M.M. Olivas
@olivasthewriter.bsky.social
Mara can't spell.
🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽 Xicane futurist and horror writer, author of Sundown in San Ojuela. Ignyte finalist, longlister for Stokers. Clarion 22.
Stories at: olivasthewriter.wtf
Sundown available at: https://lanternfishpress.com/shop/sundown-in-san-ojuela
🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽 Xicane futurist and horror writer, author of Sundown in San Ojuela. Ignyte finalist, longlister for Stokers. Clarion 22.
Stories at: olivasthewriter.wtf
Sundown available at: https://lanternfishpress.com/shop/sundown-in-san-ojuela
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M.M. Olivas
@olivasthewriter.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Finally jumping onto this app and want to start by sharing thay I am M. M. Olivas trans chicana horror author with a debute novel, Sundown in San Ojulea, out in one week ~
Sundown being a gothic spaghetti western with aztec vampires and queer necromancers in the Inland Empire
More info in bio
Sundown being a gothic spaghetti western with aztec vampires and queer necromancers in the Inland Empire
More info in bio
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Tonight, hear from three wildly imaginative writers @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @tuck.bsky.social online with @bookswellclub.bsky.social and WeHo Reads www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tonight, hear from three wildly imaginative writers @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @tuck.bsky.social online with @bookswellclub.bsky.social and WeHo Reads www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
I've seen a lot of posts criticising GDT's choices for adapting Frankenstein, but I haven't seen ppl talk Abt how he's not just adapting Mary Shelly's novel. He made a love letter to ALL of Frankenstein's history, literary and cinematic.
He never set out to adapt just the original work.
He never set out to adapt just the original work.
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I've seen a lot of posts criticising GDT's choices for adapting Frankenstein, but I haven't seen ppl talk Abt how he's not just adapting Mary Shelly's novel. He made a love letter to ALL of Frankenstein's history, literary and cinematic.
He never set out to adapt just the original work.
He never set out to adapt just the original work.
If anyone knows me, they know I think Gretchen is one of the best and insightful horror writers in the business. This is such an honor ✨🩸🦷
Reading SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by my girl @olivasthewriter.bsky.social and boy can she spit. This is how it's done.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If anyone knows me, they know I think Gretchen is one of the best and insightful horror writers in the business. This is such an honor ✨🩸🦷
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Reading SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by my girl @olivasthewriter.bsky.social and boy can she spit. This is how it's done.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Reading SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by my girl @olivasthewriter.bsky.social and boy can she spit. This is how it's done.
The ppl of Bluesky should also have the pleasure of seeing my Frank N Further Halloween costume ~
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The ppl of Bluesky should also have the pleasure of seeing my Frank N Further Halloween costume ~
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November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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And don't forget to check out her debut novel which is also from Lanternfish, SUNFOWN IN SAN OJUELA! [3.85 pm Goodreads and you know they're haters!]
lanternfishpress.com/shop/sundown...
lanternfishpress.com/shop/sundown...
Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. Olivas — Lanternfish Press
When the death of her aunt brings Liz back to San Ojuela, the site of a harrowing childhood accident that left her clairvoyant, she discovers a desolate landscape where monsters and ancient gods stalk...
lanternfishpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
And don't forget to check out her debut novel which is also from Lanternfish, SUNFOWN IN SAN OJUELA! [3.85 pm Goodreads and you know they're haters!]
lanternfishpress.com/shop/sundown...
lanternfishpress.com/shop/sundown...
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Collection, SANGRONAS AND OTHER THINGS WITH TEETH, from @lfpbooks.bsky.social in 2027! The collection's titular story is ¡SANGRONAS UNA LISTA DE TERROR! from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year and a @theignyteawards.bsky.social nominee for best novelette!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sang...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sang...
¡Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror - Uncanny Magazine
Content Note: Queerphobia, religious trauma, police brutality, violence towards animals, domestic violence, & the sexualization of feminine bodies I Our Most Detestable Shape Never forget you are th...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Collection, SANGRONAS AND OTHER THINGS WITH TEETH, from @lfpbooks.bsky.social in 2027! The collection's titular story is ¡SANGRONAS UNA LISTA DE TERROR! from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year and a @theignyteawards.bsky.social nominee for best novelette!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sang...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sang...
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Guess who's lil sis got a collection announcement st thr apex of spooky season!?!?
Mine!
Yes, I'm making this about me because her debut debuted on my birthday, stealing Thunder but, if I am anything, I'm a gracious older brother.
Checkout the announcement for @olivasthewriter.bsky.social debut
Mine!
Yes, I'm making this about me because her debut debuted on my birthday, stealing Thunder but, if I am anything, I'm a gracious older brother.
Checkout the announcement for @olivasthewriter.bsky.social debut
We have a special Halloween announcement:
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Acquisition: Short story collection by Ignyte finalist M.M. Olivas — Lanternfish Press
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth , for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
lanternfishpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Guess who's lil sis got a collection announcement st thr apex of spooky season!?!?
Mine!
Yes, I'm making this about me because her debut debuted on my birthday, stealing Thunder but, if I am anything, I'm a gracious older brother.
Checkout the announcement for @olivasthewriter.bsky.social debut
Mine!
Yes, I'm making this about me because her debut debuted on my birthday, stealing Thunder but, if I am anything, I'm a gracious older brother.
Checkout the announcement for @olivasthewriter.bsky.social debut
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So excited about this one
We have a special Halloween announcement:
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Acquisition: Short story collection by Ignyte finalist M.M. Olivas — Lanternfish Press
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth , for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
lanternfishpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
So excited about this one
"My best-case scenario, Eleanor, is hair everywhere but my eyeballs, elongation of my spine until my skin splits, teats, and a growing tolerance, maybe even affection for, the smell and taste of feces - not just my own - and then, excruciating death."
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"My best-case scenario, Eleanor, is hair everywhere but my eyeballs, elongation of my spine until my skin splits, teats, and a growing tolerance, maybe even affection for, the smell and taste of feces - not just my own - and then, excruciating death."
YALL I CAN FINALLY SAY IT:
I have a short story collection coming out!!
Full with aztech God mechs, a t girl feeding memories to a man made of teeth, vampire lesbians, and more~
Stay tuned, ghouls~
I have a short story collection coming out!!
Full with aztech God mechs, a t girl feeding memories to a man made of teeth, vampire lesbians, and more~
Stay tuned, ghouls~
We have a special Halloween announcement:
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Acquisition: Short story collection by Ignyte finalist M.M. Olivas — Lanternfish Press
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth , for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
lanternfishpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
YALL I CAN FINALLY SAY IT:
I have a short story collection coming out!!
Full with aztech God mechs, a t girl feeding memories to a man made of teeth, vampire lesbians, and more~
Stay tuned, ghouls~
I have a short story collection coming out!!
Full with aztech God mechs, a t girl feeding memories to a man made of teeth, vampire lesbians, and more~
Stay tuned, ghouls~
Reposted by M.M. Olivas
We have a special Halloween announcement:
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Acquisition: Short story collection by Ignyte finalist M.M. Olivas — Lanternfish Press
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth , for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
lanternfishpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We have a special Halloween announcement:
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Lanternfish Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the first short story collection by M.M. Olivas, Sangronas And Other Things With Teeth, for publication in Spring-Summer 2027.
Learn more: lanternfishpress.com/news/2025/10...
Literally so honored to be apart of this list. The transfeminine review has done wonders highlighting the work of our community 🖤🖤🖤🦷🦷🦷🙂↕️🙂↕️🩸🩸🙏🏽🦇
As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
12 Chilling Books by Transfemmes to Read This Halloween (CW #16)
Tales of Nazi censorship, haunted houses, and mushroom cults to keep you up at night.
thetransfemininereview.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Literally so honored to be apart of this list. The transfeminine review has done wonders highlighting the work of our community 🖤🖤🖤🦷🦷🦷🙂↕️🙂↕️🩸🩸🙏🏽🦇
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As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
12 Chilling Books by Transfemmes to Read This Halloween (CW #16)
Tales of Nazi censorship, haunted houses, and mushroom cults to keep you up at night.
thetransfemininereview.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
I knew Del Torro wouldn't disappoint me in making the Monster fuckable 🙏🏽
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I knew Del Torro wouldn't disappoint me in making the Monster fuckable 🙏🏽
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TONIGHT!
Got your pre-Halloween plans sorted? Add this to the agenda: "Scary Stories by the Campfire!"
I'll be reading alongside @kristinaten.bsky.social, Cynthia Gomez, & @olivasthewriter.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, 10/24 at Tally Ho Bookstore.
Join us! You won't regret it... probably.
#HorrorReads
I'll be reading alongside @kristinaten.bsky.social, Cynthia Gomez, & @olivasthewriter.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, 10/24 at Tally Ho Bookstore.
Join us! You won't regret it... probably.
#HorrorReads
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
TONIGHT!
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Hey party people, someone broke in while I was sleeping and stole my laptop. My books are all backed up, thank God, but my renter's insurance has a high deductible and if you like my work I'd appreciate some support right now
patreon.com/scumbelievab...
patreon.com/scumbelievab...
Get more from Gretchen Felker-Martin on Patreon
Creating Filth
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October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hey party people, someone broke in while I was sleeping and stole my laptop. My books are all backed up, thank God, but my renter's insurance has a high deductible and if you like my work I'd appreciate some support right now
patreon.com/scumbelievab...
patreon.com/scumbelievab...
Blushing at this really kind comment about my short story, Whale Fall of Yours, that came out this past September in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ☺️☺️☺️
Ty~
Ty~
A gorgeously written story that considers time, grief, and the various ways we carry history with us, literally and figuratively - Whale Fall of Yours by @olivasthewriter.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...
Whale Fall of Yours - Uncanny Magazine
Notebooks, Conchas, y Un Café con Leche Those are the items that make up your world the day the girl with the side buzz and brown bomber jacket says to you, in the back of a crowded cafetería, “Explíc...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Blushing at this really kind comment about my short story, Whale Fall of Yours, that came out this past September in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ☺️☺️☺️
Ty~
Ty~
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A gorgeously written story that considers time, grief, and the various ways we carry history with us, literally and figuratively - Whale Fall of Yours by @olivasthewriter.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...
Whale Fall of Yours - Uncanny Magazine
Notebooks, Conchas, y Un Café con Leche Those are the items that make up your world the day the girl with the side buzz and brown bomber jacket says to you, in the back of a crowded cafetería, “Explíc...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A gorgeously written story that considers time, grief, and the various ways we carry history with us, literally and figuratively - Whale Fall of Yours by @olivasthewriter.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...
Ready to boots down the house spooky style at my xicanx Gothic reading at one of my fave SF bookstores, Medicine for Nightmares ~ 😈🔪🦷🩸🦇
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ready to boots down the house spooky style at my xicanx Gothic reading at one of my fave SF bookstores, Medicine for Nightmares ~ 😈🔪🦷🩸🦇
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Got your pre-Halloween plans sorted? Add this to the agenda: "Scary Stories by the Campfire!"
I'll be reading alongside @kristinaten.bsky.social, Cynthia Gomez, & @olivasthewriter.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, 10/24 at Tally Ho Bookstore.
Join us! You won't regret it... probably.
#HorrorReads
I'll be reading alongside @kristinaten.bsky.social, Cynthia Gomez, & @olivasthewriter.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, 10/24 at Tally Ho Bookstore.
Join us! You won't regret it... probably.
#HorrorReads
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Got your pre-Halloween plans sorted? Add this to the agenda: "Scary Stories by the Campfire!"
I'll be reading alongside @kristinaten.bsky.social, Cynthia Gomez, & @olivasthewriter.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, 10/24 at Tally Ho Bookstore.
Join us! You won't regret it... probably.
#HorrorReads
I'll be reading alongside @kristinaten.bsky.social, Cynthia Gomez, & @olivasthewriter.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY, 10/24 at Tally Ho Bookstore.
Join us! You won't regret it... probably.
#HorrorReads
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The Onryō - personal art for fun!
October 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Onryō - personal art for fun!
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Me every time someone is like "Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki so cutesie ootsy cozy wozy cottagecore"
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Me every time someone is like "Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki so cutesie ootsy cozy wozy cottagecore"