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Pierre Sylvestre
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Dad times two. Comic and anime nerd. I write things, query, and hope for the best. WIP: YA Thriller
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Pierre Sylvestre @psylvestre.bsky.social · 25d
After a missile explodes near San Francisco, killing thousands, 16-year-old Zuriah Laguerre and her 7-year-old twin siblings begin a dangerous journey to the military base they call home and discover an enemy not of this world. #GhostPit #Q #YA #SF #DR
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julesnickerson.com
I am so thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency! I am looking forward to working together on IVORY TOWER, a psychological horror and dark academia novel.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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As a neurodivergent person, it takes a while to find the right people. The more you mask, the slower that process is, says Kate Rolfe in an interview on her latest picture book, Owl and Moon 👇 #BookSky
Kate Rolfe’s new picture book embraces friendship and neurodivergence
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November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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SWORDCROSSED X THIS WILL BE FUN

Standalone Spicy Cozy Fantasy
Demisexual Rep
Fat Main Character
MM Second Chance Romance

After the Lich Queen's Demise is the perfect book to heal your inner gifted child suffering from burn out. Please take a gander at my Agent's Guide!

#QuestPit #Q #A #F
The is the first picture of my Agent's Guide to After The Lich Queen's Demise. It's pretty simple two Tarot cards one for the Sun and for the Moon on a purple background. A list of the comps for After the Lich Queen's Demise these include: Swordcrossed, This Will Be Fun, Bookshops and Bonedust, The Spellshop, and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. The Pitch! When Sylvester Biskup’s former flame and adventuring companion Elsinor Laederiel unexpectedly appears back in his life, his world is turned upside down. At first Sylvester does all he can to avoid his flashy former lover: bury himself in work, plan a succubus’ wedding, and even give dating advice from a delusional bard a try. Then the university chancellor offers Sylvester a deal he can’t refuse: secure a donation to the university from Elsinor and earn the promotion he’s been coveting. One problem: he can barely say Elsinor’s name without panicking. The Log Line: Where one hero's journey ends, his life will begin. The Snippet Another suffocating silence engulfed the space between them. Sylvester’s breath slowed down, his pulse calmed. But his heart still clenched when he thought of the last words that Elsinor had spoken to him the morning after their last tryst. Darling, it was just one night. Over the years, the words morphed and churned into a mocking mantra. It was just one more example of how his stupid pig headed brain rushed him into decisions that he couldn’t take back. Now instead of meeting on equal footing, Elsinor loomed over him, smelling sweet and vomit free while Sylvester clung to the tile wall. “Well, I would love to see you there,” Elsinor stopped himself and Sylvester waited with bated breath to hear how he was going to end his sentence. “Sylvester.” Sylvester listened for the tell tale sounds of footsteps clacking away. He closed his eyes and huffed out a deep sigh.
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Winters are unkind to a vila, especially one stuck in the world of mortals with no powers. Nor's only chance to return home are the Gods but their favor never comes for free.

A samodiva punishes, and she never forgives
A samodiva rewards, and she never forgets
#QuestPit #Q #A #F
Mood board for SAMODIVA, an Adult Fantasy novel 3 x 3 tiles First row: cave resembling eyes, a woman with silver hair, a picture of samodivi dancing in a forest Second row: a man holding a sword, title tile, a woman holding a sword Third row: a shadow of a dragon, a man, a forest path
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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jundlife.bsky.social
Dune 2 X The Unbroken

In a city under constant threat, those gifted with psychic abilities are honed into warriors charged with defending their home. Sylin and Naraha, born with the gift, are conscripted into a brutal guild to be trained as killers against their wills.
#QuestPit #AgentsGuide
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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In the century Tilaani has been alive and the 85 years she‘s been dead, she’s escorted the soul of nearly everyone she knew into the afterlife. And as always she is left in the space between:
🌱 Life and death 💀
🔥 Fire and ice ❄️
❤️ Surrounded and alone 🔪
#A #F #R #FR #C #Agented #GhostPit
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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A village witch teams up with the vampire she vowed to protect her village from in order to take down the child of a god who has been terrorizing them both.

#GhostPit #A #F #FR #WIP
A mood board consisting of: a misty forest on a mountainside, a stained glass window with apothecary bottles in front of it, a tree bench reflected red against a dark sky, a hallway lined with gothic architecture windows, a red moon, a white rose stained with red, and a series of white candles half-melted.
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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THE HONEY WITCH X LATE BLOOMER

A disabled witch hires a butch werewolf grocer to work in her failing apothecary. But when she and the grocer fall in love, a ghost torments the shop! The witch must solve the haunting to save the town and her new hot gf.

#ghostpit #A #FR
The witch and the grocer 78k sapphic cozy fantasy romance The romance Witch x werewolf Butch x femme Ownvokces heds rep First time Open door spice Alarra Thorne Robin Hart The pitch Alarra thorne is a broke, disabled, single witch getting evicted from her failing apothecary. On a commiseratory night out with her half-satyr bff Trixie, Alarra meets Robin Hart, a half werewolf butch grocer wanting a second job thanks to the spreading friit blight. After seeing alarra collapse at work, Rlbin ahrees to work with her despite the low pay. Comps The homey witch Late bloomer The very secret society of irregular witches Legends and lattes
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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jundlife.bsky.social
"HatWIP"

The Babadook X The Exorcist

He has been tormented by Shadow people since almost dying at age six.
They are increasing in frequency.
The Red Eyed God in the woods speaks of a great change.
Now, a man in a hat, who speaks the language of hate, wants him too.

#GhostPit #W #Horror #A
Picture of a shadow person. Text: "I am nothing more than a husk, waiting to be filled by something greater than myself. A great change is upon me. A great change is moving through the world. It is already in motion. It cannot be stopped." Coming to beta winter 26. Querying Spooky Season 26
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Has their dormant love story reawakened or are they just yearning for nostalgia?

#ghostpit #a #q #wf #r
Summer and winter moodboard
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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THESE DEADLY PROPHESIES X BITTERSWEET IN THE HOLLOW

While searching for her sister’s killer, Ana becomes the prime suspect. Now on the run, an unexpected ally is her only hope to find the monster behind the murders, clear her name and set her sister’s spirit free.

#GhostPit #W #Spec #YA
While searching for her sister’s killer, Ana becomes the prime suspect. Now in the run, an unexpected ally becomes her only hope to find the monster behind the murders, clear her name and set her sister’s spirit free. #GhostPit #W #Spec #YA
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 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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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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Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after them.

I Am Chosen~A different type of love story. #ghostpit #A #PR #Q #HappyHalloween 👻🧛‍♀️
A photo of a dark alleyway that inspired scenes in the paranormal romance, I am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski. Black garbage bags and graffiti litter the narrow passageway between buildings. Photography by Dawn Berkoski. Pitch: Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. Paranormal Romance. dawnberkoski.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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NAUSICAÄ X FF7

A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world.

#ghostpit #Q #A #F
A misty forest. A raven. Trees and a cloudy sky. A fence. A person using an umbrella in a forest. The back of a woman.
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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#AmQuerying #YA #F #Q #authors
Early Magic Agents Guide; YA Contemporary Fantasy; When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a ruthless plan to steal it back—thought it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic. Images: two teen witches and one teen boy; comp titles: Wild is the Witch, A Wicked Magic, Spells for Lost Things, Practical Magic
August 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#GhostPit #YA #R #LGBT #Q Erin & Liv Are Not (Not) Together 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - lesbians, therapy cat, queer care home, exes, fake dating, friendship love, yearning, ghost tour walks, doughnuts, LEGO, found family, mental health rep, queer JOY, CHAOS and the HORROR of toxic relationships 🚩
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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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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prahajess.bsky.social
🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹 👻 🎃

Clueless x Practical Magic

Two witches. A missing portal. And a crafty daemon. Also a hot vet and some surfing.
Oh, and a perfect pair of Prada boots.

#ghostpit #Q #F #YA #Q
#WriteSky
Images: girl holding pumpkin, profile of teen girl, magical books, girl on surfboard with witch's hat, teen witch mid-ritual; text: Early Magic, ya contemporary fantasy
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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catherinewinters.com
F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN

Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #GhostPit #A #Q #R #LGBT
Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 110,000 words "Did you hear? There's a human on board." A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling. alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human) PITCH: Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist. Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway? That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no. PRIORITIES: make dinner remain cozy haul cargo go for drinks pull off one last score try not to fall in love FIRST PAGE: “Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.” I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity. “Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.” “Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table. It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best. The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let them come here.” The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?” COMPS: Murderbot by Martha Wells Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wisewell The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers TROPES: Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm lying to themselves non-human perspective (afraid of humans) neurodivergent main characters metaphorically disabled protagonist slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship disabilitynorm and queernorm setting found family loveable pet/terrifying monster
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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After a missile explodes near San Francisco, killing thousands, 16-year-old Zuriah Laguerre and her 7-year-old twin siblings begin a dangerous journey to the military base they call home and discover an enemy not of this world. #GhostPit #Q #YA #SF #DR
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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rebeccareyeswriting.com
She sounds like me! I've gone so far as to edit my PC's registry to get rid of AI assist shit. I'd take Clippy over Copilot.
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe 🔜 MICE @noethematt.bsky.social · 27d
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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krishna-author.bsky.social
Pathway to success
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM