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C. S. E. Cooney
@csecooney.bsky.social
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World Fantasy Award-winning author of SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER & BONE SWANS. Audiobook narrator. Bandcamp: Brimstone Rhine. Repped by RHA Literary. https://linktr.ee/csecooney
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So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951!

We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
Game designer C. S. E. Cooney stands near Negocios Infernales banner. Black and white banner, with line drawing of a card back: top half is an alien in Renaissance garb, bottom half is human queen in Renaissance garb. Game designer Carlos Hernandez crouches in front of Negocios Infernales banner. Black and white banner, with line drawing of a card back: top half is an alien in Renaissance garb, bottom half is human queen in Renaissance garb.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Carlos Hernandez and I are running our GM-less collaborative TTRPG NEGOCIOS INFERNALES this weekend at @officialpax.bsky.social—
Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. Find us at GAMES ON DEMAND! Rooms 106 and 107, off the Arch Street entrance of Philadelphia Convention Center!
Alt text for poster: Poster graphic for NEGOCIOS INFERNALES at PAX UNPLUGGED. Black and White image of a card back: an alien on one side, a queen in renaissance-era garb on the other. The text reads Friday 10-2, 2-6, and Saturday 10-2, 2-6. 2-4 players. 4 hours. Teen +. Run by the designer. “The Spanish Inquisition interrupted by aliens! Players play wizards who think they have sold their to the aliens in exchange for weird powers. They quest on behalf of Reina Resoluta to save Espada—or, depending on the luck of the draw, just to save their own skins. The core of the game is the “Deck of Destiny,” a custom deck of 70 cards that the players interpret to determine success, failures, and your fate. A GM-less, story-forward game that’s great for new role players and old hands alike.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Just an hour and twenty minutes till Carlos Hernandez and I get to feature the superstar Queen of Haunting herself, @christaqua.bsky.social, on our Twitch show... FICTION: IMPOSSIBLE! Join us live at 7 PM EST by tuning in to twitch.tv/csecooney, or catch up after on Youtube! Join the chat!
Author pic of Christa Carment: an Italian-American woman with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a black shirt, and white-and-red patterned skirt, looking off into the distance against a backdrop of a green graveyard. The cover art for Christa Carmen's horror novel HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING. Yellow handwriting on a dark gray and black background, with a hand holding a melting, lit taper candle in its bare palm.
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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DEAR FRIENDS! Tonight on FICTION: IMPOSSIBLE, Carlos Hernandez and I are featuring GUEST STAR Christa Carmen (@christaqua.bsky.social). Tune in at 7 PM EST on twitch.tv/csecooney! Let us entertain you while you are making dinner! Or washing up after!
Author pic of Christa Carment: an Italian-American woman with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a black shirt, and white-and-red patterned skirt, looking off into the distance against a backdrop of a green graveyard. The cover art for Christa Carmen's horror novel HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING. Yellow handwriting on a dark gray and black background, with a hand holding a melting, lit taper candle in its bare palm.
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Fri., Nov 28th, 2 PM EST (7pm GMT), join us for @solarisbooks.bsky.social‘s next Solaris Presents event with myself & Caskey Russell. We’ll explore the Bravery of Hope in Fantasy worlds in crisis. Watch FREE wherever you are in the world. Live or on catch up: geni.us/SPCSECCK Hope to see you there!
Poster for the Bravery of Hope event. White lettering on red background. The images are the bright yellow book cover for SAINT DEATH’S HERALD by C. S. E. Cooney and the black, red, white, and blue cover for THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell. Text reads: “Solaris Presents The Bravery of Hope. With C.S.E. Cooney and Caskey Russell. Friday 28th November 7 PM GMT. Free —watch on crowdcast. Live or on catch up.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Tonight! 7 PM! On my TWITCH TV channel--https://www.twitch.tv/csecooney--I'm hosting guests of the SLAYFEST!
With guest playwright Martin Jude Farawell, artistic director Grant Cartwright, & filmmaker Cheryl Eagan-Donovan!
We'll be talking about this FREE FESTIVAL: Sun, Nov 9, 2-5 PM. Now SOLD OUT!
Poster for the "Shakespeare Slay Fest". Text includes: "Skullduggery / Season 2 / Sunday Nov 9th 2-5PM / Tickets free with RSVP / Theatrelap / The Atelier / 357 W. 36th Street. / 3rd Floor, NYC 10018 / Tickets and Info https://linktr.ee/shakeslayfest
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Tonight! 7 PM! On my TWITCH TV channel--https://www.twitch.tv/csecooney--I'm hosting guests of the SLAYFEST!
With guest playwright Martin Jude Farawell, artistic director Grant Cartwright, & filmmaker Cheryl Eagan-Donovan!
We'll be talking about this FREE FESTIVAL: Sun, Nov 9, 2-5 PM. Now SOLD OUT!
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Packaging raffle prizes for the Shakespeare SlayFest! Lo, I have signed them! & BERIBBONED them! & included BONUS JEWELRY! (Why not dress like what you read? I do it all the time!)

1st: “cozy necromancy” bundle.
2nd: “short story” bundle.
3rd: “Spanish Inquisition… INTERRUPTED by ALIENS!” bundle!
Three book bundles by C. S. E. Cooney to give away as raffle prizes for the Shakespeare SlayFest. Three bundles of two books each, each bundle tied with ribbons and including a piece of jewelry. First bundle: C. S. E. Cooney “cozy necromancy” starter pack: signed copies of the award-winning _Saint Death’s Daughter_, and _Saint Death’s Herald_, with a sparkly death’s head charm on a silver chain. Second bundle: C. S. E. Cooney “short story” starter pack: signed copies of the award-winning Bone Swans, and also of _Dark Breakers_, with matching chandelier earrings! Third bundle: “The Spanish Inquisition… INTERRUPTED by ALIENS!” bundle: a signed copy of _Infernal Bargains: Stories and Poems Inspired by the Deck of Destiny_, by C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez. Included: ALIEN EARRINGS!
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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1/2 New newsletter and blog up!
TL;DR? I gotta 10-min play in the Shakespeare SlayFest!
Some of the creatives are appearing on my TWITCH CHANNEL for a PANEL!
When? THIS MONDAY!
What time? 7 PM EST!
Where? www.twitch.tv/csecooney
Black background, red writing that says "Shakespeare SlayFest." This is the poster for the Shakespeare SlayFest, with the bust of Shakespeare in bright tunic and sunglasses, upended. The text in white reads: "Hey Nonny Nonny!" (at the Shakespeare SlayFest). With the subtitle being "I'm in! That is, my PLAY is being produced! And an even smaller text that says: "csecooney.substack.com".
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Carlos & I had a really great game day yesterday. We playtested an iteration of @willalex.bsky.social’s
slumber party RPG & our own RPG from @outlandent.bsky.social, NEGOCIOS INFERNALES. We played DICE MINER, a press-your-luck dice-drafting game. YAY! outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
Left to right: William Alexander, C. S. E. Cooney, and Carlos Hernandez, at a table laid out with the TTRPG Negocios Infernales. William Alexander at a table role playing in the TTRPG Negocios Infernales. Carlos Hernandez at a table, roleplaying in the TTRPG Negocios Infernales. A table laid out with some of the cards and character sheets and other elements of the TTRPG Negocios Infernales.
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Tonight on FICTION: IMPOSSIBLE, co-hosted by Carlos Hernandez & yours truly, @willalex.bsky.social kicks off his SUNWARD tour week! He'll read from his SF novel, talk about process & publishing & we'll all discuss books and games we've been liking recently. Join us 7 PM Eastern: twitch.tv/csecooney
Fiction: Impossible banner. Pale gray and red text on a gray and black background.
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Today in Brooklyn: @wedemandstories.bsky.social hosts a panel on DEATH REIMAGINED. With Leah Richarda, Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, Micaiah Johnson & yours truly C. S. E. Cooney! Moderated by Puloma Mukherjee. Oct 18, 3-6, at the Hidden Door. 314 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY 11217. See you there!
Poster for WE DEMAND STORIES panel on DEATH REIMAGINED. Red background. Biopics Leah Richarda, Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, Micaiah Johnson & C. S. E. Cooney! Text reads: Moderated by Puloma Mukherjee. Oct 18, 3-6, at the Hidden Door
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Look at these SWEET TINY FLYERS that Carlos Hernandez made for our event with @willalex.bsky.social next Thursday at @kewandwillow.bsky.social!
Thurs, 10/23, 7-8PM
Kew & Willow Bookstore
81-63 Lefferts Blvd.
Kew Gardens, NY
RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
We hope to see you!
C. S. E. Cooney holds an event flyer (graphic is the book cover for William Alexander’s SUNWARD) for book discussion at Kew and Willow that reads: WILLIAM ALEXANDER DISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK (SUNWARD) WITH C. S. E. COONEY AND CARLOS HERNANDEZ Thursday, 10/23/2025, 7-8PM Kew and Willow Bookstore 81-63 Lefferts Blvd. Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1728 The QR code leads to the RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/in-conversation-william-alexander-with-c-s-e-cooney-and-carlos-hernandez An event flyer (graphic is the book cover for William Alexander’s SUNWARD) for book discussion at Kew and Willow that reads: WILLIAM ALEXANDER DISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK (SUNWARD) WITH C. S. E. COONEY AND CARLOS HERNANDEZ Thursday, 10/23/2025, 7-8PM Kew and Willow Bookstore 81-63 Lefferts Blvd. Kew Gardens, NY 11415-1728 The QR code leads to the RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/in-conversation-william-alexander-with-c-s-e-cooney-and-carlos-hernandez
October 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Coming up, THURS, OCT 23rd! For SFI-FI LOVERS! A conversation with @willalex.bsky.social at @kewandwillow.bsky.social!

Carlos Hernandez & I will be FLANKING Will with questions about the genre, his process, publishing, and his new book SUNWARD!

Please RSVP HERE:

kewandwillow.com/event/2025-1...
Poster for William Alexander’s event at Kew and Willow on Thursday October 23rd at 7 PM. Pink and blue nebula background. Author pic in bottom right corner. Blue and orange book cover for SUNWARD, a sci-fi novel, center. “For Sci Fi Lovers” banner at the bottom.
October 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Here's a pic of @tinaconnolly.bsky.social and @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social at @convergencecon.bsky.social last July, after performing a review of songs from not-yet-complete "Devil and Lady Midnight" musical theatre podcast.
Left to right: C. S. E. Cooney, holding an iPad with a sticker that reads "No More Tyrants" and wearing a pair of devil ears. Dr. Mary C. Crowell, wearing an apron and a pair of cat ears, playing a keyboard. Tina Connolly, playing a green ukulele on a rainbow strap. The picture was taken after a concert they did at Convergence 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota: the first time they played music from "The Devil and Lady Midnight" for the public.
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Friends! This is tonight! 8 PM Eastern! twitch.tv/csecooney! Join @tachyonpub.bsky.social writers, and editor @jhameia.bsky.social for readings and a Q&A! Want to chat with other audience members? Get a Twitch account! Otherwise, just stream it live, no account needed!!!
Poster for the Tachyon 30th Anniversary Reading and Q&A. Teal background, white lettering. Featuring the author pics and names of Samantha Mills, Mary G Thompson, Naseem Jamnia, Auston Habershaw, Josh Rountree, Kimberly Unger, Mia Tsai, Pat Murphy, Sam J Miller, and editor Jaymee Goh. The information give: Thursday October 2, 8 PM Eastern Time, Live on Twitch.TV/csecooney
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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COUNTDOWN TO AWESOMENESS!
Only 2 days till the big @tachyonpub.bsky.social virtual reading! It's one of their beautiful celebrations of their 30th anniversary!
Author readings! Editor Q&A! GLITTER-CONFETTI FOR INDIE PRESSES!
Thurs, Oct 2, 8 PM Eastern!
Live on Twitch.TV/csecooney
Poster for the Tachyon 30th Anniversary Reading and Q&A. Teal background, white lettering. Featuring the author pics and names of Samantha Mills, Mary G Thompson, Naseem Jamnia, Auston Habershaw, Josh Rountree, Kimberly Unger, Mia Tsai, Pat Murphy, Sam J Miller, and editor Jaymee Goh. The information give: Thursday October 2, 8 PM Eastern Time, Live on Twitch.TV/csecooney
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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TONIGHT! 7 PM at the Thespis Theater at the Hellenic Culture Center!
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The @astoriabookshop.bsky.social is hosting @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's book launch for AUDITION FOR THE FOX!
AND I GET TO BE A PART OF THE BOOK TALK! Buy tickets at the link! Join us!
The green poster for an event that reads: Astoria Bookshop Presents AUDITION FOR THE FOX, Martin Cahill in Conversation with C. S. E. Cooney. (Images of the book cover and the two authors follow.) Tuesday, Sept 16th. Thespis Theater at Hellenic Cultural Center of NYC 25-02 Newtown Ave, Astoria, NY 11102, 7-8:30 PM (Doors: 6:30), Ticketing: $5 (seat only), $23 (seat+book)
September 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Tonight on FICTION: IMPOSSIBLE, we are hosting Guest Star (and Substack blogger) @matthewkressel.net!
Check us out at 7 PM Eastern on twitch.tv/csecooney!
More information on my website: csecooney.com/2025/09/15/t...
And newsletter: csecooney.substack.com/p/tonight-li...
Poster for tonight's FICTION IMPOSSIBLE show on twitch.tv/csecooney. "Fiction:" in white lettering, and "Impossible" in red lettering on a black-to-gray background. "Book and Game Talk" in white lettering. Picture of author Matthew Kressel, wearing a gray shirt and brown jacket. Picture of his book cover for SPACE TRUCKER JESS, a yellow, black, and white cover with the blurb, and a picture of an enormous SF space vessel. Other information about the reading: "Guest Star: Matthew Kressel," and "Tonight at 7 PM Eastern, Live on twitch.tv/csecooney."
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Gamers! I'm so proud of Carlos Hernandez for making an absolutely BONKERS Interactive Fiction game--"THE BURGER MEME PERSONALITY TEST (not an actual personality test)" & subbing it to the Interactive Fiction Competition. ifcomp.org/ballot – LINK! If you want to play this OR ANY OF THE OTHER GAMES!
The thumbnail description of the Interaction Fiction game "The Burger Meme Personality Test (Not an actual personality test), a satire. There is a picture of an orange burger bun, with the words "burger meme" acting as the meat between the bread, on a yellow background. The text reads: "The Burger Meme Personality Test • (Not an actual personality test) Carlos Hernandez Burger Meme Cover art by: Carlos Hernandez Welcome, job applicant! If you've made it this far, that means you are a prime candidate for Burger Meme™'s Executive Program! All you need to do now is to complete our personality test. Developed in-house right here at Burger Meme™ HQ, the test uses the latest Al technology to reveal everything you're hiding in the dank recesses of your soul. And the best part is that you'll learn a lot about yourself by answering these questions! We, in turn, will learn whether you're the right kind of disruptive team-player with the core competencies to ideate on innovative ways to wrest dollars out of the fists of the proletariat. This Twine game, which is based on the bonkers personality tests some employers are using to evaluate job candidates (for a taste, see this Reddit thread at https://tinyurl.com/2s489wzc), was made with zero Al input. Still, expect responses to your answers that border on the hallucinatory! Possible endings include cooking up a "Corporate Sellout Burger," a "Dodged That Bullet Burger," a "Ships Passing Burger," or a "Love Connection Burger": if you don't crash and burn beforehand. But you can always reapply! If you'd like to reach out about anything, please use the contact form on my webpage: https://hernandooney.com/contact/ Content warning: Clown picture (2 total, but one is a graffiti-style clown that is unavoidable). Satire • 15 minutes or less • Choice-based • Web-based"
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Today, in “dress like a book” day… We have received our copy of the glorious @zzclaybourne.bsky.social’s AMNANDI SAILS! Zig Zag Claybourne keeps illuminating & refining the word “witches” for me, what it means & does for genre. I can’t wait to read this!
Woman in teal gauze veil and dress holds up a paperback book of similar colors. The book is AMNANDI SAILS by Zig Zag Claybourne.
September 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Carlos and I are so glad to host these @tachyonpub.bsky.social writers for their 30th Anniversary virtual reading on October 2nd, at 8 PM ET.

All the information is here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tachyon-30...

It's a free event; all you have to do is stream it live on twitch.tv/csecooney!
The Tachyon Publication's event poster for their 30th Anniversary virtual reading on October 2nd, at 8 PM ET. It shows the faces of all the writers: Samantha Mills, Mary G. Thompson, Naseem Jamnia, Auston Habershaw, Josh Rountree, Kimberly Unger, Mia Tsai, Pat Murphy, Sam J. Miller, and Jaymee Goh (editor), on a teal background. The writing states: "Tachyon 30th Anniversary Virtual Reading and Q&A. Thursday October 2nd, 8 PM Eastern Time, LIVE on twitch.tv/csecooney
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Hey! My book is on the shelf at @barnesandnoble.com in UNION SQUARE! I’d totally stealth sign it but I have no pen.
A shelf in Barnes and Noble that holds, among others, my bright yellow paperback SAINT DEATH’S HERALD.
August 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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What am I reading?Jane Harrington’s work WOMEN OF THE FAIRY TALE RESISTANCE: the forgotten founding mothers of the fairy tale and the stories that they spun; THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE by @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social, & @isabellewrites.bsky.social’s poetry collection GOOD GIRL & OTHER YEARNINGS.
The book covers for the following book: Jane Harrington’s work WOMEN OF THE FAIRY TALE RESISTANCE (black, blue, red and gold, hardcover, illustrated); THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE (pink, purple, blue, gold, and green with green sprayed edges) by Sarah Beth Durst and Isabelle Correa’s poetry collection GOOD GIRL & OTHER YEARNINGS (peach background, a broken moon, a hand reaching up for it, with orange writing).
August 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Friends! In collaboration with @tachyonpub.bsky.social, Carlos & I are hosting one of their glorious 30th Anniversary Events on our Twitch TV channel! SAVE THE DATE: Oct 2, 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific, 6 Mountain, 7 Central). 9 writers & editor @jhameia.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/tachyon-30...
The poster for a virtual reading event. There are author and editor profession bio pics for Jaymee Goh, Auston Habershaw, Josh Rountree, Kimberly Unger, Naseem Jamnia, Mary G. Thompson, Mia Tsai, Pat Murphy, Sam J. Miller, and Samantha Mills. There is the Tachyon 30th anniversary icon, and the following information: What? ACCLAIMED GENRE PRESS TACHYON PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN 2025 Join us for a night of virtual readings and Q&A on Twitch TV with some of Tachyon Publications' team of authors and editors. When? October 2nd, 2025, at 5 PM (Pacific), 6 PM (Mountain), 7 PM (Central), 8 PM (Eastern) (etc) Where? Live on Twitch TV! Hop onto https://www.twitch.tv/csecooney and stream us live!
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM