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José Pablo Iriarte

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

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October 2015


José Pablo Iriarte is a Cuban-American writer and teacher who lives in Central Florida. Their fiction can be found in in magazines such as Uncanny, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and others, and has been reprinted in numerous Year's Best anthologies. José's novelette, "The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births," was a Nebula Award Finalist for 2018. Learn more at www.labyrinthrat.com, or follow José on Twitter @labyrinthrat. ...more

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*laugh* It feels pretty amazing! I'm trying very hard to be in the moment and to remember that I won't automatically be in this position again. I'm also spending a small fortune on getting to Los Angeles and on fancy clothes to wear to the ceremony, but again, it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing and I want to do it right! (It's worth noting that there are other sides of the experience, though. Being nominated paints a target on you, and people want to weigh in on why works they think are undeserving get nominated, etc. "The way to get nominated is to have a name nobody can pronounce," "SFWA likes stories about identity-politics," etc. *shrug* The good still outweighs the less-good.)(less)
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I am famously a ninny when it comes to horror, but I have been getting increasingly comfortable with *written* horror stories, and anyway, surely I could cope with a story that third-graders could read, right? Well let me tell you there were moments ...more
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This is a profound reflection on remorse, on making amends, and on making difficult decisions. It features incredibly rich worldbuilding, lyrical prose, and intricate politics (both between nations and within governments). Check out this debut novel!
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The Enigma of the Obsidian Princess and the Grandest Gardener of Texcoco was a magical read, with a fresh feel and lore and setting that will be new to many readers. Readers will be captivated by the sweeping epoch-spanning storyline, the lovable nag ...more
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A gender-reversal story in which a girl disguises herself as a boy to infiltrate a boys-only engineering apprenticeship program so that she can look for clues to determine why her father was murdered, set in an Asian-inspired steampunk world . . . th ...more
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'There Are No Monsters on Rancho Buenavista' by Isabel Cañas
 
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'The Kite Maker' by Brenda Peynado
 
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'Proof by Induction' by José Pablo Iriarte
 
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'Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont' by P.A. Cornell
 
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'Lips Like Sugar' by Cynthia Gómez
 
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