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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

omg you immediately had me at queer regency romance 🥰 this sounds so fun aahhh wishing you the best of luck!

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

thank you!! i feel like there are not enough scifi retellings out there haha i must be the change i wish to see in the world 😤

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

haha ty this one is one of my faves 😂 it’s fun to experiment w diff pitch formats and whatnot!!

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

aw thank you!! 😊 yes i love ren my mc haha, he’s a very fun character to write!

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

yesss i love a sentient setting 😈

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

ohh my gosh i LOVE this concept!! i love me some sibling rivalry and it sounds like such a fun and chaotic dynamic between the sisters. best of luck to you alexandra!! 😊

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

omggg i adore this premise 🥺 this sounds like such a powerful narrative about queer trauma across generations. rooting for you!!!

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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 · 30/09/2026

lollll yeah i pretty much only use this account for pitch events 🙈

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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 · 23/03/2026

haha yes definitely, although she at least has been attacking me less in the middle of the night 😂 my other cat’s name is rory! he is a Big Guy and can be kinda mean lol but he does love to cuddle when i’m reading/writing 😄 pixel is such a cute name awwww!

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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 · 13/03/2026

ofc!! haha she is very adventurous and playful, she is often bouncing off the walls (and my head) in the middle of the night 🤣 but she also loves snuggles! awww cute ☺️ my other (much bigger) cat is on my lap rn too lolll. what is your cat’s name?

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

i know!! i literally say to her “how are you real??” like ten times a day 😂

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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

the real kicker is i started this book in 2021 right before the whole AI boom and i did not expect the events of my book to start playing out in real life LOL 💀

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

i already have pretty low hopes for this book ever getting published but it seems like it becomes less marketable with every passing year and idk it just sucks is all 😞

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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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