Xochilt Avila
@xavilawrites.bsky.social
They/Them | Indie Author | Slush @cateyepress.bsky.social My debut novella MARIPOSA releases Feb 2027 with https://www.lmhpub.com/ Icon by (my husband) @harboretum.bsky.social https://xochiltavilaauthor.com/
Great, note-perfect story by @ghoulpus.bsky.social, who also has fiction appearing in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy soon. Stunning detail in the prose! Up over at @reactorsff.bsky.social now, acquiring editor @annvandermeer.bsky.social. reactormag.com/not-like-oth...
Not Like Other Girls - Reactor
A creature wearing a woman’s body becomes a lonely man’s girlfriend, but the woman suit and his interest start to rot.
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Aug 2026 Newsletter is up 💅✨In this one you get to enjoy a free story featuring completely normal, ethically sourced protein! Everything is fine. Please consider signing up btw. This is where my most important updates go first, and sometimes free stuff~ xochilt-avila.ghost.io/august-2026-w/
August 2026: Website Launch, Life & Novella "Mariposa" Updates, & a Free Short Story!
HAPPY VIRGO SEASON 💅✨ Life has gotten steadily better since I last posted in May (and way better since everything really went to shit in January). The in-law situation has largely stabilized, and we'...
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Did some PT exercises the other day before kitty breakfast, and the Graybies had something to say about that.
I'm still not over the pro-AI essay telling us who is or isn't our "enemies." Speaking for myself, I have room in my heart for many.
If you're using AI to make book covers or do *anything* that undermines actual art, you are not my buddy.
"The real enemy isn't your buddy using AI to make a book cover." THEY HELL THEY AREN'T LMAO
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 21h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
I always think it is funny when people act like they can't differentiate between different uses of a tech. "Oh, a calendar app is okay but passing off LLM work as my own without attribution isn't?!?" Yeah. Those are very different things in fact.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 21h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
Also you get to look at my fucked up back and spine. That's so much meat in one newsletter.
Xochilt Avila@xavilawrites.bsky.social · 20h agoAug 2026 Newsletter is up 💅✨In this one you get to enjoy a free story featuring completely normal, ethically sourced protein! Everything is fine. Please consider signing up btw. This is where my most important updates go first, and sometimes free stuff~ xochilt-avila.ghost.io/august-2026-w/
Aug 2026 Newsletter is up 💅✨In this one you get to enjoy a free story featuring completely normal, ethically sourced protein! Everything is fine. Please consider signing up btw. This is where my most important updates go first, and sometimes free stuff~ xochilt-avila.ghost.io/august-2026-w/
August 2026: Website Launch, Life & Novella "Mariposa" Updates, & a Free Short Story!
HAPPY VIRGO SEASON 💅✨ Life has gotten steadily better since I last posted in May (and way better since everything really went to shit in January). The in-law situation has largely stabilized, and we'...
xochilt-avila.ghost.io
In case you missed it, here's the PW announcement! We're already finalizing the ARC & cover. I am excited. I am ready to make you suffer.
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 3d agoThe latest @locusmag.bsky.social — which you should subscribe to — has interesting book deal news, including forthcoming titles from @elliottgish.bsky.social @zinrock.bsky.social and @horrorsong.blog
If you missed our submission window, this swirling hell-portal of dark delights is still open!
PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 3d agoThe portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).
this seems better. I don't use this header on this particular website rn but I promise it looks better than it used to
Especially now, it’s not trivial to post about trans joy. It’s necessary. Every trans person who shares their joy sends a message of hope to others who may be struggling. And everyone who uplifts those posts helps spread that light, hope and visibility even further.
Reminder that we're open for horror and Weird fiction short story collection submissions. Don't self reject, but also, please, PLEASE read the submission guidelines fully. Details here: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
After giving it some thought, I figure there's never going to be a perfect time to open for horror/Weird fic collection submissions. Why not now while my job is still in a slow period? If you're BIPOC and/or queer, I'm especially interested in reading your work: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
Horror and Weird Fiction COllections Submission Call (OPEN NOW UNTIL FILLED) Submission CallSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. The submi…
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One of my fondest wishes is to try carboloaded UK food. I want to eat a wigan kebab and a smack varn pey wet so fucking badly. I want that stringy deep fried beef in Chinese takeaway. Give me the carbs.
real art isn't in the cinema. it's not in books or libraries. it's definitely not in the TV. real art only exists on youtube channels with 3,000 followers where a guy who calls himself MicrowaveBen reviews tv dinners on a strange but internally consistent 7-point scale he calls the Flavornator
Do NOT love that now that I removed Instagram from my phone, I'm getting emails to check my account. Leave me alone!!!
🪳“The bugs are active at night the Paul Meadows fucking phone I said palmettos and they're just Florida cockroaches anyway.” 🪳 if you’re going to Nana’s, here’s what you need to know. new from @parkeriswriting.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/your-mothers...
Your Mother’s Speech-to-Text Instructions for Visiting Nana
by Parker M. O'Neill Listen I'm making soup right now so I'll be quick if you’re really hellbent on visiting Nana you should know there's Mold all through her house water damage hairy black fungus on...
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Found this tiny hoodie at a Wisconsin flea market and now Dragon is ready to start his hacky sack career.
I missed make a terrible comic day this year so here's something my spouse said unprompted while gaming the other day #harbart
HA HA FUCK IT COST ALMOST TWICE WHAT I EXPECTED in part because half of Monty's meds also needed refilling. I expected it to be like 400! I did not budget for this and will be flat broke after rent for the next two weeks! Please help me eat until then. I fucking hate having to do this AGAIN!
LC von Hessen 𓆙 💀@lcvonhessen.bsky.social · 2w agoDexter loves his Monty 🧡 The big orange guy is getting bloodwork tomorrow to see if his anti-inflammatory steroids have improved his liver, so wish him (and my wallet 🙃) luck!
