Cynthia Gómez
@cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social
2024 Ignyte nominee for "Lips Like Sugar." Member HWA. "The Nightmare Box and Other Stories" out now from cursedmorselspress.com. Stories in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Tree & Stone. Rep: Lauren Bajek.
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The comparison to Abu Ghraib is notable because a) nobody was ever punished for that either and b) it was essentially swept into a memory hole.
The Trump Administration is enabling torture and sexual assault. Many of the people they’ve shipped out to CECOT are asylum seekers. Half had no criminal record whatsoever. These mass deportations to third-party countries must end.
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison
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November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The comparison to Abu Ghraib is notable because a) nobody was ever punished for that either and b) it was essentially swept into a memory hole.
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Poets, take heed! The Fabulist is opening a submissions window for speculative, fantastical and fabulist poetry from Dec. 1-10, with a cap of 150 manuscripts. Guidelines: fabulistmagazine.com/poetry-submi...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Poets, take heed! The Fabulist is opening a submissions window for speculative, fantastical and fabulist poetry from Dec. 1-10, with a cap of 150 manuscripts. Guidelines: fabulistmagazine.com/poetry-submi...
Also, boycott campaigns are not gonna solve this problem.
The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Also, boycott campaigns are not gonna solve this problem.
OK, who do I know in Portland?
An expansive exhibit at Oregon Contemporary, curated by the late, great Portland artist's son, opens up the speculative fiction writer's world and how she created new worlds in words.
‘A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin’ honors the work and the life of the iconic novelist • Oregon ArtsWatch
An expansive exhibit at Oregon Contemporary, curated by the late, great Portland artist's son, opens up the speculative fiction writer's world and how she created new worlds in words.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
OK, who do I know in Portland?
Ooooooh.
My latest for @horrormovieblog.bsky.social coming out of @imaginefff.bsky.social
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Mārama // Revenge Meets Gothic Imagine Film Fest 2025 Review - Horror Movie Blog
Our Kristie Felice is here with the good word on 'Mārama' out of Imagine Film Festival. See if this Gothic moment landed for her now!
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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ooooooh.
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It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's uncomfortable for a lot of kidlit creators to contend with, but if you leave porn without defense, the censors are comin for you next THEY ALWAYS DO
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
(and they HAVE been in this era of book bans)
(defend porn like your freedom of speech depends on it)
(because it does)
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Our November Monthly Macabre at #NightTideMag is:
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA HORROR!
Anguish, curses, family horrors pushing to the brink of madness. Wanna chat about your fave generational trauma horror for NightTide? Pitch here: nighttidemag.com/pitch
Deadline Nov 21st!
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA HORROR!
Anguish, curses, family horrors pushing to the brink of madness. Wanna chat about your fave generational trauma horror for NightTide? Pitch here: nighttidemag.com/pitch
Deadline Nov 21st!
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our November Monthly Macabre at #NightTideMag is:
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA HORROR!
Anguish, curses, family horrors pushing to the brink of madness. Wanna chat about your fave generational trauma horror for NightTide? Pitch here: nighttidemag.com/pitch
Deadline Nov 21st!
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA HORROR!
Anguish, curses, family horrors pushing to the brink of madness. Wanna chat about your fave generational trauma horror for NightTide? Pitch here: nighttidemag.com/pitch
Deadline Nov 21st!
I want copies of this article to be taped to poles for blocks all around this shitbag's residence so his neighbors can shun him. All around his workplace. Hell, geofence it so when people Google his name they see this article. May he never make another friend or go out on another date again.
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I want copies of this article to be taped to poles for blocks all around this shitbag's residence so his neighbors can shun him. All around his workplace. Hell, geofence it so when people Google his name they see this article. May he never make another friend or go out on another date again.
This book was so good.
22 ghost stories for $4? And they're dark and scary?? And the anthology won a Shirley Jackson Award??? You better believe it!
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Why Didn't You Just Leave ebook | Cursed Morsels Press
It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This book was so good.
A lot of "progressive" stuff in the '30s/'40s -- the NLRA, FDR's social programs, etc -- were trying to stave off the radicalism of the '30s. USians inspired by & learning from then-communist Russia.
That pole is gone now, and so is the motive for the U.S. to keep people from getting too red.
That pole is gone now, and so is the motive for the U.S. to keep people from getting too red.
He wants to push us back to the 1930s, and then trap us there, by preventing us from electing another FDR.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A lot of "progressive" stuff in the '30s/'40s -- the NLRA, FDR's social programs, etc -- were trying to stave off the radicalism of the '30s. USians inspired by & learning from then-communist Russia.
That pole is gone now, and so is the motive for the U.S. to keep people from getting too red.
That pole is gone now, and so is the motive for the U.S. to keep people from getting too red.
Man, late-stage capitalism is really, really ugly.
I mean, I write horror and every metaphor I can call up right now is like, "I'm sorry, kid. I got nothing."
I mean, I write horror and every metaphor I can call up right now is like, "I'm sorry, kid. I got nothing."
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Man, late-stage capitalism is really, really ugly.
I mean, I write horror and every metaphor I can call up right now is like, "I'm sorry, kid. I got nothing."
I mean, I write horror and every metaphor I can call up right now is like, "I'm sorry, kid. I got nothing."
I think it would be very helpful to understand that Nixon was not impeached because of his Watergate crimes.
He was impeached b/c the anger and boiling point of the U.S. public needed somewhere to go, and he was an easy sacrifice. The ruling class made a strategic decision to cut him loose.
He was impeached b/c the anger and boiling point of the U.S. public needed somewhere to go, and he was an easy sacrifice. The ruling class made a strategic decision to cut him loose.
a man stands at a podium with the words " i 'm not a crook " on the screen
Alt: Richard Nixon stands at a podium with the words " i 'm not a crook " on the screen.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I think it would be very helpful to understand that Nixon was not impeached because of his Watergate crimes.
He was impeached b/c the anger and boiling point of the U.S. public needed somewhere to go, and he was an easy sacrifice. The ruling class made a strategic decision to cut him loose.
He was impeached b/c the anger and boiling point of the U.S. public needed somewhere to go, and he was an easy sacrifice. The ruling class made a strategic decision to cut him loose.
This article keeps getting shared. It's.... bad. The author claims that millions of kids are being taught a certain reading method, but she never once states how she got that conclusion or provides data to back it up.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This article keeps getting shared. It's.... bad. The author claims that millions of kids are being taught a certain reading method, but she never once states how she got that conclusion or provides data to back it up.
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New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press.
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Review: “Nothing in the Basement” by Romie Stott
Release Date: August 26, 2025Publisher: Dybbuk PressGenre: Horror Description Richard and Sandra are good people: comfortably overweight, generally honest. They live in a nice house in a safe neigh…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New review! Today I've got Nothing in the Basement by Romie Stott, a great horror novella with a compelling narrative structure. Out now from Dybbuk Press.
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Sylvia Plath's Ariel soaked its way into my bones, down to the marrow itself. I can recite whole stanzas, sometimes whole poems, and the cadence of it sneaks into my sentences even now, leaping entirely past thought.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Sylvia Plath's Ariel soaked its way into my bones, down to the marrow itself. I can recite whole stanzas, sometimes whole poems, and the cadence of it sneaks into my sentences even now, leaping entirely past thought.
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The Night Ship is up on Netgalley for those of you so inclined! Reviewers, friends, enemies, anyone, if that's not accessible for you drop me a line, I *am* keeping a list of who has asked and will be dropping emails shortly. ♥️
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October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Night Ship is up on Netgalley for those of you so inclined! Reviewers, friends, enemies, anyone, if that's not accessible for you drop me a line, I *am* keeping a list of who has asked and will be dropping emails shortly. ♥️
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Stop it there are too many good stories please to pause thankyou
3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Stop it there are too many good stories please to pause thankyou
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Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
We need your recommendations of works for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider. If you’ve read a recently published work of science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our understanding of…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
I pitched my forthcoming novel, Muñeca, as “Bound meets Mexican Gothic.”
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
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It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Muñeca
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I pitched my forthcoming novel, Muñeca, as “Bound meets Mexican Gothic.”
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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the only kinds of people you should record in public without consent are cops
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
the only kinds of people you should record in public without consent are cops
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Men please feel free to performatively read my books everywhere.
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Men please feel free to performatively read my books everywhere.
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
You are absolutely allowed to read!!! Don't let them shame you. They should be ashamed! Stop making collages of people reading and read a book too!
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Got a review of Bogi Takács's latest space opera, Song of Spores. This weird, fun sci-fi story is out now from Broken Eye Books.
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Review: “Song of Spores” by Bogi Takács
Release Date: November 4, 2025Publisher: Broken Eye BooksGenre: Space opera, Science fiction Description Hugo Award winner Bogi Takács spins a tale of adventure, mystery, and political intrigue in …
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November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Got a review of Bogi Takács's latest space opera, Song of Spores. This weird, fun sci-fi story is out now from Broken Eye Books.
bookjockeyalex.com/2025/11/10/r...
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I once arrived 15 minutes late for a court appearance. (Yes, as a defendant.)
I was immediately put into handcuffs and jailed for 15 hours.
I was immediately put into handcuffs and jailed for 15 hours.
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I once arrived 15 minutes late for a court appearance. (Yes, as a defendant.)
I was immediately put into handcuffs and jailed for 15 hours.
I was immediately put into handcuffs and jailed for 15 hours.
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V. Castro recommends The Best 20th-Century American Horror Books fivebooks.com/best-books/2... #horror #HorrorCommunity
The Best 20th-Century American Horror Books
Horror is entertaining, but also a great way of shining a light on painful subjects people don't want to talk about, says Mexican American horror writer V. Castro. As American horror has opened up to ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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