Hayleigh Morrow
hayleighmorrow.bsky.social
Hayleigh Morrow
@hayleighmorrow.bsky.social
Scottish writer. Disability Rights campaigner. Taking part in #scotwriterpitch2025 for my #MG #Fantasy book.
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If the Famous Five were witches they'd be The Bewitchers.

A team of preteen sleuths must stop the infamous Scottish witch trials coming back as the Malleus Society threatens to destroy the world.

Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Skye McKenna.

#scotwriterpitch2025 #MG
I'm considering writing short stories for Substack.

What do you think?
April 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If the Famous Five were witches they'd be The Bewitchers.

A team of preteen sleuths must stop the infamous Scottish witch trials coming back as the Malleus Society threatens to destroy the world.

Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Skye McKenna.

#scotwriterpitch2025 #MG
March 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Bewitchers. #MG #Fantasy

Hedgewitch x The Bletchley Riddle
It's time to save the world. Join a team of pre-teen sleuths as they battle a bigoted cult with a history of persecuting witches and those who are “different”.
Now, the Malleus Society is back and out for revenge.

#scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Painting by Murders | Aspiring artist Ginger has a killer secret: murder is her muse. But with a nosy BFF, a viral podcast, and a boomer detective closing in on her twisted vigilante creations, Ginger must paint the perfect lie – or die trying. Bella Mackie x Callum McSorley #scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A THIMBLE FULL OF DUST is Cloud Atlas meets Orlando: a queering of the selkie myth & an epic tale of connected lives spanning a thousand years. Kára’s story time-slips through folklore to a post-apocalyptic future & back again, playing with disruptive narrative & convention. #scotwriterpitch2025 2/4
March 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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DEAD SPACE
A spaceship full of teenagers that's lost all contact with Earth. A girl desperate to avenge her father's death. A murderer picking them off one by one. School trips have never been so deadly. One of Us is Lying x Apollo 13. YA. #scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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1870s Glasgow. A female gang, an immigrant detective, suspicious deaths linked to an old tontine, cunning binary poison, and betrayals that reach back decades. Will the new science of detection be enough?
#scotwriterpitch2025 #histifc #mystery #Victorian #A
March 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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On her 30th birthday, a small-time reporter suddenly finds that every time she asks someone a question, they tell her the truth. Excellent news for her career, less so for her personal life. Truth hurts...

Yellowface x Really Good, Actually

Speculative/book club fiction

#scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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PLAY OF THE WAVES
By day, a lawyer supporting whistleblowers. By night, a fighter of injustices with her fellow hactivists. Aoife’s clandestine activities don’t trouble her unnecessarily until she learns she is pregnant and a whole new future needs negotiating.

ContempF
#scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Good luck to all writers pitching their work today in the Bluesky Writers’ Pitch 2025 - don’t forget to include the all important tag: #scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The Bewitchers. #MG #Fantasy

Hedgewitch x The Bletchley Riddle

After Sadie witnesses the kidnapping of her mother, she and her team of Bewitchers must unravel the history of the infamous Witch Trials and rescue their families before the threat destroys the supernatural world.
#scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Good luck to everyone taking part in #scotwriterpitch2025 tomorrow!
March 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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SoA members in Scotland wanting to pitch your books to agents 📢 On 28 March 9am-9pm take part in Scotland’s BlueSky Writers’ Pitch for a chance to pitch works of unpublished original trade & commercial work. AI content is ineligible. 👇 www.publishingscotland.org/event/bluesk... #scotwriterpitch2025
Bluesky Writers' Pitch (Scotland’s former ‘Tweet Pitch’ event) | Publishing Scotland
10th annual event for writers to reach publishers and literary agents with a maximum 280 character pitch on Bluesky.
www.publishingscotland.org
March 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Who else is taking part in #scotwriterpitch2025 this Friday?
March 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM