Chey Rivera
@criverawrites.bsky.social
🇵🇷 SpecFic writer.
Words in Flame Tree Press’ Achilles, Heartlines Spec #8, The Skull & Laurel #4, Hexagon MYRIAD Lawless, The Scythian Wolf’s This World of Vile Wonder, and elsewhere.
Find all my work here: https://cheyrivera.carrd.co
Words in Flame Tree Press’ Achilles, Heartlines Spec #8, The Skull & Laurel #4, Hexagon MYRIAD Lawless, The Scythian Wolf’s This World of Vile Wonder, and elsewhere.
Find all my work here: https://cheyrivera.carrd.co
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Chey Rivera
@criverawrites.bsky.social
· Nov 10
My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
Four short stories I read and loved in JANUARY ✨
THE SPACE BETWEEN US by @cornellwriter.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
I MET YOU ON THE TRAIN by
@jrdawson.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
THE SPACE BETWEEN US by @cornellwriter.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
I MET YOU ON THE TRAIN by
@jrdawson.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Four short stories I read and loved in JANUARY ✨
THE SPACE BETWEEN US by @cornellwriter.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
I MET YOU ON THE TRAIN by
@jrdawson.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
THE SPACE BETWEEN US by @cornellwriter.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com
I MET YOU ON THE TRAIN by
@jrdawson.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Reposted by Chey Rivera
For your consideration ☺️
Caribbean historical fantasy, imprisoned gods, and the complex bond between two sisters desperate to protect their home and each other.
“For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶
www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
“For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶
www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
For the Pursuit of the Better
For the Pursuit of the Better by Chey Rivera
www.heartlines-spec.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
For your consideration ☺️
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Speaking of Jane Goodall, my favorite quote by her:
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
October 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Speaking of Jane Goodall, my favorite quote by her:
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Filmmaker Jessica Plumb spent 10 days aboard a steel-hulled schooner in June of 2022. From the deck, she and her family explored Western Greenland, witnessing the effects of climate change from land, sea, and ice. These are her journal entries.
The Edge of Ice and Sea
I wish for strong magic to protect this place
orionmagazine.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Filmmaker Jessica Plumb spent 10 days aboard a steel-hulled schooner in June of 2022. From the deck, she and her family explored Western Greenland, witnessing the effects of climate change from land, sea, and ice. These are her journal entries.
✨My 2025 Publications ✨
“The Saint in the Stone” published in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Myriad Lawless
“You never pray to the Saint in the Stone. That’s the only thing all outlaw clans in Caona Cay can agree on.”
www.patreon.com/posts/122118...
“The Saint in the Stone” published in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Myriad Lawless
“You never pray to the Saint in the Stone. That’s the only thing all outlaw clans in Caona Cay can agree on.”
www.patreon.com/posts/122118...
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 AM
✨My 2025 Publications ✨
“The Saint in the Stone” published in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Myriad Lawless
“You never pray to the Saint in the Stone. That’s the only thing all outlaw clans in Caona Cay can agree on.”
www.patreon.com/posts/122118...
“The Saint in the Stone” published in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Myriad Lawless
“You never pray to the Saint in the Stone. That’s the only thing all outlaw clans in Caona Cay can agree on.”
www.patreon.com/posts/122118...
First book I finished reading in 2026:
The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social
A lady knight and a historian trapped in a time loop. This book is so beautifully written! It will stay with me for a long time. I loved it just like I loved her excellent short story, The Six Deaths of the Saint. 🗡️
The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social
A lady knight and a historian trapped in a time loop. This book is so beautifully written! It will stay with me for a long time. I loved it just like I loved her excellent short story, The Six Deaths of the Saint. 🗡️
January 21, 2026 at 12:57 AM
First book I finished reading in 2026:
The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social
A lady knight and a historian trapped in a time loop. This book is so beautifully written! It will stay with me for a long time. I loved it just like I loved her excellent short story, The Six Deaths of the Saint. 🗡️
The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social
A lady knight and a historian trapped in a time loop. This book is so beautifully written! It will stay with me for a long time. I loved it just like I loved her excellent short story, The Six Deaths of the Saint. 🗡️
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Calling all poets: Eye to the Telescope is accepting submissions for issue 60, edited by Angela Acosta, on the theme of Paying Tribute.
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
eyetothetelescope.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Calling all poets: Eye to the Telescope is accepting submissions for issue 60, edited by Angela Acosta, on the theme of Paying Tribute.
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
For your consideration ☺️
Caribbean historical fantasy, imprisoned gods, and the complex bond between two sisters desperate to protect their home and each other.
“For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶
www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
“For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶
www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
For the Pursuit of the Better
For the Pursuit of the Better by Chey Rivera
www.heartlines-spec.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
For your consideration ☺️
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
Reposted by Chey Rivera
My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼
@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Contract signed! I am so happy my pirate story, “The Way to Treasure,” will appear in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social’s 8th issue, out June 2026!
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Contract signed! I am so happy my pirate story, “The Way to Treasure,” will appear in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social’s 8th issue, out June 2026!
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Contract signed! I am so happy my pirate story, “The Way to Treasure,” will appear in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social’s 8th issue, out June 2026!
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Contract signed! I am so happy my pirate story, “The Way to Treasure,” will appear in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social’s 8th issue, out June 2026!
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
(The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴☠️✨)
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Some of my contributor copies of this year 📚🫶
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some of my contributor copies of this year 📚🫶
Some of my contributor copies of this year 📚🫶
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some of my contributor copies of this year 📚🫶
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5 out of 5 stars for this wonderful and psychologically unsettling series of stories. Thank you to @coyhall.bsky.social and his writing peers for a uniformly excellent read.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
5 out of 5 stars for this wonderful and psychologically unsettling series of stories. Thank you to @coyhall.bsky.social and his writing peers for a uniformly excellent read.
Reposted by Chey Rivera
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way and spreading the word about all the amazing work that came out this year!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way and spreading the word about all the amazing work that came out this year!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
Reposted by Chey Rivera
Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
Reposted by Chey Rivera
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Now Reading 📖
“Arthur, The Always King” by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
“Arthur, The Always King” by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Now Reading 📖
“Arthur, The Always King” by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
“Arthur, The Always King” by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Just started a new short story draft. It’s a science fiction story I’ve wanted to write for a while, inspired by the cosmic perspective. Tonight I decided to give it a try. Four paragraphs in, I experienced the joy of finding my first sentence. Now, to see where the story takes me. ✍🏻
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Just started a new short story draft. It’s a science fiction story I’ve wanted to write for a while, inspired by the cosmic perspective. Tonight I decided to give it a try. Four paragraphs in, I experienced the joy of finding my first sentence. Now, to see where the story takes me. ✍🏻
Reposted by Chey Rivera
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com