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 award nomination season! here is my award eligibility post for 2025. I had one short story out, and I'm so proud of this queer cyberpunk/anti-corporation piece.
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
I hit 10k words on this discovery draft!! this epic fantasy heist book is zooming out of my brain and I fear it—because the last book was complicated and took me 4 years (to plan an elaborate trilogy).
actually maybe this is why this book is happening so much faster, it's a standalone (mostly) 😂
actually maybe this is why this book is happening so much faster, it's a standalone (mostly) 😂
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I hit 10k words on this discovery draft!! this epic fantasy heist book is zooming out of my brain and I fear it—because the last book was complicated and took me 4 years (to plan an elaborate trilogy).
actually maybe this is why this book is happening so much faster, it's a standalone (mostly) 😂
actually maybe this is why this book is happening so much faster, it's a standalone (mostly) 😂
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I just had a silly realization about all the people in this epic fantasy heist novel: they all have wings, so everyone probably sleeps on their stomachs/face-first into a pillow since sleeping on their backs might be uncomfortable.
THINGS I DIDN'T FULLY THINK THROUGH. HILARIOUS MENTAL IMAGES 😂
THINGS I DIDN'T FULLY THINK THROUGH. HILARIOUS MENTAL IMAGES 😂
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I just had a silly realization about all the people in this epic fantasy heist novel: they all have wings, so everyone probably sleeps on their stomachs/face-first into a pillow since sleeping on their backs might be uncomfortable.
THINGS I DIDN'T FULLY THINK THROUGH. HILARIOUS MENTAL IMAGES 😂
THINGS I DIDN'T FULLY THINK THROUGH. HILARIOUS MENTAL IMAGES 😂
despite taking time off writing for vacation and SOON PAX Unplugged, I managed around 7,500 words on this discovery draft!! hoping to get to 10-20k by end of month!
AND my main pairing have matching Florence + the Machine songs (protag has "My Love" and her love interest has "The Old Religion").
AND my main pairing have matching Florence + the Machine songs (protag has "My Love" and her love interest has "The Old Religion").
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
despite taking time off writing for vacation and SOON PAX Unplugged, I managed around 7,500 words on this discovery draft!! hoping to get to 10-20k by end of month!
AND my main pairing have matching Florence + the Machine songs (protag has "My Love" and her love interest has "The Old Religion").
AND my main pairing have matching Florence + the Machine songs (protag has "My Love" and her love interest has "The Old Religion").
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it's award nomination season! here is my award eligibility post for 2025. I had one short story out, and I'm so proud of this queer cyberpunk/anti-corporation piece.
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
it's award nomination season! here is my award eligibility post for 2025. I had one short story out, and I'm so proud of this queer cyberpunk/anti-corporation piece.
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
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Hey you, keep going! You have to do this for the rest of your life anyway!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hey you, keep going! You have to do this for the rest of your life anyway!
I got to read an excerpt of the piece that won a scholarship! the judges' kind, insightful comments mean so much 😭
the story is deeply personal and about Mexican American diaspora in the current climate. anyway just wanted to happy scream!! I hope the piece someday finds a home so I can share it 💜
the story is deeply personal and about Mexican American diaspora in the current climate. anyway just wanted to happy scream!! I hope the piece someday finds a home so I can share it 💜
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I got to read an excerpt of the piece that won a scholarship! the judges' kind, insightful comments mean so much 😭
the story is deeply personal and about Mexican American diaspora in the current climate. anyway just wanted to happy scream!! I hope the piece someday finds a home so I can share it 💜
the story is deeply personal and about Mexican American diaspora in the current climate. anyway just wanted to happy scream!! I hope the piece someday finds a home so I can share it 💜
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Okay, okay, I give in, it’s 2025 awards eligibility time! I still have December stories coming, which means I cannot yet bring myself to make an extra-fancy graphic or a full long thread, but… until then, I hope you’ll consider reading some of my stories! Will link a couple favorites in the 🧵 (1/4)
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Okay, okay, I give in, it’s 2025 awards eligibility time! I still have December stories coming, which means I cannot yet bring myself to make an extra-fancy graphic or a full long thread, but… until then, I hope you’ll consider reading some of my stories! Will link a couple favorites in the 🧵 (1/4)
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Blahaj is coming out of this pretty bag to wish you a good Trans Awareness Week. ✨🦈🏳️⚧️
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Blahaj is coming out of this pretty bag to wish you a good Trans Awareness Week. ✨🦈🏳️⚧️
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
it's award nomination season! here is my award eligibility post for 2025. I had one short story out, and I'm so proud of this queer cyberpunk/anti-corporation piece.
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
it's award nomination season! here is my award eligibility post for 2025. I had one short story out, and I'm so proud of this queer cyberpunk/anti-corporation piece.
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
🌆"To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by V.M. Ayala - Lightspeed, Aug 2025 (Issue 183)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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!