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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft. 🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze 😈 evil AI 💎 crystal-bending powers ❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince 💀 an underground cult 🐍 a giant snake 🐺 wolf-rider girls 🌎 cli-fi themes #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

YA BROKEN EARTH x IF ALL THE STARS GO DARK Ren, a telekinetic crystal miner (and part-time thief), must join a hot-headed prince on a deadly mission: destroy the rogue AI controlling a maze at the center of their planet, before it spreads and destroys the world. #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💎 Ren: a telekinetic crystal miner (and part-time thief) 👑 Micah: a prince struggling to live up to his dead brother’s legacy Their mission: Destroy a rogue AI before it causes a sentient labyrinth to consume their planet. But first, they’ll need to trust each other. #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.

A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the planet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ren’s to-do: ✅ Disable a rogue AI controlling a sentient labyrinth ✅ Hone his telekinetic powers ✅ Battle alien creatures & an underground cult ❌ DON’T fall in love with his mission partner, the son of an evil monarch. Unless this hot-headed prince has a good side? #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PACIFIC RIM x THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US A telekinetic crystal miner (and part-time thief) must destroy a rogue AI controlling a sentient maze, before the spreading labyrinth consumes his home, family, and mission partner—the hot-headed prince he’s falling in love with. #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft. 👑 flirty thief MC / grumpy prince LI 🌌 a sentient maze 💀 an underground cult 🐍 a giant snake 🐺 badass wolf-rider girls 🌎 cli-fi themes 💎 forget healing crystals—these crystals will mess up your vibes so bad #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

haven't been active on here in quite a while 😅 but i just scheduled some posts for dvpit tomorrow and i look forward to seeing everyone else's pitches!!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

yes i’m a week late but march writing progress!

Text on a green background that looks like scrapbook paper. There are flowers around the edges of the page. The text reads:

March Writing
Progress
Words written: 10k
• Wrote 2.3k of Space Dads WIP
• Finished Path of Daedalus (Maze Boys WIP) Chapter 3 edits, started Chapter 5 edits
• Wrote 2.1k of fanfic, started outlining another fic

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

going to see project hail mary in just a few hours… I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

everyone say hello to my new little reading buddy! her name is suki 🐱🩷

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

a week late but… february writing progress! ✏️🔥

An image in a scrapbook style with a piece of paper on top of a scrap of map and a sticker of an open book at the corner. The text reads:

February
Writing Progress
Words written:
10.4k
• Wrote 3.6k of Space Dads
WIP / finished a chapter!
• Worked on Path of Daedalus (Maze Boys WIP) Chapter 3
rewrites (almost done!)
• Wrote 4.5k of fanfic and posted Chapter 2!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

a little late but january writing progress!

A graphic on a beige background that looks like a scrapbook with pressed flowers around the edges. There are stickers of a laptop and a pencil and paper. The text is in a typewriter font which reads:

January Writing Progress
Words written:
11.8k
• Started Space Dads
WIP!
• Worked on Path of
Daedalus (Maze
Boys WIP) edits
• Finished a chapter of fanfic & posted Chapter 1!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

haven’t even finished a whole scene/chapter of #spacedadswip yet but already kinda wanting to rewrite what i’ve written bc i don’t think it’s really working 😅 but perhaps i just need to let it sit for a bit lol

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

i realized i forgot to say it but thank you to everyone who supported my questpit pitches the other day! 🥺 it means a lot!! 🫶

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

might have accidentally (?) started a cult for the giant snake in my book 😈 her name is florenssse

Screenshot of two comments on Google docs. The comments say:

Miranda:
YESSSSSSS FLORENSSSSSSSSEEEEEE GIANT
SNAKE GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE GIANT
SNAKE MY QUEEN

Noelle:
SHE HAS RISEN!!!!! GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE GIANT SNAKE (austin has accidentally started a giant snake cult by writing a story warning of the dangers of joining a giant snake cult)

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

a bit of a vent but i’m seeing more and more agent anti-mswls that say “no stories involving sentient AI/androids” me whose book centers around destroying an evil sentient AI: 😭😭😭😭

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

ATLANTIS x SHAPE OF WATER a queer science fantasy monster romance ft. ❄️ a spooky arctic wasteland 🧪 a scientist haunted by his parents' murder 😈 a shapeshifter love interest 😱 an ancient evil on the verge of awakening #QuestPit #A #F #SFF #LGBT #W

Commissioned art of my characters Lucian and Kjell. Lucian has light brown skin and short curly dark brown hair, brown eyes and round glasses. He is wearing a long sleeve white button down shirt with a brown vest over it, light brown pants, and brown boots. Kjell has pale skin, long white hair, and dark blue-gray eyes. He is wearing a loose-fitting long sleeved white shirt, black pants, and black boots. They are sitting side by side on the ground. Lucian is holding a book with one hand and gesturing enthusiastically with the other as he speaks. Kjell has an arm around Lucian and is smiling fondly.

A moodboard with blue hues and a scratched texture. Images include: an octagonal window on a ceiling, several images of ice floes in the arctic, a gold pocket watch, a white bat-like wing, northern lights, and two hands reaching for each other.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

MANDALORIAN x TRUE GRIT x WAYFARERS 🤠 space western vibes 👽 two criminal dads accidentally adopting an alien child 🤖 mecha 💔 teenage rivals to lovers to enemies to begrudging allies to ??? 😳 #QuestPit #A #SF #LGBT #W

A moodboard with orange and pink undertones and a starry overlay. The images include: a desert with mountains in the distance, a rocketship racing through a cloudy sky, a shooting star in a purple sky over a dark landscape, a close-up of a high-tech structure that looks like part of a ship or robot, a silhouette of a man standing in front of a starry sky, a red-toned image of the moon in the night sky, a small dead tree in the middle of a desert, a little girl sleeping on her side with tiny gold stars in her hair and scattered around her, a close-up of the jets of a rocket.

Commissioned art of my characters Jiran and Levi. Jiran has pale skin, long black hair in a braid, and a gold earring. He is wearing a red kerchief around his neck, and a brown jacket with glowing blue markings on the shoulders and sleeves. He is carrying a futuristic looking blaster with glowing markings on it. Levi has slightly tanned skin and sandy blond hair. He is wearing a reddish orange jacket with glowing blue markings on the collar and waist. He is holding two futuristic looking pistols with glowing markings on them. They are standing back to back, looking over their shoulders at each other and smirking.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft. 🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze 💎 crystal-bending powers ❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince 💀 an underground cult 🐍 a giant snake 🐺 wolf-rider girls 🌎 cli-fi & anti-ai themes #QuestPit #YA #SF #SFF #LGBT

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

scheduled a few pitches for questpit, excited for tomorrow to see what everyone else comes up with!!! 🥰

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In a twist that will surprise no one who's been against this plagiarism machine from the beginning, turns out AI doesn't 'learn' shit. It stores info, accesses it as needed, and AI companies just lied about it. So now can we stop pretending stealing is progress? removepaywalls.com/https://www....

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/ai-memorization-research/685552/

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

edited a whole chapter of #mazeboyswip yesterday!! hoping i can keep up this energy 😤

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Explaining #querying to my non-writer friend.

When will you know?
Sometime between tomorrow and a year from now

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

some writing goals for 2026! i may have already started on some of these 🫣

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

i’m trying something i’ve never really tried before with #spacedadswip and writing it out of chronological order 😳 i feel a bit intimidated by it but also it feels good to be drafting something new again

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

this is so jiran & levi during their academy era 😆 #spacedadswip

A tumblr post from user one-time-i-dreamt. The text reads:

I really hated this girl in my class and we kept exchanging notes with various threats of violence on them but then on a Zoom call I saw that she kept a bunch of them pinned on her wall with little hearts around them and I got the biggest crush on her after that.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

me packing for a trip like: ok i need to bring my kindle with 100 books on it and also bring 3 physical books and also download several volumes of manga on my ipad and-

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beth phelan @bethphelan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl

Announcement:
I will reopen to unsolicited submissions for the first week of every month starting in November!
I’m only looking for YA + MG fiction. I am particularly hungry for debut voices! Also:
- high-stakes plots about liars, scams, etc
- fresh grounded dystopian with personal stakes
- smart, cutting social commentary
- meta shit and big twists
- multigenerational stories
- anything with a unique/risky approach or voice
- ugly underbellies!
gallt & zacker literary agency
querytracker.net/query/querybeth
www.bethphelan.com

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

anyone reading anything good for spooky month? 👻 i recently read diavola by jennifer thorne which i loved, and currently (finally) reading bury our bones in the midnight soil by v.e. schwab which is super fun so far!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

i’ve seen others share some DVpit stats so i will too: i received 50 lovely comments across 6 pitches (and 1 agent like! 😱) thanks again so much to everyone who supported me, it means a lot & i have met some wonderful friends thanks to this event! 🫶

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

the biggest THANK YOU to everyone who supported my DVpit pitches today! it truly makes my heart happy seeing so much enthusiasm for my book 🥹 i also loved seeing everyone else's pitches and have met so many cool people thanks to this event. hope we can all keep in touch!! 🫶

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

YA BROKEN EARTH x THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US Ren, a telekinetic crystal miner (and part-time thief), must join a hot-headed prince on a deadly mission: destroy the rogue AI controlling a maze at the center of their planet, before it spreads and destroys the world. #DVPit #YA #SF #LGBT #ND #TV

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

a moodboard with a bright blue and purple color scheme. images include a hand holding up a crystal, a tunnel with glowing lines along its walls, a cluster of blue crystals, the surface of a planet shown from outer space, an image of a maze shown from above, a cavern with a low ceiling, light shining through an opening into an underground space, two hands with glowing blue dust between them, a dark tunnel with a glowing blue glow at its end.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

reposting my first pitch since it went up when tags weren’t working 😅😅

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Grayscale art on a light blue background. The art is of Ren and Micah, two teenage boys who are both wearing futuristic armor. Ren has his hair in a half-ponytail and Micah’s hair is short and cut in an undercut. Ren is grinning and winking and has an arm around Micah, who is frowning and crossing his arms but blushing a little.

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

ok i am Officially Awake and already so many kind comments on my pitches, my heart is so warm 🥹 i have to work but will keep popping in to look at the tag (esp now that it’s actually working lol) SO HYPED!!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

woke up just to make sure my first pitch went up, gonna sleep a bit longer then i will be back to hype everyone up 🫡

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

my younger sibling is always drawing fan art for my book and it makes me weep every time 🥹 they are my one-person fandom… sniffles

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kathleen 🤠 @kathleengraeme.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

CRUEL PRINCE X HADESTOWN When a wedding meant to bind two houses is thrown into chaos, one Prince must find the bride and bring her to safety. But Faerie is cruel and the journey is long. It doesn’t help that cruelty comes from within and the bride is not so helpless either. #DVParty

$Top left: billowing fabric in the desert covering the sun Top right: pale amber sand with refracting water Bottom left: clear butterfly wings Bottom right: three hands holding goblets as water cascades down the rock$

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

i’ve had so much fun seeing everyone’s dvparty posts this week i will kinda miss it 🥺 but also so excited to see everyone’s pitches tomorrow!! (i really gotta finalize & schedule mine aaahh)

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#DVparty day 6: hype up your next project my current wip is a queer science romantasy (is that a thing??) ft. ❄️ a spooky arctic wasteland 🧪 a scientist haunted by his parents' murder 😈 a shapeshifter love interest 😱 an ancient evil on the verge of awakening (beautiful art by rendevok 🫶)

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

#DVparty day 5: your story’s theme song/playlist sooo i am very extra and have 4 playlists for my book: a playlist for the vibes of the book overall, two character playlists, & a ship playlist for the main pairing 😆 (links to full playlists in replies 👇)

A spotify playlist titled “path of daedalus.” The songs displayed are:

Warning Call by CHVRCHES
End of Line by Daft Punk
Stars (Hold On) by Youngblood Hawke
Giants by WALK THE MOON
Jupiter by FM-84
Skydiving by Lights

A spotify playlist titled “ren” with a diamond emoji next to it. The songs displayed are:

ADRENALINE by PRXZM
What’s Up Danger by Blackway & Black Caviar
heart by flor
Shades of Indigo by Lynnea M
Bravado by Lorde
Something New by Secret Weapons

A spotify playlist titled “micah” with a crown emoji next to it. The songs displayed are:

Hallelujah by Oh Wonder
WONDER by MORGXN
In Violet by Grayscale
Mountain at My Gates by Foals
Numb by Linkin Park
Lone Wolf by Georgi Kay

A spotify playlist titled “i’ve never met anyone like you” with a star emoji next to it. The songs displayed are:

Giants by WALK THE MOON
Sunseeker by The Naked and Famous
Toes by Lights
Freefall by WOLFCLUB & Jaki Nelson
heal by driftcat
A Rush Of Blood by Coasts

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#DVparty day 4: your story as a meme/gif some memes i’ve collected to explain the relationship dynamic between ren & micah, my two main characters 😂 #YA #SF #SFF #LGBT

A screenshot from Parks and Recreation where Andy and April are in a corn maze. Andy says “This maize is like a maze” and April stares into the camera. Andy is labeled as “Ren” and April is labeled as “Micah.”

A screenshot of a text conversation between two people.

First person: You into cars?

Second person: Yes, it truly was a masterpiece of film.

First person: No I mean like are you a car person?

Second person: I’m a human.

A screenshot of a tumblr post by user tinybed. It shows a hand holding a small lizard and says “You’re very special to me. Gives you this.”

An image of two fish pressing their mouths together with the caption “There’s nothing left but mouth to mouth combat.”

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