Publications
Traditional Publications (Writer)
· Level Up Early Readers Program
o Help! My Spaceship is Haunted
· Brothers
Independent (Writer)
· Wayward Son (Paranormal Mystery Romance) Release Date 2026
· Sanctuary Mind (YA Science Fiction/Horror) Release Date 2026
· Methuselah Descent (Paranormal Mystery Romance)
· Graffiti Heart (YA Verse)
· The Garden Street Apartments (Collection I)
· The Man Who Stole Time (Short Story)
· Critical Mass (Short Story)
· The Cloud Maker (Children's Book)
Traditional Publications (Art)
· Black and white watercolor collection: Scales, Island Boat, Heart, Quarter-Moon, Dragonfly - Wasteland Issue 4 July 2022
Traditional Short Story and Poetry Publications (Writer)
· “The Color of Sand” - Wasteland Issue 4 July 2022
· “Soul Fire” - WOK Anthology 2021
· “Thinning of the Veil” - WOK Anthology 2021
· “What the River Claims” - The Pop Machine, Anthology, March 2017
· “The Crossing” - Mirror Dance, December 2016
· “In Between” - Moledro Magazine, Issue 3,
September 2016
· “The Blood We Taste” - Moledro Magazine, Issue
3, September 2016
· “Sirena” - 805 Literary and Art Journal, Volume
2 Issue 2, August 2016.
· “Sirena” - Reprinted in the 805 Literary and Art
Journal Anthology, November 5, 2016
· “The Woman in White” - Strangelet, July 2016,
· “The Woman in White” - Reprinted in Strangelet's
Volume 2 Anthology November 2016
· “Death Rise” - Devolution Z, April 2016
· “Snow Stars” - Devolution Z, March 2016
· “To Dream in Color” - Building Red: Mission
Mars, Anthology, October 13, 2015 (Read Free)
· “Don't Harm the Wine” - Middle Planet, Issue 1,
July 29, 2015
· “A Yellow Wood” - Every Day Fiction, July 18,
2015.
· “Dancing in the Right of Way” - Perihelion, May
12, 2015, Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
· “God of the Sea” - 32nd Edition of Microfiction
Mondays, April 06, 2015.
· “The Garden Street Apartments” - Issue 610,
Bewildering Stories, March 02, 2015.
· “The Garden Street Apartments” – Reprinted in
BWS First Quarterly Review, March 22, 2015.
· “The House on Agate Street” - Vine Leaves
Literary Journal, Issue 12, October 17, 2014.
· “The House on Agate Street” - Reprinted in The
Best of the Vine Leaves Anthology, 2014
· “Against the Dying of the Light” - Fiction Vortex,
September 30, 2014
· “Aberration” - The Red Line, Issue 9 “Escape”
contest, winning story
· “Mary Loved to Dance” The Milo Review, Vol. 2
Issue 1, Spring 2014
· “Pocket Universe” - Farther Stars Than These,
2014
· “Child of Light, Child of Dark” - New Realm,
2014
· “Click to Send” – Issue 02, Hemingway’s Playpen,
June 30, 2013.
· “At Bike’s End” - 2nd place winner of the
collaborative story contest, 2013 Stanford Story Slam.
Independent Short Story and Poetry Publications (Editor)
· Planisphere Q Undead October 2022
· Planisphere Q Dreamland August 2022
· Planisphere Q Many Worlds May 2022
· Planisphere Q Fire and Ice February 2022
· Planisphere Q Dark Forest November 2021
· Planisphere Q Summer Rain August 2021
· Planisphere Q Sight April 15 2021
· Starwheel 2 2016
· Starwheel 1
2016
· Riding Light Review Summer 2016
· Riding Light Review Spring 2016
· Riding Light Review Winter 2016
· Riding Light Underworld Halloween Special
Edition 2015
· Riding Light Review Fall 2015
· Riding Light Review Summer 2015
· Riding Light Review Spring 2015
· Riding Light Review Winter 2015
· Riding Light Halloween Special Edition 2014
· Riding Light Review Fall 2014
· Riding Light Review Summer 2014
(readable copies here for free)
Reviews and Achievements
· And the Moon Follows
“This short novel tackles large dilemmas. Recommended for hi-lo collections.” – School Library Journal
· Brothers
“Brothers Isaac and
Victor get taken from their family after their mother commits a crime in this
realistic look at life in the foster care system. The story is told through
emails exchanged between the siblings, who are in different foster homes, as
they grapple with being apart. While Isaac is placed with a loving foster
family, he encounters bullying and social difficulties in a new situation.
Victor cycles through several homes as he gets involved with ill-conceived
schemes that get him in trouble. The engaging page layouts feature doodle-style
drawings, representing images the two brothers are sending to each other in
their emails, and the book covers are eye-catching. The series presents a
realistic yet accessible look at a family encountering stressful circumstances.
VERDICT Written at a second and third-grade reading level, “Brothers” is an
unflinching exploration of a family navigating foster care.” – School Library
Journal
· Taken Away Brothers Book I
“Debut author Bermudez kicks off a new series focusing on the relationship between two brothers separated by the foster-care system. Isaac still remembers how the arroz con leche splattered everywhere the day the police came for him and his siblings, the broken bowl and scattered rice a resonant metaphor for how his family had fallen apart. Older brother Victor tells Isaac not to worry about the rice; as the oldest, Victor is the stiff upper lip for the family, determined to keep it together despite the siblings' physical separation. Isaac and Victor manage to stay in touch via email, sharing their thoughts and struggles with new foster parents, school bullies, and mysterious neighbors. Through it all they hold out hope for mending their family and all finding their way back to one another. The story is sincere and heartfelt; though brief, it packs an emotional punch and does so without sacrificing character and plot. The brevity makes it an appealing option for reluctant and low literacy readers who still want a sustained story. A bit of an abrupt ending will have readers eager to see if the boys' wishes are ultimately fulfilled. Isaac and Victor are both of Mexican descent. The book's design may have readers confused, with a cover that looks like a YA thriller and (uncredited) interior illustrations that look distinctly childlike. A necessary narrative with an ambiguous design. (Fiction. 7-12)” – Kirkus Reviews
· Acceptance into the “Tin House Winter Writers
Workshop” 2017.
· Writers of the Future Contest 1st Quarter 2016
Honorable Mention for, “Soul by Proxy.”
· Nomination for Pushcart Award for “Dancing in
the Right of Way” Perihelion SF
· “Dancing in the Right of Way”
“...the sense of
confusion and loss is real, and the mingling of transcendence and destruction
in the last paragraph — which feels almost unattached to the rest of the story
not in an incompetent way but in the best kind of jarring disjuncture that
[science fiction] has long sought after...” – Ethan Robinson, Marooned Off
Vesta’s Recommended Short Fiction List
· “Aberration,” winner of The Red Line’s “Escape”
issue.
“Winning piece:
“Aberration” by Cyn Bermudez “From the opening line of this story, the reader
is captured by the protagonist's desire to escape the ordered life of El Mismo.
A missing husband, mirrors and wings, a wise widow, and a mastery in the ways
of showing people what they want to see, this story blends the real and the
fantastic and creates a tone of controlled suspense” — Anita Dellaria, “Escape”
judge, co-founder and editor of The Bird's Thumb.
· “THE HOUSE ON AGATE STREET by @cyncbermudez
“…Charming and sad—Read
more @VineLeavesLJ Issue #12 http://t.co/IPq5fg1Dqu #LitMag #Prose” — Vine
Leaves Journal (@VineLeavesLJ)
· The Package, a short film (writer/director)
Official Selection, First Annual Isla Vista Digital Film
Festival.
· “At Bike’s End” - 2nd place winner of the
collaborative story contest, 2013 Stanford Story Slam.
Teaching Experience
· AP English – private tutor (current)
· Algebra II – private tutor (current)
· Algebra I – private tutor 2021
· Business Calculus – private tutor 2006
· Core Math (K-12, Pre-Calculus, Calculus) –
Mathnasium Lead Instructor 2005-2006
· Summer Math Camp – Santiago Community College
2005
o 5th Grade
o 6th Grade
o 7th Grade
o 8th Grade
· Astronomy 102 – Grader, UCSB 2003-2004
· Astronomy 101 – Tutor, Grader, Teacher
Assistant, Santa Barbara City College 1999-2001
· Summer Science Camp Instructor – Santa Barbara
Natural History Museum 2000
Education
· Physics, graduated in 2005, University of
California, Santa Barbara
· Math, graduated 2001, Santa Barbara City College
Applicable
Coursework
· Creative Writing Workshop, Santa Barbara City
College, 2009
· Film Production: Non-linear Editing, Santa
Barbara City College, 2008
· Film Production: Directing for the Camera, Santa
Barbara City College, 2008
· Film Production 101, Santa Barbara City College,
2007
· Women in Film, UCSB, 2004
· Science Fiction of Eastern Europe. UCSB, 2004
· Science Fiction, UCSB, College of Creative
Studies, 2003
· The Science of Science of Fiction, UCSB, 2003
Clubs and Organizations
· Writers of Kern, member with “active” status,
2018 to present
o Board Member, Treasurer
o Board Member, President, Program Chair
o Board Member, Webmaster, Publicity Chair, Newsletter Editor
· Professional, Comic-Con International,
2015 to present
· Poets and Writers, Fiction Writer and Poet, 2018
· MUG Creative Writing Group, 2009-2015
· Society of Physics, 2003 to 2005
o Vice President 2004
o President 2005
· Computer Science Club 2002
o Secretary 2002
Volunteer Work
· Writers of Kern – Photographer, Anthology
assistant 2018-2019
· Clarkesworld – Slush Reader 2013-2014
· Santa Barbara Natural History Museum – Planetarium Presenter 1999-2001
Software Proficiencies
· Adobe Premiere Pro
· AutoCAD Civil 3D
· Microsoft Office
· Adobe Acrobat