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X 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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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · Sep 15
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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Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social · 11h
Dread Mondays release day (from @whisperhousepress.bsky.social )!! My short story, Wade vs Roe, is on page 29.
Happy release day, fellow writers & thanks to Steve for including me in this workplace horror anthology.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dread-mond...
Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology|Paperback
www.barnesandnoble.com
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 6h
In other amazing author news - I finally got a copy of September's issue of @chmmagazine.bsky.social. I'm still so happy to be in it among many amazing writers (including the great @jongensler.bsky.social) #horror #booksky #horrorsky
The cover of the September issue of a magazine, "Cosmic Horror Monthly." It is orange with a figure standing in side profile, with black hair, clothes, and wings. They're being pulled at from all angles by thin red strings. My name is on the cover, among my good friend Jonathan Gensler, as well as LC von Hessen and Anne Wilkins! The magazine is opened to my story titled, "As Much As I Please." You can see my kitchen pothos in the background.
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Richard Shifman/ RB Shifman @rshifman.bsky.social · 1d
DREAD MONDAYS is launching tomorrow! It’s well reviewed, and I’ve got a cute little corporate horror story in it called, “Such a Catch,” so check it out!

I’d hit the launch party if it wasn’t a couple of thousand miles away from me.

@whisperhousepress.bsky.social
Dread Mondays is a workplace horror anthology. Buy it anywhere starting 10/25/2025 Utah Horror Day is where all the cool kids are at. I’d be there if I had a private jet.
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 15h
HAPPY LAUNCH DAY!! GO BUY DREAD MONDAYS!!
xavilawrites.bsky.social X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 3d
My story "Closed for Maintenance" is in the Dread Mondays anthology launching THIS Saturday!!

My short is gross, brutal, and pro-Union 🖤 Please check it out! And thank you @whisperhousepress.bsky.social

#whisperhousepress #horror #costsofliving #DreadMondays #booklaunch #booksky #horrorsky
A promotional imagine for a horror anthology Dread Mondays with Whisper House Press. The promo states the book is available Oct 25th wherever books are sold.
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
; w; thank you, friend!!
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 3d
My story "Closed for Maintenance" is in the Dread Mondays anthology launching THIS Saturday!!

My short is gross, brutal, and pro-Union 🖤 Please check it out! And thank you @whisperhousepress.bsky.social

#whisperhousepress #horror #costsofliving #DreadMondays #booklaunch #booksky #horrorsky
A promotional imagine for a horror anthology Dread Mondays with Whisper House Press. The promo states the book is available Oct 25th wherever books are sold.
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!!
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Slashic Horror Press @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social · 5d
The OutWrite Scary Awards celebrate the contribution of LGBTQ+ indie horror authors.

Categories:
💀Best LGBTQ+ Rep
💀Best Work
💀Best Sub-Genre
💀Best Ally

Nominations open NOVEMBER 1.

For full details, please visit: www.slashichorrorpress.com/outwritescary
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Also, this is my 10th (!!!) publication. I'm so proud of myself. I have so much to learn and grow, but I'm becoming the person younger me had always wanted to be!
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Cat Eye Press @cateyepress.bsky.social · 1d
Today's the day, folks! You can now read the first place winner for our 2025 October Oddities Horror Microfiction Contest!

"Play at Your Own Risk" by John Kuyat features a delightfully sinister soundtrack that's just perfect for this time of year.

Stay odd, horror readers!
October Oddities Presents: Play at Your Own Risk — Cat Eye Press LLC
Read "Play at Your Own Risk" by John Kuyat. The story was selected as the 1st place winner for the 2025 October Oddities Horror Microfiction Contest hosted by Cat Eye Press.
www.cateyepress.com
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Oohhh your story sounds so good!! 😊 I'm stoked to share an anthology with it!!
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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 1d
Book launch news! Tomorrow, DREAD MONDAYS will be published by @whisperhousepress.bsky.social. Among many other great stories will be my own KOSCHEI'S THREAD. It's a terrific anthology by a terrific editor 🖤🎃🧠🧟

#WhisperHousePress #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #booksky #horrorsky
A promotional imagine for a horror anthology Dread Mondays with Whisper House Press. The promo states the book is available Oct 25th wherever books are sold.
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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 2d
Despite it all, folks are still out here making horny/romantic trans stories and sharing them on Itchio. Almost all of the collections got an addition or two today! (And I'm actively adding more.) Now is the time to check your favorite list!
www.darkchibishadow.com/post/my-tran...
Trans Romance & Erotica Collections
Collections of trans romance & erotica for all to enjoy!
www.darkchibishadow.com
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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 2d
Alright no more stalling, time to jump in the deep end 😈 I'm basically gonna be reading a horror novel every day between now and Halloween, let's fucking go.

After Frankenbutch yesterday we've got @bitterkarella.bsky.social's debut novel Moonflow! I am so excited.
Moonflow by Bitter Karella
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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 4d
#harbart
harboretum.bsky.social Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · Jul 14
local elf wanders out of solitary life in the woods and attends her first fancy dinner party
Cleric, a pale elf with long black hair and a purple bow tied around her neck, dressed in purple and eating from a bowl of ice cream, looking surprised and delighted about it
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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 3d
#harbart
harboretum.bsky.social Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · Jul 14
oh this Merlot too. I convinced Xochilt earlier that she should have mega hat hair
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 3d
My story "Closed for Maintenance" is in the Dread Mondays anthology launching THIS Saturday!!

My short is gross, brutal, and pro-Union 🖤 Please check it out! And thank you @whisperhousepress.bsky.social

#whisperhousepress #horror #costsofliving #DreadMondays #booklaunch #booksky #horrorsky
A promotional imagine for a horror anthology Dread Mondays with Whisper House Press. The promo states the book is available Oct 25th wherever books are sold.
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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 5d
You can turn off GenAI results in Pinterest now! Not sure how well it works but:

Settings > Home Feed Tuner > GenAI Interests

Turn that shit off!
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 5d
The open call for our next #zine bundle runs December 1st through 7th, and details are posted here. For folks waiting to hear back about the Flesh zine submissions, responses will go out late this month or early next.
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Submission Calls
OPEN Zine call (December 1st through 7th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mini-essays …
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X Avila (they/them) @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 5d
This is my third earnest attempt at sourdough and I'm SO proud of it. It's far from perfect but it's delicious.
A beautiful spherical loaf of sourdough bread
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 6d
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each
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Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · 8d
#harbart
harboretum.bsky.social Harb Sephant @harboretum.bsky.social · Apr 11
here's one of the emoji I made for the D&D campaign discord I'm in, though
a chibi emoji drawing of a teary eyed, pale elf with long dark hair and a purple-gray ribboned outfit
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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 17d
ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month!

We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!

www.havenspec.com/submit/
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Addy !! @addark.bsky.social · 8d
doodling on the table at a steakhouse like the adult i am
a drawing of a chikorita in green crayon photographed in poor lighting
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