X Avila (they/them)
@xavilawrites.bsky.social
Author of Horror & Spec Fiction 👻 Querying my Queer Mexican Bug Horror Novella MARIPOSA. Slusher at Cat Eye Press 🐈⬛️👁
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https://xochilt-avila.ghost.io
https://xochiltavila.carrd.co/
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https://xochilt-avila.ghost.io
https://xochiltavila.carrd.co/
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It's Award Season, and this is Baby's First Award Eligibility Post 🖤👻
If my publications have made an impression on you, please consider my work for your nominations this year! Below I'll spotlight each piece with more detail.
Publication Links: xochiltavila.carrd.co
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#booksky #indiebooks
If my publications have made an impression on you, please consider my work for your nominations this year! Below I'll spotlight each piece with more detail.
Publication Links: xochiltavila.carrd.co
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#booksky #indiebooks
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Fancypants Eligibility Graphic for 2025 Works
You’re under no obligation, but Wednesday IS my birthday. Just sayin’. 😉
You’re under no obligation, but Wednesday IS my birthday. Just sayin’. 😉
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fancypants Eligibility Graphic for 2025 Works
You’re under no obligation, but Wednesday IS my birthday. Just sayin’. 😉
You’re under no obligation, but Wednesday IS my birthday. Just sayin’. 😉
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since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
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In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
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“The Power Company Detective” by Joe Koch - Seize The Press
The gun doesn’t remember you. The man you were was not important, nothing more than another in a series of shifting targets for the shouting hole of its small black mouth. Furthermore, you may have be...
18.168.63.88
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
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[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
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Both slots are still open and will remain open until filled by hungry trans folks. 🏳️⚧️
It's a fresh week, and I have two new slots open in the Trans Emergency Meal Fund. Can I buy your lunch today?
Here's the request form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Here's the request form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Both slots are still open and will remain open until filled by hungry trans folks. 🏳️⚧️
I'm SO excited for yall to read, "A Witch in Robstown," my short story inspired by the legend of La Lechuza🦉🖤
Here's some news @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I have been dying to share! ENCOUNTERS WITH CRYPTIDS will be out 02/14/26! Featuring stories by @xavilawrites.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social, @cavaterra.bsky.social, @authorlevai.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social and many more!
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm SO excited for yall to read, "A Witch in Robstown," my short story inspired by the legend of La Lechuza🦉🖤
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Here's some news @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I have been dying to share! ENCOUNTERS WITH CRYPTIDS will be out 02/14/26! Featuring stories by @xavilawrites.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social, @cavaterra.bsky.social, @authorlevai.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social and many more!
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Here's some news @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I have been dying to share! ENCOUNTERS WITH CRYPTIDS will be out 02/14/26! Featuring stories by @xavilawrites.bsky.social, @calebbethea.bsky.social, @cavaterra.bsky.social, @authorlevai.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social and many more!
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🛸🛸imagine poisoning the hundred acre wood though :(
🛸🛸 new story from Randal Eldon Greene
🛸🛸 new story from Randal Eldon Greene
“I am telling you this, but are you interested? Don't believe me. Take a sip! I dare you. Ah, that got your attention.”
💧 from Randal Eldon Greene
www.nightshadesmag.com/the-well/
💧 from Randal Eldon Greene
www.nightshadesmag.com/the-well/
The Well
by Randal Eldon Greene
The well runs deep. This one, placed here in the center of your hundred acre wood. This well is your inheritance I hear, but it's also a structure of failed stewardship for you...
www.nightshadesmag.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🛸🛸imagine poisoning the hundred acre wood though :(
🛸🛸 new story from Randal Eldon Greene
🛸🛸 new story from Randal Eldon Greene
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Humbly offering up the six short stories I had published this year. If any of them have made an impression on you, please consider them for your 2025 awards nominations! 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Humbly offering up the six short stories I had published this year. If any of them have made an impression on you, please consider them for your 2025 awards nominations! 🥰
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3 Transmasc books for Transgender Awareness Week:
A Hex for Hunger by @kataraqui.bsky.social
Silver Blood by @tallimorgan.bsky.social
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️ 📚❤️
A Hex for Hunger by @kataraqui.bsky.social
Silver Blood by @tallimorgan.bsky.social
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️ 📚❤️
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
3 Transmasc books for Transgender Awareness Week:
A Hex for Hunger by @kataraqui.bsky.social
Silver Blood by @tallimorgan.bsky.social
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️ 📚❤️
A Hex for Hunger by @kataraqui.bsky.social
Silver Blood by @tallimorgan.bsky.social
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️ 📚❤️
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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QUEER SAINTS features @ericlarocca.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @ericraglin1992.bsky.social @sammytotep.bsky.social @itsviviactually.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social @xavilawrites.bsky.social and many, many more!
If I can reach 1000 followers by the end of the day, I’ll permanently make all the ebooks on my website free.
The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.
FREE FOREVER!
The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.
FREE FOREVER!
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
QUEER SAINTS features @ericlarocca.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @ericraglin1992.bsky.social @sammytotep.bsky.social @itsviviactually.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social @xavilawrites.bsky.social and many, many more!
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If I can reach 1000 followers by the end of the day, I’ll permanently make all the ebooks on my website free.
The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.
FREE FOREVER!
The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.
FREE FOREVER!
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If I can reach 1000 followers by the end of the day, I’ll permanently make all the ebooks on my website free.
The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.
FREE FOREVER!
The queer horror anthologies THE BOOK OF QUEER SAINTS VOLS I & II, featuring the best horror writers working in the business, and my debut novel I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU.
FREE FOREVER!
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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
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It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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everybody look at this photo of vive I found while cleaning up my desktop files
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
everybody look at this photo of vive I found while cleaning up my desktop files
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good morning in contrast to archimedes looking unreasonably round here's a photo of him looking very flat. he contains multitudes
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
good morning in contrast to archimedes looking unreasonably round here's a photo of him looking very flat. he contains multitudes
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So stoked to share that my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" will appear in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids, edited by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. It's a story about grief, and goats, and a creature that lurks in an old homestead. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
So stoked to share that my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" will appear in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids, edited by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. It's a story about grief, and goats, and a creature that lurks in an old homestead. I can't wait for y'all to read it!
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Okay Starbucks has started the huge ass strike so if you weren't already boycotting, now is the time! No Starbucks for the holiday season!
Yeeehaaawww I love collective action
Yeeehaaawww I love collective action
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Okay Starbucks has started the huge ass strike so if you weren't already boycotting, now is the time! No Starbucks for the holiday season!
Yeeehaaawww I love collective action
Yeeehaaawww I love collective action
November's newsletter post is live! I keep it to about 3-4 announcements once a month 👻 Consider subscribing~
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November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
November's newsletter post is live! I keep it to about 3-4 announcements once a month 👻 Consider subscribing~
xochilt-avila.ghost.io/ghost/#/site
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Just want to add that if anything here sparks your interest, I will happily send a review copy ✨️
Thank you all for your support! I'm cheering your work on, too!
Thank you all for your support! I'm cheering your work on, too!
It's Award Season, and this is Baby's First Award Eligibility Post 🖤👻
If my publications have made an impression on you, please consider my work for your nominations this year! Below I'll spotlight each piece with more detail.
Publication Links: xochiltavila.carrd.co
🧵1/9
#booksky #indiebooks
If my publications have made an impression on you, please consider my work for your nominations this year! Below I'll spotlight each piece with more detail.
Publication Links: xochiltavila.carrd.co
🧵1/9
#booksky #indiebooks
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just want to add that if anything here sparks your interest, I will happily send a review copy ✨️
Thank you all for your support! I'm cheering your work on, too!
Thank you all for your support! I'm cheering your work on, too!
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.