Thank you to those who support diversity, indie publishing, and bold, fearless, fiction for the last 15 years!

"Browse chilling spines at Ghoulish Books while surrounded by macabre art, broken doll heads, and a mannequin with a werewolf mask (a representation of the company’s mascot, The Ghoul)." www.afar.com/magazine/9-h...

The author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED, Nicole Givens Kurtz, on blended genres. Enter to win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/UmHuGJR @thefaeriereview.bsky.social @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

Enjoy an interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED. Discover what she likes to do when she's not writing. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/xmOzvuP @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

I've started revising the draft of the third #KingdomOfAves book. It's completed, and I left it to marinate for about a month. Now, I'm diving back in to revise, revise, revise. *Send coffee and happy thoughts*

We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! 🥰 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

If Cybil Lewis was made into a movie, who would be the cast? Check out my choices over at Dawn's blog. Don't forget to enter to win a $20 gift card! dawnsreadingnook.blogspot.com/2025/10/book... 💙📚 @mochamemoirspress.bsky.social @goddessfish.bsky.social

The author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED, Nicole Givens Kurtz, shares her dream cast. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/3Dmymy3 @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

The last week of the Fabricated blog tour kicks off today at Gina Rae Mitchell's site. There's a review and a discussion about the novel. ginaraemitchell.com/fabricated/

Just in time for #BlackSpeculativeFiction Month! If you like #vampires, #Sinners, or #VampiretheMasquerade, you need this! #BlackSky 📚💙

Enjoy an interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED. Discover something she learned from her hero. Enter to win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/0ZPFXzh @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

For #BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth, I blogged and asked the question Does #Cyberpunk have a race issue? Check it out. shenanigatorbooks.com/does-cyberpu... 💙📚 #BlackSky

Do you ever read a novel and as an author you're stunned to the point of envy? That was me while reading T. Kingfisher's Clockwork Boys. I enjoyed it, and I was super envious. I'll never be able to write like that! The flow, the pacing, the characters...*chef's kiss* This is why I love reading.

I'm interviewed at the It's Raining Books blog. I'm talking about the books and writing, as usual. The answers are unusual. If you're interested in learning more about writing, genre, and Fabricated, give it a read. #BlackSky #indieAuthor #SF #Cyberpunk #Interview @mochamemoirspress.bsky.social

The author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED, Nicole Givens Kurtz, shares why her book is a must read. Enter to win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/a8oU1Sa @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

This year, THE NIGHTWARD was long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards & the Locus Awards. It's not a Goodreads darling, or a romantasy with millions of fans. (But Martha Wells liked it. Maybe you will too.) What it is, is the book of my heart. Thanks for welcoming it into yours. 3/4

The author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED, Nicole Givens Kurtz, shares her top ten cyberpunk films/TV shows. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/9aol1dr @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

What are the top ten cyberpunk films/tv shows? Let me tell you... karensiddall.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/v...

Cybil is reminded once again that everything can be FABRICATED, a #SciFi #mystery by Nicole Givens Kurtz. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/8nidmtm @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

Did you know you can find me on the tiky toky? I have taken the plunge into those choppy and mystifying waters. You can find me there at nicolegivenskurtz. I'd love to reach more followers. If you like what I write, like supporting diverse & indie authors, give me a follow here or there or both.

The tour continues! Find out what I think about critique groups over at the Long and Short Review site. #BlogTour #CritiqueGroup #SF #BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth www.longandshortreviews.com/.../.

The author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED, Nicole Givens Kurtz, shares her take on critique groups. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/q3saXLc @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

"The Music of the Siphorophenes" by C.L. Polk, from THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION (2021) [later reprinted in UNCANNY www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-... ]

I've been interviewed for Lisa Haselton. Check it out. lisahaselton.com/2025/10/09/i... #Books #AuthorInterview 💙📚

Enjoy an interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED. Discover her favorite place to write. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/DtW8Mae @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

made the deposit! now for the plane ticket!! please share and/or donate!

“Why are we drawn to fungal horror? Is it because a part of us understands how powerful fungi can be? Do we both fear and long for that kind of connection that mycelial networks create?” Leticia Urieta writes about sporror at Reactor, including GHOST EATERS: bit.ly/48QeVH6 @reactorsff.bsky.social

Enjoy an interview with Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED. Discover where the idea for the book came from. Enter to #win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/E2fUWpo @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

The author of the #SciFi #mystery FABRICATED, Nicole Givens Kurtz, introduces her main character. Enter to win a $20 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/EcnZSap @readyourwrites.bsky.social @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social

I'm on tour! A blog tour and the first stop is Read Your Writes Book Review. Stop by and learn more about my latest release, Fabricated and enter the giveaway! readyourwrites.blogspot.com/2025/10/fabr... 💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #NewRelease #Giveaway

Reminder as you reflect on the week and prepare for the weekend...

To help kickoff #BlackSpecMonth! New Release: FABRICATED: A CYBIL LEWIS SF MYSTERY It's a whodunit with themes of wrongful incarceration, the cost of ambition, and how the truth never stays buried. #BuyMyBook #NewRelease #SF #sciencefictionbooks Available at Mocha Memoirs Press 📚💙 #BlackSky

#empathy has been a big topic in the last week. I wrote about the power of #empathy and how it keeps you from going to the dark side. #starwars #sF #empathymatters #BookSky 💙📚 shenanigatorbooks.com/the-power-of...

Next up on my schedule: The Official Book Launch Party for Incendiary. Next Thursday at 7:30 PM EST VIA ZOOM. My thanks to everyone who purchased a virtual ticket. I look forward to hanging and reading from INCENDIARY! #BookSky

I've been head down for months, especially with the day job. It went into BEAST mode. But, I'm happy to report, that I have finished the first draft of the third book in my Kingdom of Aves fantasy-mystery series. It's titled, Birds of a Feather Burn Together, and I am excited to share it! #Fantasy

This is fantastic! Thank you!!

Help me out. What are some open to non-fiction essays? I have a few and I have a BS in rhetoric writing. With so many closing and disappearing from the web, if you know of a publication that's accepting non-fiction work, please let me know. Thanks! #amwriting #essaywriting #essay

ATTENTION: There's only 2 days left to review FABRICATED on #NetGalley. Download the eARC today. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #Cyberpunk #SF #Noir 📚💙 #BlackSky

If you can help support this amazing writer and person, please. Every little bit helps so much.

Time's running out to #review the upcoming #cyberpunk novel, Fabricated: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery! It's available on #NetGalley for reviewers, readers, and SF lovers. Support #diverseVoices in SF www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... 📚💙 #BlackSky

I'm updating the Midwest BSFA Juke Joint flyer with sponsor logos as big sponsorships come in. First up: @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social of Mocha Memoirs Press! MMP is a small publishing house based in Winston-Salem, NC.  #BlackSky #BlackBookSky

Struck out with landing an agent. The project wasn't for them. I understand an agent isn't going to believe in my work as much as I do. But... It would great to have a mentor or an ally to advocate for my work in rooms I cannot enter. Are there agents seeking #horror or #SF?

there are over 90,000 separate local governments in the United States, you still have something you can influence. school board meetings and small town city councils may not be glamorous but they’re easy places to gain power and that’s why the fash started there take the playbook

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

ICYMI-My cyberpunk noir novel, FABRICATED, with cover art by Natania Barron is up on #NetGalley for reviewers! You can take this three-day weekend and enjoy The District and P.I. Cybil Lewis's investigation of an escaped violator! Ready? Go here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

If you support and love #AfroFuturism #Afrofuturist stories, please consider reviewing FABRICATED. The story is set in futuristic DC after the fall of the U.S. Cybil is a PI in The District investigating cases of her choosing. Cover Art by @natania.bsky.social www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... 📚💙

#Gardening- This is my fifth year growing summer crops in raised beds. I have five raised beds and about 10 containers growing various things. This is the first year the cucumbers have not produced anything. Actually, none of the crops are fruiting. I'm so disheartened. Send gardening tips.

Attention SF Readers and Reviewers! If you're on #NetGalley, my upcoming novel, FABRICATED: A CYBIL LEWIS SF Novel is available for a limited time only. You can get a copy to review here: www.netgalley.com/widget/89010... 📚💙 #SF #BlackSF #Cyberpunk #CyberpunkNoir

I have the overwhelming urge to rearrange my home office. I have a narrow, rectangular shaped space with a large square desk. If you have pictures of home offices that invoke peace, calm, and growth, I'd like to see them.

It's officially summer and she didn't come to play. Stay hydrated, cool, and wear sunscreen if you must go out. Summer is literally stalking us. Take care of each other. Someone mentioned leaving water out for critters and birds because it's too hot for them, too.