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Elise Scott aka Kit Gray (they/she)
@elisescott.bsky.social
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Author & mom.

PRE-ORDER THE BLACK CAT DETECTIVES! (Link in pinned)

#POTS #endo #chronicpain #nonbinary #queer #vegan #disabled #neurodivergent #mentalillness

Rep: Marisa Corvisiero @ CLA

https://elise-scott.com

A person-shaped spooniecorn.
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Elise Scott aka Kit Gray (they/she) @elisescott.bsky.social · 15d
State of the world stressing you meowt? Treat your future self to the purr-fect cure! Pre-order The Black Cat Detectives & let three mischievous kittens whisker you away on an adventure you won't furr-get. Murder has never been so pawsitively cozy!

⚡📚💙 ☕💀📚 🌈📚 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛📚 #WritingCommunity #CatSky
The Black Cat Detectives by Kit Gray: 9798892425520 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A charming cozy mystery with a delightful twist: the detectives are three kittens with magical powers, determined to solve a most purr-plexing case. Precocious kittens Bippity, Boppity, and Boop are…
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elisescott.bsky.social
This is such a timely and powerful collection, especially with what's happening in the world right now! If you see this, please consider nominating!
diannalgunn.bsky.social Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 7h
Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror is eligible for the Best Anthology category in several awards, and all of the stories are eligible for Best Short Fiction in many awards too! Follow the links below and please consider nominating this incredible book & the magnificent stories within
Awards Eligibility - Author Dianna Gunn
Works eligible for awards in 2025 The following work is eligible for various awards, including the Locus Awards, Stoker Awards, Nebulas, Hugos, and some awards not fully focused on speculative fiction...
authordiannagunn.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
elisescott.bsky.social
Writer parents: ever wonder about writing with your kids?

I made a simplified Beat Sheet for my daughter (8). Using it, she wrote an 8500 word kids' chapter book.

Thought I'd share (link in comments). Feel free to spread it around! #WritingCommunity #parenting #kidlit
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
I feel so seen!
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
elisescott.bsky.social
Fun fact: buying books isn't the only way to support authors! Request a book at your library or bookstore & help our books get into new places. Especially #cozymystery -- #libraries are a huge part of how we find our audience!

Request The Black Cat Detectives by Kit Gray today!
A black kitten on a pink and mauve knitted afghan.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
elisescott.bsky.social
Who else is getting early frost and craving a good book and a hot cocoa? What are y'all reading right now? #booksky #catsky #cats
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
Because everyone deserves joy (and kittens)... #cozymystery #catsky #caturday
💙📚⚡️ ☕️💀📚 🌈📚 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
My #cats are cute. That's it. That's the post. #CatSky #CatLover
A tortico cat stares at a pitbull mix, who looks away obediently. A ginger cat helps a young girl and her doll with a science experiment. A ginger cat with a white belly on her back in my lap
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reposted by Elise Scott aka Kit Gray (they/she)
sarprvz.bsky.social
Can a multigenre writer have a career solely based on writing? Do you know anyone who does?
#writingcommunity #multigenre
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
If you submitted to @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction with a human/nonhuman story, and you don't shortlist, this might make a good home for your story! There were SO MANY great ones! And this mag accepts NSFW!
monsterheartmag.bsky.social M❤️NSTER Magazine @monsterheartmag.bsky.social · 11d
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR M❤️NSTER WINTER 2026

Find the link for your work:
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✏️ NSFW Writing - forms.gle/inQLjYyGifVw...

Check our FAQ (monstermag.tumblr.com/post/7121663...) or contact us if you have any questions!
Graphic of white text that reads MONSTER WINTER 2026 SUBMISSIONS OPEN! The background is a blue-toned illustrations of an owl-like creature in a snowy forest leading a chicken-legged house on a rope.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
I made a video! (If you know me, you know that's a big achievement for me.) Funny? Terrible? Tell me what you think!

#cozymystery #CatSky #Cats #books #preorder 💙📚🌈 ⚡️📚 ☕️💀📚 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/815221/t…
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Reposted by Elise Scott aka Kit Gray (they/she)
eliseswritings.bsky.social
I'd like to kick off Trans Awareness Month with 32 stories of Trans People Taking On The World, by mainly trans authors

Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!

🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Title: Trans People Take on the World, Nov 1-15 in Itchio 32 Book covers, background a sunset photo by Elise Carlson. The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson What Lies Within, Issy Waldon Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton Non-Player Character, Veo Corva A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood Echo Sight, Cian Verath The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan Manipulators War, Elise Carlson Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire 1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com First Rose, Jake Vanguard A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault Illusory, M.X. Misfits
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
Hey, #catsky & #cats, what's your favorite cat-sound word? Mrrow? Trrrrn? Myeah? I want to know!
a black cat is peeking out from behind a cabinet
Alt: a black cat trots up and peers into the camera with wide eyes
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November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
No but wait! I just joined this discord and it's AWESOME!! 🤩 So chill and friendly!
theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 14d
#QueerWritersChat
Try out the IncSpec discord: discord.gg/UUYb2ZGJ

I recently made a Royal Road account: www.royalroad.com/profile/836544

I have a Kofi, times have been tough: ko-fi.com/transcendrag...

And check out my horror UQuiz in honor of Halloween: theodoresnapdragon.com/2025/10/01/h...
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
Omg WHAT? Looks so fun!!
mcburnellauthor.bsky.social Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 14d
#QueerWritersChat

Thanks for hosting!
Check out my tetralogy about an antihero who adopts a needy teenager and just kinda loses sight of the fact that he's supposed to be one of the bad guys.

$9 for all 4!
itch.io/s/162068/the...
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat

My debut is available for pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/815221...

And you can learn more or ASK THE KITTENS for advice-column-style advice (free and ridiculous and so fun!) on my website here: elise-scott.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat

I'm desperately fond of Practical Magic (1998), and I passionately yearn for a queer remake!
theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 14d
#QueerWritersChat Let’s have some fun!

Question Four: What’s your favorite piece of media related to Halloween?

Last question at :25!

@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #halloween
#QueerWritersChat Question Four: What’s your favorite piece of media related to Halloween? Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat

Yes! In fact, the sequel I'm drafting now is set during a Halloween festival!
theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 14d
#QueerWritersChat

Question Three: Do you ever take inspiration from Halloween and its related traditions?

Next question at :20!

@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #Halloween #WritingQ
#QueerWritersChat Question Three: Do you ever take inspiration from Halloween and its related traditions? Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat
The kittens' biggest fear is that they won't solve the murder mystery in time, and their new rescuer (a failing stage magician named Mila) will get taken away to the human pound forever!
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
Hi #QueerWritersChat! I'm a disabled enby author writing a sequel to my forthcoming debut cozy mystery starring three impetuous kitten sleuths! I'm right in the middle--the hardest part!
theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 14d
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!

To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please!

Next question at :10!

@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question One: Introduce yourself and your current project Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
State of the world stressing you meowt? Treat your future self to the purr-fect cure! Pre-order The Black Cat Detectives & let three mischievous kittens whisker you away on an adventure you won't furr-get. Murder has never been so pawsitively cozy!

⚡📚💙 ☕💀📚 🌈📚 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛📚 #WritingCommunity #CatSky
The Black Cat Detectives by Kit Gray: 9798892425520 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A charming cozy mystery with a delightful twist: the detectives are three kittens with magical powers, determined to solve a most purr-plexing case. Precocious kittens Bippity, Boppity, and Boop are…
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
I'm sad to announce I've finished judging for @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction. Authors, it's been a boundless, soul-warming honor to read your stories. @akscotland.bsky.social & @quitewriteed.bsky.social, thank you for letting me!

Final Stats:
DQ/No: 121
Maybe: 70
Maybe+: 43
Yes: 18
Favourite: 3
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
#writerscommunity #podcast have you heard the @notquitewrite.com 100th episode? Guys, it's SO much fun! Here it is, in case you missed it: spotify.link/tfbVy3ieMXb

I only wish I'd realized I could call in and leave a congratulatory message!
#23 – Show Us Your Clips! (100th Episode Celebration)
spotify.link
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
Gah! I only have 31 @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction stories left to read (so I'll probably finish day after tomorrow), and friends, I'm going to be SO sad when I finish! It is such an honor and such a joy to read your brilliant, dark, sweet, funny, twisted, steamy, berserk stories!
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
@notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction story 2788 might be my favorite story I've read so far! I laughed aloud multiple times and enjoyed the whole romp thoroughly. This might be your story if you played with tropes. I can't wait to see what @akscotland.bsky.social & @quitewriteed.bsky.social think of it!
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
elisescott.bsky.social
Oop. Accidentally wrote another dissertation in the comments box of a @notquitewrite.com #FLESHFiction story. Sorry, @akscotland.bsky.social and @quitewriteed.bsky.social. Who wants to take bets on whether I'll ever be invited back to guest-judge again. 😳🤣
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM