Out November 27 👁️🪽

Pre-order here: bookshop.org/p/books/mons...

Now Listening 🎧

“Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Now Reading 📖

“Arthur, The Always King” by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.

Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...

My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨

I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼

@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social

Excited to announce that my story, “The Death of the Angel Prince,” will be reprinted in @conquestpublishing.bsky.social’s anthology, Monstrous Angels. Edited by @arwyns.bsky.social 🪽

Now reading 📖

Today is my birthday, and in addition to spending some quality time with my loved ones, I’m also polishing a 7,500-word story for a sub call I’m very excited about (aka doing what I love).

Pictured below are some of the amazing books/magazines where I’ve been lucky to have my work published. 🧡💜🩵

Last week I received my contributor copies of Achilles! Can’t get over how beautiful this book is 🥲❤️⚔️🛡️🩵

just updated my website — finally starting to get the hang of carrd 😅
cheyrivera.carrd.co ✨

Currently reading 📖 ✨
Giordano Bruno is the main character in this historical thriller / murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.

ICYMI: My story “The Eyes of the Pentekonter” will be featured in this gorgeous, hardback Achilles book by Flame Tree Press.

Out March 28, 2025 🗡️ 🛡️

First book I’ve finished this year: COUNTESS by @sillysyntax.bsky.social
An excellent novella! Can’t recommend it enough!

My 2024 publications! ✨

Thanks to @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social, Haunted Words Press, @acoupofowls.bsky.social, @elegantliterature.bsky.social, and @icaruszine.bsky.social for publishing my work. 🧡

Writers: repost a random story that you're proud of.

My latest, “Ten Rules to Survive as a Pirate” 🏴‍☠️ 🌊✨🐉 ⚓️

Read for free in Elegant Literature: www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/

My favorite story I have written so far, “Ten Rules to Survive as a Pirate,” is out now in @elegantliterature.bsky.social’s latest issue, Paradise Plundered! 🏴‍☠️🧡

Read now for free! elegantliterature.com/magazine/

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“I wanted to take her hands, but I knew she’d never allow it. She disliked to be touched. She never put her arms around anyone. And so it was in our glances that we held each other.”

Yesterday, I finished AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” and loved it so much I decided to reread the books. (Officially losing count of the books I’m currently reading and effectively reaching my peak as a chaotic mood reader.) 🫠

Now reading 📖🏹🌳🤍