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Bree Buonomo
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she/her. horror & fantasy writer. therapist. witch. reader. nerd. enfj. 🌈
AKA Bea Lapka
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Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6
Vampires prey on the vulnerable and forgotten, and Casey is their best meal yet. But if Casey can overcome her trauma to earn a 2nd chance at life, she might be able to escape the clutches of the obsessive vampires.
#questpit #Q #A #H
#agentsguide
breebwrites.bsky.social
Jeni’s class is SO worth it. Up to date info, community support, and valuable exercises to take your query package to the next level!!
The best beta testing experience I’ve had!
jenichappelle.bsky.social Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 14d
My 4-wk querying intensive, OUT OF THE TRENCHES, is here!

The next novel you query CAN be different. There’s no magic wand, just experience, successful traditionally published clients, and a nearly compulsive need to teach people what I know.

Book by Nov 1 and save!

www.jenichappelleeditorial.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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zillawrites.bsky.social
We need more books with

🩸 a cult of cannibalistic widows
🩸 sweet tea and ground bone cakes
🩸 toxic reunion of childhood best friends
🩸 diseases that rot livestock from the inside out
🩸 barn dances and human sacrifices

#amwriting #folkhorror
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
breebwrites.bsky.social
HOUSE OF HUNGER x SO THIRSTY Casey barely survives the everyday horrors of a druggie mom + bank account in the red, but when a drug deal goes wrong, she's bitten. Rescued by a vampire, charming & aloof, Casey realizes she might be trading one trauma for another.
#DVPit #A #H #lgbt #own
October 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
Casey takes care of her drug-addicted mother and suffers her own vices. When a vampire whisks Casey away from a drug deal gone bad, she eagerly goes with him. But when Casey realizes she's traded one vice for another, she must determine how far she will go to cut them all out for good
#DVPit #A #H
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
AN EDUCATION IN MALICE x HOUSE OF HUNGER
Casey knows 2 things, drugs and trauma, when a 3rd problem arises: vampires. Bitten & promised a second chance, Casey accepts her savior’s invitation. But her vampire hero turns captor and Casey learns that monsters have many faces.
#DVPit #A #H #lgbt
October 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
Drowning in drugs & trauma, Casey wants out of her disenchanted life. When a vampire saves her from a drug deal gone wrong, she blindly follows. Yet her new life has only traded one vice for another. She must rid of all her vices or be fated to follow in her mother’s footsteps.
#DVPit #A #H
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
AN EDUCATION IN MALICE x HOUSE OF HUNGER x SO THIRSTY

🧛‍♀️ Vampires
⛰️ Pennsylvania Appalachia
💀 Toxic relationships
❤️‍🩹 Healing from trauma
💉 Breaking cycles
⛏️ Mining history
💜 Ace rep
🩸 “Be careful in the company of monsters that you don’t become one.”

#DVPit #A #H #lgbt #own
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
22yo Casey is sick of being her mother’s rescuer when she can’t even save herself from drugs & trauma. So when she’s rescued by a vampire, it’s a new beginning. Except her vices are the same, masked in a pretty face. Casey must end all of her vices if she wants a true 2nd chance at life
#DVPit #A #H
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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jundlife.bsky.social
Dune 2 X The Unbroken

In a city under siege those born with psychic powers are conscripted to defend their home. Sylin answers the call while Naraha resists...until he is forced to become the monster he fears.
And visions of threatening 'Strangers' are increasing.
#agentsguide #amquerying #writesky
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
breebwrites.bsky.social
Name: Bree
Current read: Horror Movie
Last show: Chainsaw Man
Last film: Weapons
Fav book this year: Sunrise on the Reaping
Fav watch this year: Sinners
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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racquelk.bsky.social
Here is my Q4 goals for the Bitter End of 2025!

I am already one week into this quarter and I've crossed off two tasks off of my list!
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
breebwrites.bsky.social
#BitterEndChallenge update!
Knocked out two goals at the end of September and I’m almost done with my brainstorm for my new novel!
I’ll be pitching my vampire book tomorrow for DVPit but that doesn’t mean I’m not excited to write something new 👀 do we want teasers for my new project?
#amwriting
October 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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kjsilver.bsky.social
Haven't been on here much BUT I'm taking part of @zillawrites.bsky.social & @breebwrites.bsky.social Q4 challenge. I'm getting an early start bc I have a dental surgery on oct 1st (ugh)

Had to add my cozy witchy vibes to the template inspired by Project Clouds☁️& lil cameo by @racquelk.bsky.social
Bitter end Q4 challenge: New project: - Read through & reverse outline - Go through Racquel's comments on draft 1 Querying: - Research US agents (20) - Send 30 more queries Cozy Magic Movies (to watch): - Halloween Town - The Witches of Eastwick Reading: - Legends & Lattes - Rewitched Social Media: - Something that will only happen if I can master all my delulu energy Personal curriculum: - Finish "On writing", Stephen King - Finish Save the Cat
September 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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zillawrites.bsky.social
The new Agent's Guide to
MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project.

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At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable.
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MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR pitch MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR comps and tropes MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR first page
September 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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annahirsch.bsky.social
it's a beautiful day for a #fullrequestfriday... 👀
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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phenomenapress.bsky.social
Open call for submissions!

Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters

Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻

Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th

paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co
🌈📚🪐💙
Image reads: Open call for submissions. Seeking aro/ace paranormal short stories for an upcoming anthology project! Submission period: September 15 - November 30 2025 There is a website link: paranormal-aspecs.carrdd.co/ There are three photos, one of a smoky figure, one of a hand against a pane of glass, and a foggy forest Image reads: What we're looking for Stories that centre asexual and aromantic characters (or identities that fall under those umbrellas) in a paranormal context. Give us your ghosts and ghouls, your werewolf packs and vampire covens, the things that hide beneath the bed and between the trees. Image reads: Submission Guidelines Word Count: 2,000-7,500 words Submission Period: Sept 15-Nov 30 Stories must feature aspec characters and contain some aspect of paranormal or speculative fiction Submission Guidelines: Please email your submission to phenomenapress@gmail.com with '[STORY TITLE] - Aspec Paranormal Anthology' in the subject line Include: name, email address, WIP title, word count and short synopsis For more info: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co/
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
For the 4th quarter, I’m going to accomplish my goals out of SPITE and I’d love for you to join me!
I’m doing the #BitterEndChallenge with @zillawrites.bsky.social and here are my goals!
I’ll also post an editable template for you to add your own goals and the YouTube video!
#amquerying #amwriting
September 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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victoriajayneoh.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to 99 Ways To Get Ex-Spelled (Without Committing Murder), a YA Satirical Dystopian Fantasy

#writesky #litagents #ya #writingcommunity #amwriting
99 ways to get exspelled without committing murder nuclear desert with schooldesks The pitch Anarchocommunist, OCD-ridden Posey Peabody has been drafted into the American Army Academy for Powerful Witches. By entry stats she’s the Winner--First Rank of her class. All is well as can be until Amelia Appleton takes her Rank with reckless, dangerous, wrong magic. And then Appleton doesn’t get expelled. Competitive streak activated, Posey and Appleton engage in reckless, rule-breaking acts of magic and mischief. While trading First Rank between each other, Posey realizes that Appleton might not be such a weirdo after all. In fact, she’s annoyingly pretty. That said, Appleton’s got her eye on that government position through all this, and Posey would rather die than work for the fascists in charge. Posey’s intention is to truly get expelled. She wants to be the first one to do it. Meanwhile, an underground betting ring rises up, classmates betting on whether or not Posey will have to kill someone to get expelled. Posey hopes it’s not true, but whether or not she finds out is entirely up to her. Somewhere behind the stage, Headmaster Josephus Crimble is puking his guts out. I remind myself that it’s okay if I start to count and stop myself after the limit, so long as I don’t make it to ten. If you make it to ten, the limit goes down by one, Posey. Don’t forget. I started at five hundred. Drifting through the rest of the day in this half-there state, I sit with my feelings locked tight in a jar of my own design. I’ll preserve my emotions like lemons, until they’re laden with salt and mellowed in their sourness. That feeling, or lack thereof, feels warm as home to me, and my deep yearning for Nukeville ebbs into a soft ache that gently rubs my heart into a smoother, steadier rhythm. There will be no need for counting when there’s no feeling to (dis)regulate. For fans of terry pratchett, katabasis, throne in the dark by ak caggiano, nobody in particular by Sophie Gonzales, rivals to lovers femme x femme, this may end badly by samantha markum
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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annahirsch.bsky.social
Presenting the #AgentsGuide to my #gothic #horror novel THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH 🖤

#AmQuerying starting TODAY!

The black sheep of a powerful family pursues a doomed romance with the banshee who's haunted his estate for generations, even as the black plague closes in. 🥀
An agent's guide to The Banshee of Clan Murtagh, a 71,000 word gothic horror by Anna Hirsch TROPES/COMPS: He’s human, she’s immortal / Only one grave / Byronic hero protagonist / Uncovering lost memories / Medieval Irish setting / Tragic ending For fans of the folkloric love story of Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid, the death-touched love of Nosferatu (2024), the family trauma of the Haunting of Hill House, the Catholic guilt of The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas PITCH Ireland, 1348: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s banshee for the first time in a decade, he knows one of his own is fated to die. But they don’t believe his warnings—why would they? The last time Ciarán heard the banshee he didn’t tell a soul until after his cousin’s tragic death, and they’ve never trusted him since. Desperate for redemption in his family’s eyes, Ciarán hunts down the banshee in search of answers. She’s equal parts frightening and alluring, and in his struggle to confront her, he inadvertently triggers the banshee’s memories. Memories of when she was a servant of his household, generations ago, named Deirdre. Deirdre claims that Ciarán’s physical touch restores her memories, and demands more. He agrees to meet by moonlight in hope of learning whose death she foretold. With every encounter, Ciarán’s attraction to Deirdre grows, setting him on a path of macabre desire. When the devastating bubonic plague befalls the Murtagh household, and Deirdre’s memories reveal a dark scandal in the family’s history, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his family’s side in their final hours or embrace the seduction of the death-bringer. PAGE ONE All my life I was tempted by death. And like the sinner I was, I never could resist her sweet voice, even when she came for those I love. First was my grandfather, when I was a boy of four. I still recall standing atop the hill, which I’d claimed as my kingdom like so many others on our land, hearing the banshee’s cry ring out from the forest. That night, my grandfather finally succumbed to his long illness. But not without leaving his scars on the family, like great rips through a painting. We tried to stitch it back together, plaster the canvas with more layers of paint, but the gashes were always visible beneath. I was ten when I heard her next, entranced as in a waking dream. She cast tendrils of keening over the forest, unfurled her slender fingers of song into the dark reaches of my heart. I should have known what it meant. I should have warned them.
September 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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goodwords.bsky.social
I'm excited to share my 99-word story for the Augur Microfiction Contest!

The Ocean's Bones 🌊💀

@augursociety.bsky.social
#AugurMicros2025
Text: I visit her bones on Tuesdays. In seven seconds, my lungs will scream for air. Seven seconds to mourn a body that nourishes an ungrateful seabed. Cracks divide her sternum into four parts. Temptation whispers, begging me to take take take. But she’s no longer mine to keep. Memories crawl forward—unwanted parasites no different than the bone-eating worms sucking on her vertebrae.  My lungs burn, raging at my lack of time management. But I linger, thinking about her touch. Her heart. Her morbid sense of humor. She was afraid of sharks, but men are so much scarier. (The background image is of waves with a faded blue image filter. The text is white).
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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catherinewinters.com
Here's "Mission Specialist", my entry for @augursociety.bsky.social's #AugurMicros2025. Enjoy!
A poster in the style of "STAY CALM AND CARRY ON": Mission Specialist "Dame Ivy Smith felt every moment of her seventy years as the Blackhawk thundered over London. As always, the SAS men towered over her, grateful looks on grim faces. Two Oscars, six BAFTAs, a Tony... they didn’t matter. She’d earned this role, whether she wanted it or not. "As the door opened, Dame Ivy readied her rifle. Everyone knew humanity was pushing back the adversary at last. But as she aimed at the massive beast atop the ruins of St. Paul's, she wished it had taken less time to discover that only a knight can slay a dragon."
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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gabriela-stluke.bsky.social
What can you expect this season of LAST CHANCE MATCH?

🩸 gut wrenching plot twists
🩸 cute robots that help style hair, makeup and clothes
🩸 she hates him, he loves her and there’s only one bed
🩸 man creates bot, bot kills man, bot inherits the earth

#writingcommunity #agentsguide
Dark ferns background An Agent's Guide To: LAST CHANCE MATCH 91,000 word Adult crossover dystomance "Find the one who's to die for." The Pitch: Calasca’s government uses science to appoint soulmates, but the 0.6% of the population who don’t receive a match face extermination at thirty. A new reality show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change that and gives the matchless another shot at life. Bitter waitress, Cera accepts the invitation, but is quickly deflated when she’s paired with the cocky and entitled Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed after being eliminated, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever after—and to make it out alive. The comps: THE KILL FACTOR by Ben Oliver Both with a killer reality show setting to win freedom SILVER ELITE by Dani Francis Both with opposing factions and biased government HEART OF THE SUN Both with second chances and dislike to lovers arc LOVE ISLAND Love Island inspired setting SQUID GAME Games created for a killer time BLACK MIRROR Dystopian setting with robot twists The Tropes: Arrows pointing from a mock cover of LAST CHANCE MATCH book with ferns with the following tropes: Dystomance He falls first Soulhates to Soulmates Forced proximity Second chances Only one bed
September 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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jklambo.bsky.social
If you’re interested in a sweet read that’ll leave you craving more, snag your 99 cent copy of my pastry chef friends-to-lovers novella, Culinary Confessions, until tomorrow night! 🍪 ⬇️

amzn.to/3f6BzkE

#AuthorSky #BlackBookSky #BookSky #PromoSky #Romancelandia #WritingCommunity

💙 📚 👀
Cover of Culinary Confessions on iPad surrounded by different colored macarons and cup of tea
September 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
breebwrites.bsky.social
Today is a rough one in the query trenches so here’s a pretty graphic I made for #1stlinepit last week and didn’t share
#amquerying #querywoes
September 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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victoriajayneoh.bsky.social
Reasons you WON’T like my next book:

☢️ Box Time
☢️ MC with crippling OCD
☢️ BOx TIMe
☢️ 7’5” jock named Tyson
☢️ BOX TIME
☢️ nb named Pebble
☢️ BOX TIME BOX TIME
☢️ nb named Sneaker
☢️ BOX TIME BOX TIME BOX TIME
☢️ MC counts to ten a lot
☢️ you get it
zillawrites.bsky.social zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · Aug 31
reasons you WON’T like my next book:

🌾 murderous cult thriving 🔪
🌾 rituals that take place over seasons 🍂
🌾 cow shit 💩
🌾 horse girl FMC with major OCD and people-pleasing issues 🙄
🌾 cannibalism on page 🩸
sunyidean.com sunyi @sunyidean.com · Aug 31
reasons you WON’T like my next book:

- no romance, at all 🙅🏻‍♀️
- 2nd person / 1st omniscient pov🤮
- ww2 in south china 🙄
- low magic 👎
- monstrous women 🤐
- 53yo mc 🧐
August 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM