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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Writers, what’s the ONE BOOK (beside your own) you wish you had written and why? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

friends, I’m looking for a m/m contemporary romance with an upmarket feel (think “Emily Henry but make it gay”). any book you liked and would recommend? 🙏

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

friends, I’m looking for a m/m contemporary romance with an upmarket feel (think “Emily Henry but make it gay”). any book you liked and would recommend? 🙏

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

tfw you’re so immersed in #writing your first draft that you miss your train stop 😍🥹🎉🙈 #thewritinglife

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'll go first - I started the first draft of a new novel, baby!! This one is a contemporary m/m 2nd chance romance and I'm so excited about it 💃

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Q for those of you who’ve read the #Outlander 📖series: how much of a commitment is it, as in, is it still a satisfying read if you only read the 1st book (or 1st few)? #booksky #amreading

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Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 24/04/2025

every headline about pedro pascal only makes him hotter and more attractive actually

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Now I’m embracing them as an opportunity to rest, reset my brain, take in all the amazing feedback I got from #RevPit and my fellow CCs, and begin daydreaming about my next book… before heading to the query trenches again 🤞 #writesky #writingcommunity

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Between #amquerying the novel and participating in #RevPit I’ve been in the biggest writing slump ever (500 words written (on a new book project) in a month!) Such ‘fallow periods’ happen to me at the end of every meaningful project. They used to scare tf out of me.

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I didn’t win #RevPit, but getting an email from @jenichappelle.bsky.social telling me to expect feedback absolutely made my WEEK. I’m so glad I participated and got to know such lovely and generous humans (authors and editors alike)!

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up!! Though I didn’t win, I had so much fun participating this year. Huge thanks again to all the #RevPit editors who brought this event to life! And fellow non-winners… keep writing 💪♥️

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

So many people dream of writing a novel and never do. YOU wrote a whole novel. Drafted, rewrote, edited, revised, and were brave enough to share it with others. No matter what happens tomorrow, you should all be so proud of yourselves! 💪

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Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

All the #RevPit editors are available to hire + for some of us, editing is our day job. If you enjoyed + got useful info from this event, the best way to help/thank us is to recommend us to authors looking for an editor. Most of my new clients come to me by word-of-mouth, so it really does help! 🥰

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I have a nosy question for the #RevPit editors (apologies if it’s been asked before) ☝️ We got #RevPies of genres, ages, & now I’m curious about base sizes! On average, how many subs does a RevPit editor get? 👀 #revpitwaiting #revpitteaser #revpitteasers

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Demi Michelle 🦋 @demimschwartz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Tip Time! I’m seeing a lot of long query letters. I suggest trimming your QL down to 300-350 words. I know, I know, it’s hard, but tighter query letters can give you bonus points when pitching agents. #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitTeaser

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

For those who like pie, here’s the % of age group and genres from submissions this year! #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Pie chart of RevPit 2025 age groups. 64% adult, 27% Young Adult, 9% middle grade

RevPit 2025 genre pie chart. 45% fantasy, 13% science fiction, 13% romance, 10% mystery/thriller, 7% contemporary, 6% horror, 4% historical, 4% book club

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My #AskEditor session is on Tuesday at 2 pm CST / 3 pm ET. I'll be available for an hour to answer questions about writing, editing, publishing, querying, comp titles, etc. If you're not available then, drop your questions below ahead of time and I will re-post/answer on Tuesday. #RevPit

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I’m a *vibes* writer first and foremost - every one of my stories started with The Vibes. When it comes to actually sitting down and writing, I’m a situation/inciting incident-first kind of writer. The characters’ details and plot points stem from that! #pretendpanel #writesky #writingcommunity

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Shannon Kizzia @shannonkizzia.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

#revpit crew! I made a thing!

A collage featuring two photos of male dancers in silhouette and one of a fire pit. The text reads, "The Fire Years: a 150k queer love story set in the ballet world"

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Leah Rambadt 🦊🌸 @leahrambadt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Here’s a guide for how to approach #RevPit if you haven’t participated before, or if you need a refresher! #WritingCommunity #WritersofBluesky

Graphic for: How to RevPit Beginners Guide

- Polish submission materials & application Q&A
➡️ See the checklist!

-Review chart for editors taking your genre/age category

- Read editor profiles

- Follow #MeetTheEditors week

- Meet other authors & connect

⭐️ Submission window opens March 13!

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Hey #writesky, how do you find the motivation/time/energy to create & post writer content on your websites/blogs? I’m trying to start a #substack but not sure where to start or how much time to devote to it! #writingcommunity

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

For 500 years people have been coming up with technology after technology to replace, alter or disrupt books and they have all failed because business geniuses are somehow incapable of understanding that people really like reading

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Sometimes I read a really fantastic, skilled, voice-y debut & I wonder if it’s the author’s first ever attempt to write a book or if they have like, six failed attempts to get published under their belt.

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I think it would be very cool (& motivating for aspiring authors) if author bios stated how many years/books those authors wrote before they got to publish their debut. #writingthoughts #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Got another form rejection today… I need a hug 😭 Those of you who’ve been in the query trenches multiple times, how did you deal w/ that special kind of heartbreak? #writesky #writingcommunity #amquerying #mentalhealth

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My pitch at #2025pit yesterday didn’t get agent attention but I had a great time all the same. In awe of the creativity in the #writingcommunity here & looking fwd to following everyone’s journey to publishing 🤞

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E. H. Kell is Querying @ehkell.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Alright #2025pit last one for today! Best of luck & See you all tomorrow! If you like: 🌊 "Sunny" fantasy 🌊 Greek folklore & magical creatures 💙♥️ Bi4Bi romance 🌊 Reluctant partners to lovers 🌊 Complex female friendship 🌊 Grandmother/daughter bond I’ve got just the book for you ♥️ #YA #NA #F #RM

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Yavanna Brouwer ✨ Writing Age of Sail Romantasy @yavannabrouwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

When taxidermist Ophelia is summoned to 'marry' the sea god, she runs off with a pirate to break her family's vows. But her childhood friend/total bonehead follows to drag her to her drowning death. Friends2enemies2lovers | found family | crabby mcs 🦀😂 PotC x Wednesday #YA #RM #F #AA #2025pit

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Julie Brydon @jbrydon.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#2025Pit #YA #F John Tucker Must Die x The Craft HEX GIRLFRIENDS CLUB: A lesbian witch teams up with her nemesis to curse the girlfriend who has been two-timing both of them, but as their revenge plot heats up, sparks fly, making the coconspirators wonder if they should be more than frenemies.

Fall-themed background of wood and orange leaves with images of a blonde teen girl, two witches facing away and embracing in front of a fire, a goth teen girl, tarot cards, mixing spell ingredients in a small cauldron, and lavender and candles.

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Taylor Coffman @taycoffman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Ellie, a struggling rookie superhero, meets the Shadow, a "dead" vigilante killing the rich. They find unexpected solace in each other, but will their dark secrets ruin everything? 🔥slowburn w secret identities 🏳️‍🌈bi4pan ⚔️flirty fights 🐱cat bonding 😘he falls first #2025Pit #A #SF #R #DIS #LGBT

A moodboard with nine images:
1. A scrap of paper with text: "Do you trust me?"
2. An old stone manor under stormy skies
3. A bloody sword
4. A woman wearing a leather jacket, her back to the camera
5. A silhouette of two hands exchanging bills
6. Black studded leather armor, meant for a man
7. A shiny chrome engine
8. City highways lit up at night
9. A scrap of paper with text: "Always."

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Jeannette Lane is querying @cjtruwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

NINTH HOUSE x A LESSON IN VENGEANCE Aster would do anything to be the best writer the world has seen— even if it means spilling her blood to commune with the greats that came before her and losing the ones she loves the most. #Q #A #F #H #2025Pit

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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

☀️Sol's Plan for the Week: 🐺 Visit best friend at the harbor 🧚🏽 Practice flying 📖 Have a chilling history lesson 👑 Welcome father home before bed 🌑 Unwanted guest kidnap my parents 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Find out I have a missing twin brother 🏰 Save the queendom #2025Pit #F #MG #Q #LGBT

Aesthetic board for the protagonist Sol, a sun fae prince.

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Romessa ✨is not here✨ @romessa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Born of a deal, made between a desperate mother and a trickster Djinn; Sarah is determined to break free from the ghosts who want to possess her and a society that wants to control her. #2025pit #A #F #Q #writingcommunity #amquerying

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Brayden Russell @braydenrwrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Lizzy, a high school freshman caught between the unraveling of her family and the trauma she carries, is going to die. After jumping from a third story balcony, Lizzy’s life flashes before her eyes as she relives the chain of events that brought her to the brink. #LF #2025PIT #CON #A #ownvoices

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marissafirlight.bsky.social @marissafirlight.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

THE ISLAND THAT NEVERWAS LOST BOY X BELLADONNA A dark, gender flipped Peter Pan retelling where, in order to keep her lost boys young, Peata kills them. Aurelio, the only lost boy to escape Peata’s clutches, must face his past demons when his best friend goes missing. #2025pit #YA #F

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

TREASURE PLANET X STARFIELD When Jak finds an ancient wrist computer with his new friend Eris—a tech prodigy—he couldn't have guessed it would tear him from his home on a pirate space station to an interstellar quest for answers about his dad's legacy, old mysteries & himself. #2025Pit #YA #SF #M

An industrial space station hallway, with the title of the book and the undertitle. JAK STERZAND: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT

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Sarah Gallego Author HOTWQ @sarahgwrites75.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🖤 Labyrinth x Aladdin 🖤 Imprisoned in a fae dungeon, a girl is offered salvation by the cruel enemy king who has every reason to want her dead after her father cursed him. She has to decide if she should trust the evil fae she's falling for, or betray him and win a crown of her own #2025Pit #YA #RF

Eerie mood board in shades of grey showing dark fairies, rams heads, a girl with a sword and a rolling sea

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Ceci Li @writerceci.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

❤️YA contemporary romance ⌨️ 70k words Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #2025pit #Q #YA #R #CON#poc #writingcommunity #amquerying

Nathan playing hockey. Maggie playing keyboard. Maggie studying. Preschool. Nathan listening to music with eyes closed. Nathan and Maggie skating. Nathan kissing Maggie’s hair. Bunny hugging teddy bear. Nathan and Maggie hugging.

Comp titles: Lynn Painter’s Better Than The Movies; Ann Liang’s This Time It’s Real; Tashy Bhuiyan’s Counting Down With You; Laura Taylor Namey’s A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow; Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Maggie Wang lives by her tiger mom’s rules—even her crush ticks all the right boxes. But when she finally works up the courage to confess to the perfect guy, he’s too oblivious to look beyond their friendship. Desperate to turn his head, Maggie hatches a plan: snag a fake date to his hockey team’s skate party and make him jealous, as long as she can survive her clumsy self on the ice.
Enter Nathan Myers—the team grump. Once he agrees to be her stand-in, everything seems simple enough: he’ll teach her how to skate, and she’ll put up with his attitude. Only the more time they spend together, the more Maggie discovers a gentle teddy bear hidden beneath Nathan’s gruff exterior. For the first time, she wonders if it’s okay to let go of certain expectations—being herself might actually be enough.
But Nathan’s a wild card with no college plans. He doesn’t fit in the future Maggie’s mom has mapped out for her. Trapped between the family expectations and her growing feelings, she must decide whether breaking the rules is worth it with the boy who’s becoming more than just a fake date.

#tropes and elements

#FakeDating
#GrumpySunshine
#YAHockeyRomance
#HeFallsFirst
#ComingOfAge
#FamilyDynamic
#SiblingDynamic
#FriendshipBreakUp
#POCOwnVoice
#SpecialHobbies

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Skylar Anthony | OBTS is out now! | 🚀🧝‍♂️ @skylaranthony.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Taylor is the most wanted secret in the galaxy: a human w/ magic. To escape the elves' forest homeworld, she'll overcome mutual hatred to help a sexy elvish spy retrieve stolen magical tech—and discover how it ties to an arcane relic he doesn't know she stole. #2025pit #SFF #A #amquerying 📚💙

"Trust begins with a step". A couple kissing, a sinister needle, mysterious ruins, a boat on a lack during a magical evening, a tall tree, someone breaking into a building in a high-tech city, an enchanted book. #P2Ppit #amquerying

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Rawiya Beirut | راوية بيروت @rawiyabeirut.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

WHTF X THE STARDUST THIEF Almas must outwit an ancient evil & unite a war-torn land—but her secrets may kill her first. ✨ Middle Eastern-inspired w/ Arab mythology ✨ Unique magic system ✨ Found family ✨ Quest for lost secrets ✨ Slowburn romance w/ fake marriage trope #2025Pit #F #YA #A #crossover

Photo collage for my pitch in #2025Pit. From Left to right: Frederick Goodall's Passionate encounter painting, Pierre Bellet’s Arab Girl Playing Music painting, Miguel Vico Hernández’s "Women in Arab bath" painting, Adolf Seel’s Bathhouse painting, Stanisław von Chlebowski’s Study of a Khanjar painting, Ferdinand Max Bredt’s Girl Playing Lute painting, Antonio Fabres’s Arab Sentinel painting, and finally, in the background, Auguste Veillon’s Women carrying water by the Nile painting.

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Diamond Doyle (she/ella/elle) is Querying @diamonddoyle.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

ALL THE SINNERS BLEED X Yellowstone Jamison takes his religion to the extreme—he's deathly good at twisting the righteous words. If Lieut. Noble is to save the last shreds of innocence left in small-town America, he'll need help from the FBI to outfox this serial killer. #A #T #2025pit #upmarket

A collage. Corners are a molten halo, votives, cabin on fire, and a gallows frame in Butte. Vertical edges are a handsome male late 30s and attractive white female wearing a hat and scarf. Moving toward the center on either side and facing off, a purple flower made of frosting and a hint of blue feathers, the back of an old man walking through an old station flanked by decrepit wooden remembrances and a handsome Black male visibly strong in his late 30s, a shako drum hat and a white goose, and a porcelain doll with a slit throat and a wooden rosary. Center line top to bottom, metal crowbar and hammer, a bull in a field under a big, blue sky, and finally, a side view of a skull.

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Vee Haacke 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ is querying! @goddessvicky.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫 NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES 🌹Romance/Romantasy 👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Found Family ⚖️Gods & Goddesses 🎵Music! ♿Diversity 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+ 💖Soul Mates ✨Magical Realism Agent's guide included 📖 #Q #YA #A #R #UW #NA #F #RF #SPEC #LGBT #OV #YouDeservepIt

A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles

A photo that reads:
Crowned In Light
A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series
As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy
First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query!
This one has it all!
- Magical Realism
- Slow Burn
- Found Family
- Gods and Goddesses
- Music Heavy
- Soul Mates / Past Lives
- Strong Female Friendships
- Disability/BIPOC representation
- DAVID BOWIE?!?!

A photo that reads:
The Pitch!
It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions.
When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings… How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?

A photo that reads:
For Fans of:
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Maggie Stiefvater
Richelle Mead
Laurell K Hamilton

Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality.
Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way.
Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory.

Playlist:
Have I Found My Home by Paden
What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams
Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin
Breathe Me by Sia
Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes
Silence by Marshmello & Khalid
The World We Made by Ruelle
Like That by JP Saxe
Safe Place by RuthAnne
Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt
Somebody Loved by The Weepies
For You by Angus & Julia Stone
Past Life by Morgan St Jean
Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last

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softpaw @maggiekantor.com · 27/01/2025

UPROOTED x THE FAMILIAR x THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS Sparks fly when carefree Astra and steadfast Grey touch—they don’t know why and don’t have time to find out between a budding romance, a malevolent secret society, and a minor revolution. #A #RM #F #DVPit #2025pit

Mood Board for Starlit Wanderer. The images are of a corkboard with strings and a hand pointing at a potential clue, flowers, a starlit mountain range, lovers kissing at sunset, a grumpy moon and cheerful sun, a protest with the a sign urging people to fight for a better future, grasped hands, and a magical circle of light surrounding an outstretched hand.

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

GIDEON THE NINTHxFFXIV When magicless Mick agrees to be an adventuring partner for Eleanor, his mage best friend (and crush), a mishap turns him into a dragon and binds him to the gods' dead adversary. Now they're rushing to break his curse before his existence triggers a war. #2025pit #F #R #A

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.

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