an #agentsguide to WE FEED THE RIVER, my MaXXXine meets Midsommar adult Midwest folk horror—hitting inboxes soon! featuring: 🍂 a bluegrass festival 🍂 cults 🍂 female rage 🍂 a dash of romance 🍂 & a speculative twist ending #questpit #agentguide

The Starless Sea x The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue x Piranesi There’s not much to him when I first see him, barely a hint of magic and not a jot of menace. My wrist is caught as I seek to invade a vicar’s coat. Pivoting on my heels, wide-eyed, I look up. PRINCE OF CUPS #1stLinePit #A #F #Q

#Editors “There is no sleep to be had in winter. The sea wind howls too loud, buffeting the fishing boat and the small boy curled up inside.” #1stLinePit #Gothic #A #M #H

🗡️ FMAB x SIX OF CROWS “Evren Layvey often wondered what it would cost to create God.” An alchemist and a thief must work together to stop a rogue magician and his manifestations, while a foreigner has news that could bring war to the nation. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #LGBTQ

It might have been the eggnog, but Betty swore she saw something outside. #1stLinePit #ya #c #q #h #cme

The Lily Maid awakens on a funeral barge under a blood-streaked sky, petals blooming from between her lips. #1stLinePit #Q #F #H THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING x SPEAR 🖤 Camelot but it's a cult 🖤 Sapphic 🖤 Fantasy with a twist of flower-fuelled horror 🖤 Complete at 96k words

SCI-FI BEAUTY & THE BEAST Roan’s wrist buzzed with an notification. “Do you, Camilla, take Jonquil to be your lawful wedded wife?” She pointedly ignored it, focused only on her mom and her partner of 12 years. 🏺Grumpy archaeologist 🤖Trapped billionaire ☀️The dying sun #1stLinePit #A #SF #R #WIP

“Noxalia Whitlock, known as the most beautiful lady in all of Omous, loved the taste of blood in her mouth almost as much as she loved a good fuck. Half of Ferhn had gathered to watch her tear apart the poor farm boy, Helyx, who was attempting to get back to his feet.” #1stLinePit

"There are places where the skin of the world is thin. Where the atmosphere grows teeth: space can unfurl, convulse, or split like a frost-cracked tree; ghosts gather like mold. Visiting a place like that isn’t something you do unless you’re desperate or have a death wish." #1stLinePit #F #A #Q soon

#1stLinePit #TP #A #F THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA 🗡️ Summer '26 Faye’s nightly routine was simple. Replenish his empty pocket, buy a hearty breakfast, then unburden a few of Azena’s apartments of unnecessary clutter. It was a routine he had repeated for five years. He did not expect to be caught.

SUPERNATURAL × NINTH HOUSE The sharp metallic tang of bloodshed filled the air, assaulting Valerie’s nose and setting her senses on edge. #1stlinepit #A #F #Q #CMe

"The only thing boys are good for is distracting ambitious young women from achieving their goals." #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #Con

It was so much easier to steal when l worked alone. #1stLinePit #YA #D #SF #T #AgentsGuide

"The air in the kitchen grows humid, clinging to my skin as a breeze stirs my hair." #1stlinepit #Q #MG #F #amquerying #amwriting #Blueskywrites #writingcommunity

Red Dead Redemption X Beauty and the Beast X Hades and Persephone A King In the Garden “The man was back. Standing just at the edge of her garden, staring at the little cabin. Like she always did, Mari ignored him.” #1stlinepit #f #a #wip

The Little Mermaid X Malice X A Taste of Gold and Iron "Malik was late, and for the first time in his life, Ren found himself hoping the mission would fail. Suffering King Henning’s wrath—and ending up on the gallows—would’ve been a better fate than having a mer as his queen." #1stLinePit #A #F #Q

When the men in her father’s court dismiss her during a meeting about HER ENGAGEMENT, Soledad isn’t too happy… ‘I’m five seconds away from climbing onto this table and ripping this man’s hair off of his stupid head.’ Case in point⇡ THE NORTH STAR QUEEN #A #F #WIP #1stLinePit

THE GIRLS WILL BE OKAY Unplug the phone. That’s the first step in our family’s lefse recipe, written in Mom’s round handwriting on an index card we keep in a box with all our other family recipes. #1stLinePit #Q #YA #CON

“The body had been strung up in the library for several hours before the first of the unfortunate stumbled upon it.” #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #T #SFF

🗡️"Quill chose an auspicious summer night to assassinate Empress vun Unthece. The assassin hung above a burly palace sentry, her grip straining on the cold marble ledge. Guards never bothered to look up."🥷 Six Of Crows X Throne of Glass #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F #T #WritingCommunity

"The desert was full of things ancient and unchanging and had always been a dangerous place." #1stLinePit #F #Q #A #Writesky #Writingcommunity

"Darkness should not growl. It shouldn’t rasp or seethe. Just the absence of light—that’s all it is. All it’s supposed to be. But the darkness in Granny’s basement is a different kind of darkness." #1stLinePit #A #H #SS #Agented

⚔ BLOODGUARDxTHE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT ⚔ "A deep, guttural cry rips from my chest and claws its way out of my throat. A scream so raw and unrestrained, it blazes hot in my lungs. The forest will soak up my pain." #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F

ITHACA X CIRCE “Diotima’s mother wrote her destiny while she had still cooked inside her womb.” #1stLinePit #OS #HF #A #editorsguide

#1stlinepit THE POPPY WAR X CHILDREN OF BLOOD & BONE Kill all or kill none, if you live one, they’ll be your fall. That was the motto. In the Eastern Protectorate, failure was fatal. Want an African perspective on colonialism? See #agentsguide below #C #Q #F #SPF #A #writingcommunity #Africansff

At 3 A.M. on a summer night in rural Louisiana, a witch died. When her final breaths left her lips, her farmhouse sighed as magic left its weary walls. The bedroom ceiling creaked. Her bathtub cracked. Dark damask wallpaper peeled. Her summons left. #C #Q #UF #A #1stLinePit

THE IMMORTAL’S ASSISTANT Supernatural X Ninth House “Ten minutes. It took ten minutes to get to her dad’s office—seven if she ran.” #1stLinePit #Q #A #F #P #agentguide #litagents #querying

"Sapina was done acting like a lady." #1stLinePit #RF #NA #A #C #Q #amquerying #romantasy #writingcommunity #agentsguide #writersky #booksky

If you’d asked Lyssa, the best time to get rid of the animatronic band would have been *before* the singing pig needed to be covered by a tarp and the keyboard playing donkey’s front hoof had fallen off. #1stLinePit #na #wip #cm

#WIP #A #T #F #1stLinePit “No, grab his leg. His leg, the other one. Okay, now we’re gonna toss him in the hole. Ready? on three.” My sister and I count together, “One,” we swing the body forward. “Two,” it goes back and starts forward once again. “Three.” We let it fly.

Charmed x Buffy Seer of York Book 1 : The Hiding York was famous for its ghosts, but Harper had seen too many demons to fear rumours and trickery. #1stLinePit #F #UF #A #IP (Only 99c/77p today in the Indie Sale!)

I thought the reading of Sienna Palmer's will would be packed, given that I of all people was somehow on the list. But I was one of only four people in the lawyer's office that day. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO X LISTEN FOR THE LIE #1stLinePit #Q #A #T

She’s always been pale, but now her fingers are almost translucent, dangling from beneath the blanket thrown on her. My hands ache with the need to touch her, but I keep them curled in my lap. #1stLinePit #Q #A #SPF #agentsguide #CON

"The death of a Dynast was a rare event. Even more astonishing was the death of the head of one of the ancient Nine Houses. After all, Ophelia’s kind were like immortal beings—monsters created in the image of the Goddesses." #1stLinePit #C #A #P #RF

CIRCE x MIDSOMMAR in ancient Babylon "Against the dusty browns of the desert, the woman looks out of place. Like a painted statue brought to life, and like life isn’t to her taste." #1stLinePit #Q #A #F #RF #CMe

THE GREAT x LE MORT D'ARTHUR Morgan was fifteen the first time she spoke with the dead. It was brief, and she lost too much blood, but then she knew she could do it and no one could take that from her. #1stlinepit #WIP #A #F #HF

Never in my life have I uttered the words “I hate my job.” Never, that is, until I meet Charlie Shaw. Updated agent guide attached!😊 #1stlinepit #r #a #q

“My hands squeeze my temples as I focus all my energy on my bowl of dried crickets. If I could resurrect them, could they write this pointless essay for me? They'd likely mock me with their nonexistent knowledge of what it's like to be a pure red girl. Useless writing partners.” #1stlinepit #YA #SF

The house is still empty. I can’t decide if that’s better or worse. There’s a strange comfort in the not-knowing, like a pause before something inevitable. 🪻ALL THE IMAGINARY THINGS🪻 #1stLinePit #Q #A #S

If you really want to understand me and my life, the first thing you should know is that the luckiest hybrids were born without powers. The second thing is that I've never been the lucky type. #1stLinePit #Q #YA #MG #F #SPF #UF

“When the crisp alpine breeze swathed her in its embrace, Camilla imagined it was arms that encircled her—the arms of a family her heart yearned for and her mind had long forgotten.” Soon to be #OS 💖✨ #A #CZ #F #YA #1stLinePit

#1stLinePit After my mother died, the smell of smoke clung to me for days. It was tradition in Doverum to burn the dead. It had been for longer than anyone could remember, stretching back through generations in a never-ending cycle of life and death, flame and ash.🖤 #WIP #YA #RF

I did not wake up this morning with the intention of becoming a getaway driver. #1stlinepit #q #t #amquerying 85k thriller - The Blonde Identity × Bonnie and Clyde (with fake dating)

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

#1stlinepit “Lianna Bontrower had a heart cursed to be stolen.” #wip #f #r #adult #writingcommunity

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

MEXICAN GOTHIC X HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE The letter from Malacca arrived on a Sunday, exactly four days after Gracie Chen first dreamt of the woman in red.... #1stLinePit #WIP #A #HF #H #M #P

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