Damián Neri
@damianneriart.bsky.social
Mexican SFF writer / painter / data analyst. Stories in Clarkesworld, Flash Fiction Online, and The Deadlands. EN/ES. Editor: @revistasofon.bsky.social / Website: damianneri.com
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The March Issue of Clarkesworld features original stories by Ryan Cole, Anna Burdenko, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Yukimi Ogawa, Koji A. Dae, Ren Zeyu, and Damián Neri.
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My story "Funerary Habits of Low Entropy Entities" is out at Clarkesworld. It's about life battling entropy through memory, struggling to preserve meaning, and resisting oblivion even as the world fades. I really enjoyed writing this story, and I hope you enjoy reading it as well ^u^
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So this happened. Today has been such a rollercoaster. Hug all your friends tight and celebrate every little joy when you can <3
The Award for Best Short Story goes to Loneliness Universe by Eugenia Triantafyllou, Uncanny Magazine.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So this happened. Today has been such a rollercoaster. Hug all your friends tight and celebrate every little joy when you can <3
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My sci-fi horror flash story "Woodsong" is now free to read over at Flash Fiction Online. Can a father and son, lost for years in a nightmarish woodland, finally find their way to something beautiful? @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/wood...
Woodsong
It hit me last night, as a chorus of woodsong filled our hiding spot: we’re never getting out of here.But even if I want to lie down and die, I’m clutching one last thread of hope. It’s all I have …
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October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My sci-fi horror flash story "Woodsong" is now free to read over at Flash Fiction Online. Can a father and son, lost for years in a nightmarish woodland, finally find their way to something beautiful? @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/wood...
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In a future where the rich kids are being raised with a digital Cyrano beside them to sweet-talk their way into the best jobs, four friends train together for a battle to prove that other kinds of minds might still have the edge.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
Understudies by Greg Egan
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In a future where the rich kids are being raised with a digital Cyrano beside them to sweet-talk their way into the best jobs, four friends train together for a battle to prove that other kinds of minds might still have the edge.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.
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That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
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#2025IgnyteAwards
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2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/
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Crying right now. This is my first ever award, and I am so honored. <3
@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Short Story
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Crying right now. This is my first ever award, and I am so honored. <3
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Convocado XXXVII Certamen Literario Alberto Magno de Ciencia Ficción:
-Temática: ciencia ficción, castellano o euskera
-Dotación: 1º: 2.000€ + 2º: 1.000€
-Extensión: 15.000-25.000 palabras
-Publicación: en antología digital
-Plazo: 17 octubre 2025
Bases: www.ehu.eus/es/web/zient...
-Temática: ciencia ficción, castellano o euskera
-Dotación: 1º: 2.000€ + 2º: 1.000€
-Extensión: 15.000-25.000 palabras
-Publicación: en antología digital
-Plazo: 17 octubre 2025
Bases: www.ehu.eus/es/web/zient...
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Convocado XXXVII Certamen Literario Alberto Magno de Ciencia Ficción:
-Temática: ciencia ficción, castellano o euskera
-Dotación: 1º: 2.000€ + 2º: 1.000€
-Extensión: 15.000-25.000 palabras
-Publicación: en antología digital
-Plazo: 17 octubre 2025
Bases: www.ehu.eus/es/web/zient...
-Temática: ciencia ficción, castellano o euskera
-Dotación: 1º: 2.000€ + 2º: 1.000€
-Extensión: 15.000-25.000 palabras
-Publicación: en antología digital
-Plazo: 17 octubre 2025
Bases: www.ehu.eus/es/web/zient...
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CANCEL a streaming service, SUBSCRIBE to a print zine. Doooooooo itttttttttttt.
September 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
CANCEL a streaming service, SUBSCRIBE to a print zine. Doooooooo itttttttttttt.
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Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!
September 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!
¡Segunda convocatoria de Sofón! Será un gusto leer sus cuentos y poemas ^u^
¿Ya están listos para mandar sus colaboraciones al segundo número de Sofón? En sólo 4 días abre nuestra convocatoria. Pagamos $1000 MXN ($50 USD) por cuento y $500 MXN ($25 USD) por poema.
Consulten las bases en revistasofon.com/colaboraciones
¡Esperamos sus textos! ⋆｡ﾟ🪐｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ
Consulten las bases en revistasofon.com/colaboraciones
¡Esperamos sus textos! ⋆｡ﾟ🪐｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
¡Segunda convocatoria de Sofón! Será un gusto leer sus cuentos y poemas ^u^
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New story day! "If a Digitized Tree Falls" is my latest collaboration with @kyliu99.bsky.social, an exploration of technologies that bridge the divide between digital and physical, with a focus on environmental themes.
Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...
Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...
If a Digitized Tree Falls - Reactor
As humanity moves to the stars, a young woman attempts to preserve the magical forest she fell in love with as a child.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New story day! "If a Digitized Tree Falls" is my latest collaboration with @kyliu99.bsky.social, an exploration of technologies that bridge the divide between digital and physical, with a focus on environmental themes.
Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...
Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social!
reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...
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My Nebula Finalist short story "The Witch Trap" is now free to read in The Dark! The entire issue is stunning and I'm so pleased to have a place in it!
www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-witch-tr...
www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-witch-tr...
The Witch Trap - The Dark Magazine
These floors, original to the house, have witnessed the turn of two centuries. The shoe concealed beneath them is older. Laces replaced, sole thrice mended, the shoe still bears the impression of the ...
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September 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My Nebula Finalist short story "The Witch Trap" is now free to read in The Dark! The entire issue is stunning and I'm so pleased to have a place in it!
www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-witch-tr...
www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-witch-tr...
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Hey, I'm in this!
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If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^
September 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hey, I'm in this!
🖤🐈⬛🖤
🖤🐈⬛🖤
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Please read the first issue of Sofón! I can assure you: you have read nothing like it. Please read, share, and recommend. Huge congrats to Damián and every author.
If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^
August 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Please read the first issue of Sofón! I can assure you: you have read nothing like it. Please read, share, and recommend. Huge congrats to Damián and every author.
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If you too have read and enjoyed “Through the Machine” I’d be honored if you kept it in mind for awards. SFWA members can also upvote it on the Nebula list here (upvoting still seems to be working despite the other forum tech issues): www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
Through the Machine by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, published at @lightspeedmagazine.com, is that kind of SF that almost reads like horror and definitely reads like "too near future SF". I loved it and think it's a necessary reading for everyone.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
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August 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you too have read and enjoyed “Through the Machine” I’d be honored if you kept it in mind for awards. SFWA members can also upvote it on the Nebula list here (upvoting still seems to be working despite the other forum tech issues): www.sfwa.org/forum/readin...
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This reminded me that for the first time ever (!!) I have a story in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR (many thanks to Ellen Datlow for selecting it, and for @undertow.bsky.social for originally publishing it!) -- the Locus-finalist THE NIGHT BIRDS!
*no relation to the @cgolden.bsky.social novel 😳
*no relation to the @cgolden.bsky.social novel 😳
Here's the cover of THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME SEVENTEEN
Art by Asya Yordanova
Art by Asya Yordanova
August 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This reminded me that for the first time ever (!!) I have a story in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR (many thanks to Ellen Datlow for selecting it, and for @undertow.bsky.social for originally publishing it!) -- the Locus-finalist THE NIGHT BIRDS!
*no relation to the @cgolden.bsky.social novel 😳
*no relation to the @cgolden.bsky.social novel 😳
If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^
August 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If you can read Spanish, I hope you like Sofón, Issue 1. It includes 17 SFF short stories and poems in Spanish, which I really enjoyed reading, editing, and putting together. Sofón is the third speculative fiction magazine from Mexico that pays its authors. I also did the cover art ^u^
I launched Sofón, a speculative fiction magazine in Spanish. If you read the language and want to discover some great SFF short stories and poetry from Mexico, Spain, Cuba, and Morocco, this first issue is full of wonder. It’s available on Amazon. I hope you enjoy it! ^u^ amazon.com/dp/B0FJX3C9CJ
Sofón No. 1 (Spanish Edition)
Sofón No. 1 (Spanish Edition) [Autores, Varios] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sofón No. 1 (Spanish Edition)
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August 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I launched Sofón, a speculative fiction magazine in Spanish. If you read the language and want to discover some great SFF short stories and poetry from Mexico, Spain, Cuba, and Morocco, this first issue is full of wonder. It’s available on Amazon. I hope you enjoy it! ^u^ amazon.com/dp/B0FJX3C9CJ
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Success stories/wins are great, but you know what I enjoy? Top tier writers talking about the grind. This is Gene Wolfe in a 1973 interview w/Malcolm Edwards (reprint in Shadows of the New Sun ed. Peter Wright) when he was on the upswing after writing Fifth Head. Selling a story on a 38th sub damn 🫠
August 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Success stories/wins are great, but you know what I enjoy? Top tier writers talking about the grind. This is Gene Wolfe in a 1973 interview w/Malcolm Edwards (reprint in Shadows of the New Sun ed. Peter Wright) when he was on the upswing after writing Fifth Head. Selling a story on a 38th sub damn 🫠
After several weeks, I just finished writing my first poem. 489 words. It’s about consciousness, the universe, dissociation, death, love, and some ideas from analytic idealism that I deeply share. I hope it resonates with people.
August 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
After several weeks, I just finished writing my first poem. 489 words. It’s about consciousness, the universe, dissociation, death, love, and some ideas from analytic idealism that I deeply share. I hope it resonates with people.
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Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
August 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.
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“Zephyr” by Sofia Rhei from @samovarmag.bsky.social, “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Teleporter” by M.J. Pettit from @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/08...
Samovar, Lightspeed and Flash Fiction Online: Reviews by Charles Payseur
Samovar 4/28/25 Lightspeed 4/25 Flash Fiction Online 4/25 Samovar also released an issue in April, featuring “Zephyr” by Sofia Rhei (translated by Marian Womack). In it, Cliormina is a witch whose …
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August 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Zephyr” by Sofia Rhei from @samovarmag.bsky.social, “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Teleporter” by M.J. Pettit from @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/08...
Ya está a la venta el primer número de Sofón. 17 cuentos y poemas llenos de sentido de maravilla, de autores de México, España, Cuba y Marruecos. Seguro encontrarán textos que les encantarán ^u^
La espera se ha terminado. El primer número de Sofón ya está a la venta en Amazon en formatos e-book y tapa blanda. Espero que disfruten estos 17 cuentos y poemas tanto como yo los he disfrutado en cada lectura. ¡Gracias a todos los autores que hicieron esto posible! 🚀🐉
August 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ya está a la venta el primer número de Sofón. 17 cuentos y poemas llenos de sentido de maravilla, de autores de México, España, Cuba y Marruecos. Seguro encontrarán textos que les encantarán ^u^
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The motion to add poetry to the Hugo Awards has passed. Thank you to everyone who has shown support, discussed this award, sat through business meetings, and nominated/voted in the Hugo Awards. This is a huge, huge deal to poets. I am actually a bit teary. <3 #poetryhugo poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Are the Hugo Awards and Who Can Participate?
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July 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The motion to add poetry to the Hugo Awards has passed. Thank you to everyone who has shown support, discussed this award, sat through business meetings, and nominated/voted in the Hugo Awards. This is a huge, huge deal to poets. I am actually a bit teary. <3 #poetryhugo poetryhugo.com
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Interview where I discuss horror, pulp fiction, and my upcoming novel The Bewitching.
July 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Interview where I discuss horror, pulp fiction, and my upcoming novel The Bewitching.