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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 3d

Mona Awad (We Love You, Bunny), Jen Sookfong Lee (The Hunger We Pass Down), and Silvia Moreno-Garcia (The Bewitching) confront power imbalances, slip between genres, and deliver page-turning chills. Oct 24 they’re joined by Mattea Roach, host of CBC’s Bookends.

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Historical Novel Society @histnovsoc.bsky.social · 5d

'Spellbinding gothic horror set in a New England college in 1908, 1934 and 1998. Dramatic, gripping and intelligent.'
#EditorsChoice: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, review by Judith Starkston

The Bewitching - Historical Novel Society

In spellbinding gothic horror, The Bewitching tells three women’s stories: Minerva at a New England college in 1998, Virginia at the same college in 1934, and Alba in rural Mexico in 1908. Minerva had...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 12d

I'm speaking at the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina this evening. Come say hello! www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2025-0...

Meet the Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Richland Library

The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. Ms. Moreno-Garcia will talk about her novels The Bewitching, T...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 12d

I'm speaking at the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina this evening. Come say hello! www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2025-0...

Meet the Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Richland Library

The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. Ms. Moreno-Garcia will talk about her novels The Bewitching, T...

www.richlandlibrary.com

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 13d

Arcadia normally gets into Thalia and some other chains. So probably.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 13d

My publisher in the UK says the new edition of GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW with a cover by Erion Makuo is now available to order via Waterstones and other retailers. This was previously released by Jo Fletcher Books and is now under the Arcadia imprint.
www.waterstones.com/book/gods-of...

Man and woman in jazz age clothing with skulls in the background.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 16d

I feel my age everytime someone reads THE BEWITCHING and tells me they didn't know we had laptops and internet in 1998. Short piece I wrote about technology and perception.
www.patreon.com/posts/future...

The future that was | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 19d

THE BEWITCHING wants to lure you into a tale of supernatural suspense this fall. Come closer. 👻
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 19d

THE BEWITCHING wants to lure you into a tale of supernatural suspense this fall. Come closer. 👻
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 21d

This is a reminder that Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (Latinoland, The Unworthy, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 21d

Although I partake in meat outside the house I cook only vegetarian at home. I got this book: Make It Plant Based! Mexican by Andrea Aliseda. 20 percent off through Bookshop with code LHM25 (check the other books they have discounted for Latin American Heritage month) bookshop.org/p/books/make...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 21d

This is a reminder that Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (Latinoland, The Unworthy, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 23d

For Latin American Heritage month give the gift of a review! Reviews sell books. If you liked a book, review it. Even a sentence. If you can't do the one sentence maybe upvote a good review you agree with.
In the age of the algorithm we gotta work the system. Upvote, click or share. Thnx.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 23d

For Latin American Heritage month give the gift of a review! Reviews sell books. If you liked a book, review it. Even a sentence. If you can't do the one sentence maybe upvote a good review you agree with.
In the age of the algorithm we gotta work the system. Upvote, click or share. Thnx.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 23d

Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (The Great Divide, Pink Slime, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 23d

Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (The Great Divide, Pink Slime, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

bookshop.org

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 25d

Mentioned today in LA that I co-wrote a how-to write book; some ppl seemed interested in it. It's A Writer’s Guide to Speculative Fiction (co-writer is Crawford Killian). Hard to find now (small press), but the ebook is still obtainable. Intended as an intro for newbies
bookshop.org/p/books/a-wr...

A Writer's Guide to Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Check out A Writer's Guide to Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy - This manual full of hands-on, practical, put-the-book-down-and-start-writing advice speaks to new and emerging authors ...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 26d

Mañana/tomorrow en Los Angeles
www.lapl.org/libros

Ad for Los Angeles Libros Festival, September 13

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · Sep 7

Alfred Hitchcock's Legally Blonde

K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · Sep 7

Werner Herzog's Mighty Ducks

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

New novella! "The Lure of Stone" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia! buff.ly/34Ehvmc

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks!

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Sep 2

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, I interview @silviamg.bsky.social about "The Lure of Stone," a beautifully crafted novella of gemstones and sorcery, set in a richly developed fantasy world.

Read the story:
tinyurl.com/4z88j6pw

Then the interview:
tinyurl.com/4bfhw6sm

Interview: Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Uncanny Magazine

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of The Bewitching, The Seventh Veil of Salome, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic, and many other books. She has won the Locus, British Fantasy, and World...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · Sep 2

My fantasy novella, "The Lure of Stone," can now be read online at Uncanny Magazine.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The Lure of Stone - Uncanny Magazine

They saw the men when they were close to reaching Elmesak; they rode two by two and all six of them were decked in crimson. Yalxi set the bedroll and the pack with their supplies down by the side of t...

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · Sep 2

My fantasy novella, "The Lure of Stone," can now be read online at Uncanny Magazine.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The Lure of Stone - Uncanny Magazine

They saw the men when they were close to reaching Elmesak; they rode two by two and all six of them were decked in crimson. Yalxi set the bedroll and the pack with their supplies down by the side of t...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy to report my story in this small press anthology will be recorded in audio for Pseudopod very soon. I got my start with weirdo zines and small presses, and I still delight in appearing in projects like this. Anyway, my story is called "Superstition" and it's inspired by the band Garbage.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · Sep 1

Also, given that it is... *sigh*

spooky season

which will soon be followed by

*embarrassed shiver*

Noirvember

these are the three months in which you'll especially want to read 120 MURDERS!

*hopeful look!*

ruadanbooks.com/product/120-...

120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era - Ruadán Books

After Midnight is as dark as it gets. BONUS: Pre-order 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era at a 33% discount and receive a PDF copy of an original Nick Mamatas story! Whether tha...

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