Lauren T. Davila
@ltdavila.bsky.social
THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES (Creature Publishing, 2026) – Acquisitions Editor at Inked In Gray Publishing – Assistant Director at PocketMFA – Latina – she/her/ella – Represented by @susanvcolmant.bsky.social at JABberwocky Literary Agency
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🕯️WHEN OTHER PEOPLE SAW US, THEY SAW THE DEAD ed. @ltdavila.bsky.social🕯️
An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore & fantasy, these eerie short stories will disturb, move & humour you.
www.hauntpublishing.com/books/p/laur...
An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore & fantasy, these eerie short stories will disturb, move & humour you.
www.hauntpublishing.com/books/p/laur...
When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead (Paperback) — Haunt Publishing
An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from some of the most exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore, fantasy and fairy-tale, these eerie short stories will disturb, m...
www.hauntpublishing.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🕯️WHEN OTHER PEOPLE SAW US, THEY SAW THE DEAD ed. @ltdavila.bsky.social🕯️
An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore & fantasy, these eerie short stories will disturb, move & humour you.
www.hauntpublishing.com/books/p/laur...
An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore & fantasy, these eerie short stories will disturb, move & humour you.
www.hauntpublishing.com/books/p/laur...
Hello all! I’m taking a peek at pitches during #PicantePit for
Inked In Gray Publishing! If I like your pitch, please submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to me at lauren.t.davila@inkedingray.com. Please DM me with any questions!!
Inked In Gray Publishing! If I like your pitch, please submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to me at lauren.t.davila@inkedingray.com. Please DM me with any questions!!
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hello all! I’m taking a peek at pitches during #PicantePit for
Inked In Gray Publishing! If I like your pitch, please submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to me at lauren.t.davila@inkedingray.com. Please DM me with any questions!!
Inked In Gray Publishing! If I like your pitch, please submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to me at lauren.t.davila@inkedingray.com. Please DM me with any questions!!
ICYMI, I have a few items up at the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction! All money raised is going toward families as well as immigrant and trans rights collectives! You can bid on them here: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS.... Thank you to @sandraproudman.bsky.social for organizing as always!!!
August 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ICYMI, I have a few items up at the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction! All money raised is going toward families as well as immigrant and trans rights collectives! You can bid on them here: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS.... Thank you to @sandraproudman.bsky.social for organizing as always!!!
Here is where you can find me this weekend at the @writehive.bsky.social conference! I'm so excited to be joining for my 5th year in a row!!! See you all soon! #writehive #conference #author
July 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here is where you can find me this weekend at the @writehive.bsky.social conference! I'm so excited to be joining for my 5th year in a row!!! See you all soon! #writehive #conference #author
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
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With the recent success of Andor, I'm getting more questions than usual about how to land a job writing Star Wars books, so let's do the yearly How to Write IP thread, shall we? Firstly, IP means Intellectual Property-- that's shows, movies, plays, even books, any world owned by someone else. 1/
June 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
With the recent success of Andor, I'm getting more questions than usual about how to land a job writing Star Wars books, so let's do the yearly How to Write IP thread, shall we? Firstly, IP means Intellectual Property-- that's shows, movies, plays, even books, any world owned by someone else. 1/
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Friends. Followers. People of Bluesky.
Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never
Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never
June 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Friends. Followers. People of Bluesky.
Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never
Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never
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SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
May 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
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@writehive.bsky.social is putting together a #WriteHive2025 participant starter pack, so if you see someone you like, follow 'em!
(Here's hoping I did this right lol)
go.bsky.app/Pr6CWWy
(Here's hoping I did this right lol)
go.bsky.app/Pr6CWWy
May 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
@writehive.bsky.social is putting together a #WriteHive2025 participant starter pack, so if you see someone you like, follow 'em!
(Here's hoping I did this right lol)
go.bsky.app/Pr6CWWy
(Here's hoping I did this right lol)
go.bsky.app/Pr6CWWy
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
Hopping onto the #posterpit event! Here's something for my gothic short story collection THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES (Creature Publishing, 2026)!
April 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hopping onto the #posterpit event! Here's something for my gothic short story collection THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES (Creature Publishing, 2026)!
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For everyone concerned about tariffs in book publishing, PW has a great explainer with okay news for now: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Books Escape New Tariffs, At Least for Now
In the cascade of news about massive tariffs imposed on many of America's largest trading partners, books appear to have fared well—although experts say the situation remains very fluid.
www.publishersweekly.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For everyone concerned about tariffs in book publishing, PW has a great explainer with okay news for now: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Hello! Putting out a call for writers who would like to teach! We are seeking genre fiction writers (YA/adult) and/or contemporary poets! Diverse writers are especially encouraged to apply! All positions are remote + paid! DM with questions! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap...
Apply To Be A PocketMFA Mentor
www.cognitoforms.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hello! Putting out a call for writers who would like to teach! We are seeking genre fiction writers (YA/adult) and/or contemporary poets! Diverse writers are especially encouraged to apply! All positions are remote + paid! DM with questions! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap...
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Interested in writing short fiction for MG or YA readers? @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2 night virtual mini-course with the Highlights Foundation! You can read more and register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/int...
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Interested in writing short fiction for MG or YA readers? @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2 night virtual mini-course with the Highlights Foundation! You can read more and register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/int...
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As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
March 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
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The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library
Librarians and Teen Volunteers Spearhead Books Unbanned Initiative to Combat Censorship
www.bklynlibrary.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
Hello! We are looking to possibly bring in more writing mentors at PocketMFA! If you’re interested in a paid teaching opportunity (especially for genre fiction!), we’d love to see your application! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap.... Feel free to PM if you have any questions!
Apply To Be A PocketMFA Mentor
www.cognitoforms.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hello! We are looking to possibly bring in more writing mentors at PocketMFA! If you’re interested in a paid teaching opportunity (especially for genre fiction!), we’d love to see your application! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap.... Feel free to PM if you have any questions!
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Semicolon is a Black woman owned and operated bookshop, and you can support them in many ways.
Visit them if you're in town—an easy walk from the Chicago blue line stop.
Order directly from them online at semicolonchi.org.
Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social to support them.
Or donate here 👇🏼
Visit them if you're in town—an easy walk from the Chicago blue line stop.
Order directly from them online at semicolonchi.org.
Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social to support them.
Or donate here 👇🏼
February 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Semicolon is a Black woman owned and operated bookshop, and you can support them in many ways.
Visit them if you're in town—an easy walk from the Chicago blue line stop.
Order directly from them online at semicolonchi.org.
Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social to support them.
Or donate here 👇🏼
Visit them if you're in town—an easy walk from the Chicago blue line stop.
Order directly from them online at semicolonchi.org.
Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social to support them.
Or donate here 👇🏼
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Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre
Examines how authors of color, in writing against white-dominated, Eurocentric fantasy narratives, counteract Christian and colonial tropes and offer alternate versions of morality, race, gender, and ...
ohiostatepress.org
February 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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sending love to all the revolutionaries who know their personal comfort is not the priority with so many marginalized lives and futures at stake
to all of you pushing past biases and out of your comfort zones to show up for those with less privilege than you, I see you and and I love you 🖤
to all of you pushing past biases and out of your comfort zones to show up for those with less privilege than you, I see you and and I love you 🖤
February 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
sending love to all the revolutionaries who know their personal comfort is not the priority with so many marginalized lives and futures at stake
to all of you pushing past biases and out of your comfort zones to show up for those with less privilege than you, I see you and and I love you 🖤
to all of you pushing past biases and out of your comfort zones to show up for those with less privilege than you, I see you and and I love you 🖤
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Given recent events with Trump, Christina Sng's poetry collection A Collection of Nightmares feels scarily accurate.
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A Collection of Nightmares, by Christina Sng
Hold your screams and enter a world of seasonal creatures, dreams of bones, and confessions modeled from open eyes and endless insomnia. Christina Sng’s A Collection of Nightmares is a poetic feast of...
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February 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Given recent events with Trump, Christina Sng's poetry collection A Collection of Nightmares feels scarily accurate.
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/a-c...
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/a-c...