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Where To Find Me at Capclave 2023

Capclave is a small local convention that concentrates mostly on short fiction, held every October in Rockville, Maryland. This year, Capclave will be on September 29th - October 1st (they’ll be requesting proof of vaccination for all attendees). I’ve been going to Capclave since 2013, and it’s one of my favorite conventions (especially since it focuses on short fiction). The following are the panels and events I’ll be a part of: Friday, 7:00 PM (Eisenhower) The Art of the Book Review (with Charlie Jane Anders, Nate Hoffelder, Michael Dirda, and Natalie Luhrs) A good book review and reviewer can be a reader's best friend. Learn about the world of book reviews and the skills for crafting them. What is different about reading with a critical eye versus for pleasure? Where can you find good reviews? What can authors gain from reading (or writing) these critiques? Saturday, 11:30 AM (Monroe) Reading I'll be reading from my Strange Horizons short story,...

September 20, 2023
Public Appearance, Writing

New Story at Strange Horizons

Commissioned artwork by Caterina Gerbasi As mentioned previously, I recently sold a story to Strange Horizons. Up In the Hills, She Dreams of Her Daughter Deep In the Ground is now available to read online, and part of their Childbearing Issue. I would be honored if you read it. I mentioned it was inspired in part by The Juniper Tree, but the other inspiration for the story was the decades-long sterilization campaign of poor women of color in Puerto Rico, which is called simply "la operación". By the time it ended in the 70s, up to 30% of women on the island had been sterilized. This U.S.-led and -funded eugenics program was supposed to solve the perceived overpopulation of the island. It would also prepare women on the island to become part of the workforce at a time that Puerto Rico was becoming attractive as a place for U.S. companies to...

August 1, 2023
Fantasy, Latinx, Uncategorized, Writing
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“As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood” Included on 2020 Locus Recommended Reading List

I'm surprised and honored to have my novelette, "As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood" included on Locus Magazine's yearly list alongside so many other brilliant authors. This was an unexpected honor, I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about what works loved in 2020, though I fear that I couldn't truly keep up with reading everything on the list. I also want to make sure I mention a few works not included in Locus Magazine's round-up. This list also signals the opening of Locus's 2021 Poll & Survey to the public. You can vote (or write in) your favorites to be considered for the Locus Award. Novels I recently finished reading The Blade Between by Sam J. Miller, and really enjoyed how he continued to add details to his own fantasy version of Hudson, NY by pitting old ghosts haunting the town against the new one:...

February 8, 2021
Awards Eligibility, Fantasy, Uncategorized, Writing
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Where I’ll Be at Capclave 2020

Capclave is a small local convention that concentrates mostly on short fiction, held every October in Rockville, Maryland. This year, due to COVID-19, Capclave will be held remotely on October 17-18 (registration for this year is a mere $10, too). I've been going to Capclave since 2013, and it's one of my favorite conventions (especially since it focuses on short fiction). The following are the panels and events I'll be a part of: Saturday, 10:30 AM Reading - Readings A Channel: I'll be reading from "How Juan Bobo Got To los Nueba Yores" (that will feature in Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology). If you drop in to listen and like what you hear, consider backing the project! Sunday, 3:00 PM Intro To Short Fiction Markets - Webinars 1: (with Neil Clarke, A. T. Greenblatt, Scot Noel, and Salena Ulibarri); Where can writers go to sell their short fiction? How do new authors find...

October 5, 2020
Public Appearance, Writing
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Annotations to Crap Books II: Son of Crap Book

This post is a bit late, but I got invited back to Podside Picnic to continue my conversation with Pete on what we jokingly call "crap books". This time, we circled back to talk a little bit more about the influence of D&D and the Satanic Panic on what I'm calling my genre (mis)education. Again, the latest episode is free to listen here if you haven't yet, and I also had some follow-up posts with annotations that build upon that first episode. Because the crap books conversations tend to flow, I may misremember stuff, so of course I'd name the wrong title of Leiber's Lankhmar books. I mentioned Swords Against Wizardry or Swords Against Deviltry, when the one I meant is simply called The Swords of Lankhmar. My interest in Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser was spurred by my friend César lending me the books, but I don't remember if this was...

August 15, 2020
Horror, Memoir, Reading, Uncategorized
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