V. Astor Solomon

Hello and welcome!
I'm called Vale, or the name above, as you might guess. I'm a queer, non-binary, blind, neurodiverent mixed race author who has been publishing short fiction (and the rare essay) since 2018.
I've had stories in places like Pseudopod, Worlds Of Possibility, and stand alone anthologies such as When The Needle Drops.. Vol.1. I mainly focus on the horror and fantasy genres, but I mostly just call myself a speculative fiction type of person.
Below you can find links to all my published work, a more expansive about page, ways to contact me, and my social media.

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About

V. Astor Solomon is a queer, blind, neurodivergent, mixed-race author living in the US. They adore all kinds of oddities and strangeness, both in the things they create and what they enjoy. This shows in stories they choose to tell, often playing with point of view, as well as who exactly you’re following within the story itself. Their habit of personifying things such as a river, or a city, are things they’ve been doing their entire life.Besides being claimed by one cat and, themself claiming candles, craft supplies and too much coffee, they have the habit of picking up new hobbies and fixations on a whim. These things have previously included horror media, perfume oils, paper-crafts, and several methods of divination.Their time is spent finding small things to add to their curio set, attempting to learn new and interesting crafts such as ceramics and zine-making, and often listening to more podcasts and audiobooks than is probably sensible.

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Published Work

Fiction:* “We Carry What’s Ours” - Worlds Of Possibility (August 2023)* “And The Water Said Kneel” - Pseudopod (March 2023)* “Blood Will Show Us Who We Are” - Clarity: Queer Sci Fi's Ninth Flash Fiction Contest (October 2022)* “Hands, Heart, Hunger” - Decoded Pride (June 2022)* “Show Your Neck, Bare Your Teeth” - The Needle Drops (October 2021)* “Doctors, Mothers, Soldiers, Ghosts” - Decoded Pride (June 2021)~~~Fiction as V. Medina:* “The Streets Whisper” - Lamplight (December 2020)* “For The Taking, For The Making” - Glitter + Ashes Queer Tales Of A World That Wouldn’t Die (September 2020)* “The Empty Night, The Hungry Sky” - Decoded Pride (June 2020)* “And I Never Woke” - A Formal Invitation (April 2020)* “The Sky And The Sand, The Sea And the Stars” - – V O I D J U N K (January 2020)* “I Will Make You Holy” – Rigor Morbid: Lest Ye Become (October 2019)* “What We Make Of The Dead” – Truancy (October 2019* “This Is Not A Ghost Story” – Cast Of Wonders (September 2019)* “This Was Never A Vigil” – Capricious (July 2019)* “Seedling” – Factor Four Magazine (April 2019)* “Your Heart In My Teeth” – Broken Metropolis: Queer Tales Of A City That Never Was (July 2018)

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Contact

Feel free to reach out to me on any of my social media (Bluesky is your best shot though), or email me at howsweetthewords (at) gmail (dot) com