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Allen Kline 🚬
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Send me all your queer botanical-horror book recs 🌿

Soon to be querying #BADTHINGS

#YA #SPECULATIVE #CONTEMPORARY #LITERARY #PSYCHOLOGICAL
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Sammy is running from his mother's ghost, but there's only so many places to hide in his small town. When a charismatic newcomer shows up, he finds the escape he's been looking for – but the further Sammy's drawn from his family, the more the edges of reality begin to blur.
#Questpit #Agentguide #YA
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Didn't have "sixth," so I subbed for "six."
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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-Sixth-(sense)

Daniel takes Nathan to a sweat lodge and they both experience the same vision.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting #GayLove
#LGBTQ #Soulmates
The heat pressed in gently, then all at once. Nathan's breath slowed, sweat tracing the line of his spine. The world narrowed to pulse and darkness and the sound of breathing his own, and Daniel's beside him. "Stay close," Daniel murmured. Nathan nodded, though Daniel couldn't see it. Time loosened. At first it was only color behind Nathan's eyesembers, deep red, the suggestion of firelight. Then shapes began to form. Trees. Snow. A hand gripping another, knuckles white with effort. He swallowed. Daniel's breathing hitched. "I see them," Daniel whispered, voice unsteady. "Do you see them?" Nathan did not answer right away. A man knelt in the snow, dark hair braided tight, shoulders shaking as he held another against his chest. Blood soaked through wool. The air smelled of iron and pine. The man lifted his head. And looked straight at him. Nathan's heart lurchednot with fear, but with certainty. "Yes," he said softly. "I see them." The vision shifted. Fire again. Hands clasped. A word spoken low, carried more in breath than sound "Stay." The heat eased, slowly. The darkness lightened. When they emerged from the lodge, the night air felt impossibly cool. Daniel sat heavily on the ground, head in his hands. Nathan knelt beside him without thinking, one hand settling between Daniel's shoulders. "They were real," Daniel said. Not a question. Nathan nodded. "They still are." Daniel looked up at him then, eyes bright with tears and something steadier beneath it. "You knew." "I've known for a while," Nathan said. "I just didn't have proof." Daniel exhaled, leaning forward until their foreheads touched. "Then we carry it," Daniel said. "The story. Them." Nathan closed his eyes. "Together." They stayed like that for a long moment, the past still warm against their skinnot haunting, not demanding. Just remembered. They didn't speak right away. The night wrapped around them, cool and grounding after the heat. Somewhere nearby, someone laughed too far away to intrude. Daniel finally broke the silence. "I didn't bring you here to... convince you of anything." Nathan smiled faintly. "I know." Daniel hesitated, then added, "I just didn't want to be alone with it anymore." Nathan turned to him then, really looked at him. "Neither did I." Daniel's breath caught—not sharply, just enough to notice. Nathan shifted closer, their knees touching. He didn't move away this time. "I've spent my life studying things that are gone," Nathan said softly. "And tonight, for the first time, it didn't feel like loss."
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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#WIPSnips

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Okay, okay, that's gross.
Word of the day. Except. WIP. Seven Hours.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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February 5th - "except."
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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smoking-gnu.bsky.social
G'morning #WIPSnips. So... since we're back on Cavern Clipper, I might as well bite the bullet and start snipping the parts I previously danced around. This was the only mention of perish in the WIP.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
“The problem revolves around what I was. Minyarian, neither male nor female, a position of honour and leadership amongst my people. One who is not beholden to the flame of passion of either. Our status amongst our people is one of cool guidance… and of restoring the balance should it be needed.” “What does that mean?” Yvonne asked. “That means that if an undue number of our people were to perish for some reason, such as disease or excessive predation in the caverns, we would take our place in balancing the scales. In whichever direction is needed,” Nyxel explained. The assembled crew were silent, still digesting the words. “We see it as a great honour and do so willingly, so as to ensure that a great harm is healed for my people when necessary. However, it is done out of necessity. To chose to do so for personal preference is… frowned upon by my people. Severely so.”
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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📣 Mark your calendars!!!📣 #QueerPit returns for its 4th pitch event on JULY 1ST, 2026

We are extending Pride Month 🌈 by one more day 🙌 to platform 2SLGBTQIA+ authors

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January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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In LOVE HITS BIG, a free-spirited roller derby skater crashes unexpectedly into love with a man who is on a collision course to demolish the animal shelter she runs.

This novel is for people who love steamy sports romance and romantic comedies with sharp banter.

#questpit #W #A #R
Agent's Guide to: Love Hits Big by Dana Ripley Adult/Contemporary/Rom-Com @danaripleywrites Background: Pink to yellow gradient background color Image: Cartoon roller skates w/ legs in fishnet stockings Janey Pfeiffer, better known as Daisy Chainsaw, cares about two things in life—roller derby and running the Little Paws animal rescue. After meeting the straight-laced Alan Monroe at a Fireball-fueled roller derby after party, she invites him for a one-night stand. Their encounter turns into a full-blown situationship, and Janey falls harder for Alan than from a brutal hip check on the derby track. When Alan’s determination to save his family construction business puts him on a collision course with the struggling Little Paws, Janey must decide whether to sacrifice her heart as she races to save the animals she loves. @danaripleywrites Background: pink to yellow gradient Images: legs in fishnet stockings w/ roller skates COMPS Odd Couple Vibes: People we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Humor and Emotion: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez Fur friends helping humans fall in love: Pardon my Frenchie by Farrah Rochon Roller derby vibes and empowerment: Leave it on the Track by Margot Fisher and Whip It @danaripleywrites Background: Pink to yellow gradient Images: Legs with fishnet stockings, wearing roller skates Tropes/Vibes Banging into love Bisexual FMC MMC falls first (and fast) Opposites attract (dive bar vibes vs country club vibes) Friends-with-benefits with a splash of fake dating Fighting to save what they love Chosen family @danaripleywrites background: pink to yellow gradient images: Roller skate image instead of bullet points for trope list
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social
I invite you for a 20-sec look into:

A woman who can't remember the accident.
A mind she no longer trusts. 
A deep-dive into Paris.
A lioness.
A blind man who helps her see the truth.

But only if she's brave enough to see herself for the first time again. 
#questpit #Q #A #DIS
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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bettebergeron.bsky.social
It's #QuestPit Day! 🖊️

Ready to query.. SEA CURSER (Adult Speculative)

What ancient evil waits off Maine's iconic coastline... 🌊

⏺️Closed-Setting
🌲Remote Island
🤬Ancient Curses
🧜‍♀️Folklore & Coastal Mythology
🙏Loss & Reconciliation

#A #S #Q #agentsguide #amquerying #writesky #writingcommunity
Poster for Sea Curser (Speculative Adult Fiction, 76,000 words) Themes and Tropes: Closed-Setting, Folklore, Contemporary, Mythical Creatures, Loss & Reconciliation, Remote Island, Maine, Women's Retreat, Ancient Curses Summary: What ancient evil resides within Rose Bluff Island’s iconic pink granite? Hoping to decompress after the death of her mother, Nan attends a retreat at an idyllic Maine Inn. But nothing has prepared her for the arrival of Faye, who claims she is Nan’s half-sister. As she struggles to navigate her relationship with Faye—and the back-stabbing women at the retreat—a series of dramatic events occurs. Connectivity is severed. The island’s causeway disappears. And the island drifts out to sea. When guests vanish, and Faye is attacked by a beast, Nan is warned of a cursed Creature of the sea. But the Creature is not the only one on the island who is cursed…
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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bettebergeron.bsky.social
I'm loving the creative posters for today's #QuestPit!

Sharing my #agentsguide for THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS, an adult upmarket novel w/ elements of suspense.

🌲Maine Setting
👨‍👧Found Family
🏫Academic Couple
🔏Generational Secrets
😦Family Obsessions

#amquerying #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky
Poster for the adult upmarket fiction novel, THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS Themes & Tropes: Remote Island, Found Family, Amateur Sleuths, Academic Couple, Twainian Wisdom, Generational Secrets, Obsessions Summary: Deposited in a mail slot and raised by a moose—that’s how Esidora describes her unorthodox childhood growing up on Maine’s rugged coastline. Now a perpetual astrophysics doctoral student living in Chicago with her fiancé Tremblay (a Twain scholar), returning to Maine is the last thing on her mind… until she’s notified of her Aunt Beverly’s unexpected death back on Baribeau Island and the stunning news she’s a co-heir to her aunt’s estate. But as she returns to the remote island to probe for answers and confront her own secrets of the past, peculiar things begin to happen that put her own safety in jeopardy. When Tremblay unexpectedly arrives, the couple borrows from Tom Sawyer’s unique perspective as a fictional detective to unravel the startling family secret behind Beverly’s death.
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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BAD THINGS moodboard, quotes, and playlist.

DONNIE DARKO meets THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

#Agentguide #YA #LGBTQ+ #PSYCHOLOGICAL #CONTEMPORARY
January 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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A Body Full of Static is my current WIP.

It is a coming-of-age YA novel about a teenage girl’s desperate attempt to feel something new, her slide into addiction, and the fight it takes to claw her way back out. #questpit #WIP #youngadultnovel
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #MY #Q
The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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When budget cuts threaten her dream job, new high school English teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her place. But when they start to bond through group projects and a work karaoke league, her heart—and her career—are on the line.

#QuestPit #A #R #Q
Hazy yellow themed moodboard with photos of books, an apple, various teaching-themed images, a karaoke microphone, and a cute pup!
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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DIVINE RIVALS/STRANGER THINGS
When plants take over the world & an eminent botanist ends up dead, a reporter persuades a rival plant hunter to seek the truth. But as they become entangled, & the victims pile up, they’ll need sharp secateurs to avoid being next.
#QuestPit #W #YA #NA #SFF
A mood board collage: Top row: a wooden doorway flanked by two trees; carnivorous plants; a moss covered tree trunk growing next to some classical architectural columns. Middle row: an axe resting in a tree stump; a narrow London street; a greenhouse with some overgrown cacti. Bottom row: Harry Richardson in Poldark wearing a blacksmith apron; a manor house covered in ivy; a young woman in a library wearing a beret and glasses staring thoughtfully into through a window.
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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presenting the #agentsguide for my adult queer gothic horror romance wip featuring:

🥀 angel summoning cult
🥀 corruption arc(s)
🥀 extremely unreliable narrator
🥀 it’s all a metaphor for ocd

the problem with angels is, sometimes, they talk back.

✨ready for betas in December 👀
#QuestPit #W #A #H
red wallpaper background, to the right is art by @nelsnote of a man looking up holding a bloody book, the light on him is coming from an angel wing and there are eyes in the dark behind him. he has an awestruck expression. to the left is, in gothic print, adult queer gothic horror romance, underneath that says ready for betas December 31, then under that the title forbidden fruits, with a honey drip underneath. to the left a red and black-themed moodboard: around the top border and right border: someone falling through red-tinged clouds; someone in white embracing a dark shadow with a halo behind them; someone standing at the top of some stairs, surrounded by giant red bulging eyes; a faded black and white photo style picture of a dark smudge shadow and the shape of someone hooking their head over the shadow’s shoulder, crying dark tears; red-toned painting of an angel with three eyes. The left space is occupied by a text image, gothic white on red, that reads ‘the problem with angels is sometimes they talk back’ over and over again. on top of that picture, picture of a painting of an eye with a large gold star growing in it. to the right, pitch written in gothic print. the pitch: why do you need an angel? according to the codex his teacher wrote, that’s the most important question to ask when summoning them. simon knows his answer: there’s someone he worships—the teacher he built a cult around—and he won’t stop until he has him. dark red wallpaper background. top left says comps, underneath are pictures of the covers for THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE by Caitlin Starling and EVOCATION by S.T. Gibson. under that is a cream coloured drawing of a wolf. top right says elements in gothic print. elements: angel summoning as dark magic, corruption arc, epistolary dual timeline, violent longing has consequences, Victorian secret societies, he’s not dead until I say so. to the left is an angel statue. dark red wallpaper background. top left says feedback so far in gothic print. feedback is snippets from discord, saying: 1. THE KIND OF LOVE THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT might be in the apocrypha BUT STILL. and arguably, arguably, God so loving the world he gave his one and only son IS HONESTLY THE KIND OF OBSESSION WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE I GET YOU. 2. I feel like I was completely ignorant of what horniness even is before I met Simon and his whole deal. like, Jesus Christ, that dude. 3. I need to eat the fruits they are too tempting and beautiful. In the centre is a statue of lucifer. on the right is snippet in gothic print. the snippet: “I miss you desperately. I toy with effigies and cannot make myself reshape you in wax or clay. it’s you I want”
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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notonlyicarus.bsky.social
celebrating #questpit with a new #agentguide !!
Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive.
🐊 RevPit 25 winner
🐊 big 5 editor interest
#Q #MG #H
green tree grove in the background. At the top, Green on black, it says KNOWING THE TWINS with an agent’s guide right underneath. lower left black paint swipe with green writing says: Upper MG Horror, multiple POVs, 1920s setting. lower right black paint swipe with green writing says: #RevPit 2025 winner, big 5 editor interest. dark green background, title says THE PITCH. on the left are two green moodboards. the top one has weeping willows reaching water, a hand reaching from a tree trunk, a lake surrounded by trees, hands reaching for each other, a house surrounded by trees and a lake, someone running out of sight in a maze, a lake surrounded by trees, candlesticks on tree branches, and a pier jutting out into water. The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads. on the left, over a white drawing of a crocodile: Summer, 1920. Eight children must play 14-year-old Alistair’s dangerous games, where understanding him may be the only way to outpace him—and escape the summer alive. How do you survive a puppet master when you’re his marionette? light green background, title at the bottom centre says THE COMPS with tree drawings on either side. at the top centre are three pictures of three book covers. THE WRONG WAY HOME by Kate O’Shaughnessy has an arrow saying “internally-driven conflict & revelatory abuse”. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding has an arrow saying “adult-free environment & emergency hierarchy”. NOT QUITE A GHOST by Anne Ursu has an arrow saying “psychological stakes”. dark green background. title in the top centre is THE THEMES. underneath is a list: abandonment, sibling opposites, parentification, reclaiming girlhood, dangers of a saviour complex, wanting to be closer to the monster, how to survive abuse, the ways fear transforms you, puberty a loss of freedom. behind the list is a drawing of a weeping willow. on the right is a drawing of a Manor House. on the left are drawings of an old 1920s phone, some berries and fire.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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maratearendel.bsky.social
Cover reveal for my queer gothic vampire novel Awaken, My Love.

He feels nothing. The vampire feels everything. The castle wants the rest.

Preorders are live.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6V8S6YQ

#coverreveal #transwriter #vampires
On a red and black background at the top it says cover reveal. The book cover for Awaken, My Love, written by Marat Earendel is underneath at the center. The illustrated cover shows a brown vampire with red eyes and shoulder length wavy black hair wearing antique black and white clothing while looking toward the viewer. He is holding a man in his hands. The man is pale with long beige hair wearing white and cream colored clothing. He is in profile, looking up and gripping the vampires shirt. There are split open pomegranates threaded through the burgundy title of the novel. In the background is a broken gothic window and at the bottom are chains. The cover is in shades of reds, browns, mauves and blacks. A red and black background with text that reads: He feels nothing. The vampire feels everything. The castle wants the rest. Astaire Bloom, an unfeeling man devoid of hope, takes a job in a remote castle under a mysterious employer. As sinister events unfold around him, he starts to feel things he thought himself incapable of. And the castle is hungry for it. To uncover the secrets buried within, he must endure more than he ever imagined. A black and red background with large read letters that say Awaken, My Love. Below it says: March 2026. Pre-order now. Bleed later.
January 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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csmallswright.bsky.social
AMARI x LOKI

Kori, 12, finds herself stuck in a cryfest & painful menty b's after her mom dies

When a meteor opens a portal, doppelgängers chase her. Kori learns their fates are bound & her grief transcends the multiverse

Now, Kori must save herself — from herself!

#QuestPit #MG #S #SF #Q #POC
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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smbood.bsky.social
FOXGLOVE KING x SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE


Doubts of becoming a saint drip like blood through her dreams.

Images of ancient dragons and her father’s face awaken one last selfish desire within her: to find the truth of her father’s death before her blood spills on the altar.

#Q #F #RF #A #questpit
on the left is an image of an open book, and below that an image of an old wooden staircase. on top of both of those images is an image of a goddess statue. Next to that is an image of a silhouette of a girl holding up a sword. To the far right is an image of a girl draped in white with a lantern. There is a half circle golden disc across the top like the sun.
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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ginadobson.bsky.social
Generational dysfunction and a broken justice system forced me to choose between accepting a guilty charge and protecting my son from the man who said he was going to ruin my life. Luckily I learned some things in jail.

#Questpit #q #NF #M #OWN
Cover off The Glass Castle shows children playing outside. Cover of Orange is the New Black shows female inmates in prison bathroom stalls.
January 31, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
Coming soon to agent inboxes!

• • •

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

💫two exiled men (and their secrets)
💫one lunar prison (and its horrors)
💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit
BABEL ON CALLISTO Querying February 2025 @saraduranauthor sara.duran@bsky.social COMPS The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled “isolated research station” and “philosophical alien threat.” The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled “queer, visceral horror” and “love as a consuming force.” The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled “psychological unraveling” and “fracture under mission pressure.” PITCH “On a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.” TASTE “Neither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Elias’s imagination, the gore thinned into something vaster—the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
allenkline.bsky.social
Sammy is running from his mother's ghost, but there's only so many places to hide in his small town. When a charismatic newcomer shows up, he finds the escape he's been looking for – but the further Sammy's drawn from his family, the more the edges of reality begin to blur.
#Questpit #Agentguide #YA
January 31, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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trutherford.bsky.social
ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN: Speculative Fiction
A group of elementary teachers fight a charter takeover by playing a D&D game with real-life corollaries
For fans of The Grimoire Grammar School PTA, D20, and Roll for Romance
Vibes and scenes in this mood board
Querying Soon
#QuestPit #W #A #S #F
Moodboard for Anti-Charter Campaign with an apple for a teacher, an elementary school, a nametag that says "evil corp," a fistful of money, butterscotch candy, cheersing beers, ants, happy kids in a hall, a magic book, D&D dice, map of PA
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM