Attention pitchers! Thank you all for your pitching during #MiseryPit! This was the first year anniversary of the event and it's been amazing to read and share people's mystery, thriller, and true crime pitches! The next event will be February 1st, 2026! Until then, keep writing!

WIDOW AT THE WINDOW A dark, personal tale of sex, death and betrayal in New York City shortly before the fall of the Towers. Steeped in turn of the 20th Century nightlife below 14th Street. #MiseryPit #A

THE LOVELY LONG AGO Accident, suicide or murder . . . ? The rock scene of early 90s Brighton (England) is shaken by the death of a student. A slice-of-life nostalgia trip, revolving around a legendary club. #MiseryPit #A

Thank you everyone who has pitched so far in #MiseryPit!!

Good morning #MiseryPit pitchers! This is a reminder that #MiseryPit will be running until midnight tonight! (PST time) So get your #thriller #mystery and #truecrime pitches in! For more details about hashtags, please check the pinned post! #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky

Good morning #MiseryPit pitchers! This is a reminder that #MiseryPit will be running until midnight tonight! (PST time) So get your #thriller #mystery and #truecrime pitches in! For more details about hashtags, please check the pinned post! #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky

#MiseryPit is running until midnight December 2! Go go go!!

When 5% of the dead reanimate, the most violent are immediately culled. The remaining are trained to do the jobs most dangerous to humans. At Camp Reclaim, Mo must prove their worth to survive a brutal system that strips away humanity piece by piece. #WIP #A #H #MiseryPit #writingcommunity

BLACK MIRROR x MURDERTRENDING Mandate for Leadership: a collection of 11 political horror short stories inspired by the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 playbook. This is political horror, nothing supernatural going on, and no monsters other than the government. #MiseryPit #Q #A #H #DT

Welcome back to 'life' as one of the 5% who reanimate after death. As a new Zedizen, you train at Camp Reclaim to suppress feral instincts, work in fields deadly to humans, and survive a world that fears you. You’re no longer human—but not yet a monster. #MiseryPit #writingcommunity #wip #a #h

#Q ACE OF SPADES xGLEE x DO REVENGE—Dual POV When Adelina’s bestie Jo vanishes from a showcase after scary stalker texts, she teams up with rival Adam to investigate—only to discover Jo never existed Just who are they trying to save & why’s Adelina the next target? #MiseryPit #YA #FM #RM #ND #POC

#Q ANASTASIA x AND THEN THERE WERE NONE #MiseryPit #YA #FM #RM #POC #ND 🪄🩸The curse says only the “worthiest” magical heir will survive 🔒🔪 Locked room monarch murder mystery ✨🪦 Horror magic trials test each heir ❄️❤️Cold, aloof love interest who secretly shields 🫂♥️ Found family 🌪️☠️ killer twists

#MiseryPit #A #F #T #Spec #Q Aoife & Roman Gen. Germanicus face mutiny & murder, but when he commits genocide against Germania's Shining Sisters she leaves for Greece, where she enters the Mysteries becoming the Hand of the Dark Mothers in their unending war against the Brotherhood of Sol Invictus.

#writingcommunity #Q #A #H #DT #MiseryPit Mandate for Leadership: a collection of 11 short stories totaling 43,000 words that are all focused on the horrific possibilities inherent in the Project 2025 playbook the Heritage Foundation put together for the next administration. COMPs: Black Mirror

Contemporary psychics gather@Pompeii's gladiator's school, awakening the ghosts of the untimely dead - spirits tied to where they died. Homeless boys, surgeons, whores, patrician women & their gladiator lovers share their last days in Thirteen -- a polyphonic novel. #MiseryPit #A #T #HF #Q

#MiseryPit #A #F #Historical #Thriller #W Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officer's can wed. Unwilling 2 wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress gates w/the other 'wives' when an officer goes missing. Who killed Quintus and why?

Two new tags! #WFM Women's fiction Mystery #WFT Women's fiction Thriller

Attention #MiseryPit folks! Due to the host (me) being sick and sleeping for most of the day, #MiseryPit will be extended until midnight Dec 2! Go go go! #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky #pitchevents #author #litagents #editors #mystery #thriller #truecrime #writing

#Q AGGGTM xACE OF SPADES xGLEE #YA #FM #RM #POC #ND #MiseryPit When the spotlight fades, the stalker steps in After a stalker scares Adelina’s bestie into vanishing before a high stakes showcase, she teams up with rival Adam to find her—only to discover besite doesn’t exist & she’s the next target

#Q ANASTASIA xAND THEN THERE WERE NONE Artina’s desperate to grow her magic & uncover Mars’ secrets. When a curse traps Artina’s new sibling heirs in a castle, royal blood starts to spill, one by one. She must uncover the truth—before Mars’ protection costs him everything #YA #RM #FM #OWN #MiseryPit

LOCKWOOD AND CO x NEVERMOOR Poppy Gorgon and Gemma Gallows are perfectly normal twelve-year-olds who assist their fathers in a perfectly normal family candle shop. Except the candle shop is a cover for a dark artifact business hiding a powerful secret. #MiseryPit #MG #FM #Q

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JUMANJI × #D&D When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #MiseryPit #A #H #M #Q

Volunteering in a remote village can be rewarding but when a body is found, it's up to Martie to work out #whodunnit before the murderer strikes again. Can the group survive in the middle of nowhere or is something from legend out hunting them? And what do the villagers know? #MiseryPit #YA #SFFM #Q

#Q THE INHERITANCE PROTOCOL Succession x Severance on a remote Arctic island: four estranged siblings must enter an experimental inheritance procedure controlled by their dead father’s uploaded mind. It quickly stops feeling like a competition and starts feeling like a trap. #A #CT #MiseryPit

#Q ACE OF SPADES x GLEE xDO REVENGE—Dual POV When Adelina’s bestie Jo vanishes from a showcase after scary stalker texts, she teams up with rival Adam to investigate—only to discover Jo never existed Just who are they trying to save & why’s Adelina the next target? #MiseryPit #YA #CM #CT #ND #POC

#Q AND THEN THERE WERE NONE x ANASTASIA Artina’s desperate to grow her magic & uncover Mars’ secrets. When a curse traps Artina’s new sibling heirs in the palace, royal blood spills, one by one. Artina must uncover the truth—before she loses her new family & love #YA #MF #RM #H #OWN #ND #MiseryPit

If not the worst posting in the FSB, watching the neighbourhood where Russia sticks deposed dictators to whom it gives sanctuary is the last stop before career freefall. When one bastard’s death might be blamed on them, covering it up is, if not the smart move, the only move. #MiseryPit #A #CT

PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family. #MiseryPit #A #WFT #WIP

#MiseryPit is coming up December 1st! For mystery, thriller, and true crime works! Follow @miserypit.bsky.social and check the post below for more information! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #Editors

Attention mystery, thriller, and true crime writers! #MiseryPit is December 1 on Bluesky! Make sure to read the pinned post for hashtags and the rules! See you December 1! 🕵️

🚨🚨🚨 ATTENTION WRITERS 🚨🚨🚨 The next #MiseryPit pitching event will be December 1, 2025! 6 AM PST - 6 PM PST See you then! #WritingCommunity #BookSky #LitAgents #Writers #Editors #Authors #MysteryWriters #ThrillerWriters #TrueCrimeWriters

#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th! We'll be starting our pre-event Q&A #BluePitHype starting on July 8th! We can't wait to see all your great pitches! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Writers #WriterSky

Thank you all for joining and pitching for #MiseryPit! Thank you authors for sharing your work and creative talents!

#MiseryPit is over! Thank you everyone for pitching your mysteries, thrillers and true crimes! The moodbards have been amazing! These events wouldn't happen without writers who participate so thank you for pitching! If you've received an agent or editor like on your pitch, please let us know!

Gladiatrix Daughter of War - I am Aoife, survivor of the Druidic Ynys Môn genocide, Piso's brothel slave, witch of Roman General Germanicus, Hand of the Dark Mother and I will have blood justice for my people! Book I in the Gladiatrix Chronicles #MiseryPit #A #HT #WFT

About 20 minutes left for this #MiseryPit event!! Get those last minute pitches in!

#a #q #miserypit #hm GRAVEWATER In the spring of 1919, something sinister is lurking in Loire Valley and Elle McIntyre is pretty sure it has a name and a seat on the city council. Her search for the truth turns deadly and will haunt Gatewood Manor for decades to come.

A quiet town is put into chaos and distrust when they awaken to find that every other house has their door painted yellow for an unknown reason. #MiseryPit #SFFT #WIP

Can Ava's relationship survive her choice to be a dominatrix? Will she be able to find out who killed her friend? Will the killer try to stop her? Find out in MURDER, SHE KINKED. 🩸🩸 #A #WFT #Q #MiseryPit

The supernatural has been an open part of the world since phone cameras, especially here in LA. Yet August has no idea where his oddly specific time shifting powers came from. When strangers gun him down in his own office, his mysterious powers become his only hope. #MiseryPit #Q #A #FM #CM

#a #q #miserypit #hm She can’t rest until justice is served, he will always answer her terrible haunted call. GRAVEWATER An excerpt….