iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Your blunt m’lord” Vintage Reuge musical dispenser IG: @estatesaleedit

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Hilary Scarlett White @gohilary.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

No kidding. If you've never seen this, now is the time. Not only is it hilarious, it shows what an absolute angel Dolly was. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK40...

youtube.com

The Story Behind Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” - Drunk History

YouTube video by Comedy Central

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton social media accounts have now posted- She passed on today and will have a small private funeral for immediate family. -To share messages or memories tag Dolly Parton on social media. -In lieu of flowers, donations can be directed to the Imagination Library at: imaginationlibrary.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I can remember in 2008 the sense of how the arrival of a better America would accompany this man's election. I still believe his message of hope is the right one. It is a strategy. Happy birthday, Mr President!

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 20/07/2026

I look for info on the McConnell situation about 5 times a day, because--legitimately--as a mystery writer I have a major interest in how you hide a dead body.

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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit #A #F #Q #ND #📖 ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power... "They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission." Querying now! 🎵 (sound on)🎶

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gabrielleswriting.bsky.social @gabrielleswriting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🏝️MURDER IN THE VILLA 🏝️ A darkly witty psychological suspense about an Irish reality TV contestant who discovers that the show’s most hated islander didn't die by accident — and that producers will stop at nothing to bury the truth. #BluePit #AmQuerying #📖 #A #Suspense #Q #WF

title “Murder in the Villa” in stylized font in front of a hazy beach/Island scene

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

SILVER ELITE x TELL ME AN ENDING MEMORY DEVOURS HER 96k Adult Romantic Dystopian 🚫 Emotion as error 👾 The haunting is digital 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action 🖤 Love from complicit guilt RevPit Shortlist PosterPitAward 2nd #BluePit #A #Q #SF #SP #R #Dystopian

An Agent's Guide to
MEMORY
DEVOURS
HER
By Cassie Wallin
Adult Dystopian Sci-Fi + Central Love Story

The Pitch
She erased memories, until memory remembered her.
Nova excels at removing from citizens' memories what she hides in herself: excess feeling. Ordered to erase her mentor's whole mind, Nova's grief unleashes a phantom remembering all she's erased.
Haunted by its past and hunted by a devoted enforcer sent to bury it, Nova must forget for a shot to belong or remember and spark the fire that could burn her world down.
MEMORY DEVOURS HER

Hard-Won
LOve
Memory
Grief
COMPS
Corporate
Ritual
Menace
A TURA VINES BES
SILVER ELITE
DANI FRANCIS
Dystopian
Mission
Propulsion
TELL ME
AN
ENDING
JO HARKIN
tv+
Severance
Horror of Forgotten
Complicity -
Wounds
MEMORY DEVOURS HER
tv+
SILO
Lost
History

MOOD
White building tower man facing away, glitching man, dystopian supplies, fire, woods, woman
MEMORY DEVOURS HER

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #Bluepit #MG #F #Querying Art collab @giaphoc.bsky.social

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE EARTHLINGS! BODY SNATCHERS x THE RUNAWAYS When a 2nd generation alien sleeper cell is ordered to abduct her human friend, she saves her and goes rogue. Now her fellow operatives must track her down, but should they help her to sabotage the coming invasion instead? 📖 #Bluepit #W #YA #SF

The Earthlings! Cover

4 teens look up in horror as a ufo activates its tractor beam, all over a giant silver alien head

A group of second generation aliens sleeper cells have spent their entire lives assimilating to human culture and gathering intelligence for the home world. To them, the eventual overthrow of Earth has always been a distant goal meant for future generations.

Now, when ordered to abduct and replace a human girl they have befriended, one of the alien operatives realizes that they have grown to care more for their found home and family than they do for their own people. She sabotages the abduction and goes on the run with the human girl.

Her friends are ordered to track her down, but now questioning their own mission, they find themselves wondering if the entire invasion is a mistake and if they have more in common with these Earthlings than they ever thought...

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #BluePit #📖 #YA #R #M #AG #OS #LGBT #Dis #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

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Anindo Zelle @anindozelle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit #A #F #Q #📖 African Folkloric Fantasy Star-Crossed Lovers Subplot As the Stone King’s reign crumbles, unexpected alliances form. But can they withstand the chaos that follows? 🎭 MultiPOV 👑 Court intrigue 🐉 Mythical beasts 🪄 Magic 🙏 Sinister faith 🇰🇪 Kenyan mythology 💔 Love vs duty

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Here is my list for #BluePit 1. Rutello: A Feud of Two Brothers #W #A #F #📖 2. Rutello: First Spark #W #NA #F #📖 3. Rutello: Shadow of the Crown #W #NA #F #📖

Black background.

Top two pics are: a gold crown sitting on a red pillow and a chess board with 2 white/tan pieces and several black pieces.

Middle 2 pics are: two knights training, one on the ground, one standing over him with a sword at his chest and a castle on a rocky cliff with many fall leaved trees in front at the bottom of the cliff.

The the title in burnt orange medieval lettering Rutello: A Feud of Two Brothers

Bottom 2 pics are: the top of a sword with a blurry background and a quote by Sun Tzu, “An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.”

Fire background

At the top is the title Rutello: First Spark

Top 2 pics are: a potion bottle sitting on a mossy rock and a herbology book sitting on a clothed table.

Bottom 2 pics are a girl in old type clothes ingredients crying over a man covered by blankets in a bed and a woman walking through the woods in a hooded dark cape and dress with dark lipstick.

At the bottom is a quote: “They hurt you because you were there, not because of who you are or anything you did.” - Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

Black background.

At the top in fancy purple lettering is the title Rutello: Shadow of the Crown

The top two pics are: a princess in front of a flower wall in a light pink ball gown holding her tiara on her head and a small corked bottle with purple flowers and water in it sitting in a field of the flowers.

Bottom 2 pics are: a spout of a plant growing in dirt and King Francis and Queen Mary of Scots standing beside each other, he in red and gold and she in gold.

At the bottom in the same lettering is a quote: “Life has Wounded you in its own way, but that does not diminish who you are, and who you could be, if you only stop being afraid of yourself.” Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

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Neha Yazmin🍉Author | Reader | Dessert Person @nehayazmin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Still reeling from their heartbreaking pasts, Mukti and Jamie are blocking the world out, not letting anyone in—the only people they can’t keep out is each other Can they resolve their issues and be happy together—or do some ghosts haunt us forever? books2read.com/SoulmatesSaga1 #BluePit #A #R #P

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Wendy_Bayne CA 🍁 @wendybayne.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

'Crimes Against the Crown Series' is set in post-Regency England. It was an exciting time, a world awash in silks, seduction, duplicity and intrigue of the post-Napoleonic period. Available on KOBO, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Apple and Amazon

The covers of 18 of my books are set against a sunset of pinks and blues.

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

BRIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN KING Forbidden romance A cursed village A revenge plot lifetimes in the making Novella length fantasy, mystery, and forbidden romance #BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #R #H

Four pictures of a small town, a young woman covered in flowers, a tattooed handsome man, and a colourful temple. The middle says "Bride of the Mountain King"

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Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚 @galenbunting.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#QueerPit #SPF #SF #COA #NA #YA When a faith healer flees his mother's cult, he joins forces with a UFO-forum moderator who just caught his own meteorite as they head to a UFO festival- until the cult closes in to capture their unwilling Chosen One.

Slide featuring an image of two boys in blue against a red backdrop, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes. There are space-themed images of a galaxy and a comet. Text reads:Witnessers of the unknown, When Christophe Montague, a trans faith healer, flees his mother's
cult after a miracle goes wrong, he joins forces with February Purdue,
a UFO-forum moderating hitchhiker whose hand is undergoing an
unearthly change after catching a meteorite.
They embark on a supernatural road trip to a UFO festival –
before the cult can drag Christophe home and use him as their
Chosen One. YA/NA, 96k Words, SFF t4t Romance Subplot

Comparative titles Witnessers of the unknown: Featuring Hell Followed With Us, Into the Light, Old Wounds, trans coming-of-rage
religious trauma
speculative road-trip
T4T trauma-bonding

Witnessers of the unknown first sentences, picture features two boys, one has blond hair and points up at a meteor shower, the other follows his hand with his eyes, they lay in the bed of a pickup truck, surrounded by a desert landscape. quote reads “Christophe hides in the closet at the back of the church. The echoing voices tell him that the sanctuary is full. The dusty, out-of-tune piano pounds out a hymn, and his heart leaps inside him. He should be out there, helping pass out the cups of grape juice, the cups of wine, the wafers of Our Lord.
He should be preparing for the healing, the laying-on of hands, when his mother will call him to the front.” YA/NA, 96k Words, SFF
t4t Romance Subplot

Comparative FILMS and Playlist on a moon: Nowhere by Gregg Araki and Leviticus, psychedelic, queer, aliens
faith healing and recovery
Screenshot of spotify playlist

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Ally Boyd @alboyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

DEATHBRINGER x SILVER ELITE x Netflix's WEDNESDAY (if it was produced by the early 2000s CW) ✏️forbidden student-professor relationship 😡forced proximity ❤️hate to love 🐈‍⬛two black cats 🙊unreliable narrators 🗡️murder mystery 🏰academy setting ☠️dystopian fantasy world #bluepit #Q #NA #A #F #R #M #DIS

An arched ceiling with the words, "Agent Guide, Dark Academia, Romantasy, 99k, NA/Adult, Unstitched, by Ally Boyd"

The Pitch, A spy-for-hire who can unstitch her soul from her body infiltrates a magical college and attempts to solve a string of gruesome murders while battling feelings for the main suspect, her attractive, off-limits professor.

The Comps: Nightshade by Autumn Woods, Netflix's Wednesday, Deathbringer by Sonia Tagliareni, and Silver Elite by Dani Francis

An Excerpt with a snake: What’s your name, ghost girl?” Carsten asks, his lips quirking up in a half-smile that feels like a challenge.

I try to seem unbothered as he takes his time, walking back to the leather loveseat across from mine. He sits down slowly, soaking in my attention, but I can’t take my eyes off him. His arms stretch out lazily on the back of the chair, a prince of darkness surveying his domain.

The room warms. So warm that sweat prickles the back of my neck. I glance at the clock over the fireplace again. Terror wraps around me like the snake dancing on his forearm. I need to get out of here.

He cocks his head to the side, waiting, and I debate lying. There are no benefits to a demon knowing your name. Except my mind is blank. I can’t remember any goddess-blessed name except my own.

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 13/07/2026

When she picks the wrong pocket, Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from magehunters, mathematicians, and the governor herself. #BluePit #YA #F #LGBT #W #BluePit📖

A mood board of eight tiles and a centre square with lockpicking tools and ancient writing:
1. Always have an escape plan.
2. A swindler never lets herself feel like a fraud.
3. Don't look for the easy grab, look for the easy mark.
4. Never get involved with golems.

The pictures depict, clockwise from upper right:
A) A city of canals and towering footbridges. There are minarets and steeples and red-tiled roofs.
B) A market selling elaborate lanterns, all aglow.
C) A porcelain and gold hand, reaching upwards.
D) Two figures leaping across rooftops against the coming dawn.
E) A pocketwatch--or is it? Constellations and continents cover the front, the body of the watch engraved with runes. It's sitting on ancient parchment.
F) A wax stamp with removable chits that function as coins in a card game.
G) The lords of the city overlooking grand canals and issuing edicts. They are dressed in fine red robes and silks.
H) Assorted bones and shells used for divination and more.

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Nature is decaying, nobles are hoarding magic, and demons prey on everyone. A possible chosen one, a man who failed his destiny, and a woman rejected by fate must work together for one last chance to save the dying world. #BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #agentguide #BluePit

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
“Magic should never return.”
After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Chosen One(s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.

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Annabeth @annabethwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ANASTASIA X THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT ❤️‍🔥93k Adult Romantasy ✨Light X Shadow ✨Strong but messy FMC ✨He falls first (and so much harder!) ✨Elemental magic ✨Slow burn ✨Deadly Trials ✨Forced proximity ✨Found family ✨Meddling gods ✨SO MUCH YEARNING #Bluepit #Q #A #F #R #📖

The moon also rises - 93k adult romantasy

Pitch: after thief Rorie discovers she’s the lost princess of a fallen light magic dynasty, lethal succession trials pit her against a shadow wielding rival— but as the conspiracy behind her bloodline’s slaughter pushes them together, their bond threatens both her heart and her claim for the crown.

Comps: Anastasia, servant of Earth, when the moon hatched and the serpent and the wings of night

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Kit McKrae @kitmckrae.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HOLLYHAWKE The tale of a mercurial mage, a widower bard, & the charming farmer they accidentally cursed. GOD'S OWN COUNTRY with a bit of magic✨ ☘️MM+ Queer Triad Romance 🌋Rivals-to-Lovers 🧨Forced Proximity 🪺Found Family 🫦Angst & Longing 🔥Steamy #BluePit #📖 #A #Q #F #R #LGBT Art @syqkos.bsky.social

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Spirited Away x Jade City In the ghost-infested streets of San Francisco, the spirit of a 13-year-old girl must risk her humanity to reclaim her mortal body from the malevolent entity possessing it. #BluePit #📖 #Q #MG #F #PN

$Over a background of San Francisco Chinatown: GRACIE FOON FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE Pitch: After a malevolent ghost takes over her body and starts living her life, the spirit of a 13-year-old girl must survive clans of hungry demons, overzealous spiritualists, and a literal dragon that lives in the sewers of San Francisco in order to regain even a fraction of her humanity back. Comps: Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind by Misa Sugiura x White Snake (2019) Spirited Away x Jade City by Fonda Lee FUN STUFF/TROPES(?) - San Francisco just not a setting, but a character - Friends to enemies to friends to ??? - Loosely influenced by the White Snake folk story - Hope you like martial arts fight scenes and magic talismans$

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Lucifer Vi’Matri @clumsyslothgirl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hugh wakes to discover he’s the sole survivor of the apocalypse. To make matters worse, he’s trapped in a death game against God himself. Armed only with his late boyfriend’s grimoire, he must outwit the forces of the divine to become a goddess and resurrect his beloved. #BluePit #TR #F #P #LGBTIA

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L.C. Fathom (author) @lcfathom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

When an all-American conservative man lands in jail for committing a hate crime, he's forced to face his greatest enemy in therapy; himself. But leaving the past behind isn't easy, especially as other convicts of hate crimes start to mysteriously disappear... #📖 #A #NA #SP #SF #P #TR #LGBT #BluePit

An excerpt from the novel "Utopia Paradox" by L.C. Fathom on an orange background with an image of a man sitting in a prison cell. It reads as follows: I got her point and she was right. I didn’t start this and neither did she. You can’t lose what you never had. No one left alive started it, but we were all perpetuating it by resisting change. I relaxed my shoulders, not realizing I’d been feeling so tense. I frowned in thought.
“It’s hard to change. I feel like this isn’t even America anymore! Like I don’t know who I am without what I’ve been told! I knew who I was and what I was supposed to be, what my thoughts and values were, but now… I feel like I don’t know myself at all.”

The cover for Utopia Paradox by L.C. Fathom. It features a multicolored circle contacting two characters, one black silhouette with its hands bound in red chains against a red background and the other a white silhouette with red chains over its eyes against a blue background.

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C.H. Schwartz @chschwartz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am currently in the final round of revisions of my cozy fantasy HEDGE MAGE FOR HIRE before querying. It features: - Chasing your dreams - Dad Issues - Friends to Lovers - Magical Animal Sidekick - A city built around a bottomless Pit - What truly makes you happy? #📖 #A #F #W #BluePit

Lady Artemisia, thirteenth in line for the throne, always hated her father’s plans for her political future. All she wants is to apprentice as a mage in the city-state of Pit’s Burg and study the bottomless pit it was built around. But when she finally runs away from home to chase her dream, she never considers the possibility that her application to the Convocation of Mages would be rejected.

Now with no one willing to teach her magic and in need of a way to earn enough coin to survive, Artemisia decides there’s only one logical choice: go into business as a hedge mage for hire and teach herself. What better way to learn magic than on the job?

Except it turns out running a shop isn’t easy, and magical knowledge isn’t free. Worst of all, her father is still looking for her, and if he finds her he’ll stop at nothing to force her to return to a life of boring state dinners and stuffy council meetings. Soon Artemisia is forced to ask herself just how far she’s willing to go to ensure her dreams come true.

Hedge Mage for Hire is a cozy fantasy about finding the happiness in chasing your dreams and the people who help make them come true.

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Symon Pude 🫜 - Master Watch is out! @symon-pude.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🤫 Secret government agency ♥️ Slow burn romance 🔫 Fast paced action 🏃🏻 Man on the run 🇦🇹 Taking place in real locations in Austria🏔️ 🖋️~120k words #MasterWatch, a speculative spy thriller Coming soon. #BluePit #W #M #SP #Thriller #📖 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ALIEN x WHAT MOVES THE DEAD An isolated space station. A mysterious scientist. A trio of government inspectors. A “false” distress signal. An omnipresent AI. A zoo of animal test subjects. What could go wrong? No one escapes UNINTENDED DESIGNS in this scifi horror. #BluePit #H #A #Q #SF #LGBT #OV

A background of dramatic blue-purple stars and constellations with a purple caduceus over it and two smaller black upside-down caduceuses to the sides. Over it all are the words:

An Agent’s Guide To
Unintended Designs
A Science Fiction Bio-Horror in Space

Also small text on the bottom reading: Guide made in Canva by Theodore Snapdragon

Another slide with the same dramatic space image on the background. It also features two stylized images of DNA with rats on it. On the slide are the words:

Pitch
Space station inspector Gen Ishii is out of his depth in the isolated research outpost of Dr. Isengrim, an eccentric and charismatic scientist with far too many secrets.

And below, separated by two white snake graphics, are more words:

Described In Five Songs
Protagonist: Tongues (Joywave)
Setting: Disturbia (Rhianna)
Plot: Come A Little Closer (Cage The Elephant)
Climax: Destroya (My Chemical Romance)
Ending: Cosmic Love (Florence and the Machine)

Another slide with the dramatic space image as background, as well as two large white graphics of needles on either side and two graphics of white running mice along the bottom. In the center of the slide are the words “FOR FANS OF” and in the corners of the slides are the words:

Creative queer horror of
INTO THE DROWNING DEEP
by Mira Grant

Suspenseful building horror of
WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
by T Kingfisher

Isolated sci-fi horror of
THE LUMINOUS DEAD
by Caitlyn Starling

Engaging nonhuman characters of
TRANSLATION STATE
by Anne Leckie

With the covers of each of the four mentioned books also featured between the words, with each cover image lined with white so it sticks out

Another slide with the dramatic space image as background, this one with small images of a purple jellyfish and orange squid. It features a detailed art of a white, large, cuttlefish-like creature move through water under lily pads. Next to the art of the aquatic art are the words “original art” over an arrow pointing at that art piece.

The slide also has text reading:

Featuring

- Queernormative setting full of representation
- Moral conflict, ambiguity, snd dilemma
- Tension and eerie, off-details with big payoff

Excerpt

Harken and Tanaka followed as Isengrim gestured them forward, but I lingered a moment. I was reluctant to leave the pleasant warmth and fragrance of this place behind for the paperwork awaiting me. I gave the beautiful hydroponics hub a lingering look, then froze.

I jerked my head to the side, studying the trees as best I could in the gentle lighting. I could have sworn I saw the shadow of someone, someone humanoid, moving through the branches. Something far too large to be a normal animal. When I looked again, though, I saw nothing.

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Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

No Dream Like Forever: 💫Star-crossed lovers (Sorta) 🌶️Open Door Spice 👻Horror with Humor ⚰️Fake Funeral 🔪Cold Blooded Torture ☠️Secret Evil Weapons 🎨Beautiful Art 🦇Vampire Shifters or Shifter Vampires? 🪽Why the Obsession over Fallen Angels? Sample and buy links here: norashear.com/books/no-dre...

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No Dream Like Forever

Available now! NO DREAM LIKE FOREVER: Book 1 of The Descendants released June 12, 2026 formats ebook A talented event planner catches the attention of a pack of immortals, some of whom are INCREDIB…

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #bluepit #q #a #f #p #r

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

Red and black background with red text that reads "the pitch." The text below reads:
After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious Vampire Realm by the bassist of an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rockstar dreams or her own survival.

Red and black background with red text that reads "the pitch." The text below reads:
After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious Vampire Realm by the bassist of an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rockstar dreams or her own survival.

Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads:
Celia Sharpe's dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines.
But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she follows him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm.
Stranded in a world of monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP.
But the stranger she followed reveals he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum, and he offers her a seductive opportunity: the band's flirty guitarist Caliban
will temporarily heal her hand and chronic illness, then help her home. . .
only if she joins Mortuus Aeternum for one performance with a full vampire audience.
Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks being trapped in the Vampire Realm for one year if she doesn't return home in 3 days. To make matters worse, a ruthless vampire lord has announced blood shortages across the Realm—making Celia the new primary food source.

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Bluepit #📖 #MG #F #Q

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jessicatanwrites @jessicatanwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

CRUEL PRINCE x PETER PAN x WINGS OF STARLIGHT Ailyna, faerie warrior, is desperate to earn her wings and prove her worth by appeasing her queen, but reluctantly teams up with the enemy who shows her the truth of her corrupt leader. #bluepit #q #ya #f

A nine grid with aesthetic photos regarding a project. One grid contains a quote (I always thought trouble found me but maybe I created it), one grid includes the title, and another grid has metadata (words 119k, genre high fantasy, status querying, audience upper ya).

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Jillian Alderman @jillianalderman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excited to pitch THE ISLAND IN HER BLOOD 🌴 A scientist and heir to an agricultural empire explores a mysteriously thriving Caribbean island in the midst of a famine, where she experiences ancestral memories and uncovers deeply buried family secrets. #Q #A #M #WF #DIS #ND #BluePit #📖

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

KNIGHT & THE MOTH x GODKILLER x Renaissance "Italy" If they steal 7 angel hearts, a secret witch and angsty witchhunter can kill the evil gods who conquered their kingdom. Win: They free their countrymen. Lose: they die and never get the chance to nurture their newfound bond. #A #F #BluePit 📖

polaroid of a couple kissing in black and white over a color portrait of the duomo church in florence

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Heck Awaits @heckawaits.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

KNOWING NOTHING The Name of the Rose, but with psychic Buddhist monks in a post-apocalypse North Korea. #BluePit #A #W #SFF #SP #WritingCommunity

One can see everything, and still know nothing.
KNOWING NOTHING

On a post-apocalyptic Korean peninsula, a few surviving settlements bicker and scheme. In the north, the Elder Kim wages his war against a remnant Chinese state, vying for land both claim to have inherited.
Ichadon, a young seer, takes his position at the Elder’s court after his predecessor went mad. He is immediately forced into an arbitration to end a war he barely understands. A supernatural entity stalks him. A key witness drops dead. Worse yet, the Chief Seer may be plotting to blame him for any failure.
He can transcend space and time. He can read a person’s thoughts and feelings. He can hear the stories of inanimate objects. He is a product of a monastery that serves as the single node of information across a broken land.
But he knows nothing.

B. ****** is an attorney and Army Reserve officer. He lived in Korea for over 11 years, first as a student at Yonsei University, then as a journalist, and finally as an active-duty Judge Advocate. He lives on an island in Washington State.

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a. summer @a-summer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In DROWN, BRITTLE MINDS, a criminal sentenced to life on a sinking island must kill the siren haunting his mind before he can be lured to the sea and drowned. 🧜🏾‍♀️ GUNS VS. SIRENS 🌊 Flooded world 🧜🏾‍♀️ Hunts in underwater siren nests ❤️ mxm…yearning...? ❤️ Prisoner X Prisoner #BluePit #A #F #H #POC #LGBT

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jessicatanwrites @jessicatanwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I, MEDUSA x PIRANESI He is the Greek god of heartbreak and will do anything to regain his stolen memories and escape a divine realm which means accepting he may be a monster deserving of his imprisonment. #bluepit #q #a #f

A nine grid with images related to Greek mythology. One grid has a work in progress title (Greek mythology), another has a quote (knowledge was his solution to solitude) and metadata (words 73k, genre literary / fantasy, status querying, audience adult)

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE For readers who like: 🩸 married main characters 🩸 villain protagonists 🩸 unreliable narrators 🩸 criminal underworlds 🩸 occult conspiracies 🩸 terrifying body horror 🩸 the threat of an eldritch god Buy today: amshilling.com/books #BluePit #📖 #P #A #H

A black ink blot in the shape of a skull against a red background. White text says:

WHAT DOESN'T KILL THEM BETTER RUN.
THE DEVOURING
A. M. SHILLING

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

SHERLOCK HOLMES with BEES When a singer with ties to royalty vanishes, it's up to detective Arthur North to find her. As he digs, he uncovers a plot to place his people, the bee-like zizzun, in the crown's crosshairs. Can he uncover their connection before it's too late? #BluePit #📖 #W #F #M #YA

A collage consisting of various cut out images:
- An illustration of Sherlock Holmes in his classic deerstalker cap and cloak smokes his pipe in the bottom left
- A honey bee gathers nectar from a flower in the bottom middle.
- Four macarons sit stacked in the bottom right corner.
- Up the right side is a stalk of purple foxgloves.
- The background is split between a pile of old newspapers and a dark alley lit by lamps and neon signs.
- Red stage curtains frame the entire piece.
- Five bee cut-outs (from two images of honey bees, flipped and rotated to various angles) fly around the top of the image.

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Lunaria Witch A RIVER ENCHANTED ❌ PRACTICAL MAGIC ✨ ND REP ❤️ Yearning over spice 🧙‍♀️ Character driven fantasy 👄 Lush prose & world building 👯‍♀️ Found family & sisterhood 💃🏻 Journey to self acceptance #bluepit #f #r #Q #na #a #ownvoices

Background- Night sky, full moon, ferns, herbs, feathers
The title of the book is “The Lunaria Witch”

The blurb
In a land where rumours of magic can have fatal consequences, hurricane minded Tallitha has always sought to hide her differences and deny whatever she cannot explain. But when the moon begins calling e from sleep and memories surface that do not belong to her, the time for denial is over and Tallitha’s life will change is ways she never could have predicted

Meta data
110k - NA/A - Fantasy romance - ND rep
When magic blooms in outcast Tallitha she must flee to a mysterious place of safety to escape the wrath of witchkind hunter Skara Draegar. Led by a charismatic yet secretive guide, Tallitha’s is thrust into a world of deadly secrets, ancient power and covert rebellion. But who take up her place within it and conquer those who seek to destroy her, she must first face her own demons to unlock her power and her potential

Themes
Internalised ableism, found family, yearning, he falls first, prejudice, elemental magic, self acceptance & slow burn romance

The comps

Lush prose and world building - A river enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Blend of fantasy and folklore - Now she is Witch by Kirsty Logan
ND rep and enchanting magic - Emily Wildes encyclopaedia of faeries - Heather Fawcett
Deep connection and yearning - A discovery of witches - Deborah Harkness

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

FFXIV x TENSURA All Mick wants to do is be the ideal partner for his best friend Eleanor on their first outing as adventurers. But when an amulet turns him into a dragon, he's forced into divine destiny—as the gods' adversary. Can he save himself and Eleanor from a divine war? #Bluepit #📖 #F #YA #W

Moodboard of four images, all of which comes from various paintings by Alphonse Mucha:
Left: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer.
Middle top: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand.
Middle bottom: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies.
Right: Poster for the 6th Sokol Festival. A woman in red, wearing a crown, sits as she clutches flower rings in her right hand and up her right arm. A ghostly, green image of a woman glares behind her.

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WOLF WORM x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN THE TREES HAVE TEETH - An Appalachian Folkhorror "Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her." 🌲 Nature and rot 💀 Death as an entity 🍄 Botanical Horror ⛰️ Set in the mountains 🐇 Eerie folklore 🍂 Isolated setting #BluePit #📖 #A #H #W #DIS #OWN #ND

PITCH

Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her. She’s nineteen the second time. And Olive knows Death always comes in threes.

In the heart of the Appalachian mountains, something wicked lingers in the woods. Olive grew up running barefoot through the trees without fear of what might be lurking. But when the woods begin to devour anything that encroaches with ruthless hunger, and a mysterious man who claims to know both the cause and the cure appears at Olive’s door, she may have to face Death for the third (and final) time. If she doesn’t, the town and the boy she loves will be eaten whole.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

COMPS
Wolf Worm, Don't Let the Forest In, Hazelthorn, Morsel, Hollow

Botanical Horror, Appalachian Mountain Setting, Nature & Rot, Isolated Setting, Eerie Folklore

moodboard featuring mountains, eerie woods, and trees

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #BluePit #📖 #W #A #F #LGBT

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🎃🕸J.M. Weaver 🕷👻 @jmweaverauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit Savage as You - a 130k Portal Fantasy extravaganza. 🏳️‍⚧️ Transfem protagonist 🪄 Magic meets our world ⌛ Race against time 👻 Horror elements 👹 Befriending monsters ❤️ Love triangle 🐍 Eels 🧭 Setting off into the unknown #📖 #P (Well, out September 1st) #NA #F #LGBT #TR

Backdrop: illustration of a lavender field with a manor on the horizon, mushrooms as tall as the manor, and a Saturn-like planet in the sky.

Text: Savage as You

(Even the most beautiful dreams can be warped into nightmares)

Comps: Spirited Away, American McGee's Alice, The Neverending Story, The Dark Tower, Weaveworld.

Pitch: Hailey yearns for nothing more than to be a normal girl. Yet something out there knows about her, sending a gateway and letter telling her the world inside might be frightening.... but she's to be its Queen.

Excerpt: I watched the water pour forth as the cracks in the sky spread, wondering how much time we really had left. What did it even mean, that the sky started to crack?

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit 🌷Flower Fairy WIP 🧚 🪻 MM Fantasy Romance 🪻 Fairy x Gardener 🪻 Sweet Garden Setting 🪻 Healing and Growing 🪻 Grumpy Fairy 🪻 Patient Gardner 🪻 Love in Many Forms 🪻HEA #📖 #A #F #R #W #LGBT

Over a background of chicory flowers: FLOWER FAIRY WIP - Cozy Fantasy Romance
SNIPPET: The human let out a long, low whistle, surveying the garden. Chicory felt a swell of pride for a moment. Yes, human, look upon his garden and see the beauty! See the wonder! Look at all the hard work Chicory put in! All the plants, bugs, and animals are so well cared for! The garden is a wonder! A masterpiece! A—
“What a mess!” The human laughed, running a gloved hand through his hair. “They weren’t kidding about it being a fixer-upper. Oh well, I wanted a project. The gods provide.”
Chicory was stunned for a moment, too shocked to do anything but watch as the human turned back towards the cottage. Then anger boiled through him, burning him up like he had been laying in the sun at the height of summer.
How dare he? How dare this interloper… this stranger… this… this… this human come to Chicory’s garden and insult it like that? The garden was not a mess! It was not as neat as some gardens, granted, but Chicory had been taking very good care of it. He was proud of this garden.
TROPES: 🪻 MM Fantasy Romance
🪻 Fairy x Gardener
🪻 Sweet Garden Setting
🪻 Healing and Growing
🪻 Grumpy Fairy
🪻 Patient Gardner
🪻 Love in Many Forms
🪻HEA
BLURB: Chicory the Flower Fairy has lived in the garden all on his own for years. And his garden is perfectly fine, thank you very much! It may be a little overgrown, but it’s his home. His solitary existence is disrupted by the arrival of Silas Glenn, a human farmer who wants to “fix” Chicory’s garden. Chicory will have to learn to get along with Silas for the sake of the garden, and perhaps for the sake of his own heart.
A picture of gardening tools

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