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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

• Published by Flame Tree, and available for purchase through Waterstones, Amazon UK, Bookshop, etc. • If you’re in the US, you can pre-order from Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Target, etc. 💚

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This beautiful hardcover book was released yesterday in the UK and Ireland (Sept 22 elsewhere). It includes my short story, “Again! Atabey Commands,” inspired by Taíno mythology and folklore. 🪶

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Had a slow Saturday morning today, and a really nice writing session ✍🏻

An open journal next to a capped fountain pen.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cleaned and re-filled my fountain pen for the very first time today and I am feeling accomplished 😅

Fully-inked Twsbi Eco fountain pen over a napkin stained with ink. Next to it is an open bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku ink in the yama-budo color.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Read this charming short story today and really enjoyed the audio version! A fantasy murder mystery set in a monastery with a very peculiar detective dressed in a full suit of armor. Written by @travisbaldree.bsky.social Curated by @johnjosephadams.com

The cover of Miss Gentle and the Case of the Very Flat Monk by Travis Baldree. Featuring a lady in full armor and a bell tower in the background, with someone falling off it.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy to share that Folklore Horror is 25% off in the Waterstones Books Coming Soon Promotion! In this book you’ll find my reprinted story, “Again! Atabey Commands,” inspired by Taíno mythology. 🪶✨ Use the code SUMMER26 on their website or app, now until 23:59 July 24. #WPreorder

Waterstones promotional graphic depicting the cover of the Folklore Horror book of short stories and text that reads: “Pre-order now with code: SUMMER26.”

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I was recently gifted my first fountain pen and I am in love with it. Fell into a rabbit hole last night learning about all the different kinds of ink — sheen, shimmer, high/low maintenance — but the best thing about is that now I have another reason to get excited about writing!

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Contract signed. Thrilled to announce my story “Two Paths, One Death” has pleased the dark hearts at @talestoterrify.bsky.social! 🖤 This story previously appeared in the anthology This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social. And now it will be my first story in audio format!

The cover of the horror anthology, This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution, edited by Coy Hall. The cover shows the painting “Astronomer by Candlelight” (1665) by Gerrit Dou.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” Tolkien, The Hobbit

A flat lay picture of the book The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

A page of the book The Hobbit with the quote above highlighted

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Better late than never… 😅✨ #NowReading 📖

A copy of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien next to a cup of coffee with heart-shaped latte art.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

My short story “Ten Rules to Survive as a Pirate” is written in list form and in second person. It’s in Elegant Literature’s 35th issue, which can be downloaded for free here: www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/ ☺️🏴‍☠️

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

“Craftsmanship isn’t like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it’s empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains. The heart renews itself, Wanderer, and skill grows all the better for it.”

A hand holding out a copy of Lloyd Alexander’s book, “Taran Wanderer.”

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“The Death of the Angel Prince” reprinted in @conquestpublishing.bsky.social’s anthology, Monstrous Angels. “Although my body and powers remained, the very nature of my being was altered, my mind, my heart. I had new fears, thoughts—longings.” a.co/d/fEgTf59

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“Two Paths, One Death” published in @coyhall.bsky.social’s anthology, This World of Vile Wonder. “She was no one. It did not matter that she was leaving this world just when it had begun to unfold its secrets. And yet, tears still ran stubbornly down her cheeks.” a.co/d/3Z4J1S0

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“For the Pursuit of the Better” published in @heartlines-spec.com “Karaya was eleven-years-old when Baba fused a small metal cage into her skull. He said this would give her the mind of a god, because the cage contained an imprisoned god inside it.” www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“‘Again!’ Atabey Commands” published in @tenebrouspress.bsky.social’s The Skull and Laurel. “Atabey is pleased by the areíto. More than pleased, enthralled. The gold adornments in her headdress and neck clink as she follows her subjects’ movements.” store.tenebrouspress.com/products/the...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“The Eyes of the Pentekonter” published in Flame Tree Press’ Achilles anthology. “As the waves took him away from the place that had made and unmade him, Odysseus found himself tortured by the memory of a single man—Achilles.” www.flametreepublishing.com/achilles-isb...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

✨My 2025 Publications ✨ “The Saint in the Stone” published in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Myriad Lawless “You never pray to the Saint in the Stone. That’s the only thing all outlaw clans in Caona Cay can agree on.” www.patreon.com/posts/122118...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

First book I finished reading in 2026: The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social A lady knight and a historian trapped in a time loop. This book is so beautifully written! It will stay with me for a long time. I loved it just like I loved her excellent short story, The Six Deaths of the Saint. 🗡️

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

“It is what I was born for— to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world—“ #MaryOliver

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Contract signed! I am so happy my pirate story, “The Way to Treasure,” will appear in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social’s 8th issue, out June 2026! (The illustration below was done by my talented little sister last year, after she read the very first draft of this story. 🏴‍☠️✨)

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Some of my contributor copies of this year 📚🫶

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Out November 27 👁️🪽 Pre-order here: bookshop.org/p/books/mons...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Now Listening 🎧 “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Now Reading 📖 “Arthur, The Always King” by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want. This is FOR THE PURSUIT OF THE BETTER: www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

My 2025 Publications! 🫶🏻✨ I am so grateful to all the editors who believed in my stories and gave them a home. 🙏🏼 @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social Flame Tree Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @coyhall.bsky.social @conquestpublishing.bsky.social

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Excited to announce that my story, “The Death of the Angel Prince,” will be reprinted in @conquestpublishing.bsky.social’s anthology, Monstrous Angels. Edited by @arwyns.bsky.social 🪽

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Today is my birthday, and in addition to spending some quality time with my loved ones, I’m also polishing a 7,500-word story for a sub call I’m very excited about (aka doing what I love). Pictured below are some of the amazing books/magazines where I’ve been lucky to have my work published. 🧡💜🩵

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Last week I received my contributor copies of Achilles! Can’t get over how beautiful this book is 🥲❤️⚔️🛡️🩵

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

just updated my website — finally starting to get the hang of carrd 😅 cheyrivera.carrd.co ✨

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Currently reading 📖 ✨ Giordano Bruno is the main character in this historical thriller / murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

ICYMI: My story “The Eyes of the Pentekonter” will be featured in this gorgeous, hardback Achilles book by Flame Tree Press. Out March 28, 2025 🗡️ 🛡️

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

First book I’ve finished this year: COUNTESS by @sillysyntax.bsky.social An excellent novella! Can’t recommend it enough!

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Writers: repost a random story that you're proud of. My latest, “Ten Rules to Survive as a Pirate” 🏴‍☠️ 🌊✨🐉 ⚓️ Read for free in Elegant Literature: www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

My favorite story I have written so far, “Ten Rules to Survive as a Pirate,” is out now in @elegantliterature.bsky.social’s latest issue, Paradise Plundered! 🏴‍☠️🧡 Read now for free! elegantliterature.com/magazine/ #writingcommunity

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

“I wanted to take her hands, but I knew she’d never allow it. She disliked to be touched. She never put her arms around anyone. And so it was in our glances that we held each other.”

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Yesterday, I finished AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” and loved it so much I decided to reread the books. (Officially losing count of the books I’m currently reading and effectively reaching my peak as a chaotic mood reader.) 🫠

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