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Xochilt Avila (they/them)

@xavilawrites.bsky.social

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Author of Horror & Spec Fiction 👻 Querying my Queer Mexican Bug Horror Novella MARIPOSA. Slusher at Cat Eye Press 🐈‍⬛️👁 Icon by (my husband) @harboretum.bsky.social https://xochilt-avila.ghost.io https://xochiltavila.carrd.co/

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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 27d

Just a fun and sexy reminder that I have a newsletter! Promise I won't spam you; At most, you'll hear from me once a month, but you'll stay up to date on all my publications and get free stories here and there 💖

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Keep up to date on all my publications, events, and more! Occasionally includes free to read short stories.

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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 1d

#harbart

Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · Oct 19

Yay the yellow knight won :)

#art #oc #dndart

an illustration of a pale elven knight with short black hair in an arming jacket and yellow and orange tabard outside at a festival. she holds her helmet with one hand and waves with her other hand while yellow and orange confetti flutters around her. a white handkerchief favor is tied to her belt.

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 10h

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 18h

#harbart

Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · Dec 27

My Little Blueberry :)

#art #oc #unicorn

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Peanut (Repost Pinned) @peanutium.art · 1d

hey please repost, lowkey worrying

Peanut (Repost Pinned) @peanutium.art · 1d

It would be really cool if I could finish these 👉👈

Debt (ASAP): 0/100
Internet (16th): 0/200
Car (21st): 0/563

$givepancake
paypal.me/inosaramet
Venmo: pancakewitch
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
ko-fi.com/peanutliquid

#helpfolkslive2025
#mutualaid
#transcrowdfund
💸💞

A drawing of a cat (not AI) with a human looking hand making a peace sign

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🪱💀mindy💀🪱 [dirt ceremony era] @garbagesauce.bsky.social · 2d

WE'VE GOT A GOODREADS PAGE🚨🚨

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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Back from Voidcon and I want to WRITE but my cats kept me up all night

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that I write and have published several short #horror stories for your October enjoyment 🖤

#writing

Cjsubko.com/short-fiction

Short Fiction

I have publications in the following venues. The Crow’s Quill July 2023. “A Sacrifice” Learn more → Tales from the Moonlit Path October 2023. “The Creeping” Learn more…

Cjsubko.com

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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 2d

later that year I also ran a ghs shitpost blog that I posted to almost every day for a month straight and and it had these two follow-ups about the judgement boy drawing

a black and white ink drawing of Prompter and Judgment Boy from Gregory Horror Show. The Prompter on the left is cutting Judgment Boy out of a bush with hedge clippers while saying "Fuck's sake JB" while the Prompter on the right is attempting to pull him out with a rope while saying "I could've been an actor"

A grayscale digital drawing of Dr. Fritz, Gregory, and Catherine from Gregory Horror Show. Gregory is approaching Dr. Fritz at his desk saying "Judgment Boy's stuck in a bush again" while Dr. Fritz looks up from examining an x-ray image of Mummy Papa's skull while saying "I still don't see how that's a medical issue." Catherine can be seen through the window burying an unidentified body in the distance.

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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 2d

I drew a ton of gregory horror show fanart in 2018 and I'm still very fond of these two

a color drawing of Gregory from Gregory Horror Show, laying casually on the ground and saying "In hell on a Friday night? God, you're pathetic", styled after the Sonic meme where a comic panel of Sonic laying on the ground in the same pose was edited to say "Alone on a Friday night? God, you're pathetic."

A 2-panel color comic featuring Judgment Boy from Gregory Horror Show, in a bush so only his head is visible, saying "Ha ha ha" and "Judgment Boy!!", imitating an out of context 2-panel crop of a Spiderman comic where Spiderman is similarly in a bush, saying "Ha ha ha" and "Spiderman!!"

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Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 2d

All settled in for day 1 tabling at @voidcon.bsky.social ! Stop by for a special limited edition zine (story by horrorsong.blog), a sticker, and vote in the Nosferatus Fuck/Marry/Kill poll. You can also buy some books by us (@probablyharmless.bsky.social and @residualdreaming.bsky.social)

A photo of Cassandra and Theo. Theo is standing behind Cassandra, and giving her bunny ears. They are both behind a table, which is covered with a variety of books and other swag.

A close-up of the table showing three plastic kettles, one for each Nosferatu, and the Die Laughing limited edition zine.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve got books! We’ve got New Weird Horror books! (And we’ve got five days straight of chronic insomnia but we swear it’s just making us charming and hilarious and not a lifeless husk).
Join us in the Void🖤☠️
@voidcon.bsky.social

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 4d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 3d

THIS WEEKEND: I'll be on site at VoidCon! If you see me, please say hello. Be sure to check out the cosmic horror panel on Friday and my reading on Saturday. See y'all there! @voidcon.bsky.social

Note: I will not be vending, but I'm happy to sign any books you bring!

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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d

I ADORE this mood board CJ!

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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Lucas Herrera must take drastic measures. Not only to obtain his tenure, but to honor his beloved and his family. He must uncover his specimen's mystery...

Mariposa is an Eco Horror Novella featuring:

📚 Entomology
🌈 Gay love
🧪Mad science
🇲🇽 Mexican familia
💦 Slime

#DVpit #LGBT #H #A #Novella

Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!!

Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d

"Even with fluid disposal every morning and night, and an increase in spill container size, I’m having difficulty not experiencing overflow."

Mariposa is an eco horror novella with:

📚 Entomology
🌈 Gay love
🧪 Mad science
🦋 BIG insect
🇲🇽 Mexican familia

#DVpit #H #A #Novella #LGBT

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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d

MARIPOSA is a queer eco horror novella that has:

🐛Gay enthomology
🦋A slimy, gooey, icky insect discovery
🐛Tragedy that spirals protag into desperate mad science
🦋Vengeance
🐛Loving mexican familia
🦋A VERY unusual hole

#DVpit #A #H #Novella #LGBT

A collage of six images 1. The phrase "together as one" repeating in a downward list, 2. A foggy rainforest, 3. A cake topper with two men, 4. A white clock tower, 5. An oil slick, 6. A green chrysalis

Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 6d

It WILL pass anyway so why not learn how to draw big spider!!!

Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 6d

This happened to me after starting Ruri Rocks

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 6d

Why "play" is so important for #writing -- and updates!

Newsletter time!

cjsubko.beehiiv.com/p/the-import...

The importance of "play"

Yep, I'm baaack

cjsubko.beehiiv.com

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Casper Pham @ Shortbox Comics Fair (The Luminary Lark-Mirror) @marcheriest.bsky.social · 7d

guinevere

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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 7d

But seriously, I'm so excited for this con. I didn't think I'd be able to go to any this year, but now I get to see so many amazing people ; A; if you see me please say hi!

Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 7d

EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR VOID AAAAAAAA!!!!!

Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 7d

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