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Gabriel Granillo
@gabegranillo.bsky.social
writer | editor | "The Keeper of Valuable Objects" out now ⬇️

https://bottlecap.press/products/keeper
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Realizing I haven't posted about this on Bluesky, but I have a chapbook! It's called "The Keeper of Valuable Objects" and it collects three short stories, each connected by shared themes of perception, identity, and legacy. Buy it here, or heck, I'll send ya a PDF!

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The Keeper of Valuable Objects, by Gabriel Matthew Granillo
Prose, chapbook, 40 pages, from Bottlecap Features. A child actor of Mexican descent, in a desperate quest for worth during the Golden Age of the Hollywood Western, makes a fateful deal with a mysteri...
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

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September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
New in @wweek.com
Event organizers are taking heightened security measures this year amid Trump’s threats to deploy federal troops to Portland again.
Portland’s Latino Communities Focus on Awareness, Strength and Unity for Hispanic Heritage Month
Gabriel Granillo
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September 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Come see me and @mattharding.bsky.social at Rose City Comic Con this week! We'll be slangin' these papers in Artist Alley, table E-16.
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Introducing 'The End Times'
Part comic, part newspaper, all absurdity
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September 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Here at #rccc slinging papers with @mattharding.bsky.social. Will be here again Saturday and Sunday in Artist Alley, table E-16!
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Come see me and @mattharding.bsky.social at Rose City Comic Con this week! We'll be slangin' these papers in Artist Alley, table E-16.
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Introducing 'The End Times'
Part comic, part newspaper, all absurdity
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September 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Thrilled to have my short fiction featured in the new issue of The Acentos Review. "Mary Martin Just Bought a Revolver" is about a woman named Mary Martin who...buys a revolver. It's about more than that, but that's the essence. Read it here!

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Gabriel Matthew Granillo — The Acentos Review
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August 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"I am sometimes asked why I didn’t get into music, and for all the ways in which we are alike, this is one where we are completely different. I would rather be in the crowd than on the stage, away from the eyes of perception."

New story up on Substack!

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Gabriel Matthew Granillo (@gabrielmatthewgranillo)
New, full short story available now on my Substack. “Watch Out for Sprinkles,” about music, memory, and a monumental moment at a baseball game. https://open.substack.com/pub/gabrielmatthewgranillo/p...
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August 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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July 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Confirmination that CECOT was always a death camp.

We are doing genocide, right now.

What will you do about it?
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A.I.'s promise of polished efficiency is antithetical to true creative expression. We must reject it now and embrace real, imperfect artists.

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The Proliferation of A.I. Slop
A.I.'s promise of polished efficiency is antithetical to true creative expression. We must reject it now and embrace real, imperfect artists.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Come follow me on Substack where I write about writing, editing, and all kinds of stuff. New posts every other Friday.

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June 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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One of my favorite things about working on my comic CALAVERA P.I. For @oni-press.bsky.social was coming up for back matter stuff with my editor @gabegranillo.bsky.social and designer @winstongambro.bsky.social
We created a newspaper/pulp & movie (stills and screenplay)
June 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Also! @mattharding.bsky.social and I will be slinging some slices of Rodente's Pizza comics at the Books with Pictures Con in Portland on Saturday, June 7. Come grab a slice!
May 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New on Substack, an excerpt from a short story called 'Green Thumb'!

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Excerpt: 'Green Thumb'
"The finger first appeared during the last weekend of May."
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May 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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new mini review on Big Bearded Bookseller for Little Visitor & Other Abductions, three linked alien horror stories in dark black ink style with a heavy filmic feel

#BookSky #GraphicNovel #aliens 💙📚

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May 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Very excited to be featured in this issue of Gordon Square Review from @literarycleveland.bsky.social!
⚡ Gordon Square Review is back! ⚡

Issue 15 is out today with 17 new writing about sacrificial sisters, fleas and conspiracies, epigenetics and Modern Standard Arabic, Jackie Chan and Chick-Dumpling’s Chief Accounting Officer.

Check out the full issue now!
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May 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very excited to be featured in this issue of Gordon Square Review from @literarycleveland.bsky.social!
⚡ Gordon Square Review is back! ⚡

Issue 15 is out today with 17 new writing about sacrificial sisters, fleas and conspiracies, epigenetics and Modern Standard Arabic, Jackie Chan and Chick-Dumpling’s Chief Accounting Officer.

Check out the full issue now!
www.gordonsquarereview.org
May 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“I didn’t mean to hurt Lucy. But it’s part of the game. I’ve told her a thousand times, you can’t block home plate.”

So excited to have some new short fiction featured in Gordon Square Review!

www.gordonsquarereview.org/granillo.html
Internal Fixation
Fiction  by ​​​Gabriel Matthew Granillo
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May 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I've got a short story in issue 15 of Gordon Square Review. Thanks to GSR and Literary Cleveland for the opportunity!

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Internal Fixation
Fiction  by ​​​Gabriel Matthew Granillo
www.gordonsquarereview.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Excerpt: The Life of Darkness
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Excerpt: The Life of Darkness
The first chapter of my literary fantasy novella, 'The Life of Darkness'
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March 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I got to talk about some of my work including 'The Keeper of Valuable Objects' with the Southeast Examiner! Check it out in print if you're in Southeast Portland, or read it online here:

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The Keeper of Valuable Objects | The Southeast Examiner of Portland Oregon
Feature Stories | Marshall Hammond February 28, 2025
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March 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Had the pleasure of speaking with Briana Loewinsohn about her lovely new book 'Raised by Ghosts' in this weeks East Bay Express!

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Cartoonist depicts memories, mixtapes and the magic of writing notes
Briana Loewinsohn reflects on the ’90s teenage experience, as the cartoonist depicts memories, mixtapes and the magic of writing notes.
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March 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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"'Tripwire' was… not great. Doing some research I realized this particular entry in the series was considered to be one of Lee Child’s worst, so take what I’m about to talk about with a grain of salt..."

My latest on Substack

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Solace in the Schlock
Reaching for literary lessons in 'Jack Reacher'
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March 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Had the pleasure of speaking with Briana Loewinsohn about her lovely new book 'Raised by Ghosts' in this weeks East Bay Express!

eastbayexpress.com/cartoonist-d...
Cartoonist depicts memories, mixtapes and the magic of writing notes
Briana Loewinsohn reflects on the ’90s teenage experience, as the cartoonist depicts memories, mixtapes and the magic of writing notes.
eastbayexpress.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM