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Victoria Lilly
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Victoria. She/her
✒️ Author of literary and folk-horror short stories
📖 Writer for the Independent Book Review
📚 victorialillywriter.com
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lrb.co.uk
‘Some themes, perhaps, resist temporal shaping. The moment at which the marked sheet morphs from functional investigation to aesthetic collectible is endlessly repeated.’

Julian Bell on drawing: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Julian Bell · On Drawing
While engaged in drawing, we are aware that there is something yet to be brought into sight, some impact on the surface...
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March 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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zillawrites.bsky.social
📚🩸Meet the Author🩸📚

I write horror-tinged stories that blend:
 💀 selfish & messy final girls
 🏚️ creepy, inescapable settings
 🔪 slow-burn dread with visceral payoffs

#amquerying #writingcommunity #agentsguide
moody picture of a stormy sky over a rundown farmhouse with round bales in front. text reads: Meet the Author zillawrites author of unsettling, atmospheric horror with speculative elements, often exploring the darkest corners of the mind, where fear festers quietly before it consumes moody picture of a stormy sky over a rundown farmhouse with round bales in front. text reads: Tone & Style My writing is dark, atmospheric, and psychologically immersive. I focus on slow-burn tension, allowing fear to build gradually. My style is propulsive yet restrained. I prefer using subtlety and implication to create unease and often avoid heavy exposition, preferring to let the horror unfold through atmospheric settings. moody picture of a stormy sky over a rundown farmhouse with round bales in front. text reads: Favorite Authors & Tropes Grady Hendrix, Nick Cutter, Alma Katsu, Virginia Feito, Paul Tremblay Final girl, impossible choices, body count rising, the monster is part of you, no easy escape moody picture of a stormy sky over a rundown farmhouse with round bales in front. text reads: What to Expect Flawed and complex characters Slow-burn horror Supernatural elements designed to amplify the fears rather than overshadow them Atmospheric settings that are as much a part of the horror as other threats
March 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
victorialilly.bsky.social
Shelving my dead (also bad) querying novel leave me feeling like
#WritingCommunity
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
victorialilly.bsky.social
Life update
March 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
bertsbooks.bsky.social Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · Mar 24
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
You’re on a first date with someone, and they tell you the name of their favourite book. You immediately start planning the wedding. What’s the book?
March 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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gr8writingtips.bsky.social
if anyone ever tells you that you should cut a scene you really like because it doesn’t add to the plot, you have my permission to say that you need to include it because i told you you have to
March 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
victorialilly.bsky.social
At a crossroads of what to do about my writing career (lol, career) and I'm just, spinning like a top
#WritingCommunity
March 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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bunikanovel.com
The beautiful model on @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social #57 reminded me so much of Marika from Bunika 🇸🇰

So I created this fictional 18th C 'Slovak Beauty' cover which DOES feature her! [I contacted the magazine with no response, oh well:)]

This is a creative tribute, no commercial intent! 1/2
March 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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themerl.bsky.social
the pinnacle of human achievement
A Google search for 'how many rs in museum of english rural life'. Google's AI overview responds to say: The Museum of English Rural Life in Reading has no "Rs" in its name, it is simply called "Museum of English Rural Life.
March 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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maureenjohnsonbooks.com
How your email finds me.
erikarier.bsky.social Erika Rier @erikarier.bsky.social · Mar 18
Creepiest thing I’ve seen at the bus stop for a minute.
Very dirty plastic foot with red nail polish on the side of the road.
March 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
victorialilly.bsky.social
Maybe I will
gr8writingtips.bsky.social it looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · Mar 18
liven up your tired writing by pouring coffee allllll over it
March 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Truly twitter v2
atherton.bsky.social Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Mar 18
Weird but true: Bluesky is an experiment to see who can make the most correct politics post that fits into 300 characters and does not invite any critique for what it left out, a feat long theorized but so far undemonstrated.
March 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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nelsnote.bsky.social
A burned-out jazz pianist seeking refuge at a seaside inn is drawn into the orbit of a brilliant painter whose work doesn’t just capture his subjects—it devours them. And now she's caught in his frame.

Art by the lovely saranillustration

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #A
Character art of a young woman with long black hair, and a man with blonde hair behind her. They're very close together and it seems like the man may be pulling her backwards. The background is ocean waves, with a smidge of red.
March 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social
My #agentsguide to CARELESS WHISPERS, a romantic suspense set on a Greek island.

REBECCA x RIVIERA x THE PERFECT COUPLE
The woman knew secrets; now she's dead. Everyone has a motive...
Secrets, Slow❤️‍🔥, Unrequited love, Betrayal, Murder

Longlisted for Joffe Books Prize 2024

#LuckyPit 🍀 #PopUpPitA
Page 1 - An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, Romantic Suspense, and piece of dialogue: '...our very own Greek tragedy,' says Troy. 'It has it all. Sex, money, adultery. Even - if you believe the rumours - murder.' Photo alongside it is a of a woman's pressing finger to her lips signifying secrecy. Page 2 - The Pitch with a blurred photo of a drowned woman alongside it. 'She's always tried to do the 'right thing'. But when a death becomes a suspected murder, a PR exec must decide how far she'll go to protect the people she loves who all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband, the man she's in love with.' Page 3 - Snippet with a photo of a man alongside it. An unpleasant smile warps his face. He steps closer and leans forward as if they're conspirators. His voice is low and soft, the words a sneer. 'I'm guessing you've not been fighting him off.' It's hard to breathe. He's too close, his breath on her skin smoky with whisky and cigarettes. She fights the urge to thrust him away. 'No,' she says in a hard voice. 'But then he's not you.' His head snaps back. The dull flush in his cheeks is evident even in the gloom. 'And you,' he says nastily, 'are not Rianna.' She gives a humourless laugh. 'From what I gather, that's not a bad thing.' 'He better not hear you say that. He loved her, you know.' Page 4 has Tropes & Themes - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Loss; Slow burn romance; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder And The Comps – Nanny Wanted by Lizzy Barber, End of Story by AJ Finn, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Sky Atlantic series Riviera
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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emmaalmunshi.bsky.social
My new #agentsguide for To Ruin the Sky⚡️
Expect:

🫢Your new tatted-up, morally-grey book bf
💁🏻‍♀️Shadow Mommy FMC - rivals Faith from Buffy
🪞One big metaphor for identity
✨Good vs evil reimagined
🔥Enemies AND lovers
👍🏼Middle Eastern Rep
#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #RF #PopUpPit #writersky
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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kswrites.bsky.social
She’s a hopeless romantic. He’s a grump discontented with life. Maybe chasing after an urban legend will get them what they want, if what they want is:

🌕 Midnight rendezvous
🌓 Monstrous vampires
🌒 Scheming gangs & shady detectives
🌑 The secret to controlling it all

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F
On a background of a city street at night, the words 'for the days we never had' is written on the top of the graphic. In the middle is a graphic of an orange-brown liquid in a cocktail glass. To the left of the glass is a graphic of a man in a hat smoking, with the words "Morally Grey" above it, then a plus sign and below it, the graphic of a heart-shaped sun with the words "Sunshine Romantic" written above it. Below that is a graphic of a woman in a cat with the words "Yearning God" written above it. To the right of the wineglass is a graphic of a silhouette of a cloaked figure with the word "Vampires" written above it, a silhouette of a man holding a magnifying glass with the words "Dubious Detectives" written above it, and a graphic of a dragon with the words "Cutthroat Gangs" written above it. On the bottom right of the graphic is the word "Genres", with five icons over a brown background below it: Silhouettes of a castle, a ghost, a gun, a magnifying glass, and a heart. They represent Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Mystery, and Romance respectively.
March 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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gwenvines.writes.fyi
ARCANE x BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN
All Jim owns when he arrives at the Institute is a battered briefcase & a pair of decaying boots. Little does he know that before classes end, he'll pack that blood-drenched briefcase to flee a nightmare of his own making.
#PopUpPitA #A #F #LuckyPit #writing 💙📚
Digital painting of a blond man wearing a tank top and a toolbelt from behind, his hand on his hip. In the bottom right is the text SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines. In the upper left is the text "Adult STEM Postgrad Academic Fantasy, 107k words". In a green box in the upper right titled FIRST LINE is the text "To be Techniker was to be masochistic. Technikers worshiped at the altar of exhaustion, taking sick pride in toiling over a workbench or anvil until their bodies failed them. Glory lay in suffering for their craft, in creating small miracles powered as much by their own blood and sweat as the aether that underwove existence."
March 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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victorialilly.bsky.social
My new pitch card for the sapphic gothic horror novel I #amquerying

With the economy crumbling and inequality skyrocketing, what can be more pertinent than a story about proverbially eating the rich 😁❤️
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #adult #horror #gothic
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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victorialilly.bsky.social
1872 London. Agnes is a spirit-medium aching for meaningful work, better pay, and a soulmate. When an invitation arrives to visit a grand estate and banish a spirit haunting it, Agnes cannot resist. The adventure, however, turns into a nightmare
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #horror #gothic #lgbtqi
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#LuckyPit #PopupPitA #A #F
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
March 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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zillawrites.bsky.social
72 hours.
3 trials.
1 chance to find her bff.
🌲🔪⌛🩸✨
Tate enters a reality tv show knowing viewers crave blood, but if she can’t outplay their expectations—or her ruthless handler—she’ll lose more than just her life, she’ll bring everyone down w/her.

#luckypit #popuppita #ya #sff #genreblend
[moody image grid] blond man looking up and away; a fist gripping a knife by a tree trunk; a rickety rope bride in the woods; an overgrown, ornate front porch of a house; hands and bare feet in a shallow body of water; a woman with dark hair facing away toward woods
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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ivy-lin.bsky.social
SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3)

To win a $100k coding competition, Mia Pan teams up with an autistic coding prodigy, who she’s crushing hard on. But falling for him makes her wonder: is she autistic too?

#YA #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA
Mia and Owen sit in a dark room illuminated by a TV screen. Owen is holding an Atari controller while looking at Mia, who is eating garlic bread. Art by Joy Ling.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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leighsamuels.bsky.social
WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW
🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde.
👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare
👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me
😭 Is it worth giving up my dream?
Find out in Undesired Spotlight!
#LuckyPit #YA #Con #PopUpPitA
March 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
victorialilly.bsky.social
An #agentguide for my #amquerying novel, SHRIKE'S EYRIE, a sapphic gothic horrormance set in Victorian England.
When an impressionable young spirit-medium is hired to exorcize an evil spirit, the real question is what could possibly go right.
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #horror #gothic #lgbtqi
March 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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ashleascreaton.bsky.social
When a fiery maid ran to sea to escape her violent employer, she never expected a passionate romance with a pirate captain–or needing to hunt down a legendary map to save her best friend's life.

Once Upon A Broken Heart 💕meets Outlander 🗡️

The Siren’s Call 🏴‍☠️ (series potential)

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit
The Siren's Call NA Romantasy - 85,000 words Courting a Lord could've been Delphine's escape from her violent employer. But when her best friend is sent with pirates after a mythical map, she refuses to be left behind. A passionate affair with the Captain reveals he is tailed by a dark past which could sabotage the mission, but her friend's life is tied to the map. She must do anything to get it-even using the Captain's secret against him-or lose her friend. Book comparisons: Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long The Ever King by L.J. Andrews Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne Du Maurier A pirate novel mood board, all in a blue and nautical theme. “Come back to the sea” is quoted amongst corsets, ships, and the vast ocean. It is romantic and sweeping, a sense of adventure.
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM