Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos
Writer, space explorer. Sazón with a little Opa! Sci-fi, sensual & literary.
Janus Point Press #WatchOutForWormholes
To Love Like Venus (March 2026)
stephanieninapitsirilos.com
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- I just backed Hospice: Tunnel of Love - A Haunted Horror Comic on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
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- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosThis is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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- Reposted by Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos“To the administration and the perpetrators responsible, you have awakened the most overworked, abused, under-appreciated, and organized workforce…” -San Diego vigil for Alex Pretti organized by VA nurses
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosMinnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
- Morning. Publishing for Minnesota supporters now raised $140K Auction ends tonight 11:45pm EST. Link to bid on Event Horizon (wonderful to see all those bids!): www.32auctions.com/organization... Link to general auction: www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
- Great warmth in the Publishing For Minnesota auction, raising already over $40k. Lots of bids in for Event Horizon. Auction ends tomorrow, Friday 11:45pm EST. To bid on Event Horizon: www.32auctions.com/organization... General auction: www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
- Auction opens midnight EST. Raise funds for the people of Minnesota. Solidarity, at a time where there is no turning back. Link to bid on Event Horizon: www.32auctions.com/organization... Link to general auction w/500 items: www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosQuick warning for Kickstarter users below. KS Trust and Safety will literally NEVER contact you via DMs. Report this message if you get it.
- Head's up, there is a #Kickstarter phishing email going around. The email is saying your account is restricted because your bank information hasn't been fully verified with a link! DO NOT CLICK IT or go to that URL! It came through as a MESSAGE with the name NotificationBot with the KS logo.
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosPoliticians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosHey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
- Some publishing folks are organizing a Publishing for Minnesota auction. It has over 500 items, including Event Horizon: Stories of No Turning Back, which I donated. Link to bid on discounted EH: www.32auctions.com/organization... Link to general auction: www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
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- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosI wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth: “ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king. This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosIt appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosRemember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
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- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosAlex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosThis has happened in Maine also. The Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
- Something to look forward to in Spring for me: I'll be tabling at twice-sold out BookCon 2026 at Javits NYC, Indie Alley. More to come! If you were lucky and snagged BookCon tickets, Indie Alley is a great place to discover and say hello to indie authors!
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- Having fun with love... bookmarks. Wanted to source my To Love Like Venus bookmarks from local printer @radixcoop.bsky.social and being crafty at the same time... have these ready for special event giveaways. youtu.be/S7iLMFUQs50?...
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- What inspires us to take action, and how do we take action and invite others to join in change? Highlighting The Ocean Cleanup and its efforts on plastics in our waters and its connection to human health. theoceancleanup.com/about/
- New blurb! "A radical, sex-positive exploration of the necessity for love with sex. Even in the future, this is the ongoing, pivotal question... To Love Like Venus though, shows us that that question can also obfuscate all the ways we really love.” — Ivelisse Rodriguez, author of Love War Stories
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- To Love Like Venus was kickstarted as a “Project We Love” designation by Kickstarter staff, and is listed on Kickstarter’s Bookshop page as a “brilliant book brought to life on Kickstarter”. We are happy to be in such curated company! bookshop.org/lists/brilli...
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- What do we see when we gaze at a statue at the MET?
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- What I'm ruminating on in my literary life walking into 2026, the new and ongoing. Thank you to those who have been a part of my artistic life.
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- The Greek Podyssey, Episode 11 is a fun talk on mothers & mothers-in law that includes honest self-reflection and being supportive (even if it means fighting down reflex) It includes the layers of diasporic living and cross-culturalism with Hellenic pride. Episode 11 youtu.be/RUl22KAWqFU?...
- Just announced: writers awarded grants from the Lydia Garcia Author Fund that I founded in memory of my mother, by The Center for Puerto Rican Studies. Why I founded this grant: www.stephanieninapitsirilos.com/2025/12/19/2... Announcement & Awardees by CENTRO: www.instagram.com/p/DSdFIzwkuX1/
- Free shipping on the book that bends spacetime ends soon! Event Horizon's cover girl by Karen S. Darboe features main character Alita from To Love Like Venus. Get your art book short story collection on. Square powered link: janus-point-press.square.site/s/shop PROMO: HAPPY
- Today's the anniversary of the publication date of Event Horizon: Stories of No Turning Back. See what we accomplished this year and the human artists &professors behind this special book that is: -a short story collection of prose -an anthology of comics -an artbook w/ original canvas work & photos
- Live YouTube chat tonight Thurs 12/18 at 8pm EST exploring my latest review of the Museum of Sex and their new exhibit: "Utopia: Three Centuries of Sexuality in American Cults and Communes" curated by Jodi Wille. Where does sex fit in these visions of Utopia? youtu.be/fVVSDdo3HRs?...
- A starred Kirkus Review for my upcoming debut novel, To Love Like Venus, publishing March 2026. Order direct (supports author) or your local bookstore (supports community) or library request (also community). Booksellers order via IngramSpark or direct. januspointpress.com/tolovelikeve...
- holy... I think (I did?) I got a starred Kirkus Review on my upcoming novel To Love Like Venus... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... This is not the polished post, this is the immediate reaction after googling and analyzing why there was a star on it and making sure it wasn't a cutesy thing.
- Today's the anniversary of the publication date of Event Horizon: Stories of No Turning Back. See what we accomplished this year and the human artists &professors behind this special book that is: -a short story collection of prose -an anthology of comics -an artbook w/ original canvas work & photos
- We collected a glowing review from Kirkus, blurbs from stellar authors... It's the book that is because it can be, print and ebook format. Free US shipping this week with PROMO: HAPPY januspointpress.com/eventhorizon/ Human made, all heart. Music: "MATRACA" by Azul Cobalto/ Luis Calçada
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- Going to museums is good. Did you know there is a Museum of Sex? If you live in NYC or Miami, maybe yes. (And they also host a shop on main floor with sex-positive staff). Returning for a new exhibit on view, Utopia, this time with the zine I made from the first experience.
- Author copy arrived...!
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosIn terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosNEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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- An out-of-this-world zine for the times. I dive deep into non human intelligence theories out there so you don't have to fall down into any ol' rabbit hole: you can view from a safe distance and decide which one, if any, you want to get sucked into. andromedazines.square.site
- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosA reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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- A lovely book for all ages that provides history of The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade's origins of immigrant workers and the man who invented the balloons Tony Sarg (immigrated) is Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Melissa Sweet bookshop.org/a/14972/9780...
- Chicago Public Library has included From Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides A Latinx Comics Anthology in its 2025 Best of the Best list. Congrats to all authors, editors and Ohio State Press. chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... My story in this with Aaron Guzman: "It Ain't This But That".
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- Reposted by Stephanie Nina PitsirilosYou all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
- I really pause sending an author email once a month, then spend a good amount of time sifting through tons of emails from companies sending me marketing emails DAILY. I dont think authors should do this, but remember the audacity when you pause. Esp if u r sending out stories, not just links.
- Cover artist and book jacket designer for my upcoming To Love Like Venus, Baris Sehri, answers 10 questions on cover artist life ineedabookcover.com/10-questions...
- As someone who hires human copy editors for her imprint and books... can I emphasize how much more they do than flagging grammar and spelling (which using AI for it might suggest) but dive deep in the nuance of human language, fact check etc? That offer style possibilities in word choices via
- Book review: The Mycelium Dream. This is literary zen. www.instagram.com/p/DRNXM7-Dw-4/
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- Microplastics have been on my mind for a long time, and it's the public health issue behind my upcoming book, To Love Like Venus. Here is a recent breakdown, where we are finding it in the human body and what it might be doing. youtu.be/v2w3zWzADgo?...
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- I might have missed out on my @kickstarter.com confetti when my project ended, but I am happy to see it now in the update from @kickstarterunited.org that the strike is over! I wish the people there so much work healing and happiness. kickstarterunited.org
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- 9 days to go, this comic could use some backing! Beer and apple juice not included! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
- It was nice meeting the lil group that attended my workshop! Learned a lot myself in the questions that came up and what resonated with folks to enhance the presentation with more visual tools and vocabulary checks on the spot. and I managed to condense it to one hour (and not the full workshop).
