Today kicks off a monthlong celebration in the U.S. of Hispanic and Latinx/e culture.  I’m excited to share that I have an interview coming out late next week with the Horror Writers Association as part of their Latinx Heritage in Horror series.  I also have a few publications forthcoming that touch on my Ecuadorian and Peruvian heritage, including an autobiographical poem due out in the next issue of Pilgrimage, my debut mini-chapbook The Inca Weaver’s Tales from Sword & Kettle Press, and a story that will appear in Nightmare Magazine. 

In the meantime, here’s some of my writing already available to read: 

• “Song of the Balsa Wood Bird” – inspired by the folkloric markets of Ecuador and a legend based in the Amazon
  • Published in Fireside Magazine (and included on Alex Brown’s Twitter as a story they loved but ran out of room to feature in TorDotCom’s short speculative fiction column!)
• “Sonnet of the South American Sphinx” – nominated for the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem
  • Published in Honeyguide Literary Magazine
  • Reprinted in the Latinx Lit Mag podcast, along with a behind-the-scenes interview
  • Included in the 2022 Rhysling Anthology
• “Exchange (A Coral Study)” – about a student from the Galápagos Islands
  • Published in Factor Four Magazine
  • Reprinted in Toasted Cake podcast as well as Mermaids Monthly
• “Discount Night at the Haunted Eco Lodge” – takes place in the Ecuadorian rainforest
  • Published in Triangulation: Habitats
• “Venom in the Cloud Forest” – about a tribe in a high-altitude rainforest
  • Published in Myriad Lands: Volume 2: Beyond the Edge
  • Reprinted in After Dinner Conversation
• “Harvesters” – Latinx futurism poem
  • Published in Triangulation: Energy
• “Sasha’s Pattern, Sonia’s Edge” – about rival Latina businesswomen (and sisters)
  • Published in Apparition Literary Magazine

And don’t forget, in November I’m co-teaching an online workshop on Creating Nonhuman Characters along with Elizabeth Beechwood, and registration is open!