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Victor Manibo

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Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (2025) β€’ Lambda Literary Fellow β€’ NYC via MNL β€’ he/him πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ linktr.ee/victormanibo

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Hwaet!! This is the best type of lore

05.03.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel It’s Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets The Chronicles of Amber in this queer post-apocalyptic science-fantasy extravaganza!

The time is NOW. Valenziaga will fall.

Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets Chronicles of Amber.

High drama and high CAMP!

Spread the word! RT, tell your friends, shout it from the rooftops!

BACK THE BOOK TODAY!

#booksky

bit.ly/3OIVfNs

03.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 138
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Some Queer Short SFF - January 2026 | Charles Payseur Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆSOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JANUARY 2026πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
I round up over 40 stories by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @thedescenters.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @victormanibo.com @seraph76.bsky.social @remedy.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/151830...

27.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Shows a thumbnail of Victor Manibo surr9unded by his books and text that reads "Sunday, 3/1/26, 2:00pm est"

Shows a thumbnail of Victor Manibo surr9unded by his books and text that reads "Sunday, 3/1/26, 2:00pm est"

We are so excited to share that Page Chewing will be welcoming @victormanibo.com as our next guest!

Join us live tomorrow and drop a question for this master of multiple generes as we discuss how to thrive at the intersection of culture and storytelling.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoh_...

28.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Best game but also pretty privilege

26.02.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rob deserves but i have a feeling the faithfuls might

26.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Foreground: playbill for Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway at the Marquis Theater. Background: theater seats, stage, backdrop projection showing an old timey radio and radio station text

Foreground: playbill for Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway at the Marquis Theater. Background: theater seats, stage, backdrop projection showing an old timey radio and radio station text

See you in the upside down

26.02.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Slake In this month’s third, free, story, Victor Manibo brings a skin-crawling, unquenchable horror story to your doorstep.

Slake, by moi, at SMT β€” www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake

23.02.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My main gripe with the wired gay tech mafia article is that it’s boring af

20.02.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshots of reactormag.com article titled β€œMust Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2026” by Alex Brown. Writeup reads

"Slake" by Victor Manibo
Want a deeply upsetting short story? Well, here you go. Manibo's piece is climate fiction by way of horror. Calix is trapped in their apartment as a hurricane bears down. It's been raining for weeks straight and the city has more or less shut down as the flooding gets worse. Calix is separated from Jericho by the rising water, and the combination of the isolation, intense anxiety, and constant rain pushes Calix to the brink. I was glad I had already finished my tea by the time I read this story. (Sunday Morning Transportβ€”January 18, 2026)

Screenshots of reactormag.com article titled β€œMust Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2026” by Alex Brown. Writeup reads "Slake" by Victor Manibo Want a deeply upsetting short story? Well, here you go. Manibo's piece is climate fiction by way of horror. Calix is trapped in their apartment as a hurricane bears down. It's been raining for weeks straight and the city has more or less shut down as the flooding gets worse. Calix is separated from Jericho by the rising water, and the combination of the isolation, intense anxiety, and constant rain pushes Calix to the brink. I was glad I had already finished my tea by the time I read this story. (Sunday Morning Transportβ€”January 18, 2026)

I don’t often write short stories, so seeing one of mine connect with readers is a special kind of thrill. Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!

And in case you missed it, you can read β€œSlake” at @morningtransport.bsky.social:

www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake

19.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Randee Dawn Shveta Thakrar Leanna Renee Hieber Victor Manibo Fonda Lee - outside Barrow's Intense Ginger Tasting Room in Brooklyn, NY

Randee Dawn Shveta Thakrar Leanna Renee Hieber Victor Manibo Fonda Lee - outside Barrow's Intense Ginger Tasting Room in Brooklyn, NY

TYVM to @victormanibo.com #shvetathakrar @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & @fondalee.bsky.social for a GREAT reading last night!

See you 3/17 @ 7pm for tales from @kellyrobson.com @kristinaten.bsky.social @authorduderuss.bsky.social & @daphnefama.bsky.social !πŸ“šπŸŽ™οΈπŸΈ

More pics here: shorturl.at/gxl4M

18.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

unfortunately, we found a fair number of best of sf anthos were just authors turned editor publishing their friends in a circle jerk of white male writers propping each other up and then by dint of that creating "classics" that did not hold up

17.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TONIGHT!

17.02.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OOHHH this looks awesome, thanks for the rec!

13.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s gonna be so unhinged

13.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not psych!

13.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hilarious and only a tad bit concerning how many people think i’m jokingβ€”im so not

13.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh it’s definitely real!!

13.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😈😈😈

13.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just got the green lightβ€”my next book is gonna be a scifi horror thriller about a grieving widower who sees his dead husband on onlyfans. Get ready for…DOPPELBANGER

12.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
Authors Fonda Lee, Shveta Thakrar, Leanna Renee Hieber and Victor Manibo at Brooklyn Books & Booze on Feb. 17 at Barrow's Intense

Authors Fonda Lee, Shveta Thakrar, Leanna Renee Hieber and Victor Manibo at Brooklyn Books & Booze on Feb. 17 at Barrow's Intense

Drink: Gothic Strangely Delicious
Ingredients: Barrows intense ginger liqueur, crimson amaro, Rough Rider bourbon and Peychauds bitters, with an absinthe spritz on top

Drink: Gothic Strangely Delicious Ingredients: Barrows intense ginger liqueur, crimson amaro, Rough Rider bourbon and Peychauds bitters, with an absinthe spritz on top

LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY! 🌟
Don't miss out on the next BBB @ Barrow's reading Tuesday, 2/17 @ 7pm with authors @leannareneehieber.bsky.social @victormanibo.com #ShvetaThakrar & @fondalee.bsky.social ! We've also got a Gothic Strangely Delicious drink! Join us!

πŸ“šπŸŽ™οΈπŸ§‰πŸ‘€

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11.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Review of The Villa, Once Belovedβ€”Filipino Gothic - The Gothic Library β€œThe villa, once beloved, was better left behind in all its tragedies.” You can try to escape a family curse, but in the end the sins of your past will always find you. A young woman named Sophie beco...

New blog post!

Check out my review of @victormanibo.com’s new Filipino Gothic, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED:

www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...

πŸ’™πŸ“š πŸ˜±πŸ“š

09.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Authors Fonda Lee, Leanna Renee Hieber, Shveta Thakrar and Victor Manibo at Brooklyn Books & Booze on Feb. 17

Authors Fonda Lee, Leanna Renee Hieber, Shveta Thakrar and Victor Manibo at Brooklyn Books & Booze on Feb. 17

NEXT WEEK! 🌟 BBB returns for our monthly Fabulous Reading Event on 2/17 @ 7pm at Barrow's! Join us as we welcome authors/readers
@victormanibo.com #ShvetaThakrar @fondalee.bsky.social &
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social for a night of sips, socializing, and stories!πŸ“šπŸŽ™οΈπŸΈ

More:
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09.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

That was wild honestly

08.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great job with this book! So excited for the rest of the world to enjoy it

05.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Washington Post is getting rid of its Books section. We’re losing the institutionsβ€”journalism, middle-class artistic and intellectual cultureβ€”that once made life bearable. Those things were a threat to the super-rich who increasingly govern us. Democracy dies in illiteracy.

04.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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Home Like A Haunting in Victor Manibo’s The Villa, Once Beloved - Reactor The Villa, Once Beloved is a taut microcosm of one of the Philippines’ most formative modern horrors.

I am such a huge @victormanibo.com fan and THE VILLA ONE BELOVED is his best book yet.

reactormag.com/book-review-...

27.01.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

My latest for Reactor!! I love this one, go read it. Yes, you. You’re going to love it. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯πŸŒˆπŸ‘Ή

26.01.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home Like A Haunting in Victor Manibo’s The Villa, Once Beloved - Reactor The Villa, Once Beloved is a taut microcosm of one of the Philippines’ most formative modern horrors.

"You cannot undo what you have inherited, no matter how violent the legacy."

@mayagittelman.bsky.social reviews Victor Manibo's searing, haunted horror novel The Villa, Once Beloved:

26.01.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot from Sunday Morning Transport site. White text on black background reads:

THE SUNDAY MORNING
TRANSPORT AND VICTOR MANIBO
TODAY AT 21:16

In this month's third, free, story, Victor Manibo brings skin-crawling, unquenchable horror to your doorstep.

Slake
by Victor Manibo

The ocean has merged with the bay, with the city loop,

Screenshot from Sunday Morning Transport site. White text on black background reads: THE SUNDAY MORNING TRANSPORT AND VICTOR MANIBO TODAY AT 21:16 In this month's third, free, story, Victor Manibo brings skin-crawling, unquenchable horror to your doorstep. Slake by Victor Manibo The ocean has merged with the bay, with the city loop,

Pausing my regular vacation posts because it’s new story day! So pleased to be back at Sunday Morning Transport. Please enjoy my latest tale in all its queer, bleak, grotesque gloryβ€”

www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake

18.01.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0