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Natalia Theodoridou
@nassos.bsky.social
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Aka Nassos. He/they. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
World Fantasy & Nebula Award winner.
SOUR CHERRY out April 2025 from
Tin House (US) & Wildfire (UK).

Website: http://www.natalia-theodoridou.com
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Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social · Apr 1
It's publication day for Sour Cherry!

I can't thank enough everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social and @wildfirebooks.bsky.social who worked to make this book happen. And now here we are! I hope it finds its readers. 🍒

US: tinhouse.com/book/sour-ch...
UK: www.headline.co.uk/titles/natal...
'An extraordinary, hallucinatory accomplishment' - Karen Joy Fowler "Questions monstrosity, masculinity, romance, and power... deeply affecting and unsettling." - Reactor "Striking... ingeniously weaves tales within tales." - Locus 'A magnificent novel and, unbelievably, a debut -- you must read this as soon as you can' - Vajra Chandrasekera
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Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help:
vajra.me/2025/11/29/c...
Cyclone Ditwah Flood Relief Sri Lanka
How to donate to Sri Lankan flood relief initiatives in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah.
vajra.me
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
In fact, let’s do this. Comment with what you’re looking for and I’ll try to recommend a read from a Palestinian author for you from my reading list. I’ll do my best to find you a match.
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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foxesandroses.bsky.social
A beautiful and melancholic story of people looking for meaning in the face of chaos and companionship in the face of cruelty. How would you live in a world full of fallen angels, when miracles seem impossible?

by @nassos.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels - Uncanny Magazine
He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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littlebadger.bsky.social
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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escapepod.org
Thanks to some mild time dilation, what day it is when you see this might be variable, but that doesn't matter because this week we're bringing you the apocalyptic "When They Come Back" by @nassos.bsky.social. Experience it!
Escape Pod 1020: When They Come Back (Flashback Friday)
They were called Maria, and Michael, and Siobhan, George, Elise, and Sarah, and Violet, Daisy, Jasmine, Rose– no, perhaps these were not people names, these were flower names, weren’t they?
escapepod.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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foxesandroses.bsky.social
Halloween has come and gone but the dead return on the eve of the New Year. They remember what the living can never forget, around a dining table full of heavy silences, and broken hearts. But deep inside the ground there's love to be found.
@ecastroianni.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
They Return - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Finger by finger, my father’s hand sprouts like fungus from the cold hard ground. Loamy, cinereal, it grows into an arm.
psychopomp.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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locusmag.bsky.social
We can't review what we don't receive! Check out our submission guidelines to consider sending us your work! We love small press authors and are always on the lookout for New & Notable work.
locusmag.com/aboutlo...
locus magazine cover -- house on an eerie hill
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the novelette "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin: In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after Uncle Pete’s funeral."
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the novelette "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

buff.ly/lgwg08A
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin: In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after Uncle Pete’s funeral."
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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syr.bsky.social
I can't give up on this timeline because it contains the magnificence that is @nassos.bsky.social, and his new story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is everything I needed right now, maybe you too, so here you go. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...
And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels - Uncanny Magazine
He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
nassos.bsky.social
New novelette out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social! Contains pigeon angels and living burials.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...
And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels - Uncanny Magazine
He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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ninocipri.bsky.social
Happy paperback day to Dead Girls Don’t Dream! Now with a bonus playlist in the back, which are all songs I both listened to incessantly while writing this, and songs that are thematically or vibe-ally resonant. Available wherever books are sold, and signed copies thru @astoriabookshop.bsky.social
Nino holds a copy of their YA Horror book “Dead Girls Don’t Dream” up in a patio Nino holding open their book to a page titled “Playlist” that includes a list of songs. 1. Meet Me in the Woods, Lord Huron 2. Crucible by Sleigh Bells 3. Bound by Zola Jesus 4. Lost Maps by Marnie 5. Shadows of My Name by Emma Ruth Rundle 6. Mother by Lissie 7. The Passenger by Hunter As a Horse 8. Jennifer’s Body by Hole 9. Dismantle Me by The Distillers 10. Mountains Crave by Anna von Hausswolff 11. Crossroads by Tracy Chapman 12. Third Eye by Florence & the Machine 13. Between the Breaths by Mitski and Xia Xiu 14. Heart of My Own by Basia Bulut 15. Dreadful Wind and Rain by Jerry Garcia 16. Day Is Coming by Katie Kim 17. Baptism By Fire by Sleigh Bells 18. “Whole” by Sunny War
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @nassos.bsky.social about "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels," a poignant tale of funerals and birdlike angels.

Read the story:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...

and the interview:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...
Interview: Natalia Theodoridou - Uncanny Magazine
Natalia Theodoridou is a transmasculine writer whose stories have appeared in publications such as Kenyon Review, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons, and have been translated into Italian,...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
A final ICYMI for the weekenders of the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic with guest @nassos.bsky.social. Eavesdrop as he explains why the fact readers won’t need to know anything about Bluebeard to enjoy his Bluebeard-inspired novel is a tragedy — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Brunch on blueberry pancakes with Natalia Theodoridou in Episode 267 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
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November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
ICYMI — a new episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast went live this morning with my guest @nassos.bsky.social. Take a seat at the table and discover what it felt like attending Clarion the same year he was nominated for a World Fantasy Award — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Brunch on blueberry pancakes with Natalia Theodoridou in Episode 267 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
nassos.bsky.social
In the summer, I had the pleasure of chatting with @scottedelman.bsky.social for Eating the Fantastic! Now you can listen to us discuss Sour Cherry, the texture of prose, and the value of ambiguity over a lovely brunch: www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Brunch on blueberry pancakes with Natalia Theodoridou in Episode 267 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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katefrancia.bsky.social
In honor of this spooky rainy Oct. 30, here's a list of my favorite dark fairy tale retellings from 2025! :) Novels by @nassos.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @freyamarske.bsky.social; short stories by @cislyn.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com and @adsui.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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cypayseur.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️‍🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - August 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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karigrafia.bsky.social
I can’t stop thinking about Sour Cherry by @nassos.bsky.social and its horrifying tenderness, the narrator’s desperate lyricism, the beauty and ugliness living cheek to cheek on every page.
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
I've hit the halfway point in editing the raw audio from my Worldcon conversation with @nassos.bsky.social to be sure all is copacetic before bringing it live as next Friday's episode of Eating the Fantastic. I hope you'll subscribe to be among the first to join us at the table. pod.link/1083737796
A screen grab of the sound waves of our voices in GarageBand with a cursor in the center, many snips to the left, and untouched audio to the right. The time stamp reads 43:21.867.
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
Ended the night editing the first 15 minutes of raw audio from my chat with @nassos.bsky.social — the last of four recorded during the Seattle Worldcon — to remove any infelicities which would prevent you from ingesting his wisdom on the next episode of Eating the Fantastic. pod.link/1083737796
A screen grab of the sound waves of our voices in GarageBand, showing the many snips and a time stamp of 15:02.000.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
nassos.bsky.social
Beautiful reviews for some dark and spooky work, including "Every Ghost Story" (which you can read here:
reactormag.com/every-ghost-...)
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
New story day!

"Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father try to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
reactormag.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM