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B. Hart 🏳️‍🌈🔪
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Queer bog creature. (They/Them) I usually write some combo of spooky, speculative, or sexy. I'm published in 10+ places under a different pen name.

Currently editing my trans/gay Frankenstein retelling "Ought to Be Thy Adam".
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B. Hart 🏳️‍🌈🔪 @bhartwrites.bsky.social · 2d
Heya #bluepit 📖

I’m working with an editor on my queer/trans Frankenstein retelling “Ought to Be Thy Adam”. I’ll be seeking representation later this year. Here’s a nibble:

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rage & remaking
🏳️‍🌈 Queer (✝️) guilt
🪡 Late-1800s surgery
🚂 European tour from hell

#W #LGBT #OV #TR #H #SP #HS #D #A
bhartwrites.bsky.social
The last one killed me.
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Very funny that your editing house specifically should comment on this. I'm sending you a DM. 👀
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Keep it! The economy is in tatters! 🫳💰
January 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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arachnereid.bsky.social
When marauders menace her village, an empath-scholar leads an odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a rumored key to peace, before her people are obliterated.

Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built

🔮 #EarthMagic
🌪️ #CliFi
🌷 #Hopepunk
#F #BluePit📖 #SP #Q #BluePit
Long after the dust settles, what will grow from the rubble? Seven generations after collapse, oceans have reclaimed coasts and civilization’s remains are rotting back to the earth. Extreme climate and violent humans threaten a peaceful community hidden in the Green Mountains. Niwa, a gifted yet timid young empath-scholar, is prompted by group vision to lead a perilous and mystical quest to retrieve a rumored key to peace. Using unique psychic gifts, archaic technology, and nature-based survival skills, Niwaju’s group traverses a depopulated but healing landscape to save their people from impending doom. The travelers draw upon their survival skills, varying levels of control over their own unique psychic gifts, and residual tech artifacts, encountering diverse, unique characters on crumbling highways and swollen rivers through the mountains of Appalachia, moody swamplands of “New New Orleans”, and the Rocky Mountains. As she finds her inner resilience, Niwa’s mission becomes about more than saving her People from destruction; it offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change. Incorporating mindfulness, sustainability, earth based magic, and wilderness skills, this tarot-themed journey offers a vision of hope, transformation, and growth in a narrative adventure guide to thriving civilization’s aftermath, with surprising twists. a hand drawn map of a route across a sea-risen US, superimposed over a background of hopeful leaves sprouting from trees in an sunset sky over the Earth elemental magic visions survival skills climate fiction #clifi indigenous futurism plant medicine meditation wilderness permaculture neotribalism community backpacking post-apocalyptic hopepunk
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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theeldervampire.bsky.social
What do a grieving witch, a vengeful hunter, and a closeted gay farmer's son have in common?
When a Puritanical cult threatens their lives, duty, loyalty, and magic collide as they must help each other survive.

"The Witch of Eden Hollow," a 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 queer fantasy romance.
#BluePit📖
#W #A #F #R #TR #LGBT
A mood board with square dimensions and nine images surrounded by dark brown borders. In the center is a ruddy brown title card bubble where the title, "The Witch of Eden Hollow" is the focus with the caption, "by G.T. Anthony" is written below it in a smaller font. Images starting from left to right, top to bottom: 1. a tree with mushrooms growing on it with deep brown tones to the images 2. A patch of white daisies 3. An autumn forest floor backdrop with thin, pale arms touching the leaves towards the center of the image. 4. An autumn forest background with bare trees and leaves littering the forest floor. There is a stream running through said forest. 5. A darker image of an empty church with pews placed at the left and right edges leading towards the center. 6. A close-up of autumn leaves. 7. A grayscale photo of a person wearing dark pants and leather boots walking down a stone walkway. They're wearing a dark cape that billows behind them. 8. A close-up silhouetted photo of a couple leaned close and about to kiss. One of them has their hand caressing the other's chin. 9. A close-up of a rainy forest floor with a puddle at the center of the image. Character sheet for Inquisitor T. Sterling, from The Witch of Eden Hollow The background is a photograph of deciduous trees in a dense forest. Character art from a picrew by crowesn picturing a heavyset white man with brown eyes and brown hair on his head and beard. Character profile: feat. trans pride flag and masc-loving masc pride heart, he/him pronouns Age: 43 Hometown: Sutton Occupation: Witch Hunter Loves: His family, his job Fears: That everything he'd done was for nothing. He's the most prolific hunter this side of the world, and he'll stop at nothing to rid it of magic. Excerpt: Sterling lit a candle once he was in his empty home, only packing what he needed. He hoped that he would not be gone for long. There was still work to be done. He rifled through his belongings and sat on the bed, gathering one last item. It was a woven trinket made of branches. Such an item could even dub himself as a blasphemer, but it was one of the last items from his past that he possessed before converting. He could not part with it. It held too much weight. Sterling pressed it to his lips before setting it into his pack, sighing... ...These good people were truly in harm's way, left to languish at the hands of such a foul creature. He would not stand for it. He would not hesitate to help. Come the end of the month, that witch would be good as dead. In the bottom right corner is an Anti-GenAI symbol Character sheet for Elias, from The Witch of Eden Hollow The background is a photograph an autumnal forest floor. Character art from a picrew by crowesn picturing a thin white man with pointed ears, long black hair, and gray eyes. He has green flecks on his forehead, cheeks, and shoulders. Character profile: feat. trans and demisexual pride flags, he/him pronouns Age: ~400 Hometown: The Elder Grove Occupation: Forest Guardian Loves: Nature, Sage (his cat), Mother Earth (his goddess) Fears: Death, Being alone His life is tied to the Elder Grove. Unfortunately, things have been in a steep decline, as of late, which is detrimental to his health. Excerpt: "This is the northern border." Elias was looking towards the mountain range. "The forest's natural end is here. So many acres had been lost over the centuries, but here?" He took a breath of the clean air. "This place has always remained untouched." "I've never seen anything like it," Sterling gasped. "And you never will." He looked over. "Perhaps it will help you learn to appreciate magic better." He rolled his eyes. "Magic has nothing to do with this view. These are all common occurrences in nature." "You take 'magic' too literally." Elias went over to one of the trees that grew right near the edge of the cliff. He leaned against the trunk. "Magic is not just whatever you think witches conjure up. It's a feeling. It can bring joy. It can give you a new perspective. It can be beautiful... "...It breathes new life into a world that takes it for granted." The witch sighed, lowering his hand. "It breaks my heart to see so many want to destroy it." In the bottom right corner is an Anti-GenAI symbol Character sheet for Avery Miller, from The Witch of Eden Hollow The background image is a photograph of a patch of daisies. Character art from a picrew by crowesn picturing a thin white man with long black hair tied back in a ponytail, freckles, and gray eyes. Character profile: feat. gay pride flag and masc-loving masc pride heart, he/him pronouns Age: 20 Hometown: Eden Hollow Occupation: Farmer Loves: His father and brothers, and he loves his partner, Tristan Lowell Fears: Being outed. His life is tied to the Elder Grove. And it's the strangest thing. Plants seem to grow better around him. Excerpt: Despite his desperate prayers, [Avery] felt more comfort holding onto a tree than he ever did whispering to a figment that everyone insisted watched over him. As his burnt hand pressed against the bark, his breath caught in his throat. Something pulsed and thrummed under his palm. His fingers began to itch. It startled him, but it also brought him a sense of peace. This was tangible. This, he could believe in. He soothed his thumb over the bark and rested his cheek against the trunk. "I wish I could stay here for all my days," he whispered, a sad smile on his face. "If only Eden Hollow would ever love me like you do." He shivered when the thrumming under his palm grew stronger. It was in time with the beating of his heart. Startled, Avery pulled back, looked down at his hand, and removed his bandages. The burns and blisters were gone. There was no trace of them, like it had never happened. In the bottom right corner is an Anti-GenAI symbol
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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straith.ca
*slaps cover of EVERY YEAR THE SUMMER* this one's got everything:

💞MFM triad romance
😢sad wet bi trans man MC
⛈️climate change=horror
😶‍🌫️the fae are invisible & unknowable
🦌weird AF deer
🌌hallucinatory time loop bullshit

GREEN KNIGHT x THE EVERLASTING, querying Feb 2026.

#bluepit📖 #A #F #W #TR #LGBT
a brightly coloured collage of medieval figures cut out from various public domain illustrations, overlaid on a black and white background photo showing "Gallos", a statue at Tintagel, with an obscured face. the overlaid figures, clockwise from top left: a mysterious hooded figure holding a hand to its mouth, in yellow; a beheaded knight astride a horse, holding aloft his own head - but as a bundle of greenery; a sorceress in a leaf-patterned shawl with her face obscured, in red; a man with obscured face in a tunic and breeches (in green) astride a sun-themed horse (in pink). in the middle there is a woman brushing her long dark hair, in blue, above the words "Sir Gawain the Son of XXX, King of XXX", where the Xs represent inkblots.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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enbyemu.bsky.social
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Hellooo, #BluePit '26! I'm new to this event, so let's see if I can get the tags right...

I'm Benjamin Robinson (they/she), an (as yet) unpublished #TR #LGBT #OV author! I create character-driven #F, #SP, & Contemporary fiction for #A readers & have 3 #W - details below!

#bluepit📖 #writesky
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Oh that's some good shit 😙👌. Truly, using SFF/spec fiction to delve into darker topics or pain is so good.
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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faindriart.bsky.social
A trans monster hunter and a disguised princess must team up to solve a murder mystery while trying not to fall for each other. ⚔️

Starting revisions next month!

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #W #A #F #TR #ND #LGBT
Fake cover for my WIP novel, Shrike & Thorn. Features a blue/purple color palette. Narok stands in the foreground, holding a sword, while Kas is in the background as a mysterious silhouette. Shrike & Thorn Mood board -- it includes my portraits art of the MCs, swords, magic, and green-yellow-neutral tones.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
🥰 Thank you so much! The monster's POV is very 🔪, while Viktor's is delulu twink central.
January 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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dresdencodak.com
#portfolioday

I'm Senna Diaz: independent cartoonist by day... and night! I paint every giant page of my comic series Dark Science because I am insane. If you like lesbians, cyberpunk, surreal humor, anti-capitalism, or just obsess over theme park design philosophy, check it out! dresdencodak.com
dresdencodak.com Sen ⚢ @dresdencodak.com · Nov 28
Hello new followers, my name's Sen and I make comics! If you want to check out Dark Science, my queer cyberpunk series that's sort of "Metropolis + Ghost in the Shell + Discworld", you can read the whole thing here! dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/d...
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Haha, thanks! 😂 I love comedy but am cursed to toil in the serious, gothic horror mines. Have to let it out somewhere.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Me grabbing your gorgeous art in return
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
That's simply a sign of good taste. ☺️
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
😀Totally not at all Viktor carting his new creation across Europe to showcase his research to the medical community in order not to be disbarred from practicing. And totally not at all ignoring the growing signs that his creation is NOT okay with being a woman. Nope.😀
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
@adriaan.braevitae.com Here was my final post, now with ALT text! Thanks for the reminder.
January 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Ever look at Frankenstein and think "Man, I wish this was queer"? Well, you're in luck! In "Ought to Be Thy Adam":

Frankenstein's creation? 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Viktor Frankenstein?🏳️‍🌈
Henry Clerval? 💗💜💙
Margaret Walton? 🏳️‍🌈
Robert Walton? 🏳️‍🌈
Saf (Safie)? 🏳️‍🌈
Felix? 🏳️‍🌈

#bluepit 📖 #W #LGBT #OV #TR #H #SP #HS #D #A
Project title "Ought to Be Thy Adam" with the follow description: "In 1897, after studying corpses and toying with electricity, medical student Viktor has created the man from his darkest, shameful desires. Except guilt forces him to make one final adjustment: female parts. As his new creation gains sentience while vivisected during Viktor's university tour and begins to chafe under Viktor's thumb, a violent death and disobedience leads the monster to make himself into the man he was always meant to be." Below are three square images in a line that function as a mood board. One is of art of a long-haired person tearing out breast tissue, the middle image is of surgical tools, and the final image has a drawn skull with text.
January 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Oh my god, apologies! I completely forgot. 😅 I'll be posting a different post but with the same image (WITH ALT TEXT THIS TIME! 🫣)
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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emmajuned.bsky.social
“Why do SKIN DOLLS play the same venue night after night?”
“I heard they play even if it’s empty, man”
“That’s just weird. And they have that story about the demon?”
“Yeah! Yeah! The music keeps it asleep!”
*checks social media*
“Oh shit! Fi walked?”
“😨They broke up?”
#bluepit📖 #NA #H #W #ND #LGBT
Illustration of a girl on guitar at a concert. By Eric Bautz
January 13, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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lilithwrites.bsky.social
PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#BluePit📖 #A #H #W #LGBTQIA+ #DIS #WF #ND #OV
An agent’s guide to "Dissonance" An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy Comps Include: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter - Protective sister dynamic - Prior trauma/haunted by the past - Paranoia Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Domestic thriller - Complicated family dynamics - Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - Imperfect victims - FMC who isn’t believed by men An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women: - Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyle’s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before it’s too late. Tropes: Unreliable narrator Unhinged women Small Town/Insulated community Secrets dragged to the surface Past haunts the present
January 13, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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emiliayoung.bsky.social
#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSub 2026!)

Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe?

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #R #M
#DIS #LGBT #OV #OS
Editor’s Guide To: The Things We Run For YA Drama Mystery with Romance 94k Words Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media 4/13/1995 Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden. What we know: -Runaway in Hiding -Fake Identity (turned real identity) -Mental Health Rep -Genderfluid and Pan Rep -Found Family -90s Small-Town Nostalgia At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys 6/23/1995 “The Hills have Eyes” There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy at a school desk, writing something into a notebook. In the bottom right, it says Going on submission in 2026
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
“Then make me whole. Take away my anger and I’ll weather the shame with you. I am not your bride, not your monster. I ought to be thy Adam. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆.”

TRANS/GAY FRANKENSTEIN RETELLING

🏳️‍⚧️🖤🏳️‍🌈

#bluepit 📖 #W #LGBT #OV #TR #H #SP #HS #D #A #bluepit
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Old man yaoi? Count me in. 😂🤣
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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esteemedbastard.bsky.social
Vampire Hunter D X ZOMBIELAND

When vampire mercenary Luther Wolfrang was sent to the zombie-infested town of Hope's Ridge, he didn't expect survivors.

GETAWAY FROM HOPE'S RIDGE has:

🪙Heists
💀Zombies
🩸Vampires
🏹Fight couple
🏳️‍⚧️Transman MC
🐎Rootin' shootin' cowboys

#W #TR #A #HS #SF #R #Bluepit📖
A collage of seven images. The top image is a screenshot of a tumblr post from fanghusband which reads "not all of us can be elegant vampires, some of us have to be dumbasses." Below that are three photos, which left to right are a hand reaching into a chest of silver coins, a cowboy riding a horse at dusk, and zombie hands trying to pry open a pair of barn doors. The bottom three pictures below that are a pair of pistols, a bonfire at night, and eagle feathers.
January 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM
bhartwrites.bsky.social
Thank you ☺️! I was super jazzed when I figured the title out, haha.
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM