# Monica A Leyva

Original speculative fiction, essays on health politics and institutional power, and poetry about care, memory, and resistance.

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## [Sorrel Ashwick: Chapter 27](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/sorrel-ashwick-chapter-27)

_2026-08-19 · Monica A Leyva_

Speculative Fiction | The Distance Between Them

## [The Keeper of Unwritten Endings](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/the-keeper-of-unwritten-endings)

_2026-08-16 · Monica A Leyva_

Inspired by the above image prompt provided by John Watson - Horror Author

## [Sunday Subscriber Spotlight](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/sunday-subscriber-spotlight-3d8)

_2026-08-16 · Monica A Leyva_

Cardio Rebel | Big Body Movement

## [The Word as Lens Week 27](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/the-word-as-lens-week-27)

_2026-08-15 · Monica A Leyva_

One Word. Many Voices. Infinite Interpretations.

## [We Become Fluent in Perhaps](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/we-become-fluent-in-perhaps)

_2026-08-14 · Monica A Leyva_

On enthusiasm, vulnerability, and the courage to want something before certainty arrives.

## [Where the Light Fractures](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/where-the-light-fractures)

_2026-08-13 · Monica A Leyva_

On the strange luminosity of broken places.

## [Sorrel Ashwick: Chapter 26](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/sorrel-ashwick-chapter-26)

_2026-08-12 · Monica A Leyva_

Speculative Fiction | The Other Map

## [Leap of Faith](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/leap-of-faith)

_2026-08-11 · Monica A Leyva_

When the horizon asks us to trust what we cannot yet see

## [The Gender Gap in Leadership](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/the-gender-gap-in-leadership)

_2026-08-10 · Monica A Leyva_

When the Same Leadership Earns Different Labels

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_2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_

Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring

## [Sunday Subscriber Spotlight](https://layersofshimmer.substack.com/p/sunday-subscriber-spotlight-159)

_2026-08-09 · Monica A Leyva_

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