Ausiàs Tsel
@ausiastsel.com
País Valencià. Mediterranean Gothic in Catalan/Valencian & English. Forthcoming in The Rumpus & Chthonic Matter. Pithead Chapel, Neon & Smoke, Flash Fiction Magazine & Dark Horses. Creator of zenodot.app (Publishers Lunch, Jane Friedman, LSE Impact).
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Ausiàs Tsel
@ausiastsel.com
· Feb 16
What Is Mediterranean Gothic? Notes Toward a Definition
Not the Gothic of fog and castles. The one that happens at noon, in a clean apartment, while everyone looks away.
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I grew up in a house where the shutters were always closed. Not because of the cold. Because of the neighbors.
I finally wrote down what that means.
#HorrorWritersChat
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I finally wrote down what that means.
#HorrorWritersChat
open.substack.com/pub/ausiasts...
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School book belonging to a 12-year-old. Village near Tolosa, Basque Country, 1966. "In school I must not speak Basque" 1,000 (one thousand) lines.
April 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
School book belonging to a 12-year-old. Village near Tolosa, Basque Country, 1966. "In school I must not speak Basque" 1,000 (one thousand) lines.
A flat on Carrer del Crist. A healer with a self-printed diploma. A curtain that has brushed the heater since 1991. A little reiki, added the way you'd add salt. "Off the Books," out now at The Rumpus.
"He rests his palms on my shoulder blades. He breathes audibly through his nose. He believes the silence was his hands. He has decided to be of further use."
From "Off the Books," new fiction by @ausiastsel.com.
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From "Off the Books," new fiction by @ausiastsel.com.
➡️ buff.ly/KxkbX2n
September 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A flat on Carrer del Crist. A healer with a self-printed diploma. A curtain that has brushed the heater since 1991. A little reiki, added the way you'd add salt. "Off the Books," out now at The Rumpus.
The hermitage at Peníscola has Philip V's coat of arms carved above the door. The king who burned our laws and our language and made the place Spanish by decree.
I left a widower inside it for a winter and came back in spring to see what was left.
ausiastsel.substack.com/p/the-ermita...
I left a widower inside it for a winter and came back in spring to see what was left.
ausiastsel.substack.com/p/the-ermita...
The Ermitana
Peníscola, off-season
ausiastsel.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The hermitage at Peníscola has Philip V's coat of arms carved above the door. The king who burned our laws and our language and made the place Spanish by decree.
I left a widower inside it for a winter and came back in spring to see what was left.
ausiastsel.substack.com/p/the-ermita...
I left a widower inside it for a winter and came back in spring to see what was left.
ausiastsel.substack.com/p/the-ermita...
New Mediterranean Gothic story out today in @therumpus.net. A man pays thirty euros in cash to have an acupuncturist switch off the tinnitus he's had since he was nineteen. It works. Nobody knows why. Today the acupuncturist decides to improve the treatment.
therumpus.net/2026/09/13/off-the-books/
therumpus.net/2026/09/13/off-the-books/
Off the Books - The Rumpus
I am held in place by twenty-two thin steel rods and the silence of the disappeared tone, and the only certainty I have left in the world is that this man, for reasons no one can explain, can do this ...
therumpus.net
September 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
New Mediterranean Gothic story out today in @therumpus.net. A man pays thirty euros in cash to have an acupuncturist switch off the tinnitus he's had since he was nineteen. It works. Nobody knows why. Today the acupuncturist decides to improve the treatment.
therumpus.net/2026/09/13/off-the-books/
therumpus.net/2026/09/13/off-the-books/
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"Quan Crist digué: «ensenyeu a totes les nacions i porteu-hi la bona nova», manava portar una nova, no una teologia".
Des d'ahir mateix que ja podeu trobar a totes les llibreries del país aquesta barreja de bomba i meravella!💫 Molt orgullosos!
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Des d'ahir mateix que ja podeu trobar a totes les llibreries del país aquesta barreja de bomba i meravella!💫 Molt orgullosos!
www.fragmenta.cat/producte/car...
September 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"Quan Crist digué: «ensenyeu a totes les nacions i porteu-hi la bona nova», manava portar una nova, no una teologia".
Des d'ahir mateix que ja podeu trobar a totes les llibreries del país aquesta barreja de bomba i meravella!💫 Molt orgullosos!
www.fragmenta.cat/producte/car...
Des d'ahir mateix que ja podeu trobar a totes les llibreries del país aquesta barreja de bomba i meravella!💫 Molt orgullosos!
www.fragmenta.cat/producte/car...
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Avui és el dia mundial per la prevenció del suïcidi. No calleu, no gireu l'esquena, no tingueu por de cridar si cal.
A l'enllaç podeu trobar recursos per ajudar-vos.
Sé que estem sols, però potser no tant com ens pensem.
www.salutmental.org/serveis-a-la...
A l'enllaç podeu trobar recursos per ajudar-vos.
Sé que estem sols, però potser no tant com ens pensem.
www.salutmental.org/serveis-a-la...
Campanya Prevenció Suïcidi - Salut Mental Catalunya
Prevenció del suïcidi Com trobar suport La prevenció de la mort per suïcidi posa a disposició de la ciutadania suports i recursos. A continuació us ens compartim alguns. Si trobeu a faltar algun re...
www.salutmental.org
September 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Avui és el dia mundial per la prevenció del suïcidi. No calleu, no gireu l'esquena, no tingueu por de cridar si cal.
A l'enllaç podeu trobar recursos per ajudar-vos.
Sé que estem sols, però potser no tant com ens pensem.
www.salutmental.org/serveis-a-la...
A l'enllaç podeu trobar recursos per ajudar-vos.
Sé que estem sols, però potser no tant com ens pensem.
www.salutmental.org/serveis-a-la...
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For #Swordtember2026, I'm doing a venn diagram of some of the things I enjoy the most in life: swords (suprise), languages and travel. Hope you enjoy the trip and don't expect any coherence from it.
September 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
For #Swordtember2026, I'm doing a venn diagram of some of the things I enjoy the most in life: swords (suprise), languages and travel. Hope you enjoy the trip and don't expect any coherence from it.
A estes edats i acabo de descobrir Jim Thomson i m'ha petat el cap molt fort.
September 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A estes edats i acabo de descobrir Jim Thomson i m'ha petat el cap molt fort.
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🏆️ Actualitzada la llista d'obres guanyadores del premi Locus traduïdes al català🏆️
Aquest 2026 s'han publicat fins a 4 llibres que han guanyat un premi Locus, gens malament.
Publicades per: @obscuraed.bsky.social, @dunallibres.bsky.social, @anagramaeditor.bsky.social
Aquest 2026 s'han publicat fins a 4 llibres que han guanyat un premi Locus, gens malament.
Publicades per: @obscuraed.bsky.social, @dunallibres.bsky.social, @anagramaeditor.bsky.social
September 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
🏆️ Actualitzada la llista d'obres guanyadores del premi Locus traduïdes al català🏆️
Aquest 2026 s'han publicat fins a 4 llibres que han guanyat un premi Locus, gens malament.
Publicades per: @obscuraed.bsky.social, @dunallibres.bsky.social, @anagramaeditor.bsky.social
Aquest 2026 s'han publicat fins a 4 llibres que han guanyat un premi Locus, gens malament.
Publicades per: @obscuraed.bsky.social, @dunallibres.bsky.social, @anagramaeditor.bsky.social
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Fa temps que ens fem aquesta pregunta: on ha anat a parar l’èpica?
Potser no ha desaparegut. Potser només s’ha amagat entre la rutina, el soroll i tot allò que deixem per més endavant.
A partir d’avui, comencem a buscar-la.
L'IVO, properament...
Potser no ha desaparegut. Potser només s’ha amagat entre la rutina, el soroll i tot allò que deixem per més endavant.
A partir d’avui, comencem a buscar-la.
L'IVO, properament...
September 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Fa temps que ens fem aquesta pregunta: on ha anat a parar l’èpica?
Potser no ha desaparegut. Potser només s’ha amagat entre la rutina, el soroll i tot allò que deixem per més endavant.
A partir d’avui, comencem a buscar-la.
L'IVO, properament...
Potser no ha desaparegut. Potser només s’ha amagat entre la rutina, el soroll i tot allò que deixem per més endavant.
A partir d’avui, comencem a buscar-la.
L'IVO, properament...
I cannot stop writing about the silence — at the same time I find unbearable the waiting for a response about my novel and my essay.
They both talk about the silence.
Man, that’s fucked up.
They both talk about the silence.
Man, that’s fucked up.
September 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I cannot stop writing about the silence — at the same time I find unbearable the waiting for a response about my novel and my essay.
They both talk about the silence.
Man, that’s fucked up.
They both talk about the silence.
Man, that’s fucked up.
And then, months later, you discover that the tool that you started building because finding books in your own language was difficult, is taught as a resource in some universities. And you smile. And keep building. Because all languages should be treated equally. Zenodot.app
Zenòdot — Find book translations across languages
The largest actively maintained open catalogue of book translations in the world. Find out if a book exists in your language — and in how many more.
Zenodot.app
August 27, 2026 at 7:26 PM
And then, months later, you discover that the tool that you started building because finding books in your own language was difficult, is taught as a resource in some universities. And you smile. And keep building. Because all languages should be treated equally. Zenodot.app
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La gent parlant del talent de la Parton, del Curry o de la Kusama i com els ha fet millor la vida però eh, que la jovenalla no es dediqui a les arts, que per a què serveixen.
August 27, 2026 at 5:50 AM
La gent parlant del talent de la Parton, del Curry o de la Kusama i com els ha fet millor la vida però eh, que la jovenalla no es dediqui a les arts, que per a què serveixen.
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A reader of German asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence. I wrote for the MIDAS blog at Eurac Research on why the world's book record is empty exactly where no one was ever obliged to write it down.
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
The catalogue never asked
A reader of German or Italian who wants to know whether a book exists in their language asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence — unable to tell whe...
www.eurac.edu
August 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A reader of German asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence. I wrote for the MIDAS blog at Eurac Research on why the world's book record is empty exactly where no one was ever obliged to write it down.
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
Un lector d'alemany pregunta una vegada i té resposta. Un de ladí pot preguntar vint vegades i trobar només silenci. He escrit al blog MIDAS d'Eurac Research sobre per què el registre mundial del llibre està buit just on ningú va tindre mai l'obligació d'escriure-hi.
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
The catalogue never asked
A reader of German or Italian who wants to know whether a book exists in their language asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence — unable to tell whe...
www.eurac.edu
August 24, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Un lector d'alemany pregunta una vegada i té resposta. Un de ladí pot preguntar vint vegades i trobar només silenci. He escrit al blog MIDAS d'Eurac Research sobre per què el registre mundial del llibre està buit just on ningú va tindre mai l'obligació d'escriure-hi.
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
A reader of German asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence. I wrote for the MIDAS blog at Eurac Research on why the world's book record is empty exactly where no one was ever obliged to write it down.
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
The catalogue never asked
A reader of German or Italian who wants to know whether a book exists in their language asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence — unable to tell whe...
www.eurac.edu
August 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A reader of German asks once and gets an answer. A reader of Ladin can ask twenty times and reach only silence. I wrote for the MIDAS blog at Eurac Research on why the world's book record is empty exactly where no one was ever obliged to write it down.
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
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Lletraferit ha dedicat un reportatge a Zenòdot, de Joanot Martorell a Ferran Torrent: la projecció exterior de la literatura valenciana en un mateix mapa bibliogràfic. Gràcies per la lectura tan atenta del que intentem fer. lletraferit.com/jorn-a-jorn/...
El projecte valencià Zenòdot cartografia les traduccions del món
La ferramenta creada per Ausiàs Tsel rastreja uns 65 milions d’edicions en més de 800 llengües i recupera el llegat de l’Index Translationum de la UNESCO
lletraferit.com
August 23, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Lletraferit ha dedicat un reportatge a Zenòdot, de Joanot Martorell a Ferran Torrent: la projecció exterior de la literatura valenciana en un mateix mapa bibliogràfic. Gràcies per la lectura tan atenta del que intentem fer. lletraferit.com/jorn-a-jorn/...
Existeix aquest llibre en la meua llengua?
Per a la major part dels lectors del món no hi ha manera d'arribar al final d'eixa pregunta. He reconstruït Zenòdot perquè una sola cerca la conteste.
Un fil curt del que hi ha de nou 🧵 zenodot.app
Per a la major part dels lectors del món no hi ha manera d'arribar al final d'eixa pregunta. He reconstruït Zenòdot perquè una sola cerca la conteste.
Un fil curt del que hi ha de nou 🧵 zenodot.app
Zenòdot — Troba traduccions de llibres en totes les llengües
Zenòdot és una ferramenta documental per descobrir traduccions de llibres. Cerca qualsevol llibre i descobreix en quines llengües existeix — amb atenció especial a les llengües minoritzades.
zenodot.app
August 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Existeix aquest llibre en la meua llengua?
Per a la major part dels lectors del món no hi ha manera d'arribar al final d'eixa pregunta. He reconstruït Zenòdot perquè una sola cerca la conteste.
Un fil curt del que hi ha de nou 🧵 zenodot.app
Per a la major part dels lectors del món no hi ha manera d'arribar al final d'eixa pregunta. He reconstruït Zenòdot perquè una sola cerca la conteste.
Un fil curt del que hi ha de nou 🧵 zenodot.app
Does this book exist in my language?
For most of the world's readers there is no way to reach the end of that question. We just rebuilt Zenòdot so that one search answers it.
A short thread on what's new 🧵 zenodot.app
For most of the world's readers there is no way to reach the end of that question. We just rebuilt Zenòdot so that one search answers it.
A short thread on what's new 🧵 zenodot.app
Zenòdot — Find book translations across languages
The largest actively maintained open catalogue of book translations in the world. Find out if a book exists in your language — and in how many more.
zenodot.app
August 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Does this book exist in my language?
For most of the world's readers there is no way to reach the end of that question. We just rebuilt Zenòdot so that one search answers it.
A short thread on what's new 🧵 zenodot.app
For most of the world's readers there is no way to reach the end of that question. We just rebuilt Zenòdot so that one search answers it.
A short thread on what's new 🧵 zenodot.app
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⚠️ SORTEIG 5È ANIVERSARI
🎁 2 LLIBRES en joc
(1 per persona)
📘 1 TAURÓ de Peter Benchley
📗 1 RELATS ONÍRICS (VOL. 1)
d'H.P Lovecraft
COM PARTICIPAR:
🔁 Republiqueu aquest missatge
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✍️ Citeu un amic
📆 Fins al 13 d'agost (inclòs)
🎁 2 LLIBRES en joc
(1 per persona)
📘 1 TAURÓ de Peter Benchley
📗 1 RELATS ONÍRICS (VOL. 1)
d'H.P Lovecraft
COM PARTICIPAR:
🔁 Republiqueu aquest missatge
+
💛 Feu-li “M'agrada”
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✍️ Citeu un amic
📆 Fins al 13 d'agost (inclòs)
August 6, 2026 at 6:10 AM
⚠️ SORTEIG 5È ANIVERSARI
🎁 2 LLIBRES en joc
(1 per persona)
📘 1 TAURÓ de Peter Benchley
📗 1 RELATS ONÍRICS (VOL. 1)
d'H.P Lovecraft
COM PARTICIPAR:
🔁 Republiqueu aquest missatge
+
💛 Feu-li “M'agrada”
+
✍️ Citeu un amic
📆 Fins al 13 d'agost (inclòs)
🎁 2 LLIBRES en joc
(1 per persona)
📘 1 TAURÓ de Peter Benchley
📗 1 RELATS ONÍRICS (VOL. 1)
d'H.P Lovecraft
COM PARTICIPAR:
🔁 Republiqueu aquest missatge
+
💛 Feu-li “M'agrada”
+
✍️ Citeu un amic
📆 Fins al 13 d'agost (inclòs)
So, I saw this today. Probably someone should give some blood to the old gods or something.
August 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
So, I saw this today. Probably someone should give some blood to the old gods or something.
Ok, I need this.
The first copies have arrived!!!
The second, updated edition of the Science of Demons has arrived, featuring two new chapters and a fresh epilogue that together continue the history of demonology from its heyday to its demise.
www.routledge.com/The-Science-...
#hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky 🗃️
The second, updated edition of the Science of Demons has arrived, featuring two new chapters and a fresh epilogue that together continue the history of demonology from its heyday to its demise.
www.routledge.com/The-Science-...
#hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky 🗃️
August 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Ok, I need this.
The Bell That Never Rang made the shortlist for the Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize, judged by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. Twenty-two stories. Mine is about a bell that refuses to do its one job. @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Judged by Melissa Llanes Brownlee Shortlist | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
August 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Bell That Never Rang made the shortlist for the Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize, judged by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. Twenty-two stories. Mine is about a bell that refuses to do its one job. @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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📅 Aquest setembre el Grup de Lectura Obert de Filosofia (GLOF) enceta curs de lectura a l’Espai Godmar de #Callús.
📗 El volum protagonista serà «Entre els déus i el no-res», del filòsof Jordi Corominas. Una oportunitat per posar en diàleg diverses maneres d’entendre el món.
👉🏽 tuit.cat/gC0BE
📗 El volum protagonista serà «Entre els déus i el no-res», del filòsof Jordi Corominas. Una oportunitat per posar en diàleg diverses maneres d’entendre el món.
👉🏽 tuit.cat/gC0BE
August 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
📅 Aquest setembre el Grup de Lectura Obert de Filosofia (GLOF) enceta curs de lectura a l’Espai Godmar de #Callús.
📗 El volum protagonista serà «Entre els déus i el no-res», del filòsof Jordi Corominas. Una oportunitat per posar en diàleg diverses maneres d’entendre el món.
👉🏽 tuit.cat/gC0BE
📗 El volum protagonista serà «Entre els déus i el no-res», del filòsof Jordi Corominas. Una oportunitat per posar en diàleg diverses maneres d’entendre el món.
👉🏽 tuit.cat/gC0BE