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Nicholas Perez
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Blanco Cuban Writer of SFF. To Root Somewhere Beautiful: An Anthology of Reclamation and The Vanisher on Chain Letter Substack, both are OUT NOW! ¡Palestina Libre! No AI.
Unagented. Seeking representation.
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Lacelot-Grail Cycle collection is slowly coming along. Wanted to snag this before Lent.
My hand holding the English translation of Lacelot Parts III and IV of the Lancelot-Grail Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Cycles. The cover image is a medieval manuscript image of a man in blue sitting and writing before a man in red on a chai beneath a church arch. A flag sticks up above with an owl next to it.
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Yesterday night, I watched Alien: Romulus. Not gonna lie; if wasn't for that damn AI Ash, which is so noticeably bad, I would've rated it pretty high. Callbacks to the other films were eye-rolling sometimes, but much more harmless than the AI crap.
Movie post for Alien Romulus. A young woman with a buzzed haircut has a facehugger on her face and she is gripping its tail.
February 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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3 out of 5 stars to Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

The main ingredients here are pretty good, but with a bit more cook time and seasoning, I think Kaner can get it right. Some nice ideas and I liked Inara and Skedi, but the romance and Elogast need refining.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Cover to Godkiller by Hannah Kaner A deer looks up, one leg raised, next to a log with twisting branches. Behind him is a full moon and behind the moon are tree leaves.
February 14, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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They're here!!!
Books on a carpeted floor. Left to right: The Hades Calculus, a woman with gold eyes and scars on her face looks toward the viewer, her black hair is tied in a bun; Memory of Olympus, a blonde woman with scars on her face smiles, holding white threads, her yellow shirt is open revealing her hooters.
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Thank you for the boost, Pedro!
A reminder that I have two short stories out. My debut sci-fi "The Boy Who Became an Entire Planet" in the To Root Somewhere Beautiful Anthology and my horror story The Vanisher available at the Chain Letter Substack: weeklychainletter.substack.com/p/the-vanish...
Cover to To Root Somewhere Beautiful: An Anthology of Reclamation. The the right, the statue of a woman is cover in vegetation and flowers. Behind her, more flowers and vegetation cover a statue and a metal platform. People walk across the platform beneath a glass skylight strewn with vines. Screen from the Chain Letter substack. At the top, it says Chain Letter Beneath is the title The Vanisher with the author's name Nicholas Perez. There is a picture of a shadowed person standing in the middle of a road, surrounded by trees beneath a full moon and foggy night sky.
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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I must catch up!
February 6, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Margot Robbie has read ACOTR three times, but not Wuthering Heights
Terrence Howard pressing his fingers to his lips, looking pensive.
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Just came! Bought for both personal interests and for something something I'm working on.
My hand holding a copy of The Orphic Hymns with translation, introduction, and notes by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow. The cover is from an ocher and black-colored Grecian vase. A man plays a lyre while another man watches, leaning on his spear.
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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4.5 out of 5 stars to The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

This was a very fun and fast-paced sci-fi with rememberable characters. Each one of them popped to life on page with a fantastic story. I am so glad my favorite got a happy ending!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Cover to The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden. A tall robot stands beside a little Black girl in a white dress. The robot has its left hand on her shoulder and from its chest a small arm extends an umbrella over the girl.
February 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Survived the arctic weather so I treated myself
Books on a carpeted floor. Left to right: The Aeneid by Virgil, House of Dusk by Deva Fagan, and The Book of Blood & Roses by Annie Summerlee.
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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3 out of 5 stars to Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith

For the most part, these macabre stories are enjoyable. However, Smith's prose can sometimes get tedious and the stories reptitive. The Dark Eidolon is unmatched though.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Cover to Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith. A woman dressed in a red robe and skirt and golden breast cups raises her arms and looks at a ship in an orb on a golden table.
January 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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No new pictures.

Where are you at mentally?
Black and white picture of Pointless Hub sitting in a chair with his hands covering his face.
January 20, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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4 out of 5 stars to Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee.

It is a tale of how little it takes for humanity to be cruel, but also how so little it can take for them to love. Perhaps love and madness are two sides of the same coin.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Cover to Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee. A bald man stands, staring at the viewer, dressed in a red shirt and long skirt. An up closer version of his face is behind him.
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Finally found a copy of The Master and Margarita, and then some.
Books on a carpeted floor. Left to right, top to bottom: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, There is No Antimemetics Division by Qntm, The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, Imago by Octavia E. butler, and Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang.
January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Made Wicked cookies.
Strawberry matcha cookies with white and dark chocolate chips on baking sheets.
January 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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"Hey, Nick! Are you gonna read that one vampire book? The one's that about blood and roses or something?"

"Yes, both of them!"

"Wait, what do mean both of them?"
Cover to The Book of Blood & Roses by Annie Summerlee An open book between two pink candles is flipping its pages. A golden bat flies near the top of a Gothic arch. On the sides of the arch are roses. Cover to The Blood of Roses by Tanith Lee. On an altar covered with leafy vines, a silver goblet encrusted with heart-shaped rubies overflows with blood. A rose lies next to it. Behind it, a half-woman, half-serpent entwines around a stained glass tree. Sliced-open apples with vulvic shapes inside hang from the tree. The tree is surrounded by Gothic arches and pillars.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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These two books live in these guys' heads rent-free while the rest of the world moved on a long time ago.
Screenshot from Twitter/X. Mikhail J. Clive (@Tyras_Mikhail) is saying: ""Men are devoid of empath because they don't read any new fiction books!" The fiction in question: The left image is the cover of Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nascosta and the right image is the cover of That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion At A Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming. Mikhail is quote tweeting a post from dhanishtamoon (@aquamoonbb) that says: "men’s hate for fiction is directly correlated to them being devoid of empathy. like of course you don’t care about stories about other people… you only care about yourself."
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Finally came! Wars of Vis collection complete (albeit they're all different editions)
My hand holding a copy of The White Serpent by Tanith Lee A scantily clad, pale-skinned women with white hair holds her neck with her right hand while the black straps of her dress cling to her left arm.
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Just arrived :D
My hand holding a copy of Heart Beast by Tanith Lee. Hands are wrapping around the forehead and chest of a woman with closed eyes.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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This just came after I started Delusion's Master. Lol.
My hand holding a copy of The Blood of Roses Volume 2: Jun, Eujasia, Mechailus by Tanith Lee. A blurred image of someone with a pale face and long, black hair stares at the viewer surrounded by picture frames. Blood drops down from the top. Transparent roses are at the bottom.
January 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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First buys of the New Year
Books on a carpeted floor. Left to right, top to bottom: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, A Snake Falls to Earth Darcie Little Badger, and Wild Spaces by S. L. Coney
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Shanghai noodles!
A plate of Shanghai noodles with bok choy and chicken.
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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For Christmas, my mom got me one of those IKEA racks everyone was putting their books on. So here's all the books I'm reading next based on my selection method.
Books lying on their spines are that way because they're too big.
The plastic bag is a placeholder for a book which hasn't come in yet.
An IKEA rack with a lot of books on it.
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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On a happier note, the slice of the Dubai chocolate cheesecake looks better!
A slice of Dubai chocolate cheesecake. You can see the different layers from top to bottom: chocolate ganache, kataifi with pistachio butter and tahini, a very thin ganache layer, cheesecake, another layer of kataifi with pistachio butter and tahini, and then chocolate graham cookie crust.
December 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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I will take this praise though.
Yeah, I thought I'd just open it and have a look, but the chase and the sexy werewolf stuff pulled me in and kept reading. Which means you have a good opening and an engaging style.
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM