lover of stories and mortal enemy of mosquitoes!

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

Welcome to #TBBChat. I’m Madeleine (@monstersandmaidens.bsky.social), author of Graft and Honeycomb Heart, & this week’s host. Let’s start: Tell us about yourself, and meet others!

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 5d

Flock of Seagulls - I Ran would give me slasher / haunted house type vibes.

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 5d

question for the timeline

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 5d

So, they'll accept a Golden Book style story about the horror of making a phone call?

a man is holding a piece of paper with the words `` you know , for kids . ''

ALT: a man is holding a piece of paper with the words `` you know , for kids . ''

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 5d

I love my new little spoopy night light!

Two ghost roast marshmallows over a flickering light.

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

T. Kingfisher is one I've recently read that I love how they create a creepy atmosphere.

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 6d

#SFFChat Q3: What SFF or speculative horror author do you think does creepy scenes esp. well? Maybe there's an author who you don't read because they scared you so much, or a fantasy writer whose prose raises the hair on your arms (because it's creepy, not because it's bad, ahaha).

A spooky person with a sheet over them that's tinted orange.

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

ugh, I'm never gonna stop hearing the end of the "Mark of the Beast" again. 😣

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

Centipedes or the Lovecraftian elderich levels of the existential unknown?! 😅

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a sucker for gothic aesthetic, but I also love the feeling liminal spaces gives me.

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

Sci-fi can benefit from horror, and the fear of the unknown is always a great catalyst for diving into the human condition, which Sci-fi normally explores.

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 6d

#SFFChat Q1: What role does horror play in SFF? (or replace "horror" with fear, spookiness, or another similar thing!)

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

Hi! I'm G.S. Cifuentes! I'm a new author, and I can go in depth into existential fears I have, but for now, let's just say centipedes 😅

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 6d

#SFFChat Intro: Introduce yourself and share a fear you have! Could be a traditional fear such as a phobia, or maybe it's a writing-related fear.

A spooky person with a sheet over them that's tinted orange. Photo by Kevin Escate!

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 6d

wow... that whole thing, just... wow.

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you once again, #HorrorWritersChat!

For some quick little spookems, my #horror #poetry book, The Shadow on the Wall, is out there in the world. Free on ko-fi and Itch.io!

I'm also looking for follows for my #BookBazaar25 project, Fairy Seasons.

Link to all- linktr.ee/spookypickle

The image is of a cover for a book called "Fairy Seasons" by Machelle Berglund. On the cover is a fae figure made of two different halves. The half on the left is pristine and golden hair, a perfect fairy. The right half, unseelie in appearance, is dark. Their hair is unkempt and oily. Their clothes are ragged and dirty. Surrounding the figure are several vines and flowers.

In the top corners, there is a stylized, golden sun as well as a crescent moon.

Book cover for "The Shadow on the Wall" by Machelle Berglund.

On it, there is a shadowy figure with glowing eyes set against a grayish green wall.

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 7d

A long life that made such an impact. Her passion for the study of primates was one of my earliest experiences with environmental conservation and its importance and fueled my love for nature. RIP 🤍

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 7d

Jane Goodall (1934-2025) 🤍

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, I should have specified more. 😅

G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 8d

The face The book

The Shop
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Salt and Pepper haired dork reading his pre-production novel.

Cover to Glass Hearts. My debut novel. A shiney glass heart over a brick wall.

#Writers #booktok #bookstagram #author #scifi #action #adventure #novels #GlassHeartsSeries

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G. S. Cifuentes 👻 @gscwriting.bsky.social · 8d

I love that! I can't wait to check out more of your writing!

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