Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is pursuing a PhD in English. She lives in Chicago.

I write about horror, memoir, and how sometimes the two are indistinguishable.

Various words and images vaguely surrounding the subject of popular entertainments.

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Observing reality through an ever-widening lens.

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Sometimes I love being autistic. Sometimes I hate it--because the world hates autists.

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Light reading in these dark political times ...

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Dark Comedy, SF, Poetry, frank discussions about withdrawing from Religion, songwriting, and the ad biz. Expect surprises.

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