New FREE contest for writers of Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest6 — Judged by Agent Lydia Caudill of Andrea Hurst Literary Management, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work. @writingdaywksp.bsky.social

#questpit Anona flees into the woods after her stepmother hires a man to kill her. But the forest she runs into is older than law and hungrier than grief – and within its depths, she flees not into safety, but legend. #slewfoot #nettleandbone #snowwhiteretelling #fantasy #horror #booksky

BENEATH THE WHISPERING COVE is a gothic coastal fantasy about a young woman’s quest to uncover a missing book of folktales and secure her research funding. The misty water-logged mystery of A STUDY IN DROWNING with the folkloric richness of A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE #questpit #YA #F

Scrolling through the #questpit posts and daaang I really want to read all these books. Good luck everyone!! I hope all of us get some agent interest!! 🩷

HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH Journals of a Familiar Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape. #questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT

Coming soon to a literary agent’s inbox near you: BLACKBIRD, a gothic horror set in the liminal years of 1700s Appalachia. Creep into the hills where the old gods wear the faces of those who vanished and the land itself craves the heartbeat of its keeper. #questpit #horror #fantasy #appalachia

He's a rich, ruthless, sassy wolf shifter who cooks and kills, and when he's not organizing crime he likes to torch his girl's enemies so he can turn their ashes into diamonds for her to wear. Even though it's her job to put him in prison. #q #a #dr #pr #questpit

BLACKBIRD: An Appalachian Folk Horror, combines Cherokee and Celtic folklore, Appalachian superstition, and early American history. Anona Clacher fights to keep her family together against a land that only loves you if you bleed for it. #questpit #horror #romance #fantasy #duology #querying

I’m the Executive Director of Blue Missouri — a grassroots org designed to help nominees on the ballot in the reddest and most rural districts. We don’t give “endorsements.” We give money. We fund down ballot Dems — we are the only organization regularly funding rural candidates. bluemissouri.org

So you’re saying there’s a *chance*

Does anyone know a good alternative to Google for a search app? #protest #endoligarchy #technocrat

We can be very effective when we take action at the local level. I am Executive Director of Blue Missouri -- we support down-ballot Dem candidates in MO. Join us for our meeting with MO Minority Whip Ashely Aune and "On Democracy" host Fred Wellman. Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

. @bridgettedunlap.bsky.social writes in an opinion piece this mornimg that Missouri Republicans once got rid of a governor over alleged sexual assault. Now they support "all the president’s abusive men." #moleg #MOSen #mogov

They fed us breadcrumbs Mama was cooking Kept us hungry for more Always scraping Scrolling Now the kitchen is closed And there is no meal Only dry breadcrumbs Blown away in the wind 1/

Pope Francis calls Trump’s deportation plans a ‘disgrace,’ highlighting how they punish the most vulnerable instead of addressing root causes. This isn’t about justice—it’s a scapegoating tactic to rally support. True leadership would focus on humane, systemic immigration reform.

Deleted: TikTok 🫤 Downloaded: Tome, Storygraph, The Great Courses, Fit with Coco. 2025, a year with less support for oligarchy and more focus on personal growth and intellectual pursuit! #booksky #fitness #2025resolutions #eattherich

TikTok is officially down. I guess now I can finally refocus on being present and creating and writing like I’m in fucking 2009 or something wut

Every time I walk into target and smell the promise of spring gardening essentials I am again convinced I will somehow become a green goddess this year and not kill every single thing I plant

Now that TikTok is going dark, maybe we can go back to Vine

Does anyone else feel like today was democracy’s version of Crescent City 3?