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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻
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I'm just a girl who likes animals, music, reading, writing, & soon a published author who has a bookshop named Dragonfly Night Books. Currently preparing for self-publish a few books. Host of #WIPPIT and #Cupit
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Death Game x Out of the Wild x Alone

In a US where jails are over populated, states must send 8 to compete in the games. Contestants are pitted against each other in demanding climates to reach a safe button first, gain their freedom, & save their lives.

#W #A #DR #Dys #T #QuestPit
Top pics: a cabin in snowy mountains & a woman walking in a jungle forest. Over those 2 pics is the title in orange Wilderness Lockup. On the snowy pic is a quote: “the instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derive from it.” - Robert Heinlein 2nd row pics: A blonde girl in an orange coat with a tan backpack in a forest holding a map, & a man in an orange jacket sailing a boat on an ocean. 3rd row pics: a man walking in a sandy desert, & a girl walking in a red rock area. The desert pic has a quote: “Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luckiest.” - Carrie Ryan, The Dark & Hollow Places Bottom pics: A man kayaking in a Swamp, a man hiking a Hawaiian trail by the ocean, & a man crying on the sign at the Katahdin trailhead. The Hawaiian picture has a quote "I don't think I outfitted you. I don't think I outfitted you. The only thing I did was outcast you." Bob Crowley, Gabon
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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The Bailey School Kids x Dragon Girls x Animorphs

When Bonnie hears whispers from the Loch she learns to whisper back and may just discover the secrets held within its depths.

#W #MG #F #QuestPit
Top 2 pics: The 2 Kelpie heads at Falkirk & a little girl in a white dress on a dock putting little paper boats in water. The kelpie pic has a quote “When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord, An' float the jinglin' icy boord, Then water-kelpies haunt the foord, By your direction, And 'nighted trav'llers are allur'd To their destruction.” Robert Burns Middle 2 pics: A Fjord with an old castle looking building & a yellow flowering meadow in the Scottish Highlands. The fjord pic has a quote: “In the depths they await to hear the children's whispered calls.” - The Children who Whispered to Water. Bottom Pic: An art pic of a kelpie with glowing white eyes coming out of the water to a shore of a forest. At the bottom of the pic is the title in green in a watery font The Children who Whispered to Water. There is a quote “No mortal ear could have heard the kelpie passing through the night, for the great black hooves of it were as soundless as feathers falling" from Molly Hunter's, The Kelpie's Pearls
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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The Captive x Shattered Dreams x A Farewell to Arms

Laurel never dreamed she would end up as a nurse in a magical war or that she would fall for an enemy soldier, but not all is fair in love and war.

#W #A #R #QuestPit
Top pics: A WW2 nurse in a grey dress, medical arm band, white apron & headscarf looking away at a building with the title in curly grey font Healing Silver, & a woman & soldier in the middle of war hiding each other with a quote “Behind every strong soldier, there is an even stronger woman who stands behind him, supports him, & loves him with all her heart. Middle pics: A pic of the hospital tent from MASH & a quote: “Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop.” H.L. Mencken, & A pic of Nurse Margaret & Radar when he was sick in MASH, & a quote “Love &war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil & good, beauty & ugliness.” Rick Riordan Bottom pics: A pic of Diagon Alley in HP when it was attacked with a quote “His kiss was a poison that my body craved. I was an addict, diving headfirst into the drug I knew would destroy me.” J.M. Leigh, & a pic from a TV show A Discovery of Witches & a quote "all is fair in love & war" Francis Edward Smedley
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Here is my list for #QuestPit

1. Healing Silver #W #A #R
2. The Children who Whispered to Water #W #MG #F
3. Wilderness Lockup #W #A #DR #Dys #T

Feedback/critiques are welcome.
Top pics: A WW2 nurse in a grey dress, medical arm band, white apron & headscarf looking away at a building with the title in curly grey font Healing Silver, & a woman & soldier in the middle of war hiding each other with a quote “Behind every strong soldier, there is an even stronger woman who stands behind him, supports him, & loves him with all her heart. Middle pics: A pic of the hospital tent from MASH & a quote: “Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop.” H.L. Mencken, & A pic of Nurse Margaret & Radar when he was sick in MASH, & a quote “Love &war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil & good, beauty & ugliness.” Rick Riordan Bottom pics: A pic of Diagon Alley in HP when it was attacked with a quote “His kiss was a poison that my body craved. I was an addict, diving headfirst into the drug I knew would destroy me.” J.M. Leigh, & a pic from a TV show A Discovery of Witches & a quote "all is fair in love & war" Francis Edward Smedley Top 2 pics: The 2 Kelpie heads at Falkirk & a little girl in a white dress on a dock putting little paper boats in water. The kelpie pic has a quote “When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord, An' float the jinglin' icy boord, Then water-kelpies haunt the foord, By your direction, And 'nighted trav'llers are allur'd To their destruction.” Robert Burns Middle 2 pics: A Fjord with an old castle looking building & a yellow flowering meadow in the Scottish Highlands. The fjord pic has a quote: “In the depths they await to hear the children's whispered calls.” - The Children who Whispered to Water. Bottom Pic: An art pic of a kelpie with glowing white eyes coming out of the water to a shore of a forest. At the bottom of the pic is the title in green in a watery font The Children who Whispered to Water. There is a quote “No mortal ear could have heard the kelpie passing through the night, for the great black hooves of it were as soundless as feathers falling" The Kelpie's Pearls, Molly Hunter Top pics: a cabin in snowy mountains & a woman walking in a jungle forest. Over those 2 pics is the title in orange Wilderness Lockup. On the snowy pic is a quote: “the instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derive from it.” - Robert Heinlein 2nd row pics: A blonde girl in an orange coat with a tan backpack in a forest holding a map, & a man in an orange jacket sailing a boat on an ocean. 3rd row pics: a man walking in a sandy desert, & a girl walking in a red rock area. The desert pic has a quote: “Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luckiest.” - Carrie Ryan, The Dark & Hollow Places Bottom pics: A man kayaking in a Swamp, a man hiking a Hawaiian trail by the ocean, & a man crying on the sign at the Katahdin trailhead. The Hawaiian picture has a quote "I don't think I outfitted you. I don't think I outfitted you. The only thing I did was outcast you." Bob Crowley, Gabon
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Rutello: The Dark Veil
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Kingdom of Treasures
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Rutello: Dark Ages
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Rutello: King of Kings
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Rutello: New World
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Burning Blooms
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Find Me
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Moonstone
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Alaria's Curse
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Forbidden Song
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Rutello: Maya Warrior Queen
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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In case you were wondering, which you weren't but I still want to show off my genius. This was me this Halloween repping not one but two of my books. The left is Finley from Kingdom of Treasures, and the right is Arealia from Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame.
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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A Secret History of Witches x The House Witch

Arterin Academy exists in a world hidden within our own. They help protect our world in secret while being hunted by the seekers who want to destroy them & hiding from a world that would never accept them.

#W #NA #F #G #GhostPit
The top left pic is a castle with a lawn with purple flowers leading to it and the title in purple Arterin Academy. The right is two books, two potion bottles with yellow and blue liquid and a wand in front of the brick. The middle left pic is a lane of wisteria with a quote “I try not to think about what saving our world has cost them, even though I can’t help thinking that it has been worth it.", FADE by Kailin Gow, Fever. The middle right is a cobblestone road with rock houses/shops with plants and lanterns. The bottom left pic is a girl with a purple Hooded cloak holding her hands up in a misty field of purple flowers and a quote “Because I must do something while I still can. Each soul is still incalculably precious.” Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White. The Bottom middle is a sorcerer in a rocky valley holding a staff that's producing purple lighting and a quote That is what revolutionaries do. “We sacrifice ourselves to save others.” Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympath
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Girl of Nightmares x For Whom the Belle Tolls x Daughters Unto Devils

When no one believes Hina that her parents are missing, she goes to find them with the help of a mysterious stranger she must learn to trust if she wants to survive the dark path ahead.

#W #A #F #G #GhostPit
Top left to right. A cloaked man sitting in a pub smoking. A woman in a forest in a red and white dress carrying a baby dragon. Middle left to right. A horror zombie looking horse head coming out of water. A bird-like entrance in water with a girl in white. A castle bathed In red light and a red moon in the sky. Bottom left to right. 3 cloaked figures riding 3 black horses through fog. A foggy forest with a red sun and curly words in the fog Rutello: The Dark Veil, What happens when monsters and fears come to life? A deer antlered, large, shadow creature with white eyes in a foggy forest.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Annabelle x Chucky x Paranormal Activity

When Leona is gifted a doll, strange things start happening and they try to get rid of it, but how can you get rid of something that doesn't want to leave without the one it came to claim?

#W #A #F #T #GhostPit 👻
Black background with red lightning. Top left picture is a blonde blue eyed chatty Kathy doll in a red and white dress with hearts on it and red hair ribbons and a glass vase with two roses beside her. On the top right is a brunette green eyed chatty Kathy doll in a green and white dress with little red roses and a green hair ribbon. In the middle in red is the title The Doll Murders and on the left side in red and underlined is Unsolved (it looks like the old Unsolved Mysteries logo). The bottom left is what looks like a ghost girl in red with thin red smoke or curtains billowing behind her. Bottom right is a house bathed in red with a single lit up window sitting in heavy fog and a tree with a hanging skeleton in front of it.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Pretty Dead Queens x Murder in G Major

Emberley has two missions after her death: find a way to protect the new queen from meeting the same fate and help solve her own murder while dealing with grief and court scandals.

#W #A #MM #P #GhostPit
Top left photo: a book with a skull and fake candle on top and a bottle of poison marked by a bat in front. Under that an orange tinted and blurred photo of a queen from behind, then below that is a feast of foods below it. Top right pic: A hand and arm in a white dress laying on the ground. Words in orange Ghosts of Our Past. Below that is an orange quote with a fancy floral surrounding “The difference between medicine and poison is in the dose.” Finally there are king and queen chess pieces sitting on something in the bottom photo.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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The Familiars x The Physick Book of Deliverance x The Once and Future Witches

Can Arealia survive the hunt that's out to take her life in a time when witchcraft is illegal in Rutello?

#W #A #F #G #GhostPit
A black background. Top is a curly orange font for the title, Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame. It has fire to each side of it. In the middle is a pic of a woman in a dress shadowed in front of flames. To the left top to bottom is: a mob going toward homes, a woman in a dress with wings and a feather mask holding a raven/crow, a woman in a black hooded cloak, and 2 women a red head and black haired walking beside each other in a field. The right top to bottom: a woman in a purple dress with fur around the neck/shoulder area holding a staff and a snowy owl, a woman holding a wolf in wood vines, a woman with antlers riding a big bear with flames in her hands, and a red headed woman in a green dress holding a fox licking her face. At the bottom between the bottom left and right pics are 3 pics, left to right: a shadowed woman standing in a forest, a black haired girl in a black dress in the woods holding a raven/crow, and a woman in a red cloak doing a spell revealing a fire
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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A Light in the Attic x Where the Sidewalk Ends x Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

There's things that will give you a fright. Things that will scare you right out of your pants.
Things that go bump in the night.
Are you sure you want to give this a chance?

#W #A #PT #GhostPit 👻
A black background with spider webs and hanging spiders at the top. Below the webs is the title Which Witch is a golden yellow color with orange trim to look like light in a pumpkin. There are also the words A collection of spooky season poetry & short stories. Below the words are 2 pictures. On the left is a witch holding a staff in a yellow hued forest and field. On the right is a Jack-o'lantern. Below those two are 3 pictures. Left to right is an orange hued skull, a zombie woman in a white dress by a business, and a willow tree in a graveyard at night lit by yellow lights from the background.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Here is my list for #GhostPit

1. Which Witch
2. Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame
3. Ghosts of Our Past
4. The Doll Murders
5. Rutello: The Dark Veil
6. Arterin Academy

Feedback/critiques are welcome.
A black background with spider webs and hanging spiders at the top. Below the webs is the title Which Witch is a golden yellow color with orange trim to look like light in a pumpkin. There are also the words A collection of spooky season poetry & short stories. Below the words are 2 pictures. On the left is a witch holding a staff in a yellow hued forest and field. On the right is a Jack-o'lantern. Below those two are 3 pictures. Left to right is an orange hued skull, a zombie woman in a white dress by a business, and a willow tree in a graveyard at night lit by yellow lights from the background. Top left to right. A cloaked man sitting in a pub smoking. A woman in a forest in a red and white dress carrying a baby dragon. Middle left to right. A horror zombie looking horse head coming out of water. A bird-like entrance in water with a girl in white. A castle bathed In red light and a red moon in the sky. Bottom left to right. 3 cloaked figures riding 3 black horses through fog. A foggy forest with a red sun and curly words in the fog Rutello: The Dark Veil, What happens when monsters and fears come to life? A deer antlered, large, shadow creature with white eyes in a foggy forest. A black background. Top is a curly orange font for the title, Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame. It has fire to each side of it. In the middle is a pic of a woman in a dress shadowed in front of flames. To the left top to bottom is: a mob going toward homes, a woman in a dress with wings and a feather mask holding a raven/crow, a woman in a black hooded cloak, and 2 women a red head and black haired walking beside each other in a field. The right top to bottom: a woman in a purple dress with fur around the neck/shoulder area holding a staff and a snowy owl, a woman holding a wolf in wood vines, a woman with antlers riding a big bear with flames in her hands, and a red headed woman in a green dress holding a fox licking her face. At the bottom between the bottom left and right pics are 3 pics, left to right: a shadowed woman standing in a forest, a black haired girl in a black dress in the woods holding a raven/crow, and a woman in a red cloak doing a spell revealing a fire The top left pic is a castle with a lawn with purple flowers leading to it and the title in purple Arterin Academy. The right is two books, two potion bottles with yellow and blue liquid and a wand in front of the brick. The middle left pic is a lane of wisteria with a quote “I try not to think about what saving our world has cost them, even though I can’t help thinking that it has been worth it.", FADE by Kailin Gow, Fever. The middle right is a cobblestone road with rock houses/shops with plants and lanterns. The bottom left pic is a girl with a purple Hooded cloak holding her hands up in a misty field of purple flowers and a quote “Because I must do something while I still can. Each soul is still incalculably precious.” Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White. The Bottom middle is a sorcerer in a rocky valley holding a staff that's producing purple lighting and a quote That is what revolutionaries do. “We sacrifice ourselves to save others.” Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympath
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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This pic makes me think of Rutello: The Dark Veil because along her journey Hina faces the Phodeirebus - A place you must face yourself, the dark side of you, your fears, insecurities, angers, etc.& one of my fears are fires like wildfires. This was a wildfire right outside my house a few years ago.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I added 2 more books, so this pic makes me think of Arterin Academy and how their world is hidden within our own.
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM