Something ✨crooked✨ this way comes. @ghostinherpen.bsky.social brings us a twisted #HanselAndGretel origin story with dark magic and darker secrets to Not Your Ever After, an Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales. docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/... #fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale 📚💙🖊️

Here's an excerpt from the opening of "Code RED," my high-tech, near-future #RedRidingHood #novella. Get your #ARC, including this story and four other #indieauthor #fairytale #retellings now! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/... #writingcommunity #scifi #fantasy #sff #booksky #writesky 💙📚🖊️

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Made a similar graphic for a pitch event on IG. Thought I’d be fun to share my first line here too. #horrorbooks

My entry for #WIPSnips - Scrub

#DVpit 2025 is coming up! 🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉 ✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025 🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info #writersky #authorsky #booksky

Hi 👋 I’m Charlie. I write fantasy horror, always mixing magic and the grotesque. So what if a secret society of witches participated a series of trials to sacrifice their own to an ancient god in exchange for power and magic?

Is this your book cover? It could be. Mary Wyrd premade book covers are available in > ebook > print / full wrap > audiobook at www.marywyrd.com where you'll also find the full wrap design and more book covers for > fantasy > horror > sci-fi > Weird fiction #amwriting #AuthorSky 💙📚

Did a video. Cried like a baby on IG and TikTok. This. So much gratitude @briankeene.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social

An agents guide to THE OTHER SIDE OF ETERNITY, my Gideon The Ninth meets Fable For The End of The World adult dark fantasy 🖤 Featuring: 🌗 Sapphic enemies to lovers ✨ Magic & monsters inspired by Appalachian folklore & Greek mythology 🌗 A ruthless patriarchy vs vengeful goddesses #QueerPit #A

THE HORRORS OF US is a genre bending fantasy with witches, violent and fast paced trials, and an FMC who just doesn’t give a damn. #WIP #writing #horrorbook

My current draft is messiest first draft I’ve ever written. I think because it’s my 5th and I know it’s all on the chopping block and not permanent because I still gotta edit it.

Anyone writing today? What’s your goal? #writing

Set out to write a witchy horror novel dripping with blood. Ended up writing about the horrors of troubled mom + daughter relationships. #writing #horror #horrorbooks

This is a call for #betareaders on my WIP! Looking for members of the #writingcommunity who would be available in November. Gaslamp fantasy, expected ~150k words. I can offer money, a read swap, or an art commission as payment. Leave a comment or DM if you are interested!

AHS 3 X Squid Games X Fall of House Usher Quinn, a witch with questionable mental health, and history of unaliving people—is forced to participate in a series of archaic trials on the solar eclipse by her mother, Charlotte in exchange for help covering up the most recent murder scene.

What’s the difference between fantasy horror and dark fantasy? Trying to figure out what genre my book is… #books #writing

My current place list for my fantasy horror (or is it dark fantasy?) for my WIP in progress. I hit 15K in it yesterday. Hoping to be at 20K by Friday. #writing #writingprogress

There an a massive southern gothic house that groans loudly in the wind. Quinn would probably shepherd them to her mother so they could eat her instead. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi 👋 I’m Charlie. I tend to write a blend of horror and fantasy. I can’t write horror without some fantastical elements. I write horror because it feels like coming home after trying several other genres. I’m a 90’s kid, so I think Goosebumps— Evil Lawn Gnomes. #HorrorWritersChat

A grieving twin enters a converted halfway house for magical youth seeking answers for her brother's death. But something strange stalks the halls at Vignette, & if she's not careful, she'll become the academy's latest masterpiece. #QuestPit #AG #Sapphic #YA #F #H #OnSub (soon)

DON'T NAME THE DEAD in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse. #horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♂️🥼 #H #na #a #q #agentsguide #sf #questpit #lgbt

An agents guide to: CALIGINOUS 💀 Small town horror ☠️ Supernatural killer 💀Queer MC ☠️ Scandinavian folklore 💀 Ticking clock #questpit #h #q

I started drafting THE HORRORS OF US (AHS S:3 X Squid Games X The Fall of House Usher) 7 days ago. Hoping to crack 15K total words so far by the end of today! #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #writing

Thank you everyone who took the time to like and repost my entry for #QuestPit!

I’m running #horrorwriterschat tonight. It starts at 19:00 GMT time. And I’m jet lagged.

Boys with Sharp Teeth X Johnny Cash's Hurt 🖤 Atticus Monroe is dead. His twin brother wants answers. His girlfriend wants forgiveness. Instead, they find each other, and a darkness hungry for more blood. 🔥 #questpit #ya #h #r

⋆⁺₊❅. ADESTE FIDELES ⋆⁺₊❅. A couple in Maryland unknowingly invite the Devil to dine with them on Christmas Eve ❄️ - scottish folklore of Black Donald - holiday horror novella - doomed lovers - religious shame, love over sin #questpit #Q #A #H #HF

FROM THE SEA FRET 🌊 A queer transman with a past he's trying to forget 🌊 A creepy small fishing town with strange citizens 🌊 An ever-present fog And there's something big and terrible in the water... #QuestPit #W #A #H #LGBTQ

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF Ginevra was remade to be a weapon. But inside, something thorned and grieving is breaking free. #QuestPit #Df #Q #H

🥀 Ciarán doesn’t want death to follow him. 🖤 He certainly doesn’t expect to fall in love with her. Torn between a forbidden romance with his family’s banshee, and the threat of the black plague, will he fight for the living or embrace the seduction of death? #QuestPit #H #R #A #W

[DARK ACADEMIA HORROR] She’s mesmerized by academia — even as it exploits grad students like her. Soon she’ll learn it’s impossible to leave. 🩸 astronomy grad students 🩸 deadly competition 🩸 brainwashing 🩸 unreliable narrator 🩸 disability = asset #QUESTPIT #A #H #W

16yo Candy is the most hated person in every school she attends, simply because she has red skin. Killing a beloved green classmate doesn’t help… 🥵 climate fiction 🏳️‍🌈 queer friends to lovers 🫂 found family 🍴 cannibal fun 🧬 unique genetic abilities #questpit #Q #YA #SF #H #writingcommunity

SMALL SPACES x GRAVITY FALLS Maddie & her friends want to enjoy the fair & eat fried Oreos, not see a ghost in the carousel mirror & be cursed. Now terrifying things are happening. If they don’t solve the mystery & break the curse, it might just break them. #questpit #MG #PR #MY #AG

IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP How far would you go to make sure your loved ones survive? For a retired explorer, that burning question never ceases. When he overhears an esoteric rumour about a mysterious forest, he ventures back into the wild, desperation overwhelming every other emotion. #QuestPit #Q #A #T

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

Presenting... the ultimate agent's guide to OUT OF TIME... A Mexican standoff between Slow Horses, Life on Mars and The Ipcress File. 🔫 High-stakes thrills ⏳️ Time travel twists 🍺 Stale beer espionage 🔭 Weird Science 🇷🇺 Cold War subterfuge #agentguide #A #T #litagents

ATLA x Gregor The Overlander Three teenagers learn that a star has blessed their souls, intertwining their destines with those of both the human and the hidden magical realm. As the threat of war looms, they uncover long-hidden secrets that could destroy both realms. #QuestPit #Q #F #MG

Marley has spent her life bouncing between foster homes; Si, who she can’t stand, has never had to leave his—until his father is murdered, his mother is arrested, and they end up under the same roof. If you knew him, you’d never believe what he did. #questpit #q #ya #contemporary

Pitch Thread 1/4: The Fate of Angels and Demons Logline: A priestess sent to prevent a prophecy from unfolding falls in love with the demon king at the center of it all—and goes even more insane than he is. #questpit #r #f #rf #wip #amediting #spicy #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP 💜 Chronic Illness Rep 🌱 Plant Magic 💚 Bisexual Witches 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance ☕ Cozy Vibes #QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

When the mayor’s perfect daughter Lacey Bennet must ally with societal outcast Danira Keres to save her dying brother—the heir to their plague-ravaged world’s brutal patriarchy—her journey becomes one of monsters, impossible love and a fight for the key to humanity’s salvation. #questpit #Q #A

✨Newly revised at 99k words!✨ Bantering sibling airship couriers stumble into a plot to exterminate non-magics like the FMC, but swashbuckling + quirky schemes won’t be enough. Outwitting the client could cost them everything—even each other FIREFLY x DnD MOVIE x FOUNDRYSIDE #QuestPit #Q #A #F

Witches converge for a series of violent to change leadership and decide who is blessed by their ancient god. Those who lose are sacrificed. Those who win ascend. But magic isn’t the only way to win—sometimes a secret is the sharpest weapon. #QuestPit #W #A #H #SFF

Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview. Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

First lines from my Hansel & Gretel horror retelling! It’s coming out in the “Not Your Ever After” anthology this fall. notyoureverafter.carrd.co #words #firstline #writing

I have partnered with @michaellaborn.bsky.social and we are each giving away a physical arc to Cry VOIDBRINGER, one of the most anticipated fantasies of 2025. Enter in each of our Bindery’s to win: boozhoo.binderybooks.com

Kinda loved this old school cover (picture 1) and started playing around designing/drawing my own for a work in progress (picture 2). It still needs work. Just sharing the process.