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Chey Rivera
@criverawrites.bsky.social
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🇵🇷 SpecFic writer.

Words in Flame Tree Press, Heartlines Spec, The Skull & Laurel, Hexagon MYRIAD, The Scythian Wolf, and elsewhere.

Find all my work here: https://cheyrivera.carrd.co
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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15
What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here!

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️
criverawrites.bsky.social
Just started a new short story draft. It’s a science fiction story I’ve wanted to write for a while, inspired by the cosmic perspective. Tonight I decided to give it a try. Four paragraphs in, I experienced the joy of finding my first sentence. Now, to see where the story takes me. ✍🏻
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.

It's our mission to find them.

We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️

Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
All eleven releases from Tenebrous Press in 2025.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
criverawrites.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨

I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼

@hexagonmagazine.bsky.social
Flame Tree Press
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@heartlines-spec.com
@coyhall.bsky.social
@conquestpublishing.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
A little joy this Sunday evening: an acceptance in my inbox! 🫶✨
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
criverawrites.bsky.social
This review made my day. 😊🫶
@catherinemccarthy.bsky.social thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts!
catherinemccarthy.bsky.social Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 16d
If you're looking for a future classic that deserves a place among the greats, then look no further.📖
My review of This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social is here:
#booksky
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
ICYMI! 🕯️
coyhall.bsky.social Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 27d
Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!

Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
The full wrap of This World of Vile Wonder. The artwork is ‘Astronomer by Candlelight’ by Gerrit Dou.
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
So very proud to be part of this project. If you enjoy historical horror, consider checking this out!🕯️
coyhall.bsky.social Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 27d
Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!

Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
The full wrap of This World of Vile Wonder. The artwork is ‘Astronomer by Candlelight’ by Gerrit Dou.
October 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
Find my story, “Two Paths, One Death,” in this anthology coming out October 20! 💀

In “Two Paths, One Death,” Death takes pity on a young Spanish woman and sends her down two parallel paths: one to know the world, the other to know the universe. 🌊✨
coyhall.bsky.social Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · Oct 8
In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. The least fortunate peered beyond the veil.

This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
🇵🇷 ❤️
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 26
Some Puerto Rican SFF books for your TBR 🇵🇷
Six books on a pink background. Text in the middle reads “Puerto Rican SFF”. The books are Blazewrath games by Amparo Ortiz; The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal; The Youngest Doll by Rosario Ferre; House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias; They Both Die At the End by Adam Silvera; Lotería by Cynthia Pelayo
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
criverawrites.bsky.social
Caribbean historical fantasy, imprisoned gods, and the complex bond between two sisters desperate to protect their home and each other.

“For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶

www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
For the Pursuit of the Better
For the Pursuit of the Better by Chey Rivera
www.heartlines-spec.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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coyhall.bsky.social
A month until the veil is lifted and THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION is unleashed! Nine tales of horror & dread that put candle flame to the underbelly of this mortal coil. Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
The full wrap of This World of Vile Wonder. The cover art is an astronomer holding a candle, resting his hand on a globe, reading a manuscript. The art is a 1650s painting by Gerrit Dou called 'Astronomer by Candlelight.'
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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coyhall.bsky.social
The latest historical horror anthology from The Scythian Wolf, THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, is on Goodreads. Add it as 'want to read' if you're interested. Release is Oct 20!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientif…
A HIDDEN SIDE OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION In an age l…
www.goodreads.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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emilyhare.co.uk
It's my birthday!! I'm 49 - how did that happen? I would LOVE it if you could share or follow my art for my birthday, that would be a brilliant gift! Thank you everyone who follows and comments, it is such a great place here! 49 feels ace btw. #artshare #birthday #watercolour
www.emilyhare.co.uk
huge dragon (only the head visible) resting in a body of water in a forest. Lots of vines and tree branches dangling down, a stream running over its head and a great white egret taking off from the water next to it. a mermaid with a pink tail resting on a rock and leaning back on her hands as her tail comes out of the water. In the background is a lagoon and some cliffs and further back the hint of a waterfall a precarious tall hill with a wizard's house sitting on top of it with a wisp of smoke coming out of the chimney. It is dusk and all the windows are yellow with the light from inside. a large winged blue dragon prepares to land on a nest with two baby blue dragons waiting in the nest for their dinner.
September 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
criverawrites.bsky.social
Last month, my story “For the Pursuit of the Better” was featured in @reactorsff.bsky.social’s Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: July 2025.

Today this story is free to read online in @heartlines-spec.com! 🫀

www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...
For the Pursuit of the Better
For the Pursuit of the Better by Chey Rivera
www.heartlines-spec.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
All the horned beasts, all in a row.
Stunning art by @wolfskulljack.bsky.social @carlydraws.bsky.social @mxmorgan.com

Met the Weird writers shaping tomorrow's landscape. Just 1.2 million more sales & we're talking NatGeo circulation numbers!

Do your part: store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...
THE SKULL & LAUREL cover art clockwise: WolfSkullJack, Carly A-F, Mx Morgan G Robles x2
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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coyhall.bsky.social
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases Oct 20! Ebook is up for preorder now on Amazon & Kobo. Nine tales that range from the unfathomable depths of the Pacific in 1517 to the height of the Carpathian Mts in 1687.
Cover of This World of Vile Wonder featuring the Gerrit Dou painting ‘Astronomer by Candlelight’
September 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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icaruszine.bsky.social
For those night owls currently awake, ISSUE 04 IS OPEN FOR SUBS! Right now! You can submit! Right!! Now!!

(Pretty post to come after your humble EIC sleeps.)

www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit
Submit — The Icarus Writing Collective
www.icaruswritingcollective.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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horrortree.com
Read our #BookReview of The Skull & Laurel Magazine of New Weird Fiction Issue 004 from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Books #WritingCommunity
August 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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coyhall.bsky.social
I’ve had fun with my anthologies. The 1st was WWI, a commercial topic to get things going. The 2nd is the Scientific Rev, which isn’t commercial. Hitting ignored eras is the real point of these, so we’ll see how it goes. If it makes its money back, we’ll go ancient with the 3rd.
August 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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criverawrites.bsky.social
What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here!

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️
August 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
criverawrites.bsky.social
What an honor to have my short story, “For the Pursuit of the Better,” featured here!

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! And thanks to @heartlines-spec.com for believing in my story. ❤️
August 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Chey Rivera
tenebrouspress.bsky.social
If you're looking for New Weird fiction that doesn't know how to stay in its own lane...try THE SKULL & LAUREL🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...
shrikebait.bsky.social Shrike 🐦‍⬛ @shrikebait.bsky.social · Aug 12
This was my first Skull & Laurel issue. I was impressed by the variety of style and subject even for weird fiction. Prostheses stood out to me...

#arcreview #weirdfiction 📚💙
Magazine mockup of The Skull & Laurel issue 004 with the text "I love A weird little critter" in matching purple font. A shrike and two bug are perched around the magazine.
August 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
criverawrites.bsky.social
Excited to announce that my story, “The Death of the Angel Prince,” will be reprinted in @conquestpublishing.bsky.social’s anthology, Monstrous Angels. Edited by @arwyns.bsky.social 🪽
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
criverawrites.bsky.social
Now reading 📖
My hand holding the book Puerto Rico: Historia de una Nación
August 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM