"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

FOURTH WING x SCORPIO RACES "I wince at the searing path it trails down my throat, but when the alcohol forces the knots in my neck to loosen, the restless thing inside me finally stops hammering against my mental walls." #1stlinepit #ya #romantasy #wip #agented

“I’m not a good person anymore.” #1stLinePit #A #P #T #OS (very soon!)

#1stlinepit #T #S #C It’s tricky to write your autobiography when you are eighteen, in a language that is not your native one, but when they find out what I’ve done, I won't have another chance to tell my story. Maybe I’m a monster, but so are my victims. DEXTER & KITE RUNNER Mood

"The library rumbles in the aftermath of an explosion; it’s the third one this week. I know better than to worry about another student struggling to learn that the incantation leuk may set something alight instead of producing a light." —Bleeding Stars #RF #A #Q #1stLinePit

Once upon a time, Safa’s mother warned her away from the forest with stories of jinn that kidnap wandering children, bears that crush the skulls of careless hikers, snowstorms that ravage the mountains without leaving any survivors. #1stlinepit #YA #SPEC #F

The Fork in the Road: "I've lost Bette’s scent. I close my eyes to focus and adapt. My nose itches as it flattens, tan fur growing over the skin and scratching my browbone. It’s dark and the street’s quiet; no one will see the change. " #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #UF #writingcommunity

Welcome to Tinsley Falls. Population: 5,608. Well, 5,609 now. Adelaide sighed as she drove past the wooden sign carved with the town’s iconic waterfall. Goodbye, life of exhilaration. Hello, boredom. #1stLinePit #OS #R #editors #onsub #onsubmission

A twenty-gold bill, a parchment with a name on it, and a condom. That's what a half-smile has done for me tonight. #1stLinePit #amquerying my adult fantasy #agentguide

"Syradessa's blade whined in the dark, a lone hiss of steel made to measure as she drew it from its sheath, then eased a step over the flagstones." #1stLinePit #Q #F #CMe

LATIN!A STUDY IN DROWNING meets SHARP OBJECTS "At the crest of the hill, the town’s cemetery lay in the shadow of a stone-carved God, its vacant eyes staring into the mist. And Nora could see the academy from up there." #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #F

A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X WHEN THE MOON HATCHED There are three rules for provoking a Galah: never look into its hollow eyes, never speak your true name, and never, under any circumstances, let go. Fantasy retelling of SEA folklore ⚔️ So. Much. Yearning ⚔️Forbidden Love #Q #NA #YA #F #RF #1stLinePit

Of all the things I expected to find under a hedge on an alien world, a rabbit didn’t even make the list. A SWIFT KICK TO THE THORAX #1stLinePit #A #SF #SP bsky.app/profile/marl...

“The world is not kind to wanderers, Alexandria thought as she lay in her tomb.” #1stLinePit #Q #YA #HF

"The second sun crested the sky, and the forest smelled of death. There was a saying, in the mountains, that to walk carelessly through the woods was like attending a funeral; the acrid scent overwhelms, but wild flowers offer their condolences." #1stLinePit #SF #WIP #YA #CMe

“Welcome to Sage Against The Machine, how can I hex you today?” a blonde woman with the most dazzling smile welcomed me as I strolled into my own property and my best friend’s old bookshop which, apparently, had become a witch’s den while I had been gone #1stLinePit #conwitchwip

Natasha’s laughter interrupts my words before I even finish the story. “He did what?” I roll my eyes and wait for her to catch her breath before continuing. “He brought his mother to the date,” I say, sipping from my polka-dotted coffee cup. #1stLinePit #OS #A #CON #R

Dead leaves break beneath her boots like brittle bones. They cover the forest floor, every branch above them bare save for the evergreens. No matter when she is summoned, those eternal fir trees remain unchanged. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #R #LGBT #CMe

“Clustered in the chest of Kit Clearwood, there lived a beast.” Howl’s Moving Castle meets Brave in a steampunk setting. 💕 #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #F

A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER x OUTER BANKS "The dew covering my shivering body and the stench of wet dirt is enough to tell me I'm alive. My arm is numb and pinned beneath my limp body. I'm shaking, but something warm is pressed against my side." #1stLinePit #ya #mystery #Q #querying

"Dear Miss Schechter, the letter started, and already my blood pressure began to climb." #1stLinePit #Q #T #HF

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

It was only quiet in the Thornewood on execution days. HEARTLESS HUNTER x WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL #Q #YA #F #UF #1stLinePit #writingcommunity

The ballroom was bright and over-hot, and full of chatter like birdsong. Rill had found a blessedly quiet corner of the mezzanine - not avoiding conversation, but out of the main currents. He swirled his drink and nodded to a passing courtier, squashing a pang of guilt. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F

#Q #YA #RF #1stLinePit We run through the forest; the full moon is the only light we need. We know where we are going. A small group of warriors ready to take down the would-be usurper and all who protect him. (my 8am post that I didn't click post on 😅)

When she hears the footsteps behind her, she doesn't rise from the lounger or turn her head. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine. 'I told you to leave,' she slurs. 'There's nothing more to say.' 'I've plenty to say.' Her head whips round then. She smiles. #1stLinePit #Q #A #R #S

“As the Mistress of Ceremonies glided through the sea of performers, Thalia Rathmore could do nothing but silently beg her to suspend tonight’s show.” 🎪☠️🖤✨🏰 #1stLinePit #YA #WIP #F

"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

🏙 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

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

Vance grabbed the alumisteel railing surrounding the viewport and peered deeper into the void of space. FALLING IN THE DARK The Expanse X Firefly X The Murderbot Diaries #1stLinePit #Q #A #SF #agentGuide below

Mireia gazed down at her father's body, swaddled in white linen on the deck of the funeral barge, and she felt nothing. 🎂Coming-of-age 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Nontoxic M/F Romance 🌊Chaos Girl+☀️Sunshine Boy 🔥Slowburn Friends2Lovers 👑Fantasy Politics 💎Magic Crystals 👀Part 1/3 #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F

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

Edie Grayson, 15 years old, was of average height and a thick build, with curly hair and bright brown eyes. She liked music, fantasy novels, and the articles in National Geographic. #1stLinePit #A #F #H #Q

Item #: Entity 1105 Object Class: Corruption Special Containment Procedures: Subject has not yet been detained. Its skin is a sickly, mottled gray, covered in jagged, angular markings that constantly shift and pulse like corrupted data. #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #H #P #T

FROM BLOOD AND ASH x SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME THE QUEEN IS RISING Stories are pretty, but the truth is real and full of pain. #1stLinePit #Q #A #RF

ALL IN ON LOVE ♥️♠️♦️♣️ The email lands in my inbox with a literal ping and a metaphorical thud. I close my eyes and force a deep inhale, sending a deliberate signal to my nervous system that I’m not defending myself from a saber-toothed tiger. I’m just opening an email. #1stlinepit #a #r #q

All morning Morton Sinclair had watched the tempest rage outside his window, the rain hurling itself in sheets against the glass with such savagery he feared it might break.’ #1stLinePit #C #HF #A

#1stLinePit #A #UF #H #Q The Gare Du Burgándy was filled with people, men, women, boys and girls, all had suitcases and bundles of clothes, all the worldly possessions they could carry. War had been declared.

“The company had become his pride and joy, malleable to his command.” I AM Chosen by Dawn Berkoski PITCH: Alex, a power-hungry CEO penned in by corporate vampires, meets an orphaned bartender who helps him get the fangs to fight back. #1stlinepit #PR #A #Q BlueBloods x Yakuza

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

Slow Horses x Dark Matter When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK's role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #A #T #SF #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #litagents #agentguide 🦋

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ “it begins with a murmur drifting upon the wind.” seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #1stLinePit #A #LF #M (almost) #Q

Art found another note. She sat in the iron chair of her favorite neighborhood restaurant, rifling through her purse to grab money to pay for her lunch, and froze as she registered the folded up sheet now buried there. #1stLinePit #YA #NA #C #Q #F #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