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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her)

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asst prof @ the University of the Philippines Diliman | stories in Apex, Fantasy, Cast of Wonders & more | Nick Joaquin Lit Award '18 & '19 | Clarion '24 Sense of Wonder Scholar | World Fantasy Award '25 sydneypaigeguerrero.wordpress.com

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 9h
Sometimes a breathtaking story just falls into your lap and, well, takes your breath away. This one by Sydney Paige Guerrero is a gorgeous, bittersweet homage to portal fantasies and mothers and daughters and needing and being needed. If you liked Every Heart a Doorway, this is right up your alley.
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Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE
“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a n...
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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yay short fiction recs! Mine are here, but I also want to very strongly second Maria Haskins’ recommendation of “Remade, Reshaped, Remembered” by Sydney Paige Guerrero
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Liz Levin @lizlevin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A quietly intense story that lingers in the mind, like the portal world we visit only in memories. I will return to this one. othersidespec.com/pieces/remad...
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Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE
“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a n...
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Ed Morland @edmorland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As we're getting into the back half of 2026 do think about whether there's any works you'd recommend for the Otherwise Award for SFF "that expands or explores our understanding of gender". The jury can't consider works they aren't aware of so do give them a heads up of stuff they shouldn't miss.
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2026 Otherwise Awards Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Awards jurors to consider!
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Remade, Reshaped, Remembered" is very close to my heart & it's been amazing to see how it's been resonating with readers. It's even cooler to see it appear in the latest Locus column alongside so many other great Otherside stories!!! Thank you so much to @mariahaskins.com for your kind words 🥹💜
Locus review of my story "Remade, Reshaped, Remembered"Recommend stories from Locus
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Caligan Blue @caliganblue.com · 13/09/2026
Oh, this is lovely. I think anyone who grew up with Narnia—anyone who's ever wanted a portal to walk through... or maybe feels like they had one leave them in the (wrong?) world... will appreciate this.
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Remade, Reshaped, Remembered" is very close to my heart & it's been amazing to see how it's been resonating with readers. It's even cooler to see it appear in the latest Locus column alongside so many other great Otherside stories!!! Thank you so much to @mariahaskins.com for your kind words 🥹💜
Locus review of my story "Remade, Reshaped, Remembered"Recommend stories from Locus
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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I jumped out of my seat and had to take a lap around the house when I first saw FOUR recommendations for @othersidespec.bsky.social stories in this issue of Locus. If you haven’t yet, give these stories a read! They’re “devastating,” “luminescent,” “heartbreaking.” othersidespec.com/issues/issue...
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Recommended Stories
"Before She Knew About Magic", Joshua Geller Schwartz (Otherside 6/26)
"First To Rot", J.N. Howell (Otherside 6/26)
"Remade, Reshaped, Remembered", Sydney Paige Guerrero (Otherside 6/26)
"This Is C(lone)-Pop", Lia Lao (Otherside 6/26)
"Fletcher's Flights", Jonathan Olfert (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/11/26)
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
been raining nonstop for days, but i finally have internet again!! buried under a week's worth of work emails, but, colleagues and students, I will do my best to reply to you soon!!
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
ICYMI! My post-portal fantasy story explores what happens when you return from the secondary world your mother never stopped longing for. Or, returning to the real world is hard; having a healthy conversation with your mother is harder 🥹💀 this story is so special to me. shares are v appreciated!
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Seeing lots of talk today about the importance of paying for creative work. It’s true! You have to support the things you love, or they vanish. It’s that simple. If you love queer SFF, consider joining us before our next issue drops in September! Find all the ways to subscribe or buy copies here:
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Support OTHERSIDE - OTHERSIDE
OTHERSIDE is a queer-led, volunteer-run nonprofit publishing speculative literature by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Your support keeps us going.
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Seoung @seoungkim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
3. Remade, Reshaped, Remembered by Sydney Paige Guerrero. heartbreaking post-portal fantasy of a teen returning to their mundane life. their relationship with Ma feels very real. othersidespec.com/pieces/remad...
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Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE
“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a n...
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
the portal (and this link) is calling you! spirit-stolen names, reverse culture shock, complicated relationships, and copious amounts of arroz caldo await you on the other side 👀✨
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“You haven’t been gone from here for very long. Seconds, maybe,” she says. “It’s July 31st. Still summer. School’s in a couple of weeks.” July 31st is an EXCELLENT day to read “Remade, Reshaped, Remembered,” a gorgeous post-portal fantasy story by @sydneyficant137.bsky.social.
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Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE
“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a nonexistent blade at your waist, completely baffled by your child-soft hands and your oversized basketball shorts and the […]
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
the portal (and this link) is calling you! spirit-stolen names, reverse culture shock, complicated relationships, and copious amounts of arroz caldo await you on the other side 👀✨
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
ICYMI! My post-portal fantasy story explores what happens when you return from the secondary world your mother never stopped longing for. Or, returning to the real world is hard; having a healthy conversation with your mother is harder 🥹💀 this story is so special to me. shares are v appreciated!
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Basil Balanon | Commissions open! @captainpentagon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Oh brother today being #portfolioday means we're halfway through the year... Hi, I'm Basil! Let me draw robits and witches and backgrounds and posters for you! see my full portfolio at captainpentagon.carrd.co
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
When an editor rejected my story because it was "purposefully confusing" with its Filipino setting, and its use of Filipino words like teleserye and pancit were "alienating" 😆
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
the end of the lion the witch and the wardrobe + the end of peter pan and wendy + a smidge of frieren = my story 🖼️ might be one of my favorite things I've ever written 🥹 if you like it, please share or tell a friend 🤩
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
the end of the lion the witch and the wardrobe + the end of peter pan and wendy + a smidge of frieren = my story 🖼️ might be one of my favorite things I've ever written 🥹 if you like it, please share or tell a friend 🤩
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ICYMI: catch my post-portal quest story in the latest issue of OTHERSIDE! returning to the real world after a portal fantasy adventure is hard; having a healthy conversation with your mother is harder 🥹💀
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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Submissions are opening today! We are seeking speculative fiction by immigrant/diaspora writers for upcoming issues. Open to short stories under 5,000 words; translations under 3,500 words from any language into English; and flash fiction under 1,500 words. Accepted stories are paid USD$0.10/word.
A typewriter in greyscale, with text “Submissions open, July 1-31” at the bottom of the image.
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ICYMI: catch my post-portal quest story in the latest issue of OTHERSIDE! returning to the real world after a portal fantasy adventure is hard; having a healthy conversation with your mother is harder 🥹💀
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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We have hit 20% of our fundraising goal and there is only two weeks left to donate! Help support the next year of khōréō here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
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J. Y. Zhang @jyzh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The portal fantasy continuation that I never knew I needed 🫂😭 “You know she loves you, but you also know she would choose the portal over you.”
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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“Remade, Reshaped, Remembered” by @sydneyficant137.bsky.social is a portal fantasy aftermath story that captures the reverse culture shock well, but that’s even better for its exploration of a fraught mother/daughter relationship. Fantastic stuff othersidespec.com/pieces/remad...
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Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE
“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a n...
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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
ICYMI: I reviewed several short stories across three different magazines that released this month. Check it out, or stick around for a thread of favorites 🧵
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
messed up my shoulder by lifting heavy bags full of books that I was supposed to put on my new shelves, but I am now unable to put the books on the shelves bc of said messed up shoulder. circle of life or smthng like that 🙃
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It's strange to receive news that is objectively good & feel ambivalent. The past 2 years have been about sorting through the things I feel I should want & the things I actually want but am scared to have. Most of my ambivalence tends to be bc of one or the other. I don't know which one this is yet.
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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Please spread the word! I’m still open to submissions for the second volume of Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction! Professional pay rate for short stories. Deadline is the end of August. Here are the details: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
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Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions
Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Portals #1 opens to submissions on June 22nd at 12:01 am Eastern! Co-editors Jess and Angel are looking for speculative horror fiction and poetry by trans/nonbinary authors. GUIDELINES: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/... Find their wishlists below, plus more details in the quoted thread! (1/3)
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Mushishi is one of my all time faves but print copies used to be so rare & expensive so Im v happy these collector's editions exist now. It's hard to put into words why I love it sm. Maybe Id be more articulate if I loved it less/loved it for longer. But Im once again banging the recommendation drum
The cover of Mushishi Collector's Edition vol 1
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 19/06/2026
A group of children’s authors and illustrators have launched the “We Are Better Than This” campaign, described as a “creative uprising” against AI. 👇
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Children’s authors and illustrators launch 'We Are Better Than This' campaign against AI
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
summer break has properly begun for me, and my goal is to read more for leisure!! i feel like i only ever read for school these days, but i wanna read at least one new short story per day for fun, and this thread is both a personal tracker and a way to show some love to other writers 💖
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
if only there were several widely accessible magazines publishing amazing short stories with every flavor of weird, fantastical, horrific, and whimsical that you could possibly imagine 🤔🤔🤔
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
it's so frustrating when a story has some really interesting elements but very bad execution (read: I watched two episodes of To Be H3r0 X and bailed; title semi-censored bc I just wanna rant, not get into fandom things or hurt the feelings of anyone who worked on it!) spoilers below 😮‍💨
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p.v. vamsidhar 🌞 @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
my story about gender and past lives is now online in @othersidespec.bsky.social and YOUU can read it!!! i love this story and i am so happy to see it in a magazine that i adore 🧡🐅 othersidespec.com/pieces/we-wh... some thoughts on this piece in the thread !
A photo of Henri Rousseau’s “Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo.” The painting has a landscape of lush green foliage and fruit trees bearing bananas and oranges. In th center, a tiger has buried its face into a buffalo’s neck. Text reads, “We Who Have Been Raised by Tigers.”
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p.v. vamsidhar 🌞 @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
such a gorgeous story it made me want to lay on the ground and curl into a ball!!
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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Speaking of stories that make me cry! I cannot get through this one without choking up, no matter how many times I reread it. So, so beautiful.
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My story is in @othersidespec.bsky.social!! othersidespec.com/pieces/remad... RRR is a post-portal quest. It's the Pevensies reverting back to children, & Peter taking Jane when he finds Wendy is all grown up, but set it in the PH🇵🇭 w/ a mother & a daughter who've never known how to reach each other
Excerpt of "Remade, Reshaped, Remembered"
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
ISSUE 2 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Tiger princesses! Cyborgs! Spacefaring scientists and sword-wielding students! Our second issue is warm, tender, hopeful, and sometimes horrifying in the best way. It was a joy to assemble, and we hope you enjoy it too🪐🗡️🌈 othersidespec.com/issues/issue-2/
OTHERSIDE Issue 2 cover on the left, with text on the right that says ISSUE 2: nine stories, six poems, one essay, original art by queer creators available now! www.othersidespec.com
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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
BIG NEWS! Lately, we've been hinting at a secret project. And... today, we are thrilled to officially announce Portals: a line of themed, guest-edited mini-anthologies coming soon from Hybris Press. More details (including the theme for Portals #1 and a call for submissions) in the 🧵 (1/8)
An old illustration of an eclipse, tinted dark purple, so it looks like a dark portal surrounded by beams of light. White text reads: 

PORTALS: a new series from Hybris Press.
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICYMI: ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW! If you'd like to support a queer magazine during Pride Month, here are a few ways: ✨ Become a patron: www.patreon.com/othersidespec OR buy Issue 2 via... 🪐 Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... 🗡️ Patreon: www.patreon.com/othersidespe... 🌈 Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bpBjnW
OTHERSIDE Issue 2 cover on the left, with text on the right that says ISSUE 2: nine stories, six poems, one essay, original art by queer creators available now for subscribers. www.othersidespec.com
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
happy pride to everyone, especially to all my fellow ace frens!! 💜 no better way to kick off pride month than by supporting this amazing queer magazine 🌈
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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Fans of FF (FFans?), here's one mag issue in particular you'll probably want to check out. It features (FFeatures?) five (FFive!) FFers: @jyzh.bsky.social @sydneyficant137.bsky.social @breewernicke.bsky.social @thelialao.bsky.social and @pvvamsidhar.bsky.social!!!
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe ending + peter pan and wendy ending + a smidge of frieren + a whole ton of mother-daughter angst = my story in this upcoming issue of OTHERSIDE ⚔️ everything sounds like a banger honestly 🙌
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe ending + peter pan and wendy ending + a smidge of frieren + a whole ton of mother-daughter angst = my story in this upcoming issue of OTHERSIDE ⚔️ everything sounds like a banger honestly 🙌
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Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
found out that the Issuu link for my zine, "A Consequence of the Body", doesn't work anymore but it's up again here: archive.org/details/a-co... It's really nice there's still an interest in it. If you like science fiction featuring robotic clones, pirated AI, and violent catharsis, check it out! 🤖
A Consequence of the Body cover and QR code to archive.orgPreview text and original publication info
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