Starred Publishers Weekly Review

Wonderful news for our anthology Speculative Fiction for Dreamers… starred review in Publishers Weekly! And I’m honored to get a shout out in it. From our publisher: “Outstanding,” “masterful,” “a knockout”—starred review for SPECULATIVE FICTION FOR DREAMERS in @PublishersWkly” From review: “Themes of family, migration, and community resonate throughout these 38 masterful stories, as in…

Elsewhere 2 Now Available on Comixology

Excited to see Elsewhere Volume 2 available for purchase on Comixology now. You can find ” A Real Selfie” in here, by me and Seth Martel. From the website: Elsewhere Vol. 2 “Relax your body and breathe deeply, completely. Observe your thoughts and let them pass through your mind without clinging. Feel the air on…

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

I look forward to more announcements on my MPH world meeting my comics/graphic novel hat: TCAF attendees, don’t miss this panel Health (S)Care: Personal and Global Perspectives – 4:00 PM ESTLive. Thursday May 13th 2021. Features COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology. “There has perhaps been no other time in recent history where our health care…

Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: PreOrder

You can now pre-order Speculative Fiction for Dreamers, which features my story, “Jean”. “Speculative Fiction for Dreamers brilliantly runs the gamut of visual, oral, and textual storytelling, creating magical wormholes that link Indigenous past to place-rooted present, imagined futures, and the abode of syncretic gods. These vital pieces resonate like entangled particles of ancestors and descendants,…

Speculative Fiction for Dreamers at #AWP21

Had a wonderful time attending the panel where I read from my short story “Jean” on the #AWP21 Panel  Soñando Juntos: Latinx Speculative Futures this week and hearing Karlo, William and Sara read from their lovely stories! And the panel chat. Also loved listening to the Friday panel with the editors about their thoughts on…

My Interview on Storycomic

Had such a great time being interviewed by Barney Smith about my writing journey and sharing the projects and some of the people I’ve collaborated with. You can watch the interview on youtube, or listen as a podcast. Hope to be back again for future projects. He’s a warm interviewer with a smile, and gotta…

Elsewhere, Volume 2: Launched on Kickstarter

Another story is launched into orbit, this time on Kickstarter: Back Elsewhere Comics Anthology (Volume 2), and you get Seth Martel and my “A Real Selfie”, a spooky vacation quest five page comic, along with 250 pages of awesome comics by many creators. Because right now, all of us are dreaming of being…Elsewhere. This book…

Happy Launch Day! COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology

Party dance! Happy Launch day to @graphicmundi ‘s debut book #CovidChronicles : A Comics Anthology. It’s gotten great reviews and has an array of contributors, including me, @scmartel and @mkywrench . One story is a shout out to @irancontrakid74 and his support of the arts with medicine. Check out “Small Acts” and “Seasons of the City”, rep’ping a lot of native NYC.Thank you to editor…