Shackles, and way to break them: a meditation on death, life and the struggle in between, inspired by Zola Jesus' record, Okovi: new post on Substack #substackwriter #musicasmeditationonlife #zolajesus #musicandepiphany #musicandcatharsis #writingcommunity sacharosel.substack.com/p/shackles-a...

Want to know more about Italian Science Fiction? – Read my interview with writer Sacha Rosel: petergraarupwestergaard.com/2025/06/06/i...

EXTERMINATOR! On William S. Burroughs' collection Exterminator! as a prophetic piece of writing on capitalism and its obsession with domination and persecution. #williamburroughs #exterminator #substackwriter #substackcommunity open.substack.com/pub/sacharos...

La bella intervista sul mio romanzo Rezia, edito da @qed.edizioni, uscita sul numero 207 di @leggeredonna #leggeredonna #qededizioni #reziaromanzo #lucianatufanieditrice

Una nuova, incantevole recensione al mio Il libro dei verdi incanti edito da La via della seta - Delos Digital, scritta da Barbara Anderson sul blog Les Fleurs Du Mal #illibrodeiverdiincanti #fiorinellombra #DelosDigital #laviadellasetadelos lesfleursdumal2016.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/i...

E via, si parte! Nuovo progetto, questa volta di saggistica, su cinque scrittrici cinesi... #nonfiction #writingcommunity

Rest in peace Ian Curtis youtu.be/7j5LmyNNsrE?...

Reminiscing about the sea is always a great idea on a cold rainy day.

Almost like Odilon Redon... #yokaimostra #shigerumizuki

Visiting an exhibition on Shigeru Mizuki and yokai in Udine, Italy. #mostrayokai #shigerumizuki

Alle prese con i primi appunti per un articolo su Guadalupe Nettel... #guadalupenettel #articlewriting

Finished and submitted a poem for a dark poetry anthology on life, death and transmutation. Thank you @aarmstrongauthor.bsky.social for accepting my submission!

"Not I, you idiot, not self, but we, we -waves of sky blue like a critique of heaven: why do you treasure your voice when to be one thing is to be next to nothing?" Louise Glück, excerpt from Scilla #louiseglück #poetrylover

DARK FANTASY, OR WHAT? My thoughts on the dark fantasy label for books: open.substack.com/pub/sacharos...

Cover reveal for my new publication in Italian: Io libro dei verdi incanti. Fantastic meets horror meets mystery meets China, with a sip of tea and a walk into a strange garden... #delosdigital #fantastichorrorwriter

What makes an intellectual in the social media age: new posto on Substack: sacharosel.substack.com/p/to-be-or-n...

Osmosis

Projects I'm working on: Rewriting a dark mythic fantasy trilogy- in English Revising a horror novel - in Italian Rewriting the aforementioned horror in English Writing a non-fiction project on Chinese women writers - in Italian. #writingprocess #writingismyfreedom

Ultimi acquisti... Quando trovero' il tempo di leggerli?/ Latest purchase at a local bookshop. When will I ever find the time to read them? #readingismydrug

Giuliana Misserville e Luciana Tufani discutono di fantascienza come letteratura femminista e sovversiva al Centro Documentazione Donna di Ferrara. #feministscifi #ursulaleguinelesovversionidelgenere #giulianamisserville #lucianatufani

Revising, reimagining, rewriting

Current reads Anna Kavan- Ice Katherine Arden-The bear and the nightingale Nicoletta Vallorani-Noi siamo campo di battaglia A.S. Byatt-Possession R.L. Stevenson-The isle of voices Charles Maturin-Melmoth The Wanderer James Lovelock-Novacene #readingismydrug #readingnurtureswriting

How rewriting your story can be liberating. New post on Substack: sacharosel.substack.com/p/be-kind-to...

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vasaas made me think about Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock: there's the same mysterious towering rock (ice) formation captivating teen imagination with its enigma. #readingnurtureswriting #readingismydrug

One of the advantages of being stuck at home with bronchitis: having all the time in the world to read (and write, of course) / Uno dei vantaggi dell'essere bloccata in casa con la bronchite: avere tutto il tempo per leggere (e scrivere, ovviamente) #readingismydrug #readingforever

New in the CMP Dictionary: “Radical feminist” (极端女权) is a term of derision hurled at Chinese women who dare to stand up and raise their voices. It implies that their expectations for equality are not only unreasonable but pose a serious threat to social cohesion — and perhaps even Party power.

La mia intervista a @francescoverso.bsky.social di Future Fiction su Thriller Magazine: www.thrillermagazine.it/18999/interv... #francescoverso #futurefiction #thrillermagazine

Che lettrice/lettore sei? Ultimo libro letto: 📙 Lettura in corso: 📖 Ultimo libro inserito in wish list: 🔖 Prossima lettura: 📚 Cita questo post e aggiungi i tuoi titoli. Riempiamo BlueSky di libri! #letsbooksky

La mia intervista a Margherita Marcheselli di Enciclopedia delle Donne: libroguerriero.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/d...

My review on Philip K. Dick's Do androids dream of electric sheep: sacharosel.substack.com/p/review-do-...