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and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X THE WOODS ALL BLACK As the lies of his religious order begin to unravel, Thay must rely on the stranger Elio to find a cure to the curse that will turn him into a Beast. 🐑Trans MC 🫀Cannibalism 🐑Poly monster romance 🫀Trans rage #DvPit #TV #OWN #A #H

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please spread the news far and wide!! librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!

the We The People fundraiser has begun!! I donated a first chapter critique, and there are so many more amazing items to bid on for a great cause! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

happy ✨cover✨ day (and some reading material for ya!)

MY MISERABLE DIVINE BODY HORROR NOVELLA FREAKS!! thank u so much lin for taking my comm!! 😭💕💕

a lot of technological "progress" is just thinly disguised neo-colonialism. the desire to discover a new thing aka conquer new territory, the desire to create and harness "artificial intelligence" aka enslave captive bodies. it is so insanely obvious im at a loss for words. lol.

Thought I should share my #editorsguide for VIVARIUM, in which a bioengineer is lured out of his haven city by a smiling glass automaton. Now under revision! 🌳 utopian ecohorror 🤖 plant-bellied robots 🏙️ generation ship city ⏳ #OWN asian/ND/aspec rep

does anyone know how i can pitch a resident evil game idea to capcom because oh my god

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If the bid for my item comes in over $250 I'll make it query, synopsis, and first 50 pages instead of 10 and the call can be 45min instead of 30!

haven't been on bsky for a while oops but. BOOK!

LESS THAN 24 HOURS LEFT to back the first volume of my illustrated gay novel on KS!! 🐎✨🐎 We've unlocked two extra bonus prints for all physical backers! If we hit that super elusive stretchiest of goals then everyone gets a digital audiobook for FREE!!

🎉 I AM OFFICIALLY A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!! 🎉 My book The Serpent Called Mercy has officially hit shelves in North America (UK/Commonwealth tomorrow)! This is a dream come true for me, and I’m so grateful. Here’s my very last unboxing video to celebrate:

honestly something wholesome that i think abt was when i was deep in my zelda phase in middle school, and i was in the elevator up to the children's hospital carrying one of the manga volumes under my arm. there was another boy there who saw it, and he whistled the zelda theme 😭 i was so happy

gotta remember to crosspost here too 😭 i wrote the Hardest Part of vivarium and now everything is gonna come so naturally and be so devastating im gonna cry out of joy RAHHHHH I LOVE WRITIIIING

Blast this out to every PTA in America

I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history. How fucking dare they Old vs. new

ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN 🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad academia w/ ⚛️engineering magic 🤌obsessive yearning 🚨unreliable narrator 📻corrupted magic tech 🩺ethical dilemmas 🩻body horror 🏆dangerous magic duels 🛠️blacksmith biceps 🌿strange plants 👤...& the strange man who ❤️s them #questpit #Q #A #F #SF #H

IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP A retired explorer, torn between the fear of losing his wife and a desire to return to the wild, fixates on a towering, imprisoned forest. Driven by an esoteric rumour, he heads for the forest. And he will regret every choice from then on... #questpit #W #SF #T #agentsguide

MONK & ROBOT x UNTO LEVIATHAN Nathan learns that the Metropolis--a glass-domed haven city--is actually a giant VIVARIUM, nurtured by automata who have lost their original code. #QuestPit #SF #NA #W 🌿 woodland utopia horror 🏙️ generation ship city 🤖 sentient glass robots 🧬 bioengineering hope

We’re prepping for #questpit on the 12th!! come join us later today (12:30 est) for a q&a to meet some other pitchers!

does anyone know any fantasy lit mags/little presses that take like 22-23k word novelettes/novellas...asking for me

finished a novelette..will surely make a moodboard to celebrate 😭

A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes. Right fucking now! How is this even a discussion?

When her marriage hits the rocks, an Ivy League professor, her playwright husband, and her Broadway legend mother-in-law/best friend set out to rescue their imploding family by trying to make a hit musical despite the spectacular failure of their latest collaboration. #YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A

Medieval Comedy PHANTOM Three PhD students decide to translate and stage a lost medieval play. But the finale is a summoning ritual--and the hero-playwright? A demon. If the curtains don't rise on the DEMON PLAY, the consequences won't just be academic. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #NA

SUCCESSION X THE BELL JAR Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life. #UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt

#AgentsGuide AN EMBER IN THE ASHESx4TH WING FMC must marry into power during a martial tournament but decides to compete & fight for her people. Seducing & battling, her plans unravel when she's paired with the vexing future King, falls in love, & joins the Duke's hitlist #Q #F #R #RF #YouDeservepIt

GIDEON THE NINTH x FFXIV When luckless, magicless Mick agrees to be his crush Eleanor's adventuring partner, the last thing either of them expects is for him to be stuck as a dragon with a mission to fight the gods (yet here we are). #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #F #R

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES X JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE w/ 🧜🏼‍♀️ A scorned marine biologist turned mermaid queen must return to Bermuda as a human siren and seek revenge on men, guarding her heart from a mystifying man on the beach, doing whatever it takes not to become a monster. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F #R

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE ASH HOUSE contains: 🎹 haunted piano playing 🫐 suspicious berries 🐊 crocodiles that shouldn’t be there 🔥 burning portraits ⚖️ unwise use of a scalpel ⏳ an endless summer 👁️ a 14yo puppet master 🤲🏼 8 children who don’t yet know they’re his to play with #YouDeservepIt #MG #Q

✨ DON'T LET THE FORREST IN x THE MUPPETS ✨ Dear #litagents & #Editors, My 64,000-word YA horror with surreal, subversive, and slightly grotesque elements, THE HUGGLEBEEZ, is a cross between The Muppets and fandom mascot horror (FNAF, Amazing Digital Circus, DHMIS) #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #H #Spec #T

A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #YouDeservePit #Q #YA #H #T

AHS: Freakshow x The Night Circus A schizophrenic maghrebi acrobat A diverse ragtag troupe of disabled freakshow performers A show-woman with many enemies A competition of traveling circuses & a grisly slew of political assassinations in Victorian Britain #YouDeservePit #WIP #Adult #His

Magic awakens best under pressure. A reluctant heroine. A dragon's ultimatum. Yellowstone's tremors are just the beginning. SECRET EMBERS = CRESCENT CITY x MERCY THOMPSON (X DRESDEN FILES) 📖97k Adult Urban Fantasy ✨Unique Magic System ⚔️High-stakes 🔥Secrets Unbound #YouDeservepIt #A #F #Q

A 🐚 is the perfect gift for a crush, but stealing from the sea has consequences. As it stirs, John is swept into danger—and a truth he’s always avoided: maybe he doesn’t really *want* to be a boyfriend. Maybe he doesn’t want to be a boy at all. #YouDeservePit #YA #F #W #LGBT

Giver x Scythe 17y Orion is destined for leadership in a "perfect" future society rebuilt after the Final War. But when dark truths surface, he must choose: uphold peace built on lies or bring war to the world he was born to lead. Love, betrayal, & revolution await #YouDeservepIt #YA #SF #Q #LGBTQ

✨EMILY WILDE x MAMMA MIA🇬🇷 🌊 "Sunny" fantasy 🌊 High stakes & Magic 🌊 Greek folklore & magical creatures 💙♥️ Bi4Bi romance 🌊 Reluctant partners to Lovers 🌊 Complex female friendships 🌊 Grandmother/Granddaughter bond #YouDeservepIT #Q #YA #NA #SF #RF #LGBTIAQ+ #AmQuerying #WriteSky #writingcommunity

GOOD OMENS X THE OFFICE Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, has 3 months to turn the business around to save Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for, getting a celestial pink slip. But his old job, and mistakes, come back to haunt him. Literally. #YouDeservePit #WIP #A #F #LGBT

sorry yall pitching is like a drug to me

Medieval Comedy PHANTOM Three PhD students decide to translate and stage a lost medieval play. But the finale is a summoning ritual--and the hero-playwright? A demon. If the curtains don't rise on the DEMON PLAY, the consequences won't just be academic. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #NA

PERDIDO STREET STATION x ANNIHILATION Rescued at sea with no memory, Trigger’s body is changing into an unknown species. When a sunken lab's forbidden prayer protocol promises him answers, he risks tearing a hole in his head to find out who, or what, he is. #YouDeservePit #SF #A #Q #LGBT #ND

Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype! BlueSky's lists work like a custom feed, so if you build a support list, you can pin it next to the Discover tab and see only posts from people on that list! Don't forget to add the #BluePit feeds (Links in comments)!

I've told this story before, but when I was Assistant Editor at Podcastle (translation-slushreader) I was also a writer at the beginning of my career sending things out to editors. I knew the "editors judge you in the first paragraphs" thing and

Thirteen years of medical school taught Dr. Ayana Hudson everything she knows about the human body. Still, nothing could have prepared her for an impossible discovery during a routine autopsy. Now she hunts for answers beyond the realm of logic, risking her very sanity in the search. #MeetMyMCs

#MeetMyMCs A ghost-hunter with a stubborn streak and a failing memory, desperate to find and destroy the ghost that killed her partner before it kills again, Blair Martin is the Jonathan Sims kinnie of your dreams; a fugitive who wonders, every time she looks in the mirror: "did I do it?"

Katniss X Agnieszka X Alice (Alice in Wonderland) Marzanna offers herself as the twenty-first sacrificial bride of winter, in hopes of freeing her sisters from an inescapable reality. Though she receives far more than she bargained for when she becomes the very monster she fears most #MeetMyMCs