Toni Kirkpatrick
@tonimargarita.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Diversion Books, author, Chair of Latinx in Publishing
Happy Pub Day to GOD"S JUNK DRAWER by @peterclines.bsky.social!
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Happy Pub Day to GOD"S JUNK DRAWER by @peterclines.bsky.social!
THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY in @publisherswkly.bsky.social!
I am super excited for this cross-genre anthology edited by @latinxfiles.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social,
coming in Fall '26! @diversionbooks.bsky.social
I am super excited for this cross-genre anthology edited by @latinxfiles.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social,
coming in Fall '26! @diversionbooks.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY in @publisherswkly.bsky.social!
I am super excited for this cross-genre anthology edited by @latinxfiles.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social,
coming in Fall '26! @diversionbooks.bsky.social
I am super excited for this cross-genre anthology edited by @latinxfiles.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social,
coming in Fall '26! @diversionbooks.bsky.social
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Only a few authors out there I’ll seek out every single word they write: @joerlansdale.bsky.social, @blacktopkid.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com, @chuckwendig.bsky.social are on that list, as is @gabino.bsky.social. What do they have in common?
1/2
#booksky
Hint:
1/2
#booksky
Hint:
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Only a few authors out there I’ll seek out every single word they write: @joerlansdale.bsky.social, @blacktopkid.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com, @chuckwendig.bsky.social are on that list, as is @gabino.bsky.social. What do they have in common?
1/2
#booksky
Hint:
1/2
#booksky
Hint:
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I finished Uruk by #JamesZwerneman in one sitting and I absolutely loved it!Eagerly awaiting book 2!
It has shades of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini mixed with Avatar the Last Airbender
The optimism & hope that things can (and should!) be better feels so poignant right now
#BookSky
It has shades of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini mixed with Avatar the Last Airbender
The optimism & hope that things can (and should!) be better feels so poignant right now
#BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I finished Uruk by #JamesZwerneman in one sitting and I absolutely loved it!Eagerly awaiting book 2!
It has shades of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini mixed with Avatar the Last Airbender
The optimism & hope that things can (and should!) be better feels so poignant right now
#BookSky
It has shades of The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini mixed with Avatar the Last Airbender
The optimism & hope that things can (and should!) be better feels so poignant right now
#BookSky
Happy Pub Day to URUK by James Zwerneman!
This is a joint book and voting post, because URUK is pro-voting!
#historicalfiction #ancientmesopotamia #uruk #thefirstcity #epic #adventure #vote @diversionbooks.bsky.social
This is a joint book and voting post, because URUK is pro-voting!
#historicalfiction #ancientmesopotamia #uruk #thefirstcity #epic #adventure #vote @diversionbooks.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Happy Pub Day to URUK by James Zwerneman!
This is a joint book and voting post, because URUK is pro-voting!
#historicalfiction #ancientmesopotamia #uruk #thefirstcity #epic #adventure #vote @diversionbooks.bsky.social
This is a joint book and voting post, because URUK is pro-voting!
#historicalfiction #ancientmesopotamia #uruk #thefirstcity #epic #adventure #vote @diversionbooks.bsky.social
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Look! The smallest room in the house in our house turns out to be a library. Here I talk about one shelf in particular, some books on it and their blurbs, and how it all relates to writing and copywriting. Thanks, Jared and @lavietidhar.bsky.social
shelfies.beehiiv.com/p/shelfies-5...
shelfies.beehiiv.com/p/shelfies-5...
Shelfies #59: Colin Brush
I cannot pick up a book, hoping to be enticed into reading it, without also critically examining the blurb.
shelfies.beehiiv.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Look! The smallest room in the house in our house turns out to be a library. Here I talk about one shelf in particular, some books on it and their blurbs, and how it all relates to writing and copywriting. Thanks, Jared and @lavietidhar.bsky.social
shelfies.beehiiv.com/p/shelfies-5...
shelfies.beehiiv.com/p/shelfies-5...
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Prick up your ears! Astounding news! My debut novel Exo will also be available as an audiobook from Dreamscape, narrated by the inestimable Gildart Jackson. @zenoagency.bsky.social @diversionbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social @rbmediaco.bsky.social
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
RBmedia | Exo
Listen to the audiobook Exo, written by Colin Brush, narrated by Gildart Jackson.
rbmediaglobal.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Prick up your ears! Astounding news! My debut novel Exo will also be available as an audiobook from Dreamscape, narrated by the inestimable Gildart Jackson. @zenoagency.bsky.social @diversionbooks.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social @rbmediaco.bsky.social
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
Join us 10/22 at 8PM EST for a virtual panel on breaking into publishing and advancing in your career!
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us 10/22 at 8PM EST for a virtual panel on breaking into publishing and advancing in your career!
Another great review for EXO by @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social!
'A twisty mystery, unusual science . . . Will find fans among both sf and mystery readers.'
Thank you, @ala-booklist.bsky.social & John Faria for the Exo review. Thanks as ever to:
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
@awfulagent.bsky.social
@zenoagency.bsky.social
www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
Thank you, @ala-booklist.bsky.social & John Faria for the Exo review. Thanks as ever to:
@diversionbooks.bsky.social
@awfulagent.bsky.social
@zenoagency.bsky.social
www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Another great review for EXO by @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social!
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST!
The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez
Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85
The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
---TRUST THE MYSTERY---
The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez
Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85
The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
---TRUST THE MYSTERY---
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST!
The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez
Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85
The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
---TRUST THE MYSTERY---
The Speculative Detective Agency
Co-Editors: Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez
Call for Stories:
tinyurl.com/2kw9kd85
The Kickstarter:
tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
---TRUST THE MYSTERY---
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In Amber Sparks' "The Case of the Girl Who Was Already Dead" a living dead agent should be out hunting the cryptid known as the Bray Road Beast, but then a young girl, the daughter of a dead father and living mother, asks for some help with her ghosts.This story has a very Wisconsin Death Trip feel!
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In Amber Sparks' "The Case of the Girl Who Was Already Dead" a living dead agent should be out hunting the cryptid known as the Bray Road Beast, but then a young girl, the daughter of a dead father and living mother, asks for some help with her ghosts.This story has a very Wisconsin Death Trip feel!
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Three days left to support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY anthology! #noir #horror #specfic #callforstories
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Three days left to support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY anthology! #noir #horror #specfic #callforstories
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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In Alex Hernandez's short story "El Gato Gris," Agent Araceli Turey’s first clue in solving the La Palmita Nursing Home murders comes from a psychometric vision, in which she arrives at a 1930s nightclub in Havana headlined by the devilish trickster El Gato Gris.
4 Days Left! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
4 Days Left! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In Alex Hernandez's short story "El Gato Gris," Agent Araceli Turey’s first clue in solving the La Palmita Nursing Home murders comes from a psychometric vision, in which she arrives at a 1930s nightclub in Havana headlined by the devilish trickster El Gato Gris.
4 Days Left! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
4 Days Left! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
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Hey everyone, Please check out and support this super cool anthology: The Speculative Detective Agency on Kickstarter.
If you love mystery, speculative fiction, and creative storytelling…I’d love your help making this a reality!
Learn more & back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
If you love mystery, speculative fiction, and creative storytelling…I’d love your help making this a reality!
Learn more & back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hey everyone, Please check out and support this super cool anthology: The Speculative Detective Agency on Kickstarter.
If you love mystery, speculative fiction, and creative storytelling…I’d love your help making this a reality!
Learn more & back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
If you love mystery, speculative fiction, and creative storytelling…I’d love your help making this a reality!
Learn more & back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Heather E. Ash's story "21 Sesame Street"! After a Bloody Mary sighting at the local kindergarten, Joseph goes undercover as a six-year-old, making use of his unique ability to age-shift. It will take a lot more than Special Edition Pokémon cards to solve this case. Final Week! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Heather E. Ash's story "21 Sesame Street"! After a Bloody Mary sighting at the local kindergarten, Joseph goes undercover as a six-year-old, making use of his unique ability to age-shift. It will take a lot more than Special Edition Pokémon cards to solve this case. Final Week! tinyurl.com/2x4rp52h
As a longtime admirer of both @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @latinxfiles.bsky.social and as a lover of short stories, it is a dream on more than one level to acquire The Speculative Detective Agency anthology, and with so many amazing contributors! This is gonna be good.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As a longtime admirer of both @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @latinxfiles.bsky.social and as a lover of short stories, it is a dream on more than one level to acquire The Speculative Detective Agency anthology, and with so many amazing contributors! This is gonna be good.
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Support THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Support THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Only 8 Days Left! We're 1/3 the way there! Please chip in to support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Only 8 Days Left! We're 1/3 the way there! Please chip in to support the Kickstarter for THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Hypnotize yourself with a great book!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez will be published by Diversion Books in Fall of 2026. We are committed to paying the authors, and we need your donation to make this happen.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez will be published by Diversion Books in Fall of 2026. We are committed to paying the authors, and we need your donation to make this happen.
September 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hypnotize yourself with a great book!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez will be published by Diversion Books in Fall of 2026. We are committed to paying the authors, and we need your donation to make this happen.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Richie Narvaez will be published by Diversion Books in Fall of 2026. We are committed to paying the authors, and we need your donation to make this happen.
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Author Highlight #5
Lincoln Michel's "Language Trouble"
Agent Retter has been saddled with an annoying robot sidekick by the SDA, and is assigned the case of a missing cy-sorcer! His question is the one we all ask: How do you keep your humanity in the age of AI?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
Lincoln Michel's "Language Trouble"
Agent Retter has been saddled with an annoying robot sidekick by the SDA, and is assigned the case of a missing cy-sorcer! His question is the one we all ask: How do you keep your humanity in the age of AI?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
September 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Author Highlight #5
Lincoln Michel's "Language Trouble"
Agent Retter has been saddled with an annoying robot sidekick by the SDA, and is assigned the case of a missing cy-sorcer! His question is the one we all ask: How do you keep your humanity in the age of AI?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
Lincoln Michel's "Language Trouble"
Agent Retter has been saddled with an annoying robot sidekick by the SDA, and is assigned the case of a missing cy-sorcer! His question is the one we all ask: How do you keep your humanity in the age of AI?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Whoop! Whoop! as they say. Exo is @libraryjournal.bsky.social SFF Debut of the Month. 'Recalls KSR!' I am not worthy. Thank you @diversionbooks.bsky.social @zenoagency.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social
www.libraryjournal.com/story/exo-by...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/exo-by...
'Exo' by Colin Brush| SFF Debut of the Month
Dual timelines, a shockingly hyperdimensional setting, and flawed characters make this a must-read that recalls the work of Kim Stanley Robinson.
www.libraryjournal.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Whoop! Whoop! as they say. Exo is @libraryjournal.bsky.social SFF Debut of the Month. 'Recalls KSR!' I am not worthy. Thank you @diversionbooks.bsky.social @zenoagency.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social
www.libraryjournal.com/story/exo-by...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/exo-by...
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How does one pitch a book on @kickstarter.com when tabling at an in-person event? Make the intangible tangible. Pick it up, open it, surprise! You are invited to back To Love Like Venus. kck.st/46JUHML
Come see Janus Point Press at table 11 tomorrow at @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social 's La Feria.
Come see Janus Point Press at table 11 tomorrow at @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social 's La Feria.
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
How does one pitch a book on @kickstarter.com when tabling at an in-person event? Make the intangible tangible. Pick it up, open it, surprise! You are invited to back To Love Like Venus. kck.st/46JUHML
Come see Janus Point Press at table 11 tomorrow at @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social 's La Feria.
Come see Janus Point Press at table 11 tomorrow at @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social 's La Feria.
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Author Highlight #3: Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos
Stephanie’s short story for the SDA “The Silver Woman” has all the things that make a great speculative detective story, Faraday cages, remote viewing, aliens, Greek islands. So good!
Come and join us!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
Stephanie’s short story for the SDA “The Silver Woman” has all the things that make a great speculative detective story, Faraday cages, remote viewing, aliens, Greek islands. So good!
Come and join us!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
September 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Author Highlight #3: Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos
Stephanie’s short story for the SDA “The Silver Woman” has all the things that make a great speculative detective story, Faraday cages, remote viewing, aliens, Greek islands. So good!
Come and join us!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
Stephanie’s short story for the SDA “The Silver Woman” has all the things that make a great speculative detective story, Faraday cages, remote viewing, aliens, Greek islands. So good!
Come and join us!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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if anyone is wondering how cool La Feria was last year, check this out! hyperallergic.com/952989/a-rar...
they welcome RSVPs to help organize. Free! 9/27 NYU www.eventbrite.com/e/la-feria-p...
they welcome RSVPs to help organize. Free! 9/27 NYU www.eventbrite.com/e/la-feria-p...
A Rare Home for Latinx Art Books and Prints in New York City
La Feria featured art, books, posters, stickers, and more by at least 30 artists, whose offerings were as richly varied as the fair’s playlist.
hyperallergic.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
if anyone is wondering how cool La Feria was last year, check this out! hyperallergic.com/952989/a-rar...
they welcome RSVPs to help organize. Free! 9/27 NYU www.eventbrite.com/e/la-feria-p...
they welcome RSVPs to help organize. Free! 9/27 NYU www.eventbrite.com/e/la-feria-p...
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Check this out! This is a super fun project where each contributing writer creates their own detective character within a shared world of supernatural entities. I'll have a story in this and there's an open submission call too!
Hey Everyone, come and support our Kickstarter for the Speculative Detective Agency anthology. This is going to be a fantastic book and in donating to the kickstarter you also get the book at a discount. Woohoo!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
September 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Check this out! This is a super fun project where each contributing writer creates their own detective character within a shared world of supernatural entities. I'll have a story in this and there's an open submission call too!