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Julia Rios

@omgjulia.bsky.social

Writer, editor (Worlds of Possibility), narrator, podcaster. Queer, Latinx (half-Mexican), pronouns: They/Them

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Geraldine, a short haired black cat, curled up on a blanket.

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, curled up on a blanket.

12.12.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry you’re going through so much!

08.12.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sadie, a short haired gray tabby cat, caught mid-roll on top of an ironing board.

Sadie, a short haired gray tabby cat, caught mid-roll on top of an ironing board.

05.12.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help Sustain the Otherwise Award! Β« Otherwise Award Please donate to help us raise $9,000 for the next year of operations.

Otherwise supports the very sort of fiction that we need today more than ever: visions of possibilities through the fog of the present. Please donate otherwiseaward.org/support-us/d... to our year-end fundraising campaign:

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02.12.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Geraldine, a short haired black cat, stands on a colorful rug, waiting for a treat.

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, stands on a colorful rug, waiting for a treat.

01.12.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, sits upright with her tail curled around her legs. She looks out at us from under neat a dining table.

Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, sits upright with her tail curled around her legs. She looks out at us from under neat a dining table.

28.11.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why I Need the Birds A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025

Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com

stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

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A sign in the trans flag colors planted on a lawn outside a church. The text says, β€œHonor the dead, Protect the living, Trans rights are human rights.”

A sign in the trans flag colors planted on a lawn outside a church. The text says, β€œHonor the dead, Protect the living, Trans rights are human rights.”

24.11.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Geraldine, a short haired black cat, sits on a fuzzy blanket with one arm outstretched

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, sits on a fuzzy blanket with one arm outstretched

21.11.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic displaying cover for EVERY DARK CLOUD, 2025 novella by Marisca Pichette from Ghost Orchid Press.

Graphic displaying cover for EVERY DARK CLOUD, 2025 novella by Marisca Pichette from Ghost Orchid Press.

Graphic listing 2025 stories by Marisca Pichette published in the following magazines:
One More Song
     Goblins and Galaxies #0
Upon a Vast, Velvet Veil
     Fusion Fragment #25
In Her Tower of Scales
     Worlds of Possibility, June 2025 
The House of Us
     DreamForge Magazine #16
Naked They Cling
     Cosmic Horror Monthly #58
The Last Harvest
     Phano #2

Graphic listing 2025 stories by Marisca Pichette published in the following magazines: One More Song Goblins and Galaxies #0 Upon a Vast, Velvet Veil Fusion Fragment #25 In Her Tower of Scales Worlds of Possibility, June 2025 The House of Us DreamForge Magazine #16 Naked They Cling Cosmic Horror Monthly #58 The Last Harvest Phano #2

Graphic listing 2025 stories by Marisca Pichette published in the following anthologies:
Where Walls Once Rose
     Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology
Soft Fire
     BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror
The Watercolor Room
     The Midnight Labyrinth 
How Not to Swallow a Dragon
     Behind the Revovling Door 
Nature Morte
     Hiding Under the Leaves 
Appleseed
     Spirit of the Wolf

Graphic listing 2025 stories by Marisca Pichette published in the following anthologies: Where Walls Once Rose Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Soft Fire BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror The Watercolor Room The Midnight Labyrinth How Not to Swallow a Dragon Behind the Revovling Door Nature Morte Hiding Under the Leaves Appleseed Spirit of the Wolf

Graphic listing the 2025 flash pieces published by Marisca Pichette:
Nine Acre Corner
     Anomaly
Press Release from a Utopia 
on the Way Down
      Simultaneous Times #84
This is Not a Fiction
      Full House Literary, Spring 2025
One, Two, We, Our
      Tales & Feathers, Vol. 3
What the Boys Lost
     MYRIAD Digital Zines: Nocturnal

Graphic listing the 2025 flash pieces published by Marisca Pichette: Nine Acre Corner Anomaly Press Release from a Utopia on the Way Down Simultaneous Times #84 This is Not a Fiction Full House Literary, Spring 2025 One, Two, We, Our Tales & Feathers, Vol. 3 What the Boys Lost MYRIAD Digital Zines: Nocturnal

Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025!

Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. πŸ–€πŸŽˆπŸ¦‡

18.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns in 2026
 
At least that’s the goal! And the first phase is underway, with the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by Ann VanderMeer!)
 
In a celebration of Mythic Delirium-enabled debuts, we’ve made C.S.E. Cooney’s BONE SWANSβ€”which turned 10 years old this yearβ€”Barbara Krasnoff’s THE HISTORY OF SOUL 2065, and Yukimi Ogawa’s LIKE SMOKE, LIKE LIGHT available at HUGE discounts [US Only] in e-book AND paperback editions, WITH pre-orders of LANGUAGE OF KNIVES + shipping costs included in the prices!
 
Please check it out & spread the wordβ€”all found here: https://bit.ly/BoneSwans10th

MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns in 2026 At least that’s the goal! And the first phase is underway, with the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by Ann VanderMeer!) In a celebration of Mythic Delirium-enabled debuts, we’ve made C.S.E. Cooney’s BONE SWANSβ€”which turned 10 years old this yearβ€”Barbara Krasnoff’s THE HISTORY OF SOUL 2065, and Yukimi Ogawa’s LIKE SMOKE, LIKE LIGHT available at HUGE discounts [US Only] in e-book AND paperback editions, WITH pre-orders of LANGUAGE OF KNIVES + shipping costs included in the prices! Please check it out & spread the wordβ€”all found here: https://bit.ly/BoneSwans10th

MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️

The 1st step toward that goal’s underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @annvandermeer.bsky.social!)

Sale link here! bit.ly/BoneSwans10th

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17.11.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 8

I’ve only just now seen this, and she still hasn’t reached her goal. What she’s going through is awful. Please help if you can.

18.11.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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a kitten is laying on a bed with a pink blanket . Alt: A kitten in a bed pulls a pink blanket up over itself.
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A yellow ginkgo leaf lies atop some asphalt

A yellow ginkgo leaf lies atop some asphalt

15.11.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This image shows thirteen book covers around the text: The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle: November twelfth through December fourth. The books are: Stephanie Burgis's The Harwood Spellbook: The Complete Series, Intisar Khanani's Sunbolt, Tansy Rayner Roberts's Power and Majesty, Tilly Wallace's The Stormborne Vine, Jacquelyn Benson's The Stolen Apocalypse and Empire of Shadows, Victoria Goddard's The Sisters Avramapui Omnibus and The Redoubtable Pale Avramapui, Charlotte English's Hell and High Water, Krista Ball's The Dark Abyss of Our Sins: the Complete Series, Suzannah Rowntree's Tall and Dark, and R.J. Blain's Silent Stalker and Blood Bound.

This image shows thirteen book covers around the text: The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle: November twelfth through December fourth. The books are: Stephanie Burgis's The Harwood Spellbook: The Complete Series, Intisar Khanani's Sunbolt, Tansy Rayner Roberts's Power and Majesty, Tilly Wallace's The Stormborne Vine, Jacquelyn Benson's The Stolen Apocalypse and Empire of Shadows, Victoria Goddard's The Sisters Avramapui Omnibus and The Redoubtable Pale Avramapui, Charlotte English's Hell and High Water, Krista Ball's The Dark Abyss of Our Sins: the Complete Series, Suzannah Rowntree's Tall and Dark, and R.J. Blain's Silent Stalker and Blood Bound.

Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/Β£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:

storybundle.com/fantasy

#romancelandia

15.11.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Author Die Booth (a white middle aged man with long dark curly hair, dark eyes and a dark moustache and goatee) holding a copy of Darkness Most Fowl, which has a red to yellow gradient cover with an ink illustration of a pallid blue woman with four crows perched on her head.

Author Die Booth (a white middle aged man with long dark curly hair, dark eyes and a dark moustache and goatee) holding a copy of Darkness Most Fowl, which has a red to yellow gradient cover with an ink illustration of a pallid blue woman with four crows perched on her head.

I'll be reading from my story 'Little Gibbet' from 'Darkness Most Fowl' on November 23rd at 1pm ET (6pm GMT) on FB, YT, and Insta - I'll post watch links asap!

You can also get the book here: www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Mos...

#booksky #indieauthors #smallpress #horrorbooks #horror #horrorpodcast

11.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading for awards?
Here’s my eligibility (a couple of stories still to come in Nov and Dec). If you only have time to read one story, the one I’m most hoping people will keep in mind is β€œThrough the Machine.” Thanks. πŸ™‚

10.11.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mail Order Magic March comes to you with Sunday Morning Transport stories by Stephanie Burgis, Eric Smith, Sarena Ulibarri, and Leah Cypess.

It's awards eligibility season, and this year I published two short stories, one novella, and one novel!

My short story "Mail-Order Magic" is one of the most personal pieces I've ever written, and it's free to read at @morningtransport.bsky.social : www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...

11.11.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Geraldine, a short haired black cat, and Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, curl up together.

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, and Lady Clarissa, a fluffy tuxedo cat, curl up together.

10.11.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is, I suppose, the one award-worthy thing I have for your consideration this year. A mystical, grief-laden, yet imminently hopeful poem in collage form

09.11.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this one! Thanks so much for sending it my way!

10.11.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Delicious!

09.11.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Geraldine, a short haired black cat, sits on a patterned rug, looking up at the camera, waiting for a treat.

Geraldine, a short haired black cat, sits on a patterned rug, looking up at the camera, waiting for a treat.

07.11.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hillary's Blood Moon Rising | Peculiarity Shop Hillary found this intense red jasper and worked solder magic on it. This is adjustable, smallest size is 9. Components: jasper, zinc alloy, silver solder. Please note there are trace amounts of nicke...

New stuff hit the Clearance section so we can make space for holiday goodies, including this handcrafted red jasper ring by yours truly that is adjustable and one of a kind and a steal at $39.

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

04.11.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Truly an accomplishment!

04.11.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Plays, Painting, Pumpkins… | Julia Rios Get more from Julia Rios on Patreon

What I’ve been up to this autumn. www.patreon.com/posts/plays-...

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The cover of The Writhing, Verdant End. Stories by Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin. Illustration depicts a skeleton clutching red-tinted binoculars, watching a writhing group of ghoulish animals.

The cover of The Writhing, Verdant End. Stories by Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin. Illustration depicts a skeleton clutching red-tinted binoculars, watching a writhing group of ghoulish animals.

Just over a month until The Writhing, Verdant End releases! Want to get in on one of the year's strangest ecohorror books? Order your ebook here for only $3.99: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

03.11.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
A red rose covered in raindrops

A red rose covered in raindrops

03.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delightful!

01.11.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man and a woman are looking at each other and the man is asking " both " Alt: Both? Both? Both is good.
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