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Kelton Davis is querying! 🦇⚰️🤠
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Kelton Davis is querying! 🦇⚰️🤠 @keltondavis.bsky.social · 13d
SINNERS x THE DEVILS

There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.

Corado's about to break all three.

BIG 5 EDITOR REQUEST!

🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities

Querying now!
#A #F #Q #questpit
Image: A man in a black cloak and a wide brim western style black hat, holding a revolver; only his eyes as yellow pinpricks are visible. Text: A Novel By Kelton Davis Blood from Stone 112000 Words Adult Gothic Western Fantasy Querying Now Art: Apocalypse by Oliver Odmark Title: Pitch Text: In the twenty years since the vampires rose up out of the earth, Corado hasn’t done too bad for himself. He’s still alive, for one, and he’s got a lucrative trade as a nightrunner smuggling people beneath the vampiric horde that blots out the sky each night. It's dangerous work, but enough to get a roof over his head and a bottle in his hand at the end of the day. That’s pretty good for life under the vampires. Then an attack from the horde leaves him stuck in the desert, alone with a newly-orphaned boy, and his luck finally dries up. He resolves to find what remains of the boy’s family and put it all behind him—but instead of taking him off Corado’s hands, his so-called “family” offers a new deal: escort them to the vampiric capital in exchange for a veritable fortune. Corado knows he shouldn’t. It’s a long, dangerous route, and the group has a smack of sedition to them that he knows firsthand to be a quick way to a bloody death. It is a hell of a lot of money, though. Background image: same as first slide. Title: Comparable Titles Images of the covers of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian. Text drawn with an arrow from each image: Found family (from the Devils) Reluctant parent figure (from Godkiller) Western-inspire Gothic setting (from Red Rabbit) Unlikely travel companions (from all). Background image: same as first slide.
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gracelizaa.bsky.social
OCTOBER DAYE X WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE

When a blood-drained body is found at the edge of Foggy Dell, a quirky town in Northern California, Maisie—local ghost speaker—and Stacy—biologist and supernatural skeptic—become unlikely partners, investigating the mysterious death.

#questpit #Q #PR #MY
A corkboard with photos of the forest and ocean and notes pinned to it. The notes: “Vampire???”, “Time of death: midnight”, and “Tremulous Oak Sanctuary: might not be a cult (but also might be)”.
January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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GLASS ONION x MISS CONGENIALITY
Mistaken for someone else, a reporter plays along. But she's not the only one acting a part. To uncover what's going on she must know who to trust, try not to get killed and definitely NOT fall for the man she's fake-dating.
#Questpit #W #A #RF #MY
AGENT INTEREST in my WIP after a full request. THEY'RE ALL HIDING SOMETHING. SO IS SHE. Snippets of dialogue The letter heading, crisp, startling, hooks her gaze. Irresistibly, she reaches out, her heart suddenly thudding... 'What the hell do you think you're doing?' The dark furious voice makes her jerk back guiltily like a marionette pulled sharply up on her strings. The papers in her hand spill to the floor again with the sly whisper of shifting sand. A man stands in the doorway, his hand still on the door-knob, his expression one of absolute blazing rage. Kate (later) defensively to Alex: Well, it was his fault. He jumped to the wrong conclusion and I…well, I couldn’t tell him who I was and what I was doing there, could I?’ Oh, I wouldn't say that,' he drawls. 'Some women of my acquaintance would hold ‘that I have a great deal of charm.’ (Girl comes out to drape beach towels over stone balustrade to dry. Stands, hands going to hips, and glares at them – or rather at Kate. Someone calls her. Calls again sharply when she ignores them. With a final dark glower, aimed again at Kate, she swings round and stalks off indoors.) 'I take it she's one of them,' says Kate. 'Poor girl. Never mind. I understand you can get very good treatment nowadays.' He looks pained. 'I'll have you know I have an army of fans out there.' She can't help laughing. 'Oh yeah?' 'Yeah.' Then the most astonishing thing happens. They smile at each other. I could like him, Kate thinks. He can be high-handed and insufferable but in spite of that, he does have charm, dollops of it. Under different circumstances, if he wasn't gunning for every journalist who comes within ten yards of him, and if my name wasn't mine, we might even be friends.
January 31, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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arappleby.bsky.social
The Poison Chalice

Charmed x Shadow hunters x A Touch Of Darkness

Condemned to purgatory she must make a deal with the Maith for her kind, the son of the devil has other ideas.

❤️ He falls first/harder
🤫 Family secrets
😓 Betrayals

#questpit #A #F #RF #DF #W
Collage with A Touch of Darkness, Filthy Rich Vampires, Shadow Hunters, and charmed vibes. Road showing a quote from the MMC reads “All I know is she will destroy me. I will let her.” Vibe board inclusive of elemental magic, Charmed and Shadow hunters.
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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lawilding.bsky.social
EMILY WILDE X DIVINE RIVALS

To win her independence, the granddaughter of a famed botanist must team up with a brilliant, brooding scholarship student to unlock the secrets of a dying magical garden, even as their rivalry blossoms into something more. 🌿✨

#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R
January 31, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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morgan-writes.bsky.social
Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're extremely attracted to each other.

It's only natural that they become friends with benefits.

All too soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything.

#QuestPit #R #Q #A
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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lawilding.bsky.social
EMILY WILDE X DIVINE RIVALS

To win her independence, the granddaughter of a famed botanist must team up with a brilliant, brooding scholarship student to unlock the secrets of a dying magical garden, even as their rivalry blossoms into something more. 🌿✨

#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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brookbwrites.bsky.social
MY FRIENDS x EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD

A boy with secrets to hide collides with a girl who is used to running away, leaving both with broken walls and fractured, but healing, hearts.

✨ past trauma and grief
🧠 mental health rep
🖋️ college campus setting

#QuestPit #Q #A #NA
“THE STARS & THE GHOST THEY CREATED” UPMARKET CONTEMPORARY ADULT/NEW ADULT PREMISE * When a college student with secrets to hide collides with a girl who is used to running away, neither knows just how deep the cracks in their foundations might go-but sometimes the walls must fall for the beauty beneath to be revealed. COMPS • Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead • My Friends • The Wedding People • Eleanor Oliphan is Completely Fine SNIPPET CHAPTER 1 The monster never gets forgiven in fairy tales. I've read enough to know. The grating rasp of my fingernails scraping against the already-torn skin of my fingers echoes through my bones. Rattling. Never settling. The air hums with overlapping sounds—a symphony of incessant buzzing that crescendos into an eerie ringing. I don't know whether it's coming from the electric lights that cast a ghostly halo onto the sidewalk beneath me or from somewhere deep inside my body where I can't see. It's suffocating. I imagine it's what being buried alive feels like. Having your lungs fractured into pieces too small to put back together. Or like drowning. But I know what that feels like.
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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brookbwrites.bsky.social
THE STARLESS SEA x HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

When she becomes haunted by shadows and a mysterious stranger with eyes like fire, Augusta is forced into a desolate world she’s only ever dreamed about, and must decide if she’s willing to sacrifice everything to save it.

#QuestPit #W #F #R #A
A collage featuring themes of Sun, a tower, a girl, and stars
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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lottevansande.bsky.social
JUST ADD WATER // adult contemporary romance // open door // 80K

🪼 small town
🪼 one camper / one bed
🪼 golden retriever x black cat
🪼 workplace romance
🪼 forced proximity
🪼 women in STEM

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS X GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES X NOT SAFE FOR WORK

#questpit #A #R #Q
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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ncrystalauthor.bsky.social
Serpent & Dove X In the veins of the drowning 🐍 🌊

🌶️ Bloodbound to a ruthless hunter, surviving each other might be hardest task 🩸

🌴 Dark Caribbean Folklore - T&T 🇹🇹
😏 Forced Proximity
🔪 Enemies x Lovers
🌔 Ancient Monsters & Spirits
#Questpit #NA #F #R
January 31, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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briannaswan.bsky.social
All’s Fair in Love and Ruins

✨Indiana Jones meets the college-rivals-turned-lovers of Beach Read ✨

✅Strong woman in male-dominated field
✅Banter and yearning
✅Adventure

Third Draft and obsessed! #W #A #R #questpit
All’s fair in love and ruins Grad school rival Patagonia, hike , romance Patagonia
January 31, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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nikibond.bsky.social
FFVII X FRIEREN X LUNAR CHRONICLES

Emily’s life has been torn apart by her former companions. So when she goes on the run with a new crew to save the universe, can she find it in herself to trust them? And just what secrets are they hiding?

#QuestPit #W #YA #SFF
Silent Suspension: After the End promo art featuring four characters. From right to left: Emily (pale skin, teal hair in long pigtails, wearing a purple dress with a pair of glasses on a necklace), Marty (rich brown skin, red hair tied behind her head with braids, wearing a purple jacket and dark pink dress while holding a phone), Seth (pale skin, blond hair; turned partially away with an eyepatch over his left eye and a black billowing cape), and Rota (deep brown skin, curly purple hair with a metal circlet, wearing a pastel pink dress with teal armor over it).
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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anthoniaumoh1.bsky.social
ALICE IN BORDERLAND X HUNGER GAMES

A pro gamer is invited to play an illegal game to afford her mother’s medical bills. Her experiences changes her world view, and unlocks a seal placed on her supernatural abilities throwing her life into complete chaos.
#questpit #fantasy #dystopian
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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luanadarosa.bsky.social
RuPaul’s Drag Race x Comic-Con

When two rival comic artists with romantic baggage are forced to partner on a reality TV competition, their rekindled chemistry goes viral—but the producers are editing their story into something it's not.

#QuestPit #A #R #Q
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
I am Legend x The Silent Earth x The Legacy

In a dystopian future where humans disappeared, earth is found by another humanoid species who must learn to live in a new environment and figure out where the people went before they too disappear.

#W #A #Dys #T #QuestPit
Black Background. Top: A picture of a woman dressed as an alien. The title in white font: If We Disappeared Tomorrow. A picture of an apocalyptic New York. Middle: New York 9/11 Memorial. Golden Gate Bridge lit up at night and a quote, “Welcome to Earth. Population Zero. - Life After People. St. Louis Arch. Bottom: The Arc de Triomphe lit up. The Sydney Opera House lit up and a quote, “There was life before people, there will be life after people.” - Life After People. The Eiffel Tower lit up and a quote, “It's not the story of how we might vanish, it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind.” - Life After People.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
Dear America x When the World Fell Silent x Halifax & the Titanic

When a dispatch reaches Halifax the town races to help, but little did Haley Barton know that her slice of heaven would see the aftermath of a nightmare & forever solidify itself into history.

#W #A #HF #QuestPit
Brown/grey background. Top: Title: Unsinkable Duty Middle: A row of pictures: The sinking Titanic from the movie. The Titanic Sailing in an old photo. The memorial in Halifax. Under those is a quote: James Young (New Foundland resident reflecting on the Halifax Grave): “Fairview Lawn isn't just a cemetery; it's a memorial, a place of remembrance, a quiet testament to a tragedy that touched the world and left an indelible mark on our shores.” Bottom: A picture of a newspaper article about the Titanic and Halifax. A picture of the memorial service announcement for the Titanic Victims.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
Dear America x The Girl on the Carpathia

When Eva boarded the Carpathia for her honeymoon, she never imagined that she would walk into history, but that is exactly what happened when a call came from the sinking Titanic & they brought her Survivors aboard.

#W #A #HF #QuestPit
Periwinkle Background. Top: The title is in the middle Flight of the Carpathia. Below that is an art picture of the Titanic with the lifeboat rowing away. On each side are quotes: “We set foot on deck with very thankful hearts, grateful beyond the possibility of adequate expression to feel solid ship beneath us once more.” - Lawrence Beesley, Titanic Survivor (Reference to boarding the rescue ship Carpathia.) “Devoutly thankful I was that the long race was over…but with that feeling was the veritable ache which the now certain knowledge of the liner's loss brought. No sign of her - and below was the first boat containing survivors.” - Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia. Middle: picture of the survivors on the Carpathia. Picture of the Carpathia. Bottom: Picture from the Titanic movie of the lifeboat rowing toward the Carpathia.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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jacquelynauthor.bsky.social
A woman with missing memories. A husband who insists he saved her. And a watcher uncovering a psychiatric hold she doesn’t remember— and a much darker version of her past.

WHEN SHE’S NOT LOOKING (94k), upmarket psychological thriller.

#QuestPit #Q #A #T @questpit.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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kotegentarri.bsky.social
THOROUGHFARE
₊ ⊹ ˑ 𓂃
a religious apostle & western outlaw must work together to stop an eldritch horror spreading across the desert

𖤓 novella (26k)
𖤓 a sunshine MMC and grumpy FMC
𖤓 eldritch monsters but the true horror is humanity

#questpit #Q #H #S #Western
a nine frame moodboard (3x3x3) of western iconography that is dark blue/black, red, yellow or orange. There are horses, cowboys, a church, sunrise doves, and icons above the frames of a snake, a western pistol, and gothic architecture.
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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michelleogilvy.bsky.social
Last year, Lucy’s anxiety reached new levels and her life fell apart. Now, all Lucy wants is some normalcy, her old friends back, her old life back.

There's no way she’ll admit her crush on her female BFF, one of the only people who stuck around. She can’t risk losing Jaime too.

#questpit #W #YA
Words: Fine Means Stop Asking. Upper YA Contemporary. Michelle Ogilvy. 79,000 words. Background picture of young woman with hands covering face.
January 31, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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wintersleep85.bsky.social
NAUSICAÄ X FF7

Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide
Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words. Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved. A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!” The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death. “Magic should never return.” After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended. Sent him back to his body. A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/Sunshine. LGBTQIA+. Multi POV.
January 31, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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authorrjwebb.bsky.social
HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH
Journals of a Familiar
Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape.
#questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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sagecollins.bsky.social
SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS

Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray (16yo) battles brooding Jack Frost (17yo) to inherit her powers. W/ Jack's frozen 🩵 melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to lose the contest to save the boy he loves

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #LGBT #CliFi
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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thelialao.bsky.social
hi #questpit, almost done revising my sapphic sf crazy rich asians novel, so here's the agent's guide! :))

[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN

#A #SF #LGBT
slide that reads "an agent's guide to FACELESS". line under reads "adult speculative fiction / 80,000 words @thelialao) background is a blurry photo of an asian woman with a blue tint Text: PITCH [BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN the opulence of CRAZY RICH ASIANS x the otherworldly, futuristic atmosphere of LOCAL HEAVENS x the socio-satirical tone of THE IMMORTAL KING RAO set in a floating city inspired by tech havens in Silicon Valley and East/Southeast Asia Background: an Asian City with a blue filter TEXT: FIRST PAGE It’s a beautiful night to die. The lights of Chang’E City shine over the water, glinting like shattered glass. From her position on the watchtower, Fay Soon can see everything. Her eyes turn, trying to stay cool as they scan the sprawling streets, the steel towers, the crystalline lights that weave through the metropolis like veins. It’s almost commendable how hard she’s trying to maintain her composure. As if this is still an equation that can be solved, rudimentary as the mathematical problems she learnt in elementary school: if 4x = 16, find x. But if things were so simple she wouldn’t be standing here, body tautened like a coiled wire. Her heart wouldn’t be beating hard enough to fracture her ribs. And on her right, wouldn’t lie the endless, insurmountable drop of the edge. @thelialao Background: A silhouette of a woman looking at a wall of holograms
January 31, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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hlcarterauthor.bsky.social
PHANTASMA X THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE
Trapped in a haunted house that's stuck in a two-hundred-year-old time loop, Alloson and John must escape before an evil curse steals their souls.
#QuestPit #AG #OS #A #PR #R #H #Gothic
a skull, a lion, and candles on a black background. white text that reads: AN EDITOR'S GUIDE TO HEATHER CARTER'S ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL. ON SUBMISSION NOW. AGENTS: KATRINA LEMAIRE AND MARISA CORVISIERO OF CORVISIERO LITERARY AGENCY. a skull, a lion, and candles on a black background. FOUR IMAGES OF BOOK COVERS (WE LIVE HERE NOW, CRIMSON PEAK- MOVIE, THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE, PHANTASMA). WHITE TEXT: ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL, Trapped in a ghostly limbo with no memories, Alloson and John must escape a haunted house that comes to life nightly with two-hundred-year-old ball. As their love grows, the time loop deteriorates and the house rages. They must solve the mystery of Radfield Hall before violent entities, possession, and a murderous prophecy claim their souls for darkness & part them forever. 99,000 WORDS, DUAL POV, ADULT GOTHIC PARANORMAL ROMANCE, ON SUBMISSION NOW, AGENTS: KATRINA LEMAIRE AND MARISA CORVISIERO OF CORVISIERO LITERARY AGENCY a skull, a lion, and candles on a black background. WHITE TEXT IN TWO COLUMNS. COLUMN ONE: THEMES. ADULT GOTHIC PARANORMAL ROMANCE, AMNESIA, GHOSTS, NIGHTLY 19TH CENTURY BALL, TIME LOOP, HORROR AND ROMANCE, POSSESSION, CURSED BOOK WRITTEN IIN BLOOD, SPICE. SECOND COLUMN: COMPS. CRIMSON PEAK (GUILLERMO DEL TORO FILM), PHANTASMA (KAYLIE SMITH), THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE (CARISSA ORLANDO), WE LIVE HERE NOW (SARAH PINDBOROUGH) a skull, a lion, and candles on a black background. WHITE TEXT: OPENING LINES. I drifted on a strange sea between worlds. If I once knew light, it had long abandoned me to a dark, feral nightmare. I ran through the shadowy plane, screaming until I collapsed, succumbing to the burn in my limbs. Through the hazy edges and echoing rumbles, the harsh line between the living and the realm of the dead withered.
January 31, 2026 at 6:29 AM