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Nicholas Perez

@zephonsacriel.bsky.social

Blanco Cuban Writer of SFF. To Root Somewhere Beautiful: An Anthology of Reclamation and The Vanisher on Chain Letter Substack, both are OUT NOW! ¡Palestina Libre! No AI. Unagented. Seeking representation.

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Don't You Dare Call Princess Donut a Sidekick - Reactor Ten pounds of tortoiseshell floof and outsize attitude...

In which Judith Tarr praises THE Grand Champion, Breed Winner Regional, National Winner Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk:

#DungeonCrawlerCarl

02.03.2026 15:12 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Obinna is a cleaner in the sewers, but dreams of more, of passing the exams - and along the way meets Chiamaka a woman from a much higher level. We Dream Of Sunrise In Our Monochrome City by @uchenwaka.bsky.social

02.03.2026 11:29 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Finished this last night. Can’t recommend it enough!

The life of a young trans girl in the streets, the femmes who take her in, how they fight together for survival

Told as a contemporary fairy tale

02.03.2026 11:35 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
A slice of Oreo and Nutella cookie pie on a plate.

A slice of Oreo and Nutella cookie pie on a plate.

Oreo and Nutella cookie pie.

02.03.2026 02:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!

17.02.2026 11:01 — 👍 68    🔁 20    💬 11    📌 11
Best collection category

Best collection category

Delighted that my collection WHO WILL YOU SAVE? Is a finalist for the BSFA Awards!

This makes me an 11-time nominee (and twice winner)!

#bsfaawards2026 #bsfaawards #books

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#WIPSnips The word for February 28th is WALK

Naturally there is much "walk"ing in the Triempery. Usually people walk to go somewhere, preferably somewhere of interest. In this bit of a snippet Dorilian walks to a chessboard. Believe it or not, it's magic.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky

28.02.2026 12:28 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Introducing a new opportunity for short fiction writers! The covers have already been designed; we just need the story to fill the pages.

Learn more: www.nicolefrailbooks.com/cover-story

#amwriting #amquerying #writingcontests #authorsky #booksky

25.01.2026 21:57 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Nicole Frail – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

#MSWL for @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social: short fiction (short stories or novellas), essays, collections (short story or essay), multi-POV novels. Previous pub experience not needed, but an active online platform is.

Find out more: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ni...

27.02.2026 01:35 — 👍 15    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed and his hands folded . Alt: Ryan Gosling rubbing his face.

Sent a query without the sample pages. Nice one, me.

26.02.2026 23:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy #MSWL Day!

I’m an associate agent at P.S. Literary building my list in SFF, horror, mystery/thriller, speculative, and book club fiction. More about my list here, and in the thread below: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al...

Submissions guidelines at: www.psliterary.com/submissions/

26.02.2026 15:54 — 👍 84    🔁 13    💬 5    📌 2
Query Shelly Romero at Azantian Literary Agency

My queries are only open from the 1st to the 7th, unless I post otherwise on social, and will automatically close until the next month.

Please be sure to review my MSWL: www.azantianlitagency.com/about-us/she...

querytracker.net/query/shelly...

26.02.2026 13:29 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Cover for Ninth House featuring large text and a black snake

Cover for Ninth House featuring large text and a black snake

Cover for the witchery with 3 young Black women and one white girl holding hands in a circle

Cover for the witchery with 3 young Black women and one white girl holding hands in a circle

For YA & Adult, I’m looking for grounded fantasy. I’m not typically the one for fantasy-fantasy. I love a “our world but weird/witchy/magical/supernatural.” NINTH HOUSE is one of my all-time favorites (I have a tattoo for it) & I also loved working with S.Isabelle on her debut YA, THE WITCHERY #MSWL

26.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 54    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0

#MSWL Witches! In all kinds of stories. Cozy, dark, horror, romance, historical, mystery, dual timelines, literally whatever you got, I want to see it.

26.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 29    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
Lauren Bajek – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

It's #MSWL Day! As always, I'm looking for speculative and surreal fiction for adults, and I like it smart, fun, and weird.

Right now, I'm especially in the mood for:

- well-researched historical settings
- classic-mystery structures
- books with a coherent moral/political point of view

26.02.2026 17:47 — 👍 61    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 2
Hoda Agharazi – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

Happy #MSWL Day! I’m an acquiring editor for Entangled. For both YA and Adult, I’m actively seeking commercial / high-concept stories. I’m open to most genres as long as there’s a strong romantic element.

manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ho...

26.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 62    🔁 8    💬 7    📌 0
Dorian Maffei – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

Happy #MSWL Day! Pasting the link to my wish list for when I open in spring (dates TBD), along with a thread of a few specific things I'd love to see in both adult and YA!
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/do...

26.02.2026 17:36 — 👍 38    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 0
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A massive thank you to @bantambooksuk.bsky.social and Heba Al-Wasity for sending me a copy of #Weavingshaw 📚

This is top of my TBR pile, and I'm very much looking forward to it! 😀

'The most gothic and spellbinding slow burner fantasy romance of 2026!' Happy Publication Day! 🎉 💙📚

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As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

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doodle of Frieren the Mage

doodle of Frieren the Mage

#Frieren

25.02.2026 22:28 — 👍 186    🔁 36    💬 0    📌 0

Reabriré la recepción de manuscritos durante la primera semana de marzo para ficción y no ficción para adulto. Daré prioridad total a autores de orígenes y comunidades diversos; sin embargo, todo escritor es bienvenido a enviar su manuscrito. #MSWL (Query can be in Spanish. Manuscript in English)

24.02.2026 20:47 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

A brief thread on Gothic themes, including incest, in fictional contexts, and how this taboo lit magazine will more than likely have content that some readers may not like (and that's okay, just skip whatever issue that has those topics in it, but please stop yucking each other's fictional yums).

25.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

#kidlitchat For those who haven't heard, there will be an official #MSWL day on Thursday this week. If you're currently in the query trenches or will be soon, it's a great resource and may put some wonderful agents on your radar based on what they're looking for.

25.02.2026 02:20 — 👍 108    🔁 24    💬 4    📌 4

finally finding out that the Criterion controversy is about kpop demon hunters and I think Criterion should add kids movies regularly, take them entirely seriously, and get those kids into movies and movie making at an early age. hell yeah.

23.02.2026 19:13 — 👍 314    🔁 80    💬 1    📌 10
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We Must Raise Our Voices Against the Attacks on Trans Care | The Nation The Gender Liberation Movement’s Raquel Willis says trans youth “are our future” and that new HHS rules amount to a national ban on gender-affirming care for young people.

The Gender Liberation Movement’s Raquel Willis says trans youth “are our future” and that new HHS rules amount to a national ban on gender-affirming care for young people.

www.thenation.com/ar...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

24.02.2026 13:01 — 👍 31    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 1
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Hello, writers. I’ll be reopening submissions beginning the first week of March for adult fiction and nonfiction. I will be giving total priority to diverse voices; however, writers of all backgrounds are welcome to submit. #MSWL #queries #nonfiction #fiction

20.02.2026 18:29 — 👍 35    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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a blurry picture of a person with glasses and the words `` lets do this '' written on it . ALT: a blurry picture of a person with glasses and the words `` lets do this '' written on it .

#WritingCommunity
#BookSky
#5amWritersClub

Join me 3/1 for #NaNoMyWay. Did this on Twitter but never here

#NaNoMyWay — a take on NaNoWriMo where you write as much or as little as you want daily & share!

I'll post daily starting 3/1. Prep now so you'll be ready. Please repost to spread the word! 🥰

24.02.2026 10:39 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 1
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Hellhound.

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cartoon drawing of someone trying to clean their glasses on their shirt. she holds it to the light. still dirty. frowning. “no”

“may your enemies’ glasses be always smudged, and their shirts the wrong type of fabric ♥️”

cartoon drawing of someone trying to clean their glasses on their shirt. she holds it to the light. still dirty. frowning. “no” “may your enemies’ glasses be always smudged, and their shirts the wrong type of fabric ♥️”

a mundane curse #comic

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