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K.Rawson

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(The writer formerly known as Karen **HITLIST** Cherry) Nerd. Writer. Character-driving builder of worlds, breaker of things. This isn’t my first rodeo. Twenty years in tech hasn't killed me yet. *I am not the Ashley Madison hacker. FFS, NO BITCOIN

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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Woo hoo, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival workshops are out! iowasummerwritingfestival.uiowa.edu/schedule/sum...
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I couldn't agree more.
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Seems like the very people who claim they are for freedom are the same ones trying to ban books so my kids can't read them.
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Knoxville residents concerned for the education of Knox County School students after recent book banning
In 2022, the Age Appropriate Materials Act was passed in Tennessee, requiring public school libraries to publish and review their collections to ensure they are age-appropriate.
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A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
BRIDGERTON X HANDMAID’S TALE Welcome to Rhoada, where you court for a season, then buy your first wife at auction. FOOL’S GOLD is querying soon. ✉️ Blackmail ⛪️ Theocracy 🔄 Reverse Harem 🔪 Revenge ❤️ 🔥 And a love willing to bring the world to its knees #cupit #a #dtr #fbw
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
MR ROBOT x THE GREAT HACK—But if Lisbeth Salander had someone to save, and everything to lose. At 16, Quinn wrote a virus for revenge. At 26, she built a propaganda engine that radicalized a nation. Now the FBI wants her to undo it. She can change minds—but can she change the right ones in time?
collage of dark gritty images: a run-down neighborhood, a snippet of code, a man in an ICU bed, an FBI badge, a woman in a hoodie, her face lit by a computer screen, a crumpled ballot, a computer screen, a woman's hand poised over a brain, a woman walking alone on a dark city street.
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Me, waiting for the ISWF to announce their summer workshops #writingcommunity #ISWF
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a dog is laying on a chair in a living room .
Alt: Girl on her belly on an office chair spinning aimlessly in circles.
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ellydurston.bsky.social @ellydurston.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES X ABBY JIMENEZ Sparks fly when single mom Annie and Will, a washed-up child ⭐, begin teaching at the same K-8. But widowed Annie has sworn off 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 and Will 🏃‍♂️ at the first sign of ❤️. They must stage a musical together: will it be a happy ending or 💔? #questpit #R #W
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Kristin Kozlowski @kristinkoz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#questpit #A #NF #Q I’LL JUST BE 5 MORE MIN x LOOK ALIVE OUT THERE From pondering a psychiatrist’s ability to diagnose me via social media posts to giving my dad a heart attack by listing the number of jobs I’ve held in a year, join me on my ADHD journey in a series of humorous essays.
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Kristin Kozlowski @kristinkoz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I’LL JUST BE 5 MORE MIN x LOOK ALIVE OUT THERE From my inability to empty the mailbox everyday to enduring a constant internal monologue resembling a caged beast who is hyper-critical and always hungry, I chronicle my life as a wife, mother and business owner with ADHD. #questpit #A #NF #Q
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✨ Hylia ✨ @priestesshylia.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The Good Shade Hotel features… 🩸 Queer MCs 🔪 Two POVs 🩸 Morally grey support characters 🔪 Wannabe hero 🩸 Tragic backstories 🔪 Between worlds 🩸 Psychological manipulation 🔪 Identity crisis 🩸 Horrors 🔪 Monsters & madness 🩸 Hidden overseer 🔪 Costly favors #QuestPit #A #W #H #DF
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Taylor Coffman @taycoffman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Look, Ellie's been busy, ok? Ever since the accident that gave her+her bro mysterious powers, she's been balancing the hunt for her dad's killer, a new double-life of lies and complicated morality, & her growing attraction to Shadow, the demon-masked vigilante killing the rich #questpit #Q #A #SF #R
A notebook filled with text. 
Ellie's to-do list:
Find Dad's true killer
Lunch with Theo
Visitation hours with mom
Repress trauma (underlined)
Mind control a corrupt CEO
Wait for eyes to stop glowing
Contemplate morality (half crossed out)
Get cat out of garbage disposal
Training with Shadow, stop staring at his arms
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Marc Edmond Best, Indie Author. @dapperdinobot.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
ALEXANDRE DUMAS x GUNDAM He needs a job. She needs an engineer. The kingdom needs a hero. A swordswinging countess recruits a disgraced alchemist to help her salvage an ancient war machine and reclaim her birthright in THE CATAPHRACT OATH, a swashbuckling clockpunk mecha adventure. #QuestPit #Q
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Fiona G Otsu @otsu-books.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Don't anger the forest. And yet Vivi does just that when her little sister is taken. Facing ancient monsters and uncovering the terrifying truth that lies at the heart of it all, Vivi discovers just how powerful her rage can be. OVER THE GARDEN WALL X GALLANT #P2Ppit #A #UW #F #H
a collage of images. The words read: 'Tread softly t'ward the apple tree'. The images are: rotting apples, a girl in a white dress entering a lake. A tree in a misty forest. A girl's bare, dirty feet. A cluster of mushrooms. Two sisters in the woods. A drawing of a drowning girl
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Dani Terk @dterkwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🏈 x Swifties 12yo Paige can breakdown when to run the draw play or go for it on 4th down. Easy peasy. The rules of football make sense. But when her Commentary Clubmates call "penalty" for being a football-loving girl, she'll learn that unfair rules are meant to be tackled. #questpit #Q #MG
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Fiona G Otsu @otsu-books.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Do you bow to tradition or burn it all down? Don't anger the forest. And yet Vivi does just that when her little sister is taken. Facing ancient monsters and uncovering the terrifying truth that lies at the heart of it all, Vivi discovers just how powerful her rage can be. #QuestPit #YA #Q #DF
A collage of images. One woman with her skin cracking and light shining through. A ghostly girl with her back to you. A girl sinking through water. A mossy lake. snowdrops. A girl in a misty forest. Mushrooms
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A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
HANDMAID’S TALE X THE BACHELOR Forced into a seasonal bride auction against her will, Dahlia must court the nation’s most wealthy and infamous bachelors. Not so bad… if they weren’t also members of a sinister cult. 🎭 Mistaken identity 🔥 Coming of rage 🔄 Reverse Harem #A #W #Dys #F #questpit
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PJ McIlvaine @pjmacwriter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
There are 3 sides to every story. His. Hers. The truth. The "official" version is that sex siren Monroe "accidentally" killed herself. Only a few--like Pops--knew what happened. Now it's up to Parker, his son/disgraced PI, to pick up the trail. It just may cost him his life. #QuestPit #W #T
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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Please consider: JESIPEDIA THE KID DETECTIVE - 23K #MG Encyclopedia Brown Reimagined 1of4 Series THE HOLLOW - 98K #H #HF SNOW FALLS IN APRIL - 73K #A #LF RUNNING UNTIL TOMORROW IS GONE - 61K #AA #SF 2of2 Series HOW TO STEAL FROM THE PRESIDENT WHILE SAVING A FOSTER HOME - #W #QuestPit #Q #UW
Portfolio image for writer J.W. Gant
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A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
THE SELECTION X HANDMAID’S TALE All Dahlia wants is a choice. Too bad she lost the option when she joined a cult that sells its women to the highest bidder. ✉️ Blackmail 👰‍♀️ Bride auction 🎭 Courting Season ⛪️ Theocracy 🚫 Inequality 🔥 Burn it all down Welcome to Rhoada. #W #Dys #F #questpit #A
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Ellieviz @ellieviz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Jess thought witnessing murder would be the worst part of her year-but she has no idea yet that her new boyfriend is the vampire responsible. "Dead & Lonely Hearts" leans into the romance and horror that have made Bram Stoker's Dracula a timeless classic. #QuestPit #WIP #R #A #UR #DR #RT #POC
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Timoria McQueen Saba, Candidate for Georgia House District 68 @timoriamcqueen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
After near-fatal childbirth and miscarriage, Timoria exposes systemic failures in maternal health in the U.S. Transitioning from celebrity makeup artist to advocate, she pays the price for amplifying silenced voices, demanding equity and reform. A powerful call for change. #QuestPit #Q #W #NF #M
THE WILL TO CARE* by Timoria McQueen is a raw, inspiring memoir of survival and advocacy. After near-fatal childbirth and miscarriage, she exposes systemic maternal health failures, especially for Black and rural women. Transitioning from celebrity makeup artist to fierce advocate, McQueen pays the price for amplifying  silenced voices, demanding equity and reform. A powerful call for change.
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
*Freeze frame, record scratch* Hi, I’m Rory. Satan to my minions. You're probably wondering why I'm sneaking into Heaven with my darling's evil twin and The Grim Reaper- simple, we're trying to get my girl back. Because she belongs in Hell with me. #questpit #RF #rc #cozy #q
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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must 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. #QuestPit #A #H #MY #W
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.
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LiterallyLaurie @literallylaurie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
ONLY A MONSTER X GRIMM I, Allison, am a tulpa. And let me tell you...it sucks. I turn into other people's nightmares. I accidentally killed the football quarterback. And now some dark group is after me. Why can't I just be normal? Anyone? #QuestPit #F #YA #Q
The characters in Mea Tulpa along with their descriptions. Created using Canva and Adobe Stock
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
She can hack the USDA. From her phone. While driving. She can build an algorithm that radicalizes a nation. But the one thing Quinn can't crack? Redemption. The FBI offers a chance to fix what she broke—but can she change the right minds before it’s too late? THE PERSUADABLES #Questpit #W #A #T
dark moody tech collage with a woman hacker, dilapidated houses, and a man in the ICU
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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Please consider: JESIPEDIA THE KID DETECTIVE - 23K #MG Encyclopedia Brown Reimagined 1of4 Series THE HOLLOW - 98K #H #HF SNOW FALLS IN APRIL - 73K #A #LF RUNNING UNTIL TOMORROW IS GONE - 65K #AA #SF 2of2 Series HOW TO STEAL FROM THE PRESIDENT WHILE SAVING A FOSTER HOME - #W #2025Pit #Q #UW
Summary images of manuscripts by J.W. Gant including: The Hollow (horror), Snow Falls in April (Upmarket Contemporary), Running Until Tomorrow is Gone (Action, Hardboiled, Crime, Sci-Fi), Jesipedia The Kid Detective series 1 of 4 (Middle Grade), and a WIP titled How to Steal from the President While Saving a Foster Home. 

J.W. Gant / Humble Teller of Stories
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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Some days, life hands a man more than he can handle, and when the snow falls, he must find a way through it to stay a father to his daughter. A Love Letter to America #QuestPit #Q #A Upmarket #LF A study of overwhelming circumstances when motivated conflict is piled on top and love must overcome.
mockup novel cover for the J.W. Gant work, Snow Falls in April
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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette
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Christina Adrian @christiemadrian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The List That Changed My Life x Emily Henry After a scandal goes viral, Gabby escapes to her hometown for solace & anonymity. But when a dare leads her into the arms of the town’s reformed bad boy, she must choose: rebuild her reputation or risk it all for love. #Q #Questpit #R #A
Mood board of a man and woman falling in love
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C. Warde Lee @librarianofthunder.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A centaur cheats at jousting, until the fake horse head goes KERPLOP! 🌈Mythology X SPOP 🗡️Betrayed by the man he loves 🗡️Betrayed by his father 🐈‍⬛Cat Si from Irish folklore 🐐Snarky/greedy satyr 🐎Badass centaur 🧚‍♀️Tricky pixies can't lie ☀️Gods from many pantheons #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #writing
The Title Page of the Agents Guide. The title of the book is THE STOLEN IDOL by Christopher Lee. It is a 86K word YA Fantasy. An image drawn and colored digitally by the author is in the center of the page. The image shows a broken opal colored disk in front of the Cat Si's golden eye.The Pitch: 
Winning a jousting tournament should be easy for a centaur, and it is, until the false horse head falls off Fotini’s shoddy disguise. She quickly steals the tournament prize, a golden idol, and gallops toward the forest ripping off her heavy jousting armor to outrun the tournament guards. When she arrives home to fulfill her contract, she discovers she accidentally ditched the idol with her disguise. Along with two fellow thieves, she retraces her steps praying the idol is still there. Hopefully it wasn’t cracked, or worse, found by a disgusting human.
Seventeen-year-old Jaimie Whitfield is accused of being a fae changeling, a creature who kidnaps children and assumes their form. If he does not escape, he will be executed for impersonating himself. His father will then invade the fae kingdom to rescue a son who hasn’t actually been kidnapped, all because he saw Jaimie kiss another young man and would rather believe his son has been kidnapped than accept his sexuality. As he awaits his demise, Jaimie turns to the broken idol he found by the roadside with a quiet prayer. He doesn’t expect an answer, but is shocked when a mysterious black cat slips through his high tower window.
Jaimie joins the shapeshifting cat known as the Cat Sí and the not fully human trio of thieves who dropped the idol to begin with. These outcasts race to warn the fae of the coming invasion. Along the way, Jaimie and his new friends learn long-forgotten secrets of how the Irish fae, the Cat Sí, and the Celtic gods are involved in an ancient feud with pantheons across the sea.Tropes and Themes:

Found Family
Generational Trauma
Unrequited Love
Betrayal
Acceptance
LGBTQIA+ Representation
Celtic Mythology
Greek Mythology
Norse Mythology
Egyptian Mythology
Heroes Journey
Small Trickster Fae
Magical Girl TransformationFor Fans of:

Daughter of Sparta series by Claire M. Andrews
New take on several ancient myths
Mentions of gods from other lands
Ancient setting

Lore by Alexandra Bracken
Original story with mythical characters
Intense fight scenes

She-Ra (Netflix)
Lighthearted
LGBTQIA+ representation
Found family
Scary cat lady
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John W Treviño @johnwtrevino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🏀 Catalina Corazón 🏀 Hates: Quinn Likes: Sofie Loves: Basketball, Xanax, & Quinn 💕 Quinn Carter 💕 Hates: Herself Loves: Music & Catalina Murdered: ??? 🔥 FIX YOU 🔥 The story of a totally healthy Catholic high school romance. #questpit #YA #Q
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
MR. ROBOT meets THE GREAT HACK At 16, Quinn wrote a virus for revenge. At 26, she built a propaganda engine that radicalized a nation. Now the FBI wants her to undo the damage. She knows how to change minds—but can she change the right ones before it’s too late? THE PERSUADABLES #Questpit #W #A #T
dark gritty collage featuring a woman in a hoodie, a man in the ICU and tech images
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Jenny Lane @authorjennylane.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Things Addison doesn't want: To come home for the holidays That cute girl who kissed her last night Her brother up in her business To feel things Old injuries (and emotions) to resurface ...welp. Addison is going to hate all of this. #questpit #A #R #Sapphic #AG
Nine images of two women NOT FALLING FOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE. In the snow. at new years. where it is romantic.
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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A Greek God Got Me Pregnant is PERCY JACKSON x TWLIGHT but for adults because immortals dating teens is actually kind of weird when you think about it… Think Sally Jackson’s story but with Apollo and a happy ending 🥰 #questpit #W #A #R #PR #RF
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elizabeth *is agented* @erichardsonbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Everyone loves rock band Harbors of Echoes--except music writer Rhiannon. When she ends up covering their sold-out tour, she has to learn to work with bad boy frontman, Toby. He wants to rehab his image. She wants to be taken seriously as a writer. Neither expect to fall in love. #questpit #OS #r
A collage-type moodboard that features a lead singer with shaggy hair and a woman in a leather jacket who is using a phone to cover her face. There are pictures of Fleetwood Mac's RHIANNON, a VIP pass, a guitar with a cigarette on it, and a picture of paparazzi with flashing lights.
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Dyamond_Writer @authorinspirations.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#QuestPit #WIP #A #H JEEPERS CREEPERS X SEE NO EVIL X THE MIST Luna Wheeler suffers from Enchlophobia; her identical twin sister, Mona suffers from Monophobia. Their therapist suggests spending time at the county fair, little does either of them know - a night of fun turns into a night of survival
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Jenee Dutary @jeneedutary.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Aideen's life has been plagued with death. Now, her best friend has been taken by monsters she didn't know existed. Armed with a psychopathic blood-drinker, a neurotic shifter, and the human boy in love with her, she's ready to become the hunter to save Emily. #QuestPit #F #Q
Fire and blood 79k fantasy The pitch: when her best friend is taken, Aideen must come to terms with her monstrous lineage and fight against the factions trying to control her powers to save Emily’s life. Except, she didn’t know monsters existed, her supposed powers are sealed away, and the only help she has comes from a psychopathic blood-drinker and neurotic shifter. 
Comps: city of bones, a good girl’s guide to murder, the cruel prince, darkfeverTropes and themes: loyalty; betrayal; touch them and die, slow burn friends to lovers, found family, bad ass fight scenes, metal wolves, vampires, only one bedExcerpt: heart burns just beneath my skin, pinned and begging to be freed. I can see it in my mind, the chain holding my power back. Monster. I want it. I want to show him a monster. 
I reach for that heat; that flare of power, and it rises to meet me. I pull it to my surface, higher and higher, burning a path as it grows. The chain strains, buckling. “Yes.” I snarl. “Monsters like me.”
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Brandon Love @blovewrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT
Dystopian, manipulation, hidden knowledge, The Alpha Project
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fabs is editing/drafting + brainstorming 🫣✨ @simplyfabs.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
#youdeservepit #DRAFTING #EDITING #WIP #R #DR #SOUTHASIANFMC #LATINOMMC VICIOUS PRINCE X RECKLESS X GOD OF FURY X KING OF SLOTH Every villain needed his muse.
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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A dying estate. A bankrupt legacy. A suitor offering salvation or a love that could destroy her. A mother’s death shrouded in mystery. A father she can’t trust. A blood curse feeding the manor’s hunger. Lottie Bradbury must face it all. Starling House X The Hacienda #Questpit #A #Q #H #HM
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K.Rawson @krawson-author.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
At 16, Quinn wrote a computer virus to get revenge on cyberbullies. At 26, she built a propaganda engine that radicalized a nation. Now the FBI wants her to undo the damage. She knows how to change minds-but can she change the right minds-before it's too late? THE PERSUADABLES #Questpit #W #A #T
a cyberpunk collage featuring a woman in a hoodie, and FBI badge, and a man in the ICU
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