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Mellisa Dempsey Felix (aka, "Mell")
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On int'l DOD installations. Associate Professor. Novelist on query. Humane. Ally. The pen is my sword, and the world is my home. She/Her #Goingdark #Resist #ASD #ND #ReSister #BlueCrew #HamlineMFAC #Querying
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expatundertheradar.bsky.social
Regarding this administration's cruelty and examining it from a different perspective. 👇👇👇

#SNAP #Governmentshutdown #Trump #SCOTUS #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #benefits
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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scarletvmitchell.bsky.social
When troubled goth-girl Helena falls in love with a gargoyle, and Hell spills into the school, she must find a way to unleash a dark power to stop warring monsters from destroying everything she's come to love.

"Wednesday Addams goes to OZ"

Sapphic Gargoyle Urban Fantasy
#GhostPit 👻
#YA #Q #U #F
Moodboard for Rooted in Stone, Sapphic Gargoyle Urban Fantasy "What will you do with your shadow?" Images include a painting of a colorful sunset, a goth girl in backlit silhouette descending a staircase, a stone funerary angel, the arched roof of a cathedral. pencil and charcoal sketches of a face, statue of a grotesque from the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, a gargoyle jutting off a stone wall, a goth girl looking sullen and elegant
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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drummerandrews.bsky.social
#GhostPit, #A, #Q, #T
YOU x Dexter
Quiet teacher, Ella, is not a psychopath – she’s just very committed to her anti-bullying policies. The kind that involve zip ties, knives and plastic sheeting.
And if you stay cruel and remorseless as an adult, she’ll teach you one final, bloody lesson. 👻🔪
Groups of kids whispering. A teacher by a blackboard. a load of shiny knives in a row.
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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chrisakins.bsky.social
GRIM PORTENTS

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of.

👻 #SP #F #H #PN #OWN #GhostPit
Grim Portents cover featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life… "I HAD ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF IT WAS A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION, THE MIND PLAYING TRICKS. IT WAS JUST A SHADOW. BUT NOW THE MONSTER HAD BEEN GIVEN A NAME, AN IDENTITY. IT WAS REAL." Bill Baker wants nothing more than to marry the woman he loves, but when his wedding is interrupted by a rampaging hell-beast, his life is thrown into disarray. Desperate for a second chance, he will do anything to set his future back on track. Now, with the help of a soul-collecting reaper named Sonny, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell, in order to earn back the life that was stolen from him and prevent the oncoming end of days. Faced with the choice between what is right and what is easy, Bill may have to sacrifice all he holds dear for one last shot at life. Black and white sketch of characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan. Ad for Grim Portents, featuring a print copy of the book and an ebook on an iPhone. A QR code that takes you to my website and the words “Scan to learn more about debut paranormal fantasy novel Grim Portents” below it. Under that, it says “Available online anywhere books are sold!” And above it all is the tagline “Welcome to the first day of the end of your life”
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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emdaniels.bsky.social
A DOWRY OF BLOOD x BEAUTY & THE BEAST

Plagued by other people's emotions, psychic Maren's life is complicated enough. When she's kidnapped by the brooding vampire Dante, she must survive human traffickers, hunters, & a worldwide hunt between 2 predators.

#GhostPit #A #Q #PN #R
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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cchristie317.bsky.social
SCHOOL SPIRITS x THE IN BETWEEN x ONE OF US IS LYING
Lexie felt she didn't belong—so did someone on the senior trip. After vanishing, only HS dropout Jeremy can see her now. To bring her back, they must find who before they get to him too or she fades forever. Dual timeline #Ghostpit #Q #YA #R #Spec
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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emdaniels.bsky.social
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) x BEAUTY & THE BEAST

When ex-slave vampire Dante kidnaps rare psychic Maren for his murder plot, his hunger for more than vengeance jeopardizes his freedom and Maren's life.

#GhostPit #A #Q #PN #R
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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On a coast split by wealth and ruin, best friends Carmen and Brigitte spiral into sunlit parties and a strange new drug that turns idyll into terror when one disappears and returns changed—forcing their tight-knit group to confront a conspiracy that weaponizes memory itself.
#A #spec #lf #ghostpit
It says they called it saltwater and adult speculative literary fiction complete at 92k words over a beach photo In callaston a coastal state split between luxury and neglect college aged best friends carmen and brigitte spiral into sunlit parties and a strange new drug that turns idyll into terror when one disappears and returns changed forcing their tight knit group to confront a conspiracy that weaponizes memory itself, comps bunny by mona awad, euphoria tv show, ghost eaters by clay mcleoud, obx tv show and wild dark shores
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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wtdmovement.bsky.social
This is the book we NEED. 👇👀🔥
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE

Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.

#GhostPit #A #DS #SF #W
Made from non-AI free stock images. This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections: 1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads: "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background. 2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word. 3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says: "A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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wtdmovement.bsky.social
All the vibes, Professor! We LOVE it! 👇🔥👻
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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authorrjwebb.bsky.social
You had me at they collect teeth! Would absolutely read this 🔥💖
October 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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authorrjwebb.bsky.social
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X THE FOXGLOVE KING

Time and Time Again.

In a gothic world of haunted seas and long-lost monsters, a queer ship navigator takes one last voyage—only to discover he’s not just mapping the sea but retracing the paths of a past life.

#GhostPit #A #Q #F #PN #LGBT #G
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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saraduran.bsky.social
ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

⭐ two exiled men (+ their secrets)
🌙 one lunar prison (+ its horrors)
⭐ a government that wants their data
🌙 a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫 the love they’ll lose if they don’t make it out alive

#ghostpit #SF #H #R #LGBT #WIP
A moodboard for my sci-fi horrormance WIP, BABEL ON CALLISTO. On the top left is a glowing humanoid figure with a planet and rings orbiting its head. In the center, white glitchy text reads: "NOT ALL ENDINGS ARE THE END. SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE BEGINNING," repeated multiple times. Beneath that, a figure walks into a starry void shaped like another person, reaching toward each other. Other elements include a flatworm floating in a grid-like space, a silhouetted couple reaching toward each other in a virtual tunnel, and hands weaving a glowing galaxy-like thread.
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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wtdmovement.bsky.social
Our founder is bad-ass. Just wait for this, you all! Y'all ain't ready.🔥👇
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
expatundertheradar.bsky.social
THE CLACKITY x N.Q.A. GHOST

Oh, Child, the Girls of Screamerwood are family.

Same nubby nails, scabby knees, too.

They've even been collecting your family's lost teeth for centuries.

Just look at those smiles--such a resemblance!

Now, everyone say, 'cheese!'

#MG #H #GhostPit
Moodboard: Includes several sepia pics of creepy kids from the past as well as a raven flying, a lit candle, a skeleton dancing, and an empty swingset.
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
expatundertheradar.bsky.social
The image explains that CK was the opposite of a skilled debater. He used control, silencing tactics, and fallacious reasoning to wrangle and ultimately force a bigoted narrative into existence.
September 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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middlerage.bsky.social
MAGA: Don't call us Nazis, if you do we will find you, round you up & punish you...like Nazis 🫠
September 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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wtdmovement.bsky.social
👇👇👇
September 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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rickhavoc.bsky.social
"These kids were literally praying" is one of the greatest shutdowns ever.
August 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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sundaedivine.bsky.social
Nothing says “tough on Russia” like giving Putin a red carpet, an air show, and a bro hug.
August 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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writersramblings.bsky.social
✨FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST x SAVING PRIVATE RYAN x THE LOCKED TOMB✨

THE NECROMANCER’S WIFE:

🏳️‍🌈wlw+queer chars (#sapphic MCs)
💀retired necromancer🩷💜💙
⚗️missing alchemist🧡🤍🩷
🪄magical intrigue
🚂dieselpunk

This took me [redacted] to make, pls feast ur eyes #QuestPit #W #A #R #RF
August 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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rheaofkaylie.bsky.social
THE POPPY WAR X NINTH HOUSE X 1930s europe-inspired setting

🖤split timeline pov (before & after a devastating war)
🗡bitter war hero mc
🖤conspiracies & rituals
🗡ptsd & drug abuse
🖤dark chosen one
🗡deconstructing imperialism
🖤"every shadow is a memory"

#questpit #w #df #a
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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allgoodthingsmd.bsky.social
CAESAR: PRIEST of JUPITER

Andor x HBO's Rome

His name is the most famous name in history.

His legacy has been romanticized for centuries, but few know his true story.

Reexploring the Fall of the Roman Republic through the lens of Science Fiction.

Caesar is coming...

#A #Q #HF #SF
#questpit
Mood board. Roman statues. The forum. Planets. A centurion. Laurels.
August 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM