Listen, the price of Disney+ is just going up, so you might as well keep your subscription cancelled and buy my books instead

Boosting for the evening crowd!

I finally cracked opeN Moonflow and ohhhh my goooooddddddd!!!! IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD @bitterkarella.bsky.social YOU FUCKING KILLED IT I LOVE THIS I WANT THE HELL SLUT TO BE REAL!!! 😭

there's always a John Waters quote, it seems

The last sentence here is why all of these platforms should be burned to the ground and also why the fascists want us all addicted to them

The story submission portal is open for writers of color. Our first readers are looking forward to seeing them. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

SATURDAY PLANS CANCELED JUST GOT @valdevia.art's DREADFARER THIS IS MY LIFE NOW.

Would truly be honored if our Modern Mummies horror anthology was recommended for this! Show the mummies some love! www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies

Yesterday was pub day for my novella collection, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY. I never know how to convince people to buy things so I figured I'd just talk a bit about the three included stories and where they come from, to mark the occasion.

Thrilled to receive this package this morning. Thank you so much @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social

anyway. support me on patreon. lol.

Just a fun and sexy reminder that I have a newsletter! Promise I won't spam you; At most, you'll hear from me once a month, but you'll stay up to date on all my publications and get free stories here and there 💖 xochilt-avila.ghost.io

Just a fun and sexy reminder that I have a newsletter! Promise I won't spam you; At most, you'll hear from me once a month, but you'll stay up to date on all my publications and get free stories here and there 💖 xochilt-avila.ghost.io

we are currently OPEN for nonfiction subs until Oct. 15 and yes, it's true, we pay $100 per accepted essay so polish those deathly dealings and do the thing ⬇️💀🖤 psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

Excellent article by @eurogamer.bsky.social. Fantastic work & a model for how other games outlets & games journalists should be covering this issue. Please read it and share widely. It's giving a voice to many developers often left unheard on paypro censorship www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...

Do it!

crab story 🦀 @srich-writer.bsky.social

too busy to make any jokey japes today, but you should all remember that our book MOONFLOW is now available for purchase in all fine book retailers and depositories near you! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

Necro = GIDEON THE NINTH x V FOR VENDETTA Priest of Teeth = GODKILLER x CALL OF CTHULU (minus racism) #writing

check it out! My story "The Very, Very Last Gender Apocalypse," about the very very last gender apocalypse, is gonna be in the Bizzaro Circus of Madness anthology!! :D www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ8PPZZB

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st! We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th. Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

🛸 new today a moment of respite 🛸 from @culagovski.net www.nightshadesmag.com/a-track-of-c...

With emphasis, there is no difference in the conservative mind between porn and "icky porn". Queer existence itself is porn to them. Band together and say no to censorship, wholesale. You will not get a pass for being one of the "good" queers. IN THE CONSERVATIVE MIND, THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

What do you get when you cross a brand new erotica mag with a seasoned speculative author? Why, an excellent interview about monsterfuckery with @joaheijndermans_art, of course! Be sure to check out "Please Show Me Stars" in NYGEL issue 1, available now! 🎐🐙💦👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🌈 www.nygelmag.com/squid-blast-...

reminiscing

COSTS OF LIVING from #WhisperHousePress (ed. by @whisperhousepress.bsky.social) is out TODAY! Very proud of the piece I've got in here, and to be sharing page space with all these other great stories. Check it out! #booksky #horrorsky #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #writersky

Well, it turns out The Amazing Digital Circus isn't half bad, and I was a bit of a hater about it for a while.

Plott Hound is OPEN for submissions September 1-15, 2025! Submit original short fiction, flash, poems and essay pitches here: plotthound.moksha.io

SUPPORT THE ARTS, BUY NYGEL ISSUE 1 NOW. It’s an ebook which means IMMEDIATE gratification 😏

Happy release day to our weird erotica mag! 🥳💦🔥 NYGEL's first issue is filled to the brim with unhinged, spicy monster smut, and we're welcoming you all home with open tentacles 🐙 www.nygelmag.com/store-1/p/ny...

My CHM story, "As Much As I Please," is one of my proudest stories to date. I envisioned it for almost a year before finally putting words to paper. I really hope you all love it.

Wow, this is an amazing deal you're getting so much good horror!! And I'm not just saying that because I'm in one of these zines ;)

You can make very real impact sending some money here.

COVER REVEAL! Issue 63 features a cover by Trevin Wyant and stories from LC von Hessen, Jonathan Gensler, Anne Wilkins, Xochilt Avila, and more!

the swamp of despair (from 2018)

Thanks to the Big Ugly Bill, the state just hit me with a notice that they will be taking away my SNAP benefits if I don't work at least 20 hours a week. I'm disabled and rely on contracted work and cannot meet this expectation. Please help me survive: ✨ ko-fi.com/therosecleri...

At the Drive In of the Dead, let’s do this 🖤☠️

Stopped by @atomicbooks.bsky.social today!! It was so amazing 😭 Peak the @tenebrouspress.bsky.social rep

so many people on tumblr were rooting for this guy that I'm currently designing him a girlfriend lol. love is real

I have a story in this!! It’s available for free through the lite version if you want to check it and the other amazing stories out! It’s got some body horror, non linear story telling and hire than usual tongue per capita ratio 👅

So excited to be a part of the first issue!!! Available August 30!

ANNOUNCEMENT! My witchy YA contemporary fantasy novel LIVINGSTON GIRLS is now available on @netgalley.bsky.social! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

I did all of the art for the comic, In Our Own Voices: Leslie Feinberg, through NYC: Public Schools! Learn all about transgender icon Leslie Feinberg, and about transgender people throughout history and the world You can read the whole comic for free here👇 www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

Slime (@ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social) Dino (@pinkest-nekomata.bsky.social) Jellyfish (@jheijndermans.bsky.social) Robot (Sympathetic Sapphic) Cryptid (@floozywrites.bsky.social) The Void (@selkos.bsky.social) Aliens (@ekdarnellbooks.bsky.social) Sentient library (@xavilawrites.bsky.social)

HEY YOU!! You 🫵 should snatched up NYGEL and read my story about a nasty librarian and a fucked up library