How do we feel about a pitch event for the freaks & weirdos? I’m seeing a demand even within my own community for censorship of my peers. Increasing restrictions of rights & legislation against trans people will not stop & spare “the good ones” Celebrate your dark fiction #SLUDGEPIT

lining up my editing copies like a proud dad 🍷🩸

imsad. graphite on paper

“How do you write so much?” Simple! If I do not participate in the acts of creation I will explode

✨🌈 The more you know 🌈✨

PREACHER'S DAUGHTER x THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME ⛪️ after her family moves to a secluded stretch of the Bible Belt, a seventeen-year-old apostate grows infatuated with a group of teenage blasphemers who worship a long-dead local steeped in bloody folklore. #YouDeservepIt #A #WIP

THE LOST BOYS x BELLADONNA 🪦RAREST PERISH🕊️ Dove Daley was meant to die the summer of 1989. The only problem was, Fate couldn’t seem to sink his claws into her. Indignation turns to intrigue turns to infatuation. From there, things get pretty fuckin’ strange. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #R

A non-believing sheltered preacher’s daughter’s impending arranged marriage to an emotionally abusive man is a hell she’s unwilling to endure. She finds comfort in the arms of a local biker, but her parents prove their God-stained control knows no bounds. #Youdeservepit #Q #A

THE RIVER HAS TEETH BUT IT'S CALIFORNIA IN 1988 Ash and Tawny met once upon a dream. The problem is that their shared dreams are a gift from a proto-whale-shaped ocean deity and prophesize a flood of apocalyptic proportions. #YouDeservePit #WIP #A with crossover potential #H #R

CARMILLA x THE CONJURING A medium shouldn't fall in love with a spirit — especially one she is meant to banish 🗝️ Haunted houses 🌹 Slow-burn romance 🗝️ Gothic horror 🌹 Love triangles 🗝️ Toxic relationships 🗡️ Plain bad heroines Emotional damages included in the price #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #H #amquerying

#YouDeservepIt #Q #F #R A many-eyed queen. A charming blue stranger. A disgraced heir hungry for revenge. A sentient land with no shores. Daphne must face the hidden dangers of her kingdom to stop a mysterious rot from spreading. 👀editor interest👀

⛓️ 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝙰𝙼𝙸𝙻𝚈 𝙱𝙾𝚁𝙽 𝙸𝙽 𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙳 REAPERVERSE: Book 2 CHAINSAW MAN x JUJUTSU KAISEN x DARK Brightloch has fallen to chaos amid monsters and political unrest — while Griffin’s family is devoured from the inside out by ghosts made flesh. Winter 2025 #YouDeservePit #WIP #A #F

A grief-torn healer, bent on vengeance against the god who claimed all she loved in death and decay, uses her craft to infiltrate the god’s court—entangling with a haunted heir, plagued by fated dreams of her arrival, who will stop at nothing to unearth her purpose. #youdeservepit #wip #f #r #a

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #LF #M

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

IN THE END, YOU KILL US BOTH is a lesbian literary horror involving ... 🩸a traumatized arsonist 🥩 her cannibalistic butch lover 🍂 mountains of angst 🏜️ a revenge road trip across the American west and you can find it right now where books are sold 🥀 #YouDeservepIt #SP #A

Got the donation info from the article. "Her Venmo handle is @major-griffingracy, and her Cash App is $MajorGriffinGracy."

keeping all of my american friends, colleagues, and family in my heart and mind. it's hard to find the right words, so i have a simple reminder. THOUSANDS of years in existence has proven the resilience and strength of our people and communities. whatever you do today, do NOT forget that.

maybe some sort of... marketing??? by publishers????

One thing before tomorrow: Use your local libraries. Get your card. Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks. Recommend titles for purchase (usually online). Attend promoted activities. Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires. Tell your kids that libraries are good. They are. 📚

need to go back to my roots and reread exquisite corpse and drawing blood. god, there's just nothing like a little shot of brite to get the creative juices juicing🩸

An #agentsguide to Saltwater in Their Veins THE RIVER HAS TEETH BUT IT'S CALIFORNIA IN 1988 💙✨Urban romantasy with horror elements✨💙 #P2PPit #UW #W #A with #YA crossover potential

sometimes writing is chiseling away the block of marble to reveal the statue already within and sometimes it's throwing more and more clay on a pile until you figure out what the statue even is

DAVID LYNCH. entirely responsible for the first gentle pulse of my entire artistic career. what an incredible man.

PREACHER'S DAUGHTER X BRUTES re-introducing THE MAGNOLIA CLUB, a southern + gothic horror 🖤 🩸 teenage blood cults ⛪ deeply-religious southern setting 🦴 feral girls with bone collections 🐊 deified dead girls and local legends 🍂 sapphic longing w/ a violent end #BluePit #H #A #LBGT

locked tomb x dante’s 🔥 x frankenstein x alien romulus ❤️‍🔥 morally grey queer disabled BIPOC cast of characters ⛓️ a world where sins are carried in morbid ways 🧠 memories cannot be trusted 💉 a competition where humanity is the ultimate reward 🥩 cannibalism is an act of "god" #BluePit #A #H #SFF

Hey friends. A favor. @joshruben.bsky.social was one of the first people to put his name behind Bad Hand and he needs our help. The fire took his home. Let’s surround him with love and support. www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-...

here's a thread of starter packs for marginalized authors across genres! since most of these are opt-in, I linked to the posts from the creators so new-to-bsky authors can request to be added. feel free to link to any that I've missed and I'll add them to the thread!

@wolfehorror.bsky.social drew my rat twink/shapeshifting menace Marsh 🥰 from inviolate, my erotic horror WIP

Good morning and happy (or whatever) first day back at work for a bunch of you! 2025 Lammys submissions are now open and considering LGBTQ+ books and plays published in 2024! View our submission guidelines to learn more: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy...

if you liked IN THE END, please don't be shy about it! tell your queer friends who love depressing books! leave a short review! offload it onto your therapist! all of the above! 🖤

found a real gem at the thrift store today, y'all

can you imagine being a dialogue-only reader? that's like licking the mayonnaise off a sandwich and claiming you ate the whole damn thing!!!!!

looks like it's time to reshare these again!

"became a new-age apostle in order to woo my mean bestfriend. the new girl from tennessee has weirdo charm and gave her bones for christmas, though, so now i have to destroy all three of us." #magnoliawip

Starting the year with an updated pitch for my YA queer Appalachian horror, White Trash Witchcraft "Southern inheritances are always dark—But when Sierra’s dad succumbs to something even stronger than his usual opioids, she must decide which monsters to slay and which to become"

i always hoped to find a cool spot in the woods like this when i was a kid 🪺🍂 #writingprompt

i went into dark mode expecting a few hundred downloads, and i am still speechless days later. thank you, thank you, thank you so much. you've made this debut author's heart explode 🖤🥺 #booksky

i went into dark mode expecting a few hundred downloads, and i am still speechless days later. thank you, thank you, thank you so much. you've made this debut author's heart explode 🖤🥺 #booksky

soft reminder that you can grab IN THE END, YOU KlLL US BOTH for free tomorrow during DARK MODE 🖤 #booksky

soft reminder that you can grab IN THE END, YOU KlLL US BOTH for free tomorrow during DARK MODE 🖤 #booksky

(batting my eyes) it's almost december 27th 🩸 #darkmodesyk #booksky

(batting my eyes) it's almost december 27th 🩸 #darkmodesyk #booksky

need a terror-themed christmas greeting card. wait. i need to MAKE a terror-themed christmas greeting card.

he's not doing press. they just caught him talking about rats

irony found dead in the gutter

HOZIER AT CAVENDISH? HELLO?

daydreaming about my top reads for DARK MODE WINTER while i wait for the 27th to come around ... 🕸️🖤 #writersky

ways to support indie and small press authors: (beyond the obvious of buying their books directly) - review their books on GoodReads, the StoryGraph, Romance io, the book retailers you get their books from, etc - recommend their work to like-minded friends or family

Regular reminder that if you can’t support your favorite creators financially, the next best thing is to support them through word of mouth and by leaving reviews! Even just a star rating on a sales page does worlds to boost visibility. Take 10 minutes today to review the stories you’ve read!