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Silvia Moreno-Garcia

@silviamg.bsky.social

Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/

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Poster for Mexico Noir featuring 1950s actors

Poster for Mexico Noir featuring 1950s actors

I've curated the Mexico Noir film series for
@viffest.bsky.social featuring 15 movies, most of them screening in new restorations from March 26 to April 8. Join me in Vancouver this spring for a showcase of classic noir. Tickets are available via viff.org/series/mexic...

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THE INTRIGUE is now up at Netgalley, you can request an ARC there. This noir with a classic vibe is out July 2026.
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
PS: Still on hiatus, just posting and going back to my social media blackout.

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Description: Picture above shows a man in profile smoking and a woman silhouetted in a stylized flame.

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THE INTRIGUE is now up at Netgalley, you can request an ARC there. This noir with a classic vibe is out July 2026.
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
PS: Still on hiatus, just posting and going back to my social media blackout.

26.11.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

a working musician and makes his money from weddings and the upcoming Christmas season. Lots of year end parties keep the lights on, but he definitely plays the guitar.

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books a year. And back in the day of the pulps -- the KU ecosystem is like the neo pulps -- many a writer penning 'sensual' stories and noir and what not was also working based on volume. The midlist ain't what it used to be but it still requires a certain productivity. Same with my cousin who is

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Periodically people ask me how I can write a book a year with real wonder and I tell them I like to eat. Which is true. A book a year and my backlist pay my bills but if I went down to a book every five years I'd have to get another gig. A book a year is pretty good! Some self-pubbed people do 2-3

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Man smoking a cigarette

Man smoking a cigarette

Still on a Bluesky hiatus but popping by because the cover for my next novel, THE INTRIGUE, has now been revealed. Jacket design Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde. This noir about a con artist sifting through lonely hearts ads is out July 2026. Pre-order now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760821...

20.11.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10
Man smoking a cigarette

Man smoking a cigarette

Still on a Bluesky hiatus but popping by because the cover for my next novel, THE INTRIGUE, has now been revealed. Jacket design Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde. This noir about a con artist sifting through lonely hearts ads is out July 2026. Pre-order now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760821...

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Scammers are at it again | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

I'm supposed to be on a social media break but I'm here because scammers are trying to impersonate me again. You can read more at my website but I'll say this is just effing exhausting and there are more and more online scammers these days.
silviamoreno-garcia.com/scammers-are...

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Mona Awad (We Love You, Bunny), Jen Sookfong Lee (The Hunger We Pass Down), and Silvia Moreno-Garcia (The Bewitching) confront power imbalances, slip between genres, and deliver page-turning chills. Oct 24 they’re joined by Mattea Roach, host of CBC’s Bookends.

writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

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The Bewitching - Historical Novel Society In spellbinding gothic horror, The Bewitching tells three women’s stories: Minerva at a New England college in 1998, Virginia at the same college in 1934, and Alba in rural Mexico in 1908. Minerva had...

'Spellbinding gothic horror set in a New England college in 1908, 1934 and 1998. Dramatic, gripping and intelligent.'
#EditorsChoice: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, review by Judith Starkston

03.10.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Richland Library The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. Ms. Moreno-Garcia will talk about her novels The Bewitching, T...

I'm speaking at the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina this evening. Come say hello! www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2025-0...

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Meet the Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Richland Library The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. Ms. Moreno-Garcia will talk about her novels The Bewitching, T...

I'm speaking at the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina this evening. Come say hello! www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2025-0...

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Arcadia normally gets into Thalia and some other chains. So probably.

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Man and woman in jazz age clothing with skulls in the background.

Man and woman in jazz age clothing with skulls in the background.

My publisher in the UK says the new edition of GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW with a cover by Erion Makuo is now available to order via Waterstones and other retailers. This was previously released by Jo Fletcher Books and is now under the Arcadia imprint.
www.waterstones.com/book/gods-of...

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The future that was | Silvia Moreno-Garcia Get more from Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Patreon

I feel my age everytime someone reads THE BEWITCHING and tells me they didn't know we had laptops and internet in 1998. Short piece I wrote about technology and perception.
www.patreon.com/posts/future...

22.09.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Book next to candle and raven

Book next to candle and raven

THE BEWITCHING wants to lure you into a tale of supernatural suspense this fall. Come closer. πŸ‘»
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...

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Book next to candle and raven

Book next to candle and raven

THE BEWITCHING wants to lure you into a tale of supernatural suspense this fall. Come closer. πŸ‘»
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...

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Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025 Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

This is a reminder that Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (Latinoland, The Unworthy, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

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Cover of book features an ear of corn

Cover of book features an ear of corn

Although I partake in meat outside the house I cook only vegetarian at home. I got this book: Make It Plant Based! Mexican by Andrea Aliseda. 20 percent off through Bookshop with code LHM25 (check the other books they have discounted for Latin American Heritage month) bookshop.org/p/books/make...

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Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025 Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

This is a reminder that Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (Latinoland, The Unworthy, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

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For Latin American Heritage month give the gift of a review! Reviews sell books. If you liked a book, review it. Even a sentence. If you can't do the one sentence maybe upvote a good review you agree with.
In the age of the algorithm we gotta work the system. Upvote, click or share. Thnx.

15.09.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

For Latin American Heritage month give the gift of a review! Reviews sell books. If you liked a book, review it. Even a sentence. If you can't do the one sentence maybe upvote a good review you agree with.
In the age of the algorithm we gotta work the system. Upvote, click or share. Thnx.

15.09.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025 Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (The Great Divide, Pink Slime, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

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Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025 Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (The Great Divide, Pink Slime, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

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A Writer's Guide to Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy Check out A Writer's Guide to Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy - This manual full of hands-on, practical, put-the-book-down-and-start-writing advice speaks to new and emerging authors ...

Mentioned today in LA that I co-wrote a how-to write book; some ppl seemed interested in it. It's A Writer’s Guide to Speculative Fiction (co-writer is Crawford Killian). Hard to find now (small press), but the ebook is still obtainable. Intended as an intro for newbies
bookshop.org/p/books/a-wr...

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Ad for Los Angeles Libros Festival, September 13

Ad for Los Angeles Libros Festival, September 13

MaΓ±ana/tomorrow en Los Angeles
www.lapl.org/libros

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Alfred Hitchcock's Legally Blonde

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 Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

New novella! "The Lure of Stone" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia! buff.ly/34Ehvmc

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