Catherine Tavares
@cjtavares.bsky.social
Sci-fi & Fantasy Author | SFWA & Codex Member | Bibliophilic ghost haunting libraries | she/her
Work forth/in Apex, Heartlines, Nature Futures, Flash Point SF, Haven Spec +more
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/catherinetavares
Work forth/in Apex, Heartlines, Nature Futures, Flash Point SF, Haven Spec +more
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/catherinetavares
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✨ 2025 Publications ✨
A thread of links to read and access everything I have published in 2025, updated as new stories become available.
A thread of links to read and access everything I have published in 2025, updated as new stories become available.
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
Thanksgiving is almost here, but not quite. Let me help tide you over to the feast with some of my foodie fiction!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thanksgiving is almost here, but not quite. Let me help tide you over to the feast with some of my foodie fiction!
✅Awesome stories from David.
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
Introducing The 2025 Story Yearbook—a small collection of my published fiction from this year that I put together, along with an introduction and brief notes about what sparked each piece. If you’d like to read it , you can download the EPUB for free, no email req'd: davidanaxagoras.com/yearbook/
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
✅Awesome stories from David.
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
✅With behind the scenes tidbits.
✅Looking gorgeous all bound up together.
Um, I don't want to alarm anyone but THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT YOU NEED IT READ IT NOW!!!
Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Aaaaahhh! "Ghosts of Summer" is on here!!! I absolutely love @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's recommended lists, and it has been a career dream to see one of my stories included. I am over the moon right now to see my story in such awesome company. You definitely should check out the full list.
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
So happy to see @cjtavares.bsky.social's intense, gorgeous 'Ghosts of Summer' on this list!
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So happy to see @cjtavares.bsky.social's intense, gorgeous 'Ghosts of Summer' on this list!
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
If you're only up for reading one short story right now, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
Deadlands fiction subs open in December.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Deadlands fiction subs open in December.
I'm seeing the discourse happening right now, and I would like to gently remind everyone that libraries still exist.
I know! I know! It feels like all good things have been dismantled in this the year of our Lord 2025, but libraries are, in fact, still in existence.
I know! I know! It feels like all good things have been dismantled in this the year of our Lord 2025, but libraries are, in fact, still in existence.
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm seeing the discourse happening right now, and I would like to gently remind everyone that libraries still exist.
I know! I know! It feels like all good things have been dismantled in this the year of our Lord 2025, but libraries are, in fact, still in existence.
I know! I know! It feels like all good things have been dismantled in this the year of our Lord 2025, but libraries are, in fact, still in existence.
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I've updated my 2025 awards eligibility post. Also threaded, a little bit about some of my favorite stories I've published this year. One more to come on Dec. 1. As always, you can find links to everything I published this year here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-...
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
It's fall, y'all!
You might get trapped inside by the cold and ice over the next few months, but that doesn't mean the adventures have to stop. Give yourself the gift of great flash fiction by backing another year of FPSF! (link below⬇️)
You might get trapped inside by the cold and ice over the next few months, but that doesn't mean the adventures have to stop. Give yourself the gift of great flash fiction by backing another year of FPSF! (link below⬇️)
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's fall, y'all!
You might get trapped inside by the cold and ice over the next few months, but that doesn't mean the adventures have to stop. Give yourself the gift of great flash fiction by backing another year of FPSF! (link below⬇️)
You might get trapped inside by the cold and ice over the next few months, but that doesn't mean the adventures have to stop. Give yourself the gift of great flash fiction by backing another year of FPSF! (link below⬇️)
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
Issue 100 has been cancelled... BUT!!! Issue 98 has wonderful works for you to read! AND issue 99 will be out soon, with more stunning offerings by amazing writers!
🐉Read something *Fantastic*!🧜🏽
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
🐉Read something *Fantastic*!🧜🏽
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Fantasy Magazine - issue 98 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 98 features work by: Eleanor Ball, Christian Emecheta, Sunwoo Jeong, Mateo Perez Lara, Tracie McBride, Eleanna Castroianni
psychopomp.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Issue 100 has been cancelled... BUT!!! Issue 98 has wonderful works for you to read! AND issue 99 will be out soon, with more stunning offerings by amazing writers!
🐉Read something *Fantastic*!🧜🏽
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
🐉Read something *Fantastic*!🧜🏽
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
For the evening crowd:
My story “Lago das Estrelas” is out now with Short Édition!!! 🎉
Abel is desperate to catch a star on the magical Lago das Estrelas and earn a wish to undo the pain of his disability. But catching a star isn’t easy, and making a wish has an unexpected cost.
Read it free today! 🌠
Abel is desperate to catch a star on the magical Lago das Estrelas and earn a wish to undo the pain of his disability. But catching a star isn’t easy, and making a wish has an unexpected cost.
Read it free today! 🌠
Lago das Estrelas
In the springtime, after the clouds of winter and before the storms of summer, when the skies were clear and the waters still, Abel went star-catching.
The other villagers thought him daft, of course
short-edition.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
For the evening crowd:
Come read my TOC-mate's story also out now with Short Édition!!! Coupled with "Lago das Estrelas", you'll get the full range of vibes for your reading today. 😁
I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition.
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
short-edition.com/en/story/sho...
What Happened That Night
Josh is gone, but I see him everywhere. Even now, it's his reflection I see in the puddle as the storm brings me back to reality. I shiver. Seems I'm always cold these days. I need to get my shit
short-edition.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Come read my TOC-mate's story also out now with Short Édition!!! Coupled with "Lago das Estrelas", you'll get the full range of vibes for your reading today. 😁
My story “Lago das Estrelas” is out now with Short Édition!!! 🎉
Abel is desperate to catch a star on the magical Lago das Estrelas and earn a wish to undo the pain of his disability. But catching a star isn’t easy, and making a wish has an unexpected cost.
Read it free today! 🌠
Abel is desperate to catch a star on the magical Lago das Estrelas and earn a wish to undo the pain of his disability. But catching a star isn’t easy, and making a wish has an unexpected cost.
Read it free today! 🌠
Lago das Estrelas
In the springtime, after the clouds of winter and before the storms of summer, when the skies were clear and the waters still, Abel went star-catching.
The other villagers thought him daft, of course
short-edition.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My story “Lago das Estrelas” is out now with Short Édition!!! 🎉
Abel is desperate to catch a star on the magical Lago das Estrelas and earn a wish to undo the pain of his disability. But catching a star isn’t easy, and making a wish has an unexpected cost.
Read it free today! 🌠
Abel is desperate to catch a star on the magical Lago das Estrelas and earn a wish to undo the pain of his disability. But catching a star isn’t easy, and making a wish has an unexpected cost.
Read it free today! 🌠
Sad news for the industry on so many different levels.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sad news for the industry on so many different levels.
I have done the thing where you make a burrito and give it a little pan fry and 10/10 infinitely better than normal burrito. Like, my burrito was super basic, near lame, before. But after a lil crispy pan time, Cinder-burrito is going to the lunch ball! Delicious!
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I have done the thing where you make a burrito and give it a little pan fry and 10/10 infinitely better than normal burrito. Like, my burrito was super basic, near lame, before. But after a lil crispy pan time, Cinder-burrito is going to the lunch ball! Delicious!
The leaf blowers are out. It is raining. It has been raining. The ground is saturated. The leaves are soaked. They are not going to be moved from puddle to pile. Not for me. Not for anyone.
WHY ARE THE LEAF BLOWERS OUT?!?!
WHY ARE THE LEAF BLOWERS OUT?!?!
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The leaf blowers are out. It is raining. It has been raining. The ground is saturated. The leaves are soaked. They are not going to be moved from puddle to pile. Not for me. Not for anyone.
WHY ARE THE LEAF BLOWERS OUT?!?!
WHY ARE THE LEAF BLOWERS OUT?!?!
Remember how I posted this morning about a drabble that punched me in the face (in a good way)?
It's evening now and I just read this poem and HOLY WOW!
Anyway, once again please join me in getting punched in the face (in a good way) and read this poem:
It's evening now and I just read this poem and HOLY WOW!
Anyway, once again please join me in getting punched in the face (in a good way) and read this poem:
If you want a _very_ brief poem this morning, @havehashad.com and I can provide.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Remember how I posted this morning about a drabble that punched me in the face (in a good way)?
It's evening now and I just read this poem and HOLY WOW!
Anyway, once again please join me in getting punched in the face (in a good way) and read this poem:
It's evening now and I just read this poem and HOLY WOW!
Anyway, once again please join me in getting punched in the face (in a good way) and read this poem:
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
Contract signed, so I am happy to announce that "Lago das Estrelas" will be coming soon to Short Édition!!!
I wrote this while depressed over my disability. I confidently said I would do ANYTHING to be cured when a very unexpected thought challenged that assertion. This story is that thought.
I wrote this while depressed over my disability. I confidently said I would do ANYTHING to be cured when a very unexpected thought challenged that assertion. This story is that thought.
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Contract signed, so I am happy to announce that "Lago das Estrelas" will be coming soon to Short Édition!!!
I wrote this while depressed over my disability. I confidently said I would do ANYTHING to be cured when a very unexpected thought challenged that assertion. This story is that thought.
I wrote this while depressed over my disability. I confidently said I would do ANYTHING to be cured when a very unexpected thought challenged that assertion. This story is that thought.
Read this story first thing in the morning and it packed more "wake up" punch than a thousand cups of coffee, and I am now haunted, too. Read it and join me in being punched in the face and haunted for eternity (in a good way!).
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Read this story first thing in the morning and it packed more "wake up" punch than a thousand cups of coffee, and I am now haunted, too. Read it and join me in being punched in the face and haunted for eternity (in a good way!).
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
EE! I'm an editor, and we're open for submissions! Send 'em in hot!
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
EE! I'm an editor, and we're open for submissions! Send 'em in hot!
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
https://www.marievibbert.com/im-an-editor/
My Quasar Round Up post is live! Come see what I got up to over the weekend:
Quasar 2025 Round Up!
Everything I attended during the Fall Nebula Event!
catherinetavares.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My Quasar Round Up post is live! Come see what I got up to over the weekend:
Reposted by Catherine Tavares
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...