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Chloe Marcus
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#MG and #YA #fantasy, #sci-fi. #querying #revising. 💍to a teacher. Mom to CHD 🫀warrior. #momswritersclub #revspirations https://authorchloemarcus.com/
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Chloe Marcus @chloemarcus.bsky.social · 17d
🤓Nerdy rock collector
🌎A society deep in the earth
✨Dream fueled magic
👾Ancient life-sucking monsters closing in
🤫All tangled around a terrible secret
#QuestPit #YA #Fantasy #Q
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More people joined our trek, making me feel like I’d joined the army. Which was bad, as I was pretty sure they didn’t want recruits who slept with a night light & passed out under pressure.

The fine lines of the city grew rugged, the #crystal lattice overhead thickening until it was solid emerald.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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The drop yawned below, endless and black. My stomach hollowed. I could almost feel the plummet—air rushing past, the heat rising until it melted the skin from my bones. There was no way I was crossing that. It gave me not just second thoughts, but #third and fourth as well.

#WIPSnips #YA #SFF
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Been steadily getting my first draft done on my latest #YA #SFF.

💰Rags to riches
🗡️Kiss, Marry, Kill
🦢Tattoos to display powers
🧵The threads of fate
🦹🏽Hero to villain
👫Dual POV

“I’m gonna drop,” I warned.
“I’ll catch you.”
Not my point. Really he just needed to get out of my way.

#amdrafting
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The incline of the Valley steepened, mud giving way to gray rocks slick with rain. Kaden slowed his #progress, ensuring his footing was clear as he wove his way around the worst of the cliffside to a more gentle hill lined by a few sparse pine trees.

#wipsnips #YASFF
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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“I charge five dollars for peep shows, Creeper,” Dai said, bringing my attention to his unreadable charcoal eyes and glinting piercings. He shoved a blue #t-shirt over his head. “Do you need something or just here to lurk?”

I snapped my mouth shut. “I’m not lurking. I had a question.”

#wipsnips
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A shape moved ahead, and though I was supposedly protected by the shield of gold, I startled backward into the wall. A black splotch shifted, deeper than any shadow.

In a blur of #movement, it scurried forward and into the flickering tongues of the firelight.

#WIPSnips
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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#MockPit #FiFRevPit

STOLEN MAGIC

To free a girl who’s lost her memories to a ruthless duchess, Vreta must reveal her deepest secret: her mind magic. But she risks losing the trust of the man she’s come to love—and losing her identity to the duchess’s power.
An array of images with the title Stolen Magic. Top row: a line drawing of the face of a young woman surrounded by flames, a regency party, and a governess sitting at a desk. Middle text: “Regency vibes in a fantasy world; Elemental magic, mind readers and memory thieves; Friendship and sisterhood; Neurodivergent FMC; A mysterious murder” Bottom row: An engraving of a mansion, a painting of wisteria, a painting of a woman looking over an artist’s shoulder at his canvas, and a line drawing of the face of a friendly young man.
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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When Reverie Barlowe braves a party to talk to her crush, the last thing she expects is a monster to show up or to be kidnapped into a secret society deep beneath the Earth’s crust, where soul crushing secrets breed and life-sucking monsters prowl.

#QuestPit #YA #Fantasy #Q
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Ali Hazelwood meets Andy Weir in CHEMPORTAL, a sci-fi romcom with real chemistry.

Enemies to lovers, mistaken identities, science (mis)communication, and multiple explosions feature in this tale of two scientists faced with preventing global famine.

#QuestPit #A #SF #R #LGBTQ #ND
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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SWORDCROSSED x FAEBOUND

Casper, a trans runaway prince, is cursed to die if he badmouths the crown. When he’s caught after 6 yrs, elf Darrow is cursed to constantly watch him. To escape, Casper must break both of their curses or die trying.

#questpit #A #FR #WIP
Missing casandra sweetwater young man scuffed poster 100 gold reward last Missing prince (unintelligible) 10,000 mana stones Last seen: bloom season
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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MEXICAN GOTHIC X CRIMSON PEAK

🇰🇷A dark reimagining of the Korean folktale Heungbu and Nolbu
👻Haunted Houses
🥀Sentient Gardens
🖤Buried Family Secrets
✨️Biracial Representation

#Questpit #A #H #F #WIP
A dark reimagining of the korean folktale Heungbu and Nolbu, haunted houses & sentient gardens, biracial representation, buried family secrets THE SEEDS OF OUR SINS Adult Gothic Fantasy Horror MEXICAN GOTHIC X CRIMSON PEAK When Seo-Yun returns to her estranged grandmother'sisland estate to investigateher family's history of disappearances, she finds a house steeped in rot and the once prized garden now withered and dying. As the decay in the house mysteriously begins to heal, while creeping vines from the garden hungrily spread throughout the halls, whispering warnings of a faceless ghost that draws closer each passing night, Seo-Yun must unearth generations of her family's secrets—and the truth buried in her grandmother’s garden—before she becomes the next woman claimed by its dark history.
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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#AgentsGuide to my upmarket #gothic #horror novel, THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH 🖤

🇮🇪 Medieval Ireland
🥀 Doomed romance
☠️ The black plague
💌 2025 #SmoochPit Mentee

#questpit #W #A #H #HF
An agent’s guide to The Banshee of Clan Murtagh, 71,000 word gothic horror by Anna Hirsch Tropes: He’s human, she’s immortal • Only one grave • Byronic hero protagonist • Uncovering lost memories • Medieval Irish setting • Tragic ending Comps: The death-touched romance of Nosferatu, the Catholic guilt of The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, the black plague of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, the folkloric love story of Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid Pitch: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s banshee for the first time in a decade, he knows one of his own is fated to die. But they don’t believe his warnings--why would they? The last time Ciarán heard the banshee he didn’t tell a soul until after his cousin’s tragic death, and they’ve never trusted him since. Desperate for redemption in his family’s eyes, Ciarán hunts down the banshee in search of answers. She’s equal parts frightening and alluring, and in his struggle to confront her, he inadvertently triggers the banshee’s memories. Memories of when she was a servant of his household, generations ago, named Deirdre. Deirdre claims that Ciarán’s physical touch restores her memories, and demands more. He agrees to meet by moonlight in hope of learning whose death she foretold. With every encounter, Ciarán’s attraction to Deirdre grows, setting him on a path of macabre desire. When the devastating bubonic plague befalls the Murtagh household, and Deirdre’s memories reveal a dark scandal in the family’s history, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his family’s side in their final hours or embrace the seduction of the death-bringer. I was a boy of ten when I first saw death, but I’d heard her for years. It was an early summer’s day when we went to the lough. Niamh led us through the forest along the stream, babbling all the way with a lightness that opposed her urgent pace. “This could be our best chance to see the merrow! Auntie said the veil is thin. They’ll be near and then we can speak!” “She also said we shouldn’t go this far,” I begrudged her. Again about the merrow. She had been speaking of them for days, and insisted that Deaglán and I journey with her to the lough, where they lay beneath the surface. Finbar wasn’t supposed to come, but Aunt Eithne had made us watch him while she harvested yellow flowers on the hillside. He slowed us down, and Niamh’s frustration roiled off her like steam against the cool breeze. Though the land was ripe with life, winter still dragged a claw through the air. As we ventured deeper into the forest, a feeling of unease grew within me. A sound rang in my ears, so faint I could not tell if it was imagined or real. Because for weeks, it had haunted my dreams.  
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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jenniferluce.bsky.social
Here's a moodboard for GUMIHO:

🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore & mythology
🖤Told from the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho
🌧Set in modern-day PNW
🥀Dark, intimate atmosphere
🌀Psychological unraveling & physical transformation
❤️Slow-burn romance

✨️Currently revising w/ SmoochPit✨️

#QuestPit #A #F #H #R
Grid of pictures: Hands coming out of the dark, a woman with a cloth over her face, a silhouette of a couple, a korean woman, a woman walking down a hallway, a woman with stained red hands and face
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Dear Cera,

Pack your bags! You've been invited to appear on LAST CHANCE MATCH, a new dating show where LOVE ISLAND meets SQUID GAME and BLACK MIRROR. Should you find a soulmate, you won't be exterminated in 2 years.

Are you ready to find the one who's to die for?

#questpit #A #R #SF #H #S #Q
Tropical villa backyard with patio loungers and pool. Photo has bad reception television glitch. Words overtop: Welcome to the inaugural season of LAST CHANCE MATCH. 92,000 word dystopian horrormance
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Unfortunately, Cera does not love:

1️⃣ Humanoids + other bots
2️⃣ Ryde Cassidy
3️⃣ The Soulmate Law, which will leave her exterminated at 30
4️⃣ Ryde Cassidy
5️⃣ Eating meat
6️⃣ And most importantly: Ryde Cassidy

Unfortunately, Ryde does love:

1️⃣ Cera Hendrix

#questpit #A #R #H #S #SF #Q
Love Island mock intro picture with blood splattered over a red headed woman. Cera, 28, from Luriel Calasca. Is a realist. Love Island mock intro picture with blood splattered over a brunette man. Ryde, 29, from Luriel Calasca, mysterious
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Frenemies take on high school, witchcraft, and daemons–both personal and magical.

#QuestPit #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #Q #F #YA #AmQuerying #witch
Image: white box against a white background; text: Open with caution - Book of Spells
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAERIES X DIVINE RIVALS X THE SECRET GARDEN

📖 Cozy, light academia
🌿 Soft FMC studying nature-based magic
🌸 Hidden garden steeped in secrets
🏛️ Academic rivals-to-lovers
💌 Slow-burn romance
🍃 Legacy, ambition, and belonging

#QuestPit #YA #FantasyRomance
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Pirates of the Caribbean but if Elizabeth was a bisexual mage, Will and Jack were combined into a lesbian octopus monster/pirate, and James Norrington was an age-appropriate hottie that didn’t suck. Then add more angst and a cult that wants to drown the world
#QuestPit #AG #W #A #F #R #FR #OV #LGBT
A moodboard that says “Sculptor of the Waves” There are pictures of: Waves in the top-left A tall ship anchored in the bottom-left An octopus writhing in the bottom-left-middle Lightning on a dark blue sky in the bottom-right-middle Cliffs overlooking a body of water in the top-right In the bottom-right “Pirates of the Caribbean X A bisexual Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil”
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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An #editorsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲
This romantic fantasy has:
🐻‍❄️ A setting inspired by the Canadian subarctic
🌋Roots in animistic religion
⚡️A physics based magic system
👵🏽 Crotchety immortals
🏠 Complex family dynamics
🗺️ Neurodivergent MMC

#QuestPit #AG #A #F #R #FR
An Editor’s Guide To The Land of Undying Summer by Ivy T. Woods Adult Romantic Fantasy 105,000 words On a background with a map With a picture of a mountain, forest, and a lake on the left and text on the right: Pitch When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with the wandering mage who nearly killed her, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust of the newcomer escalates into a full-scale uprising. His presence risks the lives of the only family she has left, leaving her to choose once and for all: is she beholden to the living, the dead, or herself? With roots in animistic religion and a setting inspired by the Canadian sub-arctic, THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is a stand-alone romantic fantasy Comps The atmosphere and vibes of: The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang The Humour of: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher Chapter One - The End of Darkness No Guide could resist the Call of Return forever. But this time, when Tilaani pulled herself through the spiked rocks of the Wolf’s Fangs, trembling, the agonizing need for the missing part of herself had dulled to an aching throb. The Call would take her eventually. But not today. Today, she was already running late. “Shit!” Tilaani snatched her cloak from the icy stalagmite she had been using as a hanger and staggered to a slim crack in the cliff face. It had been a century since the passage had opened in one of El’Drek’s rages but the frozen stone was still jagged, tugging at her shirt as she sidled through, thin cloak clutched in one hand. Wind whistled through the crevice, peppering her exposed skin with hard snow. It melted, steaming as it touched her. Time within the cavern had always been malleable, misaligned with the world outside. Shinac had always claimed the shifts were random but Tilaani had her doubts. It always seemed to stretch whenever she was in a hurry. She wouldn’t put it past any of the dead—either blessed or Barred—to extend time merely to inconvenience her. And now, backing up this theory, the sun was high overhead and the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living. Allak would be insufferable if she was late.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS

Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. With the (reluctant) help of her ex, her ex bff, & a devious half-vampire, she'll use memory magic to uncover the truth behind the murder that destroyed her life.🌙🦇⚔️

#QuestPit #OS #AG #F #R
A MEMORY OF MOONKISSED MALICE Fantasy Dark Academia Feminine Rage Vampires Corrupted Moon Magic Villain Era Protag Queendoms Enemies to Lovers Found Family THE PITCH 18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school's guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most. CHAPTER ONE The rain made it easier to rob his grave. My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night's whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us. Us. As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth. FOR FANS OF... The lush, gothic prose of... A fantasy academia setting similar to... A supernatural mystery like...
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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A sneak peek at my new WIP for #QuestPit

Rapunzel X Eastern European Folklore

#TowerWIP #W #YA #H #R
1) Scottish Highlands 2) Two teens silhouetted 3) A dead body 4) Teens hiking in mist 5) A crumbling Scottish castle 6) A figure with a scythe
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
chloemarcus.bsky.social
🤓Nerdy rock collector
🌎A society deep in the earth
✨Dream fueled magic
👾Ancient life-sucking monsters closing in
🤫All tangled around a terrible secret
#QuestPit #YA #Fantasy #Q
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
chloemarcus.bsky.social
SO EXCITING! Congratulations Jade!
jademasonwrites.bsky.social Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · 24d
Thrilled to share I’m officially repped by @emilykaitlin.bsky.social @ @bookendsliterary.bsky.social! I’m so grateful to her & @laylafallah.bsky.social for their support and guidance as I begin this next ch. Excited to celebrate with the #writingcommunity in this 🧵! #writesky #agented
Thrilled to share I’m officially repped by emilykaitlin.bsky.social @ bookendsliterary.bsky.social! I’m so grateful to her & laylafallah.bsky.social for their support and guidance as I begin this next ch. Excited to celebrate with the #writingcommunity in this 🧵!
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Here's mine!

“Ready?”

HAHAHA. I spent a lot of time on that bit of dialogue. Enjoy.
reviseresub.bsky.social Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 19d
First up: Without giving context, share the last line of dialogue you wrote 🗣️ #FiFRevPit
Fall Into Fiction with RevPit Prompt Out of context, share the last line of dialogue you wrote. #FiFRevPit
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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“Wait,” I gasped, my eyes going wide. “You mean–” I paused, not for effect, but because I couldn’t quite get my mouth to say the next part. I swallowed and whispered, “You mean, there are #monsters coming?”

#WIPSnips #YA #Fantasy
wipsnips.bsky.social ✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 23d
Happy Halloween! Anyone doing fun party stuff? (I have no IRL friends where I live so let me live vicariously through you. 😂)

The #WIPSnips word for October 31st is "monster"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag October 31 - monster Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with an orange rectangle highlighted by a purple line. An illustrated back cat is in the bottom left corner, with a few silhouettes of bats in the right corner and a spider dangling down from the top.
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM