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Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · Oct 30
Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden.

But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels.

#GhostPit #YA #SFF #Q #WNDB #enemiestolovers
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wdowar.bsky.social
DIE HARD x RED MARS

Sol followed a girl to Mars. But when he finds out there is a conspiracy to dethrone her father, the old billionare head of MegnaCore driving the Martian colonisation, he must solve the mystery and save the new space elevator before they touch down

#BluePit #BluePit 📖 #SF #A #W
A concept for a space elevator in close up. It looks like a large pod with large windows on a thick cable above a world far below. The whole image is red as it is a Martian space eleveator. The title: "Love in a space elevator" is in yellow with a purple shadow. The tagline: "When you're in love, it's a long way down" is along the bottom also in yellow. Image credit: VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY. Link: https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/1350056/view
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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bettebergeron.bsky.social
So impressed by today's #BluePit📖!

My #agentsguide to FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS 🐚 🌊

An unexpected inheritance, tacky shell art, dueling in-laws, & Mark Twain’s unconventional wisdom lead Esidora to the shocking truth of her aunt’s death on a remote Maine island 🌲

#A #Q #M #amquerying #writesky
Poster for THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS (adult mystery) Pitch: Deposited in a mail slot and raised by a moose—that’s how Esidora describes her unorthodox childhood growing up on Maine’s rugged coastline. Now a perpetual astrophysics doctoral student living in Chicago with her fiancé Tremblay (a Twain scholar), returning to Maine is the last thing on her mind… until she notified of her Aunt Beverly’s unexpected death back on Baribeau Island, and the stunning news that she is a co-heir to her aunt’s estate. But when she returns to the remote island to probe for answers and confront her own secrets of the past, peculiar things begin to happen. When Tremblay unexpectedly arrives on the island, the couple borrows from Tom Sawyer’s unique perspective as a fictional detective to unravel the mystery—and startling family secret—behind Beverly’s death. Themes & Tropes: Remote Island, Unexpected Inheritance, Found Family, Generational Secrets, Amateur Sleuths, Obsessions, Academic Couple, Twainian Wisdom
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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gracelizaa.bsky.social
OCTOBER DAYE X WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE

When a blood-drained body is found at the edge of Foggy Dell, a quirky town in Northern California, Maisie—local ghost speaker—and Stacy—biologist and supernatural skeptic—become unlikely partners, investigating the mysterious death.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #PN #M
A corkboard with photos of the forest and ocean and notes pinned to it. The notes: “Vampire???”, “Time of death: midnight”, and “Tremulous Oak Sanctuary: might not be a cult (but also might be)”.
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
msad3.bsky.social
Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden.

But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #thriller #SFF #A #Q #POC #enemiestolovers
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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tamaratoday.bsky.social
SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS

After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted.

#QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist
Left to right. Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building. Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down. Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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thekellerverse.bsky.social
#Questpit

Mass effect x Treasure Planet/ Master and Commander in Space

6 years after the Death of Earth and Humanity's Uplift into the Jada Empire. Elise Clarke is enlisted into the Royal Fleet. Can she overcome her trauma and prove Humanity can find a place in the Galaxy?

#Q #SF #SFF
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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dhoedits.bsky.social
IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA

👻🔮 Reluctant Medium
❤️‍🔥🕰️ Slowburn Sweet Romance
🤝🏡 Found Family
💀💞 Ghost Boyfriend
🕯️✨ Séances

#QuestPit #YA #Q #PF #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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yaldacollection.bsky.social
THE MAID X FINLAY DONOVAN

10 coworkers.
1 dead manager.

A trio of coworkers must find their office manager's killer, before their scathing resignation emails are discovered, making them the prime suspects. #questpit #editorsguide #AG

🏃‍♀️Escape room whodunit
💘 Office romance
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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kasylongauthor.bsky.social
Think FULL HOUSE…but the sisters never knew their mom’s past. Twin siblings Jesse and Faye hit the road to uncover their mom’s secrets — and what they find changes everything. They will never be the same.

NOW AVAILABLE!

#QuestPit #P #YA #A #MY #WritingCommunity #Writers #questpit
A collage of photos that look like a road trip, black-and-white photos, and a couple in love. It’s supposed to look like a scrapbook.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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bynicwebb.bsky.social
THE LONELY WIVES CLUB🍸
contemporary women's fiction
the first in a series
currently writing ✍🏻
#questpit #w #a
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
msad3.bsky.social
A letter claiming her dead mom and a stolen identity thrust Mae into a space-bound warrior program. To stop a multiverse conspiracy, she fights versions of herself and chooses: vengeance or sacrifice. #YA #SF #Questpit #Q
🍥Reality-bending trials
🔗Enemies-allies
🌙Middle eastern
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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dawnberkoski.bsky.social
Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after them.

I Am Chosen~A different type of love story. #ghostpit #A #PR #Q #HappyHalloween 👻🧛‍♀️
A photo of a dark alleyway that inspired scenes in the paranormal romance, I am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski. Black garbage bags and graffiti litter the narrow passageway between buildings. Photography by Dawn Berkoski. Pitch: Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. Paranormal Romance. dawnberkoski.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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awritingwall.bsky.social
Bree assumes "joining the Dark Goddess" is a lesbian sex club hazing prank—until she kills an evil political candidate with a gush of menstrual blood.

The Goddess has given Bree real power.

Her intentions? Murky.
Her appetite? Insatiable.
Her contract? Binding.

#ghostpit #A #Q #SPEC #H #OWN #LGBT
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

⭐ two exiled men (+ their secrets)
🌙 one lunar prison (+ its horrors)
⭐ a government that wants their data
🌙 a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫 the love they’ll lose if they don’t make it out alive

#ghostpit #SF #H #R #LGBT #WIP
A moodboard for my sci-fi horrormance WIP, BABEL ON CALLISTO. On the top left is a glowing humanoid figure with a planet and rings orbiting its head. In the center, white glitchy text reads: "NOT ALL ENDINGS ARE THE END. SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE BEGINNING," repeated multiple times. Beneath that, a figure walks into a starry void shaped like another person, reaching toward each other. Other elements include a flatworm floating in a grid-like space, a silhouetted couple reaching toward each other in a virtual tunnel, and hands weaving a glowing galaxy-like thread.
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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chrisakins.bsky.social
GRIM PORTENTS

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of.

👻 #SP #F #H #PN #OWN #GhostPit
Grim Portents cover featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life… "I HAD ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF IT WAS A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION, THE MIND PLAYING TRICKS. IT WAS JUST A SHADOW. BUT NOW THE MONSTER HAD BEEN GIVEN A NAME, AN IDENTITY. IT WAS REAL." Bill Baker wants nothing more than to marry the woman he loves, but when his wedding is interrupted by a rampaging hell-beast, his life is thrown into disarray. Desperate for a second chance, he will do anything to set his future back on track. Now, with the help of a soul-collecting reaper named Sonny, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell, in order to earn back the life that was stolen from him and prevent the oncoming end of days. Faced with the choice between what is right and what is easy, Bill may have to sacrifice all he holds dear for one last shot at life. Black and white sketch of characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan. Ad for Grim Portents, featuring a print copy of the book and an ebook on an iPhone. A QR code that takes you to my website and the words “Scan to learn more about debut paranormal fantasy novel Grim Portents” below it. Under that, it says “Available online anywhere books are sold!” And above it all is the tagline “Welcome to the first day of the end of your life”
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before a malevolent creeper destroys his last chance at love. 👻

#GhostPit #A #G #T #Q
An image of a woman with her head cropped out and a grisly montage of a human heart run through with flowers and a ribcage over her chest, surrounded by twisting vines. Text reads: Mexican Gothic X Severance, Woodbine.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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annametz.bsky.social
VIGILANTES ANONYMOUS is a dark romcom that follows two contract killers, Lana and Nic, as they off their targets and get off with each other 🖤🔪💋

📝 therapy meet cute
📍Milwaukee
💥 he's unapologetically obsessed with superheroes
📚 she works in a bookstore filled with cats

#GhostPit #A #OS #R
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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kylawhitelock.bsky.social
SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME X ATLA

In a city where innovation thrives on cruelty, human Industrialists experiment on animal hybrids to create the ultimate weapon ⚔😈

In the forests, druids command the elements—but their silence may destroy the balance they swore to protect 🍃🦊

#ghostpit #A #F #Q
The upper half represents the Industrialists. The bottom half depicts the druids and their harmony with nature and the elements.
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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alpaolucci.bsky.social
WhereTheDarkStandsStillxPowerless

A knight enters a perilous forest to find her godfather, but instead, she finds a shadow beast immune to her blade and a cursed sorcerer whose magic can slay the monster if she can convince him to leave his manor

✨Big 5 editor interest x2✨

#GhostPit #YA #RF #WIP
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
msad3.bsky.social
Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden.

But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels.

#GhostPit #YA #SFF #Q #WNDB #enemiestolovers
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
msad3.bsky.social
Mae never meant to take a life—only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden.

But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels.

#QuestPit #YA #SF #Q #WNDB #enemiestolovers
February 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
msad3.bsky.social
A letter claiming her mom’s death and a stolen identity thrust Mae into a space-bound warrior program. To stop a multiverse conspiracy, she fights versions of herself and chooses: vengeance or sacrifice.
#YA #SF #2025pit
🌀 Reality-bending trials
🔗 Enemies-to-allies
🌙 Fierce Middle Eastern heroine
January 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
msad3.bsky.social
Orphaned Mae killed to survive, unaware her victim was a warrior-in-training. Now, she’s in her place at a space-bound program, facing surreal, reality-warping trials—fighting versions of herself. The truth? A multiverse at stake—and a choice: vengeance or sacrifice. #YA #SF #YouDeservepIt #Q
January 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
msad3.bsky.social
A letter claiming her mom is dead and a stolen identity thrust Mae into a space-bound warrior program. To stop a multiverse conspiracy, she fights versions of herself and chooses: vengeance or sacrifice. #YA #SF #P2Ppit #Q
🌀 Reality-bending trials
🔗 Enemies-to-allies
🌙 Fierce Middle Eastern heroine
January 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM