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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Why is no one talking about this? If you can help the residents of Gary, find a local charity doing good work there and donate. Thousands of Indiana residents still without power 10 days after storm - The Washington Post share.google/RvnmL0TLGDoN... #GaryIN #NIPSCO #climatechange

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Ten days after storm, thousands are still waiting for power in Indiana

Residents are scrambling for generators, lining up for gas and bracing for a long recovery.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A few more collages for #ATCAugust from Mini Collage Collective. #artsky #collage

A collage of random scraps of paper with different patterns and colors arranged like patchwork.

A collage of a woman in a voting booth surrounded by words representing current issues facing voters in shades of ted, white and blue.

A collage of an arctic sea along with an iceberg in the background a turquoise blue burd diving straight into the water like a torpedo.

A collage patchwork of the number 8 of diamonds made up of two different competing colors of orange and light blue. The diamond cutouts are pasted on top of the card with a small effort.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Here are a few of my mini collages from the August Artist Trading Cards challenge from Mini Collage Collective. Each is on a 2.3 x 3.5 playing card and is based on a daily theme. See my IG for more art. #artsky #collage 1. Divide 2. Pattern 3. Untamed 4. Pause 5. Elsewhere 6. Hidden 7. Ordinary

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Third @writingbattle.bsky.social in the books! I've done 6 microfiction writing competitions so far, and while there are no prizes (yet), I'm getting much more creative and quick. I'm also a cutthroat editor. I look forward to sharing my work here soon. #writingcommunity

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here's a brief intro and my little story for the inaugural @whimsyfiction.bsky.social competition. Enjoy! #writingcommunity

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Fun with mini minimalist collages! All on handmade paper. SWAMP, FRESH, Wild Side, Wild Art. #collage #artsky

A toad perched on the word swamp with a crown of white flowers on its head set on a gray paper background with torn edges.

A black pear with a tiny stem and illustrated white leaf overlaid with strips of lime green, electric blue, hot pink and white alongside the word fresh in pink letters set on gray paper background with torn edges.

An illustrated bird with a fat body, long legs and bug eyes facing left over a green background of a treeline with the moon shining over it and a block of mixed font and color text that says Take a Walk on the Wild Side above it on a light gray paper background with torn edges.

A red flower in the middle of a gray paper background with torn edges overlaid with a brightly colored bird perched on a white branch with the words wilr art placed on the side and top of the image.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I somehow entered myself in 2 writing contests this past weekend. I feel so accomplished! I hope I did well. #writingcommunity #writingbattle #24hrshortstorycontest

A graphic acknowledging submission in a 100 word writing battle microfiction contest.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Waiting anxiously for my prompts for the Solstice Owl Battle 100 word microfiction contest. Battle starts tonight! writingbattle.com/join-battle/... @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Self-portrait | Mixed media on paper | 12in x 18in Making this collage was part therapy and part indulgent nostalgia. No matter who this girl was at every stage of her life, I love her. I wouldn't be here today without her. #collageart

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I just started an Instagram account for my collage art and writing. If you want to see more of what I'm working on, check out @michellepattersoncreates. My practice is evolving, and I'm pretty proud of my work so far. #collage #collageart #writingcommunity #art

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I won 5 out of 10 battles in my first @writingbattle.bsky.social and I'm so proud! While I didn't advance to the Final Showdown, it was a great first step in my writing journey to submit something. Read my story here www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie... #writingcommunity #creativewriting

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Latest creation. Feeling adventurous and passionate about my future. #collage #artsky

A collage based on the color orange featuring worldly images of Egypt, Africa, Asia and a sense of travel and adventure. The top left has the words Great Escapes, the top right says What's You Calling, and the bottom says Wonder And Wander.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This is maybe my favorite creation to date. It came out so much better than I even imagined. Collage is the outlet my brain needed that I didn't know I was missing. I wish I had discovered it sooner. #collage #artsky

A collage of a lake at sunset with a peach sky featuring a puffy white cloud over the black silhouette of a tree line. A butterfly hovers in the cloud, which is drifting behind a lighthouse made of books and featuring the word Adventure. In the lake are two fish jumping along a rocky shore.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

TIL Eddie Vedder is only 5'7". 🤯 I guess I can just put him in my pocket and have mini concerts whenever I want. I forget sometimes that 5'8" is above average for women, so a lot of people probably wouldn't notice his height. I might not notice either if I was focusing on his face. 😍 #grunge

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

New #collage today. This one actually took me a few days. I don't want to say too much because art is open for interpretation, but it definitely has something to do with my disdain for the #patriarchy. #artsky

An abstract collage featuring women's faces looking in through a window at a woman sitting between two men with red eyes amongst a cityscape. The collage has a heading of Dreamers: An American Journey, and the sitting woman's eyes are covered with the words The Sound of Silence. The words The Mam are underneath them and a snake is weaving its way through the skyline.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I'm obsessed with collage. I've always struggled to adequately describe the vividness of my thoughts, but then I discovered the magic of collage art. I feel like I'm looking at photographs of the inside of my head when I make them. I build them on vibes and emotions. It's deeply satisfying. #artsky

A collage of images in red with various words and phrases pasted over them.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Today's writing exercise was a practice in gratitude ending in writing a poem. I'm not a poet, but I don't think this is too bad. This mini writing retreat is amazing. I feel inspired again and have tools to help me write more and better. Feeling grateful. #writingcommunity #poetry #gratitude

A poem titled Grateful
Today I cannot see beyond the darkness of the world.
It closes in around me, but I'm the distance, there's a light.
I strain to see what shines so bright and cuts through the blackness.
It is love. It is beauty.
Echoes of heartbeats saved just for me ring out like church bells.
The warmth of arms holding tight and cozy blankets and hot, nourishing meals surrounds me.
I see the places I've been, near and far, like beacons guiding me through the storm.
I feel the emotional weight of a masterpiece filling my head and my soul.
In these hopeless moments, I find my solace in being grateful.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In January, I signed up for a free online writing retreat. I finally decided to start it because I need inspiration to get my writing flowing again, so today I did the first exercise - GREEN. The prompt was "Last night I dreamt of a forest," and I had 10 minutes. Pardon the errors. #writingcommunity

Written text that says, "Last night I dreamt of a forest. It was dark, but not like night - shadowed by the towering trees choking out the sun. The ground was soft from the previous night's rain, soaking the dried leaves and needles. I was glad I wore boots because the spongy earth caked them with mud in the bare spots. I could hear rustling in the branches as a gust of wind caused me a chill. My jacket wasn't warm enough for the cool damp air in these woods. I wasn't sure where I was going or what I was looking for, so I took my time feeling the forest and noticing every tiny detail. There was thick, soft moss growing on the rough bark of a tall tree. A fallen trunk was home to tiny mushrooms and assorted insects. I narrowly missed walking through a spider web as I ducked between a narrow gap in the trees. The forest became close, as if the trees were gathering around me. The previously chilly air was now warming. My too light jacket was now too heavy. My boots, covered in mud over the..."

Written text that says, "...toes were weighing me down. Despite the feeling of being closed in, I chose not to panic. I took as deep a breath as I could manage and felt the green of the woods fill my lungs. I was swallowed by the earth and became a pile of moss."

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Reading 6 Weeks to a Hollywood Body for tips on exercising to get my desired results. There are whole chapters on the nutrition plan, which eliminates every food I love. Life is too short to not enjoy food. I don't need to be skinny. Taking the workout lessons and ignoring the rest. #health #booksky

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Looking for more people to follow on @thestorygraph.com. If you lean towards sci-fi, speculative fiction, fantasy or classics or you're just looking to connect with fellow readers, send me a message. #booksky

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

In case you're seeing this for the first time, I don't want to be contacted by random guys looking for new "friends". Most people aren't here for this purpose. Don't be a creep, especially if you're a man. We don't trust strangers. If you DM me about anything other than my content, I'll block you.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I just can't with the fucking news today. The emotions are swirling together into a terrible soup of anger, disgust, sadness and anxiety. I know this is what they want - for us to be so overwhelmed we can't do anything. I will eventually compose myself and move forward, but right now, I'm paralyzed.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

January 2 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2016) I wanted to read this after watching the Apple+ show, and I wasn't disappointed. Since I'm trying to write a novel about parallel lives, this wasn't just for fun - it was also research. Compelling story that challenged me to explore new ideas. #booksky

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I'm reading this year with more intention than I've had in a long time. I thought it might be nice to post about the books I read. January - Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) Gothic novel about a female vampire with heavy lesbian undertones. Loved it! Easy read and enjoyable. #booksky

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If anyone walks away from the #ANTM documentary thinking anything positive about Tyra, I would be shocked. I'm profoundly disappointed in everyone involved with that show for not protecting those girls, but Tyra owned that shit. Women who step on other women to get ahead are the worst.

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Watching the America's Next Top Model doc, and those were different times. I was 26 when it aired, and it didn't occur to me how wrong they were. It's so obvious now how horrible it was, but we were conditioned to accept that as the norm. People should have known better. Women deserve better. #ANTM

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I'm really sad about James Van Der Beek. He was the same age as me. Fuck cancer. #JamesVanDerBeek

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This story is for everyone, but especially existentialists, lovers of speculative fiction, and (middle-aged) women whose souls are screaming with primal rage refusing to be invisible any longer, who want to reclaim their lives. #bluepit #bluepit📖 #A #W #SP #thriller #GenX #existentialism #feminism

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Greg Leunig @books-that-go-boom.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hey #bluepit, today happens to be book release day for my cyberpunk/tech noir/low fantasy novel, Neon Citadel. A vampire PI teams up with a wechuge on the run and an ifrit hacker, on a missing persons case that turns into a bloodbath. www.amazon.com/Neon-Citadel... #bluepit📖 #A #P

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B. Hart 🔪 (Writing a 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Frankenstein Retelling) @bhartwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Ever look at Frankenstein and think "Man, I wish this was queer"? Well, you're in luck! In "Ought to Be Thy Adam": Frankenstein's creation? 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Viktor Frankenstein?🏳️‍🌈 Henry Clerval? 💗💜💙 Margaret Walton? 🏳️‍🌈 Robert Walton? 🏳️‍🌈 Saf (Safie)? 🏳️‍🌈 Felix? 🏳️‍🌈 #bluepit 📖 #W #LGBT #OV #TR #H #SP #HS #D #A

Project title "Ought to Be Thy Adam" with the follow description:

"In 1897, after studying corpses and toying with electricity, medical student Viktor has created the man from his darkest, shameful desires. Except guilt forces him to make one final adjustment: female parts. As his new creation gains sentience while vivisected during Viktor's university tour and begins to chafe under Viktor's thumb, a violent death and disobedience leads the monster to make himself into the man he was always meant to be."

Below are three square images in a line that function as a mood board. One is of art of a long-haired person tearing out breast tissue, the middle image is of surgical tools, and the final image has a drawn skull with text.

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Cheyne & Sarah are querying 📜🖊️ @goodrenwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

AMERICAN ELSEWHERE x SUMMER OF JORDI PEREZ 2012, Avira's Jr Year and the supposed apocalypse. Avira's just trying to hold onto her crush & place in an art competition for a full ride scholarship. The catch? Her bff, competing for both her attention, and the scholarship. #BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #LGBT #PN

An open journal, there are sketches of a snake and a girl with a braid on the pages, as well as marker test swatches of blue, green and purple. Photographs are taped into it: a dark haired girl wearing blue lipstick, a brunette girl in a tie-dye sticking her sandalled feet into water, a silo with a tree growing out of it, a snowy yard, a pink rose with snow on it, and a mug of cocoa with a small gingerbread man resting against it. On top of the left hand journal page lies a colorful polymer clay oval with a 4 point star symbol adorning it, and a piece of snake shed.

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Emily Greenhalgh @emwritesscience.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

It's a race across dimensions and THE ENDLESS HALLWAY that connects them all. When mystery soldiers kidnap his sister, Matt Collins partners with an immortal shapeshifter and a girl with no world to rescue her and maybe even save the world(s) in the process. #BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #Q #SP #SF #F

A mood board for a YA SFF novel by Emily Greenhalgh. THE ENDLESS HALLWAY. a grid of nine images including a silhouette of a teen boy, a sleek black cat, a girl with red curls, and a golden key.

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PJC Cahill @pjccahill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Demon King Daughter! -single mom and her gay kid just wanna live! -fight the paladin hegemony! -witches as underdog heroes! -our world + demons = wow! -F/F, F/M romances Print, ebook, KU: a.co/d/c4RtAOj #bluepit📖 #YA #F #P

trope map of Demon King Daughter Book 1: Raising the Demon King by P.J.C. Cahill - art by Luigiix! - Comments around cover art are:
LEFT SIDE:
-"Sincere paladin struggles against corruption!"
-"Spunky best friend!"
-"YES, we have the adorable found-family sapphic aunts! And one of them's a snake lady!"
-"All the romance! Teens' first love, adults rekindling, married couples sticking together! Sapphic teens and adults inclusive!"
-"Single mom and magical duaghter!"
RIGHT SIDE:
-"Evil old man patriarch and demon general frenemies!"
-"Positive rep for single parents!"
-"Overpowered MC, but power's not the point!"
-"Beating bullies with the power of friendship!"
-"...and crazy magical powers"
-"Kyoka's doing her best! It's not her fault she can kick everyone's butt!"
-"Teen Best Friend Trio saves the day!"
-"Yay moms!"

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V. S. Holmes @vsholmes.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Addict and con artist Ivigh is given an offer he can’t refuse: find the witch damning the dead or be punished for false necromancy. But he shares a dark history with the witch, one rooted in the wound rotting Ivigh's heart and his inability—despite his best efforts—to die. #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #TR #F

A mood board for Ivigh, the narrator for THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN showing a grid of four pictures. clockwise from top: dark clouds with pink light coming through; an old, foggy cemetery; brooding man with longer dark hair smoking a hand-rolled cigarette; and a dark, stone chamber with rough hewn columns. In the center is a sigil with the name "IVIGH"

A promo image of a ceremonial circle of skulls and long bones with an excerpt from THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN, which reads: The small square at the mouth of the rear gate is alight. The stone wall is stoved in, mining tunnels collapsed, the scaffolding toppled. The willow is cracked and bent under the weight of the fallen stones. I hear the wind. It gnaws at the broken masonry, coagulating it until chucks drop like searing jellied stock. The runes carved at the top of the wall are broken, what little protection they provided gone. Jutting from the stained earth are bones. Femurs, tarsals, ribs, phalanges reaching, reaching, some still fleshed and naked and accusing. My no-longer-secret cemetery. I stare numbly at the faces of the dead, condemned to unrest so I might have a meal. A fix.

For what it’s worth, I’m sorry.

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Jordan McCaffrie | Author @jordanmccaffrie.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

PERCY JACKSON X GIRL, INTERRUPTED X THE NOTEBOOK 🐉Retelling myths & monsters 💋Slow-burn 🤬Gritty dialogue 👿Angry women 🥰Found family 💪Strong female characters ☮️Self-Acceptance #bluepit📖 #OV #DIS #bluepit Vibes👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Q #Genreblending #A #NA #F w/ elements of #R & #H

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FROM THE ASHES PLAYLIST - YouTube

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

MY FRIENDS x EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD A boy with secrets to hide collides with a girl who is used to running away, leaving both with broken walls and fractured, but healing, hearts. ✨ upmarket contemporary 🧠 mental health rep 🖋️ college campus setting #BluePit📖 #Q #A #NA

Book title: The Stars & the Ghost They Created
Upmarket Contemporary
Adult/New Adult

Drawing of a boy with a ponytail from behind in the water looking up at the constellations above

Premise: When a college student with secrets to hide collides with a girl who is used to running away, neither knows just how deep the cracks in their foundations might go—but sometimes the walls must fall for the beauty beneath to be revealed.

Comps: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, My Friends, The Wedding People

$Snippet: CHAPTER 1 The monster never gets forgiven in fairy tales. I’ve read enough to know. The grating rasp of my fingernails scraping against the already-torn skin of my fingers echoes through my bones. Rattling. Never settling. The air hums with overlapping sounds—a symphony of incessant buzzing that crescendos into an eerie ringing. I don’t know whether it’s coming from the electric lights that cast a ghostly halo onto the sidewalk beneath me or from somewhere deep inside my body where I can’t see. It’s suffocating. I imagine it’s what being buried alive feels like. Having your lungs fractured into pieces too small to put back together. Or like drowning. But I know what that feels like.$

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Neha Yazmin🍉Author | Reader | Dessert Person @nehayazmin.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Crime? made my BFF a practice boyfriend so I’d become the perfect girl friend to my actual bf Defence? twas my only shot at love & relationships; it had to be perfect Sentence: threat of losing everything—even hopes of studying Medicine at Edinburgh Uni—if the truth comes out #BluePit 📖 #YA #R #Q

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Michelle Patterson @auntieshellie.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

As a woman with less than half her life ahead of her, Evelyn doesn't want to live with regrets. On her 46th birthday, the "What ifs?" of the past start to consume her. When the opportunity comes along to see what might've been, will she discover her heart's true desire? #bluepit📖 #A #SP #W #thriller

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A.Wendel @anthonywendel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Tragedy of Lancelot: A teenager finds herself protected from a shadowy organization by a mysterious cyborg with connections to her estranged mother. Who is Lancelot and why is he sworn to protect Gwen? -Mysterious protector -teenager dealing with anxiety -intense action #YA #Q #R #bluepit📖

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A.Wendel @anthonywendel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

PACIFIC RIM X THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Caden Fitzgerald is drawn into a world of Fairies and Giant Robots all connecting to his estranged mother. He'll need the help of a fairy named Pease Blossom to clear his name when accused of stealing the giant robot Gnome. #MG #F #Q #bluepit📖

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Loch Ness Monster 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Vesper is disabled, divorced and depressed, ready to give up on the worst Halloween of her life. Then she falls through an open grave into a dark world of magic and second chances. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS x THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE #BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #R #H #OV #LGBT #DIS #novella

a spooky collage moodboard. top left going clockwise: two jack-o-lanterns by David Menidrey; candles, flowers and gourds by coincidence; a woman in a black veil dying flowers by Marco Guerrero; a man in blacklight reactive sugar skull paint by Kevin Dous; a spiderweb by Nicolas Picard; a misty forest by Branimir Balogovic.

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Cynthia Leavitt - Children's Author @cjleavitt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Lacey’s excitement to deliver secret handmade valentines to her friends falters as she trips into class – her valentines everywhere. Now at least one classmate knows she’s hiding something. A VALENTINE FOR EVERYONE #BluePit #PB #Q #Valentines 📖

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Cheyne & Sarah are querying 📜🖊️ @goodrenwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

HONEYBLOODS X ALWAYS THE ALMOST When the mysterious Lilith transfers into Avira's small school and captures her heart, Avira's controlling best friend takes it as a declaration of war. 🎨Art competition ☢2012 apocalypse? 🏳‍🌈Bi MC 👻Ghost Hunts ❄ Midwestern Setting #BluePit #BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #LGBT #PN

A corkboard with multiple photos pinned up, some of them linked by red thread. In the top left is a photo of a rusted silo. A small sapling is inside, and has a lens flare glow off it. This photo has thread to a right hand photo of a snowy creek. The thread then veers back left to two photos of an ocher skinned girl on a motorbike. In the top center is a photo of two girls kissing. It is overlapped by a small blue heart with the words "I love you" and a photo of a rainbow obsidian arrowhead. A new thread comes off this photo, linking to a photo of three hands meeting for a first bump on a table. The other end of the thread links to a photo going out of frame of obsidian shards. In the top right there is a grayscale photo of a blurry girl with a bob cut. She is covering her face with a hand. In the very center a hand is holding up a photo of a smiling blonde and brunette. The photo is burned, with the largest burn rising between the two.

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CG Stewart 🖋️ 🫜 @nightoffallengods.com · 13/01/2026

I feel like posting this at 3 am was probably not the best way to go about it, so I’ll use my second post allowance to share my little thread for the evening people! #BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT

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