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Xochilt Avila (they/them)
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Author of Horror & Spec Fiction 👻 Querying my Queer Mexican Bug Horror Novella MARIPOSA. Slusher w/ Cat Eye Press 🐈‍⬛️👁 Icon @harboretum.bsky.social https://xochilt-avila.ghost.io https://xochiltavila.carrd.co/ Come find me!
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 24d
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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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 1d
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 · 1d
I ADORE this mood board CJ!
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
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
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!!
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
"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 · 1d
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
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 3d
It WILL pass anyway so why not learn how to draw big spider!!!
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 3d
This happened to me after starting Ruri Rocks
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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 3d
Why "play" is so important for #writing -- and updates!

Newsletter time!

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The importance of "play"
Yep, I'm baaack
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Casper Pham @ Shortbox Comics Fair (The Luminary Lark-Mirror) @marcheriest.bsky.social · 4d
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d
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!
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 4d
EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR VOID AAAAAAAA!!!!!
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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 5d
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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 4d
New arrivals and restocks at Ghoulish Books!
Lots of books (fiction) Lots of books (nonfiction)
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Harb Or @harboretum.bsky.social · 5d
good afternoon check out my cat
A photo of a large fluffy gray cat laying on his side on a pink and orange rug by a sliding glass door. Half of him is in a sunbeam.
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 8d
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
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Submissions open for Brave New Weird volume 4 — tenebrous press
REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY Tenebrous Press presents the FOURTH (!!!) Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying antholog...
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 9d
Fuck yeah!!! Congrats Pedro!!!
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 9d
Submissions open now for members of marginalised groups! 🎉

(general submission window 15-31 October)

Seeking speculative stories about our inner lives:

💙 500 - 2,500 words
💚 £0.02 per word, min £20
💛 Sim subs welcome!
🧡 Reprints welcome!

inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g...

#SubmissionCall
Post text overlaid on a photo of a low, wide corridor or tunnel with red lighting.
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Olivia Portlander 🐙🧡🍋🐊🦋☂️ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social · 10d
Today in the garden.
12 foot tall Halloween skeleton looms over a 2 story house.
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 10d
VFNWKXNWKXNS my ride or die 😌
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Xochilt Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 10d
Lmao it's okay because I GOT THE SCREENSHOT but then I started reading Spy x Family and forgor
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sofasofia 🛋️ @sofasofia.bsky.social · Sep 8
my neurons at work
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 11d
October's issue is almost here, but don't forget you can still pick up issue #63 at our webstore: https://bit.ly/3IbDkfg
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Bex @bexthecat.bsky.social · 13d
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