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

Leaves telegraphed the direction of the wind before it arrived from well beyond a full compass of emerald horizons, granite vistas, and countless distant shining whereabouts. #1stlinepit #a #sf #adv #p #h #f

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Marriage. At my age. It didn't seem real even standing in front of the mirror in my wedding dress as final touches were made. I wasn't ready. I was scared. But I was a princess & this was what royalty did. They married to strengthen their Kingdoms. #W #NA #RF #1stLinePit #CMe

Purple blue and green dragon scale with gold/copper colored outline.

Top to bottom:
Right - A photo in a cave with a garden outside it of a small flying green dragon and girl in a white dress with a flower crown. Then a quote below it, books tell us that not only do dragons exist but they are not always the enemy. Then a bustling city on a river that is gold and blue with pink, blue, and green trees, boats and flying things. Then below a quote show your inner dragon be loving wise and compassionate spit your fire when needed. Then below children all black like shadows in front of a blue, green, and purple background.

Left: in gold Kingdom of treasures, below that a girl in a dark background with a purple dress and crown on the brunette hair. Then the word dream below that. Then below 3 girls red, blonde, black haired, white grey and green dresses picnic in a field. Then below that two shadowed girls hugging with one day at a time to the left of them and you are safe to the right.

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Vic is querying! 🌿🏺📚 @velf.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

When one man’s dream of family and brotherhood collides with another’s quest for honour, can their bond survive the trauma of war? THE SONG OF ACHILLES x QUEENS OF THEMISCYRA x THE BINDING 👨‍👦‍👦Found family ♾️ Neurodiverse 🌈 LGBTQ ❤️F2L 💔HEA free zone #A #HF #HR #2025pit

A helmeted ancient Greek warrior walks frontal through a field of golden barley. He carries a round shield in his left hand and in his right, a spear pointing downwards. His cape flows to the left from his shoulder. The background surroundings are smoky and atmospheric. His face can not be seen. Along the top of the image in caps is a title: THE ARGONAUT’S SON.

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James Keller-Am Querying @thekellerverse.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"We have been observing your Earth." Mass Effect x Treasure Planet. #1stlinepit #ADV #SF #F

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Juniper Woodbury @juniperwoodbury.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

CIRCE x MIDSOMMAR in ancient Babylon "Against the dusty browns of the desert, the woman looks out of place. Like a painted statue brought to life, and like life isn’t to her taste." #1stLinePit #Q #A #F #RF #CMe

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The ghost of Ashley J Johnson 👻 @thatjackanapes.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

THE GREAT x LE MORT D'ARTHUR Morgan was fifteen the first time she spoke with the dead. It was brief, and she lost too much blood, but then she knew she could do it and no one could take that from her. #1stlinepit #WIP #A #F #HF

A graphic featuring a detail from the painting Morgan Le Fay by Fredrick Sandys. Morgan is performing some kind of magic, her wild red hair and draping clothes voluminous around her. Over the image is text that reads "I have studied Cicero, Aristotle, Virgil, Homer, St. Augustine, Caesar, all on my own. You ruined my life, motherf***er. Teach. Me. Magic."

A 9-grid moodboard giving the impression of gothic medieval moodiness with photos and classical art. A silver goblet, a knight in a joust, a man with a book in dark robes, an illuminated manuscript, a woman with windswept red hair staring out at the sea, an arcane sigil, a woman with a sickle standing over a glowing cauldron, a king's helmet, arched gothic architecture.

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MJ Huntsgood @mjhuntsgood.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

You know, I’m actually glad I missed it. Everyone says the end of the world was, overall, kind of a shit show. I don't remember that first day, when everyone disappeared. I was kind of busy being dead. #1stlinepit #SF #M #OS

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DM Shepard @dmshepard.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#1stLinePit #A #M Golden Girls X White Lotus X Jawbreaker: The cruise reception was a plastic surgeon’s wet dream. There had been enough filler and Botox used on the faces in this room to iron the wrinkles out of an elephant’s backside.

Bridge over river with multiple arches and old fashioned globe lights.

Top left: woman holding glass of wine to lips, Top right: bridge with multiple arches over river and old-fashioned globe lights on top,
Center: shadowy person walking down railroads tracks
Bottom right: man and woman kissing, Bottom Left Chateau surrounded by Vineyards

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Michelle Splinter @mnmsplinter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"The silver camera hunts me down, red power light burning like my father's anger." WALLBREAKER - 90K #1stLinePit #Q #A #SF #CMe

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James ~Yes Mum, I’m still doing “the writing bit”~ @jamesfinegan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Overeager fireworks pepper the new-year’s-Eve sky as I cycle through the graveyard, hoping the ghosts are out partying. #1stLinePit #WIP #F #R #YA #LGBT

Red and black writing over background: wintery branches over a blue sky.
‘NOT TECHNICALLY GHOSTS’
‘James A. Finegan’
‘Feel-good LGBTQ+ time-travel rom-com’
‘YA’
‘85k words (pre-edit estimate)’
‘Heartstopper x The Lakehouse’
‘Dual POV’

Red and black writing over background: wintery branches and peak of a ruined building over a blue sky.
‘Pitch’
‘Ryan & Albert live 200 years apart - but once per day a time-slip lets them meet. Now they need to solve the mystery of Clarence Hall before they accidentally change history!

Oh… and try not to fall for each other in the process!’

Red and black writing over background: wintery branches and snow over a blue sky.
‘Moodboard’
Not Technically Ghosts moodboard with pictures
1- An abandoned ruinous hall
2- person on bicycle silhouetted against sunset
3- person from behind, red hoodie, in forest
4- two hands reaching for one another
5- person in night-time woodlands shining a torch
6- black and white person Victorian suit, sitting with book
7- Victorian library multiple high book filled shelves, arches through
8- Victorian school room, old wood desk, blackboard on a stand

Red and black writing over background: wintery branches, snow, and ruined building over a blue sky.
‘Snippet’
“How about this Saturday?” Hesitating, I realise history isn’t my strong suit and so I have to add, “Does your time have Saturdays yet? Do you know what that is?”

Albert frowns, quirking his brow, before something registers and his eyes widen fearfully. “When the sun sets all the people of my primitive era quail in terror, our minds too addled to ever mark the passing of the days.”

“So…?”

“Yes!” Albert groans, a smirk creeping up his cheek, “Saturday is a known concept.”

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Taylor Renee @taylorrenee.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality?" #1stLinePit #Q #F #G #P Agents Guide ⬇️

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DM Shepard @dmshepard.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#1stLinePit #A #PR #H #Vampires Carmilla X Mexican Gothic X Nosferatu He could survive one more night in this damned frozen hell if he just kept the door closed.

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Tracey @tajosephwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I can tell someone’s status by their perfume. A birthright in all Vespery where anyone, if they have a nose that can smell even a whiff, the scent of a wealthy woman’s fragrance could follow them well into their dreams. Dreams marked by perfume magic. #1stlinepit #C #YA #F

A chandelier, lily flower, a swan, lily pads on a lake, a stone statue, woman holding a bottle of perfume.

A text box containing a pitch of my novel on a background of pink flowers.

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Christina Adrian @christiemadrian.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

An old boyfriend from high school strolled past the back of my car. A toddler walked beside him. In his arms, he held a baby no older than six months. What in the absolute hell did Mom talk me into? #1stLinePit #R #A #humor #disabilityrep #Q #AmQuerying

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Carmen DaVinleam @carmendavinleam.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#WIP #YA #Sapphic #RF #1stLinePit The dark Slate King rises from his throne addressing the gathered crowd of family heads. His black robes trail behind him as he paces. The impenetrable slate colored dragon scales that cover the top of his head, and neck, trailing down his back beneath his robes

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Abigail is Agented @abigailwadlington.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

“When the crisp alpine breeze swathed her in its embrace, Camilla imagined it was arms that encircled her—the arms of a family her heart yearned for and her mind had long forgotten.” Soon to be #OS 💖✨ #A #CZ #F #YA #1stLinePit

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Chantel is ON SUBMISSION ✨ @cpearsonwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

MEXICAN GOTHIC X HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE The letter from Malacca arrived on a Sunday, exactly four days after Gracie Chen first dreamt of the woman in red.... #1stLinePit #WIP #A #HF #H #M #P

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inde.s @indeeeeeeeeesii.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Dolphins have more in common with humans than most of us realize. Their social structure is complex; they travel in tight-knit groups—called pods—but they form other relationships outside of them. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #R #CON 👇 Blurb, small Josie & Will profile, continued opening.

At the center of the image is a blurb that reads: As a marine biologist specializing in sea turtle conservation, Josie Lark has spent her entire life chasing the next coastline, the next job, determined to put as much distance as possible between this version of herself and the grief of her childhood. But when a call from her pregnant little sister drags her home to the sleepy island town of Pelican Cove, Josie returns with a set itinerary: pack up their late mother’s house, put together her restoration proposal for the Gulf Conservation Center, greet her baby niece, and board a flight to her dream job in Australia eight weeks later.
Will Mercer is not part of that plan.
Will is the boy she once loved. He’s her childhood best friend, her first kiss and her first heartbreak, and the one person Josie never quite stopped regretting. While she ran off to college, Will stayed, tied to his family marina and a life Josie didn’t want for herself. With Pelican Cove’s fragile ecosystem and coastal economy in crisis, Josie’s project at the Conservation Center puts her directly in Will’s orbit. The electric chemistry is still there, but so are the ghosts of who they used to be—and the reality that Josie is leaving. Again.
As summer stretches into fall, between long days on the water and a storm that changes everything, Josie begins to question where she truly belongs—and what it would mean to stay.

The background is a pale blue to darker blue gradient from left to right. The bottom of the image reads “@indesii”.

A cartoon image of a white young woman with long and wavy brown hair looking off to her left, wearing white-beige shorts, a peach tank top, a white sports cap, and a small white bag over her shoulders. Multiple arrows lead to various passages of text. These read: JOSIE LARK, 31 YEARS OLD, BISEXUAL, WOULD BURY A BODY FOR HER SISTER, LOVES: LUCY, SEA TURTLES, DOLPHINS, AND TACOS, and HATES: PEOPLE THAT LITTER, WILL MERCER, PEOPLE THAT BLOCK AISLES TO CHAT, WILL MERCER. The background is a yellow to pink gradient from left to right, with a line art border of teal-y blue and green seashells, starfish and conches. The bottom of the image reads “@indesii”.

A cartoon image of a tanned young man looking straight ahead, with his hands in his trouser pockets. His hair is black and tousled. He wears a light brown oversized jumper and dark brown trousers with black shoes. To his right are multiple arrows with various passages of text. These read: WILL MERCER, 30 YEARS OLD, LOVES: MADDIE, FISHING, TATTOOS, AND LOCAL IPAS, and HATES: THURSDAYS, JOSIE LARK, PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO ACCEPT HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT, JOSIE LARK. The background is a yellow to orange gradient from left to right, with a line art border of teal-y blue and green of seashells, starfish, and conches. The bottom of the image reads “@indesii”.

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Sarah J. Carlson @sjcarlsonauthor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I’m terrified I’ve already become a fallen child star—burnt out before my eighteenth birthday. Until the call. #AgentsGuide for PLAY TO MY HEART in reply to this post. #1stLinePit #Q #YA #R #LF #CON #amquerying

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#1stLinePit Grim Portents HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE We killed another guy at the Whataburger this morning, which makes three since we started on the road yesterday. #Q #A #F #COM #H #P

Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand gripping a feather, emerging from a flaming book over a maze

"I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow.
But now the monster had been given a name, an identity.
It was real."
BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK.
NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS.
FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE.

Black and white sketch of characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan.

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Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Being summoned by Vanessa Vine was a privilege most witches would gouge their neighbor’s eye for. Since Brisa received the official summons five days ago, there was no excitement, only the type of anxiety that sows its seeds into the folds of your brain. #1stlinepit #WIP #F #R #H

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Jerry Schultz, Author @jerryschultz777.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A haunting caterwaul gusted through the hall then snuffed out abruptly, leaving an eerie quiet in its wake. Arabella sat up with a start, peering into the dark, the stillness of night disturbed by only the pounding of her heart and the steady ticking of a clock. #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #F #ADV

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The rain made it easier to rob his grave. ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F

A Memory of Moonkissed Malice
Villain Era Protag
Frenemies to Lovers
Queendoms
Found Family
Fantasy Dark Academia
Vampires
Feminine Rage
Corrupted Moon Magic

The Pitch
18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school’s guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic, and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.

Chapter One
The rain made it easier to rob his grave.
My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night’s whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us.
Us.
As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth.

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Emma Al-munshi @emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Heat beats me down to a sweaty pulp, the sun ablaze and unforgiving like it’s trying to set the world on fire." - To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ #1stLinePit #q #RF #NA #UF #OwnVoices

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✨Meagan Essary swears she's querying✨ @thecrumpet.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x SANDWICH THIS ENDS NOW: A serial marriage-jilter hits a swanky wellness retreat to learn why she keeps fleeing perfect husbands. But healing means facing her nastiest ghost: the manipulative, brilliant 1st love whose poison still runs in her veins. #A #WF #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Fuck me, Troy." “That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.” #1stlinepit #A co(s)mic #Horror #WIP Query ready this summer at approx. 75k words!

moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

DAD BODIES on top of a black d20, black background. To the right, PITCH & COMPS, CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT, when their detective friend is murdered during annual gaming retreat, 5 dads nust use their years of ttrpg experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like npcs in a badly-written campaign.

"Fuck me, Troy."
“That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.”
Dave averted his gaze from the bloodied corpse of their friend to face him.
“Really, Troy? Now?”
Troy shrugged. “Marv would’ve laughed.” The grin on his face faltered. Marv was lying in a pool of his own blood. The cause of death was clear, the hilt of the murder weapon protruding from his back. Since Marv was stiff as a board—not much different from his current state—they could rule out suicide. Marv was also more inclined to stab others in the back instead of himself.

DAD FRIENDS, HORROR AND MYSTERY, DARK HUMOR, SECLUDED MANOR, TTROG ELEMENTS, DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

3 SQUARES next to each other. Firat contains silhouette of an old mansion, middle has TITLE DAD BODIES, thirs has a skull on a d20

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Mick Martin was halfway through writing the words “coq au vin” when an eight-foot-tall rock golem rampaged after a rooster down the street just beyond the terrace of his family’s café. #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R

Moodboard of eight images.
Top left: A figure plays a violin in a dark room. The image is shot in such a way that only the violin and one of the player's hands is visible.
Center left: A man stands in darkness; his head is on fire.
Bottom left: A wireframe of a dragon against a bright orange background
Top/mid center: Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a woman staring intensely at the viewer as she leans against the head of a snarling serpent. A white line is drawn straight through the image to neatly divide the woman's head from the serpent's.
Bottom center: The Lovers, from the Art Nouveau Tarot deck, featuring a couple just about to kiss. The card is lying on a white space, surrounded by red/white roses.
Top right: A figure in white robes wanders through a very green forest.
Center right: A bolt of lightning arcs above a mountain range in a very violet sky.
Bottom right: A black hole swirls in a sea of violet stars and nebulae.

When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage best friend (and crush) Eleanor, the last thing he expects is to be stuck a dragon and bound to the gods' dead adversary. Now he and Eleanor must restore Mick's humanity, before his existence triggers a war.

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Vic is querying! 🌿🏺📚 @velf.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#1stlinepit THE ARGONAUT'S SON Our history is littered with men who over-reached, grasping for that which they most desired, setting sights on pinnacles, only to topple and fall to crushing depths. (Cont. with 1st para. in Alt) #A #C #HF #HR #CMe #WritingCommunity

Background of Tantalus and Sisyphus in Hades by August Theodor Kaselowsky. In a circular image, a naked white man with a beard, and draped in a red cloak, stands with one foot in a pool as he stretches to reach fruit hanging above. Behind him, another man is pushing a huge boulder. Overlaid in yellow script are the words "Our history is littered with men who overreached, grasping for that which they most desired, setting sights on pinnacles, only to topple and fall to crushing depths. Surrounding the painting and the words is an elaborate, carved frame.

If the Bluesky text limit and aesthetics would allow, the first line would continue (if that isn't cheating...):
Our history is littered with men who over-reached; grasping for that which they most desired, setting sights on pinnacles, only to topple and fall to crushing depths. Take Midas: so consumed with a lust for gold, he allowed it to destroy that which he held most dear. Sisyphus: in his quest for everlasting life, consigned himself to endlessly rolling his boulder. Tantalus: desperate to feast with the gods, instead starved in plain sight of food and water. Did they know their doom as they stretched? Did they feel the dangerous topple at the apex of their desire? Could they have drawn back? So many men. What is one more, you might ask, in this litany of hubris? That is a hard question to answer, but indulge an old man and I will try.

One one side of the image, a Greek warrior walks face on through long grass. He carries a spear and a shield and wears a helmet. Behind him, clouds gather ominously. Overhead is the wording THE ARGONAUT'S SON An Agent's Guide.
To the right, against a sepia toned background is the wording:
"When a son's duty enters a world of toxic masculinity, can immortal glory ever be worth the cost?

Fictionalised retelling of Sophocles' Ajax.

Intrigues, abandonment, and betrayal
Losing someone even as they stand before you
Fighting to cling to them.

Representation:
Mental Health
Neurodiversity
LGBTQ

#1stLinePit #C #A #HF #HR
#CMe

118,000 words. Ready to query this spring

Sepia toned background. On each side are small inlaid images of statues of greek warriors. At the below right is a line drawing of the duel between Ajax and Hector in the Iliad.

Text: THE ARGONAUT'S SON
Once his father passes him into the service of King Telamon, Euaristos believes his dream of family and brotherhood to be lost. At Prince Ajax's homecoming, he's proved wrong. But when Ajax pursues his destiny at Troy, can their bond survive the trauma of war?

Father complex
Found family
Brothers-in-arms
Friends to lovers
Big shields. Bigger egos
Sensitive souls
Sheep

Comps:
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Queens of Themiscyra - Hannah Lynn
The Binding - Bridget Collins

Sepia toned background of an image of one man's hand grasping another's. Overlaid are the words:
THE ARGONAUT'S SON
"I meant what I said. Earlier. I trust you." There was a strange intensity to him, almost unsettling.

“Thank you. I won't let you down. Your father wouldn't let me,” I joked, hoping to release the tension.

This time it was Ajax who didn't smile. He smashed the shell against a rock, leaving a sharp, jagged edge and pressed it into his hand. The wound took a moment, then welled with blood. “Will you bind with me?” At my shock, his eyes narrowed, as if wary. “You are scared?”

“No!” Though I knew it to be stupid.

Dutifully, I held out my palm, gasping at the bite of the shell, the pain sharp and precise. Our hands dripped as we grasped each other's, hot blood mingling and running down wrists. It was risky, juvenile. But in that moment, it was as though everything leading to that point had been a conspiracy to have the two of us crouched and clasped in the chill gloom of the cave. We were bound forever. Brothers in blood. Nothing could part us.

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Flossie Foster @flossiefoster.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

SPIRITED AWAY x OUTLANDER 🌿 Sarcastic botanist 🥀 Broody yokai “The fluttering of leaves whispered his arrival.” #1stLinePit #Q #F #NA #YA #BookPitch #RF #Mythology

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Alice Lyon @dnw.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

🏙 INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE x UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW 🪦 “Death was a nuisance, but Harper wouldn’t know that until her commute home.” Twenty years ago, Harper accidentally lost away her soul to a demon. Now, she has 7 days to sacrifice someone else, or die for good. #C #A #F #CON #1stLinePit

A foggy New York City with the words:
The Last Seven Days of Harper Balan
Demon has my soul. seven days to pick someone to die. what now?
Complete at 85,000 words
contemporary fantasy
Romanian folklore
Demons
Queer FMC
Neurodivergent FMC

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"I was the last one on the bus. My brown leather suitcase knocked against my knees as it swayed from the bus’ movements. I could have put it in the compartment overhead, but I didn’t trust that the other passengers wouldn’t take it accidentally." #1stLinePit #WIP #A #H

A moodboard of 6 different pictures.
A boat sailing with seagulls around it.
A hand reaching up from the ocean.
A porthole looking out to the sea.
Deep underwater, squids are swarming around whale bones.
The inside of a fishing shack. Ropes and nets hang from the walls.
Evening at an old wharf. The dock is wooden, and looks worn down.
In the middle of the pictures is a ripped piece of paper with words on it. It reads: "From the Sea Fret"

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"For the first time in ten years, Beatrice’s dad had a date tonight." 🌻YA Contemporary Romance w/ Speculative Elements 🌻Working Class Daughter X Actor's Son 🌻Found Family, Girls Support Girls 🌻Real Teen Issues: Bullying, Fitting In, Grief #1stlinepit #WIP #YA #Romance #amrevising

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Loren 🦇 FORMERLY CIRCUSLOLLIPOP @vesperanth.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

SILVER UNDER NIGHTFALL x THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH "If anyone were to ever ask me what it was like to drink human blood, I would first advise them against doing so with five loaded crossbows pointed directly at their head." #1stLinePit #A #F #EverdarkWIP

Purple gothic themed moodboard featuring pictures of bats, forests, and shadow magic

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Catherine Ford @catherinewford.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

When the familiar emptiness gnawed, a lack Syrala could not fill, she painted. Her grandmother taught her: Seek solitude and focus on your art. Allow space for emptiness, and listen. It will help. For now. #1stlinepit #A #F #Q #agentguide #agentsguide

Agent's Guide to Shadow's Gift by Catherine W Ford. One woman's fight for freedom, conscience, and love under a totalitarian regime. Adult, grounded epic fantasy with a romantic sub-plot. WC 102,000.

Comp titles. Bone Shard Daughter: secret magic, journey of self-discovery, torn loyalties, rising revolution. Song to Drown Rivers: political intrigue, espionage, lyrical prose, slow burn. Midnight Bargain: Freedom through autonomy and true individuality.

When Syrala, trapped in the palace as a pawn, learns the queen severed her subjects’ souls, she must outwit the dynasty to reclaim her own–but to succeed she must betray the prince she’s learning to love.
Images: man looking down, woman with a spear, figure in a tunnel, dark soul figure, Asian landscapes, shadowy claw figure, woman with melty face, woman looking up with a plea.

Perceptive, artistic Syrala longs to escape from her ruthless parents and find a way to fill the strange emptiness within her. When the queen selects her to marry Crown Prince Ailok, Syrala is elated. However, her newfound freedom is not what she expected. Although the brooding prince is supportive, he is powerless against his own mother, who chose Syrala as a pawn to subjugate her influential province. Despite Syrala’s attempts at peacemaking, the malicious queen undermines Syrala, assigns spies to report her activities, and exploits court politics to control her.

Then Syrala’s grandmother tells her the truth: to gain power during the War, the queen severed her subjects from their deepest selves, leaving them as shallow husks. An underground resistance – led by those who escaped this fate – begs Syrala to join the fight her grandmother began decades earlier. To persuade Syrala, they reunite her with her own soul, a shadowy mirror-image of herself. No longer empty, Syrala experiences the world anew, her senses vividly connected to the world and, potentially, to old, forbidden gods. But isolated in the palace, she is soon caught between her wish to aid the Resistance and her growing love for Ailok. As the queen’s snares tighten around Syrala and the Resistance leaders, Syrala must use all her wits to navigate treacherous alliances, to subvert the dynasty from within, and to fight for the souls of the kingdom’s beleaguered subjects – and her own.

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Ann Glimmer @annglimmer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. ⚔️Age-old clan feud 🧪Unique magic & world 🐉Scandinavian fairytale creatures ❤️‍🔥Steamy forbidden love 🛡️"Who did this?" 🗡️"Touch him & die" #1stLinePit #Romantasy #NA #AgentsGuide

An agent’s guide to: TRUE HATE’S KISS

A jarl’s daughter must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family.

109,000 words
New Adult Romantasy
By Ann Glimmer

Blurb:
When a man from the enemy clan murders Älva’s father, she swears revenge. But then her family is cursed to die. The only way to break the curse?
A TRUE HATE’S KISS
The man she hates the most must kiss her of his own free will.
But the more she learns about her enemy, the more she questions who the true villain really is—and forbidden desire threatens to ruin everything.

Comp Titles:
- A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
- Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

Tropes:
Scandinavian Iron Age (almost Viking Age)
Pretending to woo him while betraying him
Feuding clans = enemies-to-lovers + forbidden love
Knife to throat
Complicated family dynamics
Magical swords and potions
Fairytale creatures based on Scandinavian folklore

Feedback from Beta Readers:
- "Couldn't stop reading all afternoon."
- "Your writing style is really strong, and you have a strong voice."
- "Their conversations being more tangible things rather than just flirtatious really open up the relationship."
- "This is one of thee the best books I've read since Addie LaRue."
- "It was a good slow burn romance and I liked that the male main character wasn't toxic or mean."
- "I loved how twisty the story became and found it a breath of fresh air in the genre."

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Suliya is querying @suliya.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Dead animals cried in the streets of Katunga, capital city of Kayar empire. Tadese (my older sister), and I snuck out of the Afin, palace of the Lafin. We followed the sounds until we arrived at the justice quarters at Oja’ba, the Lafin’s market. #1stLinePit #YA #A #F #C

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Lizz Henke @catladylovesbooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I was trained to be a monster in battle and a lady in court. When blades locked, a frenzy overtook me, and I became what people feared—the Viper. 👑 Court politics 🗡️ A dagger wielding princess 🤔 Witty banter 🌶️ A playboy prince 🐦‍⬛ Dangerous cult uprisings 🛑NO TURNING BACK #1stLinePit #Q #F #RF #YA

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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

LEGENDBORN X AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER The wind has only spoken to me once in my life. #Q #YA #F #Jewish #1stLinePit

A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to THE WINDWALKER - Katie Collan - young adult urban fantasy 105,000 words" over a person with a red cloak standing in the middle of a grassy field.

Pitch: "When fighters start disappearing from an underground tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament's secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate."

A mood board featuring eight panels with a corresponding color palette in the center, as well as the caption, "Believe in the wind and you'll prevail." From left to right, top to bottom: fire burning down a building; ocean water; the sky above the clouds; a cracked, rocky ground; a red-haired girl in a red cloak with glowing white eyes, holding a dagger hilt with a transparent blade made of air; a skyline view of nighttime Manhattan; a NYC subway track; a boxing ring that depicts two people practicing punches beyond the ropes.

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Helen Pratt @helenapratt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"My fingernails bit into my skin as I gripped the hilt of my dagger." #Q #A #RF #1stLinePit

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Carmen DaVinleam @carmendavinleam.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#Q #A #F #1stLinePit The ringing in my ears was so loud. I looked over to make sure someone wasn’t blowing a whistle near my head. No one was there, but I wasn’t standing like I thought either. My body dragged against the ground; loose dirt scraped against my back; my legs were numb.

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