Joy Sanchez-Taylor

I will be speaking on the "Reading Something New" World Fantasy Convention panel at 12pm Friday. I would love to connect with some of the authors I reference in Dispelling Fantasies: @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @zenaldehyde.bsky.social and @tashasuri.bsky.social DM me if I can buy you a coffee!

Black Aliens: Kinship in the Cosmic Diaspora Explores the Black alien figure as constructed, imagined, and experimented on by Black writers, musicians, and artists to represent a cosmic diasporic experience.

Another great addition to OSU’s New Suns series! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

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Emergency ask. It is always so humbling and not in good way to constantly be in financial crisis, especially when I look at all the work that I do. We are at risk of losing our housing and need to come up with 3 months rent by the 1st, which is an impossible ask.

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Thanks! I'll be discussing "Up in the Hills" in my Latino Lit class in two weeks. Can't wait for their reactions.

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When it rains it pours! An excerpt of Ch 2 of Dispelling Fantasies, "Blood Magic is not Always Black Magic," is available in the journal Foundation's newest issue: www.sf-foundation.org/sf-foundatio...

Huge thank you to @sillysyntax.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social and Zig Zag Claybourne for a wonderful talk. Read their work!

The Speculative Detective Agency A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

Please support this amazing anthology if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

I had so much fun talking about one of my favorite authors of all time. Thank you @mealofthorns.bsky.social!

Call for IAFA GaH Division Head Applications

The IAFA is accepting applications for the position of Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head. The deadline for applications is 30 Sept., 2025, 11:59 p.m. US Eastern/3:59 a.m. UTC.

For full details, please see our blog post on the IAFA website.

To join the fun, log into your IAFA account, go to the ICFA store (under the Member Area dropdown), and purchase a ticket for ten dollars: iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Store. You will receive an email with instructions to the secret underground Zoom space (aka, The Wormhole). Help us get the word out!

What is an Infernal Salon? It’s a fun, low-stakes writing workshop, high on community, ix-nay on the essure-pray. Each participant is given a prompt from the very spooky deck that C. S. E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, and artist Rebecca Huston invented for their TTRPG “Negocios Infernales.”

Join authors C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez as they lead an Infernal Creative Salon at 7:30pm EST on 9/17 as a fundraiser for the BIPOC Caucus. Enter a secret underground Zoom room for an hour of imaginative fun.

I am also hosting an online Infernal Writing Salon with @csecooney.bsky.social and Carlos Hernandez! Proceeds go to the BIPOC Caucus fund. IAFA members can gift tickets (only ten dollars!) to friends, so anyone can attend. Here is the description...

I myself am leading a session on Conjuring in Diverse Fantasy Literature featuring authors @sillysyntax.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social, and @zzclaybourne.bsky.social

As some of you know, I am the BIPOC Caucus Representative for the Internation Association of the Fantastic in the Arts. We are having our annual online conference (VICFA) from Sept. 17-21. This is a low-cost online speculative conference (with free options!): iaftfita.wildapricot.org/page-1820583

I decided to add this beautiful quote from Ibi Zoboi's (S)Kin to the top of my decolonial Latinx fantasy syllabus:
“When you’re raised on folklore and fairy tales,
Possibilities are infinite. The lines between
Reality and fantasy are blurred—” Ibi Zoboi

Just saw the Hugo results, and I’m thrilled to see three Indigenous authors being honored! Huge congrats to Moniquill Blackgoose, @littlebadger.bsky.social and Rebecca Roanhorse! I have a detailed reading of Blackgoose’s To Shape a Dragon’s Breath in Dispelling Fantasies!

Help Haifa and Her Children Rebuild Their Lives Hello everyone, I am Haifa, a mother of three children. My family is beautiful. My house was targeted on 12/10/2023, the first day of the war on Gaza. I lost everything beautiful and I have been livin...

I just donated; help if you can: Help Haifa and Her Children Rebuild Their Lives chuffed.org/project/1370...

Please welcome Tasavvur Magazine to Bsky; they're one of South Asia's few dedicated sff magazines, and they do great work. There are barely any eyes on them here at the moment, so if you're interested in global sff (or a desi reader looking for more desi sff), please do read/follow them:

So looking forward to this release! Let’s get SM-G on all the bestseller lists!

Hugs from another 40+ mom! It’s rough and everything hurts, but we’ve got this!

So sad. One of the reasons I write academic books despite not needing to for tenure is to draw attention to authors who can then, hopefully, make enough from their writing to support themselves.

No sympathy needed; I just want to show early-career academics that these things happen, and I am not going to let this ruin my joy that my book is in the world.

So I spent two years reseaching and writing Dispelling Fantasies to get a bad Amazon review because I spelled a character's name wrong. I feel awful about it; I double checked every author's name and title to avoid errors. But the reality of the situation is I am human.

Awesome! If the press can’t do a review copy for your course, DM me and I’ll find a way to get you a copy.

Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

Quick update on my cancer treatment.

The arm still hurts. The doctor was trying to find a vein for almost a half hour. But I'm fine, no worries.

Please boost so everyone who's donated can hear the latest. (And if you can spare a small donation, I'd appreciate it.)

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Wow!

And ‪@miltonmvmedia.bsky.social‬

@ohiostatepress.bsky.social @rafertess.bsky.social

And to the scholars whose work I leaned on: @effjayem.bsky.social, @ebonyteach.bsky.social, @penprince.bsky.social, and @heyouonline.bsky.social.