val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️🌈
@spacevalkyries.bsky.social
📝sci-fi/fantasy writer V.M. Ayala (she/they) 🎮streamer, indie games, TTRPGs ✨anxiety/ADHD, chronic pain 🏳️🌈queer biracial Mexican American 🪐🗡️co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social
🌈 https://www.spacevalkyries.com/
💌 spacevalkyries@gmail.com
🌈 https://www.spacevalkyries.com/
💌 spacevalkyries@gmail.com
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IT’S OUT! IT’S HERE! I saw The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 at a Barnes & Noble near(ish) to me 👀
I knew I wanted to be a writer at 11. To see my stories in print and in stores was my guiding constant through childhood cancer. “Emotional Resonance” being in this means the world 😭💜
I knew I wanted to be a writer at 11. To see my stories in print and in stores was my guiding constant through childhood cancer. “Emotional Resonance” being in this means the world 😭💜
our cat isn’t allowed in the bedroom because I’m allergic (though not as badly, yay). we have discovered our bedroom door doesn’t close properly and can be shoved open when it’s cold—by the cat shoving in to yell for breakfast.
nothing more, she just wanted to get in to scream directly at us 😂
nothing more, she just wanted to get in to scream directly at us 😂
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
our cat isn’t allowed in the bedroom because I’m allergic (though not as badly, yay). we have discovered our bedroom door doesn’t close properly and can be shoved open when it’s cold—by the cat shoving in to yell for breakfast.
nothing more, she just wanted to get in to scream directly at us 😂
nothing more, she just wanted to get in to scream directly at us 😂
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We just spent the first ten minutes of the stream talking about Bosco Sticks if you're wondering what the energy is today
10 years ago 6 foster kids were pulled out of the wreckage of a house in Sayer, MA. Now they find themselves in Korea...where the final chapter begins.
Join us at 8PM EST for THE SAYER HOUSE SIX, featuring Monster of the Week by
@evilhat.bsky.social, as we raise money for @feedingamerica.org!
Join us at 8PM EST for THE SAYER HOUSE SIX, featuring Monster of the Week by
@evilhat.bsky.social, as we raise money for @feedingamerica.org!
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We just spent the first ten minutes of the stream talking about Bosco Sticks if you're wondering what the energy is today
I am extremely glad I checked my college email holy shit I won a writing scholarshiiiip aaaaaa 😭
I wrote a piece right when I transferred and they said there was a fiction writing scholarship open to online students to submit and they accepted the piece for the scholarship?!?!?!!! aaaaaaaa!!!
I wrote a piece right when I transferred and they said there was a fiction writing scholarship open to online students to submit and they accepted the piece for the scholarship?!?!?!!! aaaaaaaa!!!
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I am extremely glad I checked my college email holy shit I won a writing scholarshiiiip aaaaaa 😭
I wrote a piece right when I transferred and they said there was a fiction writing scholarship open to online students to submit and they accepted the piece for the scholarship?!?!?!!! aaaaaaaa!!!
I wrote a piece right when I transferred and they said there was a fiction writing scholarship open to online students to submit and they accepted the piece for the scholarship?!?!?!!! aaaaaaaa!!!
I’ve been quiet all weekend because I’ve been running around NYC on vacation seeing some family and friends. I gave myself a brief break from socials and the news while out and about being a little tourist 😂
the break was super needed though! I’m sleepy but happily on the way home 💜
the break was super needed though! I’m sleepy but happily on the way home 💜
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’ve been quiet all weekend because I’ve been running around NYC on vacation seeing some family and friends. I gave myself a brief break from socials and the news while out and about being a little tourist 😂
the break was super needed though! I’m sleepy but happily on the way home 💜
the break was super needed though! I’m sleepy but happily on the way home 💜
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I'm still so proud of my story "Whalesong", published in Deadlands this year: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm still so proud of my story "Whalesong", published in Deadlands this year: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
a road signage thing that always bemuses me: in texas (at least where I grew up in houston) the signs were always BRIDGE MAY ICE IN COLD WEATHER. but up here in the northeast it’s just BRIDGE MAY BE ICY or BRIDGE ICES FIRST.
all of which to say my partner and I are heading up to NYC for vacation ✨
all of which to say my partner and I are heading up to NYC for vacation ✨
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
a road signage thing that always bemuses me: in texas (at least where I grew up in houston) the signs were always BRIDGE MAY ICE IN COLD WEATHER. but up here in the northeast it’s just BRIDGE MAY BE ICY or BRIDGE ICES FIRST.
all of which to say my partner and I are heading up to NYC for vacation ✨
all of which to say my partner and I are heading up to NYC for vacation ✨
appreciative of the fact that no one believed me when I said I would get some coworking in. I missed talking with everyone and yapped for 3 hours and it was so nice!
next stream will be Nov 19! then relatively back to normal but I'm going on vacation tomorrow then PAXU later in the month! yay rest!
next stream will be Nov 19! then relatively back to normal but I'm going on vacation tomorrow then PAXU later in the month! yay rest!
hi yes it's been a minute since I've streamed—a whole month, actually! I'm still low energy, but OTHERSIDE's Kickstarter is officially over and my life is finally FINALLYYY slowing down a little so let's chat a bit, catch up, and do some coworking!
www.twitch.tv/spacevalkyries
www.twitch.tv/spacevalkyries
spacevalkyries - Twitch
Hi, I'm Val (she/they)! I'm an anxious queer biracial Mexican American variety streamer with ADHD and chronic pain/fatigue. I also write sci-fi/fantasy as V.M. Ayala! I hope you enjoy this spaaace!🔴LI...
www.twitch.tv
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
appreciative of the fact that no one believed me when I said I would get some coworking in. I missed talking with everyone and yapped for 3 hours and it was so nice!
next stream will be Nov 19! then relatively back to normal but I'm going on vacation tomorrow then PAXU later in the month! yay rest!
next stream will be Nov 19! then relatively back to normal but I'm going on vacation tomorrow then PAXU later in the month! yay rest!
hi yes it's been a minute since I've streamed—a whole month, actually! I'm still low energy, but OTHERSIDE's Kickstarter is officially over and my life is finally FINALLYYY slowing down a little so let's chat a bit, catch up, and do some coworking!
www.twitch.tv/spacevalkyries
www.twitch.tv/spacevalkyries
spacevalkyries - Twitch
Hi, I'm Val (she/they)! I'm an anxious queer biracial Mexican American variety streamer with ADHD and chronic pain/fatigue. I also write sci-fi/fantasy as V.M. Ayala! I hope you enjoy this spaaace!🔴LI...
www.twitch.tv
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
hi yes it's been a minute since I've streamed—a whole month, actually! I'm still low energy, but OTHERSIDE's Kickstarter is officially over and my life is finally FINALLYYY slowing down a little so let's chat a bit, catch up, and do some coworking!
www.twitch.tv/spacevalkyries
www.twitch.tv/spacevalkyries
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in the constant crushing news cycle day in and day out, I'd forgotten what good news can feel like I'm so emotional 😭
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
in the constant crushing news cycle day in and day out, I'd forgotten what good news can feel like I'm so emotional 😭
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
this is an extremely FFXIV specific post but:
after at least 4 years of playing this game... I have at last unlocked a gathering class. just one. botanist!
thank you for coming to my FFXIV idk what crafting and gathering is and I'm too afraid to find out talk!
after at least 4 years of playing this game... I have at last unlocked a gathering class. just one. botanist!
thank you for coming to my FFXIV idk what crafting and gathering is and I'm too afraid to find out talk!
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
this is an extremely FFXIV specific post but:
after at least 4 years of playing this game... I have at last unlocked a gathering class. just one. botanist!
thank you for coming to my FFXIV idk what crafting and gathering is and I'm too afraid to find out talk!
after at least 4 years of playing this game... I have at last unlocked a gathering class. just one. botanist!
thank you for coming to my FFXIV idk what crafting and gathering is and I'm too afraid to find out talk!
the best part about knowing I'm a discovery drafter that needs a messy discovery draft before I even attempt a first draft? I can start or end a chapter wherever. I can just break a scene or put a long string of only dialogue—whatever I need so long as it's helping me learn the shape of the story ✨
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
the best part about knowing I'm a discovery drafter that needs a messy discovery draft before I even attempt a first draft? I can start or end a chapter wherever. I can just break a scene or put a long string of only dialogue—whatever I need so long as it's helping me learn the shape of the story ✨
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I suspect that the techbros who read the SFF stories about robots rebelling decided that the moral of the story was "design them so they won't" and they think that's actually possible and desirable.
side point but the idea that if you make a human grade robot intellect it will do whatever you say without protest seems underexamined
Even if you were willing to buy that an LLM/Gen AI tool has human-like intellect, you’re still left with the fact that an LLM doesn’t NEED a job to remain alive under capitalism, but a human does.
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I suspect that the techbros who read the SFF stories about robots rebelling decided that the moral of the story was "design them so they won't" and they think that's actually possible and desirable.
then I immediately got distracted making a wiki 😂😂 BUT HEY. IM DOING IT EARLY THIS TIME.
DON'T BE ME, note your characters descriptive details if you've got a big cast early so even if you change things you know what you changed and what to find and alter in your drafts!!! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!!
DON'T BE ME, note your characters descriptive details if you've got a big cast early so even if you change things you know what you changed and what to find and alter in your drafts!!! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!!
my brain was trained to draft in november so even though nanowrimo is gone I am doing not-nano and trying to get around 20-45k into the next novel draft! which is an epic fantasy heist that’s a nice break from my space opera writing ways 👀
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
then I immediately got distracted making a wiki 😂😂 BUT HEY. IM DOING IT EARLY THIS TIME.
DON'T BE ME, note your characters descriptive details if you've got a big cast early so even if you change things you know what you changed and what to find and alter in your drafts!!! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!!
DON'T BE ME, note your characters descriptive details if you've got a big cast early so even if you change things you know what you changed and what to find and alter in your drafts!!! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES!!
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
my brain was trained to draft in november so even though nanowrimo is gone I am doing not-nano and trying to get around 20-45k into the next novel draft! which is an epic fantasy heist that’s a nice break from my space opera writing ways 👀
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
my brain was trained to draft in november so even though nanowrimo is gone I am doing not-nano and trying to get around 20-45k into the next novel draft! which is an epic fantasy heist that’s a nice break from my space opera writing ways 👀
YAAAY contract signed! I can happily say a short story of mine has been accepted over at Lightspeed 😭💜
it's a bit more tragic than usual for me—but still involves many common elements of mine (nonbinary protag, identity angst, a space setting) plus robot horses and murderous jousts on an asteroid!
it's a bit more tragic than usual for me—but still involves many common elements of mine (nonbinary protag, identity angst, a space setting) plus robot horses and murderous jousts on an asteroid!
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
YAAAY contract signed! I can happily say a short story of mine has been accepted over at Lightspeed 😭💜
it's a bit more tragic than usual for me—but still involves many common elements of mine (nonbinary protag, identity angst, a space setting) plus robot horses and murderous jousts on an asteroid!
it's a bit more tragic than usual for me—but still involves many common elements of mine (nonbinary protag, identity angst, a space setting) plus robot horses and murderous jousts on an asteroid!
aaaa I got a very nice email today short story related! hope to be able to say more than that vaguely sooon but HAPPY HALLOWEEEEN
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
aaaa I got a very nice email today short story related! hope to be able to say more than that vaguely sooon but HAPPY HALLOWEEEEN
happy halloween and new florence + the machine music day to all 🎃✨
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
happy halloween and new florence + the machine music day to all 🎃✨
shoutout to my partner for being the nicest today. I slipped and fell on an escalator yesterday (I'm fine, thankfully, just bruised and have very funny escalator bumps on my arm and back), so he took me to the library and got me some treats because I was feeling stressed and achy 😭
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
shoutout to my partner for being the nicest today. I slipped and fell on an escalator yesterday (I'm fine, thankfully, just bruised and have very funny escalator bumps on my arm and back), so he took me to the library and got me some treats because I was feeling stressed and achy 😭
In which I yell ALAN BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE AN AGENT!! ALAN!!!!
It's TANKMAIN Thursday, and this week it's Episode 2 of our Alan Wake playthrough!
Aka @spacevalkyries.bsky.social and I have strong opinions about NYC Real Estate Prices.
youtu.be/Bpg12EPaOHU
Aka @spacevalkyries.bsky.social and I have strong opinions about NYC Real Estate Prices.
youtu.be/Bpg12EPaOHU
TANKMAIN vs Alan Wake E2 - La Breast Pits
YouTube video by Chris Cinneas - The Painting Pirate
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October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In which I yell ALAN BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE AN AGENT!! ALAN!!!!
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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