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Jhong 🌟 @jhongjpg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Hypothetically Speaking is a queer coming-of-age story set in rural Philippines in 1999. Two boys try live their life to fullest under the theory the world end in the new yea. Unexpected romance blossoms amid confusing discoveries about identity, love, and growing up. #SEAsianPit #YA #R

Illustration of a boy waiting to receive Communion while a church choir guitarist looks in his direction in the background.

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Mote Thone Lay @motethonelay.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

In honor of #SEAsianPit, here’s my pitch for CITY OF THE SOLD, a cyberpunk novel with a romantic subplot. 📣Voicey 🧬 Grounded sci-fi 😱 Cannibalism 🍲 Unintroduced cuisines 🎯 Professional futuristic darts player FMC 🎲 Two MMCs 🗺️ Set outside the US and the UK #NA #SF #Q

Over a large pinkish-purple illustrated camera lens against a deep purple background are aquamarine, pink-outlined phrases: “An agent’s guide to”, “City of the Sold” (in which “o” is a tiny dartboard), “by Mote Thone Lay”, and “Cyberpunk, grounded sci-fi, & romantic subplot”. An illustrated beautiful hand with pink nails touches “ld” of the word “Sold”.

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Large texts (aquamarine, pink-outlines): The Pitch, 119k-word
Paragraph (pale purple): Nineteen-year-old November is the celebrated killer, known as the Cyborg Butcher, of a commercial death game show, number one in the ranking, in Year 2402. When Kalayar, a professional darts player from an oppressed social class, is bullied at her school by her rival, the corrupt deputy mayor’s son, the killer sweeps in as a white knight in shining armor, carrying her to the hospital, hiding his identity. After being kidnapped by her relentless bully the same day, she meets Karl, her kind, impoverished ex-boyfriend, who is revealed to be the heir to the corporation that arranges the show and owns a private city and a military, and is November’s one and only friend.

Numbered phrases against a white box at the bottom:
1. Cyberpunk, grounded sci-fi
2. Professional darts
3. Cannibalism
4. Found family
5. Voicey
6. Triple POVs (Three fleshed-out, interconnected plots)
7. Forbidden romance
8. Developed romantic subplot
9. Southeast Asian representations
10. Myanmar & Asian cuisines
11. LGBTQ+ representation

Background: Deep purple
Large texts (aquamarine, pink outlines): The comps
Slightly big texts (pale purple which applies to other texts): Also for fans of Jennifer J. Chow
Image 1: Book cover of Chloe Gong’s Coldwire (Primary colors: Neon pink against neon aquamarine darker hues)
Bottom texts: Theme
Image 2: Book Cover of V. E. Schwab’s Vicious (Black shadows against red and white)
Bottom texts: Character complexity, inner demons (Primary colors: Red, dark green, & pale green)
Image 3: Book cover of Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies
Bottom texts: Forbidden love

Background: Deep purple
Large texts (aquamarine, pink outlines): The snippet
Paragraph (pale purple): She was near the door she had entered, since she didn’t want to walk further inside, but this man just had to make her life more miserable than it already was. As she had said, she was not that brave, but not everything was about bravery. Some things were about losing brain cells and a tooth.
“Look, I know you’re high. I am very sorry about that. So, go stand somewhere else? Kind of like…I mean…I mean… fuck off?”
It might be her imagination, but he stepped closer by about two centimeters. Okay, he was a sicko, and she was bawling before she realized what she was doing. Life was hard. So damn hard! Mom dead. Poverty stunk. Got bullied. Won darts matches—that was not exactly…anyway, got bullied! Took ground-bus. She still encountered a madman.

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Ally 🍀 @allyuwrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

If Azula was a hero & got therapy (OCD rep) After becoming a hero, Anlith’s villainess mother still nags her, the very mother she & her party defeated. As her friends move on, she lives anxious of her mother's echo in her mind. Can she put her mother to rest with their help? #SEAsianPit #F #Novella

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allison e. crisostomo @aecwrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE x CAN’T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA with superheroes THIS REALITY AND THE NEXT features superhero partners to lovers, a Disney-esque True Love’s Kiss, a hockey romance, a mirror universe, and much more. #SEAsianPit #Q #F #SFF #R

THIS REALITY AND THE NEXT

adult cozy fantasy
84,000 words

The Pitch: Longtime superheroes Aura-Man and The Diplomat are ready to retire. Together. But when revealing their new relationship to the media incites public panic and the collapse of all realities, they’re thrust into one last mission: save the multiverse from a collapse of their own making.

Comp titles: Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea (early retirement, live-in partnership); Somewhere Beyond the Sea (public expectations, defying stereotypes); Marvel Cinematic Universe (Tony/Steve dynamic, multiverse adventure); and Good Omens (partners through time, us against the world mentality)

The excerpt: Time trickled like molasses. Andres paced the hospital floor, just outside the operating room where they wouldn’t let him follow. His rage had nowhere to go but through his feet. He wished he had something or someone else to punch.
It was so, so stupid. A pack of armed men? That was who took down Aura-Man? The great Lyric Grae, who had wiped out armies of reanimated corpses, who had taken down alien snakes and stopped the planet from getting knocked off its axis. He’d survived deep space, the depths of the ocean, and seventy days alone in the desert. Lyric Grae had endured so much in his life of service to the world; he did not deserve to go down like this.

Andres blamed himself.

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Ossei Odontidae @filitadraws.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

When the human of a vampire-hating werewolf family turns into a vampire, he must hide his new fangs from his nosy sister all while suppressing his hunger for blood and deflecting the suspicion of his sister’s (very hot) 🐺 bodyguard. That and to avoid a 🧛 vs 🐺 war #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q 🌈 filo mc

moodboard composed of 10 images (left to right) silhouette of a hand with claws, outside restaurant during the evening, vampire red eyes, wolf necklace, random alleyway in Puglia, silhouette of two men staring at each other longingly, golden eyes, a bucket of garlic and herbs, Fangs Out in Italy with a red background. Silhouette of bats going across the moodboard

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Louise Koren @loukoren.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In case you missed it, I'm offering ONE MORE CONLANG CONSULT for one lucky Kickstarter backer! These have sold out twice already, and with less than two days left of the campaign, who will grab the final one? 👀 I love linguistics, I love worldbuilding, I love conlangs, come talk to me about yours!

Kickstarter reward for Consult: Build a Fantasy Language, at $150 CAD. Description reads: Chat with linguist and Tales & Feathers managing editor Louise Koren about your conlang! Work to build a new language, or workshop an existinf obe.
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Lily Rong @lilyrongwrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Eldest daughter Ning joins the foreign mage guild ruling her kingdom to secure a future for her family. But when loyalty to the guild means sacrificing her people’s freedom, she must choose who to betray. 🌊 Elemental magic 🩷 Slow burn 🏠 Found family 🐉 Dragon shifters #SEAsianPit #YA #F #SFF

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Ossei Odontidae @filitadraws.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

THE ANGELS’ SUCCUBUS 🌈sapphic polyam Two angels are sent to investigate demonic activities, enlisting a succubus cam worker to help them navigate the digital world; but the veil keeping Hell locked away thins and soon they’ll be fighting more than just their growing feelings #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q

moodboard composed of 9 images (left to right) image of an elevator signaling they are going to hell, silhouette of a woman under read light, blurry black and white photo of an angel, coffee in red, two women gazing into each other's eyes, a LED sign that says HELL, three hands linked by their pinkies, dark room illuminated by a red LED sign that says tattoo, a white feather floating in water.

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Suzy A. Win @suzyawin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

SHREK X THE PRINCESS BRIDE X Fractured retelling of THE LITTLE MERMAID A thieving mermaid must kiss a prince to avoid becoming seafoam, and evade the suspicions of his sea-folk-hunting cousin as she unravels a long-lost connection between her ancestors and the lands. #SEAsianPit #Q #YA #F #SFF

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T.N. Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

💫 NEWLY UPDATED AGENT’S GUIDE ALERT ⚠️ Join my MC as he navigates: 🗺 being a (Viet-Chinese) perpetual foreigner in his own land 💔 first love’s trials 🎭 ruthless societal expectations 🧮 calculative loved ones 🕯️ the end of idealism #SEAsianPit #AgentsGuide #Q #A #Spec #F #LF

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mymaiy.bsky.social @mymaiy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

FABLED FISHBONES, a modern retelling of Thai folklore set in the 1990s. 🍲Reclaiming the magic in old tales and bittermelon curry 🤍Grieving a grandparent 🇹🇭Critiqueing Western saviorism 🌔Complex female friendships BLACKCAKE x REMARKABLYBRIGHTCREATURES x BIGFISH #SEAsianPit #A #MR #Fabulist

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 30/05/2026

PSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT X SORRY TO BOTHER YOU When a down-on-his-luck archivist takes a job from a shady tech company to save his robot friend, he uncovers a darker plot involving stolen memories while falling for a handsome anarchist with a grudge against his employer. #SEAsianPit #Q #SF #SFF #R

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Snaggleteeth: A Novel
Adult Science Fiction / 96,000 words
In an isolated tech company town, a lonely audiovisual archivist seeks the help of an illegal repair shopkeep to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend and unravel a mystery involving stolen memories while confronting his own grief about the past.

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It's got:
- A BIPOC cast
- A scrappy queer, neurodivergent, and disabled main character
- A prickly robot familiar
- Body positive romance between older queer characters
- Queerplatonic friendship and community-building
- Southeast Asian folklore
- Anti-capitalism
- Cassette futurism vibes

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Comps:
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Luminous (Silvia Park)
Hammajang Luck (Makana Yakamoto)
Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki)

Vibes:
Severance (Apple TV)
Maniac (Netflix)
Poker Face (Peacock)
Robot Dreams (Sara Varon)

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Mood Board

Images on mood board are various colourful/neon cassette futurism aesthetic stills from the shows Maniac, Severance, and Beef Season 1.

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sammytongs.bsky.social @sammytongs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Caraval meets Sparta In a brutal magic rite where hesitation means death, the nearly magic-less Mara Tedros makes a forbidden pact with a revenant, trading her humanity for the power to survive The Honory. #SEAsianPit #Q #F #A

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Kayleigh Fan 💖 is Querying @kayleighfan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

MATCHA DO ABOUT NOTHING 💘Loose Shakespeare inspiration 🍵Family-owned matcha shop 🇸🇬Mixed Asian American rep 📚Academic rivals to…? 🌉Bay Area setting 🫂Family drama #SEAsianPit #Q #YA #RomCom

The book title "Matcha Do About Nothing" in bold letters above a collage that consists of two Asian American high-schoolers, a shot of San Francisco Chinatown, and a close-up photo of vibrant green matcha.

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Jia 佳 is Querying @jiawrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

DAUGHTER OF THE🌙 GODDESS x THE SUN & THE STARMAKER A dutiful immortal who cannot feel falls for a mortal musician who cannot afford to. He holds the key to her breakthrough. Now she must decide: Is her perfection worth the cost of his soul? 🎵✨🗡️🩵❄️ #SEAsianPit #A #F #Q #Retelling #xianxia

Moodboard for A Sliver of Frost, an adult Chinese myth-inspired fantasy. Ethereal ink-wash mountains, mist, cranes, winter plum blossoms, a burning calligraphy scroll, a guqin, bamboo flute, and a sword in blood splattered snow surround the title. Two hands reach for one another through mist and silk, suggesting a star-crossed immortal-mortal romance. Themes include magic and music, sentient swords, Chinese mythology, and C-drama-inspired longing and destiny.

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Folks, have you checked out the rewards available on this Kickstarter? 👀👀 We've got back issues of T&F AND Augur, discounted subscriptions, editing services... And these incredibly cool Zoom Consultations where YOU can talk to our experts on linguistics and archaeology! Grab 'em while you can! 😍

Consult: Build a Fantasy Language. CA $150.

Chat with linguist and Tales & Feathers managing editor, Louise Koren, about your Conlang! Work to build a new language, or workshop an existing one.

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Consult: Dig into SFF Archaeology. CA $150

Chat with bioarchaeologist and Tales & Feathers editor Helena Ramsaroop for 1 hour about how to authentically incorporate archaeology into your fictional world. This could include learning about the different subfields of archaeology and excavation methods, or it could be tailored to your specific research interests.

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