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Lizz Henke
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Just an avid reader, cat lady, and teacher that’s querying for her debut novel: The Age of Skilled Steel.

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I was trained to be a monster in battle and a lady in court. When blades locked, a frenzy overtook me, and I became what people feared—the Viper.

👑 Court politics
🗡️ A dagger wielding princess
🤔 Witty banter
🌶️ A playboy prince
🐦‍⬛ Dangerous cult uprisings
🛑NO TURNING BACK

#1stLinePit #Q #F #RF #YA
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"Bright droplets of red bloomed against the crisp, white layer of fresh snow.

A trail, unbeknownst to my victim, that would be his demise."

👻 PR w/ body horror
🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore
🌦 Set in the PNW

#1stLinePit #A #P #R #H #WIP
April 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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THE GREAT x LE MORT D'ARTHUR

Morgan was fifteen the first time she spoke with the dead. It was brief, and she lost too much blood, but then she knew she could do it and no one could take that from her.

#1stlinepit #WIP #A #F #HF
April 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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We all tell ourselves “If I had known then what I know now…” when we think about the things we would do differently in any given situation. I never imagined my own death would be one of those moments I would need to reflect back on...

#W #NA #MM #PN #1stLinePit #CMe
April 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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⚔ BLOODGUARDxTHE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT ⚔

"A deep, guttural cry rips from my chest and claws its way out of my throat. A scream so raw and unrestrained, it blazes hot in my lungs. The forest will soak up my pain."

#1stLinePit #Q #YA #F
April 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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#1stlinepit
THE POPPY WAR X CHILDREN OF BLOOD & BONE
Kill all or kill none, if you live one, they’ll be your fall. That was the motto. In the Eastern Protectorate, failure was fatal.
Want an African perspective on colonialism? See #agentsguide below
#C #Q #F #SPF #A #writingcommunity #Africansff
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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NAUSICAA X IF WE WERE VILLAINS

‘Ari waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriageway to break the window.’

#1stLinePit #A #F #WIP
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I was trained to be a monster in battle and a lady in court. When blades locked, a frenzy overtook me, and I became what people feared—the Viper.

👑 Court politics
🗡️ A dagger wielding princess
🤔 Witty banter
🌶️ A playboy prince
🐦‍⬛ Dangerous cult uprisings
🛑NO TURNING BACK

#1stLinePit #Q #F #RF #YA
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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#1stLinePit #C #A #R #RF Light #F #MCe
Brienne of Tarth X Daredevil X Tristan & Isolde
👸 #BIPOC bi-racial princess who is not "perfect"
👨‍🦯Blind #DIS romantic interest
😍 He falls first
💔Political marriage engagement keeps them apart
🌞🌶️ #HEA with spicy ending
April 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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“There was a thin line between paranormal investigation and instigation, and the only things between it were me and my grave.”

#1stLinePit #Q #YA #F #M
April 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Six of Crows x Cruel Prince

For everything Ser Valdemar Brannigan had faced in his life, nothing presented a challenge that could measure to that of writing his own will.

— Mothlight 🦋

[ #1stLinePit ; #WIP ; #A ; #F ; #LGBT ]
April 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The Gods must fucking hate me. It was the only fathomable explanation for why, with all their infinite and omniscient wisdom, they’d decided to shove a mutated beast outside the only escape route from the tower. #1stLinePit #A #NA #RF #Q
All the light we cannot see x Radiance
#litagents Presenting my #agentsguide to my second chance adult romantasy 'This Fractured Soul'.
With:

Disabled MC
LGBTQ+ Rep
Childhood friends to lovers
Second chance
Arranged marriage
Hidden magic
Animal companion

Don't hesitate to contact me if you'd like any more info!
#Amquerying
April 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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UPROOTED x EMILY WILDE

Heidi adjusted the microscope’s lens, darting glances up at the professor to ensure her mentor couldn’t see what she was working on.

🪲✨🌌🏳️‍🌈📚💕

Can a natural historian save the one she loves at the cost of her heart, or worse, her research?

#1stLinePit #Q #A #F #RF #CZ #CMe
April 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS X THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS

“The sunrise on the worst day of my life was blood-red. Its rays crawled like tenuous fingers over the copper-hued hills of the desert. A falcon glided on puffs of balmy air, with outstretched wings and tucked feet.”

#1stLinePit #Q #YA #HF
April 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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“Three women hung from a tree, their lifeless bodies swaying in the early gray morning. No one was there to mourn them. 
Save for one.”

#1stLinePit #Q #YA #HF
April 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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THESE WITCHES DON'T BURN X FOURTH WING

The corpse was seated in the same soft, rose-colored corduroy chair I’d used to play on as a child.

#1stLinePit #Q #A #UF
April 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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“𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘-𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ. 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑑-ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑.
I’ve been called a lot of names in my life, but only one stuck: flight risk.
I can’t deny running from Rodney, Mississippi."

🛶MEET ME AT THE LAKE x WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING🐊
#1stLinePit #OS #editors
April 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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WITCHER x CRIMSON PEAK x BROADCHURCH
The Fifth’s standard-issue armour performed admirably versus tooth and claw, blade and burr alike repelled by its tough leather and metal plates.

The one assailant against which it failed to defend was the cold.
#1stlinepit #WIP #A #H #gothicromantichorror
April 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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FINAL FANTASY x BEYOND GOOD & EVIL x SHADOW OF COLOSSUS

Green once blanketed Earth. Of course, that was before our planet was renamed Sin.
Some have the luxury of forgetting.
The rest of us have no choice but to remember.

#1stLinePit #A #SF #WIP
April 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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You can tell a lot about a person by how they play a game—the choices they make, the rules they follow, or the ones they break. It all matters in the end.

#1stLinePit #YA #H #WIP
April 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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"True to the canon of the chosen one, Seridewi fucked up royally because the smell of the Northern Sea mixed with that of lilies lingering was usually a welcoming invitation, but not tonight"

— from my Arthurian x Indonesian mythology WIP

#1stLinePit #YA #F #WIP
April 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X WHEN THE MOON HATCHED

There are three rules for provoking a Galah: never look into its hollow eyes, never speak your true name, and never, under any circumstances, let go.

Fantasy retelling of SEA folklore
⚔️ So. Much. Yearning
⚔️Forbidden Love
#Q #NA #YA #F #RF #1stLinePit
April 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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STARLING HOUSE X CRIMSON PEAK
"I drifted on a strange sea between worlds. Blips of consciousness, and then? Trapped in a nightmare of claws and darkness. Yes, it had to be a dream."
#1stLinePit #WIP #Agented #A #R #P #F
April 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM