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Appalachian writer of the dreadful and dreamy 🥀
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Char ✨🇱🇹🐺🥀 @charwritesstories.bsky.social · Aug 6
COMPOUND FRACTURE x TOGETHER WE ROT

A ghost determined to solve her own murder, allies with the vengeful spirit of a cult leader’s daughter to unearth the rotting secrets of their small Appalachian town.

🧠 AuDHD + queer rep
🥀 sapphic romance

Coming soon 👀 to inboxes

#questpit #ya #W #PR #H
Don’t rot darlin, a sapphic YA horrormance complete at 70,000 words Mood board featuring snakes, churches, sapphic romance, missing poster and ominous background Comp titles: Together we rot, compound fracture, they bloom at night, don’t let the forest in Opening lines
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lliuwrite.bsky.social
Selected for 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything.

#BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #amquerying
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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annahirsch.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to finally share the updated guide to my gothic horror novel, THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH. Now revised through the 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship program!

🖤 Medieval Ireland
🖤 She's the monster
🖤 Bubonic plague
🖤 Only one grave

#agentsguide #gothic #horrormance
Photo of a creepy gothic forest with the outline of red skeletal hands reaching in. Text reads "An Agent's Guide to The Banshee of Clan Murtagh: a gothic love story. 80,000 words, adult horror, by Anna Hirsch." Torn paper with a graphic of praying hands holding a rosary. Text reads: The pitch: Ireland, 1348: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s eternally young banshee, he hunts her down to learn who in his family is fated to die. In the struggle, his touch triggers memories of the banshee’s previous life as a servant of his household—and she demands to know more. They meet by moonlight searching for answers in the banshee’s memories, and Ciarán’s growing attraction sets him on a path of macabre desire. But as the devastating bubonic plague closes in, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his dying family or succumb to the seduction of the death-bringer. For fans of: the yearning in the time of plague in Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, the Catholic horror in The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, and the death-crossed lovers in Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers. A spooky forest with a red outline of a skeletal deer overlayed on it. Large text reads: The first line: I was a boy of ten when I first saw death, but I'd heard her for years.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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quietblkgrl.blacksky.app
I, Robot didn’t scare folks enough for me
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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annahirsch.bsky.social
A DOWRY OF BLOOD x THE BACHELOR

Holland only agrees to date Dracula on TV to boost her influencer career. When producer manipulation goes too far, she tries to leave, but finds the eliminated girls haven’t been sent home—they’ve been fed on.

#WIPPit #A #H
Mood board depicting dark, campy vampire aesthetic with a silhouette of Dracula. Headline reads "Who Wants to Be Dracula's Bride" with tagline "This season's to die for".
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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jalwrites.bsky.social
Half the World Away is now yours.

HEARTSTOPPER meets BOY LIKE ME

Set in the midst of Section 28, the BBC launch an inter-school pen pal project. Theo writes. Alex replies. This is what happens next.

Thanks to those who have written such wonderful reviews.

I really hope you all love it ✉️🌎
The front cover of the book, with the characters of Alex and Theo nearby. The text reads: Available now. Half the World Away. When Theo joins Year 9 at his local state school, he reluctantly agrees to take part in a new national pen pal project. After losing hope of a reply, an unexpected letter arrives from Alex, a confident private school boarder, sparking a connection that could change everything. www.linktree.com/jamesalyons Reviews - “Would fully recommend. It was such an easy read, and I absolutely loved it. The flow of the writing between Alex's letters and Theo's day were really well done and made it seamless to the point that you knew exactly what was going on.” ~ ARC review “A gorgeous, heartwarming, fuzzy book. I adored this from start to finish. I would have loved to have read more books like this growing up - so much about this book was wholesome and at the same time thought provoking. I would highly recommend this book! Absolutely gorgeous” ~ ARC review “Half the World Away explores love, distance, and identity in such a heartfelt way that I found myself smiling one minute and tearing up the next. It was tender, funnny, and quietly powerful. The themes of belonging, queer identity, and self-discovery shine through with warmth and emotion.” ~ ARC review “Half the World Away is a gorgeous, heartwarming story and I know you’ll just FALL IN LOVE with it! If you liked Heartstopper, you’ll love this! Sweet, wholesome and everything you need in a book.” ~ ARC review SEPTEMBER 1995 According to Nan, I’m four times more likely to be eaten by a shark than I am to win the National Lottery. Well, the joke is on her. I have never paddled deeper than my shins in the sea, and in front of me sits a winning lottery ticket. It may only be three matching numbers and worth a tenner, but I will take any positivity I can get. Life has been one kickback after another recently. Ten pounds won’t change that, and I often wonder if I’ll ever get a real lucky day. Today is my second ever first day of school. With the way Mum has been making a fuss, I should have an adventurous excitement flowing through my veins with each ripple from my heartbeat. The truth is my stomach is knotted as I stare down at three soggy Weetabix. They swim around my bowl, turning to mush, whilst Take That remind me from the radio to never forget where I came here from. Heartstopper meets Boy Like Me. Theo has been home schooled for three years, but his mother’s terminal illness forces him into Year Nine at his local school. Struggling to adapt, he’s persuaded to join a national pen pal project. His letter lands on the desk of Alex—a confident, private school boarder, and aspiring county rower—everything Theo is not. Despite their differences, the two begin to secretly confide, sharing struggles with grief, loneliness, and the pressures of a society demanding conformity. As their correspondence intensifies, Theo realises he has fallen for the boy in the letters. Concerned the outside world remains unwelcoming, and with Alex set to move to France, Theo must express his true feelings before they miss their chance to meet.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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mollytanzer.bsky.social
Taken from Sam Landman on FB but not sure if he is the artist. Graphic saying AI is for losers, reject fascism think for yourself. I can make Art that’s ugly and bad all by myself thank you very much
May 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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chantaldanieli.bsky.social
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA x THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME

MY SWEET UNBECOMING, an upmarket gothic romance with:

🕯️Forbidden romance
🕯️High Society matchmaking
🕯️Black Swan-esque awakening
🕯️Obsessive yearning
🕯️European setting
🕯️Secret lake meetings

#W #A #R #questpit
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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jasonlangford.bsky.social
CARRY ON x #YA SIR CALLIE
✨ secret magic school in Georgia
👫w/ gendered magic
🏳️‍⚧️ trans boy mc
🤫 hiding a childhood crime…
Can he make it to graduation before the truth comes out?

#questpit #YA #F #W
A nine image moodboard of a library, a stack of books, a farm in fog, a photo of young Kristen Stewart, a person holding light, a photo of Tom Holland, a map of Georgia, a paper graded A+, and a person holding light to their chest
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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arlenrenwrites.bsky.social
He's the only thing standing between college students and certain death. Unfortunately, teen monster hunter Daniel is responsible for more civilian deaths than monster kills, and unless he can find the key to a power he doesn't believe in, his new friends will pay the price...

#QuestPit #YA #Q #UF
a picture of two teenage monster hunters - a white boy with white hair and an Asian girl with black and blonde hair - by artist iLiibra, next to the title "An Agent's Guide to The Tithe That Binds by Arlen Ren" YA. Paranormal. 78k. When an inept teen monster hunter is sent undercover to a prestigious college, he's horrified to discover that he's the only thing standing between its students and certain death. Failing to find his power, he instead finds a girl with powers she shouldn't have...who he shouldn't be falling for. Longlisted in the 2024 Times Chicken House competition. It was crouched on the edge of the building, instantly recognisable by its ashen skin and lipless mouth, eyeless sockets and gleaming fangs. Vampire. For fans of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski, and First Kill by V.E. Schwab. Shared themes are monsters drawn to hunters, forbidden feelings, action-packed fight sequences and a secret monster-hunting society.
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before his own budding romance ends in tragedy.

#questpit #A #G #T #Q
Image of a woman’s face half displayed and cut away to reveal a skull. Floral vines frame the central image. The text reads ‘Woodbine’ with the d and b forming a heart.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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goodwords.bsky.social
POTIONS UNINCORPORATED

Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP

💜 Chronic Illness Rep
🌱 Plant Magic
💚 Bisexual Witches
🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar
😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company
☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance
☕ Cozy Vibes

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy
Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes The Pitch is written on a lavender field background: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company A garden of comps is written on a leaf. The background is brown soil with plants next to comp titles: Legends and Lattes, The Spellshop, Howl's Moving Castle, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Under The Whispering Door. A snippet highlights the main character's relationship with her familiar, Toad. In the snippet they discuss Linatta's ex girlfriend and Toad's hatred of hats. A book is open below the image and has wildflowers growing out of the inside spine.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
charwritesstories.bsky.social
COMPOUND FRACTURE x TOGETHER WE ROT

A #YA horrormance ft:

⛰️ small-town Appalachian setting
🥀 sapphic romance between the preachers daughter x town rebel
🪾 cryptids, ghosts, and a 🐍 cult
🧠 unapologetic AuDHD rep
😈 morally grey girls doing morally grey things

#QuestPit #H
Mood board featuring overgrown kudzu, fog-soaked forest, old southern church, dark churning stream, and “prepare to meet thy God sign”
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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jpgwrites.bsky.social
BUTCH-FEMME x THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH

In a realm where magic is wielded through pain, a disabled healer joins a quest to cure the wraith-infected land from the Omen, Chaos, as her grief threatens to destroy her.

🥀 butch knights
🥀 disability rep

#RF #A #Q #GhostPit #LGBT #G #amquerying
collage with red background and pictures of a pomegranate, a knight, a snake, thorns, a shelf of herbs, and an ouroboros. atop it, the name of the book: when time runs out of death
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
charwritesstories.bsky.social
Welcome to Caswell 👻

Where the ghosts outnumber people (and cows), people are worshipping snakes, and a rotting fog keeps inching closer into town. Two lesbian ghosts are the only ones capable of saving the very town responsible for their deaths. The only question is: will they?

#GhostPit #YA #H
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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jessicachandler.bsky.social
It’s ace week and it’s a great time for agents show some of us querying aspec authors some love! My contemporary paranormal YA is in some of your inboxes now 👀

#amquerying
Picture of person dressed as a sheet ghost wearing sunglasses and pointing to a chalkboard. The chalkboard says: GET GHOSTED 💜 an ace-spec main character 🛟 a life-saving deal with the grim reaper 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 akward teens falling hard 👻 GHOSTS! IN QUERY INBOXES NOW
October 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
charwritesstories.bsky.social
COMPOUND FRACTURE x TOGETHER WE ROT

A ghost determined to solve her own murder, allies with the vengeful spirit of a cult leader’s daughter to unearth the rotting secrets of their small Appalachian town.

🥀 second-chance sapphic romance
👻 exploration of grief through ghosts

#DVpit #ND #H #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
charwritesstories.bsky.social
COMPOUND FRACTURE X TOGETHER WE ROT

Girls are disappearing. Kudzu is spreading like wildfire. People are worshipping snakes. The only hope? Two ghosts who hate (want to kiss) one another❤️‍🔥

🧠 an unapologetic AuDHD rep
🥀 town nuisance X preachers daughter
🌿 Appalachian cryptids

#DVpit #YA #LGBT #H
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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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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jalwrites.bsky.social
My new YA novel HALF THE WORLD AWAY is out 11th November!
It's an LGBTQ+ book set during Section 28.

Pre-order now at linktree.com/jamesalyons

Published by @srlpublishing.bsky.social
A book cover featuring the title HALF THE WORLD AWAY in handwriting on top of a globe. Underneath is a fireplace with a plant, a letter and a flamingo statue. Surrounding the picture is a yellow border, plus the release date of 11th November 2025.
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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sierrabranham.bsky.social
Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning!

Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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lorekeating.bsky.social
Oh look, honey, my whole new personality just dropped.

Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iB...
Florence Welch leading a coven of witches, one must presume. Oh, she crawlin' Man about to swallow a lot of flowers A full-throated scream
August 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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melanielocke.bsky.social
I officially #amquerying You are not the Chosen One, my adult queer fantasy with a fake Chosen One premise

Below is my agent's guide:
Opening page to agent's guide. Text: Agent's guide to You are Not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke. Placed at the center of an artdeco frame with black and golden coloring Part two of the agent's guide. Artdeco background with black and gold. Pitch: When Seer Cass learns there's no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she's the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. Comps on the right with covers and a poster. The Umbrella Academy season 1 poster, the Last Hour between World, the Raven Scholar, Dark Rise. Snippet, same background as previous. Text: “How did it feel?” she asked, voice soft. Careful. For a moment he looked at her, eyes like broken glass. He sat up, fists clenched. “Bad! It feels fucking bad, okay? But it doesn’t matter. If I have to kill one man to save a village then that is what I will do. You can’t save the world without getting blood on your hands. And the worst thing is, it didn’t even work.” Esti didn’t know what to say. Cass stared into the distance, arms wrapped tight around his body. He’d never looked so small before. And yet Esti knew what he was capable of. It mattered little how he felt, his sorrow didn’t bring the mayor back. And perhaps he would have died no matter what. Perhaps Cass had done the best he could in impossible circumstances. But Esti couldn’t forget he’d murdered a man in cold blood. “I didn’t ask for this, you know.” Bitterness spilled out like a basilisk’s venom. “Being the seer meant to stop the Fear, having only one year left.”
August 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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lilywzy.bsky.social
Fading tattoo magic, banished eldritch kin, echoes of the old empire, and a mysterious magical scepter. As cracks shake the empire's core, its skeletons rise—and Muduri, Liyue, Nasurin, and Mo must decide where their loyalties lie in a world on the brink.

#PosterPit #Q #F #A
When ink swallows the sun. Political fantasy, multi pov, character driven, tattoo magic. Imperial Asia epic fantasy where thousand-year conflicts come to life. Quote: it was so intense I felt myself holding my breath." A novel by Lily Wzy. Now querying.
August 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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notonlyicarus.bsky.social
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?

#PosterPit #MG #H #Q
dark green background, outline of a hand from above puppeting the outline of a house on a hill surrounded by trees. on either side of the house are stars with “RevPit 2025 winner” and “Big 5 editor interest” written. under the house, “one summer eight children one puppet master” is written. underneath, in large block letters, KNOWING THE TWINS is written. under that, “Upper MG Horror”, “1920s setting” and “multiple POVs” is written. under that, LORD OF THE FLIES x THE WRONG WAY HOME x NOT QUITE A GHOST is written, against the lighter border at the bottom.
August 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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joyiswriting.bsky.social
#PosterPit with ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest & 10+ full requests 🥀

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN x WEDNESDAY

As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . .

#Q #MG #M #H
From the creators that brought you "JUMANJI " and "Clue" Featuring: Adelaide Greer & Maggie Thornton Reviews: "VERY GOOD & VERY WEIRD" ~ my mother “ECO HORROR, COTTAGE GORE WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT!" "I WILL NEVER LOOK AT FLOWERS THE SAME! [WANT A SEQUEL!!" The pitch: EIGHT ghosts FOUR suspects ONE monstrous flower Can two girls unravel this Iris-istibly deadly mystery?? Title (In large decorative print): What Lurks Beneath the Glass The Greer Estate used to be revered for its rare botanicals, but now guests leave with tales of horror, missing limbs, and sometimes not at all. NOW IN AN INBOX NEAR YOU
August 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM