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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing
@bvbodegom.bsky.social
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Emerging author of horror, sci-fi and more. Seeking representation. #Dis father of four. Gamer. 🇳🇱 Forever DM.

Querying DAD BODIES, a co(s)mic horror novel. (5 fulls out, Big 5 interest)

Writing MARK OF THE JESTER, a dark fantasy novel.

Born in the 80's.
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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Nov 5
CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered during 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 #M
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.
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It's about a year since I decided to pursue #writing as a career. And what a year it's been! From finishing up my first book and naively jumping into querying, to starting and completing my second book, learning so incredibly much from this #writingcommunity and others.

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December 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Used glass, instead. But now I should replace a few instances with goblet, because that sounds way cooler.

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #darkfantasy #fantasy #horror
Without making a sound on his descent through the sleeping building, Potley glided into the kitchen and nearly stumbled over his own feet. Sitting at the exact same spot he himself had occupied before going to bed sat Mister Carnigann. A large, crystal glass filled with a copious amount of aromatic red wine stood next to the old man. His reddened nose and ears told Potley this wasn't his first drink of the night.
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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I used the first instance of 'stone' that came to mind already, so here's a bit of White Cliff religion.
#WIP #WIPsnips #WhiteCliff #Fantasy #OCart
Image - Drawing of Dimamire Nightshade, a vampire noble holding a dagger. Text - The town square was quieter than it had been the morning before. Vendors were leisurely restocking their stalls, and the festival coordinator was directing workers in setting up for that afternoon's contests. Content that he didn't need to interrupt any of them, Dimamire told Butterscotch to walk. The horse turned lazily towards home, but Dimamire directed him further down the road with both another command and a gentle touch. Butterscotch conceded agreeably and continued on, heading through the town proper, and out into the surrounding farmland. He needed no further direction, as he knew where they were going. But Dimamire gave one anyways, to stop as they passed the shrine to Agri in the shade of the orchard. It was chubby nude figure carved from white stone under a wooden canopy. He dismounted briefly and dropped a silver coin into the bowl at the front of the shrine, asking them to bless the town's harvest. - The Fall of Ebonwald, White Cliff, book 1
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

I only have 'angle' as part of bigger words, like mangled, entangled, and this one.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #darkfantasy #fantasy #horror
Mistress Carnigann let out a snorting laugh. She quickly pressed a hand against her lips, but no avail. For a moment, Potley feared the village pig wrangler would appear from thin air.
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Someone pick this up! #litagents #editors #writingcommunity
victoriajayneoh.bsky.social Victoria Jayne (they/them) is querying ya fantasy @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 6d
FAEBOUND x SWORDCROSSED

When a cursed trans prince is assigned a 24/7 guard, he must learn to trust men again in order to escape from the palace and break his curse, or be married off as his deadname.

#litagents #amquerying #writingcommunity #romantasy #queer
under the royal guard's gaze 75K Silhouettes flowers ribbon castle fairy dragon queer romantasy by victoria jaune
December 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I did! 😃 reached 10 requests before the year is up!

#writingcommunity #amquerying #litagents #horror
bvbodegom.bsky.social B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 9d
#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

I wonder if I'll get any more requests for the full manuscript of DAD BODIES this year 🤔

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Usually only in the noble/royal households. Certain jobs pay better than others and certain houses pay better than others as well. Suspiciously high pay may be a sign that taking the job will put you in dangers unrelated to your profession.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #WIP #WhiteCliff
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 8d
#DecemberWorldbuilders. Hello, friends! In your world, are there people who make a living by helping with everyday chores? Paid servants or some kind of employee of the state whose job is to do routine tasks other people don't want to do?
MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card #DecemberWorldbuilders Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 3: Chores Are there paid servants or helpers in your world? The image shows a cozy town during winter with warm lights. Large mountains are in the background. It is blurred. Snowflakes are around the top words
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

I wonder if I'll get any more requests for the full manuscript of DAD BODIES this year 🤔

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
Sylvara bit her lower lip as she stared into Potley's eyes. "I heard the Spy Master requested her presence." Her voice trembled slightly. Fear seeped through.
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Preparing the Masks Potley uses plays a big part in the narrative. Through it, we witness his growing instability as people keep dying wherever he goes.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
Potley opened a drawer and retrieved three clay jars and a glass phial, setting them on the desk. Removing the cork stoppers, he used a small wooden spoon to scoop measured amounts of the three powders into a mixing bowl. He pulled the cork from the phial and sniffed the contents. The grease had coagulated and needed to be heated.
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

The story begins in autumn.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
At least the palace was warm. Well, warmer. His quarters in one of the towers were definitely better than the average house here in the city, where low, chilling fogs rolled over everything like a cold, humid blanket. Fireplaces and stoves worked overtime. The sharp smell of wood smoke was everpresent from late summer to early spring.
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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From Carpathians 2. Not sure if I've shared part of this already, but this is where we meet AJ as a POV character for the first time.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

#Writingcommunity #amwriting #darkfantasy #fantasy #horror
He stepped through the doors once they clunked to a stop and headed straight for the raised dais at the end of the cavernous chamber. Rows of carved cherry wood pews lined the red carpeted aisle on both sides. Grand crystal chandeliers hung on thick iron chains, heavy enough not to sway in the ever-present draft from the glassless windows above the rafters.
December 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Late #WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Ever the entertainer.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror #darkfantasy
Bowing deeply, Potley began twirling the Fool's scepter before gliding up the steps. "Tarkahar seems to have matters well under control for now. Any decisive action from your Eminence might well scatter those pesky rebels." He threw the scepter in the air and pointed a finger up, grinning. "Or even embolden them." He caught the scepter while holding the King's gaze.
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

As a Court Jester to a tyrannical king, Potley has a few self-imposed responsibilities. (Until he snaps, of course.)

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
He hated this. Moving the King's cruel intentions toward anyone made him sick to his stomach. But he had to try. The alternative was a thriving fishing town full of innocent, hard-working citizens being tossed to the lions—or to the King's Magisters, in this case.
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Potley the jester has a vast collection of Mask designs he can apply with his make-up powders.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
He wouldn't have time for elaborate patterns or details. But he was trained to apply a Mask in mere moments in case the need arose. And such a case had indeed arisen, he figured.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER

Potley lives his emotions through applying professional Masks.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
With his eyes squeezed shut, Potley's fingers caressed his empty belt where the pouches had been. A indescribable urge to paint his face and carry his heartwrenching emotions outward ploughed through his body.
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE NIN—... Eh... JESTER!

Potley is scaling down the outside of a palace tower using acrobatics.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
Potley reached up to the support beam and unhooked his legs, letting his body hang vertical. His grip was messy. Not something he was keen on having at this height. Hanging from one hand, he dug the other into a pouch strapped to his belt. The white talc was meant for touching up his face, but worked equally well to enhance his grip. Potley gently swung himself toward the wall and let go. He slid along the steep curve of the tower until he scraped damaged plaster with his feet. With a razor-sharp glance, he spotted a brick barely jutting from the wall and caught himself on it.
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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The main character is half succubus so. . . But you all know about those.

Okay, so this one’s gonna be a little odd; there’s a sort of extra dimensional parasite feeding on the mortal plane through magical bodega-like extensions called El Marts.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #WhiteCliff
kiraofthewind.com Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 21d
Howdy, #DecemberWorldbuilders! What are some symbiotic or parasitic relationships that occur in nature in your world? Feel free to interpret this one broadly and talk about a character with a parasitic personality, if you prefer😁 Don't worry, I'm not grading you on how much biology is in your world!
MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card #DecemberWorldbuilders Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 1: Science 6: What are some symbiotic or parasitic entities or relationships found in nature? The image shows a cozy town during winter with warm lights. Large mountains are in the background. It is blurred. Snowflakes are around the top words
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Updated graphic!

Potley is on the run.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror
His injuries needed treatment. It wasn't his gut telling him, this time. Rational thought was returning with every moment that passed with him standing in the rain. The rain would provide cover. He needed new clothes. A way out of the city. The roads? Too easy to be tracked by loyalist Magisters. The salty air. The sea. Ships.
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Both, the gods created groups of creatures that evolved into the various races. A forest of evolution model, if you will. Attached evolutionary charts are a WIP.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #WhiteCliff
Three evolutionary trees; one for dinosaurs, birds, and dragons. One for primates including humans, elves, and dwarves, and one for amphibians, which includes orcs and goblins.
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Due to changes in life circumstances, I recently decided to switch the art on my web comic to all digital. The first episode of this new era is out now.
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Laurelview Academy - (Chapter 4) Foretelling - part 1
[Updates first Monday each month] - Only 1 in 200 people have 'unique abilities' from mutations and/or magic. - When the Goldsmiths adopted their youngest son, Kage, they never imagined he'd someday...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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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.

#MiseryPit #A #WFT #WIP
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
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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If not the worst posting in the FSB, watching the neighbourhood where Russia sticks deposed dictators to whom it gives sanctuary is the last stop before career freefall.
When one bastard’s death might be blamed on them, covering it up is, if not the smart move, the only move.

#MiseryPit #A #CT
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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#Q AND THEN THERE WERE NONE x ANASTASIA

Artina’s desperate to grow her magic & uncover Mars’ secrets. When a curse traps Artina’s new sibling heirs in the palace, royal blood spills, one by one. Artina must uncover the truth—before she loses her new family & love

#YA #MF #RM #H #OWN #ND #MiseryPit
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM