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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Just finished the first draft of my new WIP 🎉🎉🎉

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Barely on here but enjoying a really productive writing month and hoping it lasts ✨

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Natalie is ✨ writing a new thing✨ @natalielouise83.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

THE SIRENS X THE BOOK OF WITCHING ✨ Editor interest ✨ 🌊 Feminine rage 🌊 Twisty plot 🌊 Atmospheric setting 🌊 Orcadian folklore 🌊 Multi POV 🌊 Chronic illness rep (own voices) #PosterPit #A #HF #Q

Text: THE BALLAD OF AGNES DAY (Querying now): When a storm wrecks his island’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous finfolk, a grieving musician must find out the truth about who she is before more of his people die. Longlisted for WriteMentor Award 2025, Top 5% Bridport Prize 2025, Top 100 Bath Novel Award 2024. Image: A young woman with long dark hair and a 1900s dress stands in front of a lighthouse on a cliff path. There is a blood spatter in the corner of the poster.

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

BABEL X THE WILL OF THE MANY The God of Knowledge is dying, and all knowledge is withering alongside him. 📚 Dark Academia 📚 Found Family 📚 Twisty Plot 📚 Eerie 📚 Sacred Artefacts 📚 Gods & Curses #PosterPit #Q #A #F

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

These two books are incredible! Natalie’s voice will hook you from the start until you’re unable to put her stories down ❤️

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The death of the God of Knowledge comes on silently, a whisper of old parchments crumbling to dust in the ever-so quiet Library of Yashay. 📚 Dark Academia 📚 Found Family 📚 Twisty Plot 📚 Eerie 📚 Sacred Artefacts 📚 Gods & Curses #questpit #Q #A #F

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Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

If your best friend fell down a sinkhole, would you go after her? Gio would. If your lover died, would you do anything to bring them back? Talfein would. Introducing my #agentsguide to FALL DAMAGE, a YA portal #fantasy! #amquerying soon! #WritingCommunity #agentguide #YA #F

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

An #agentsguide to my adult fantasy ✨ The death of the God of Knowledge comes on silently, a whisper of old parchments crumbling to dust in the ever-so quiet Library of Yashay. 📚 Dark Academia 📚 Found Family 📚 Twisty Plot 📚 Eerie 📚 Sacred Artefacts 📚 Gods & Curses ✨ Now querying ✨

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Halfway through the edits of my WIP after receiving beta feedback! Should be able to start querying in August. Can’t wait ✨ #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Beta feedback is rolling in and being so helpful! Hoping to tackle edits in July for this WIP but let’s see 🤞🏻 In the meantime my brainstorming for my next WIP is going great ✨

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

So close to being done with the edits of my new novel and I can’t wait to send it to my betas early next week!! #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The biggest of my edits are now done, and I just need to clean up the writing! And after that, my WIP will finally be off to beta readers ✨

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Natalie is ✨ writing a new thing✨ @natalielouise83.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Twenty-five years ago, men made history. But HER story will change everything… 🌊 Multi-POV 🌊 Feminine rage / ‘Good For Her’ 🌊 Horror elements 🌊 Orcadian folklore 🌊 Atmospheric setting 🌊 Twisty plot 🌊 Editor interest #questpit #Q #A #HF #agentsguide

Text: An agent’s guide to The Ballad of Agnes Day, a 112k upmarket historical novel. Image: Two vintage-style mermaids with their tails entwined and a blood spatter across one corner.

The pitch: When a storms wrecks his islands’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. Moodboard: Evil-looking mermaids, a violin, poisonous mushrooms and passenger steamers on stormy seas, with a moody blue-green hue.

Comps: The Sirens by Emilia Hart, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson as book covers

The snippet: ‘Are you seeing this?’ he cried. ‘Do you see them?’
Dazed, Morton peered around him. All he could see was the black oil spill of the water, its steady surge and release. ‘What do you mean?’ he called back, blood thundering in his ears.
Edward’s eyes grew glossy with tears. Then he began to jerk around like a petrified beast, causing the boat to lurch beneath them. ‘They’re everywhere,’ he said in terror and wonderment. ‘They’re coming for me.’

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The God of Knowledge is dying and knowledge is withering alongside him. Lyara must uncover what happened to him and how to reverse it before all books turn to stone and her chance at finding a cure to her curse disappears with the crumbling of the Library of Yashay. #questpit #W #A #F

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Got to see something really epic tonight 👀

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Over a third into the first round of edits of my new WIP and it’s slowly coming together in a satisfying way! #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I’m 1000 words away from 80k!! Should reach it tomorrow. And then only 3-5k words left to finish the book 😍 #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

You know, as a non-native English speaker, one thing I loved when moving to the UK is how much more relaxed people are with using people’s first names/nicknames in a professional environment. I can go by ‘Laeti’ instead of ‘Laetitia’ here without people being scandalised 😂

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So close to hitting the 70k words on my WIP! ✨ I think I’ll be done with this first draft in a couple of weeks! #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Sorry, dear characters, for throwing all my frustration at you and making you miserable. Your suffering was for the greater good. #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Been having a few really cool writing days in a row and I hope this continues 🤞🏻 #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I may have gained a reputation in the office as the girl obsessed with food 👀 I can live with that lol

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Met with my writing group yesterday morning and it was such a lovely boost to spend the weekend writing! #WritingCommunity

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I got so much love for my #2025pit pitch yesterday from the #WritingCommunity and I wanted to say thank you to everyone! Your comments were so encouraging and much needed ❤️

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Mickey Black @authormickeyblack.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#2025pit When Mountains Crumble is the first book in a duology. Shiloh Dupre is the daughter of a tyrant Lord Sebastian. With the help of her best friend, Aster Maxwell, she will attempt to go against the odds and save her land and her people from Sebastian’s rule. #A #D #R

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Laurie Smith Murphy @lauriemurph.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Stuck between a talented older sister and a rockstar brother who has Down syndrome, 12yo Ivy just wants to be seen. When she elicits help from an antique mannequin and a snarky grandma to show her mom she has talents too, will Ivy remain stuck or finally step into the spotlight? #2025pit #MG #CON

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David T./D.T. Brandt - Settler on Stolen Land @queerpointyears.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

CINDERELLAxCYRANO Gio tried to forget dancing with the princess, but it's hard when you're teaching another man to dance to win her hand. Aubrey, however, only has eyes for Gio, which Gio enjoys, too. But the princess is also trying to find her "prince," & Gio's just a pauper. #2025pit #A #HR #LGBT

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Angie Anderson @angiekanderson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Abandoned as a child, Jenna finds a home, only for her happily ever after to be cut short when a king kidnaps a group of students to ransom for his lost heir. Jenna’s past haunts her future as she navigates secrets, magic, and love. But at what cost? Comp: A River Enchanted #YA #RM #F #2025Pit

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Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author @kristygardner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

TO BE TAUGHT IF FORTUNATE x HITCHIKERS GUIDE Audrey Tully wins a coveted spot on the first all-inclusive to an alien planet. Far from her fractured family, her vacation goes awry; she musy rely on the kindness of strangers and trust herself to find out what home really means. #2025Pit #A #SF #LGBT

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Chris Zombik @chriszombik.com · 27/01/2025

The witch's cursed children grew up apart. The healer, determined to save her forest. The soldier, not satisfied with victory. The giant, who just wants to see his mother again. When they meet, devastation reigns—but their curses might be key to freeing the world. Rothfuss x Le Guin. #2025Pit #A #F

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Ben is a trans man who just wants a dick to call his own. After one foolish prayer he might get his wish, if he can survive the host of forgotten gods looking to make a deal. Eldritch insanity, dino pheromones, and an urge to sing are only the beginning! #F #H #HA #A #2025pit #LGBTQIA #Transauthor

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Ashley Huyge @ashleyhuygewrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

When struggling artist Charlotte discovers she can control minds, she turns her ability on the woman whose tough love tactics are holding her back: her grandmother. But Grandma Philly has her own gifts and a dark secret she's kept for more than forty years. #2025pit #A #SPEC #H

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Laurie Smith Murphy @lauriemurph.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

IDA, ALWAYS Geese mate for life, so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by local wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod Story #2025pit #PB

ARNOLD AND AMELIA: A TRUE STORY OF GEESE IN LOVE

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Sarah IS LOOKING FOR WORK!!! @killianfantasy.blacksky.app · 27/01/2025

#2025pit THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN X 1910s "ISTANBUL" When magicians Kisanna and Avam discover two of their friends were kidnapped, their search leads them right in to the crosshairs of a grand conspiracy. Nobles are vying to become vampires and they'll sacrifice anyone to see it come true. #F #A

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Beth Michaela...querying writer. @bmfwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Covet x ACOWAR Reign confronts her greatest fear when she meets a stranger from a land long severed from hers by a depraved god; manifesting the rare magic that resulted in her mother's death. Can she protect her sister & her heart from an ancient evil eager to consume them? #2025pit #A #RM #F

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fated mates, villain, bloody hands, monster, sister, black dog, handsome MMC, dungeon, black forest, slow burn

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Cameron Dòmhnallach @cdomhnallach.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

BABEL x A RIVER ENCHANTED Lachlan’s mentor, the top diplomat in a nation on the brink of being colonized again, has just been assassinated. Now, Lachlan must take up the mission that got him killed: negotiating on behalf of a shadowy rebel group intent on resisting invasion by force. #2025Pit #A #F

A collage of photos: on the top left a spiral staircase in an old book shop, and on the bottom left a young man with curly hair standing in the wind. In the bottom right there is a black-and-white photo of an elderly man, as well as a parcel of papers flanked by pen and inkwell. In the top right are four smaller photos: a misty Scottish Highland scene, a table full of overlapping maps, a dark desk filled with books illuminated by a desk lamp, and a vertical shot of a beach with birds circling overhead.

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m 🌸 @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

EVERY SUMMER AFTER + HAPPY PLACE Jasper's life in NYC is falling apart. Returning to the Quebec Laurentians for her sister's wedding, she is reunited with her favorite ex, Brett. She broke his heart. She wants him back. He doesn't trust her. Maybe she shouldn't trust him either. #2025Pit #A #CR

Country house interior decorated for Christmas

a group of people around a campfire by the water

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Crimson Peak X Lisa Jewell As the new concierge, Luna's dark past & future collide in a romance with the enigmatic hotelier, but dark secrets, vanishing staff, & a fatal plunge from the penthouse balcony scorch her romance & threaten to unravel her fragile sense of self. #2025PIT #A #LF #R #H #T

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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

GODKILLER x THE JASAD HEIR There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret. #2025Pit #Q #A #F #OWN

A collage photo grid.
Top row: a black & white photo of a winged horse and rider: a blood moon; a tiger staring to camera.
Middle row: A woman's dark mysterious eyes, staring through her cupped hands, with lights shining within them; a black & white photo of a feminine figure stood by the sea in a black hooded coat/cloak. The words "See you in the next life"; a man's symmetrical face, bathed in a vertical line of red light.
Bottom row: a horizon at dusk or dawn, the plateau dark with a raised rock formation, the sunrise or sunset is red to blue to black; hands holding a black mask, with hollow eyes, light shines behind.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x DIONYSUS When talentless lead actress Bea learns the director wants to replace her with an understudy, she holds a Dionysian ritual in the woods. Something answers. Bea transforms. And the show must go on. #H #A #2025pit

Moodboard for Caitlin Duffy's horror novel The Theatre of Cruelty. It is on a tan background. Moving clockwise, there is an image of a moody forest, a photo of a young white woman looking in the mirror, an oil painting of the maenids, a black and white portrait photo of Antonin Artaud, a photo from the stage of a theatre where the red seats are empty and the only thing on the stage is a lit ghost light, a side photo of a sculpture of Dionysus's head, the covers of my three comps: Come Closer, Mauve Fly, and Black Swan, an oil painting of Dionysus overseeing a feast.

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Tana H.📚🦄 @dreamoffire.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🌵☀️ 🐲 After begging his parents for dragon racing lessons, Quill gets his wish. But soon realizes the sport isn’t for him. Convinced “quitters never win,” Quill sticks it out. But is winning even worth it if he doesn’t like what he’s doing? (+Messy sketch ideas!) 400wc SEL #2025Pit #PB #W #H

Lots of tiny drawings trying to figure out a design for a cowboy kid and how he will move. (drawing in the center is done by my friend Abbie)

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Privacy x GarWu @garwuprivacypublications.com · 27/01/2025

'TWAS THE NIGHT OF SANTA'S PRIVACY PROBLEM Santa Claus Myth x The Little Trailblazer With the help of Mrs. Claus, Santa rethinks how he operates. Can he fix his Privacy Problem & stay off the Naughty List to save Christmas? 🎅 Santa Claus Retelling 👩‍🔬STEM lessons in witty rhyme #2025Pit #PB #Kidlit

Mint background. Title at the top reads: "Agent's Guide to 'Twas the Night of Santa's Privacy Problem”. The text reads: “It's almost Christmas and Santa has a problem. A big problem. Apparently, kids (and government regulators) take issue with how he collects, uses, and keeps his Christmas intel. If he can't change his ways, Christmas may not happen all together. Through the wise advice of Mrs. Claus, Santa learns how to build and deliver Christmas without invading the Privacy of kids (and adults) around the world.

This story was inspired by the authors' own concern that telling the story of Santa claus would teach their children to be complacent with surveillance and bad privacy practices. The story uses witty yet informative rhyme to give adults and children alike a new way to talk about Santa Claus.”

Mint background. Title at the top reads: “COMPS for 'Twas the Night of Santa's Privacy Problem”. There is a bulleted list of 3 works.
The Little Trailblazer, by Joan Holub (author) and Daniel Roode (September 5, 2017)
Baby Loves Electrical Engineering on Christmas, By Ruth Spiro (Author) and Irene Chan (Illustrator) (August 24, 2021)
THE Little Cyber Engineer by Amber Devilbiss (Author, Illustrator) (July 17, 2022)
Underneath the list comes the cover images of each of the books.

On the right, the image is of a book with a navy cover. Its title is The Little Cyber Engineer is the title in yellow text. The image is of a little girl in all black looking like a ninja or hacker. She's carrying a sack full of money. The author and illustrator is listed in the bottom right hand corner in white and yellow text.

Mint background. Title at the top reads: “Tropes in 'Twas the Night Before Santa's Privacy Problem”. Then there is a list of 5 tropes.
Sparkle emoji. Retelling of the Santa Claus Myth, Santa head emoji.
female scientist emoji. STEM lessons in witty rhyme
wolf emoji. No real villains
supervillain emoji. Redemption arcs superhero emoji.
open laptop emoji. Digital messages in (mostly) analog format. old style dial telephone emoji.

At the bottom of the slide, are two concept sketches. On the left Mrs Claus stands in front of an easel as if teaching Santa. She has a lightbulb over her head and she points to the easel reading: “Christmas Model” with the bullets “privacy,” “optional opt-out,” “consent,” and “notice.” Next to her, Santa smiles on his computer. In the second sketch, Santa sits at his computer looking stressed. Both he and his computer have marks above them indicating confusion and concern. In both Santa is wearing his traditional red and white costume. He has a blue mug that appears to have steam coming out of it. The confusion marks coming from his head appear in yellow. The desk is a dark brown. The background is a grayish-lavendar.

There is text on the slide that states: “Re-telling and updating of the Santa Claus mythology utilizing core privacy concepts like consent and data minimization” on the bottom right under the outlined person.
Text at the bottom left reads: “Art by Giana Molinari”

This slide is a mood board w/ light green background. There are 3 rows of boxes with either text or images.
1st row, from L to R - 1st box has black text on a white background reading “He spies. He collects data in bulk. He never deletes. Really, he's breaking the law.” The 2nd image is a black image with light blue lines and dots and numbers. 3rd image is the image of an elf doll hanging onto a Christmas tree decorated with tinsel. 4th box Has an image of an opulent library. A little Christmas tree made of books with a blue ribbon on top. The image has text crediting the image to Alea Garbagnati.
2nd row, from L to R - 1st box is an image with a white background. There are two hands with white writing on them saying “Yes” and “No.” 2nd box has an image of Santa Claus set against a white background. He is standing with one finger up & as if he were saying “Ho ho ho.” On the ground is a red velvet that looks full. 3rd box is black text set against a white background reading “Santa is bad at Privacy.” Underneath that text reads: “Unless otherwise noted, concept art created or collected from Canva or other publicly available resources” in small text in the bottom left. The Last box is an image of hands holding a tablet computer . In the screen of the tablet computer is a blue graphic with a lock and the word “PRIVACY.”
In the final row, from L to R - 1st box is a blurred street video photo. In the foreground of the photo is a giant eyeball. The eye is looking at a series of binary code (1s and 0s) and the code is reflected in the eye. 2nd box is black text set against a white background. The text reads “Can Santa change his ways and embrace privacy-by-design?” In the third image set against a red background are two red elf dolls playing with a red box with numbers 1 to 24 (and Advent calendar box). There are green decorative trees with light snow dusting next to the box. In the final box is an image of a woman and boy set against a white background.

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A.B. Bookster @abbookster.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Stolen Respite Hanza’s crew wants to make their riches finding rare crystals, or proving the existence of a mythical sea monster, Hanza wants to know how he can avoid talking to his soul mate on a ship. Only until he knows if it’s real or not, or maybe longer... Found Family #YA #F #LGBT #2025Pit

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Dana Nuens 👻 🎃 @dananuens.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

HOT DOG GIRL in Stars Hollow 🎃 a bi girl who loves Halloween 🧟‍♀️ the haunted house she starts to impress the girl she likes 💀 the cute but infuriating theater boy who helps her the entire time 🍁 an October she’ll never forget #YA #CR #2025pit

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Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author @kristygardner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Traveler Audrey Tully wins the first all-inclusive trip to an alien planet. When she's stranded, she must navigate awe-inspiring terrain, befriend quirky locals, and learn to trust herself to get her butt back to Earth. THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET x HITCHIKERS GUIDE #2025Pit #A #LBTQ #SF

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Jane Perry @janeallisonperry.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

CIRCE + MIDSOMMAR In an isolated agricultural commune formed by one immortal woman and her hundreds of magically-inclined daughters, a firstborn son must find a way to lock himself into a perpetual state of boyhood or else risk exile into the terrifying world of the Man-Beasts. #2025Pit #F #A

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Courtney Reece @courtneywrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Taylor Swift’s RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME x WHAT LIES BENEATH When Sophie is brutally dumped, a voice in her head prods her to seek revenge. Is she possessed—or just pissed? 🌊unreliable narrator 🌊a haunting secret 🌊second chance love 🌊a twist that will 👀 #2025pit #na #t

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