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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 11h

#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 · 11h

#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 · 11h

#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 · 5d

On being in conversation with our books...

Wendy Pratt @wendypratt.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 8d

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

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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

Sirens @sirensconference.org · 8d

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 · 8d

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

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 10d

Day 12 of #LatineHeritageMonth: NOCTURNA, Dominican and Guyanese author Maya Motayne's inventive YA fantasy series-starter. Faceshifting, forbidden magic, mob bosses, murder, and unleashing an ancient power are only the beginning in Motayne's can't-put-it-down high-fantasy political thriller!

The cover of NOCTURA, featuring an intricate orange, red, and beige tile design

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 13d

Day 11 of #LatineHeritageMonth: SEVEN EMPTY HOUSES, Argentine author Samanta Schweblin's (@samantaschweblin.bsky.social) National Book Award-winning masterwork. In this haunted house collection, Schweblin expertly uses our insecurities, our losses, our griefs to unwind our very human connections

The cover of SEVEN EMPTY HOUSES, featuring a very strange textured door set in a green wall

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 14d

Day 10 of #LatineHeritageMonth: SINNER'S ISLE, a swoonworthy YA romantasy by Mexican-American author Angela Montoya (@angelamontoya.bsky.social). Captive witch Rosalinda and marooned pirate Mariano must survive sea monsters, enchantments, and honestly, each other in Montoya's rollicking adventure

The cover of SINNER'S ISLE, featuring a dashing pirate and a beautiful witch a breath away from a kiss, while surrounded by a serpent

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 15d

Day 9 of #LateineHeritageMonth: VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE, a gorgeous horromance by Mexican-American author Isabel Cañas (@isabelcanas.bsky.social). We are in the 1840s, on the ranches along the border, during America's invasion of Mexico. But here, star-crossed lovers must also survive monsters...

The cover of VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE, featuring a saguaro-studded barren landscape under storm clouds and lightning, with a figure in a red, Mexican period dress and shawl silhouetted against the teal and pink storm

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 16d

Day 8 of #LatineHeritageMonth: WHERE PEACE IS LOST, a space fantasy novel by Cuban-American author Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes.bsky.social). Kel is just another war refugee in a vast universe--but a reactivated war machine begs a question of her and all of us: What will you do for peace?

The cover of WHERE PEACE IS LOST, featuring a figure in a purple space suit, with a purple shield and wings, against a futuristic background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 17d

Day 7 of #LatineHeritageMonth: VALENTINA SALAZAR IS NOT A MONSTER HUNTER by inimitable Ecuadorian-American author Zoraida Córdova (@zlikeinzorro.bsky.social). Zoraida can do ANYTHING, but VALENTINA, which opens with a fire-breathing chipmunk and centers a grieving monster rescuer, absolutely shines

The cover of VALENTINA SALAZAR IS NOT A MONSTER HUNTER, with Valentina on top of a moving van, flanked by magical creatures, rendered in candy colors

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 18d

Day 6 of #LatineHeritageMonth: TOGETHER WE BURN, a lush, standalone YA fantasy novel by Bolivian-American author Isabel Ibañez. In an ancient city plagued by dragons, a young flamenco dancer must claim her legacy as a Dragonador -- despite the odds, and the very cute boy, standing in her way.

The cover of TOGETHER WE BURN, featuring a design of fans, flames, and oranges, two red figures intertwined, and a giant blue dragon

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 19d

Hi! We announced most of our faculty lineup a couple weeks ago, and we're delighted that most of our faculty are part of the queer community! Each will present a keynote at #Sirens26. As for our programming schedule, that depends on what folks propose! We're currently accepting applications... 😊

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 19d

Day 5 of #LatineHeritageMonth: TINY THREADS, Puerto Rican author Lilliam Rivera's (@lilliamr.bsky.social) supernatural horror novel. In Samara's world of glamour and haute couture, Rivera's "formidable talent" (LA Times) delivers both delicious Gothic terror and a scathing takedown of capitalism

The cover of TINY THREADS, in red and black, with scissors about to slice a bloody dressmaker's mannequin in half

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20d

Day 4 of #LatineHeritageMonth: WITCHLINGS, Claribel A. Ortega's (@claribelortega.com) impossibly charming, utterly wondrous MG novel. Ortega, whose work is inspired by her Dominican heritage, nails it with this series-starter about witchcraft, impossible tasks, and the absolute magic of friendship!

The cover of WITCHLINGS, featuring three girls amidst colorful, stormy swirls with mysterious eyes looming in the background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 21d

Day 3 of #LatineHeritageMonth: A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE, the latest acclaimed collection of macabre short stories by Argentine horror master Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell). If you've yet to encounter Enriquez's uncanny work in the liminal spaces among the shadows, now's your chance!

The cover of A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE, featuring a mysterious figure with flowers for a head, wearing a hooded pink cape and holding a hand mirror, against a yellow background

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 22d

Day 2 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES, the smart as hell, fun as hell, much-lauded novella by Cuban-American SF author Malka Older (@older.bsky.social). On a far-flung outpost on Jupiter, a mystery of a missing man provides the spark to rekindle a gorgeous Sapphic romance.

The cover of THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES, featuring the silhouettes of two women walking closely together against a stylized science-fiction-ish industrial backdrop in oranges and browns

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