Like what you see? Nominate Us! Event Horizon

End of year catwalk due, as I dropped a book Dec 2024 that has a plethora of artists and stories to be considered for award eligibility, fine readers and judges. Don’t bother buckling up because seat belts don’t work when you cross the Event Horizon. Prose. Comics. Original Canvas work. Photography. Science Fiction, Literary Fiction,…

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Happy Publication Day Event Horizon

It wasn’t until reading the Wikipedia page for the movie, Never on Sunday, did I realize two modern great works of Greek literature and cinema tackle this theme of clash of intellectualism and zest for life between characters: this movie, and Zorba the Greek. If Zorba showed bookworm writer how to live a little by…

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Event Horizon Biblet

One week away from our publication date. Biblet, anyone? Here’s a fun way to learn more about the book in one place. Flip through some pages and read the full foreword by Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama. Get a sense of the original portraits. Dive into a full sequential art story. And check out that prose,…

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Packing The Funeral Singer

I love packing The Funeral Singer. It’s a ceremony. It’s an experience of touch (textured silk), sight (pearl button, feather patterns on lapis lazuli clutch with gold threads), and smell (frankincense and myrrh oil) for the reader. It’s sound: music experienced through words (and a curated outside arts list). It’s a world packed into short…

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Printing Update: F and Gs (Proofs) of Event Horizon

Just arrived Event Horizon‘s F&Gs. If you are new to what these are, these are the “Folded & Gathered”, the books in their printed but unbound form. This is a picture of their folded signatures and covers (not affixed to their hardcovers yet). They just need their binding (corset as I think of it) to get…

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Archives of Intellect, Tools Forward

Here are some books I pulled out to display in our public school library for kids to process and empower themselves in fortitude in how to live in a world of fading democracy and hate. To my own kids I say learn about the machine that is being dismantled and how, and never let go…

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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…

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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…

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Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes…

It’s that time when I get inquiries for corporate and professional holiday gifting of my artists’ book, The Funeral Singer. Last year, a client let me know how his clients kept calling and leaving voicemails at how moved they were to receive such a special, personalized gift. Sometimes a can of nuts with your company…

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