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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Trying to watch #Severance but keep getting distracted by Mr. Milchik’s DUMP TRUCK ASS

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

MIKE FLANAGAN X ETHEL CAIN When Nora Vane is called to serve the Lord of the Land, she has no idea what she’s getting into. A sapphic gothic that I #amquerying #PosterPit #A #H (Many thanks to my talented friend for the graphic!)

A woman in an old-fashioned dress stands looking off to the side. She holds a candelabra with five lit candles. The smoke from the candles forms the words, “Death Becomes Her.” Movie-poster text lines the bottom.

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If I have to see that fucking terf and her fucking cigar one more time

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

i'm not usually a medical show person (too much of a wimp), but the hold #ThePitt has on me...

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

i'm only two episodes in but hemlock grove does not feel like a real tv show...

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Thomas J. Padden @thomasjpadden.com · 06/04/2025

Rocks, roots, and ruts abound! The quintessential spice of New England soil. Spring was chilly, roads were muddy, and the stage was set with all kinds of lumps and divots, prime for clattering a particular carriage. #1stlinepit #wip #a #h #p #com #hf

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

“The day dawned as cold and gray as Mrs. Grantham’s corpse.” #1stLinePit #A #Gothic

A black and white castle with the words Death Becomes Her overlaying it. Death is highlighted in pink.

Image of a girl with pale skin and dark hair. Her eyes are covered in a spray of bright pink paint.

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#1stLinePit @1stlinepit.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

#1stLinePit is coming in hot—just ONE week left! 🔥 This time, we've got a brand new rule! Check out the details below—what do you think? A brilliant game-changer, enhancing your pitch—or a total train wreck, ruining the fun? #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Issue: During our last round of #1stLinePit, some agents commented that it was hard to determine their interest based only on the first few lines.

Solution: This round, you must still share your first lines in THE BODY of you post, but you’re also allowed to share your pitch, agent’s guide, a link to a previous pitch, you’re entire first page, or anything you want in the attached images / moodboard.

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I like to describe Death Becomes Her as Mike Flanagan x Ethel Cain Vibes #UnhingedPit #A #H #Q Nora when she is chosen as the latest annual sacrifice to be given to the mysterious Lord of the Land from whose mansion no one has ever returned:

Hayden Anhedönia is standing in front of a glass-walled shop in a black jacket with a white sweater. She says, "I feel like, you know, the next in line," with something close to a smile on her face.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

After returning to her family’s crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too. 🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts 🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic

Nineteen-year-old Lottie Bradbury is called home to her crumbling family estate with an ultimatum: marry or let the Bradbury name die. But in a post-war world where old traditions are crumbling and women are claiming new independence, Lottie refuses to be controlled.

Her introduction is disrupted when the gardener is found dead, his skull shattered on the manor steps. His son, Arthur, warns Lottie that the house is hungry, that it killed his father—just as it did her mother a decade ago. And it’s not finished.

Determined to seize control of her own fate, Lottie digs into the manor’s past, only to realize the house has other plans. Strange footsteps at night. Whispers slithering through the halls. Shadows shifting where none should be. Arthur insists the manor is alive, feeding on the sins of her ancestors, that her family is cursed. But he’s not the only one keeping secrets, and the deeper she digs, the harder it is to know who to trust.

THE LAST HEIR OF BRADBURY MANOR is a slow-burn gothic horror set in 1919, blending the creeping dread of The Hacienda with the sentient menace of Starling House. A tale of inheritance, obsession, and a house that refuses to let go. The manuscript is complete at 96,000 words.

Comps for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor:

Starling House: Dark inheritance, Family secrets, Sentient house

The Hacienda: Unresolved grief, Psychological unraveling, Supernatural dread

Crimson Peak: Decaying grandeur, Gothic vibes

A mood board for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor with...

A decaying, messed up sitting room
A spooky staincase with a girl walking
A girl climbing out of a well
A book on fire
A cozy Edwardian dinner party
A spooky gothic dinner party

Text that reads: breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul

Tropes for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor

🖤 Manor With a Mind
📖 Cryptic Diary
💀 Generational Blood Curse
🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🏚 Slow-burn
🖋 Arranged? Meetcute? Ghostly Trauma Bonding?
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might
🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted
⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Graphics credit to my very talented, anonymous friend who knows who she is 😘

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Introducing “Death Becomes Her,” out on sub in an inbox near you! This sapphic gothic horror is ~75K and professionally edited. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

A castle in black and white overlaid with text reading “Death Becomes Her.” The word “Death” is highlighted in pink.

A painting of a woman with dark hair dressed in white with a white flower in her hair. A pink streak of paint covers her eyes. Book covers and media posters run along the bottom under the byline, “Perfect for fans of…”

A black and white interior shot of a window with a column to the right. The heading, “The Pitch” is highlighted in pink.

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Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

sure responding to that email would take approximately five minutes but what if I thought about not responding to it with a flash of brief but crushing shame every day for several weeks instead

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I wonder if St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) would be a good day for people to get ready to pitch their stories. Why? Oh, no reason… But, you never know what might Pop Up.🍀 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #SkyWriters #AmQuerying

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

blessed to not live in the timeline where hip-hop artists heavily sampled the Hamilton musical 🙏🏻

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

is there any anxiety like querying anxiety i just wanna know what the agents are thinkiiiiiiing

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

they should invent a weekend that is restful

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

fourth wing -- i am so sorry, i wanted to like it because i'm a slut for dragons, but i couldn't get past the lackluster worldbuilding

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Frankly it’s embarrassing how much George Orwell’s “1984” gets wrong about 1984. The publisher should update it to be more accurate, e.g. “Winston heard ‘Eat It’ by Weird Al Yankovic playing on the radio. ‘I’d hate to be Michael Jackson right now!’ he said to Big Brother”

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/01/2025

OpenAI right now

Scene from The Princess Bride where Vizzinni says "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen"

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

season 2 episode 5 of #InterviewWithTheVampire did not have to go that hard wtf

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

when a police man says hes going to give you a hot meal that means hell shoot you. the hot meal is a bullet. they call it Police mans dinner

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Maple @maplefields.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

She's so real for this

Screenshot of a YouTube thumbnail, featuring a woman sitting in a pioneer style room. The video, which is 9 minutes and 51 seconds long, is titled "my favorite types of gay porn," and is uploaded by musician Ethel Cain.

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Mulcahy @midwest-mulcahy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Why does People Magazine name a new "Sexiest Man Alive" every year? It doesn't make any sense to name a new one if the old one is still alive. The new one should have to fight the old one to the death. Like Highlander.

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Trump’s cabinet is shaping up to be a nightmare blunt rotation the likes of which I could never have conceived

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I want to promise you all that no matter how big this site gets, I will NEVER sell out to the makers of Windex, the world’s leading brand of glass and hard-surface cleaners, known and trusted for over 50 years

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I’ve reached the anger stage of grief

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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Disco Elysium offers a tremendous variety of roleplaying choices & alternate solutions I will never see because they'd disappoint Kim Kitsuragi

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

fingers crossed that by the time i finish the 12th doctor's run, i can call this guy by his real name and not my first instinct, which is Capeter Capaldi #DoctorWho

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

people just don’t say “why I oughta…” like they used to. this is clearly because today’s generation is directionless and without ambition

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

you’re telling me i have to be social on this media? 🤨

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