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Brooke A. Bellamy 🕯️🥀
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author of adult gothic horror | she/her | AMM alum | CCA literary grant recipient | no AI
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✨🕯️💻 Manifesting an incredible April for all of us querying & on sub 💻🕯️✨
Sabrina carpenter on stage in a silver two piece, doing a yoga pose with candle and sparkle emojis placed in a circle around her
April 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Reading wrapup for 2025 Q1! I read 10 books (and am about to finish 2 more) 🥰
My reading wrapup for 2025’s first quarter: I who have never known men, jawbone, none of this is true, Emily Wilde’s map of the other lands, Tidepool, Queen of nothing, this summer will be different, meet me at the lake, the reformatory, horror movie, and I’m about to finish monstrilio and Brideshead revisited
March 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A pitch card for my adult horrormance about desire, societal expectations, and regret. 🫀🕯️
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GALEHOUSE An adult gothic horrormance with fantasy elements When a lonely woman with touch-based magic collapses at her wedding, her fiancé takes her to his labyrinthian estate to recover. There, she learns that her fiancé is cursed to become a monster each night. And when bodies begin to drop around the manor and she falls for his doctor brother, she is torn between her desire and doing the right thing. But there's only one way this ends: in blood. JUNIPER & THORN by Ava Reid ONE DARK WINDOW by Rachel gillig MK HARDY’s THE NEEDFIRE HOUSE OF SHADOWS by Darcy Coates 83k words - Big 5 editor interest
March 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A pitch card for my adult/YA crossover horror about ghosts, grief, and art. 🍂🕯️
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The Misfortune of Cole Manor A gothic horror When a girl is invited to live in a haunted manor, she discovers that there are bones in its walls-and that her host wants her to become a part of his collection. Comps: CRIMSON PEAK THE SECRET HISTORY by DONNA TARTT A STUDY IN DROWNING by Ava Reid The Death of Jane Lawrence by CAITLIN STARLING 100k words - Big 5 editor interest
March 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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ASID X PSYCHO

🕯️ a haunted manor
👻 ouija sessions & séances
💋 entangled romances
🩰 ballet, 🎹 piano, & 🎻 violin lessons
🛌 night terrors
✨ longing & yearning
🥀 gothic atmosphere
🪚 terrifying visions
💀 a host with a disturbing hobby

#H #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
A 3x3 grid in sepia tones featuring: a girl lying on the ground, dead leaves scattered around her, a faceless person playing violin, a lush green yard viewed from a windowpane, three hands on a ouija board planchette, a blonde girl posing on a piano seat, a lit candelabra beside a vintage book, a stone bust of a woman placed before a bookshelf, a ballet dancer in a pink dress, and a boy in a camel pea coat and brown sweater
March 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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JUNIPER & THORN X ONE DARK WINDOW

🪞 a violent curse
🕯️ a dark isolated manor
🫳🏻 touch-based magic
🫀 heart-eating monsters
🥀 gothic atmosphere
✨ longing & yearning
💋 secret romance
🪦 a dark history
🩸 monstrous body horror

#H #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
A 3x3 grid in blue-toned black & white featuring: a gloomy mausoleum in the forest, a crying woman lying over an ill man, a pale woman with dark curls showing off her collarbone beneath a white nightgown, a ghostly image of a woman, her head thrown back, a grand high wall of picture frames, ghostly hands reaching out to each other, a man’s hand reaching out to undo the ties of a woman’s nightgown, a man and woman in shadow, kissing behind a curtain, and a dark, four-poster wooden bed
March 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Horror, which is definitely not surprising! 🥰🖤 #booksky
My Storygraph genre stats, which show I’ve read 4 horror, 3 romance, 3 fantasy, 2 historical, 2 contemporary, 1 dystopian, 1 LGBTQIA+, 1 YA, 1 thriller, 1 mystery, and 1 literary
March 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Late night writing session aka reading my favorite moments in Galehouse 🖤✨
For the first time, Oliver's eyes darkened with contempt. The sight frightened her. "Nothing will fix our family save killing every last one of us." She studied the change in him. "You can't really think that." He was quiet a moment, and then he leaned in closer, conspiratorial. His eyes glittered in the dim glow. "I hope he's good to you." Again that sparking flutter in her chest. She strangled it, swallowed it, until she could convince herself it was only the lingering anxiety of the last twenty-four hours. "I hope he is too."
March 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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✨ An agent’s guide to GALEHOUSE, my next adult project to enter the trenches! 🖤

🕯️ Featuring Big 5 editor interest, it’s currently in its final round of revisions, so agents, please do let me know if you’d like to see it in your inbox soon! 🫀
#amquerying #writingcommunity
Pale blue text over a black & white photo of a manor at the edge of the ocean. The text reads: an agent’s guide to Galehouse. Adult gothic horror-romance - 83k words 6 book covers pasted over a black and white photo of gilded picture frames hanging on a wall. The book covers are: juniper & thorn by Ava Reid, one dark window by Rachel Gillig, the death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin starling, the needfire by MK hardy, the Essex serpent by Sarah Perry, and house of shadows by Darcy Coates Pale blue text with a gothic aesthetic grid over a gray background. The text reads: Vibes: Gothic setting Murder mystery Hurt/comfort Steam Poisoned cups Cursed brothers Body horror Secret romance Monstrous transformations Yearning Ghosts (?) Wandering corridors w/ a candlestick Pale blue text over a black and white photo of a spooky graveyard. The text reads: PITCH: When a lonely woman with touch-based magic collapses at ber wedding, her fiancé takes ber to his labyrinthian estate to recover. There, she learns that her fiancé is cursed to become a monster each night. And when bodies start to drop around the manor and she falls for bis doctor brother, she is torn between ber desire and doing the right thing. But there’s only one way this ends: in blood.
January 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We’re so back
A screenshot of my goodreads reading challenge, showing that I’ve read 34 of 40 books, and am only 1 book behind. My most recent reads: Rebecca, moon of the crusted snow, the exorcist, and my darling dreadful thing
November 25, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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I only need to finish 8 more books by the end of the year. Can I do it
A screenshot of my goodreads reading challenge goal, showing that I’ve read 32 of 40 books, and am 3 books behind schedule
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Share the first kiss from your book. 🫀🤍

A slightly steamy glimpse of my gothic horror WIP, Gale House 👀
#writingcommunity #amwriting
She gasped and whipped around. Now facing him, their faces just centimetres apart, she pressed her forehead to his. His hungry, wicked energy plumed into her bloodstream, but this time, she welcomed it. It was so similar to her own-needing, desperate— but stronger, masculine. The desire to take so prominent, she saw stars. "Kiss me," she begged against his mouth, their lips so nearly touching, her words barely met air before falling onto his tongue. "Dear god, kiss me until I can't breathe." So he did. His kiss was firm and eager, his hands coming around her waist to keep her as close as possible. His soft lips parted on a gasp before swelling into a groan. He kissed her again, moving his mouth in a slow, torturous rhythm. Teasing, tasting, biting. Katie's head swam, floating away from her body and into the corners of the room. But still it wasn't enough.
November 12, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Hi bsky! I’m a 30 y/o writer from Atlantic Canada, currently revising my 6th completed novel, an adult gothic horror, and querying another!

I’m a fan of:
Crimson Peak
Mike Flanagan
Billie Eilish
Ethel Cain
Sabrina Carpenter
Hozier
Ava Reid
Talia Hibbert
Darcy Coates
Isabel Cañas
& Emily Henry!
🥀🕯️🪦🫀
A photo of Brooke in shadow, smiling A warm and moody 3 by 3 grid of gothic imagery: an ornate set of wooden doors, a man’s hand touching a woman’s bare back above her nightgown, a pair of black lit candles, a couple holding hands discreetly, a woman with her back exposed and her hands splayed on a corridor wall, a victorian lady’s hand on an ornate knocker, a snowy graveyard, a man in a suit plucking a note on a piano, and a foggy manor at night
November 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Intro to the WIP I’m revising 🥰

DARCY COATES X JUNIPER & THORN
When a woman with touch-based magic discovers her fiancé’s monstrous curse, she worries he might be behind the sudden murders around their manor.

And after she falls mysteriously ill, she realizes she’ll be the next body to fall.
A group of warm and moody photos: a girl in a fancy nightgown brushing her wavy hair at a vanity, a couple brushing knuckles together, a man kissing or biting a woman’s neck, a black victorian dress, a couple lying on a wooden floor together, a snowy rooftop, and hands reaching through fog toward each other
November 8, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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I did it!!! The first draft of GaleHouse WIP is DONE!!!

After 6 years of sitting on the back burner, 6 months of drafting, and 83k words, my adult gothic about cursed monsters is DONE, FINISHED, and I can finally start revising!!

So excited for the future of this book 🥹🤍🫀🕯️
A screenshot of my manuscript reading the final lines: “Yes,” she whispered into his ear. I do. THE END A text box pasted over a dark photo of a girl with wet black hair strung over her face, her face pointed up to the sky, her eyes closed. The text reads: It was horribly painful, yes. At some point, her screams had faded into background noise, muffled by the rush of blood in her ears. But above it all was a strange pleasure, too. It felt unnaturally right, her body realigning itself. Like she'd been living life as a stiff doll, frozen in place, and this transformation was stretching out muscles she hadn't realized she possessed, loosening old pains she'd so long carried, they'd become a part of her. Her body changing was a great terror, but it was also a violent relief.
October 18, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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I’m just 2 scenes away from finishing the first draft of The House of Gale, my Victorian gothic wip!

I first dreamed of this project back in 2018, set it aside all these years, and started redrafting it this July. I can’t wait to bring her into the query trenches soon! 👀🤍🫀
A woman in a black dress in a dark room with light peeking through wooden slats, looking at the camera with a sinister look and her hand braced on the slats, with the author name BROOKE A. BELLAMY and the book title HOUSE OF GALE overlayed onto it A warm-toned, gothic 3x3 grid featuring: a Victorian lady facing away in fog, gilded photo frames on a wall, a house in the middle of the sea, embroidered flowers in a frame, a girl lying in the forest, her back exposed from her dress, a dark stairwell, a man working at a desk, melting candles, and a graveyard statue in shadow
October 17, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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I hit 30k in my rewrite. 🖤🍂✨
a fall-themed painting, everything tinted brown, of a lake surrounded by leaves, and the full moon reflected in the water with a white box of text saying: Chapter One. As rain thunders on the windows of my car, the windshield wipers pumping back and forth, I stare at the letter in my hands. Maybe this is ridiculous. But it's the only lead I have. The only question that can lead to anything. It's late in the evening, everything tinted a gloomy gray, and Cole Manor looms high above me.
October 2, 2023 at 1:05 PM