Leaves telegraphed the direction of the wind before it arrived from well beyond a full compass of emerald horizons, granite vistas, and countless distant shining whereabouts. #1stlinepit #a #sf #adv #p #h #f

Marriage. At my age. It didn't seem real even standing in front of the mirror in my wedding dress as final touches were made. I wasn't ready. I was scared. But I was a princess & this was what royalty did. They married to strengthen their Kingdoms. #W #NA #RF #1stLinePit #CMe

When one man’s dream of family and brotherhood collides with another’s quest for honour, can their bond survive the trauma of war? THE SONG OF ACHILLES x QUEENS OF THEMISCYRA x THE BINDING 👨‍👦‍👦Found family ♾️ Neurodiverse 🌈 LGBTQ ❤️F2L 💔HEA free zone #A #HF #HR #2025pit

"We have been observing your Earth." Mass Effect x Treasure Planet. #1stlinepit #ADV #SF #F

CIRCE x MIDSOMMAR in ancient Babylon "Against the dusty browns of the desert, the woman looks out of place. Like a painted statue brought to life, and like life isn’t to her taste." #1stLinePit #Q #A #F #RF #CMe

THE GREAT x LE MORT D'ARTHUR Morgan was fifteen the first time she spoke with the dead. It was brief, and she lost too much blood, but then she knew she could do it and no one could take that from her. #1stlinepit #WIP #A #F #HF

You know, I’m actually glad I missed it. Everyone says the end of the world was, overall, kind of a shit show. I don't remember that first day, when everyone disappeared. I was kind of busy being dead. #1stlinepit #SF #M #OS

#1stLinePit #A #M Golden Girls X White Lotus X Jawbreaker: The cruise reception was a plastic surgeon’s wet dream. There had been enough filler and Botox used on the faces in this room to iron the wrinkles out of an elephant’s backside.

"The silver camera hunts me down, red power light burning like my father's anger." WALLBREAKER - 90K #1stLinePit #Q #A #SF #CMe

Overeager fireworks pepper the new-year’s-Eve sky as I cycle through the graveyard, hoping the ghosts are out partying. #1stLinePit #WIP #F #R #YA #LGBT

"If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality?" #1stLinePit #Q #F #G #P Agents Guide ⬇️

#1stLinePit #A #PR #H #Vampires Carmilla X Mexican Gothic X Nosferatu He could survive one more night in this damned frozen hell if he just kept the door closed.

I can tell someone’s status by their perfume. A birthright in all Vespery where anyone, if they have a nose that can smell even a whiff, the scent of a wealthy woman’s fragrance could follow them well into their dreams. Dreams marked by perfume magic. #1stlinepit #C #YA #F

An old boyfriend from high school strolled past the back of my car. A toddler walked beside him. In his arms, he held a baby no older than six months. What in the absolute hell did Mom talk me into? #1stLinePit #R #A #humor #disabilityrep #Q #AmQuerying

#WIP #YA #Sapphic #RF #1stLinePit The dark Slate King rises from his throne addressing the gathered crowd of family heads. His black robes trail behind him as he paces. The impenetrable slate colored dragon scales that cover the top of his head, and neck, trailing down his back beneath his robes

“When the crisp alpine breeze swathed her in its embrace, Camilla imagined it was arms that encircled her—the arms of a family her heart yearned for and her mind had long forgotten.” Soon to be #OS 💖✨ #A #CZ #F #YA #1stLinePit

MEXICAN GOTHIC X HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE The letter from Malacca arrived on a Sunday, exactly four days after Gracie Chen first dreamt of the woman in red.... #1stLinePit #WIP #A #HF #H #M #P

"Bright droplets of red bloomed against the crisp, white layer of fresh snow. A trail, unbeknownst to my victim, that would be his demise." 👻 PR w/ body horror 🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore 🌦 Set in the PNW #1stLinePit #A #P #R #H #WIP

Dolphins have more in common with humans than most of us realize. Their social structure is complex; they travel in tight-knit groups—called pods—but they form other relationships outside of them. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #R #CON 👇 Blurb, small Josie & Will profile, continued opening.

I’m terrified I’ve already become a fallen child star—burnt out before my eighteenth birthday. Until the call. #AgentsGuide for PLAY TO MY HEART in reply to this post. #1stLinePit #Q #YA #R #LF #CON #amquerying

#1stLinePit Grim Portents HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE We killed another guy at the Whataburger this morning, which makes three since we started on the road yesterday. #Q #A #F #COM #H #P

"He was told she could speak to the dead. He hoped against all hope that it was true." #1stLinePit #wip #a #st #amwriting #supernaturalthriller

Being summoned by Vanessa Vine was a privilege most witches would gouge their neighbor’s eye for. Since Brisa received the official summons five days ago, there was no excitement, only the type of anxiety that sows its seeds into the folds of your brain. #1stlinepit #WIP #F #R #H

Alexander stood at the edge of the deck, one hand clutching the railing, the other fastened tight on the brim of his hat as he leant out over the waves. #1stLinePit #WIP #ADV #COM #HF #YA(?)

A haunting caterwaul gusted through the hall then snuffed out abruptly, leaving an eerie quiet in its wake. Arabella sat up with a start, peering into the dark, the stillness of night disturbed by only the pounding of her heart and the steady ticking of a clock. #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #F #ADV

The rain made it easier to rob his grave. ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F

Twelve vials sat on a shelf where one hundred should rest. Linatta Mosset picked up one of the tapered glasses—thumb-sized and filled to the brim with a warm, green liquid. #1stLinePit #CZ #F #A #Q #dis #ownvoices #Agentsguide #amquerying

"Heat beats me down to a sweaty pulp, the sun ablaze and unforgiving like it’s trying to set the world on fire." - To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ #1stLinePit #q #RF #NA #UF #OwnVoices

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x SANDWICH THIS ENDS NOW: A serial marriage-jilter hits a swanky wellness retreat to learn why she keeps fleeing perfect husbands. But healing means facing her nastiest ghost: the manipulative, brilliant 1st love whose poison still runs in her veins. #A #WF #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

"Fuck me, Troy." “That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.” #1stlinepit #A co(s)mic #Horror #WIP Query ready this summer at approx. 75k words!

Mick Martin was halfway through writing the words “coq au vin” when an eight-foot-tall rock golem rampaged after a rooster down the street just beyond the terrace of his family’s café. #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R

#1stlinepit #YA #F #LGBT #WIP

#1stlinepit THE ARGONAUT'S SON Our history is littered with men who over-reached, grasping for that which they most desired, setting sights on pinnacles, only to topple and fall to crushing depths. (Cont. with 1st para. in Alt) #A #C #HF #HR #CMe #WritingCommunity

SPIRITED AWAY x OUTLANDER 🌿 Sarcastic botanist 🥀 Broody yokai “The fluttering of leaves whispered his arrival.” #1stLinePit #Q #F #NA #YA #BookPitch #RF #Mythology

🏙 INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE x UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW 🪦 “Death was a nuisance, but Harper wouldn’t know that until her commute home.” Twenty years ago, Harper accidentally lost away her soul to a demon. Now, she has 7 days to sacrifice someone else, or die for good. #C #A #F #CON #1stLinePit

"I was the last one on the bus. My brown leather suitcase knocked against my knees as it swayed from the bus’ movements. I could have put it in the compartment overhead, but I didn’t trust that the other passengers wouldn’t take it accidentally." #1stLinePit #WIP #A #H

Purple stained the lips of the girl paled by death. As if she had taken a sumptuous bite of a delectable fruit before drowning. 𝒶𝒹𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝒹𝓌𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓀 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇 🍂 #1stLinePit #WIP #A #H 🍂

"For the first time in ten years, Beatrice’s dad had a date tonight." 🌻YA Contemporary Romance w/ Speculative Elements 🌻Working Class Daughter X Actor's Son 🌻Found Family, Girls Support Girls 🌻Real Teen Issues: Bullying, Fitting In, Grief #1stlinepit #WIP #YA #Romance #amrevising

SILVER UNDER NIGHTFALL x THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH "If anyone were to ever ask me what it was like to drink human blood, I would first advise them against doing so with five loaded crossbows pointed directly at their head." #1stLinePit #A #F #EverdarkWIP

When the familiar emptiness gnawed, a lack Syrala could not fill, she painted. Her grandmother taught her: Seek solitude and focus on your art. Allow space for emptiness, and listen. It will help. For now. #1stlinepit #A #F #Q #agentguide #agentsguide

EDDIE MUNSTER x OLSEN TWINS These humans have no idea… I’m a WERE-PUP! #1stLinePit #PB #COM #Q

Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. ⚔️Age-old clan feud 🧪Unique magic & world 🐉Scandinavian fairytale creatures ❤️‍🔥Steamy forbidden love 🛡️"Who did this?" 🗡️"Touch him & die" #1stLinePit #Romantasy #NA #AgentsGuide

Dead animals cried in the streets of Katunga, capital city of Kayar empire. Tadese (my older sister), and I snuck out of the Afin, palace of the Lafin. We followed the sounds until we arrived at the justice quarters at Oja’ba, the Lafin’s market. #1stLinePit #YA #A #F #C

I was trained to be a monster in battle and a lady in court. When blades locked, a frenzy overtook me, and I became what people feared—the Viper. 👑 Court politics 🗡️ A dagger wielding princess 🤔 Witty banter 🌶️ A playboy prince 🐦‍⬛ Dangerous cult uprisings 🛑NO TURNING BACK #1stLinePit #Q #F #RF #YA

LEGENDBORN X AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER The wind has only spoken to me once in my life. #Q #YA #F #Jewish #1stLinePit

"My fingernails bit into my skin as I gripped the hilt of my dagger." #Q #A #RF #1stLinePit

#Q #A #F #1stLinePit The ringing in my ears was so loud. I looked over to make sure someone wasn’t blowing a whistle near my head. No one was there, but I wasn’t standing like I thought either. My body dragged against the ground; loose dirt scraped against my back; my legs were numb.