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Austin Bridges 💫
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Austin (they/them) ✨ 33 ✨ Queer SFF writer ✨ #1 rivals to lovers enthusiast

💎 #mazeboyswip
❄️ #arcticmonsterwip
🪐 #spacedadswip

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 4d
A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft.

🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze
💎 crystal-bending powers
❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince
💀 an underground cult
🐍 a giant snake
🐺 wolf-rider girls
🌎 cli-fi & anti-ai themes

#QuestPit #YA #SF #SFF #LGBT
A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the planet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images. Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.
austinbridges.bsky.social
haven’t even finished a whole scene/chapter of #spacedadswip yet but already kinda wanting to rewrite what i’ve written bc i don’t think it’s really working 😅 but perhaps i just need to let it sit for a bit lol
February 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
i realized i forgot to say it but thank you to everyone who supported my questpit pitches the other day! 🥺 it means a lot!! 🫶
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
might have accidentally (?) started a cult for the giant snake in my book 😈 her name is florenssse
Screenshot of two comments on Google docs. The comments say: Miranda: YESSSSSSS FLORENSSSSSSSSEEEEEE GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE MY QUEEN Noelle: SHE HAS RISEN!!!!! GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE (austin has accidentally started a giant snake cult by writing a story warning of the dangers of joining a giant snake cult)
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
a bit of a vent but i’m seeing more and more agent anti-mswls that say “no stories involving sentient AI/androids” me whose book centers around destroying an evil sentient AI: 😭😭😭😭
February 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
ATLANTIS x SHAPE OF WATER

a queer science fantasy monster romance ft.

❄️ a spooky arctic wasteland
🧪 a scientist haunted by his parents' murder
😈 a shapeshifter love interest
😱 an ancient evil on the verge of awakening

#QuestPit #A #F #SFF #LGBT #W
Commissioned art of my characters Lucian and Kjell. Lucian has light brown skin and short curly dark brown hair, brown eyes and round glasses. He is wearing a long sleeve white button down shirt with a brown vest over it, light brown pants, and brown boots. Kjell has pale skin, long white hair, and dark blue-gray eyes. He is wearing a loose-fitting long sleeved white shirt, black pants, and black boots. They are sitting side by side on the ground. Lucian is holding a book with one hand and gesturing enthusiastically with the other as he speaks. Kjell has an arm around Lucian and is smiling fondly. A moodboard with blue hues and a scratched texture. Images include: an octagonal window on a ceiling, several images of ice floes in the arctic, a gold pocket watch, a white bat-like wing, northern lights, and two hands reaching for each other.
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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MANDALORIAN x TRUE GRIT x WAYFARERS

🤠 space western vibes
👽 two criminal dads accidentally adopting an alien child
🤖 mecha
💔 teenage rivals to lovers to enemies to begrudging allies to ??? 😳

#QuestPit #A #SF #LGBT #W
A moodboard with orange and pink undertones and a starry overlay. The images include: a desert with mountains in the distance, a rocketship racing through a cloudy sky, a shooting star in a purple sky over a dark landscape, a close-up of a high-tech structure that looks like part of a ship or robot, a silhouette of a man standing in front of a starry sky, a red-toned image of the moon in the night sky, a small dead tree in the middle of a desert, a little girl sleeping on her side with tiny gold stars in her hair and scattered around her, a close-up of the jets of a rocket. Commissioned art of my characters Jiran and Levi. Jiran has pale skin, long black hair in a braid, and a gold earring. He is wearing a red kerchief around his neck, and a brown jacket with glowing blue markings on the shoulders and sleeves. He is carrying a futuristic looking blaster with glowing markings on it. Levi has slightly tanned skin and sandy blond hair. He is wearing a reddish orange jacket with glowing blue markings on the collar and waist. He is holding two futuristic looking pistols with glowing markings on them. They are standing back to back, looking over their shoulders at each other and smirking.
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft.

🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze
💎 crystal-bending powers
❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince
💀 an underground cult
🐍 a giant snake
🐺 wolf-rider girls
🌎 cli-fi & anti-ai themes

#QuestPit #YA #SF #SFF #LGBT
A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the planet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images. Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
scheduled a few pitches for questpit, excited for tomorrow to see what everyone else comes up with!!! 🥰
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Reposted by Austin Bridges 💫
rsagarcia.bsky.social
In a twist that will surprise no one who's been against this plagiarism machine from the beginning, turns out AI doesn't 'learn' shit.

It stores info, accesses it as needed, and AI companies just lied about it.

So now can we stop pretending stealing is progress?

removepaywalls.com/https://www....
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/ai-memorization-research/685552/
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January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
edited a whole chapter of #mazeboyswip yesterday!! hoping i can keep up this energy 😤
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Austin Bridges 💫
cjsubko.bsky.social
Explaining #querying to my non-writer friend.
When will you know? Sometime between tomorrow and a year from now
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
austinbridges.bsky.social
some writing goals for 2026! i may have already started on some of these 🫣
Black text in a white box against a background of pine trees covered in snow. There are large sparkles surrounding the text box. The text reads: 2026 Writing Goals • Do another round of PoD edits • Query??? • Start writing Space Dads WIP! • Continue drafting Arctic Monster WIP • Write 120k words (~10k words per month) • Start newsletter • Write whatever brings me joy!
January 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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i’m trying something i’ve never really tried before with #spacedadswip and writing it out of chronological order 😳 i feel a bit intimidated by it but also it feels good to be drafting something new again
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
this is so jiran & levi during their academy era 😆 #spacedadswip
A tumblr post from user one-time-i-dreamt. The text reads: I really hated this girl in my class and we kept exchanging notes with various threats of violence on them but then on a Zoom call I saw that she kept a bunch of them pinned on her wall with little hearts around them and I got the biggest crush on her after that.
January 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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it’s literally them 🥹
Grayscale art on a light blue background. The art is of Ren and Micah, two teenage boys who are both wearing futuristic armor. Ren has his hair in a half-ponytail and Micah’s hair is short and cut in an undercut. Ren is grinning and winking and has an arm around Micah, who is frowning and crossing his arms but blushing a little.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
austinbridges.bsky.social
A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft.

🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze
😈 evil AI
💎 crystal-bending powers
❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince
💀 an underground cult
🐍 a giant snake
🐺 wolf-rider girls
🌎 cli-fi themes

#QuestPit #YA #SF #SFF #LGBT
A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the planet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images. Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
me packing for a trip like: ok i need to bring my kindle with 100 books on it and also bring 3 physical books and also download several volumes of manga on my ipad and-
October 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Austin Bridges 💫
bethphelan.bsky.social
#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl
Announcement: I will reopen to unsolicited submissions for the first week of every month starting in November! I’m only looking for YA + MG fiction. I am particularly hungry for debut voices! Also: - high-stakes plots about liars, scams, etc - fresh grounded dystopian with personal stakes - smart, cutting social commentary - meta shit and big twists - multigenerational stories - anything with a unique/risky approach or voice - ugly underbellies! gallt & zacker literary agency querytracker.net/query/querybeth www.bethphelan.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
anyone reading anything good for spooky month? 👻 i recently read diavola by jennifer thorne which i loved, and currently (finally) reading bury our bones in the midnight soil by v.e. schwab which is super fun so far!
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
i’ve seen others share some DVpit stats so i will too: i received 50 lovely comments across 6 pitches (and 1 agent like! 😱) thanks again so much to everyone who supported me, it means a lot & i have met some wonderful friends thanks to this event! 🫶
austinbridges.bsky.social Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · Oct 8
A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft.

👑 flirty thief MC / grumpy prince LI
🌌 a sentient maze
💀 an underground cult
🐍 a giant snake
🐺 badass wolf-rider girls
🌎 cli-fi themes
💎 forget healing crystals—these crystals will mess up your vibes so bad

#DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV
A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the plannet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images. Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.
October 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
the biggest THANK YOU to everyone who supported my DVpit pitches today! it truly makes my heart happy seeing so much enthusiasm for my book 🥹 i also loved seeing everyone else's pitches and have met so many cool people thanks to this event. hope we can all keep in touch!! 🫶
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
austinbridges.bsky.social
A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft.

🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze
😈 evil AI
💎 crystal-bending powers
❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince
💀 an underground cult
🐍 a giant snake
🐺 wolf-rider girls
🌎 cli-fi themes

#DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
austinbridges.bsky.social
YA BROKEN EARTH x THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US

Ren, a telekinetic crystal miner (and part-time thief), must join a hot-headed prince on a deadly mission: destroy the rogue AI controlling a maze at the center of their planet, before it spreads and destroys the world.

#DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
💎 Ren: a telekinetic crystal miner (and part-time thief)

👑 Micah: a prince struggling to live up to his dead brother’s legacy

Their mission: Destroy a rogue AI before it causes a sentient labyrinth to consume their planet. But first, they’ll need to trust each other.

#DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV
a moodboard with a bright blue and purple color scheme. images include a hand holding up a crystal, a tunnel with glowing lines along its walls, a cluster of blue crystals, the surface of a planet shown from outer space, an image of a maze shown from above, a cavern with a low ceiling, light shining through an opening into an underground space, two hands with glowing blue dust between them, a dark tunnel with a glowing blue glow at its end. Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
austinbridges.bsky.social
reposting my first pitch since it went up when tags weren’t working 😅😅
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM