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Toni Kirkpatrick
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Senior Editor at Diversion Books, author, Chair of Latinx in Publishing
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Another great review for EXO by @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social!
'A twisty mystery, unusual science . . . Will find fans among both sf and mystery readers.'
Thank you, @ala-booklist.bsky.social & John Faria for the Exo review. Thanks as ever to:
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST!

The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez

Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85

The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h

---TRUST THE MYSTERY---
Oh, wow! Now I've seen everything.
But yeah, you've nailed the scents!
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In Amber Sparks' "The Case of the Girl Who Was Already Dead" a living dead agent should be out hunting the cryptid known as the Bray Road Beast, but then a young girl, the daughter of a dead father and living mother, asks for some help with her ghosts.This story has a very Wisconsin Death Trip feel!
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Three days left to support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY anthology! #noir #horror #specfic #callforstories
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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In Alex Hernandez's short story "El Gato Gris," Agent Araceli Turey’s first clue in solving the La Palmita Nursing Home murders comes from a psychometric vision, in which she arrives at a 1930s nightclub in Havana headlined by the devilish trickster El Gato Gris.
4 Days Left! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
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Hey everyone, Please check out and support this super cool anthology: The Speculative Detective Agency on Kickstarter.

If you love mystery, speculative fiction, and creative storytelling…I’d love your help making this a reality!

Learn more & back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Heather E. Ash's story "21 Sesame Street"! After a Bloody Mary sighting at the local kindergarten, Joseph goes undercover as a six-year-old, making use of his unique ability to age-shift. It will take a lot more than Special Edition Pokémon cards to solve this case. Final Week! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
As a longtime admirer of both @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @latinxfiles.bsky.social and as a lover of short stories, it is a dream on more than one level to acquire The Speculative Detective Agency anthology, and with so many amazing contributors! This is gonna be good.
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Support THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Only 8 Days Left! We're 1/3 the way there! Please chip in to support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Hypnotize yourself with a great book!
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The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez will be published by Diversion Books in Fall of 2026. We are committed to paying the authors, and we need your donation to make this happen.
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Author Highlight #5
Lincoln Michel's "Language Trouble"

Agent Retter has been saddled with an annoying robot sidekick by the SDA, and is assigned the case of a missing cy-sorcer! His question is the one we all ask: How do you keep your humanity in the age of AI?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
I say you are worthy. Congratulations, Colin! Much deserved!
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How does one pitch a book on @kickstarter.com when tabling at an in-person event? Make the intangible tangible. Pick it up, open it, surprise! You are invited to back To Love Like Venus. kck.st/46JUHML

Come see Janus Point Press at table 11 tomorrow at @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social 's La Feria.
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Author Highlight #3: Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos

Stephanie’s short story for the SDA “The Silver Woman” has all the things that make a great speculative detective story, Faraday cages, remote viewing, aliens, Greek islands. So good!

Come and join us!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Check this out! This is a super fun project where each contributing writer creates their own detective character within a shared world of supernatural entities. I'll have a story in this and there's an open submission call too!
Hey Everyone, come and support our Kickstarter for the Speculative Detective Agency anthology. This is going to be a fantastic book and in donating to the kickstarter you also get the book at a discount. Woohoo!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Hi Everyone! Thank you for supporting the authors of the Speculative Detective Agency anthology! I know everyone is busy but if you could take five minutes today and let a friend know about this project we would really appreciate it. Thanks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
More about the SDA...
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Whenever our detectives travel or go to conferences we are often asked about Roswell so I thought I should mention it. When you visit Roswell, you don't visit the crash site which is far outside of Roswell.