M. Lopes da Silva
@mlopesdasilva.bsky.social
Nonbinary trans masc + bisexual author. Artist. Poet. Critic. I write California horror and everything else. Polyam Fool/Magician (They/He)
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Every post from @sffreview.bsky.social - which I’ve now blocked - reads like genAI, and based on their posts, is an outlet no one should support in any way.
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Every post from @sffreview.bsky.social - which I’ve now blocked - reads like genAI, and based on their posts, is an outlet no one should support in any way.
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A Holiday Spent Alone
So I need to make a confession – I actually spent my holiday with a couple of cats – so the definition of “alone” here is being applied solely to the physical presence of human beings for the purpo…
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December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
New blog post just dropped meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/a...
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In relationships where we are anticipating someone else's emotions and crises, how can we care for our own? M. Lopes da Silva's "the fireman" follows this metaphor: the labor of putting out fires while our own burn too. forge.tips/zine
Connect with M. at @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social!
Connect with M. at @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social!
![[Image: Two slides with a light blue background. Slide 1 text: "Trans Survivors Zine: Relationships. the fireman by M. Lopes da Silva. 'I can still hear the bells jangling / telling me to get ready / telling me to text them check in make sure / they’re not angry or upset be ready / to soothe or put out fires be ready / they were always burning / so how could I be on fire? / how could I be so irresponsible as to burn, too?' forge.tips/zine."]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c2dts77pg55jgwjjbt73tlzt/bafkreiea7ldypza7476bkx6hkvezjpjyyowj5yljibmu46piaxqnlxjezy@jpeg)
![[Image: Slide 2 text: "About the Writer. M. Lopes da Silva. M. Lopes da Silva (he/they) is a polyamorous, bisexual, and non-binary trans masc author and artist from Los Angeles. He writes pulp and poetry, and lectures about the political power of desire and disruption. His poetry can be found in Eye to the Telescope, The Dread Machine, and Electric Literature. Weirdpunk Books released his collection of heartbreaking and exquisite trans and queer horror stories, Infinity Mathing at the Shore and Other Disruptions, in March of 2024. Instagram: @authormlopesdasilva; Bluesky: @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c2dts77pg55jgwjjbt73tlzt/bafkreidww3h6arkk6zltz7svh57qo6fwid5svrpk5ozbaayccwzm5mk52m@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In relationships where we are anticipating someone else's emotions and crises, how can we care for our own? M. Lopes da Silva's "the fireman" follows this metaphor: the labor of putting out fires while our own burn too. forge.tips/zine
Connect with M. at @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social!
Connect with M. at @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social!
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This weekend, I officially wrapped up my part-time gig & I’m doing my best to not let this ruin my holidays (I can just start really freaking out on January 2nd lol). But subs — both free & paid — help me keep going with my writing so any shares/subs are greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🖤🖤🖤
Also, I know there are more important things going on, but I just wanted to mention my site since it's been a while. My new goal is to hit 375 subscribers before the end of the year & I'm 6 away from that. Eek! Free & paid subs are available: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
From the Desk of The Horror Chick
Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This weekend, I officially wrapped up my part-time gig & I’m doing my best to not let this ruin my holidays (I can just start really freaking out on January 2nd lol). But subs — both free & paid — help me keep going with my writing so any shares/subs are greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🖤🖤🖤
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Creating a list of horror works by trans authors (books don't have to have trans characters--the list is based on authorship): pagebound.co/lists/cc73e5...
I'm pausing to edit, but if you have suggestions that aren't already there (including self-recs), let me know!
I'm pausing to edit, but if you have suggestions that aren't already there (including self-recs), let me know!
Pagebound | Welcome home, reader 📚
Pagebound is your community to chat books, make friends, and discover new reads ✨
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December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Creating a list of horror works by trans authors (books don't have to have trans characters--the list is based on authorship): pagebound.co/lists/cc73e5...
I'm pausing to edit, but if you have suggestions that aren't already there (including self-recs), let me know!
I'm pausing to edit, but if you have suggestions that aren't already there (including self-recs), let me know!
Conflating newness with progress is bullshit. Just because AI is new doesn’t mean it’s “our future” or inevitable. Arsenic wallpaper was new. Hydrogen dirigibles were new. Now they’re nothing but history lessons.
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Conflating newness with progress is bullshit. Just because AI is new doesn’t mean it’s “our future” or inevitable. Arsenic wallpaper was new. Hydrogen dirigibles were new. Now they’re nothing but history lessons.
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"You have to use AI."
...why?
...why?
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"You have to use AI."
...why?
...why?
I call it “a journaling ecosystem” because I just added duckweed to it.
December 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I call it “a journaling ecosystem” because I just added duckweed to it.
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Today at Tia Chuchas in Sylmar, California. Join me at 5PM for a reading of The Fib. I've also signed 20 copies, which the bookstore will be gifting to folks who stop by!!
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today at Tia Chuchas in Sylmar, California. Join me at 5PM for a reading of The Fib. I've also signed 20 copies, which the bookstore will be gifting to folks who stop by!!
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Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.
Great anthology with a strong selection of stories that run the wide spectrum of weird. Horror, fantasy and sci-fi are all here, along with just plain odd and eerie tales.
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 1, curated by Michael Kelly, @undertow.bsky.social.
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 1, curated by Michael Kelly, @undertow.bsky.social.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.
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Our first author announcement for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION is @tashise.bsky.social with Drawn to Death, a tale of cartoonish cruelty felt from both sides of the animator's table.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our first author announcement for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION is @tashise.bsky.social with Drawn to Death, a tale of cartoonish cruelty felt from both sides of the animator's table.
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Welcome also to @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social with their vivid and unsettling poem, the animators.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Welcome also to @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social with their vivid and unsettling poem, the animators.
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We are a Small Business. And it is Saturday.
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Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
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Tenebrous Press - The Home of New Weird Horror
Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are a Small Business. And it is Saturday.
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
A cis man and woman (as a couple) reached out to me on a dating app with a challenge: are you truly solo Polyamory??
And like, wow, y’all are right: I haven’t gone on the True Quest of Polyam and slain the seven-headed Hydra of Monogamy yet - I’ll get on that.
And like, wow, y’all are right: I haven’t gone on the True Quest of Polyam and slain the seven-headed Hydra of Monogamy yet - I’ll get on that.
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
A cis man and woman (as a couple) reached out to me on a dating app with a challenge: are you truly solo Polyamory??
And like, wow, y’all are right: I haven’t gone on the True Quest of Polyam and slain the seven-headed Hydra of Monogamy yet - I’ll get on that.
And like, wow, y’all are right: I haven’t gone on the True Quest of Polyam and slain the seven-headed Hydra of Monogamy yet - I’ll get on that.
Writing Blog Update - new posting schedule and an announcement about a workshop on Poetry and Ritual that I’ll be leading in December: meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/w...
Winter and the Blog Update
I hope that everyone has been able to connect with friends and loved ones recently. Even if you don’t celebrate holidays, I think that winter brings out an urge to reconnect that’s very…
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November 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Writing Blog Update - new posting schedule and an announcement about a workshop on Poetry and Ritual that I’ll be leading in December: meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/w...
Buying books today and want to support weird sexy messed up speculative horror fiction by a trans masc palm tree punk? Well, you’re in luck: weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/infi...
Infinity Mathing at the Shore & Other Disruptions - M. Lopes da Silva | Weirdpunk Books
A non-binary model discovers that an artist is attempting to paint their soul. Glitter-vomiting deer take over the streets of Los Angeles. A trans man drives out to the desert to investigate rumors of...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Buying books today and want to support weird sexy messed up speculative horror fiction by a trans masc palm tree punk? Well, you’re in luck: weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/infi...
Happy turkey day from me and the cat lads :)
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Happy turkey day from me and the cat lads :)
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Much love to all of my trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming friends and acquaintances on the transgender day of remembrance. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. Here's to a brighter and less bigoted future.
Trans rights are human rights. Here's to a brighter and less bigoted future.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Much love to all of my trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming friends and acquaintances on the transgender day of remembrance. 🏳️⚧️
Trans rights are human rights. Here's to a brighter and less bigoted future.
Trans rights are human rights. Here's to a brighter and less bigoted future.
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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happy International Men's Day to trans men only, you guys worked your asses off to earn this and are playing the game on a level cis men cannot even imagine
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
happy International Men's Day to trans men only, you guys worked your asses off to earn this and are playing the game on a level cis men cannot even imagine
If an author tries very hard to “not be political” it is assumed that they are in alliance with the status quo, and the status quo is overwhelmingly fascist atm so congratulations - you’re declaring your political affiliation through your silence.
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
If an author tries very hard to “not be political” it is assumed that they are in alliance with the status quo, and the status quo is overwhelmingly fascist atm so congratulations - you’re declaring your political affiliation through your silence.
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Again for the morning crowd: Cover and pre-order link for Muñeca, out next June!
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez: 9798217047574 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. It is 1968 Oakland, and Nat...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Again for the morning crowd: Cover and pre-order link for Muñeca, out next June!
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
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Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
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For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
Blikada
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November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
Updated over the weekend: meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/s...
Lesson Five: Symbolism and Ritual Part One
We are taught rituals, and we create rituals. Some rituals have religious origins, like saying prayers before a meal. Some rituals have superstitious origins, like knocking on wood when you declare…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Updated over the weekend: meatthink.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/s...