Casilda Ferrante 🇦🇺🇮🇹🇬🇷
@casferrante.bsky.social
fiction writer & poet (SFFH/Weird)
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“…a glorious, heady rush of red clay dusted prose… Miskowski has created a story that will linger in the darkest rooms where you store your secrets.”
– Kristi DeMeester, author of Dark Sisters
– Kristi DeMeester, author of Dark Sisters
Daughters of Catastrophe
Author: S.P. Miskowski Cover Artist: Harry 0. Morris Publication Date: October 14, 2025 Published by: Grimscribe Press 66 pp. Buy Trade Paperback (Shipping and Handling Included for Most Addresse…
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October 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“…a glorious, heady rush of red clay dusted prose… Miskowski has created a story that will linger in the darkest rooms where you store your secrets.”
– Kristi DeMeester, author of Dark Sisters
– Kristi DeMeester, author of Dark Sisters
This article by Kristina Ten is a fun read - a list of books "shot through with the spirit of the Y2K sleepover: caught between centuries, between dusk and dawn, between childhood and adulthood, between the magical and the mortifying everyday."
Glad the rapture didn’t come on the cusp of the year 2000 so these books could get written and I could shout about them now to you!
For @electricliterature.com: urban legends, LiveJournal posts, locked doors, letters to nail polish manufacturers, and one extra-risky game of spin the bottle...
For @electricliterature.com: urban legends, LiveJournal posts, locked doors, letters to nail polish manufacturers, and one extra-risky game of spin the bottle...
10 Books That Feel Like a Y2K Sleepover - Electric Literature
These stories are caught between centuries, between childhood and adulthood, between the magical and the everyday
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October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This article by Kristina Ten is a fun read - a list of books "shot through with the spirit of the Y2K sleepover: caught between centuries, between dusk and dawn, between childhood and adulthood, between the magical and the mortifying everyday."
one of my favourite novels EVER
1/3 - Here’s something you might not know. Two of my books have been finalists for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel including my 2017 grunge noir I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
one of my favourite novels EVER
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Join us this Friday during the first hour of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social for a panel about Multilingual Life for Creatives!
Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.
Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥
Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.
Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us this Friday during the first hour of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social for a panel about Multilingual Life for Creatives!
Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.
Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥
Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.
Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥
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I’m in HOLA! (US) with giants like Isabel Allende, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Julia Alvarez, El Gabo, and Sandra Cisneros as someone who is redefining our genre. Barrio noir in Hola! is wild to me, especially in this amazing company.
www.hola.com/us/lifestyle...
www.hola.com/us/lifestyle...
Latin American books and authors redefining every genre
They skillfully blend genres, weaving together elements of magical realism, historical contexts, and contemporary issues
www.hola.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I’m in HOLA! (US) with giants like Isabel Allende, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Julia Alvarez, El Gabo, and Sandra Cisneros as someone who is redefining our genre. Barrio noir in Hola! is wild to me, especially in this amazing company.
www.hola.com/us/lifestyle...
www.hola.com/us/lifestyle...
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A nice shout out for my story from Weird Horror 11, We Dwell in Its Many-Chambered Heart!
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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025 - Reactor
Stories about loss, love, and about getting back at the assholes who hurt you...
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August 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A nice shout out for my story from Weird Horror 11, We Dwell in Its Many-Chambered Heart!
reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
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All of my heart and all of my Greek rage went on this one. Forever grateful to @khoreo.bsky.social for letting me talk about this issue.
As part of our 5 Year Anniversary Series we're sharing the latest essay, "These Marbles Were Never White," by @danaiwrites.bsky.social. Danai explores the whitewashing of Greek myths & the lack of representation of Greek and diaspora authors, writers, and actors: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
August 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
All of my heart and all of my Greek rage went on this one. Forever grateful to @khoreo.bsky.social for letting me talk about this issue.
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"Every Ghost Story" is out in @reactorsff.bsky.social today! Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, with art by @babswebbart.bsky.social.
Incredibly excited to share this one (what do you mean I may be slightly obsessed with ghosts?)
reactormag.com/every-ghost-...
Incredibly excited to share this one (what do you mean I may be slightly obsessed with ghosts?)
reactormag.com/every-ghost-...
Every Ghost Story - Reactor
Following a mysterious world-wide event that makes ghosts visible, a young woman is invited to attend Ghost Camp.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Every Ghost Story" is out in @reactorsff.bsky.social today! Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, with art by @babswebbart.bsky.social.
Incredibly excited to share this one (what do you mean I may be slightly obsessed with ghosts?)
reactormag.com/every-ghost-...
Incredibly excited to share this one (what do you mean I may be slightly obsessed with ghosts?)
reactormag.com/every-ghost-...
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Steve Stred, author of Mastodon, Father of Lies, and Churn the Soil, explores the theme of fandom in my new novel, IF YOU KNEW ME.
Book Review: If You Knew Me by S.P. Miskowski
Title: If You Knew Me Author: S.P Miskowski Release date: September 23, 2025 *Huge thank you to S.P. for sending me an advanced digital copy of this one!* Fandom. Six letters that when put together…
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July 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Steve Stred, author of Mastodon, Father of Lies, and Churn the Soil, explores the theme of fandom in my new novel, IF YOU KNEW ME.
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I've posted our first piece of fiction from Weird Horror 11, @daviddemchuk.com's sublime "The Start of Something." And it definitely is.
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www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/the-start-of...
July 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I've posted our first piece of fiction from Weird Horror 11, @daviddemchuk.com's sublime "The Start of Something." And it definitely is.
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/the-start-of...
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/the-start-of...
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My latest Short Fiction Treasures column at @strangehorizons.bsky.social !
Here's Maria Haskins' @mariahaskins.com "Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Roundup" in this week's issue!
Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Roundup
One of the recent bright spots in the world of speculative short fiction publishing is the rebirth of Fantasy Magazine. Yes, Fantasy is back, published under the Psychopomp umbrella with co-editors…
strangehorizons.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My latest Short Fiction Treasures column at @strangehorizons.bsky.social !
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"Bacon masterfully blends myth, heritage, and self-discovery in this impressive, genre-defying work of speculative fiction." -- Publishers Weekly
Pre-order MUNTU by @genni.bsky.social today! Coming in 2026.
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Pre-order MUNTU by @genni.bsky.social today! Coming in 2026.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/mu...
Muntu by Eugen Bacon (Paperback With Signed Bookplate) — Bad Hand Books
Originally published as Ivory's Story , and shortlisted for a British Science Fiction Association award, Muntu (approximately 40,000 words) deftly combines the contemporary thriller with darke...
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July 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Bacon masterfully blends myth, heritage, and self-discovery in this impressive, genre-defying work of speculative fiction." -- Publishers Weekly
Pre-order MUNTU by @genni.bsky.social today! Coming in 2026.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/mu...
Pre-order MUNTU by @genni.bsky.social today! Coming in 2026.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/mu...
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Whose stories do we get to call our own?
Author @ph-low.com examines the weight of expectation for diasporic writers and the uneasy demand to turn fragments into “authentic” stories. ➡️ links.ruadanbooks.com/PHLow
#WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #DiasporaArt
Author @ph-low.com examines the weight of expectation for diasporic writers and the uneasy demand to turn fragments into “authentic” stories. ➡️ links.ruadanbooks.com/PHLow
#WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #DiasporaArt
July 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Whose stories do we get to call our own?
Author @ph-low.com examines the weight of expectation for diasporic writers and the uneasy demand to turn fragments into “authentic” stories. ➡️ links.ruadanbooks.com/PHLow
#WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #DiasporaArt
Author @ph-low.com examines the weight of expectation for diasporic writers and the uneasy demand to turn fragments into “authentic” stories. ➡️ links.ruadanbooks.com/PHLow
#WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #DiasporaArt
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Thank you @khoreo.bsky.social for publishing my haunted house x diaspora essay and to @danaiwrites.bsky.social for editing!!
Friends, if you have a moment, it would mean the world to me if you took a few minutes to read “Haunting, Haunted” 🥰🖤👻
www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
Friends, if you have a moment, it would mean the world to me if you took a few minutes to read “Haunting, Haunted” 🥰🖤👻
www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
This year we're celebrating five years of khōréō! 🥳
To thank our community for supporting us, we are sharing a series of essays & interviews. The first essay, "Haunting, Haunted," is by @anovelescape.bsky.social edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
To thank our community for supporting us, we are sharing a series of essays & interviews. The first essay, "Haunting, Haunted," is by @anovelescape.bsky.social edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
July 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thank you @khoreo.bsky.social for publishing my haunted house x diaspora essay and to @danaiwrites.bsky.social for editing!!
Friends, if you have a moment, it would mean the world to me if you took a few minutes to read “Haunting, Haunted” 🥰🖤👻
www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
Friends, if you have a moment, it would mean the world to me if you took a few minutes to read “Haunting, Haunted” 🥰🖤👻
www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
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as promised, a statement regarding THINKING HORROR VOL. 3:
THINKING HORROR VOLUME 3: THE RADICAL POTENTIAL OF HORROR LITERATURE is now open for submissions until 01/01/26.
THINKING HORROR VOLUME 3: THE RADICAL POTENTIAL OF HORROR LITERATURE is now open for submissions until 01/01/26.
May 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
as promised, a statement regarding THINKING HORROR VOL. 3:
THINKING HORROR VOLUME 3: THE RADICAL POTENTIAL OF HORROR LITERATURE is now open for submissions until 01/01/26.
THINKING HORROR VOLUME 3: THE RADICAL POTENTIAL OF HORROR LITERATURE is now open for submissions until 01/01/26.
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🐅 Doing a Reddit AMA about my fantasy novel "The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death"
📅 July 11th, 5 PM EST 🌍 (July 12th, 8 AM Brisbane time) r/Fantasy
Come ask me anything about world-building, writing process-indeed, anything!
#FantasyBooks #AMA #WritingCommunity
📅 July 11th, 5 PM EST 🌍 (July 12th, 8 AM Brisbane time) r/Fantasy
Come ask me anything about world-building, writing process-indeed, anything!
#FantasyBooks #AMA #WritingCommunity
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🐅 Doing a Reddit AMA about my fantasy novel "The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death"
📅 July 11th, 5 PM EST 🌍 (July 12th, 8 AM Brisbane time) r/Fantasy
Come ask me anything about world-building, writing process-indeed, anything!
#FantasyBooks #AMA #WritingCommunity
📅 July 11th, 5 PM EST 🌍 (July 12th, 8 AM Brisbane time) r/Fantasy
Come ask me anything about world-building, writing process-indeed, anything!
#FantasyBooks #AMA #WritingCommunity
curled up on a rainy afternoon I came across this story, as enigmatic as an oracle, melancholic and heartbreaking yet full of hope - Auspicium by Diana Dima @dianadima.com @thedeadlands.com
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psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Auspicium, by Diana Dima - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
There has always been a sparrow inside me. At first it was just an egg, something I felt in my belly before I even had the words for it. I remember asking my mother about it, the way she hugged me and...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
curled up on a rainy afternoon I came across this story, as enigmatic as an oracle, melancholic and heartbreaking yet full of hope - Auspicium by Diana Dima @dianadima.com @thedeadlands.com
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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It's release day for Weird Horror 11. Another disquieting and disturbing foray into the Weird. Subscriber copies have begun to mail. Artwork by @strangegodsart.bsky.social
What a ToC!
Grab your copy now:
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com
What a ToC!
Grab your copy now:
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's release day for Weird Horror 11. Another disquieting and disturbing foray into the Weird. Subscriber copies have begun to mail. Artwork by @strangegodsart.bsky.social
What a ToC!
Grab your copy now:
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com
What a ToC!
Grab your copy now:
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com
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My short fiction recs for April-June are up. Featuring stories by T.K. Rex, @foxesandroses.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @angelaliu.bsky.social Madison Jozefiak @carrievaughnco.bsky.social and @aimeeogdenwrites.com
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itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/07/shor...
Short fiction recs! April-June 2025
Due to personal matters, I was not able to get as much short fiction read as usual these past few months. But here are some short stor...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My short fiction recs for April-June are up. Featuring stories by T.K. Rex, @foxesandroses.bsky.social @thomasha.bsky.social @nuzo.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @angelaliu.bsky.social Madison Jozefiak @carrievaughnco.bsky.social and @aimeeogdenwrites.com
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/07/shor...
itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/07/shor...
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Help us bring this horror anthology to life! Superb cast! 💞 @starsandsabers.bsky.social www.indiegogo.com/projects/of-...
Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a Horror Anthology
A horror-themed anthology edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell. | Check out 'Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a Horror Anthology' on Indiegogo.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Help us bring this horror anthology to life! Superb cast! 💞 @starsandsabers.bsky.social www.indiegogo.com/projects/of-...
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It's been over a year since I had a new short story published free to read online! Today at the Sunday Morning Transport (@morningtransport.bsky.social) is my story “Death and Liquidity Under the New Moon” www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/death-and-...
Death and Liquidity Under the New Moon
It’s our fourth July bringing you four great, free, Sunday Morning short stories!
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's been over a year since I had a new short story published free to read online! Today at the Sunday Morning Transport (@morningtransport.bsky.social) is my story “Death and Liquidity Under the New Moon” www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/death-and-...
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FFer Read of the Day: "Written on the Subway Walls" by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
Written on the Subway Walls
For February, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you stories by Jennifer Hudak, John Chu, Carrie Vaughn, and Marie Brennan.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Written on the Subway Walls" by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
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I've made two starter packs with speculative fiction publications - magazines and podcasts - on Bluesky. I hope they make it easier for people to find & follow a whole bunch of great spec-fic venues. I'll keep adding as I go.
Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/4FbEmZU
Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/ASWSvfZ
Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/4FbEmZU
Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/ASWSvfZ
August 28, 2024 at 3:32 AM
I've made two starter packs with speculative fiction publications - magazines and podcasts - on Bluesky. I hope they make it easier for people to find & follow a whole bunch of great spec-fic venues. I'll keep adding as I go.
Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/4FbEmZU
Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/ASWSvfZ
Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/4FbEmZU
Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/ASWSvfZ
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"In death, I find myself underground in the world I was always promised. I sit at the table in my parents’ kitchen, a plate of meatloaf and mashed potatoes before me, not knowing how I got here."
Today on ergot.: 'In Death' by Andrew Kozma @andrewkozma.net
www.ergot.press/authors/Andr...
Today on ergot.: 'In Death' by Andrew Kozma @andrewkozma.net
www.ergot.press/authors/Andr...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
July 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"In death, I find myself underground in the world I was always promised. I sit at the table in my parents’ kitchen, a plate of meatloaf and mashed potatoes before me, not knowing how I got here."
Today on ergot.: 'In Death' by Andrew Kozma @andrewkozma.net
www.ergot.press/authors/Andr...
Today on ergot.: 'In Death' by Andrew Kozma @andrewkozma.net
www.ergot.press/authors/Andr...
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“Surprising, complex, and strangely beautiful, REMEDY is one of those smart horror novels that deliver the gory, brutal stuff while also digging deep into the humanity of its characters.” @Gabino_Iglesias reviews @TwistedFictionP @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/02...
Remedy by J.S. Breukelaar: Review by Gabino Iglesias
Remedy, J.S. Breukelaar (PS Publishing 978-1-80394-485-2, £25.00, 208pp, hc) August 2024. Cover by Jeffrey Alan Love. Imagine suddenly being attacked by a creature that comes down from the sky. The…
locusmag.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“Surprising, complex, and strangely beautiful, REMEDY is one of those smart horror novels that deliver the gory, brutal stuff while also digging deep into the humanity of its characters.” @Gabino_Iglesias reviews @TwistedFictionP @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/02...