Tori Bovalino
@toribovalino.bsky.social
Probably tired. Author. Next up: THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, Autumn 2025.
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Tori Bovalino
@toribovalino.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi! Quick little intro for everyone joining here: I’m Tori and I write books (YA under Tori, adult under V.L.) 📚 My last release, My Throat an Open Grave, came out in February.
My next book, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, is forthcoming in Sept 2025 and I can’t wait to share it with you ☺️
My next book, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, is forthcoming in Sept 2025 and I can’t wait to share it with you ☺️
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Well, shit — a killer new horror bookstore in NYC got flooded and damaged by hurricane remnants. Help is needed if you can. Please share!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts, organized by Lauren Komer
On Thursday, October 30th, the remnants of Hurricane Melissa hit NYC, … Lauren Komer needs your support for Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts
www.gofundme.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Well, shit — a killer new horror bookstore in NYC got flooded and damaged by hurricane remnants. Help is needed if you can. Please share!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
Some news: I have two adult horror romance books coming in 2027 and 2028!
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some news: I have two adult horror romance books coming in 2027 and 2028!
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This is How We Roll is OUT NOW!! I may not have my hardcover copies yet, but you can venture forth into the world and buy one for yourself!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
September 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is How We Roll is OUT NOW!! I may not have my hardcover copies yet, but you can venture forth into the world and buy one for yourself!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
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Have you heard the good word of THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE by @toribovalino.bsky.social? If not, have no fear, I am here to convince you to read it/preorder it with these Tumblr text posts hehe 😈⚔️
#BookSky #BookBlogger #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚🌎📚🪐
#BookSky #BookBlogger #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚🌎📚🪐
August 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Have you heard the good word of THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE by @toribovalino.bsky.social? If not, have no fear, I am here to convince you to read it/preorder it with these Tumblr text posts hehe 😈⚔️
#BookSky #BookBlogger #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚🌎📚🪐
#BookSky #BookBlogger #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚🌎📚🪐
Very excited to be joining @gen-dimova.bsky.social and @annabelcwrites.bsky.social in Edinburgh next month! ❤️❤️
So excited to be participating in this panel on female-led fantasy with the brilliant @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @toribovalino.bsky.social in Toppings, Edinburgh on the 26th of September! Come see us chat about women with warrior hearts 💜
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Women with Warrior Hearts: Female-Led Fantasy Panel with V.L. Bovalino, Annabel Campbell, and Genoveva Dimova at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Very excited to be joining @gen-dimova.bsky.social and @annabelcwrites.bsky.social in Edinburgh next month! ❤️❤️
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
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Absolutely thrilled to share the cover to next year's short story collection coming out from @tordotcom.bsky.social! I'm obsessed with it!
Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
May 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Absolutely thrilled to share the cover to next year's short story collection coming out from @tordotcom.bsky.social! I'm obsessed with it!
Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
great news, my trainline wrapped just dropped 💀
January 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
great news, my trainline wrapped just dropped 💀
drafting: MWAHAHA you can pry my em-dashes out of my cold, dead fingers
pass pages: 💀someone should’ve pried 30-50% of my em-dashes out of my cold, dead fingers💀
pass pages: 💀someone should’ve pried 30-50% of my em-dashes out of my cold, dead fingers💀
December 12, 2024 at 5:40 PM
drafting: MWAHAHA you can pry my em-dashes out of my cold, dead fingers
pass pages: 💀someone should’ve pried 30-50% of my em-dashes out of my cold, dead fingers💀
pass pages: 💀someone should’ve pried 30-50% of my em-dashes out of my cold, dead fingers💀
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I wanted to share the title of my next book, out in October 2025: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA.
December 11, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I wanted to share the title of my next book, out in October 2025: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA.
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As we’re all moving over here let me reintroduce myself! I’m an author of spicy, cosy fantasy romance and a commissioning editor of SFF and horror at Orbit. My debut, Best Hex Ever published this October
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
As we’re all moving over here let me reintroduce myself! I’m an author of spicy, cosy fantasy romance and a commissioning editor of SFF and horror at Orbit. My debut, Best Hex Ever published this October
Hi! Quick little intro for everyone joining here: I’m Tori and I write books (YA under Tori, adult under V.L.) 📚 My last release, My Throat an Open Grave, came out in February.
My next book, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, is forthcoming in Sept 2025 and I can’t wait to share it with you ☺️
My next book, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, is forthcoming in Sept 2025 and I can’t wait to share it with you ☺️
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Hi! Quick little intro for everyone joining here: I’m Tori and I write books (YA under Tori, adult under V.L.) 📚 My last release, My Throat an Open Grave, came out in February.
My next book, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, is forthcoming in Sept 2025 and I can’t wait to share it with you ☺️
My next book, THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE, is forthcoming in Sept 2025 and I can’t wait to share it with you ☺️
oh nooooo is there not a way to bookmark things here? Because that's literally the only way I keep track of upcoming books/movies/fun things
September 29, 2023 at 9:35 AM
oh nooooo is there not a way to bookmark things here? Because that's literally the only way I keep track of upcoming books/movies/fun things
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Looking forward to tomorrow - at 3pm we’ll be signing copies of #inthesehallowedhalls at @forbiddenplanet Megastore in London. @paulkane.bsky.social , @helengrantsays.bsky.social , @kateweinberg and @toribovalino.bsky.social will be joining me. See you there?
September 22, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Looking forward to tomorrow - at 3pm we’ll be signing copies of #inthesehallowedhalls at @forbiddenplanet Megastore in London. @paulkane.bsky.social , @helengrantsays.bsky.social , @kateweinberg and @toribovalino.bsky.social will be joining me. See you there?
am i running to a new social media site just to be Vague? who knows!
September 22, 2023 at 1:53 PM
am i running to a new social media site just to be Vague? who knows!