[3][4] In August, they were announced as the writer for the upcoming book Livewire from Valiant Entertainment,[5] about the character of Amanda McKee/Livewire.
[15][16] "They are kind of the circle of the Venn diagram of my interests, storywise: headstrong teens/young adults, the potential for horror/heavy stories, found family dynamics, and a true variety of characters (in terms of gender, ethnicity, orientation, etc.).
[18][19][20] Outside of Marvel, in 2019, they were announced as co-writing along with writer Danny Lore the new relaunch of James Bond for Dynamite Entertainment.
[23][24] Ayala wrote the "Batgirls" backups for Future State: The Next Batman[25] and, in 2021, became the writer for Static: Season One for the new Milestone Media.
[30][31][32][33] Following Trial of the Amazons, Ayala co-wrote the Nubia: Coronation Special and wrote the one-shot Artemis: Wanted.
[35] In 2022–23, they co-wrote with Mariko Tamaki the four-issue mini-series Peter Parker & Miles Morales, Spider-Men: Double Trouble.
[38] They will also write the one-shot Finders//Keepers for Image Comics' The Horizon Experiment, a project run by writer Pornsak Pichetshote and editor Will Dennis.