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P T Lacy
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Author seeking representation. EFL Teacher. Englishman in Poland (he/him). Cat dad. Movie lover. Blogger. All shall worship me and despair?

Debut novel: https://books2read.com/unregistered

Blog: https://from-the-smallest-desk.ghost.io
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P T Lacy @ptlacy.bsky.social · Apr 2
Do you like movies? Do you like bad movies? Obscure bad movies from Hollywood A-listers?
You do?
Then I have the blog for you!
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Every Wednesday and Saturday, my blog explores the movies nobody watches. Sign up now - it's always free!
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massimocubello.bsky.social Massimo Cubello @massimocubello.bsky.social · 10d
RUSH x THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN

A cinematic novel set in the deadly world of F1 in the 1970s, where speed alone isn’t enough to survive.

⚔️ intra-team warfare
💥 high-speed race sequences
👨‍👦 inherited expectations
📺 public scrutiny
💔 sacrifice & heartbreak

#BluePit 📖 / #A / #HS / #Q
A collage of colour and black/white motorsport photos to help capture the tone of my upcoming racing novel, BETWEEN THE WHITE LINES.
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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savdoesbooks.bsky.social savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · 10d
My almost query-ready WIP is:

HABEAS CORPUS

Not quite 'super' heroes.

VIBES: SALTBURN, PARASYTE: THE MAXIM, INVINCIBLE, THE BOYS

COMPS: THE ATLAS SIX, NINTH HOUSE + THE SECRET HISTORY

I love this one. So excited to be in final edits!

#BluePit📖 #YA #NA #SF #SP #W #OV #DIS #ND #BluePit
A collage of dark images including stills from superheros in movies and television, the movie Saltburn. The images are hidden under a grain for background effect and mood. Text in the middle is cream-coloured on a red background and reads: What if ‘power’ was an alien parasite that decided the world’s elite—and its rival fed on the hubris of past hosts? Collage of images showing a dark academia setting, creating a moody and atmospheric feeling relevant to the texts setting. Cream-coloured text on red backgorund is featured in the centre, and reads: When seventeen-year-old Atalanta Thane is infected by the parasite that selects the world’s leaders, she’s sent to the elite Providence College to be trained as part of the next generations leadership. But the core of the utopian world they live in is rotting, and it’s clear that this year, hosts weren’t chosen for their academic excellence or legacy. They were chosen because their damage makes them dangerous—and in a world built on the inherited power of a select few, being broken might just dismantle the system that once made the elite untouchable. Screenshot from the first page of user's manuscript, Habeas Corpus. It reads: My joints lit up red this morning. At first, a violet flicker at my wrist. Then a pulsing maroon pool. A bruise, but was it a warning? Or am I a target? It faded, and I told no-one—not that anyone would listen. Instead, I went to school like nothing had happened; tugged down the long sleeves of my undershirt to bunch the fabric beneath my thumbs. Since Alba died, I’m always silent. I’ve become known as trouble enough. All day, I waited for the red to return. It didn’t—not when I walked the green seams between the rows of metallic buildings, and not while I watched the river swallow the orange sun, hinting its farewell on the horizon. As the evening wore on, I’d started to believe I’d never been red, at all. But there’s no mistaking the glow now as I lie motionless in bed, aware of a presence and accompanied by a pounding in my skull. Something is here, I know it. Even if I can’t see it. Rubbing my eyes with the palms of my fists, I hold a hand over my right eye, trying to see through the left. I don’t know why I expect my injured eye to work now, of all times. But I’m sure my vision is affecting me as my mind conjures the image of a slug-like shadow, imbued with a pinprick of light, inching across the floor of my room. Staring at the thing, I squint. In the low light, I trace its slick trail to the corner of my window. It’s cracked open, just a touch. Strange. I thought I’d closed it. I try to move. My body only jolts. The pill bottle beside me clatters to the floor and when I look towards it, my neck creaks like a mannequin’s. My mouth hangs ajar like a ventriloquist’s doll. Why can’t I move? Why can’t I scream? It gets harder as the headache grows stronger. With every slow movement of the shadow towards me, I feel it from the inside out. Measured and metronomic, it’s like the dull throb of a heavy-beating heart. Too heavy to be human, it does not belong to me.
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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acousticmeatus.bsky.social Acoustic Meatus @acousticmeatus.bsky.social · 10d
Supernatural beings have been more-or-less integrated into everyday life. A lot less, in some cases. With few job options available, a skeleton and her uncle sign up for a six week correspondence course in monster rehabilitation. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

#bluePit 📖 #W #A #HU #F #TR
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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chriswinters.bsky.social winterswords @chriswinters.bsky.social · 10d
Revera, a scarred war hero seeking one last shot at relevance, signs on to a covert mission that turns out more than she bargains for, with a secret at its heart that risks her honor and reigniting a war gone cold, with humanity's survival at stake. #BluePit📖 #A #SF #Q #BluePit #amquerying #FMC
A woman removes her spacesuit helmet in a spaceship interior as she looks at something out of the frame that seems to worry her. (Photo by Mikhail Nilov via Pexels.com)
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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sojourner-hughes-d.bsky.social Hughes Davidson @sojourner-hughes-d.bsky.social · 11d
Poems I Shouldn’t Write: Poems

Excerpt:

“My heart doesn't skip/When I see you/I think that’s a good thing/I feel a little less like a cactus/More like a hedgehog”

#BluePit #PO #NA #A #POC #DIS #ND #LGBTQIA+ #TR #ComingSoon
Poems I Shouldn’t Write Who is it for? Queer disabled BIPOC with liberatory politics, who have a love for poetry and a desire to connect through words. Those disillusioned with the romance they deeply desire. Those whose hearts break open for the world. Those who treasure their friendships with intense devotion. Those who are learning not to lose themselves in loving what they must love. If this sounds like you, Poems I Shouldn’t Write might be just what you’re looking for. Coming Soon Book Cover: Title: Poems I Shouldn’t Write Subtitle: Poems Author: Sojourner Davidson A black individual with short hair and glasses (the author) stares broodingly at a bouquet of flowers.
January 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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rammwriter.bsky.social Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 11d
Ministry of Time x Life on Mars

An intelligence agent from 2023 and a Russian spy from 1997 travel to 1972, to steal Britain’s time travel secrets. Their subsequent collision with a very pissed-off MI5 officer sparks a temporal explosion of epic Cold War proportions.

#BluePit #Q #A #T #SP #HS 📖 🦋
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 11d
THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#BluePit 📖 #A #D #F #H #W #DIS
Book cover for "Mark of the Jester" by B. van Bodegom (author of Dad Bodies). Dark fantasy novel. Features a split jester mask in black and white halves with a red smile on the white half. 'The' runs vertically down the center, with decorative silhouettes of roses framing the mask. High-contrast graphic design in black, white, and red.
January 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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thekellerverse.bsky.social James Keller-Am Querying @thekellerverse.bsky.social · 11d
#Bluepit

Mass effect x Treasure Planet/ Master and Commander in Space

6 years after the Death of Earth and Humanity's Uplift into the Jada Empire. Elise Clarke is enlisted into the Royal Fleet. Can she overcome her trauma and prove Humanity can find a place in the Galaxy?

#Q #SF #SFF
January 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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parallaxerrorr.bsky.social ParallaxError @parallaxerrorr.bsky.social · 10d
#BluePit 📖 #W #A #SF #LGBT

He can’t remember why he tried to kill his AI god; those memories were wiped to quell his rebellious thoughts. But as much as he wants the peace of a new life, forgotten friends and lovers are trying to drag him back to his old one.
January 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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writerlythings.bsky.social Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars is in SPFBO XI!✨Charlotte Saulter✨ @writerlythings.bsky.social · 10d
An empire in turmoil. A forbidden magic promising death. The lives of 4 strangers changed forever as they must learn to master their powers and confront their fears and traumas.
🔥Tortured heroes
🪵Found family
🌊East Asia
⚙️Enemies2Lovers
🐦Trauma/Redemption
💗 He falls first subplot
#BluePit 📖 #P #A #F
Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars, a dark epic fantasy. Shows a book cover with the same title and four figures in front of a map
January 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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ossuary.bsky.social O F Cieri @ossuary.bsky.social · 10d
It's the Year of Our Undying Queen Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine. Dr. William Savage has just been resurrected by his ex wife. His first act is to sleep with a spy.

Featuring:

💀priestkink
💀toxic m/m/m
💀regicide
💀enemies with benefits
💀imperialism

#bluepit #a #f #q
January 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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csmallswright.bsky.social Crystal L. Smalls-Wright is editing MG Spec Fic ~ querying soon! @csmallswright.bsky.social · 11d
Agent's Guide to KORI'S DESTINY WITH THE MULTIVERSE

AMARI x LOKI

After a meteor crash Kori learns her grief transcends the multiverse when doppelgängers attack. Now Kori must save herself, from herself or risk imprisonment in a time loop
#BluePit 📖 #Q #MG #SP #DIS #OV #POC #AmQuerying #AgentsGuide
January 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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stephanierose1201.bsky.social Stephanie Rose - Author @stephanierose1201.bsky.social · 10d
TARANTINO writing PERCY JACKSON

- a disgruntled, skeptical FBI agent
- an angry Greek god on a rampage, with ☠️ly arrows that cause victims to eat hearts of their soulmates
- the Greek god's mother, posing as a human to figure out her son's problem

#BluePit #A #H #M #PN #P
A paperback book, Carnivorous Cupid, stacked on top of its 3 sequels - outside on a stone bench, greenery and blue skies in the background
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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catherinewinters.com Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 10d
“Humans. I’d seen them before: one or two here and there over the years, a small pack once. It was always the same: crowds silently parting to make way for a lone hunter, dock workers going out of their way to avoid a human ship’s berth. But this one wanted to talk to me.” #BluePit #Q #SF #LGBT #A
An orange, black, and white movie poster for my manuscript Cargo, inspired by Saul Bass's famous vintage posters for Vertigo and The Man With the Golden Hand: "Tai's terrified of humans. Everyone is. So why did their captain just hire one, and why can't Tai stop thinking about her?" Now Querying: Cargo The credits section is as follows: CATHERINE WINTERS AND COREWARD BAKER PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENT A CATHERINE WINTERS NOVEL ‘CARGO’ STARRING TAI OF MICAPA THYLLIS CHAUMEDEROT TALATAGARI QUIRIN TALATAGARI ANENTO FRANK THE CAT JEREL BESKROS CHOST MOL RAZIK FEATURING COOL MOSS ABOVE STILL WATER AND INTRODUCING CLARKE SHIPS BY SETEBO-URANQ AND CONSTANT VERIDITY INTERSTELLAR COSTUMES BY UPPER CORE ATELIER “HUMAN” CREATURE EFFECTS BY 3.8 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION CASTING BY THE TRADE AUTHORITY WRITTEN BY CATHERINE WINTERS DIRECTED BY CATHERINE WINTERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CATHERINE WINTERS WITH APOLOGIES TO SAUL BASS Catherine Winters dot Com
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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#BluePit📖

UNFORGIVEN

If you had to pick between avenging your past, or saving your future, what would you pick?

For the superpowered Ricky, what was meant to be an easy decision quickly becomes impossible....

#F #SF #SP #C #Q #BluePit
Unforgiven by P T Lacy Being a superhero was supposed to be easy. Fans, fame and fortune, yours for the asking. But nothing ever comes easy for Ricky, known to the world as the flame-throwing Pyro. With the press on his back, his boss on his case, and a terrible thirst for booze, trouble is never far away. No sooner does he commit to clean himself up than his past comes calling. An old friend, long abandoned, reminds him of a broken promise to take down the ones who hurt them, a promise Ricky thought he’d left behind. Revenge might cost Ricky his freedom, or scorch his soul, or even make him a monster. Would he give up everything, just to bring peace to the dead?
January 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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#BluePitHype

Here's my plan: everything cool I see, it's getting a repost, or a like, or both. Everyone who reposts me, I repost 'em back. Every follow is a follow back. You never know who might see your post and the good which might accrue. Have at it!
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 12d
Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype!

DAY FIVE: Build Your List

On BlueSky YOU are the algorithm so the best way to help each other is to REPOST! Create a List and swap support!

1 day left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
#BluePitHype Q & A January 12th Build Your List #BluePit is tomorrow! Post with #BluePitHype and build a support list! BlueSky Lists work similar to Feeds, you can even pin them like the Discover feed, so you don’t miss your friend’s posts! 1 DAY To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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#BluePitHype

This will be my first pitch event. I have a few of the things recommended in the thread below, but no moodboard or guide for agents. I'm open to what really counts!
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 13d
Welcome to the 4th day of #BluePitHype!

DAY FOUR: Advice Share

Share your best advice for pitching, querying, and promoting your work overall!

We will also share our own below!

2 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
#BluePitHype Q & A JANUARY 11th ADVICE SHARE Pitch contests can be overwhelming. What’s some of your best advice for #BluePit? From crafting a pitch, to what to do after the event - we want to hear your thoughts! 2 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL
January 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Q3: it isn't that Ricky loves booze, but rather he loves that it helps him forget. He loves women too, in one specific way. But the thing he lives for is working with children and seeing the innocence that shines out from their hearts

#BluePitHype
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 14d
Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 3

Our final question today! Feel free to ask your own questions of your fellow participants too!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
#BluePitHype Q & A January 10th CHARACTER INTERVIEW For today, we have some questions for your characters! Question 3: What does your character love? 3 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL
January 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Q2: What Ricky fears more than anything is that he isn't the good guy people think he is. He knows how dangerous his power is, how easily it can hurt others, and he's terrified that one day he'll lose control and become the bad guy he suspects he secretly is

#BluePitHype
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 14d
Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 2

Today, we have some questions for your characters! Last will be posted in 30 minutes!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
#BluePitHype Q & A January 10th CHARACTER INTERVIEW For today, we have some questions for your characters! Question 2: What is your character afraid of? 3 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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In Unforgiven, my second manuscript, main character Ricky a.k.a Pyro:
Q1: Ricky has...issues. Despite having power over heat, he has issues controlling himself, and he knows it. He struggles against himself and his self-destructive tendencies. He feels ashamed more often than proud.

#BluePitHype
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 14d
Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 1

Today, we have some questions for your characters! Next will be posted in 30 minutes!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG
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January 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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#BluePitHype Day 2:

This is Red Line, one of the two protagonists of my first novel. Nobody knows who is under the armour - a secret identity is a valuable thing. Red Line only cares about obligation and duty, and if that means criminals die as a result, so be it.
An imposing figure in reflective black carapace armour against a background of blue clouds. Their helmet conceals their face. A thin red line runs from crown to groin. If you're thinking they aren't 100% good guy, you'd be right.
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Good evening #BluePitHype!

I'm Phil and I started writing as a pandemic project. I finished and self-pubbed that book, am looking for a home for its prequel - superhero fantasies both, with teeth - and am currently working on an autobiographical project and a gangster crime novel!
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 16d
Welcome to the first day of #BluePitHype! It's only 5 days to #BluePit on January 13th! So, join us for our Q&A!

DAY ONE: Introductions

Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!

We can't wait to meet you and your stories!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying
#BluePitHype Q & A JANUARY 8th Introductions Tell us about yourself ahead of #BluePit! What inspires you, what genres do you write in, how did you become a writer? Pitch contests are also a great way to make/reconnect with friends. Remember to us the #BluePitHype tag! 5 DAYS TO #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13TH! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Another entry in the unexpected series 'What Aussie Oscar-winners Do When They Go Home To See Mum', this time co-starring Hugo Weaving and a boatload of drugs...

#MovieSky #FilmSky

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Another entry in the unexpected series 'What Aussie Oscar-winners Do When They Go Home To See Mum', this time co-starring Hugo Weaving and a boatload of drugs
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December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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@scalzi.com Awwww yiss get on my Kindle! You and your publishers are much much too generous! I've been waiting for a good moment to get it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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When I was ten, The Goonies was an all-time classic kids movie. I'm 48 now. Join me as I discover just how rosy-tinted the glasses of nostalgia are...

#MovieSky #FilmSky #Nostalgia

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The Goonies
All the lads in my class loved this film when we were ten. The Goonies was the first and last word in pre-teen adventure comedy nonsense...in 1985. Forty years on...how does it compare?
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November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM