Lynette Mejía

Speculative Fiction & Poetry

On Reading and Writing and Other Bookish Things

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
― Jorge Luis Borges

Lynette Mejia

4 days ago
1 min

Review: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

I was supremely disappointed that the story turned out to be Ready Player One redux, but honestly, Cline's a good storyteller, and I'll f...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 18, 2020
1 min

Book Review: The Library of the Unwritten

You had me at librarian in Hell. No way could I resist a book that combines two of my favorite things. The main character, Claire, is tou...

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Lynette Mejia

Jan 15, 2020
1 min

2019 Awards Eligibility

Late, as usual, but what would be the fun otherwise, amirite? Anyway, below you'll find the stories and poems I had published in 2019. Th...

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Lynette Mejia

Jun 6, 2019
1 min

"Abandon"

I'm bogged down in novel writing, story revisions, and garden wrangling, but I wanted to drop a quick note about my latest poem, publishe...

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Lynette Mejia

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

If This Goes On Has Been Released

Including my story, "A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse." After the 2016 US Presidential election, I spent weeks nearly overwhelmed by ...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 21, 2019
1 min

Book Review: In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages

I loved the innovative approach the author took, presenting this history of Dark Age Britain as a series of literal journeys through the ...

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Lynette Mejia

Feb 18, 2019
2 min

The Winter of the Witch

Magic is forgetting the world was ever other than as you willed it. I fell in love with Vasilisa Petrovna two years ago when I discovered...

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Lynette Mejia

Oct 31, 2018
0 min

Book Review: Bayou-Diversity: Nature and People in the Louisiana Bayou Country

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Lynette Mejia

Jun 28, 2018
1 min

New Lagniappe!

For your reading pleasure: a story from way back in 2009, which now seems like another world entirely. This was my first paid pro sale, a...

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Lynette Mejia

May 31, 2018
2 min

If This Goes On Kickstarter Now Live

The Kickstarter for If This Goes On, an anthology of political fiction, is now Live! Contribute if you can (there are fantastic rewards a...

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