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Ashley J Johnson🎙️
@thatjackanapes.bsky.social
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Co-host of Film Broads podcast, ttrpg addict, filmmaker, audiobook producer/narrator, writer, she/her, queer 🌈
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Ashley J Johnson🎙️ @thatjackanapes.bsky.social · 12d
THE BRIGHT SWORD x LADY MACBETH

Alone in the court of young King Arthur, Morgan finds a surprising ally in the man who destroyed her life: Merlin. But when justice clashes with survival and love is threatened by duty, courtly life can be a real witch.
#questpit #W #A #HF
A graphic with cutouts of figures from classical art. On the left side is a man in black robes, carrying a book, his head out of frame. On the right side is a woman in a jeweled green gown and a white cape, her head out of frame. Between them in streaky red writing is the title "Witch, Fairy Queen" and below that, in medieval-looking lettering it says, "You ruined my life, motherf**er. Teach. Me. Magic."
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Age verification? I remember when Barbie's hips were narrower than her shoulders.
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Age verification? I used to rewind cassette tapes with a pencil.
johannamation.bsky.social Johanna Taylor @ ECCC I-23 @johannamation.bsky.social · 2d
Age verification?

I brought my Game Boy on a car trip at night, and kept having to pause the game til we reached the next streetlamp or traffic light in order to see the screen well enough to play it
February 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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If frozen juice concentrate goes the way of the dodo, a lot of folks' old family recipes are going extinct with it
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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He said no pickles

#wipsnips #writesky #amwriting
“Thank you,” he said, his voice low and serious. “For what?” Morgan blinked at him, trying to clear her foggy head. “For what you said to the king of Orkney. About me.” “Oh.” Morgan thought back, recalling that she had indeed defended Kay to Lot. “It’s no matter.” “Well, it is to me.” Kay shuffled his feet, looking uncomfortable. “I know people don’t take me seriously. You stood up for me.” Morgan looked at this awkward, angry young man in front of her, and felt sorry that she had thought unkindly about him when they met. She didn’t envy his position. “I’m sure you’d do the same for me, Sir Kay.”
February 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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It's weird to realize that you know a filmmaker/actor not from their legit work but from a funny tiktok you saw. Not saying it's bad, but it does elicit a bit of chagrin
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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This is who runs this account
A two year old girl wearing a poofy flower girl dress, photographed in 1993. Her very dorky dad is holding her and wearing a tuxedo.
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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THE BRIGHT SWORD x LADY MACBETH

Morgan has always been too clever for anyone's liking. But when King Arthur's court becomes a battleground for the kingdom's soul, she'll need to use all her wits to subvert destiny.

🏰Mythic Britain
🖤Enemies to lovers to ??
💅Good for her

#questpit #W #A #HF
A 9-grid moodboard giving the impression of gothic medieval moodiness with photos and classical art. A silver goblet, a knight in a joust, a man with a book in dark robes, an illuminated manuscript, a woman with windswept red hair staring out at the sea, an arcane sigil, a woman with a sickle standing over a glowing cauldron, a king's helmet, arched gothic architecture.
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Ashley J Johnson🎙️
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A DEVOTION SO RUINOUS is a 90K adult fantasy following Soraya, a young woman tormented by a jinn, a dictator, and her first love, as she fights for freedom

🏳️‍🌈 LGBT characters
🧠 Mental Health Rep
🌍 Middle Eastern Setting
✨ Gods Based Magic System
❤️ Lovers To Enemies
#️⃣ Own Voices

#QuestPit #Q #F #A
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Reposted by Ashley J Johnson🎙️
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In iron age britain, Morrow gets corrupted by a godly parasite, forcing him to contend with losing who he is as a person. At its core, this story explores what it means to lose yourself to trauma and come out the other side a different person.

#F #HF #LF #W #QuestPit
A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin. On top of the illustration is the title 'ILL-MADE GODS' in a medieval like font, with the O for Gods centred over the bright star. At the bottom of the illustration is my name 'Hazel Budzinski'
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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THE BRIGHT SWORD X LADY MACBETH

The outcast Queen Morgan must use wit, cunning, and magic to persevere in the budding court of King Arthur. Faced with an unthinkable evil, can she put things right before she loses her soul--or her life?

#questpit #HF #A #W
A poster for a book titled "Witch, Fairy, Queen." It has a solid light green background. The words "witch" and "fairy" are scrawled in bright red, with the word "queen" written in an elegant and ornate font in soft yellow. Behind the words is a dark green line drawing of a sword, point down. Beside it is a cutout photograph of a woman in an elegant medieval gown and long veil, with a dripping red crown scribbled over the top her face. In the bottom corner in bright red, in the same ornate font, is the tagline "Some legends are built on lies." Across the top in light yellow are the phrases "Re-imagining," "Anti-historical," and "Dark comedy." Below them are the words "A novel by Ashley J Johnson."
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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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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Before she dies, a former lead psychiatrist at a sanatorium admits to some dark truths about her time there, but not all. A phantom begins haunting her granddaughter, guiding her closer to the truth behind the institution's walls, deep in the Canadian woods.
#QuestPit #Q #PNH #M #R
an aerial view of a snowy area with buildings and trees in the background
Alt: an aerial view of a snowy area with buildings and trees in the background
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November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
Coming soon to agent inboxes!

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ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

💫two exiled men (and their secrets)
💫one lunar prison (and its horrors)
💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit
BABEL ON CALLISTO Querying February 2025 @saraduranauthor sara.duran@bsky.social COMPS The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled “isolated research station” and “philosophical alien threat.” The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled “queer, visceral horror” and “love as a consuming force.” The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled “psychological unraveling” and “fracture under mission pressure.” PITCH “On a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.” TASTE “Neither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Elias’s imagination, the gore thinned into something vaster—the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
An agent's guide to Time's Signature.

#agentguide #litagents #amquerying #writingcommunity #bluepit
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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brantleywrites.bsky.social
LUCK AND OTHER CHOICES 🌊📷
SADIE x WE WERE LIARS

REVISED 2026; a new manuscript

- YA contemporary thriller
- bodily autonomy
- a missing girl
- a ticking clock
- love & its complexities
- dysfunctional & found family

back in the trenches spring 2026
#questpit #R #Q #YA
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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THE BRIGHT SWORD x LADY MACBETH

Alone in the court of young King Arthur, Morgan finds a surprising ally in the man who destroyed her life: Merlin. But when justice clashes with survival and love is threatened by duty, courtly life can be a real witch.
#questpit #W #A #HF
A graphic with cutouts of figures from classical art. On the left side is a man in black robes, carrying a book, his head out of frame. On the right side is a woman in a jeweled green gown and a white cape, her head out of frame. Between them in streaky red writing is the title "Witch, Fairy Queen" and below that, in medieval-looking lettering it says, "You ruined my life, motherf**er. Teach. Me. Magic."
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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The second short film I produced, Be The Creature, is up on YouTube! I'd be honored if you'd take the time to watch it. I feel like this film marks a significant improvement in our filmmaking over the prior short.

youtu.be/bnTHFVDZj_s?...
Be the Creature - FULL SHORT FILM
YouTube video by Leonora Waite
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January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Late night snack of ricotta toast with strawberries, balsamic pearls, and kosher salt. Feeling fancy 💅
January 25, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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Buddy I will kick your ass

#wipsnips #writesky #amwriting
The cry grew louder as she approached, a wretched, despairing sound that chilled Morgan to her bones. Mounting the stairs two at a time, she found the door guarded. How the man could stand there amidst the screaming, Morgan couldn’t fathom. “Let me in,” she snarled. The guard blanched, but stood firm. “I’m under orders, my lady.” “It wasn’t a request, it was a warning.” Morgan narrowed her eyes at him, looking half-wild with her loose hair and wet gown. “Let me in.” The guard wavered. “I haven’t the key.” “Useless fucking man.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Whyyyy is the Shin Godzilla 4k blu ray $90
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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Got a good grade in kid from my daughter's orthopedic surgeon
Physical exam: Age-appropriate appearing 3-year-old who is calm and cooperative throughout the examination. Quite verbose and eloquent in her speech. Presents with both of her parents today.
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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I've switched from organizing my Pathfinder campaign notes in a Google doc to Scrivener, and it is a revelation. I know it's not a program most people will use, and there are probably other programs that work similarly, but I'll never go back

#pathfinder2e #ttrpg
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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My 3yo has started giving a thumbs up when she enjoys something, which is very sweet. Today I said to her "it's fun to do a thumbs up" and she said "it's not called a thumbs up, it's called a like it."

🫠
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Young man against flames: whose miniature does he wear, for whom does his heart burn? Elizabethan romance by Nicholas Hilliard.
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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I have been excited all year for this match up, and was not disappointed!
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Wow that's really nice for you

#wipsnips #writesky #amwriting
“Just tell me one more thing.” Morgan made her mouth form the words. Sebile’s hand retreated, and Morgan felt its absence keenly. “Ask.” “Did you believe in Rience? Did you think his cause was just?” There was a moment of silence between them, and Morgan feared she had offended her. “I did,” Sebile said softly. “Though we did not always agree. He gave his all for Éire, honorably, until the end.” Morgan wondered what it felt like to respect her husband, to respect her king.
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM