Renan Bernardo
@renanbernardo.com
Nebula and Ignyte Finalist • Reactor, Clarkesworld, Apex • DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE - NOW OUT! • DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEFIANCE out with a new cover! • Codex • He/him • Brazilian author
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Renan Bernardo
@renanbernardo.com
· Dec 2
Nebula Awards are now open for SFWA members! ☄️ This year, I'd be very humbled and delighted if members considered my novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, in their ballots.
Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
Drop me a DM if you want a copy for consideration!
A reminder that @bsfa.bsky.social members can vote for works that will compose the shortlist until Feb. 19th! I appreciate any consideration of my two longlisted works. Thank you! 🖤
As always, I can provides copies of Kap's Needle for members wanting to consider it in their ballots.
As always, I can provides copies of Kap's Needle for members wanting to consider it in their ballots.
Thrilled to appear twice in the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist! Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle for Best Shorter Fiction and Plucking Flowers From My Garden of Poison for Best Audio (pub. by @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social and narrated by @jennahanchey.bsky.social).
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
www.bsfa.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
A reminder that @bsfa.bsky.social members can vote for works that will compose the shortlist until Feb. 19th! I appreciate any consideration of my two longlisted works. Thank you! 🖤
As always, I can provides copies of Kap's Needle for members wanting to consider it in their ballots.
As always, I can provides copies of Kap's Needle for members wanting to consider it in their ballots.
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Eu sou do bloquinho "Unidos do Sofá" kkjkkk
Não consigo lembrar de um livro que se passe num sofá, mas vou recomendar o conto "Autobiografia de uma cadeira senciente" do @renanbernardo.com
Não consigo lembrar de um livro que se passe num sofá, mas vou recomendar o conto "Autobiografia de uma cadeira senciente" do @renanbernardo.com
10. Qual é o melhor lugar pra passar o Carnaval? Recomende um livro que se passa lá.
February 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Eu sou do bloquinho "Unidos do Sofá" kkjkkk
Não consigo lembrar de um livro que se passe num sofá, mas vou recomendar o conto "Autobiografia de uma cadeira senciente" do @renanbernardo.com
Não consigo lembrar de um livro que se passe num sofá, mas vou recomendar o conto "Autobiografia de uma cadeira senciente" do @renanbernardo.com
So honored that Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle was featured in Ben's favorite SF from 2025 alongside authors that are my inspiration! 🖤
Some of my favorite SF from 2025! Including some brilliant novels and novellas by @willalex.bsky.social @matthewkressel.net @nnedi.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com, Sarah Langan, @annaleen.bsky.social @victorpineiro.bsky.social and more!
benfrancisco.net/2026/02/14/f...
benfrancisco.net/2026/02/14/f...
Favorite Speculative Fiction Books from 2025
The year 2025 was a rough one in so many ways, but one good thing about it was lots of great new releases of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. With nominations underway for the Hugo Awards (and…
benfrancisco.net
February 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So honored that Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle was featured in Ben's favorite SF from 2025 alongside authors that are my inspiration! 🖤
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Totally agree with @renanbernardo.com and in the meantime, suggest to folks the amazing "Latin American Shared Stories" which I'm currently reading, edited by the marvellous @vlatinalondon.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/lati...
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Totally agree with @renanbernardo.com and in the meantime, suggest to folks the amazing "Latin American Shared Stories" which I'm currently reading, edited by the marvellous @vlatinalondon.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/lati...
Happy Valentine's Day, folks! This is a perfect read for the date (and for your date)!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Get yourself the best Valentine, SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by @cornellwriter.bsky.social! A joyful, retrofuturistic love story that’s just right for you or someone you love. Available now!
#romance #valentinesday #scifiromance #scifi www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#romance #valentinesday #scifiromance #scifi www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Happy Valentine's Day, folks! This is a perfect read for the date (and for your date)!
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ICYMI, I'm at 79% of my goal, and I'd appreciate any donation, no matter how small.
Please keep sharing. I'm planning to have a small giveaway as a token of my appreciation, and anyone who donated since the start of Feb will be eligible.
Details to come soon! Watch this space.
Please keep sharing. I'm planning to have a small giveaway as a token of my appreciation, and anyone who donated since the start of Feb will be eligible.
Details to come soon! Watch this space.
Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again.
If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar
Hi everyone,
I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses
www.gofundme.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
ICYMI, I'm at 79% of my goal, and I'd appreciate any donation, no matter how small.
Please keep sharing. I'm planning to have a small giveaway as a token of my appreciation, and anyone who donated since the start of Feb will be eligible.
Details to come soon! Watch this space.
Please keep sharing. I'm planning to have a small giveaway as a token of my appreciation, and anyone who donated since the start of Feb will be eligible.
Details to come soon! Watch this space.
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I would LOVE this. It’s time! Give me this, & also the Best of the Mediterranean SFF, & Tunisian & Egyptian spec, Cambodian horror, Cuban and Bermudan fantasy. And a WorldCon in Mexico City!
We have Best of American SFF, Best of Canadian SFF, Best of British SFF. I wish so badly that editors take up the task of editing an yearly Best of Latin American SFF as well. It would be great!
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I would LOVE this. It’s time! Give me this, & also the Best of the Mediterranean SFF, & Tunisian & Egyptian spec, Cambodian horror, Cuban and Bermudan fantasy. And a WorldCon in Mexico City!
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And African. And Asian. I read these “Best of” compilations, and the stories are usually North American and British, and that’s it. I hunger for some Inuit horror. Some Croatian horror. Some Iranian horror. Some Oaxacan horror.
We have Best of American SFF, Best of Canadian SFF, Best of British SFF. I wish so badly that editors take up the task of editing an yearly Best of Latin American SFF as well. It would be great!
February 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
And African. And Asian. I read these “Best of” compilations, and the stories are usually North American and British, and that’s it. I hunger for some Inuit horror. Some Croatian horror. Some Iranian horror. Some Oaxacan horror.
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Seconded!
In the meantime these older anthologies are both very cool
www.weslpress.org/978081956634...
smallbeerpress.com/books/2012/0...
In the meantime these older anthologies are both very cool
www.weslpress.org/978081956634...
smallbeerpress.com/books/2012/0...
Cosmos Latinos – Wesleyan University Press
The first-ever collection of Latin American science fiction in English.Opening a window onto a fascinating new world for English-speaking readers, this antho...
www.weslpress.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Seconded!
In the meantime these older anthologies are both very cool
www.weslpress.org/978081956634...
smallbeerpress.com/books/2012/0...
In the meantime these older anthologies are both very cool
www.weslpress.org/978081956634...
smallbeerpress.com/books/2012/0...
We have Best of American SFF, Best of Canadian SFF, Best of British SFF. I wish so badly that editors take up the task of editing an yearly Best of Latin American SFF as well. It would be great!
February 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
We have Best of American SFF, Best of Canadian SFF, Best of British SFF. I wish so badly that editors take up the task of editing an yearly Best of Latin American SFF as well. It would be great!
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The Locus Recommended Reading List is out! So many great reads here. Congratulations to all with work on the list, including Story Hour guests @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, @tanaudel.bsky.social, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, and... (1/4) locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The Locus Recommended Reading List is out! So many great reads here. Congratulations to all with work on the list, including Story Hour guests @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, @tanaudel.bsky.social, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, and... (1/4) locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
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Baby season is almost upon us! In honor of Valentine's Day, send a donation to St. Francis Wildlife Association and bring some joy (plus baby formula) to our ambassador Mango, a sweet possum. 😍❤️
www.wctv.tv/2026/02/13/s...
www.wctv.tv/2026/02/13/s...
St. Francis Wildlife Association collecting donations ahead of busy baby season
The St. Francis Wildlife Association is collecting donations for their formula drive.
www.wctv.tv
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Baby season is almost upon us! In honor of Valentine's Day, send a donation to St. Francis Wildlife Association and bring some joy (plus baby formula) to our ambassador Mango, a sweet possum. 😍❤️
www.wctv.tv/2026/02/13/s...
www.wctv.tv/2026/02/13/s...
Congratulations, Ana!!!! I love this story and it's so cool to see it getting the recognition it deserves!
Excited to share the news that my #solarpunk eco-fiction story 'Coriander' on cultural heritage (and food, of course) is in the Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Feeling lucky to be there with some of my heroes in SFF! With thanks to editor @wishusdonna.bsky.social and NewCon Press ✨
February 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Congratulations, Ana!!!! I love this story and it's so cool to see it getting the recognition it deserves!
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Free #solarpunk stories for Awards Season—time to nominate & vote!
Stories from
@renanbernardo.com
@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
@tkrex.bsky.social
@daniellearostegui.bsky.social
@brightflame.bsky.social
@singingtotigers.bsky.social
#BSFAAwards2026
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/bright-gre...
Stories from
@renanbernardo.com
@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
@tkrex.bsky.social
@daniellearostegui.bsky.social
@brightflame.bsky.social
@singingtotigers.bsky.social
#BSFAAwards2026
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/bright-gre...
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Free #solarpunk stories for Awards Season—time to nominate & vote!
Stories from
@renanbernardo.com
@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
@tkrex.bsky.social
@daniellearostegui.bsky.social
@brightflame.bsky.social
@singingtotigers.bsky.social
#BSFAAwards2026
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/bright-gre...
Stories from
@renanbernardo.com
@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
@tkrex.bsky.social
@daniellearostegui.bsky.social
@brightflame.bsky.social
@singingtotigers.bsky.social
#BSFAAwards2026
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/bright-gre...
Our society can be summarized like this:
When you google the word "equity", almost every entry is about the investment and you have to dig deeper until you find something that relates the word "equity" to its meaning: fairness or addressing inequalities.
When you google the word "equity", almost every entry is about the investment and you have to dig deeper until you find something that relates the word "equity" to its meaning: fairness or addressing inequalities.
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Our society can be summarized like this:
When you google the word "equity", almost every entry is about the investment and you have to dig deeper until you find something that relates the word "equity" to its meaning: fairness or addressing inequalities.
When you google the word "equity", almost every entry is about the investment and you have to dig deeper until you find something that relates the word "equity" to its meaning: fairness or addressing inequalities.
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Hugo noms are now open! If you're a voter, I humbly ask for your consideration. I had 1 novella and 7 short stories eligible in 2025. If you want to read one thing that I wrote, I'd love that you check my novella "Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle".
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Hugo noms are now open! If you're a voter, I humbly ask for your consideration. I had 1 novella and 7 short stories eligible in 2025. If you want to read one thing that I wrote, I'd love that you check my novella "Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle".
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
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Thanks for all the love on this piece! It was definitely one of my faves from last year and I'm always happy to get a piece into IBA 🖤.
Here's the book it was made for!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h...
Here's the book it was made for!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h...
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Thanks for all the love on this piece! It was definitely one of my faves from last year and I'm always happy to get a piece into IBA 🖤.
Here's the book it was made for!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h...
Here's the book it was made for!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h...
Bright Green Futures is free during this awards season! My piece The Doglady and the Rainstorm is in it, alongside the great works of @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social, @brightflame.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, @daniellearostegui.bsky.social, and @singingtotigers.bsky.social!
The Bright Green Futures anthology is FREE for Awards Season!
Nebula nominations open until 2.28!
Hugo nominations now open!
BSFA: *Coriander* is already long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards
(voting closes 2.19)
lnk.to/BGFAwards
#BSFA2026Awards #solarpunk
Nebula nominations open until 2.28!
Hugo nominations now open!
BSFA: *Coriander* is already long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards
(voting closes 2.19)
lnk.to/BGFAwards
#BSFA2026Awards #solarpunk
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Bright Green Futures is free during this awards season! My piece The Doglady and the Rainstorm is in it, alongside the great works of @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social, @brightflame.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, @daniellearostegui.bsky.social, and @singingtotigers.bsky.social!
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On Spec @onspecmag.bsky.social ceased regular publication in late 2025. It's a magazine that's launched careers, served as an incubator for talent, and has done enormous good for SFF. Publisehed Doctorow, Czerneda, Peter Watts
Deserves semiprozine nod and short-form editor nod for Diane Walton
9/X
Deserves semiprozine nod and short-form editor nod for Diane Walton
9/X
February 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
On Spec @onspecmag.bsky.social ceased regular publication in late 2025. It's a magazine that's launched careers, served as an incubator for talent, and has done enormous good for SFF. Publisehed Doctorow, Czerneda, Peter Watts
Deserves semiprozine nod and short-form editor nod for Diane Walton
9/X
Deserves semiprozine nod and short-form editor nod for Diane Walton
9/X
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The Hugo nomination period is officially open, which seems like a good time to remind folks about my links post gathering eligibility and recommendations from others. I'll continue to update through the nomination period so keep sending links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The Hugo nomination period is officially open, which seems like a good time to remind folks about my links post gathering eligibility and recommendations from others. I'll continue to update through the nomination period so keep sending links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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Chronicling the secret exploits of the great detective's illegitimate, but highly observant, younger...sibling...
Next week. "Of Two Bloods" by @nisishawl.bsky.social and @cynthiaward.bsky.social at Reactor!
Art by @katherinelam.bsky.social
Edited by Aislyn Fredsall
Next week. "Of Two Bloods" by @nisishawl.bsky.social and @cynthiaward.bsky.social at Reactor!
Art by @katherinelam.bsky.social
Edited by Aislyn Fredsall
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Chronicling the secret exploits of the great detective's illegitimate, but highly observant, younger...sibling...
Next week. "Of Two Bloods" by @nisishawl.bsky.social and @cynthiaward.bsky.social at Reactor!
Art by @katherinelam.bsky.social
Edited by Aislyn Fredsall
Next week. "Of Two Bloods" by @nisishawl.bsky.social and @cynthiaward.bsky.social at Reactor!
Art by @katherinelam.bsky.social
Edited by Aislyn Fredsall
A bit of trivia about my story "The Hungry Mouth at the Edge of Space and the Goddess Knitting at Home". I never mention when the story is set, but the spaceship's timestamp says 18656265410, which is actually a Unix timestamp. That means it's set in the year 2561.
reactormag.com/the-hungry-m...
reactormag.com/the-hungry-m...
The Hungry Mouth at the Edge of Space and the Goddess Knitting at Home - Reactor
To celebrate her grandmother, all the captain of the Sopinha de Feijão wanted was to build a street market on a distant moon. But now the captain is dead and trying to figure out what kind of god migh...
reactormag.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
A bit of trivia about my story "The Hungry Mouth at the Edge of Space and the Goddess Knitting at Home". I never mention when the story is set, but the spaceship's timestamp says 18656265410, which is actually a Unix timestamp. That means it's set in the year 2561.
reactormag.com/the-hungry-m...
reactormag.com/the-hungry-m...
Hugo noms are now open! If you're a voter, I humbly ask for your consideration. I had 1 novella and 7 short stories eligible in 2025. If you want to read one thing that I wrote, I'd love that you check my novella "Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle".
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Hugo noms are now open! If you're a voter, I humbly ask for your consideration. I had 1 novella and 7 short stories eligible in 2025. If you want to read one thing that I wrote, I'd love that you check my novella "Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle".
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...
www.renanbernardo.com/2025-awards-...