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HK Smith | Writer
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⚡️ wip: YA dystopian space fantasy
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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · Nov 5
LEGENDBORN x DUNE in a #YA fantasy where humanity survives by surrendering memories to a divine intelligence.

To break her family's curse of being sacrificed, Vega must:
⚔️Find her lost brother
💔Ally w/ her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget

#QuestPit #SFF #F #Q #RF
A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column: 1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky 2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights 3. Two hands reaching towards one another 4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar 5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up 6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky 7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog 8. A hand covered in glitter 9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance 10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile 11. A black woman screaming 12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds 13. An eye turned to show only the whites 14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air 15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest
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lindamaleh.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN x NINTH HOUSE

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
In the Shadow of a Witch agents guide, cover page. YA fantasy. 83k words. In the Shadow of a Witch elevator pitch In the shadow of a witch comps In the shadow of a witch excerpts
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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katcrino.bsky.social
If the king of Adarlan had raised Aelin Galathynius

Katerina's shadow magic has thrust her into the heart of a war, where she must decide between absolute power at a nation's expense or destroying the king who made her.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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sofiatrepp.bsky.social
Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back.

🫀 Cultish magic
💀 Deadly personality tests
🧌 Scandinavian folklore
🖤 Romance á la OUABH

WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
Feed Me Your Heart - Intro Page Themes for Feed Me Your Heart Comps for Feed Me Your Heart Pitch for Feed Me Your Heart
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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giannagirone.bsky.social
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE x FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

🏛️Romantasy but make it a Miltonian tragedy
🌿Excommunicated FMC w/ "accursed creator!" energy
🌌Chaos magic, alchemical mythology and fallen angels
🤍 He yearns first
💫If Sleep Token songs were a book
#questpit #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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annkreeves.bsky.social
TOUCH OF DARKNESS X ARCANA ACADEMY

After a demi-goddess escapes captivity from her ex, she turns to an academic institute run by a prince of Hell, determined to start a new life as a schoolmaster. But her students are wicked & the headmaster wants her gone.

#questpit #F #R #RF #W
The image shows a text that reads “Gods & Devils Don’t Mix” in bold black letters on a red-orange background. The top left text reads, “He was a skin-searing, heartbeat-inducing, stomach-fluttering kind of beast. A beast with sharp horns.” Beside it, a silhouette of a dragon appears against a sunset. Below that, a Black woman in a flowing white gown stands near a window surrounded by plants. In the bottom left, sunlight filters through a garden full of pink flowers. On the right, a man with his back turned looks out at an ocean. Text near him reads, “Sweetheart, you’re more than welcome to stay at Darkfell for as long as you can make it.”
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
In Vega’s world, survival means surrendering memories to an arcane intelligence.

Doomed to die as sacrifice, she cheats fate with forbidden magic—but her family's curse hunts her brother instead.

To save him, Vega must uncover the truth her world was made to forget.

#QuestPit #YA #F #SFF #Q #RF
First Revelation: "To survive, you must forget." First paragraphs from the first chapter of The Celestial Ring: As I move through the canyon of glass and steel toward Her, the likelihood of imminent death feels briefly distant. For the millionth time, my fingers brush where the disruptor hides in my robe pocket. If this little device saves me, it will be more than worth the risk. My brother strides ahead, shaking his head at the Interpreter towers. Each spirals upward, disappearing out of reach, like the people inside them. Families with desirable names and the privileges that come with it. Kids who probably are not worried if they’ll hear Her voice today. The Celestial Ring YA Science Fantasy by H.K. Smith
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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eriverowrites.bsky.social
Things ruining Rhen’s Day:
🩸 Her prophesied power never manifests
👑 Being stripped of her titles as heir
⚔️ A (hot) man prevents her from unlocking her power
👁️ An arcane force tries to kill her when she's near the sea (she lives seaside)
🌊 The truth about her brother’s death

#QuestPit #W #A #F
A collage of eight images, showing scenes of seaside cliffs, a sword, fortresses, bodies of water, and colorful strips of light throughout.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social
Sharing my #agentsguide for CONDUCT OF MAGES, an #A #F for fans of JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing Gemma teams up with fellow mage, Ren, to uncover a plot to eradicate mages…one that involves the emergence of a mysterious stone that mimics their powers.

#questpit #Q #querying
cover page that says CONDUCT OF MAGES, an adult fantasy complete at 102K words on a moody dark background showing a brown building and orange and yellow paper lanterns text reads THE VIBES and lists: energy magic, heists & scheming, found family, research subplot, slooow burn, female role models, SE Asian setting. placed on a moody dark background showing a brown building and orange and yellow paper lanterns text reads FOR FANS OF and then six book covers are displayed, from top left to bottom right: JADE CITY, JASAD HEIR, MISTBORN, HEARTLESS HUNTER, BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, and SIX OF CROWS text reads EXCERPTS. the first is labeled FIRST LINE, and reads “Gemna was sorting through a basket of sparrowberries when she found out that her existence had been outlawed.” the second text bid is labeled CHAPTER 4 and reads: “In all fairness, Yala had never specified just how flammable elderfire was. The heat was instantaneous and overwhelming. Gemna felt it scorch the edges of her sleeves before she pulled in the energy from the flames and, when she was nearly bursting with it, diverted it towards the two Hands at the front of the shop. The fire died harmlessly at her feet before it could eat its way into the hidden cellar below.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN x DUNE in a #YA fantasy where humanity survives by surrendering memories to a divine intelligence.

To break her family's curse of being sacrificed, Vega must:
⚔️Find her lost brother
💔Ally w/ her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget

#QuestPit #SFF #F #Q #RF
A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column: 1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky 2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights 3. Two hands reaching towards one another 4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar 5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up 6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky 7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog 8. A hand covered in glitter 9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance 10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile 11. A black woman screaming 12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds 13. An eye turned to show only the whites 14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air 15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
Super excited to take in all the amazing wisdom that will be shared and try to search for my own submission (👀) during #RevPit #10queries tomorrow 😊
October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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dvpit.bsky.social
That's a wrap on #DVpit 2025!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!
Thank you to everyone who pitched, supported, or volunteered for #DVpit 2025 follow @dvpit.bsky.social to stay in touch
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
thehksmith.bsky.social
“To survive, you must forget.”

In Vega’s world, half of society surrender memories to an AI god to fuel power for the elite.

When her brother vanishes, Vega must wield forbidden magic to break her family’s deadly curse & expose a truth that could tear their world apart.
#DVpit #YA #SFF #F #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN × DUNE

Under the rule of a memory-devouring arcane intelligence, a girl will bleed to break a generational curse when it hunts her brother. But to save her family, she must face the boy she swore to forget—and unearth truths that could tear their world apart.

#DVpit #YA #SFF #F #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
FOUNDATION × BLACK MIRROR × LEGENDBORN

🕯️A memory-devouring AI god
🌌A dystopian techno-theocracy
🩸A girl who will bleed to break a generational curse
💔An estranged first love who holds the key

But the truth to save her family can also unravel a world built on forgetting.

#DVpit #YA #F #SFF #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN’S Black girl magic+DUNE’S theocratic mysticism in a #YA dystopian #F where memories are sacrificed to an arcane intelligence.

To break a generational curse, Vega must:
⚔️Save her missing brother
💔Ally with her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget

#DVPit #SFF
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
Vega was meant to die feeding a memory-devouring AI god.

But she broke fate with forbidden magic—only for the family curse to hunt her brother instead.

In a society built on forgetting, she must unearth dark truths her world was built to bury or lose him forever.

#DVPit #YA #SFF #F #BVM #OWN
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
💫LEGENDBORN X BLACK MIRROR X DUNE💫

In a world where an AI God harvests memories to protect humanity, Vega must wield forbidden magic to search for her missing brother—drawing her back to the boy who broke her heart and into a deadly race against a family curse & buried truths.

#DVPit #YA #SFF #F
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
“To survive, you must forget.”

On a brutal planet, people feed memories to an AI God.

Cursed for sacrifice, Vega cheats death with forbidden magic. But the curse doesn’t break, it hunts.

To save her vanished brother, she must uncover what the world erased.

LEGENDBORN x DUNE in #YA #SFF #F #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
#DVParty Day 3: Opening Line for my dystopian space fantasy that's LEGENDBORN X DUNE X BLACK MIRROR

"As I move through the canyon of glass and steel toward Her, the likelihood of imminent death feels briefly distant."

#YA #SFF #BVM #OpeningLines
October 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
“Plan A: hack memory-eating AI god.
Plan B: don’t get killed by said god.
Plan C? something even more questionable.”

Witty and defiant, Vega is determined to break her family’s deadly curse—even if it means reclaiming outlawed magic or allying with the boy who broke her heart.

#DVParty #BVM #YA
A shadowed woman standing on top of a hill, a partial moon visible in the background
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
Yes yes yes!! So excited to see this one come to life 🔥
trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social trang ☆ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social · Oct 2
#DVparty moodboard pt. 1

💥 CONDUCT OF MAGES 💥
An #Asian inspired #A #Fantasy that combines the jade-reactive powers in JADE CITY, energy magic of BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, and found family+heists from SIX OF CROWS
screenshot of a moodboard with four images in clear view. the top left is a stone platform high in the mountains, shrouded in fog, with a single figure on top in a fighting stance. the top right image is a shadowed portrait of an Asian woman holding a lit match, the flame getting close to her finger. the bottom left image is a darkened, Asian city street with people in shadows and warm lantern lights. the final image is a building set against the side of a mountain, shrouded in fog. all images evoke a moody, Asian inspired backdrop with dark greens, browns, and reds as the primary color scheme.
October 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
A moodboard for my LEGENDBORN X BLACK MIRROR #YA dystopian space fantasy

I think this captures just a smidge of the vibes 💫

Happy Day 1 of #DVparty! #BVM
A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column: 1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky 2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights 3. Two hands reaching towards one another 4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar 5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up 6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky 7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog 8. A hand covered in glitter 9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance 10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile 11. A black woman screaming 12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds 13. An eye turned to show only the whites 14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air 15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
thehksmith.bsky.social
Had a whirlwind of a day yesterday participating in #preDV! Thanks to everyone who commented ☺️Going to continue workshopping my pitches before next week and happy to continue swapping feedback with other hopefuls!
#writingcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM