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Posts by Cody Sisco
It's been a labor of love, and ten years after debuting, it's time for a reintroduction. πππ«
We go live at 8:00 am PT on April 21. π³οΈβππ ππ
Queer cyberpunk paranoia in an alt history cautionary utopia. πͺπ β‘οΈπ
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Ten years. One Queer Cyberpunk Deluxe Hardcover.
Follow the pre-launch page now:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...
#BrokenMirror #cyberpunk #queerscifi #Kickstarter #indieauthor πππ« π¦Ύ π³οΈβππ ππ πͺπ β‘οΈπ
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Help me reach 50 readers signing up for my soon-to-launch #Kickstarter campaign. ππ
It's for a deluxe hardcover edition of a queer alt-history cyberpunk novel with paranoia, angst, and struggle. π¦Ύ π³οΈβππ Not cozy! β‘οΈπ
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...
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Poets laureate Lee Herrick and Jen Cheng
Watch WeHo Reads: Poets Laureate Lee Herrick & Jen Cheng in conversation about poetry, music, food, identity, community, and the power of belonging.
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I let my queer cyberpunk manuscript sit for a few months and hallucinated that it was 90% complete, when it really wasn't anywhere close.
Well, now it's done. Well, it's done being drafted. Now comes the editing process, but I'm feeling good about it and ready for what's next.
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Today, I'm sharing news from Shonda Buchanan, Jase Peeples, A.P. Thayer, Pam Ward, and DΓ©sirΓ©e Zamorano. Subscribe to the @bookswellclub.bsky.social newsletter for the good, juicy details.
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One thing that brings me joy these days is seeing authors I love and admire continue to bring their poems and stories into the world. I've been overwhelmed with good news lately, even as headlines make me want to curl up with a good book.
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Welcome new followers! I'm planning a Kickstarter campaign for the 10th anniversary of my debut novel, Broken Mirror. "Queer. Neurodivergent. Wanted by the state."
Sign up now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...
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Field of dandelions
"We bloom in unfriendly places / season after season / Still I speak undeniably / with dandelion fields of gold."
β Jen Cheng, Braided Spaces
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Wednesday, April 15 | 6:30β8 pm PT | Free, Online
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Toxic Medicine by Cody Sisco is coming October 2026
4. Toxic Medicine β Vol. 4 (Coming October 2026)
Victorβs world has always been built on half-truths. When the full truth arrives, he has to decide which side he's on.
Book cover of Altered Bodies by Cody Sisco
3. Altered Bodies β Vol. 3
Victor tries to start fresh and finds everything has shifted. Family loyalties, trusted allies, and the world itself are harder to read. The fight for justice becomes more personal, and the cost keeps rising.
2. Tortured Echoes β Vol. 2
Victor has found ways to manage his condition, but the past isnβt done with him. A long-buried secret draws him into new danger and deeper into the conspiracy he thought heβd left behind.
Book cover of Broken Mirror by Cody Sisco
1. Broken Mirror β Vol. 1
Victor Eastmore is brilliant, pansexual, and living with a condition the government has criminalized. When a family mystery pulls him out of Semiautonomous California and into a fractured America, he discovers how high the stakes really are. A queer sci-fi road trip.
Book cover of Believe and Live by Cody Sisco
0. Believe and Live β Prequel
As a young child, Victor witnessed a terrible tragedy. This short story reveals what happened in Carmchael that led Semiautonomous California to criminalize people with mirror resonance syndrome.
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A map of an alternate history United States of America
New to the Resonant Earth Series? Hereβs your reading order.
Victor Eastmore is pansexual, neurodivergent, and living in an alternate history California where people like him are criminalized. His story spans four books, and the fourth arrives later this year.
www.codysisco.com/books
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One week until Lee Herrick joins us for WeHo Reads.
"In my California, free sounds and free touch. Free questions, free answers."
One week until Lee Herrick joins us for WeHo Reads. Read My California: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57228/...
Free event, April 15. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
#poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #WeHoReads
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When editing, I'm looking for two "hooks." CURIOSITY and EMPATHY. A good start coaxes me to care about the character and raises questions that MUST be answered.
I'm booking new coaching and dev edit clients for June onward. www.codysisco.com/editing
#BookCoaching #FictionEditing #CraftofWriting
If you love queer SF where the protagonist's neurodivergence is central to the plot, and not a quirk or superpower, but something the world criminalizes, Broken Mirror might be for you.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...
#queerAdultSFF #queerscifi #cyberpunk
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He's the first Asian American California Poet Laureate β and the first ever reappointed. Lee Herrick joins us for WeHo Reads April 15. Free, online. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
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If you like my cautionary utopias set in the uncanny valley of alternate history, then I think you'll like Kay's books too.Β Check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/win...
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I just backed this new project from @duckprintspress.com! I have friends with stories in here, which is exciting! Iβm also excited to read work by new authors!
Support indie presses! Theyβre so, so important to telling queer stories.
The Kickstarter for the sequel to my award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror launches on Monday!
Sign up to be notified when the campaign is live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
As an aside, I've crafted our own little queer journey in publishing with sublightgames.com and I'd love to have you along for the ride.
There's nothing obscene or untoward about our work. We're just a bunch of queers trying to elevate queer voices in sci-fi by telling our truths.
Support talented writers and read amazing speculative fiction.
#indieauthors
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
If you're into reading queer dark fiction/poetry with blasphemy, lots of angst, and stabby trans/nonbinary characters, feel free to hit up my Payhip for free/pay-what-you-want stories.
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#transdayofvisibility #booksky #queerAdultSFF
Deluxe features of Broken Mirror hardcover on Kickstarter
The Broken Mirror 10th Anniversary Deluxe Hardcover:
β Holographic foil cover
β Teal-sprayed edges
β Color endpapers
β Ribbon placemarker
β Signed tiers available
Campaign launches April 21. Follow now and you'll be notified the moment it goes live β those first 48 hours are critical.
Now it's coming back in the edition it always deserved.
Follow the pre-launch on Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...
Cody Sisco showing off Broken Mirror: a novel
10 years ago, I published my debut novel. A queer cyberpunk story about a young man whose neurodivergence is criminalized by the state.
It found its readers slowly, quietly, fiercely.
#queerbooksky #queerauthor #queerbook
If you liked:
β Altered Carbon
β Trouble and Her Friends
β Ubik
β In the Dream House
β¦you might like Broken Mirror.
Queer cyberpunk SF β 10th anniversary deluxe hardcover on Kickstarter April 21. Follow now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cod...
#queerscifi #booksky #queerbooksky