A cookbook, a fairy tale, and a family saga walk into a hacienda.
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Let’s talk about Like Water for Chocolate, its history, legacy, and why it still hits.

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The lovely @amandajohnston.bsky.social of Torch Literary Arts gave me a shot last year and published this spec-fic short story, Excise.
Cw: Body horror, cannibalism.
It is now #HugoAwards season & I'd love any voters to give it a read & nom. #blackbooksky
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Hugo voters, I’d love it if you’d consider my short spec-fic for the short story category!

Content warnings for mild environmental and body horror.

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#HugoAwards

I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving

2024 favs starring The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez.
A wholly encompassing story entangled in another story. Told in the shifting perspectives of traditional oral narration. It’s beautiful and heartbreaking, walking the thin lines between seemingly opposing actions and feelings. 💙📚

Starting the year off right 📚💙

If I see anyone liking or recommending Split or Swallow/Kiss of the Basilisk, I’m blocking you 🙂

if you have access to a local library … USE ITS RESOURCES!

visit! check out books, even if you end up returning them unread. sign up for programming! request new books!

libraries are some of the best community spots around and it’s so easy to support them & help them continue to get funding!

Each person in New York wakes up on an unfamiliar block after its buildings rearrange overnight. The power grid has snapped, thousands of residents are missing, and the Empire State Building is on Coney Island—for now. The next night, it happens again. #booksky

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