Natalia Theodoridou

📣 New novel announcement: ANNA DREAMS OF A DEAD REVOLUTIONARY is coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social in 2028. When people ask what it's about, I say it's like SOUR CHERRY, except the haunted house is Greece, and Bluebeard is fascism. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊ Keep writing your queer, trans, antifascist books, friends.

"And then, that held-breath pause until the dead found their way to us in fragments. Static on the phone, phantoms on TV screens, corrupted emails. Saying: Tell her. Tell him. Tell them I love them. Tell them I was murdered." "Roams The Planet of Our Grief" clarkesworldmagazine.com/theodoridou_...

Clarkesworld gave me my first professional publication, and I couldn't be more thrilled to be in their 20yr anniversary issue. Happy birthday, @clarkesworldmagazine.com! And with one of my favourite stories, too: "Roams the Planet of Our Grief," where a trans boy talks to the dead. As one does.

Back home I listened to "Horse Boy" by @natalia-theodoridou.com from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 72 read by @mrmightyink.bsky.social I really had no idea where it was going and was delighted where it ended up. What a ride! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/hors...

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

If you like interactive fiction (or even if you don't) I commend to you An Odyssey: Echoes of War by @natalia-theodoridou.com

📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!

Thank you for helping us hit $25k! With just under 2 days left on the fund drive, will you help us raise our pay rates to 10c/word? Still more rewards left on the Backerkit campaign 👀

The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more.

Just finished the stunningly beautiful "Sour Cherry" by @natalia-theodoridou.com. I cannot possibly recommend this book more highly and I can't wait to see what he does to follow up this debut.

Since it's Pride month, I wanted to bring this up again. I'm a trans person trying to get the money to cover moving fees so I can get out of Florida and to a safer city. I've got some already, but any more help at all will be appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/help-vale-...

😳 SOUR CHERRY won the Locus Award for First Novel!! 😳 Thank you so much @locusmag.bsky.social and congratulations to all finalists and winners! I wish I could have been there with you all. 🚀💫🌗🍒

I'm only 40 pages into SOUR CHERRY by Natalia Theodoridou. I can already tell you, the writing is extraordinary. The kind of writing that makes many of us question what we're even doing calling ourselves writers. Elegant, laden, orchestral. I'm going to savor this. @nassos.bsky.social

when i wrote The Death of Mountains, i just wanted to write a book with a talking mountain and a talking death (many). and ask this: "what is the point of living when death is standing on your shoulder?" a finalist for: the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the L.A. Times Book Prize

So!! Grief Eater is out on Monday!! (Tuesday for the US, sorry, we beat you to it!) (Also if you haven’t seen my cover, holy shit, thank you Dante Luiz 🖤) I’d love to answer some questions, please AMA 🥰

SOUR CHERRY by @nassos.bsky.social (Best Novel finalist) Gorgeous prose, weird fairytale in all the best ways, intensely woven, exploring why we stay Feels written not to explain to people who haven't experienced this way of living, but to hug those who have Truly excellent

Let's make today a Tiny Story day! Leave me a prompt of any kind (but if it's an image, please include a description) and recieve a tiny story just for you! Optional prompt: Transformations

Do me a favor. Respond or quote this with the most recent piece of media (book, short story, album, painting, statue, game, anything) by a *trans creator* that you loved. Drop a link. Boost their signal.

In addition to the story, you can find links to Ewen's work in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @anathemamagazine.bsky.social. Finally, Ewen thinks you should read work by @nassos.bsky.social and @vajra.me

The final story in FF#27 is "One Last Round in the Arena of Little Gods (Or, Asan and the Lion" by @ewenmaer.bsky.social This one's for you if you're into: -boxers-turned-cabbies and one troublesome final fare -fighting the power -protecting the cat www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

Offering some Bluebeard retellings in our suspicious underground cellar – here's the key, feel free to explore all you like.

My 3rd Nebula review is @nassos.bsky.social’s dark debut novel. A retelling of the story of Bluebeard, this is a labyrinthine, complicated work. Its difficulty, no doubt, is intentional, meant to mirror the vagaries of trauma & abuse. Powerful & complex, but not for the faint of heart. #booksky

Just finished SOUR CHERRY by @nassos.bsky.social which is a haunting masterpiece and KATABASIS by @rfkuang.bsky.social which is fabulous and a surprisingly funny read Currently reading THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE by @johnchu.bsky.social Next: WIFE SHAPED BODIES by @lauracranehill.bsky.social

Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

I'm so excited about this, everyone. Please register and come hear about Emma's new book!

55% funded! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Well well well... would you look at that... you can now follow along on BackerKit! 👀 tiny.cc/recordedantho

Congratulations to our amazing Clarion West alumni who are finalists for @locusmag.bsky.social Awards, plus too many instructors to name. Full list: locusmag.com/2026/04/2026.... @isabelcanas.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @somtoihezue.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

Sour Cherry is a Locus Award finalist! 🍒 Thank you to everyone who voted and massive congrats to all fellow finalists!

My beloved novelette Phantom View is a Locus finalist! Wonderful news, especially since it's sharing a ballot with @acwise.bsky.social @sentencebender.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @marthawells.com @nassos.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @hildur.bsky.social & @aimeeogdenwrites.com! Yay all!

I was not expecting to read anything this fortnight, but while sitting by my shelves to take a break I picked this up, and it didn't want to be put down I loved the layering of fairy tale trappings and truths, and the rich, horrible sensory world [Sour Cherries by @nassos.bsky.social]

The #kickstarter for Thyme Travellers 2 An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is now live! #projectwelove @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

"objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tiny story day! I didn't do this in March, but I'm back! Drop a comment in the thread and get a tiny story just for you. If you'd like a prompt, feel free to riff off of any sort of transportation. I'll get to these through the rest of the month, and hopefully you'll get something fun to enjoy.

The SOUR CHERRY paperback is out in the UK today 🍒🎊🍒 www.headline.co.uk/titles/natal...

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - February 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over a dozen stories by @nassos.bsky.social @jordankurella.com @jlgeorge.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @elijah.mea.rs @ewenmaer.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social & MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/posts/154416...

I could use a little help going into April. I’ve been waiting to get paid for over a month now, and I’m deep in the hole. I’ll make rent but there’s going to be nothing left over. Any help is appreciated: ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...

The Locus Awards Poll closes soon! You'll find SOUR CHERRY in the First Novel category, alongside incredible work by @bogiperson.bsky.social, @silviapark.bsky.social & so many more. Anyone can vote, add in any favourites the list has missed, and find something new to read. It's a win-win-win

One of my favorite books of last year! I didn't think Bluebeard could grab me, but @nassos.bsky.social made the story haunting (both literally and figuratively).

Hugo nominations close soon, so remember to cast your ballots (Seattle Worldcon members, you can nominate this year too!). Sour Cherry is a Nebula finalist, a Crawford Award honoree, and on the Locus Recommended Reading list (all of which still blows my mind) zandoprojects.com/books/sour-c...