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Caleb Sierra

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Author who likes reading and writing weird stuff. "The Wetworks Miracle" is out now from Stelliform Press: calebsierra.com

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Caleb Sierra @sunsetsorcerer.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Wetworks Miracle is officially out today! If you're asking yourself "What's a Wetwork?" or "What kind of weirdo would read this?", check out my interview with Paul Semel to find out: paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... (Hint: It's you. You're the weirdo who would read this)

The Wetworks Miracle · Caleb Sierra · Exclusive Interview · paulsemel.com

Exclusive Interview: "The Wetworks Miracle" Author Caleb Sierra · In which he talks about this weird eco-horror science fantasy novella.

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 6d ago

Please help us congratulate Caleb Sierra on the publication of his novella, THE WETWORKS MIRACLE, which is out today! Truly one of the weirdest and coolest little books we've published. Pick up a copy from us or wherever books are sold. All Stelliform Press ebooks are $5 on our site!

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · last wk.

Much gratitude to Cynthia Gómez, author of MUÑECA, for this blurb for Caleb Sierra's THE WETWORKS MIRACLE. Get your hands on one of the strangest books you'll ever read. WETWORKS is now available from your favorite bookstore. "The tree-cattle are lowing to be milked." 😱

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 2w ago

Sound & Fury Book Reviews has posted a rave review of Caleb Sierra's THE WETWORKS MIRACLE. This review gets to the heart of what makes this book unique, including a tangent on "weird little guys." Watch the review here: youtu.be/o-hXBKx86Pk... Wetworks is out July 30th and can be ordered anywhere!

The Wetworks Miracle - Book Review

A book review of horror sci-fi The Wetworks Miracle, where I stand by my opinion about the lack of cute today. No spoilers in this review! I received no monetary compensation for reviewing this novel. Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SoundFuryBookReviews/ Intro Music by Longzi

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 2w ago

The Wetworks Miracle is out next week! It's a quick and brutal read, a delightful mix of weird horror, biopunk, and portal fantasy. If you're curious about one of the weirdest books we've ever published, check out this review from Chasing Shadows: catchingshadows67297...

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 4w ago

THE WETWORKS MIRACLE is out at the end of the month there's still time to get your order in! "The Wetworks Miracle is ... a dazzling, dreadful plunge into ... terrors of the sort that one might find in a China Miéville novel or a film by Guillermo Del Toro." - E.G. Condé, author of Sordidez.

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 2mo ago

Just wanted to share bits of THE WETWORKS MIRACLE'S many 5-star reviews. I couldn't fit them all on this graphic. If you're a horror reviewer, don't sleep on this book! and please help us get the word out - it's an incredible first book by a brand new Latino author. www.netgalley.com/ca...

Five-Star reviews for Caleb Sierra's THE WETWORKS MIRACLE.
“This was… strange, disorienting, horrifying. Incredibly vivid imagery that forced me to make faces at my ereader at times (which is very good!).”
“This book has wildly inventive world building and unique characters ...it is so unique in a sea of repetition.”
“The twist ending, wow!”
“This book takes the reclamation of nature in the wake of catastrophe and gives it heart and soul, quite literally, in this multi-pov mind-bending tale set in a fantastically complex, yet clear world.”
“This book was a very fast read, but it was several days before I could get my wits together enough to write the review.”
“The Wetworks Miracle is a gorgeous blend of eco and body horror, sentient plant matter, and heresy of a religion already bastardized through some convoluted game of interstellar telephone. We've hit on so many of my favorite tropes, I feel like I've been given a gift.”

Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · last mo.

There's lots of horror books coming out in 2026 so I'll be posting a bunch each month. Here are the ones publishing in July. Book list in ALT text. 2/2 #2026horror #horrorbooks #2026publication #julyreleases #horror #bookpost #bookrecs #postseries #booksky #books

GENTLE THINGS by Danielle Giles
JELLYFISH BLOOM by J.J. Walker
WE WERE NEVER HERE by Sophia Hannan
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR by Mike Muncer
A PENANCE FOR CROWS by Shannon Morgan
THE DEMON STAR by Jesse Aragon
EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT by Christian Ward & Tristan Jones
THE DOLL HOUSE by D.W. Gillespie
THE GINGHAMS by T.C. Kemper
THE GIRL WHO LOVED MONSTERS by Insha Fitzpatrick & Ashley Robin Franklin
FURIOUS VIOLET by Sarai Walker
THE SÉANCE GARDEN by Juliet Blackwell
MIDWESTERN CHROME by Michael Bettendorf
EXIT 8 by Genki Kawamura
WEST OF DAMNATION by Jalen Tellis
RIPPED UP THE MIDDLE IN TWO by Viggy Parr Hampton
CALIOPE STREET by Josh Hanson
THE WETWORKS MIRACLE by Caleb Sierra
THE FORSAKEN: THE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION by Christian Francis
FERVOR by Meg Smitherman

Catching Shadows 🖤🩶🤍💜@catchingshadows.bsky.social · last mo.

_Book Review: The Wetworks Miracle by Caleb Sierra_ In which a struggling colony attempts to survive a planet with only one plant. #booksky #fantasy #horror #bookreview

Book Review: The Wetworks Miracle, by Caleb Sierra

Fun Fact: this book was a very fast read, but it was several days before I could get my wits together enough to write the review. The reason? It’s probably the creepiest and most grotesque horror novel I’ve ever read. (And I say this, having read the original short story by Steven King that became the movie Children of the Corn.

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊@brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

THE STARLESS SEA x HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE When she becomes haunted by shadows and a mysterious stranger with eyes of fire, Augusta is forced into a desolate world she’s only ever dreamed about, and must decide if she’s willing to sacrifice everything to save it. #PosterPit #A #F #W #Q

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 5mo ago

Shoutout to Cynthia Gómez for these wonderful words about THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. "These stories challenge us by showing us the logical conclusion of late-stage capitalism – spiraling natural disasters, a mushrooming police state – but they also show the endless promise of resistance and hope."

"T.K. Rex’s gentle prose is dense with sly humor, sharp metaphor, and an abiding love for the natural world. These stories challenge us by showing us the logical conclusion of late-stage capitalism – spiraling natural disasters, a mushrooming police state – but they also show the endless promise of resistance and hope, of love and lust, of rewilding and regrowth. These characters – both human and adorable drone – will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading (and re-reading) this visionary book."

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 5mo ago

We are excited to reveal the cover for a dark fantasy novella written by a brand new author, with art by the talented Lisbeth Poirier. Caleb Sierra's The Wetworks Miracle is an esoteric biopunk headtrip that keeps you guessing to the last page. Available for preorder: www.stelliform.press...

The Wetworks Miracle by Caleb Sierra, now available for preorder at www.stelliform.press

Laura Wilding @laurawilding.bsky.social · 7mo ago

EMILY WILDE X DIVINE RIVALS To win her independence, the granddaughter of a famed botanist must team up with a brilliant, brooding scholarship student to unlock the secrets of a dying magical garden, even as their rivalry blossoms into something more. #BluePit📖 #Q #YA #NA

Morgan is Querying @morgan-writes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're very attracted to each other. Naturally, they become friends with benefits. All too soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything. #bluepit 📖 #q #a #r

The image shows a woman hugging a man. To the side, the title How to Heal A Broken Heart is to the side, with the genre contemporary romance underneath.

Kira Larson is newly single and hating it. For the past 2 years, her identity has been wrapped up in being one half of a pair. Lost, confused, and still in love with her ex, she's willing to do whatever it takes to get over him.

Xavier Herrera has no time for relationships. He's determined to make fire captain in the next five years, and he can't afford any distractions. Let alone one that will force him to reevaluate what he's willing to sacrifice to save others.

But neither of them can deny the insane chemistry between them. Desperate to forget about her ex, Kira suggests a solution for their problems: free reign to explore their physical connection with no expectations. After all, the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else... Right?

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Comp titles:
Business Casual by BK Borison
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young

Tropes:
Dual POV
Idiots in love
Initial attraction
Friends with benefits to lovers

A bead of sweat trails down my forehead as I walk towards the door. What in the world could be so urgent at four pm on a Monday? I have half a mind to chew out whoever’s on the other side of that door. Probably more missionaries trying to convince me to join their church or some salesman peddling insurance I have no need for.

I throw the door open with a bag, my protest already on my lips. “No, I have no interest in accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and– Kira?”
The sight of her makes me freeze. She looks so put together that I’m suddenly embarrassed to be greeting her in sweats and a tank top. Her blonde waves are pulled up in a well-styled bun, held together by a carefully positioned clip. I have the irrational urge to get rid of that stupid clip and wrap her hair around my fist instead. God, what the hell is it about this girl? Okay, it definitely doesn’t hurt that her short pumps and navy pencil skirt are making her legs look fantastic, but I completely forget how to function around her.

She offers me a hesitant smile. “I was considering converting to Satanism myself.”

“And you need me to do what? Be a willing sacrifice?”

Kira’s blue eyes roam my body as I invite her into the apartment. “That wouldn’t work, they usually want virgins.”

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Natali Crystal 🌟is QUERYING🌟@ncrystalauthor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Serpent & Dove X In the veins of the drowning 🐍 🌊 🌶️ Bloodbound to a ruthless hunter, surviving each other might be hardest task 🩸 🌴 Dark Caribbean Folklore - T&T 🇹🇹 😏 Forced Proximity 🔪 Enemies x Lovers 🌔 Ancient Monsters & Spirits #Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #NA #F #R

Kelton Davis is ON SUB! 🦇⚰️🤠@keltondavis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky. Corado's about to break all three. 🤠 Vampire Cowboys 🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes 🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities Querying now! #A #F #Q #BluePit 📖 #amquerying

Image: A man in a black cloak and a wide brim western style black hat, holding a revolver; only his eyes as yellow pinpricks are visible.
Text:
A Novel By Kelton Davis
Blood from Stone
112000 Words
Adult Gothic Western Fantasy
Querying Soon

Art: Apocalypse by Oliver Odmark

Title: Pitch
Text:
In the twenty years since the vampires rose up out of the earth, Corado hasn’t done too bad for himself. He’s still alive, for one, and he’s got a lucrative trade as a nightrunner smuggling people beneath the vampiric horde that blots out the sky each night. It's dangerous work, but enough to get a roof over his head and a bottle in his hand at the end of the day. That’s pretty good for life under the vampires.

Then an attack from the horde leaves him stuck in the desert, alone with a newly-orphaned boy, and his luck finally dries up. He resolves to find what remains of the boy’s family and put it all behind him—but instead of taking him off Corado’s hands, his so-called “family” offers a new deal: escort them to the vampiric capital in exchange for a veritable fortune.

Corado knows he shouldn’t. It’s a long, dangerous route, and the group has a smack of sedition to them that he knows firsthand to be a quick way to a bloody death.

It is a hell of a lot of money, though.

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Title: Comparable Titles
Images of the covers of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian.
Text drawn with an arrow from each image:
Found family (from the Devils)
Reluctant parent figure (from Godkiller)
Western-inspire Gothic setting (from Red Rabbit)
Unlikely travel companions (from all).
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Caleb Sierra @sunsetsorcerer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

TENDER IS THE FLESH X ARCANE X CYBERPUNK 2077 Life is a struggle underground, but no one resorts to cannibalism. No one except Jette, and she hates how much she wanted it. 🌃 Subterranean Civilization 💔 Fractured Family 🤢 Weird Body Horror Querying now! #A #F #Q #POC #BluePit 📖 #amquerying

Image: An dilapidated underground alley dimly lit, covered in graffiti and populated by shadowed figures.
Text:
A Novel by Caleb Sierra
Blessed are the Hungry
80000 Words
Adult Body Horror Sci-Fi
Querying Now
Art: Underground LAB by Marcin Rubinkowski

Title: Pitch
Text:
Jette is conflicted to learn her adopted father might be dead. He saved her from a childhood disease, but he also controlled her with paranoid ranting about cannibals in high places wanting to steal her away.

Now, government agents claim Jette's father has been eaten, undoing years of hope that he was simply delusional. In fact, they say the entirety of humanity's underground sanctuary is in danger of eating itself alive, and her family might the first on the chopping block.

Jette resolves to reunite her estranged siblings, none of whom believe the cannibalistic threat to be genuine, because she knows something even the government doesn't: She was the first one to take a bite.

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 8mo ago

ICYMI: Both Stelliform books that were in the running for a Small Spec Book Award have come out ahead! R.A. Busby's YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD is the winner for the horror category and Michael J. DeLuca's THE JAGUAR MASK is a fantasy finalist! We're thrilled to be recognized by small press readers!

Small Spec Book Award Horror Winner announcement. R.A. Busby's YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD wins the horror category.

Small Spec Book Award Fantasy Finalists announcement. Michael J. DeLuca's THE JAGUAR MASK is a finalist in the fantasy category.

Caleb Sierra @sunsetsorcerer.bsky.social · last yr.

Sunset spent her life as a bone oracle, foretelling others' futures while her own withered on the vine. Now an old woman, she embarks on a desperate pilgrimage to Fenghuang, the roost-city of the phoenix, where a fabled ritual offers her a chance at rebirth... #questpit #HF #A #Q

Caleb Sierra @sunsetsorcerer.bsky.social · 2y ago

The little almond flour boy rushed to the stern, terrified of what he'd heard below deck. Bursting into the cabin, he cried, "Cap'n Sorghum! The crew are planning a glutiny!"

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 2y ago

It's another Acquisition Announcement Monday! As an indie editor I love the thrill of discovering a new author in slush, especially when the book blows you away with its style and originality. I read this manuscript with my mouth hanging open. Can't wait to share this weird horror/fantasy!

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for Caleb Sierra's THE WETWORKS MIRACLE.
Caleb Sierra's THE WETWORKS MIRACLE, a weird horror novella in which a grisly accident makes a young boy an unwitting speaker for a vast sentient lifeform and the planet's only resource, to Selena Middleton at Stelliform Press, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2026 (world English).