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Jessica Junqua
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✍🏻 YA Author | 🎭 NJ/NY Actress
💖 Queer stories. Found Family. A Touch of Chaos.
✨ Author of Glitch (YA Speculative) #amquerying
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Jessica Junqua @jessicajunqua.bsky.social · Jul 13
THE LAST TO LET GO x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US

🤐 A quiet teen
⚡ Glitching cities
📡 Post-explosion tech takeover
🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Sibling loyalty
🧬 An inventor’s twisted obsession
👁 A voice in her head, not her own
🕳️ If she breaks, she won’t just be consumed—she’ll be weaponized.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #SP #Q #LGBT
A four picture collage. Top Left: a girl in a brown jacket and gray hoodie. You don’t see her eyes, just the nose down. Top Right: the words “Don’t Listen to the Static” Bottom Left: a hand grasping onto television static. Bottom Right: a girl wearing a headset, surrounded by computers in a blue room. A four picture collage: Top Left: a man sitting cross legged, looking up. Top Right: three siblings holding each other tight. Bottom Left: the words “The World’s Not Safe Anymore” carved into a white door. Bottom Right: the quote: “If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything.” By S.E. Hinton. A four picture collage: Top Left: a man wearing glasses writing math equations on a see through clear white board. Top Right: the quote “we aren’t breaking you, we are fixing you.” Bottom Left: a selection of surgical tools laid out in front of a gloved man. Bottom Right: a needle piercing the skin of a person by a man wearing gloves. A four picture collage: Top Left: a girl in a hospital gown running down a hospital corridor Top Right: the quote “your new life is going to cost you your old one.” Bottom Left: a girl attached to wires along her spine is watching a series of science fiction looking computer projections Bottom Right: a girl with her eyes closed, wires placed around her head, the image has a blue hue.
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Excited to announce that Smile for the Camera received an Honorable Mention in the Mainstream/Literary category at the @writersdigest 94th Annual Writing Competition! 🎉

Thank you to the judges for reading & recognizing my story!
#writersdigest #writesky #shortstory #winner #competition #amwriting
A three panel collage. On the left: a headshot of author Jessica Junqua On the top right: a graphic of a hand holding a cell phone and the title of my short story Smile for the Camera On the bottom right: a graphic from Writer’s Digest. A gold award ribbon with the words 2025 Writer’s Digest Writing Competition Award Winner. A collage graphic with the following words up top: Announcing the Winners of the 94th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Congratulations to the winners of the 94th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition! Mainstream/Literary Short Story The graphic card for Smile for the Camera which is a picture of a hand holding an iPhone in camera mode. Honorable Mentions: "Terms of Haunting" by Caroline Hall • "Tapestry" by John Garvey • "Short Story/Fiction" by Susan Eastham • "Olive Theory" by Serrina Zou • "My Family Tree" by Mary Upton • "The Raccoons" by Kyle Wong • "Mama's Baby" by Haley Bebout • "His Forest" by Meredith Gebhardt • "Rejection Letter" by Ty Green • "Gold and Bones" by L.J. Longo • "Dream Journal" by Sunthorn Capellini • "An Ordinary Guest" by Tamar Mezvrishvili • "The Bad Luck House" by Cath Bibeau • "Bloom" by Gwendolyn Bellinger • "Boys Like Us" by Siavash Saadlou • "Downed" by Gabrielle Glaslyn • "Mourning Dove" by Christine Roy • "Smile for the Camera" by Jessica Junqua (this line is highlighted in the graphic) • "The Quiet Howl" by Garin Demirjian
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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THE DIVIDING SKY x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US

A glitching world, a grieving family, and a queer 16-year-old girl fighting off the voice in her head—before she becomes the prototype for a disgraced inventor’s next evolution of control. ✨⚡️

#PosterPit #Q #YA #SPF #T
A movie style poster for the novel GLITCH. Up top, the character names are written: Lea Rigby Arthur Jove Luke Rigby Alek Rigby Then: A Novel By Jessica Junqua Two blurbs with vines enclosing them— “Vividly Imagined and Emotionally Compelling” And “A Book About Siblings, Survival, and Selfhood in a World That Has Forgotten What It Means To Be Human” Towards the bottom, we get the title GLITCH in a static type of font. At the very bottom— A YA Dystopian Thriller Now in the Query Trenches In the poster itself, we see three characters—Alek, Luke, and Lea Rigby. Lea’s eye is covered with a glitching butterfly. Surrounding them are vivid colors and streaks of static.
August 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Have the guts and the imagination. ❤️

Happy Sunday, friends.

#writing #writinginspiration
August 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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A glitching world, a grieving family, and a queer 16-year-old girl fighting off the voice in her head—before she becomes the prototype for a disgraced inventor’s next evolution of control. ✨✨✨

For fans of THE DIVIDING SKY and HELL FOLLOWED WITH US.

#questpit #Q #YA #S #T #DYS
A collage of 5 pictures: three figures in darkness, a glitching city, a beautiful autumn road in the Catskills Mountains, and the image of two individuals on a road trip. Then in text: Glitch by Jessica Junqua The pitch: After a mysterious explosion fractures sixteen-year-old Lea Rigby’s reality—glitching entire towns and leaving survivors zombified in tech headsets—she escapes with her older brothers, the only family she has left. While static spreads across the sky and buildings blink in and out of existence, Lea clings to joy, to adventure, and to the role of holding her broken family together. But when a disgraced inventor—Arthur Jove—injects her with a prototype implant meant to replace the headsets he created, Lea’s mind begins to turn against her. Now haunted by static-filled visions, a voice that isn’t hers, and the fear that her body no longer belongs to her, Lea must fight to stay herself. If she loses, she won’t just be consumed—she’ll be weaponized. Glitch is a story about siblings, survival, and selfhood in a world that’s forgotten what it means to be human. Then in bolded letters: 92,000 words - YA Dystopian Thriller w/ Speculative Tech Elements.
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Greetings from the Writer’s Digest Conference in Baltimore! Today was an amazing day filled with workshops and networking. I’m so excited to return tomorrow for Day 2! 📖📚✍🏻✨

#WDC25 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying @writersdigest.bsky.social
A selfie of myself, Jessica Junqua. She is wearing a black and white geometric tank top, her dark blonde hair is tied back, and she has makeup on. Her blue eyes are wide with excitement. She is holding up her conference name tag to the camera, which covers her mouth. On the name tag: Writer’s Digest Annual Conference. Jessica Junqua. East Brunswick, NJ. Below the name tag are three colorful flags to signify the genres she writes: Young Adult, Science Fiction, and Thriller.
July 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Behind every curated post lies a darker truth—Sasha’s life as the daughter of an influencer spirals into horror when their perfect brand begins to rot from the inside out.

My #YA short story Smile for the Camera has been published in #DugUpMagazine! Check it out!
#WritingCommunity #publishedwriter
A graphic with a black and white image of someone taking the picture with a cell phone of a young girl. In blue/purple colored text up top, the title Smile for the Camera. In a black box down below: A Short Story by Jessica Junqua. The cover of Dug Up Magazine. Volume 3: July 24, 2025. A graphic featuring a selection of authors and artists’ names. FEATURING: JESSICA JUNQUA LOGAN WARD LISA LAHEY ABIGAIL MARTIN JOHN MARK KING MONTY BURR RICK MCQUISTON DANIEL LETZ MADISON PIERRE THOMAS BULL R.K. WEIR WILL CHERICO FRED TAULBEE BILL WOLAK COVER ART: GABRIEL TAVARES On the right hand side, art of a blue man being swallowed by a black demon like character. A page from Dug Up Magazine featuring Smile for the Camera by Jessica Junqua. A headshot is featured on the left, and on the right, a biography: Jessica Junqua is a writer and stage/film actor based in New Jersey. Her short story Smile for the Camera follows a teen girl trapped within her family's toxic vlogging empire, and what happens when she tries to escape. Blending psychological horror with family drama, the story peels back the glossy layers of internet fame to expose the disturbing truths beneath. It is a stand-alone piece adapted from a novel-in-progress that dives deeper into the world of the Ashton family. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Arts with a minor in Musical Theatre from Montclair State University. When she isn't writing, she's listening to music, adding to her notebook collection, and a cat- mom of three.
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Good morning! Today’s going to be a great day. ☀️ I’m attending the Writer’s Digest Conference this weekend in Baltimore, Maryland!

Looking forward to meeting new people, pitching my novel Glitch, & attending workshops! ✍🏻✨ Anyone else going?

#WritingCommunity #WDC25 #amwriting #amquerying #writing
July 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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For Glitch: Waiting On The Sky To Change by STARSET & Breaking Benjamin

Glitch has a very rock (and pop punk) influenced sound and both bands’ music were on loop while writing this story. 🎧🎶✍🏻✨

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #amquerying #Glitch #writingprompt
The Spotify Code for the song Waiting On The Sky To Change by STARSET and Breaking Benjamin. The album art is very space influenced with an astronaut standing on a rock starting at a galactic triangle with a moon inside. The reason for posting is to share what the opening credits song would be for my novel Glitch.
July 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Huge thanks to the #WritingCommunity for the love & support for Glitch & Fragments of Us during #BluePit 💙

I also had a wonderful time at the @writehive.bsky.social Annual Conference this weekend! Feeling inspired & energized! ✍🏻✨

To all the new friends/followers, welcome! 🤗

#amwriting #amquerying
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Kahyla faces a DEMON’S BARGAIN where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.

⛓️‍💥Feminist within patriarchy
🦶😒 Heel-face turn
🔥❤️ Slow burn
🕴️Powers via Possession
🚶‍♀️Coming of Age
🗣️Quiet girl finds her voice

#BluePit 📖 #Q #F #R #YA #A
July 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #R #LGBT #ND #agentsguide #bluepit

For fans of Heartstopper & Felix Ever After

✅ Enemies to Lovers
✅ Found Family
✅ Slow Burn
✅ Secrets and Twists
✅ Boarding School
✅ Seaside Town
✅ Angst with a side of humor
A young man looking out onto the ocean and a wave A silhouette of a teenager with a backpack against an ocean backdrop Two teens comforting each other with an embrace Comparable titles cover pages: Heartstopper, Felix Ever After, I Wish You All the Best, What If It’s Us
July 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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DR HORRIBLE x STARS & SMOKE x RENEGADES

🦸🏼‍♀️ Kickass shapeshifting heroine
🧑🏻‍🎤 Celebrity villain
🗣️ Unreliable narrators
💥 Superhero action
🖤 Obsessive love
✅ Jumping through League’s hoops
👫 Supportive BFF (maybe LI?)
🎤 Voicey POVs
🚪 Scooby Doo doors
😜 Hero & villain share a body?

#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #SF
July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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#Amaryllis

She's a former Broadway star on the run from a scandalous past. He's a forgotten film actor who pushes everyone away. When a media circus runs riot over their so-called "relationship", they might just find in each other the healing they never knew they needed.

#bluepit💥 #YA #A #R #W
Image of a woman in an empty theatre, she has a red dress and is holding an amaryllis flower. The title is "AMARYLLIS", the text surrounding it says "Enemies to fake dating to lovers", "the broody one is soft for the fiery one", "cozy, vulnerable romance about overcoming difficult pasts", and "it's *exactly* what you think it is" Image of a woman in a red dress sitting on a stone wall. The text says: "When Maylee became the assistant to famed actor Mr. Dorian Ashby, the last thing she expected was for the media to run riot over their supposed "relationship". Now she's stuck pretending to date the most prickly man to ever grace the silver screen, all while trying to outrun her scandalous Broadway past. But maybe he could be one she's been searching for this whole time. Someone at last who can help her heal." Image of a man in a nice suit standing on a street corner. The text reads: "When Dorian Ashby reluctantly hired Maylee to be his assistant, the last thing he expected was to be caught in the camera's lense with her and thrust into the centre of a media circus. Now he's stuck in yet another relationship made up for the spectacle and this time with a headstrong woman who seems to want nothing more than to push his buttons. But maybe she could be the one he's been searching for this whole time. Someone at last he can trust with his bruised and vulnerable heart."
July 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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UMBRELLA ACADEMY x SAILOR MOON x RWBY + ARTHURIANA

#AVALONRising
👪 Found Family is literally magic ✨
⚔️ Sword + Sorcery + Sci-Fi 💾
💔 Grief, Loss, and Reconciliation 🩹
💢 Family difficulties but they all love each other ❤️‍🩹 (no A!)

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#bluepit💥 #YA #F #SF #W
AVALON RISING - First Animatic Trailer
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July 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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LOCKWOOD & CO x THE X-FILES

When one of Nat's classmates doesn't return from a routine abduction, she begins questioning everything she thought she knew about aliens. She dives into the secrets of her small desert town, which may hold the key to her own past.

#BluePit #W #YA #SF #PN #LGBT
A moodboard of nine pink and purple-tinged images, all featuring desert landscapes and alien elements
July 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS

A witch tale with fangs, fitting nicely on a shelf next to "The Once and Future Witches" & "Garden Spells".

✔️Cottage Core
✔️Twist Ending
✔️Sisterhood
✔️Morally Gray FMC
✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
✔️Atmospheric
✔️Feminism
✔️Dancing ghosts in a theater 👻

#BluePit📖 #Q #Spec #A
July 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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An autistic freshman trades her mother's microscopic, narcissistic control, father's physical presence and emotional absence for dorm room freedom.
Between found family, first love, and learning to stop apologizing for existing—Rowan creates a life she loves. #BluePit📖 #W #YA #NA #ND #LGBT #OV
July 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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FAME x NEVER ENOUGH

🎭 A ruthless arts school
👯‍♀️ Grieving Twin Sisters
🩰 A dancer chasing perfection
🎶 A singer unraveling
💔 Messy friendships & first love
🧠 Mental health, grief, addiction
🕳 How far would you fall to feel whole?

Title: Fragments of Us❤️‍🩹

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #Contemporary #W #LGBT
6 Panel Photo Collage for character Olivia Newfield. Top Left: a photo of various ballet pointe shoes Middle Left: Two girls facing away from the camera. They stand outside. One girl has long brown hair and a white sleeved top and dark over shirt. The other girl has long auburn hair and a dark top. Bottom Left: A portrait of a girl sitting at a table, covering her face. Bottom Middle: A dancer folded over and stretching. The image has a blue hue, very moody. Bottom Right: Two girls holding hands outside. The biggest panel features a quote by Nikola M. La Vallée: “I would dance until my body gave out, then I would collapse into the earth, and dream of Dancing again.” 6 Panel Photo Collage for character Charlotte “Charlie” Newfield. Top Right: a photo of Christine Daée from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera. Middle Right: a pair of hands holding a rose flower. Bottom Right: A picture of a boy and a girl illuminated only by stage lights. They are almost about to kiss. Bottom Middle: A girl standing in a theater surrounded by plush red theater seats. Bottom Left: Two girls reaching towards the moon and sky outside. The biggest panel features a quote from The Phantom of the Opera: “Try to forgive, teach me to live. Give me the strength to try.” 6 Panel Photo Collage for my story’s setting—a performing arts high school. Top Left: a photo of Manhattan street signs, Broadway and W 53rd Street. There’s also One Way signs and a traffic light facing away. Bottom Left: a photo of a front entrance for a School of Performing Arts Top Right: a scene of an acting class in progress. 4 humans are on stage and one man sits in the audience directing a scene. 2nd Right: a scene of a contemporary or lyrical dance class in progress. 3rd Right: a scene of a class in progress. A group of students sit in a circle and a teacher stands in the center teaching. Bottom Right: a scene of dancers dancing from the 80s movie Fame.
July 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL x THE SOUND OF STARS

18yo Hale & his celebrity BFF have 1 week to film a blockbuster episode and attract investors for their futuristic-TikTok musical. But planetary power outages and weather-system glitches thwart their ability to deliver.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #SF #LGBT
July 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Here’s my #agentsguide to A CROSSROAD OF LILIES, my complete YA romance with a speculative twist!

🍄A magical mushroom curse
🍄A friends-to-lovers romance
🍄A retired childhood actor
🍄A bullied scholarship student
🍄An otherworldly secret they both must keep

#Bluepit📖 #R #YA #Q
July 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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FOREIGN BODIES is Euphoria X The Last of Us (if it had androids, duh), a YA Crossover spec fic.

Found family, wealth disparity, unchecked oligarchs, genetic manipulation, perseverance, science, identity, connection, grief, mental illness & addiction.

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #NA #SF #SP #OV #ND #Q
a photo collage. top left shows a smoggy city skyline. middle left is a teary eye on a dirty face. Bottom left depicts a wildfire blazing across dry landscape. The centre is a science lab with glass tanks containing wet specimens and scattered bottles. bottom middle shows two silhouettes facing each other in a dimly lit space. Bottom right shows a group of people struggling through smoke and ash with shovels, fighting a fire. The background of the collage is a cityscape at night. an image collage. top left shows a fist punching through glass. Top center shows two figures running, blurred in motion. Top right depicts a rioting crowd waving red flares, engulfed in smoke. Bottom left features protesters and flares held in disagreement. The background is a digital screenwith the phrase 'what if we never met?' in red text. In the middle is a close-up of an eye, with the reflection of flames, and glitter trailing down like tears. a photo collage. top left shows two people touching foreheads. Overlaid is a closeup of hands clasping, and overlaid beneath is a scan of a hand. Top right is a screencap from anime Bubblegum Crisis, a city surrounded by high-rise buildings. Beneath, blue text reads 'a human being whose original human parts have had to be replaced'. Bottom left shows riot police in black gear. The centre bottom is a dark industrial space with green lighting. Bottom right shows a distressed woman staring into a mirror.
July 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Agents/Editors guide to my YA literary sci-fi

INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016) & the suspense and alien hostility of THE FIFTH WAVE

Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen?
#YoungAdult #literary #scifi #BluePit
This book will make you cry like it did to me even though I wrote it Pitch: After encountering an alien while dealing with grief, Astra, a runaway, must choose between saving humanity from an alien invasion and reconciling with her dad before it’s too late.
July 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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EARLY MAGIC - in the query trenches now!
#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F

On the path to coven initiation - amid mutual rivalry, poor romantic choices, and math homework - one girl chases the truth and the other clings to power. If these witches don’t work together, magic itself could be on the line.
An image of film reel stills, including a witch, a forest, a ferris wheel, a full moon, young witches
July 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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LEGENDBORN x STRANGER THINGS x ATLANTIS

A girl and her maddeningly charming childhood friend shelter a young star who falls to their sinking hometown while also trying to solve a string of disappearances surrounding a local lab.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #agentsguide #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND
A purple background with light colored stars. The text reads "An Agent's Guide to Starfallen By: Nia Brown YA Low Fantasy 115K Words" At the very bottom is the tagline "The sun by day. The moon by night. Recite these words. Release the light. This post is split into two sections. On the left side is a collage of eight square images. Image 1 is of a glowing figure with no distinct features. Image 2 is of a pair of hands, cradling a glowing purple object. Image 3 is a picture of the universe tinted purple. Image 4 is a close-up of a dark-skinned individual focusing on their eye which has a violet iris. Image 5 is two people standing in the middle of a road in the woods with backpacks. Image 6 is of an empty street lined with trees and lit by light blue otherworldly light. Image 7 is of a dark-skinned individual with short afro-textured hair, white eyes, and a serious expression. They are wearing an accessory that covers their face in a lattice pattern with miniature diamond emblems at each intersection. Image 8 is a still shot of a young animated figure running towards a star in the distance with their arms spread. To the right is text that reads "the pitch" is in all caps. Beneath it reads Legendborn x Stranger Things in all caps. Beneath that is the pitch which reads "Three years ago, Jada Fraser fled to her hometown after having nearly burnt it to the ground, but returns to find it now subject to flood waters rather than flames. She is convinced their saving grace lies in wish-granting stars—but they haven’t come to Earth in decades... That is until one falls from the sky—her chance at redemption. The only problem? It’s just a kid that can hardly control its magic. She teams up with her (maddeningly) charming childhood friend, Khalil Kirkwood, to protect the star which is being hunted by forces both human and celestial. But there are other odd happenings. Strange disappearances. Constellation beasts in the woods. And North Star Labs whose scientists are all hiding something. It's either sink or swim as a catastrophic flood threatens to take everything before summer’s end." On a blue background are two navy boxes. On the left it has an underlined title that reads What To Expect. Beneath that, there are bulletin points that read celestial magic. Snarky, supernatural kid. Something is wrong in the woods. Slow burn+friends to lovers+mutual yearning. Literary themes w/ commercial appeal. Main cast: BIPOC, disabled, neurodivergent (diabetic, ptsd, anxiety, fat, burns MC rep) In the box to the right, the title reads Literary Comps in all caps. Beneath it are images of three books. Tracy Deonn's Legendborn which has an illustrated cover of a black girl with her arms wreathed in glowing magic on the cover. Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning which has an illustrated cover of a girl standing with her back turned in front of an older looking desk in a room of rising water. And Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek which has an illustrated cover of a young woman wearing a dress standing in lush woods while a figure with antlers stands behind her in the shadows. Beneath each of the books is more text. Under Legendborn it reads Black FMC, Modern Magic, and Small Southern Town. Under A Study in Drowning, it reads Compelling Mystery and Real World w/ Fantasy Elements. Under, Where the Dark Stands Still, it reads Lush Atmosphere and Unsettling Forest. On a blue background is a navy rectangle. At the top of it in blue capital letters it reads Opening Scene and is framed by stars on either side. Beneath it is a screenshot of a scene which reads: Jada Fraser always found herself on the wrong side of the law. Today was no exception. The contents of her bag beat against her back with every pounding step. Binoculars, camera, and her trusty notepad—everything she needed to procure proper proof. “Stop! You’re trespassing on private property!” A glance over her shoulder revealed an officer hot on her heels. He raised his arms, leveling a taser directly at her back. “Any further and I’ll fire!” Jada dove behind a tree, just in time to hear a sharp whine pierce the air. Silver wires struck a nearby trunk and electricity crackled beneath the bark. The acrid scent spurred her back into motion. Through the branches, she finally caught a glimpse of blue. If she could just reach the lake, she’d finally prove to everyone that something strange was going on—that she wasn’t crazy. “This is your last chance!” the officer shouted. He was right. This was her last chance. She couldn’t afford to stop now.
July 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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All lonely and depressed Helena wants is to fool her therapist long enough to graduate. She never expected to fall in love with a gargoyle.

Then the stones begin to crumble, and war bubbles out of Hell. To save her new friends, she must make an unthinkable journey.

#BluePit 📖
#Q #YA #F #LGBT
Text next to an image of dragon gargoyles reaching out from a cathedral steeple- Rooted in Stone YA Urban Fantasy 100k words Words written over a dark black background with a crow motif- Rumors say that St. Romain’s is haunted. That suits lonely, troubled goth-girl Helena, perfectly fine. Right away she is fascinated by the eerie sculptures on the campus chapel. Wounded by past rejections, she is reluctant to open up to anyone. All she wants to do is fool her therapist long enough to not get kicked out of another school. When she develops a crush on the mysterious and beautiful Kia, Helena learns her secret… Kia is a gargoyle. The statues are not just stone, but powerful guardians of a rift between worlds. These uncanny guardians quickly find a friend in Helena, but she hides a dark power of her own. When war spills through the rift, the stones of their beloved chapel begin to crumble and Helena is drawn into the battle to protect the world. Trapped in a strange, technicolor netherworld, our goth-girl heroine must face the darkness within or risk the collapse of both worlds and the destruction of her newfound family of stone… and Kia with them Text over a lightened turquoise scale and fin motif, like a mermaid’s tail- “Coral and Bone” by Tiffany Duane “Bleeding Violet” by Dia Reeves “Daughters of Smoke and Bone” by Laini Taylor “Don’t Let the Forest In” by CG Drews Text over an image of the milky way above a quiet lake in the forest, a rowboat in the foreground- Tropes- Morally gray angels Darkness is not evil Found family Queer MC Themes- Explorations of power Mental health rep and self-discovery
July 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM