About the Artist

Cesar Torres is a queer futurist, novelist, and worldbuilder whose work spans literature, fashion, and speculative design. Their stories fuse Aztec myth, sci-fi horror, and radical queer imagination into new mythologies that resonate for audiences in these times of fractured media landscapes and  technological transformation. Through novels, digital dispatches, and even clothing, Cesar creates portals—not just stories. They are the author of the acclaimed sci-fi horror series The Coil, as well as How to Kill a Superhero, a queer erotica saga that has garnered a global cult following.

Cesar is an indie author by choice, and they build everything from the ground up without waiting for institutional permission. Their work has been described as “visionary,” “unapologetically queer,” and “deeply mythic.”

Fiction & Publishing

Cesar’s flagship series, The Coil, explores queer survival, techno-spiritual collapse, and the dynamics of human violence across a world infused with ancient deities and biotech totalitarian nightmares. The series blends literary sci-fi, horror, and Mesoamerican mysticism in a tone both poetic and brutal. Their parallel ouvre, How to Kill a Superhero, helped establish Cesar as a distinct voice in the realm of queer erotic fiction—fearless in its exploration of fetish, body horror, and metaphysics. All of their books are published and distributed independently. Cesar is currently preparing to release Hall of Mirrors, volume 3 of the Coil. That novel is set to publish in early 2026.

Photography

Cesar Torres took a unique approach to their fiction universes starting in the 2010’s as they explored identify and superhero archetypes connected to the book series How to Kill a Superhero. With Our Lord of the Flowers, Torres has entered a new era of photo art storytelling, exploring ideas of gender, identity, myth, and of course, flowers, as a way to reference Xochipilli, the god of flowers, music, psychedelics and queerness.