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Victor Manibo
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Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (5/15/2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (11/25/2025) • Lambda Literary Fellow • NYC via MNL • he/him 🏳️‍🌈 linktr.ee/victormanibo
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · Nov 8
What a writer finds beautiful and moving, what they write about as aesthetically pleasing, what they struggle to and manage to get in front of a reader as a thing of beauty—all of that, independent of the “message” or “moral” or “theme”, is political
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 3h
Aaaa thank you 🥰🥰
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Stahp David youre making me tear up!
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 4d
THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED advance copies are up for grabs in this goodreads giveaway! Be one of the first to get a hold of my upcoming gothic horror, perfect for spooky season. Details below
Graphic: peach and yellow background, text up top reads “goodreads giveaways” below that, the cover of The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo. Below that, text reads “Enter for a chance to win a free advance copy!” Lower left hand corner has Erewhon Books logo, lower right hand text reads “Ends 10/17/25. Terms apply”
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 4h
Congrats to you both!
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 22h
I wanna see everything he’s been in and will be in
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 1d
Tonatiuh was effin marvelous! And give Diego Luna an Oscar!
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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d
Can we manage to lift this movie above its terrible marketing through sheer online enthusiasm, I dunno but I'M SURE GONNA TRY.
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 1d
Am I the exact target audience for Kiss of the Spider Woman—a movie musical about queers, revolutionaries, and old Hollywood? Absolutely. But is it any good? Also yes!
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 1d
Am I the exact target audience for Kiss of the Spider Woman—a movie musical about queers, revolutionaries, and old Hollywood? Absolutely. But is it any good? Also yes!
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 1d
I’m seeing it tmrw!
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 3d
Hope you enjoy!
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Hannah @venneh.bsky.social · 3d
Fun reads as we leave the city lights (thanks @victormanibo.com!!)
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 4d
Runs till 10/17, US entrants only

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Book giveaway for The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo Oct 10-Oct 17, 2025
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 10-Oct 17, 2025. We're giving away ten (10) advance reader copies of celebrated aut...
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 4d
THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED advance copies are up for grabs in this goodreads giveaway! Be one of the first to get a hold of my upcoming gothic horror, perfect for spooky season. Details below
Graphic: peach and yellow background, text up top reads “goodreads giveaways” below that, the cover of The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo. Below that, text reads “Enter for a chance to win a free advance copy!” Lower left hand corner has Erewhon Books logo, lower right hand text reads “Ends 10/17/25. Terms apply”
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 6d
my exact type
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 6d
Give it to me NOW
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 6d
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SIGNOS: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural
Get ready to dive into a world of Filipino supernatural tales! Join us for an evening of spooky, mythical, and otherworldly stories.
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 6d
I’ll be at Twisted Spine Books in a few weeks for a spooky season reading to celebrate SIGNOS: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural from Radix! Stoked to be in this stellar lineup with my faves, and if you’re in or near BK, I hope you can join us. More info ⬇️
Three-panel graphic with black background. Left side has white text that reads: “the twisted spine PRESENTS A celebration of the new anthology Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural Co-Sponsors AAWW RADIX” And their respective logos Center panel has book cover for SIGNOS: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural And below that, text that reads: “TUES OCT 28 7:00 PM 306 Grand St BROOKLYN, NY” Right panel has white text that reads: “With Ghost Story Readings by: Gina Apostol Victor Manibo Lara Stapleton Patrick Rosal Rohan Zhou-Lee FREE ADMISSION” And above each name is the respective author’s headshot
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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 7d
Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 9d
IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!
Sam grinning and holding up a huge board version of the Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text Rabbit Test and Other Stories cover, featuring the title in striking white and red font against black backdrop, with a rabbit, pregnancy test, and heart monitor line through the text
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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 7d
There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...
Homeward Books: The home for books without a home
Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 7d
Quick reminder I'm slowly restarting my patreon and you can subscribe here for recipes, excerpts, and nerdy deep dives
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Also my newsletter is here if you'd rather
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Get more from Aliette de Bodard on Patreon
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 8d
October is #FAHM. There’s tons to say about being Filipino, America, and the countries’ shared history than could fit here, so I wrote about it for my newsletter dropping later this week

Sign up now if you haven’t yet. And till 10/13, new subscribers get a chance to win THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED 🔗⬇️
Graphic with cream bkgd and black text that reads on top “SUBSCRIBE AND GET A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE SIGNED COPIES” Under that, the cover for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED superimposed over a wall of red text that reads GIVEAWAY Under that, black text that reads VICTORMANIBO.COM/NEWSLETTER Closes 10/13/25 at 11:59 PM EDT Open globally
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 8d
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 8d
October is #FAHM. There’s tons to say about being Filipino, America, and the countries’ shared history than could fit here, so I wrote about it for my newsletter dropping later this week

Sign up now if you haven’t yet. And till 10/13, new subscribers get a chance to win THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED 🔗⬇️
Graphic with cream bkgd and black text that reads on top “SUBSCRIBE AND GET A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE SIGNED COPIES” Under that, the cover for THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED superimposed over a wall of red text that reads GIVEAWAY Under that, black text that reads VICTORMANIBO.COM/NEWSLETTER Closes 10/13/25 at 11:59 PM EDT Open globally
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Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · 9d
Never been a huge PTA fan but damn One Battle After Another slaps hard
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