“A radical, sex-positive exploration…”

Author Ivelisse Rodriguez on To Love Like Venus: “A radical, sex-positive exploration of the necessity for love with sex. Even in the future, this is the ongoing, pivotal question we must answer for ourselves. To Love Like Venus though, shows us that that question can also obfuscate all the ways we really love.”— Ivelisse Rodriguez, author…

2025 Lydia García Author Fund Awardees

Sharing The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) announcement of the recipients of the Lydia Garcia Author Fund that I founded in honor of my mother. She was Lydia Pitsirilos in her adult married life, but this grant speaks to her firstly as a young girl. Congratulations to these wonderful writers announced (visit their post…

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Cocinas…

Chicago Public Library has included From Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides a Latinx Comics Anthology in its 2025 Best of the Best list. Congrats to all the authors, editors and Ohio State Press. https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/200121216/2873965107 My graphic prose story in this with Aaron Guzman is another Nova Odyssey adventure. “It Ain’t This But That”.

Publishers Weekly Review: Cocinas

Another wonderful review for this comics anthology I am in with cousin Aaron GuzmanFrom Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides: A Latinx Comics Anthology published by @ohiostatepress https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780814259481 Our story, the return of Nova Odyssey, is “It Ain’t This But That”. Preorder, comes out August 2025!

Featured Author

Click to see Mouthfeel Press’ author spotlight on me. Why I write scifi, and what “The Event Don Juan of Mycelia” is all about.

Locus Magazine Books Received

Extra, extra. Event Horizon reached the May 2025 Books Received section of Locus Magazine, the magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field.

Publishers Weekly booklife Indie Spotlight

Event Horizon gets a spotlight in Publishers Weekly’s booklife December 2024 Indie Spotlight, books that “feature art and other visually compelling books, as well as uplifting and inspirational works.”

Review Count: Event Horizon

Almost month away from our official publication date, a recap of some of the stellar reviews for Event Horizon: Stories of No Turning Back. “Compelling scientific and emotional explorations that raise the question: What awaits us when we cross the line?… Pitsirilos has assembled an eclectic roster of creators from many different mediums, resulting in…

Readers Digest Recommends

Nice to see on this new list by Reader’s Digest “36 Must-Read Books by Contemporary Hispanic Authors” published this month Speculative Fiction for Dreamers. My story “Jean” is in it highlighting the diasporic Puerto Rican experience here a result of Operation Bootstrap on the island. Jean won the 2022 Chautauqua Janus Prize–currently this isn’t listed…