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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 30/09/2026

A khipu master banished from Cusco. A trader's daughter sent to guide her. A jungle civilization where law is poetry, and a machine that could write it all. A slow-burn sapphic novel about power, and whether inventors answer for what they build. #DVpit #A #HF #LF #LGBT #Latine

A narrow rocky stream winding through a dense, shaded tropical forest framed by long hanging vines and thick green foliage, evoking a secluded, tranquil jungle scene.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 30/09/2026

Who writes the laws, who enacts them, who never gets a say? An exiled Inca knot-writer finds a stateless jungle society governed by poetry, and a scribe building a machine to automate it. A sapphic, dual-POV novel of the pre-Columbian Andes and Amazon. #DVpit #A #HF #LF #LGBT #Latine

Misty forest stream with a narrow curved wooden-plank walkway crossing shallow water toward a fallen log and tall trees rising through soft morning light, surrounded by ferns and broad-leaf plants.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 30/09/2026

Pre-Columbian Andes & Amazon, two women in alternating voices. An exiled Inca khipu master and her jungle guide fall in love slowly, badly, honestly, while a charismatic scribe builds a machine to write the law. EVERY RIVER CARRIES ITS OWN MOONLIGHT, 60k. #DVpit #A #HF #LF #LGBT #Latine

Mossy stone lookout wall on a mountain ridge overlooking mist‑shrouded, layered valleys that fade into the cloudy, overcast distance.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 30/09/2026

CIRCE meets THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS in the pre-Columbian Andes and Amazon: an exiled Inca khipu master with forbidden knowledge joins a jungle plot to build a machine that writes the law. Her guide asks the question no one else will. Sapphic, dual POV, 60k. #DVpit #A #HF #LF #LGBT #Latine

Ancient Incan stone ruins and terraced walls, their moss-covered blocks perched on a cliffside overlooking a steep, densely forested mountain valley.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 30/09/2026

What if the first computer was a river-driven machine that wrote poems? In pre-Columbian South America, an exiled khipu master joins a plot to build it, while her guide wonders if the woman she loves is helping build a cage. Dual POV. #DVpit #A #HF #LF #LGBT #Latine

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 17/09/2026

The wetlands meet the Pacific at Pupuya, Chile.

A wide, dark-sand beach under an overcast sky, with ocean waves on the left and a calm lagoon on the right separated by a narrow sandbar. Low green hills with scattered buildings rise in the background. Numerous footprints cover the foreground sand.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 12/09/2026

This is Asami. She came to us about 3 years old, from a woman who finds home cats from a large prison. She complains all the time but she's a sweetheart and likes to sleep in bunny pose.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 05/09/2026

Truly manly cats don't need external validation.

Gray tabby cat sleeping in a wooden chair, partially covered by a turquoise and brown patterned blanket.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 31/08/2026

Just arrived, my author's copy of Worlds of Possibility vol 2 edited by @omgjulia.bsky.social that includes my story "Happiness is _______". Also, it's featured on the back! My (small) collection is growing.

Hardcover book "Worlds of Possibility, Volume 2," edited by Julia Rios, lying on a cutting mat with ruler markings. The cover art shows a young woman with dark hair and a gold heart-shaped tiara, dressed in blue, looking up with her hand raised toward a small blue dragon and a ghostly blue cat floating above her against a purple and blue starry sky, with a spaceship illustration near the title.

Blue book page headed "Praise for the stories in Worlds of Possibility Volume 2," featuring a review excerpt from Alex Brown at Reactor. It praises "Happiness Is ___" by Rodrigo Culagovski as "the literary equivalent of a hug" that "will leave you smiling," followed by the start of a review for "Have You Eaten Yet" by Ian Li.

Interior book page showing the title page of a short story: "Happiness Is" by Rodrigo Culagovski, noted as a 900-word short story, with an epigraph reading "One of you will be chosen to live on our spaceship and travel the Galaxy with us," followed by the opening lines of the story text.

A row of book spines standing on a shelf, including titles such as "Solarpunk Creatures," "Monstrous Futures," "We Are All Thieves of Somebody's Future," "Not Your Papi's Utopia," "Fission #5," a Chinese-language anthology ("AI大师"), "The Digital Aesthete," and "Worlds of Possibility Volume 2" at the far right in blue.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 13/08/2026

Just finished "The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com. Stunning, beautiful and heartbreaking. I read (and write) SF for the chance to experience otherness and this is one of the most 'other' books I've read in a long time, while also timely and urgent. Amazing world-building. I'm blown away.

Book cover for The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang, featuring colorful tentacle-like forms against a black background, with large yellow title text and the subtitle “Can words burn down an empire?”

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 06/08/2026

My sort-of-witchy short story "Everybody Does Something About the Weather But Nobody Talks About It" is live today on @gavagai.com! gavagai.com/posts/6412

A storm photograph used as a website hero banner. Dark thunderclouds fill the sky over a low, nearly black horizon while multiple bright lightning bolts branch across the center of the image, illuminating the clouds with a pale violet-white glow.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 01/08/2026

My story, "Her Hair the Color of a Sun-Red Orange," is in the latest issue of @utopiascifi.bsky.social! www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page...

A science fiction magazine cover on a pale peach background. At the top, a stylized blue masthead reads "UTOPIA," with "SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE" below it in smaller blue text, followed by "Volume VIII August, 2026" in white. Behind the title, a bright yellow-orange meteor with a glowing tail streaks diagonally across the page from left to right.

The central illustration depicts a headless astronaut in a bulky spacesuit falling upside down. The suit is colored with a blue-to-purple gradient and outlined in thick black ink in a comic-book style. The astronaut's severed neck points downward toward the bottom of the cover, while detached equipment—including bolts, panels, a bottle, and other mechanical debris—floats around the body in zero gravity. The figure is framed inside a large circular window or porthole with a gold rim, showing a black-and-gold planetary or abstract space background.

Centered over the lower half of the illustration is a list of contributors in bold white text with black outlines: Ian Li, Rodrigo Culagovski, Gio Clairval, Callie Voorhis, K.B. Nelson, Deborah Davitt, Torrey Francis Malek, Lisa Timpf, Denis Mortenson, Alberto Palmeiri, Samiha Zaki, and William Tenn. Near the bottom, "INTERVIEWS" appears above the names Tran Nguyen and Steve Davidson.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 09/07/2026

@gailsimone.bsky.social bringing some current real-world truth to the mutant metaphor in X-Men 31:

A comic panel showing Quicksilver and Banshee of the X-Men standing indoors beneath a geometric ceiling.

Quicksilver, on the left, has short white hair and wears a green-and-white costume. He looks serious and says, “Banshee, that can’t be, can it?”

Banshee, on the right, has orange hair with prominent sideburns and wears a blue-and-yellow X-Men costume with his arms crossed. He replies, “For God’s sake, why?” followed by, “Don’t know, lad. But 33 countries stripped mutants of any special protection last year.”

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 25/06/2026

Like the Social Network except in the pre-Columbian Amazon and no smarmy tech-bros, but instead a disgraced Inca noblewoman, a commoner, a mysterious woman from the north who is more than she seems, and lots of parakeets (they're the key to the whole thing). #unhingedpit #Q #LGBTQ+ #R #SF

Three parakeets perched side by side on a branch against a blurred green background: two blue-and-white birds on the left and center, and one bright yellow bird on the right.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 05/06/2026

www.reddit.com/r/linguistic...

Alt text: A grayscale reference chart of English interrogative and indefinite pronouns/adverbs arranged in a grid. Columns are based on roots such as “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” “why,” “which,” “whom,” “whose,” “whence,” and “whither,” combined with prefixes and suffixes including “any-,” “every-,” “else-,” “some-,” “no-,” “-ever,” and “-soever.” Many archaic forms (for example, “hence,” “thence,” “hither,” “whence,” “whither,” “somewhence,” “whencesoever”) are included. Numerous entries are shown in light gray with strikethroughs, indicating obsolete or rarely used forms. The lower portion extends the pattern to categories such as “how,” “body,” “one,” “thing,” “place,” “day,” “time,” and “way,” yielding forms like “anybody,” “everybody,” “somebody,” “nobody,” “anything,” “everything,” “something,” “nothing,” “anytime,” “sometime,” and “anyway.”

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 25/05/2026

Thanks to the inestimable @alexshvartsman.bsky.social , I have my first story published in another language, in the Chinese version of his “The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI” anthology. My small collection of print pubs keeps (slowly) expanding.

Pale blue Chinese-language book cover on a pink cutting mat grid, featuring large blue text “AI 大师” and “THE DIGITAL AESTHETE” along the spine edge. The cover illustration shows a hand-drawn retro robot with syringe-like transparent limbs, pink block feet, gears, and heart motifs in a pastel blue, pink, and yellow palette.

Close-up photo of a book interior page printed in Chinese, with the name “Rodrigo Culagovski” in Latin letters inside parentheses next to Chinese characters. The shallow depth of field leaves most surrounding text softly blurred.

Bookshelf with speculative fiction and art books standing upright against a white wall. Visible spines include “Solarpunk Creatures,” “Monstrous Futures,” “Not Your Papi’s Utopia,” “Fission #5,” and the pale blue Chinese book “AI 大师.” A colorful illustrated zine or magazine titled “Starline” leans in front on the right.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 21/04/2026

My flash piece, "Marianne in an Unlit Bar on the Outer Curve of Human Space," is out in @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Baffling Magazine! It's one of my favorite recent stories and they did an amazing job with it! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...

Black-and-white title card. Top: stylized word “BAFFLING,” with feathered wing shapes integrated into the letters. Beneath it in small caps: “SPECULATIVE FLASH FICTION WITH A QUEER BENT.” Centered main title: “Marianne in an Unlit Bar on the Outer Curve of Human Space.” Bottom: “Apr 15.”

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 20/04/2026

The New Teen Titans, of course.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 10/04/2026

Happy to share the sale of my story "In a Very Small, Very Local Sense" to the @aanpress.bsky.social upcoming anthology “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” coming out this summer! Lots of great writers in it, keep an eye out.

Alt text: A stylized illustration of a lone astronaut seen from behind, walking forward into a colorful, abstract cosmic background filled with glowing particles and paint-like splashes in pink, purple, green, and yellow. The astronaut’s suit is dark with illuminated highlights. Surrounding the figure in a circular layout is bold, multicolored, slightly offset text reading “STARS AND GRAVITY TEA OR COFFEE,” with a retro 3D effect in teal and orange.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 05/04/2026

I was honored to be in the anthology "The Digital Aesthete", edited by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, sharing the TOC with @aptshadow.bsky.social and @kyliu99.bsky.social. It is now also available in Mandarin from Shanghai Translation Publishing House and Future Affairs Administration. t.ly/hoJUi

Poster-style illustration with a light blue background and large blue “AI” text alongside the Chinese “大师” (Master / Great Master). Top-left text reads “译文科学” (Translation Science). Top-right text reads “未来事务管理局编” (Edited by the Bureau of Future Affairs). A stylized robot made of cardboard-like panels stands centered; its limbs are transparent measuring cylinders with marked volume scales, partially filled with dark liquid. The robot has simple geometric facial features, a heart symbol on its chest, and visible gear motifs. Vertical text on the left reads “THE DIGITAL AESTHETE.” Bottom text reads “上海译文出版社” (Shanghai Translation Publishing House). White curved lines radiate from the lower right corner.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 30/03/2026

Didn't even have to do anything myself…

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 27/03/2026

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

Two young women, Magik (blonde, in a yellow-and-black suit with a winged headpiece) and Kitty Pryde (brunette, in a blue-and-black suit with gold gloves), hug a small purple dragon, Lockheed. Both smile with eyes closed as they hold him tightly. Lockheed has small horns, wings, and a long tail. A speech bubble above them says “LOCKHEED!”.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 27/02/2026

Dalcahue, Chiloé, seen from the hills after the rain. #chiloe #chile

Elevated panoramic view of a rural coastal landscape at dusk, with rolling green hills and patches of farmland in the foreground. A narrow paved road winds through scattered houses and small buildings toward a bay on the left. The water is calm, with rows of aquaculture structures visible offshore. In the distance, layered hills and a faint shoreline stretch beneath thick, dramatic clouds lit by soft pink and orange light breaking through the sky.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 27/02/2026

Entrance of pets forbidden. Existence of large dog.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 13/02/2026

First night of Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Huge street party, much loud, so dancing, and the costumes! Brazilians are amazing. #Brazil #Brasil #Carnaval #Salvador #Bahia

A shot of Carnaval in Salvador, Brazil. People dancing in the street in colorful costumes at night.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 19/01/2026

Parque Forestal, Santiago Chile.

Low-angle view looking straight up a tall palm tree with a textured trunk and a radial crown of fronds against a clear blue sky, surrounded by leafy trees at the edges.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 14/01/2026

True, Sunfire, true. Luna Snow - World Tour #1

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 14/01/2026

#XSpoilers. No comment needed. Uncanny X-Men 22.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 03/12/2025

For your 2025 awards consideration (all free): BigHappyFriend Likes Humans / Flash Fiction Online www.flashfictiononline.com/article/bigh... Dead Man's Switch / Tractor Beam www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m... A Track of Color Among the Wars / Nightshades www.nightshadesmag.com/a-track-of-c...

White background with a diagonal yellow stripe from lower left to upper right. Blue text on the left reads Rodrigo Culagovski, 2025, Awards Consideration. Blue text on the right lists: BigHappyFriend Likes Humans, Flash Fiction Online; Dead Man's Switch, Tractor Beam; A Track of Color Among the Wars, Nightshades.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 20/11/2025

Had to wait til 2025 to get this panel, but it's finally here, with all the flavor of 25. #XSpoilers

Batgirl and Wolverine sit side by side in front of a massive glowing clock face, both wearing yellow-and-black costumes and eating noodles from white takeout boxes with chopsticks. Batgirl has long red hair; Wolverine has long black hair. Speech bubbles read: “WE HEAD TO THE CLOCK TOWER. AND WE EAT.” then Wolverine says, “IT’S 25 WITH CHICKEN.” Batgirl replies, “IT’S GOOD.” Wolverine continues, “IT HAS ALL THE FLAVOR OF 25.” In the background, Nightwing kneels on the floor in a blue suit holding up a small brown dog, smiling. Honeybadger sits across from him in a yellow suit, petting Jonathan, her wolverine, who stands on his hind legs with paws on her shoulders.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 06/11/2025

#XSpoilers #Xmen Amazing X-Men 2 was my favorite comic of the Age of Revelation event so far. I usually don't care much for Cyclops, but this was top-notch characterization. Also loved the way they wrote and drew the Darkchild, demonic but not fan-servicey. I might even keep reading the event!

An older Cyclops wearing a tattered red cape and visor looks over his shoulder amid falling leaves, saying, “I can do anything. Anything. As long as I have the X-Men with me.”

A red-skinned character (the Darkchild) with long white hair and glowing orange eyes smiles menacingly. They have sharp teeth and are speaking in a comic speech bubble that says, “AND MY PEOPLE PREFER THE DEVIL THEY KNOW.”

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 22/10/2025

#xspoilers #xmen Omega Kids #1 and Book of Revelation #1 are the first issues of the event I've enjoyed, probably because they feel new in a way instead of just rehashing the same ole 'Age of Something' we've seen a few dozen times.

A comic panel showing two characters talking. On the left, a young person with long blonde hair, wearing a black and purple jacket with an “X” symbol on the shoulder. On the right, a man with purple hair and beard, goggles, and a fur-collared coat kneeling with a red object in hand. He says, “The X-Men will be the end to all of this. They will murder our world and dance on her corpse.”

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 16/09/2025

Moveable type, Museo del Inmigrante, Valparaiso Chile.

Close-up view of metal movable type pieces arranged in a wooden case, seen through a magnifying glass. The type includes numbers, punctuation marks, symbols, and decorative characters.

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 09/09/2025

Have you ever been to the desert?

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