Catherine Tavares

@cjtavares.bsky.social

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Sci-fi & Fantasy Author | Member SFWA & Codex | Bibliophilic ghost haunting libraries | she/her

Work forth/in Nature Futures, Dragon Gems, Flash Point SF, Factor Four +more

Linktree: linktr.ee/catherinetavares

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:16 UTC

🚨 July submissions begin on July 15! 🚨 There is NO THEME this time! We are open to short stories under 5,000 words, translations under 3,500 words, and flash fiction. We offer $0.10/word!

More details on what we accept and how to submit are on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions/

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Marissa van Uden @marissavu.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:40 UTC

One of my fav things about this KS: rather than solicit big-name authors, we are doing something different. If we reach our funding goal + 400 backers, there will be a special issue of Apex dedicated solely to UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Apex Magazine @apexmag.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 14:03 UTC

AND WE'RE LIVE! Our 2025 Kickstarter has SO MUCH included! Here are some of our rewards: ☀️ Affirmation Critiques 🎨 Graphic Design Bundles and a Website mock-up 🖐️ Personal Snap Judgments ✍️ Critiques 📚 Book Bundles 👽 12 month subscriptions 🍸 Strange Anthology Bundle

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway like trees do] @thesuiway.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:00 UTC

doing edits is like:

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE, SPACE UNICORNS! The Uncanny Magazine Year 11: This One Goes to ELEVEN! Kickstarter is LIVE! Only *you* can make a 11th year of Uncanny Magazine happen! Help us make more magic, Space Unicorns!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lyn...

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:51 UTC

Diabolical Plots is open for submissions thru July 22!
diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 03:58 UTC

We're science fiction writers. Of course we write stories about the consequences of technological innovations, and no one ever comprehends the story is about the consequences and not the technology

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 19:08 UTC

I'm certainly going to avoid searching insta on the app from now on. I refuse to use this feature.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 17:10 UTC

So this just happened to me on Insta. So damn sick of AI. 😡😡😡

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Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:07 UTC

Got talking with @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social about the eternal quest for sustainable pay rates.

Realized I was describing a chart, so I scraped some stuff from @diabolicalplots.com Submission Grinder and figured I'd share. This represents SEVERAL ecosystems and no value judgments are implied.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 00:36 UTC

👀

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:43 UTC

A great little pick-me-up for the afternoon! 👇

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:42 UTC

We're on day 4 of 100+ temps/no AC. It's brutal and the forecast shows no end in sight. 😭

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:43 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 💛

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:39 UTC

My short rec today is "Ms Anaria’s classroom rules for well-behaved kindergartners when alien ambassadors dock with the wrong ship" by @cjtavares.bsky.social, published at Nature! Great tale about communication and mediation.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 01:36 UTC

Next submission period begins on July 15! There is NO THEME this time, so send in any of your favourite pieces of writing. We offer $0.10/word! And as a reminder, we now accept translations and flash fiction!

More details on what we accept and how to submit: www.khoreomag.com/submissions/

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:10 UTC

About that vague announcement: Happy to announce that FF will soon be launching a sister magazine, Saros Speculative Fiction! The goal of Saros will be, of course, to publish more great fiction, but also to give those interested the opportunity to work as an editor for an issue!

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

I think part of our work as horror writers in 2024 is to help people unlock the parts of themselves that can face terror and adversity without losing their humanity & goodness. We are entering an era of fear and horror like our species has never faced. We need heart.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:26 UTC

This story! THIS STORY! So good, as expected coming from Eugenia. Read it free now:

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PodCastle @podcastle.org
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

WE ARE OPEN! SEND US YOUR STORIES!!

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 20:15 UTC

This includes covid-safe considerations!

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

This is your friendly reminder to clean your glasses and find out if that thing you were seeing out of the corner of your eye was a fingerprint smudge or ghost haunting you.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

Please Share!! Poets! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from July 5 to July 19! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to see your gorgeous poems! @betsyaoki.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 16:36 UTC

July Newsletter is out and this time...there's news! Check it out and be sure to subscribe to get it sent straight to your inbox every month.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 19:22 UTC

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry July 1-31.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 21:47 UTC

Everything Everywhere [is making me want to throw up from anxiety] All At Once

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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 17:47 UTC

Just a very quick note to let you all know I've updated our submission guidelines. The information is all the same, but I think it will be easier to read and understand with this new layout.

submissions.lunastationpress.com/submission-g...

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Janet Yellin' & Screamin' & Cryin' @kellylink.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

This is a fucking delight.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

New rule: when the bookstore I drive all morning to get to is closed, I get cake.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

Create fearlessly.

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R.S.A. Garcia (she/her) @rsagarcia.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

So, a lot has happened on the health front. No final answers yet, but what we've learned so far needs to be followed up, & fast. For that, I need at least $11,000 (to go to $55,000 overall) for blood tests, CT scans, consultant fees & more. Please donate & share!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 00:54 UTC

Ooh! That sounds super interesting.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 00:35 UTC

Finally came up with an ending for my story, but now I am extremely intrigued about what would happen after that ending...can short stories have sequels? 👀

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 19:43 UTC

I'm so sorry. Been there, still there, have an appt to be there again later. I hate that this happens. 🫂

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:52 UTC

My latest short fiction roundup features stories by Bruce McAllister, Cara Masten DiGirolamo, @hanolsy.bsky.social @derrickboden.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @carinabissett.bsky.social @stevetem.bsky.social & more!

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 13:25 UTC

Thank you!

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Josh Reynolds @jmreynolds.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 05:58 UTC

This is fantastic.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:06 UTC

Thanks! I'm so glad you liked it. 💛

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:06 UTC

I loved this story. Check it out. It’ll brighten your day.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

For the evening crowd! Forgot to mention that at the end of the story there's a little behind the scenes tidbit about what inspired it, if you want to check that out, too. 😁

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:52 UTC

😍😍😍

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:00 UTC

Yes! More novelettes!

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Apex Magazine @apexmag.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 15:26 UTC

Attention writers!

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:17 UTC

Thank you so much, Eugenia! 💛

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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:03 UTC

This story is so fun and yet holds truths that are complicated and universal.

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Nature Futures @naturefutures.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 15:38 UTC

Well. This is unexpected. We do get visitors to the school but they’re always planned for. And they don’t tend to be ambassadors from species in conflict. But there’s plenty of room and I’m sure we can get along just fine…
#scifi by @cjtavares.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

📣 NEW STORY DAY!!! 📣

"Ms. Anaria’s Classroom Rules for W̶e̶l̶l̶-̶B̶e̶h̶a̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶K̶i̶n̶d̶e̶r̶g̶a̶r̶t̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ When Alien Ambassadors Dock with the Wrong Ship" is out now with @naturefutures.bsky.social!!

I love the stories Futures publishes, and I am thrilled to have one of mine with them now. I hope you enjoy it.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 03:17 UTC

Oh no! I hope it's nothing serious and it all gets sorted quickly. 🫂

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 03:16 UTC

I will be hearing that song in my head for the rest of the week. I am okay with this.

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