K.S. Garner interviewed me about the newly released #SpeculativeFictionforDreamers and my story #Jean, how good editors influence the writing path, what’s success?!, and the intersection between public health and my works. BONUS MATERIAL: A war with my earbuds. Podcast Links: SoundCloud Apple Spotify
Category: New Release
OUT NOW! Speculative Fiction For Dreamers
At long last! Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology is now available at bookstores and libraries! Enjoy this stunning anthology. My story in it is “Jean”. Happy Launch Day to #SpeculativeFictionforDreamers, an anthology that took my breath away, as it did reviewers. Where to buy and borrow? Here’s a list of bookstores and libraries…
Reader’s Digest Recommends Speculative Fiction for Dreamers
In great company in this 20 Best list compiled by Priscilla Blossom! The 20 Best Books by Latinx Authors You’ll Want to Read Right Now
“… A mind-expanding collection of short stories by contemporary Latinx authors.”
New review is up for Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology. This one is by Erika Harlitz Kern of Foreword Reviews. Note when reading this review that the book also has Caribbean rep.
“35 New And Upcoming Sci-Fi Thrillers You Won’t Want To Put Down”
Speculative Fiction For Dreamers is on this exciting list. “…Packed with 38 YA pieces by Latinx authors, this anthology is a must for short story readers.”
51 Solstice: Women in Comics Magazine
I had the pleasure of working on another comic, this time with illustrator Rafael Romeo Magat. On sale now, debut issue #1 of Women in Comics Magazine: Dear Summer, filled with poetry, microfiction and comics. In “51 Solstice” NYC summers are reflected in life on a space station in the Pegasus constellation, with some planet…
Brilliant Books Brought to Life on Kickstarter
Kickstarter hosts a curated list of “Brilliant Books Brought to Life” on their platform, and Speculative Fiction for Dreamers is listed! We thank all the backers, creators, editors, publisher and Kickstarter team to bringing this to life in orchestra.
“…a bold and masterful rearranging of genres..” “…These sentences are magical, loaded with history and memory and color and space-time and sound…”
“Jean” wins the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize. Read the press release here.
Starred Publishers Weekly Review
Wonderful news for our anthology Speculative Fiction for Dreamers… starred review in Publishers Weekly! And I’m honored to get a shout out in it. From our publisher: “Outstanding,” “masterful,” “a knockout”—starred review for SPECULATIVE FICTION FOR DREAMERS in @PublishersWkly” From review: “Themes of family, migration, and community resonate throughout these 38 masterful stories, as in…
