In a place built to preserve memory, the one who records everyone else begins to disappear. The Name That Would Not Stay is a short story about identity, erasure, and choosing to remain. Read: reedsy.com/short-story/... #SpeculativeFiction #AmWriting #ShortStory #WritersOfBluesky

“This was not an easy decision.” I keep coming back to that line. It shows up everywhere—and does more than express difficulty. It makes outcomes feel inevitable. My newest newsletter explores how “necessity” is constructed. What language reshapes how you see things? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

I just published a new short story: “When the Ink Refused.” A realm built from memory begins to fracture when time itself refuses to obey. If you enjoy lyrical fantasy, grief-driven worlds, and strange magic, I’d love for you to read it 🪄 🔗 reedsy.com/short-story/... #ShortStory #Fantasy

I keep returning to the same question in my writing: What gets recorded and who decides? Institutions preserve official language. Survival stories live in the margins. My newest Quiet Archive essay explores systems, survival, and the words we choose. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

My Reedsy story, Letter from the Threshold, is now live. It’s about returning to the place that broke you and leaving without carrying it anymore. If you read it, I’d love to know what line stayed with you. #ShortStory #amwriting #writers

I submitted two short stories today: Reedsy Prompt and Writers & Artists 📝 There’s something unsettling about letting a story leave your hands. Do you feel relief after submitting? Do you prefer writing for prompts or open themes? What pushes you more? #amwriting #ShortStory #Writers

"A Heart in Pieces" is about Jess Harper, a junior at Longview University. One night while Jess is walking home from her audition for the school play, she finds a dead body. Which of the ten-thousand students at Longview is turning members of the student body into corpses? #Miserypit #A #Q #CT #RT

A search for a missing girl turns into something more sinister when a journalist is caught up in a terrorist attack. Implicated and with no choice but to go on the run, Kit seeks sanctuary with the terrorists, unable to return home until proven innocent #MiseryPit #NA #SFFT #Q

The Last Year of the War x Team Yankee x The Plum Tree When World War 3 breaks out Sadie, a college journalism student, finds herself thrown into a camp on American soil. Can she survive the horrors that permeate the camp or will she succumb to the darkness? #W #NA #CT #MiseryPit

DONT LET THE FOREST IN x TOGETHER WE ROT A botany student haunted by the whispering woods searches for the missing boy who vanished from his kegger as a siren lures him and his friends into the water in this dark re-imagining of Morgan Le Fay. #miserypit #Q #YA #T

#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

Home was the system that broke them. Years later, the people who built it are forced back together—not to fix what went wrong, but to decide who they’re willing to become now. CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY. #A #CT #WIP #MiseryPit

She built a system to stabilize trauma. It rewrote people instead. A surgeon returns to the blacksite she fled, knowing the only way to stop it is to dismantle what she made—and accept what can never be undone. CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY. #A #CT #WIP #MiseryPit #AmEditing

A 📝 of my #MiseryPit posts for THE SURGEON OF SILENCE 🩺, a 98k Speculative Thriller Fiction (currently editing).

The Miles Between Us, which features: ✅ a crime story with deep emotional resonance; ✅ an exploration of themes like grief, racism & identity; ✅ ordinary citizens stepping into investigative roles; ✅ MCs who seem worlds apart, and are yet so similar; ✅ a romantic subplot. #miserypit #A #WIP #CT #CM

#MiseryPit #A #PSYT #WIP Don't Hide from Me Thirty-four-year-old, Emma Gelberbaum lives a carefully curated, isolated life in a smart home she designed herself—cameras, locks, voice assistants—all under her control. Or so she thinks... Deep down, she fears someone might be looking for her...

Here's my list for #MiseryPit 1. We Were Students #W #YA #CT 2. The Girl Within #W #NA #CT Feedback is welcome. #FDT #FICE #StandUp #Writingispolitical

She built a system meant to heal. It kept running after she left—and learned how to hurt. When a blacksite reactivates, a trauma surgeon returns to dismantle it, forcing everyone involved to reckon with what survival cost them. CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY. #A #CT #WIP #MiseryPit

Anyone willing to swap support for #MiseryPit? Comment and I will add you to my list! Also, it would be my first time. Any tips?

THE BRASS THAT BITES LEGENDBORN meets FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: At an elite academy, Xavier learns he wasn’t recruited for an education, but as prey. Survival means dismantling the system hunting him. 🧠 Neurodivergent MC ⚙️ Magic fueled by stolen lives 🤝 Ride-or-Die friends #questpit #Q #YA #SFF #F

THE RED QUEEN'S WAR x LEGEND OF ZELDA Framed for murder, Tomadir has vengeance in his heart when his former master offers a chance to reclaim his honor by escorting his son to his own wedding. This proves difficult when the boy is revealed to be an idiot... #QuestPit #A #F #W

GOOD LUCK GIRL x FATED Blessed by unnatural luck, sassy bartender Zelora is known among the gaming circuit as the legendary gambler, Fateweaver. However, that luck drags her into a fight for her life against a shady mobster after escaping a rigged dice game. #QuestPit #A #RF #W

They survived the mission. That’s what the report says. What it doesn’t say is what they saw—or who Command tried to erase afterward. TSOS is a speculative thriller about obedience, testimony, and the cost of silence. CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY #questpit #W #S #T #A

A 📝 of my #questpit posts for THE SURGEON OF SILENCE 🩺, a 98k Speculative Thriller Fiction (currently editing).

She stayed when everyone else hid behind protocol—and paid the price for it. A trauma surgeon returns to the black site that erased her to make sure the system she built can never hurt anyone again. THE SURGEON OF SILENCE is CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY. #questpit #W #A #S #T

ATLANTIS: TLE x SIX OF CROWS After botching a job for a crime lord, grizzled mercenary Caston is blackmailed by the royal court to lead an expedition with 2 convicts in search of a mythical garden. Refusal means execution & leaving his ill granddaughter orphaned. #QuestPit #A #F #Q

Hi #questpit! Introducing TSOS! A former trauma surgeon erased by Command returns to the black site she helped build—now weaponized against human minds. The elite unit sent to contain her discovers the real threat isn’t the system failing, but the people who need it to survive. #W #A #S #T

Hello writers on Bluesky! Get those thrillers, mysteries, and true crime manuscripts ready for #MiseryPit! The next event will be February 1st, 2026 and will run for 24 hours starting 1 am Sunday morning and ending Sunday midnight (PST). Check the pinned tags, please share, and happy pitching!

🩺 THE SURGEON OF SILENCE — #agentsguide 🧠 Institutional control 🩸 A surgeon who built it, now here to end it 🕳️ Decommissioned blacksite 💀 High stakes 🔍 Multi-POV operatives & overseers ⚖️ Obedience vs refusal Adult #SpeculativeThriller. Querying soon (currently editing)

Anyone here preparing to first time joining #questpit? Let's support and follow each other! To people who've joined, any tips or advice to know what we are getting into? #amwriting

Hello! New here ✨ Slight introduction, I am Haven, an indie aspiring novelist who recently started here after having a bookstagram. I've been #writing on Project Homecoming (Speculative Thriller) and after 9 years, it's finally sent to the Editor! #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7T2rEKw