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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 7d

In Amber Sparks' "The Case of the Girl Who Was Already Dead" a living dead agent should be out hunting the cryptid known as the Bray Road Beast, but then a young girl, the daughter of a dead father and living mother, asks for some help with her ghosts.This story has a very Wisconsin Death Trip feel!

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 7d

We reached our funding goal for the Speculative Detective Agency kickstarter!! And of course you can still be part of this crazy adventure until Saturday by getting some cool rewards, the t-shirt, veladora, posters, and you can get the book at a discount.
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 8d

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST!

The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez

Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85

The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

---TRUST THE MYSTERY---

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 8d

Many years ago Richie and I had a meeting with an artist and the artist was kind of rude and the project didn't work out. It happens. But then Richie suggested we create our own performance of the Alien Space Queen de Puerto Rico.
And here we are now making a super cool book! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 8d

In Alex Hernandez's short story "El Gato Gris," Agent Araceli Turey’s first clue in solving the La Palmita Nursing Home murders comes from a psychometric vision, in which she arrives at a 1930s nightclub in Havana headlined by the devilish trickster El Gato Gris.
4 Days Left! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

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alexthoth @alexthoth.bsky.social · 11d

Hey everyone, Please check out and support this super cool anthology: The Speculative Detective Agency on Kickstarter.

If you love mystery, speculative fiction, and creative storytelling…I’d love your help making this a reality!

Learn more & back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 9d

Heather E. Ash's story "21 Sesame Street"! After a Bloody Mary sighting at the local kindergarten, Joseph goes undercover as a six-year-old, making use of his unique ability to age-shift. It will take a lot more than Special Edition Pokémon cards to solve this case. Final Week! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 10d

Only 6 Days Left, #specfic fans! Please support THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology kickstarter! #5amwritersclub

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 10d

Author Highlight #6: Monique Laban: "Anomaly Fixed"

For people like Paulina who have trouble finding their place in the world, ghosts are a walk in the park, but a structural haunting, now that is a real challenge!

6 DAYS LEFT TO GO!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

www.moniquelaban.com

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 12d

Hypnotize yourself with a great book!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez will be published by Diversion Books in Fall of 2026. We are committed to paying the authors, and we need your donation to make this happen.

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 12d

Author Highlight #5
Lincoln Michel's "Language Trouble"

Agent Retter has been saddled with an annoying robot sidekick by the SDA, and is assigned the case of a missing cy-sorcer! His question is the one we all ask: How do you keep your humanity in the age of AI?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

https://theconversation.com/getting-to-know-you-the-robot-assistant-who-can-second-guess-your-every-need-58862?fbclid=IwY2xjawNDXA1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpeXVXS0VtY0R2WTRISHJXAR412-1e3243O3A_LFRgdzYt55FbxlGwj526-45JZ6g6iQUn0g0UKMbXN9rc6w_aem_FhjxOOHBHA3IW_Xlv6nm1Q

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 13d

Fans (and writers!) of SFF and noir, check out this new anthology. They're also taking submissions. 🕵️‍♀️👻🤖📖

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for... @richienarvaez.bsky.social @latinxfiles.bsky.social

The Speculative Detective Agency

A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

www.kickstarter.com

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 13d

Author Highlight #4: Richie Narvaez: "A Haunting on South Fourth Street"

Newly minted speculative detective Carmen Ruiz has an intern position with legendary detective Awilda Brunhilda Vasconcello of the New York office. There are ghosts of course, but Carmen has to first deal with her own demons.

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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 14d

And check out our call for stories!

Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 14d

ONLY 10 DAYS LEFT! Help support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology. International. Multiethnic. Multigenre. All in a shared fictional world.

Featuring authors such as Megan Chee, Monique Laban, Lincoln Michel, & Amber Sparks

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social · 14d

ONLY 10 DAYS LEFT! Help support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology. International. Multiethnic. Multigenre. All in a shared fictional world.

Featuring authors such as Megan Chee, Monique Laban, Lincoln Michel, & Amber Sparks

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 14d

Author Highlight #3: Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos

Stephanie’s short story for the SDA “The Silver Woman” has all the things that make a great speculative detective story, Faraday cages, remote viewing, aliens, Greek islands. So good!

Come and join us!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 15d

Nick Quijano, "La Milagrosa Botánica Shop" (1990)
www.mapr.org/.../artwork/...

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 15d

Author Highlight #2!

"That Old Black Magic We Call Empire"

When local lucha legend El Josco loses big, Pura Concepción Domínguez is on the case! They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but what happens when your only friend is a dollar in your pocket?

@kjy1066.bsky.social

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 16d

And then she was called to the business district to investigate the strange behavior of a team of financial analysts. Maybe they're just really passionate about spreadsheets...or maybe it has something to do with the weird e-learning course their boss assigned them (it’s the e-learning course!).

Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 16d

So, when Sara Tan returned to the country of her birth, Singapore, she thought her life would settle down to some semblance of normality. But she found anything but normal, with Merlions coming to life and a veritable epidemic of ghosts...

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 16d

Author Highlight #1: Megan Chee’s “Office Party”

The life of a speculative detective can be a bit lonely at times, moving from one city to the next, one strange case to the next...

@richienarvaez.bsky.social
@cayetanov.bsky.social
@meganflchee.bsky.social

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 18d

Cayetano Valenzuela created all the fantastic images for the Speculative Detective Agency. It's always a joy to work with Cayetano and we are grateful for the beauty he brings to the world!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

@richienarvaez.bsky.social
@cayetanov.bsky.social
#kickstarter

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 20d

I usually suggest to my students that they begin with a walk through the acequias here in Albuquerque which provide enough structure that they can safely get lost in the city.

Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 20d

and how intentional rambling in a sense preceded all methods, as it was the oldest form of human lost-ness. As they take on their own detective cases at the end of the course, most students realize that losing oneself is a lot easier said than done.

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Matthew David Goodwin @latinxfiles.bsky.social · 20d

Ibn Sina outlined in his book the variety of methods for returning to the base level of being lost, philosophy and mystical practices were of course the twin pillars, but the conclusion to the book also contained a beautifully subtle discussion of wandering and walking about...

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