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ShalyDavenport✨is Querying✨ @shalydavenport.bsky.social · Oct 30
ACOTAR x (2025 movie) Dracula: A Love Tale

When Isla (pronounced eye-la) Fayne sells her soul to a Death God for the survival of her family, she must either break a curse on her fate thread or face transforming into a malevolent demon.

👻 Halloween is in the book.
#RF #R #F #Q #A #C #ghostpit
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shannonxl.bsky.social
Teen Wolf x Clexa-Style romance: Wolfsbane and Witch Hazel is a contemporary sapphic adventure with magic, mayhem, and mystery.

❤️ Slow-burn romance
⚔️ Enemies to allies to lovers
🔮 Grounded fantasy
📚 Nerdy protagonist

#GhostPit #Q #NA #RF #SFF #LGBT
Text over a haunted forest which reads: Excerpt - With surprising gentleness, Roma lifted Haze’s bound wrists. With one swipe of her claw, she cut through the ropes, without leaving even a scratch on Haze’s skin. Haze flexed her fingers, tingling but otherwise fine. Without the focus that life-or-death stakes brought, it was hard to think, but they weren’t in the clear yet. “What about the other hunters?” “Dead.” Roma shrugged. “They would not surrender.” Haze accepted this without comment, though it made her blood run cold to talk about death so callously. “What about the other wolf, the one you were with?” “There is a Pack a few miles from here. I sent Ronan to warn them when we scented the hunters.” Her face softened. “I needed to make sure they were safe before I came back for you. I am sorry for the delay.” Haze swallowed. “You shouldn’t have come back for me at all.” To Haze’s surprise, Roma snorted. “I am very sorry for saving your life.” An arrow pointing at Clarke and Lexa from The 100 which says "sapphic enemies to situationship". Beneath it is a promo image from Teen Wolf with an arrow pointing to it which says "irreverent approach to werewolves & witches" Text over an image of a haunted forest which reads: Character intro - Haze Luna. Biracial (Mexican & White) Nerdy ADHD / Neurodiverse Rep Body Positive Plucky Heroine Curious Bookworm Stubborn When the war between witches and werewolves reaches a dangerous peak Haze must choose between newfound love and her duty to her people. There is a silhouette of a plus size woman wearing a witchy hat beside the text. Text over an image of a haunted forest which reads: Character intro - Roma. Stoic Werewolf Powerful Anxiety Loyal Leader of the Pack Focused Driven Recovering from Trauma There is a silhouette of a howling wolf beside the text.
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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jundlife.bsky.social
"HatWIP"

The Babadook X The Exorcist

He has been tormented by Shadow people since almost dying at age six.
They are increasing in frequency.
The Red Eyed God in the woods speaks of a great change.
Now, a man in a hat, who speaks the language of hate, wants him too.

#GhostPit #W #Horror #A
Picture of a shadow person. Text: "I am nothing more than a husk, waiting to be filled by something greater than myself. A great change is upon me. A great change is moving through the world. It is already in motion. It cannot be stopped." Coming to beta winter 26. Querying Spooky Season 26
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
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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abookishchai.bsky.social
For Fans of Ann Liang, Dustin Thao, and Amanda Dewitt:

A CROSSROAD OF LILIES
YA Romance with a Speculative Twist

A retired teen actor and a studious scholarship student fall for each other while uncovering why they’re cursed by a magical mushroom disease.

#Ghostpit #YA #Q #R #Spec
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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racthoh.bsky.social
Racthoh's Tale:

Racthoh, an exiled elf confronting profound loss, demands vengeance from those who destroyed his home and family. Alongside a compassionate Paladin and a struggling minotaur, they navigate a war-torn world of forgotten gods, necromancers, and dragons.

#GhostPit #F #E #Q #C
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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makennarae-writes.bsky.social
Once a silent shadow in her father’s court, a princess is thrust into a trial designed to forge her into a ruler capable of cruelty tempered by intellect—and when ancient magic awakens in her veins, she can no longer tell whether her rise will save the kingdom or damn it.

#GhostPit #A #F #Q
Title of my book, TRIAL OF HEIRS The background is a red sky and a gothic-looking castle My pitch: A discarded princess endures a deadly trial to claim her tyrant father’s throne—but as her power grows and her humanity slips away, she must face the truth: to destroy the monster who made her, she may have to become one herself. With betrayal lurking in every shadow, she is forced to walk a path where survival and monstrosity are inseparable—and the crown may demand more than her heart can bear. Photos of crying eyes and woman walking into fire Opening Lines: “I was a woman of import who was of no particular importance to anyone. A princess in the back of banquets, the daughter of a family who never sought her out, a person with no companions. Perhaps it was sad, but more than anything, it was dreadfully dull.” Reviews and comps: “Wow! What a grim and utterly emotive tragedy! This story had me feeling everything and left me completely hollowed out by the end.” - Professional Beta Reader 1 “I have no words. This story is brilliant.” – Professional Beta Reader 2 “When I finished, I had to just sit in the dark for a while, staring at the ceiling, empty inside.” – Journalist Friend “First book to make me cry in a while.” - Fiancé “It’s so... violent!” – My Mom COMPS: Far Heir by Lucia Ashta, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, & The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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drummerandrews.bsky.social
#GhostPit, #A, #Q, #T
YOU x Dexter
Quiet teacher, Ella, is not a psychopath – she’s just very committed to her anti-bullying policies. The kind that involve zip ties, knives and plastic sheeting.
And if you stay cruel and remorseless as an adult, she’ll teach you one final, bloody lesson. 👻🔪
Groups of kids whispering. A teacher by a blackboard. a load of shiny knives in a row.
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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jennleefrances.bsky.social
Like THE BENT NECK LADY:

The Drowning Girl haunted Simone's dreams long before Nina was murdered

She feared her cousin's spirit was stuck in a trauma loop, reliving her violent death—but one should never summon the dead

Now they call her vengeful ghost #TheEastRiverWraith

#GhostPit #YA #SPEC #H
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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eolaspellor.bsky.social
An up-and-coming boxer dies mysteriously in the ring, and no one but Vince Cole and the boxer’s fiancée seem to care. Can Vince uncover the truth before someone puts his lights out?
#GhostPit #Q #A #S #MM #HR
An older boxer and a younger boxer are fighting in the ring. The text reads “The Waterfront” Who killed Kid Lemon? Who is setting Vince Cole up?
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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jennleefrances.bsky.social
She’s beautiful in ALL her gore.

Like Halloween past, dressed up as a little dead girl.
Nina was cute & creepy & made me dress as something fiendish too—so we’d be scarier than all the ghouls
Then maybe they wouldn’t notice us
But they always do
No matter what we’re wearing
👻
#GhostPit #YA #SPEC #H
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
When a freak storm wrecks his island’s passenger steamer, sparing only a strange girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. 👻

#GhostPit #A #His #M #H #Q
Image of a woman dressed in black looking out over a cliff. A rotting skull and seaweed motif bleeds from the left side. Text reads: The Ballad of Agnes Day, The Sirens X The Lost Apothecary.
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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zprospero.bsky.social
THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for.

#GhostPit #F #Con #E #LGBT
The silhouette of a man with a briefcase and an angel with horns stand in front of a fogbound gas station at night as above them a large billboard proclaims "Hell Is Work" The tag line in glowing yellow text at the bottom says "Hell is empty and all the demons are in polo shirts"
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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nattykbrown.bsky.social
Ready for something different this spooky season…

What if The Hills Have Eyes were a romance?

🎃 Enemies-to-lovers
🎃 Creepy subterranean tunnels
🎃 Human hybrids
🎃 Near-future dystopia

#Ghostpit #A #H #R #horrormance
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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abigailwadlington.bsky.social
SCOOBY DOO X RAVEN BOYS

Four meddling teens and a half-ghost dog rally to save their town’s fading magic 👻
🐦‍⬛Halloween shenanigans
🐦‍⬛Ride or die friendships
🐦‍⬛Dark secrets
🐦‍⬛LGBTQ+ cast
🐦‍⬛The dog can’t talk (or can he? 👀)

#GhostPit #F #M #LGBT #E
Moodboard with spider webs in top corners and four characters (red headed girl with glasses, black haired girl with purple dress, brown haired boy with white shirt, and blond boy with ghostbusters shirt) at the bottom. Moodboard behind features autumn designs: a girl in a warm-colored plaid dress, a cozy-looking store, a sprawl of tarot cards, etc)
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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jimthevampire.bsky.social
#ghostpit

A supply run turns deadly when the starship Tartarus is diverted to rescue survivors of a viral outbreak in deep space. With a secret order empowering the ship's AI to take charge, Elara and her crew must solve the mystery behind the virus and whatever their AI is becoming.

#A #W #SF
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 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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wintersleep85.bsky.social
NAUSICAÄ X FF7

A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world.

#ghostpit #Q #A #F
A misty forest. A raven. Trees and a cloudy sky. A fence. A person using an umbrella in a forest. The back of a woman.
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE

Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.

#GhostPit #A #DS #SF #W
Made from non-AI free stock images. This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections: 1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads: "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background. 2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word. 3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says: "A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 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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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
shalydavenport.bsky.social
ACOTAR x (2025 movie) Dracula: A Love Tale

When Isla (pronounced eye-la) Fayne sells her soul to a Death God for the survival of her family, she must either break a curse on her fate thread or face transforming into a malevolent demon.

👻 Halloween is in the book.
#RF #R #F #Q #A #C #ghostpit
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM