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Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄 @ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Okay, but what if CHARMED and those witchy, fever-dream story lines went all high fantasy with swords? And then add Cole and Phoebe’s forbidden situation! #unhingedpit #q #a #f #r #litagents

A meme with two pictures. Top picture is a scene from Charmed with phoebe and Paige holding swords with the text- “witches don’t just have magic these days. They get swords, gods and fate.” Second picture is the meme of the kid in front of an RV who says “you guys got [insert something].” The text here says, “You guys got magic?”

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Taylor Coffman @taycoffman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

starting #unhingedpit off right w some of my worst stick figures and a truly ancient meme format a la SIRENSONG, my 121k sci-fi/romance led by a protag that's like if "In the Blood" by John Mayer and "Stairway to Heaven" combined into an traumatized person. #Q #A #SF #R #LGBT #DIS

White background with black comic sans text. Title reads "Come to Emerald City! we got:" followed by six crayon drawings:
an explosion labeled "science labs that definitely don't explode"
Two stick figure superheroes labeled "rookie superheroes trying their best"
a stick figure with red eyes, a black hood, and a sword labeled "vigilante stabby mcKilltheRich"
a stick figure with crossed out eyes laying on a pile of money labeled "several dead CEOs (unrelated to the vigilante we swear"
a set of tipped scales labeled "so much corruption"
a stick figure cat with green power waves labeled "six cats. free to a good home. superpowers included."

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Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄 @ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Cravin’ a witch brew that’ll leave you gasping (because it’s poisoned)? Want something with a kick (to the groin)? 5 ⭐️ reviewed by the witches of Efelldor below! #unhingedpit #q #a #f #r

Recipe for a witchy fantasy: 1/2 cup of killing the bad prince because no one needs to be that hot, 4 quarts of blood. and then another four. Just to be sure. 1 cup of romance, but wear gloves because that stuff is toxic, 2 gallons of destiny. Nah. Just wing it.

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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 28/03/2025

⚛️ Time Traveler's Etiquette Guide ⚛️ #UnhingedPit #SF #Q #A

A snarky job ad from the Organization of Time Travel Oversight, hiring folks for all sorts of dangerous positions.

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Jessica DeLand - Author (is getting published! 😱) @delandjessica.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

WAKE, starring: FMC: "Never Not Gonna Dance Again" by Pink Love Interest: "Dancing with Your Shadows" by Phillip Phillips Foil: "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson Mentor: "Demons" by Imagine Dragons Antagonist: "Raining Blood" by Slayer #unhingedpit #Q #YA #F #M #R #FR

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Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄 @ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Red flags for why you absolutely, without a doubt should *NOT* consider Eleutheria. #Unhingedpit #q #a #r #f

Eleutheria’s biggest red flags: characters die, like immediately, no meet cute (fists were thrown, zero bodily autonomy, witches but they’re more the terrifying sword wielding kind than the cutesy pointy hat kind

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H. L. Docherty (Updates Only) @hldocherty.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

ROMEO AND JULIET x THE HUNGER GAMES 🥀 Forbidden Love 🥀 Family Feuding/Messy Family Dynamics 🥀 Queer-Norm World 🥀 Morally Grey Characters 🥀 Coming of Age themes of Identity, Grief, and Loss 🥀 Strong FMC / Soft MMC 🥀 Monsters/Hidden Magic #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #NA #FR #Q

SNOWDROPS AND STONES
A 110k Dystopian Fantasy Romance with horror elements
A hotheaded rebel catches the eye of a quiet, guilt-ridden aristocrat—who just so happens to be the governor’s son—in a triste that could end her life. When war puts them on opposite sides and pushes them both to their limits, they're torn between their family loyalties and each other. They don't know that no matter what they choose, it'll end in blood.

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Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️ @tylerstasi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit a soft epic garden fantasy for the dreamers 👑🐝✨💐🖤 FLOWERHEART x ODW x OUABH A young woman braves the hidden dangers of her kingdom to stop a mysterious rot from spreading. w/editor interest👀

moodboard for original garden fantasy novel

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Amanda Dodge @amandadodge.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

PANS LABYRINTH x EVERY BONE A PRAYER 1952: Wild Child slides unwillingly between two realities—but is it magic, madness, or something more sinister? Now she must uncover the truth before she ends up in an institution for disturbed girls. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #magicalrealism #A

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Magical barista Jolie wants to make potions, get her crush’s notice, & win her prank war against rival witch, Levi. But when a prank gone wrong ignites an ancient feud between witches & a group of vengeful vampires, Jolie & Levi are forced to work together to save their coven #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

Colorful mood board with the following pictures:
1. A watercolor palette
2. The back of a girl’s head, she’s wearing white and her hair is dyed ombré black to magenta
3. Shadow of a girl and a cat looking at each other
4. A desk set up with an open spell book, a mortar and pestle, and scattered herbs
5. A desk in front of a window with sun shining through and lots of plants and candles
6. A latte with heart foam art on a cafe table
7. A white fork from the neck down wearing a navy cardigan with stars and jeans with sunflowers on them
8. A heart shaped mirror
9. A pink themed teen bedroom

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Jazmin Conde Nuñez @jcondenunez.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🩸👑💀 THE BLOOD OF A DIVINE ⚔adult historical fantasy 🎩set in 1899 Europe 💀gods of the underworld & their complicated family drama 🧛‍♂️🐺👻vampires, ghosts, & werewolves—oh my! 🔥a literal journey to hell 🌹epic slowburn romance 💔the true villain is intergenerational trauma #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #POC #LGBT

"There are two ways a human can enter the Underworld. You can die or you can enter through Hell. I assume you don't want to die yet, so you will have to go to Hell."

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Sammy Holden @holdencreates.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Arleth re-built her life after her sentient, rotting magic estranged her from her home and her love. But now she’s suspected of murder, and only one person can help clear her name—the girl who shares her magic, and broke her heart. #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #A #F

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

POV: Your sister's new dance partner is your former rival and you can't stop thinking about him. ❤️chronic pain by a disabled author ❤️bi MC with queer friends ❤️rivals-to-[read the book to find out] ❤️sibling are the best ❤️rep: @danieledhunter.bsky.social #PopUpPitE #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #Dis #LGBT #YA

Text: " It Will Be Us: Bone cancer didn't kill sixteen-year-old Will Harmon, but that doesn't mean he's ok. When he learns his sister's new dance partner is his former rival, the enigmatic Iain Ahn, Will thinks his junior year can't get any worse. But like his step-mom says, not all change is bad, and a good change might just be Will's evolving relationship with the boy he suddenly can't stop thinking about." Comps include Heartstopper; You, Me, & Our Heartstrings; and When It All Syncs Up.

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Falling in love with your childhood best friend. Meeting your favorite rock & roll band. Getting in trouble with the cops. Turning 15. The Summer of 1975 couldn't get crazier right? Wrong.🍑 Almost Famous X The Summer I Turned Pretty #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #HF

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Rachel McNair @rachelmcnair.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Between Two Kingdoms x When Life Gives You Pears Diagnosed with a rare cancer at 27, Rachel faces more than just health complications on her journey to become cancer free. ✝️crisis of faith 🏢discrimination 👩‍🦯becoming disabled 🔍finding a new purpose ❤️‍🔥 love 💪7x survivor #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #Q #M

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Hannah Bashir @hannahbashir.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

OF WISDOM an Athena origin trilogy 🦉 ‘Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us’ - Sappho 🏛️athena’s owl 🏛️myth based explanations 🏛️family betrayal 🏛️sapphic yearning 🏛️prophetic fallacy 🏛️athena wielding the lightning bolt #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

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Brooke A. Bellamy 🕯️🥀 @brookeabellamy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A pitch card for my adult horrormance about desire, societal expectations, and regret. 🫀🕯️ #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #H

GALEHOUSE
An adult gothic horrormance with fantasy elements
When a lonely woman with touch-based magic collapses at her wedding, her fiancé takes her to his labyrinthian estate to recover. There, she learns that her fiancé is cursed to become a monster each night.
And when bodies begin to drop around the manor and she falls for his doctor brother, she is torn between her desire and doing the right thing.
But there's only one way this ends: in blood.
JUNIPER & THORN by Ava Reid
ONE DARK WINDOW by Rachel gillig
MK HARDY’s THE NEEDFIRE
HOUSE OF SHADOWS by Darcy Coates
83k words - Big 5 editor interest

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Kristen Renee @kristenrenee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The love lives of two sisters become complicated after they develop the ability to sense love and as they navigate a world where direct use of magic has been banned they become all the more curious about the unknown of forbidden magic #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #F #R #A

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

SAPPHIC CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 🧶🪄 Magical textile 😤😡➡️👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿 Enemies to lovers 🧙🏿‍♀️ A NB Willy Wonka of magical textile looking for an heir 🥼Autistic, STEM-obsessed love interest 🏳️‍🌈😾Diabetic, bitter lesbian protagonist 🐏 Great sheep heist #popUpPit #popUpPitA #luckypit #YA

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B Timothy @bltimothy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X WAYFARERS An alien crew (+1 human) stumbles from a pirate attack to the gaping maw of a giant space squid to having to outwit a crime lord as they try to hit it rich. ☄️Found Family 🔥Snark 💰Sci-Fi Heist Blame the Human - 75K #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #SF

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Munir Abedrabbo @maac027.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE COUNT IN THE ANDES Vampires of El Norte x Lovecraft Country In Quito, Ecuador, a disgraced detective has to stop a vampire war with Dracula at the center of it. In a country besieged by corruption, greed, and violence, will his faith in humanity finally collapse? #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #H

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Danni Grace @dgracewrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE CURSED HEART OF AVACRIUS CROW The Bone Spindle X The Stolen Heir A desperate attempt to save her tavern turns into a quest to retrieve a cursed heart when a teenaged satyr strikes a deal with a troubled Lord. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA

A moodboard describing THE CURSED HEART OF AVACRIUS CROW. Included images of forests, potion bottles, enchanted necklaces, magic, hazel eyes, satyr horns, and coins.

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Kim Wolters @kimwolters-author.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit When Gabriella finds out her leaders have been lying to her and try to kill her, she’s forced to leave everything behind. Incl her best friend Amaros. Will she ever see him again? Will he believe her? And will he return her feelings? 🪽Angels x Fae 💚found family 💔unrequieted

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Aaliyah🌸 @alpaolucci.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Fourth Wing X Priory of the Orange Tree A dragon has bonded with a healer, and if she refuses the partnership, it’ll kill her To survive, she’ll need to rely on the dragon prodigy’s mentorship and stay away from the students who want to sabotage her #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #NA #RF #OS

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Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄 @ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

DAWN OF ONYX x DISCOVERY OF WITCHES Adult High Romantic Fantasy ✨high (accessible) fantasy ✨witch realms at war ✨tyrants + compulsion magic ✨spells+runes+elements ✨angsty forbidden romance ✨erasure of history ✨fate but make it big on choice and consequences #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #F

An agent's guide to Eleutheria: 133k Adult High Romantic Fantasy

Pitch: Alys Sathos has no interest in liberating the enemy Night Realm of their mind-controlling queen and not even destiny will change her mind. When she’s captured and forced before the queen, her enemies’ fight becomes her own and her growing feelings for the mind-bound prince might be more deadly than the queen herself.
Tropes: captive to forbidden lovers, mob mentality, freewill themes, chosen group, non western FMC thrust into western fantasy world, queer normative world, power of history and books, swords and epic battles, dueling witch realms, neurodivergence in high fantasy

Comp: THE HURRICAN WARS- enemy realms at odds, A DAWN OF ONYX- captice to lovers, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES- creature history and lore
Sample: Gritting my teeth until my jaw ached, I held her stare; a pathetic bit of defiance against power I couldn’t match. She rose and loomed over me on the dais, never blinking. The hairs on the back of my neck prickled one by one as her dark sapphire eyes glowed silver.
Compulsion.
Icy fingers sank into my mind, ripping through my will. Ko’s pale green face replaced any other thought. A desire to run a sword through him overtook everything; my hopes, my dreams, my very will that had formed an airwitch captain from an orphaned street rat.

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Angelique Russell - 💫 @angie-r03.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The cruel prince X red queen A CURSE OF BLOOD AND DARKNESS 🌑✨ 66,000-word YA Fantasy novel, 💀 Betrayal, Revenge, and Power Plays 💀 🎭 Masquerade Balls & Deadly Politics 🎭 👀 The Court’s Most Dangerous Secret? Her. 👀 #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #YA #agentguide

A curse of blood and darkness - 66K Young Adult fantasy

Pitch: The seelie court calls her their spy. The unseelie call her their weapon. Alethea walks a knife's edge between both. But power is never given, it's taken. If she wants to claim it she'll have to decide whether she wants to become a queen or a monster.
Comparative titles:
The cruel prince
The shadows between us
These hollow vows
Ruthless vows

Tropes:
friends to enemies
Enemies to lovers
Myth becomes reality
Anti-hero heroine
'burn it all down'
Thief to warrior

Note: book includes diverse characters and bi-representation

“Time to step out of the cage,” he replied. Her brows furrowed. “You remind me of a little bird,” Silas continued, his tone shifting slightly, as though the words had a deeper meaning than he was letting on.
“A little bird?” Alethea scoffed, her chin tilting up in defiance. “And what’s that supposed to mean?”
He shifted on his feet, his voice lower than before, “Yes. The cage is open, and yet you still don’t fly.”
Alethea’s lips parted, the words cutting into her like a sharp blade. “Birds with clipped wings fall. They don’t fly,” she retorted, her voice tinged with bitterness.
Silas’s lips curved into a sly smile, his eyes gleaming with something dark and knowing. “Oh, you’ll fly… trust me.”

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✨Meagan Essary swears she's querying✨ @thecrumpet.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x THE PAPER PALACE THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching perfectly good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But there's no breaking the cycle until Lainey Pike confronts her clever, cunning 1st love, who's still dying to put her in her place. #A #WF #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🐦‍⬛📖 MARK OF A MAGPIE 📖🐦‍⬛ When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #NA #DIS

There is a collage of pictures in front of ocean water.

Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture three shows a group of rich party-goers climbing a marble staircase. Picture four shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture five is of a chair by the window of a ship, looking out on ocean waters and a ship in the distance. Picture six shows two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture seven shows an old tavern shelf shocked with whiskey. Picture eight is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture nine is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand.

Surrounding the collage are gold outlines of flowers.

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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

CAMP DAMASCUS x NETTLE & BONE Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH. 🤷‍♀️Character driven ❤️Slow-burn romance 👻Monster menagerie 🫂Found family #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #H #A

A picrew portrait of a young woman wearing glasses overlaid on a beach. The name Edie Grayson is on top, with a block of text to the right reading:

She hated gym class, scary stories, green beans, and movies where the female love interest never got any of the good lines. She didn’t have a lot of friends, but sometimes, in group settings, she had the satisfaction of saying something really funny, usually on purpose.

A picrew image of a young man over a beach with text reading Milo Vance at the top. To the right is a block of text that reads:

“If you’re scared, I’ll do it with you,” Milo said. He said it as though it were the most natural thing in the world. When Edie looked at him, he was holding out his hand, and watching her with a sincerity she didn’t think she’d ever seen on anyone’s face. If it had been anyone else, at any other time, she would have thought they were making fun of her; but not Milo.

A picrew image of a young woman over the ocean with text reading Catarina Novikov at the top. To the right is a block of text that reads:

“I don’t know. We didn’t know any better. But maybe we do now. Maybe Edie’s wrong, I don’t know. But I sincerely hope that I never get to a point in my life where I can’t admit when I’m wrong. And if I am, I can’t change anything I've done, but maybe I can stop myself from repeating the same mistakes. Isn’t that worth at least considering?”

A picrew portrait of a young man wearing sunglasses overlaid on a beach. The name Manny Torres is on top, with a block of text to the right reading:

“You’re right about that. Grief just…becomes this thing inside of you. Like every time you want to see them, or talk to them, it just goes into this hard, black lump, somewhere deep down in your guts. Because those thoughts can’t go anywhere else. They just collect there, stuck inside of you. I think they say grief makes a hole inside of you because we’re all too scared to see what’s inside of it.”

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Author Alexis Veenendaal @alexisveenendaal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

If Gandalf or Merlin were average wizards who would much rather retire than spend another day teaching a hero how to do their job. Meet Athragast, the Reluctant Mentor. 🧙‍♂️Elderly Hero ☀️Grumpy/Sunshine 🦄Quirky Humour 🪄Flipped Fantasy Tropes 💜Found Family #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #agented

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Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️ @tylerstasi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #agentguide A dangerous rot is spreading—and Daphne must find a way to stop it before her world plunges into ruin. 👑an insect queen 🌹slow burn romance subplot 🐝unique nature/ink magic 🌱dash of botanical horror w/editor interest👀

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Angelique Russell - 💫 @angie-r03.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I'm excited to present my 66,000-word YA Fantasy novel, A CURSE OF BLOOD AND DARKNESS 🩸🌙 👑 Villain Arc FMC 👑 🕵️‍♀️ Spy in the Enemy’s Court 🕵️‍♀️ 🔥 Golden Prince vs. Dark Prince 🔥 #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #F #YA

A butterfly with one black wing and one white, the words "You want battle? I'll give you war", a ballroom with dancers, and assassin with blades on her back, the title "A curse of blood and darkness", sun magic flowing from a girl's hands, shadow magic, a girl sitting in front of mirrors and candles, books burning

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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

UPROOTED x STUDIO GHIBLI Cheating a suitor out of his money to help her family was easy. Falling in love with the night sky trapped in a mortal body is harder. And helping them return to the sky at the expense of her heart might just be impossible. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F #LGBT

A collage of four images starting from top left, going clockwise: someone writing in a journal filled with plant samples and drawings of nature, an artist’s rendition of the Milky way, a rhinoceros beetle, and a painting of a woman embracing a figure made of night.

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Alda J. Maris @aldajm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Creatures of dark magic stalk the night, waiting for their time to rise. ⚔️Good vs. Evil 👥 DualPoV 🧿Magic system 🤝🏻Enemies to Allies 🫂Complicated relationships 😏Manipulation 🔥Power hungry 🧘🏻‍♀️Identity & Self-Discovery 👑Empowerment #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #YA #F

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Stephanie Binx 😈 HELLBOUND @stephwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Oh hey, editors 👀 Debt-ridden Marian dies for a living fetching relics of a bygone Hell for wealthy demons stuck on earth. But when her best client sends her into death with a target on her back, she’ll have to embrace her darkness, or face a fate worse than damned. #PopUpPitE #PopUpPit #LuckyPit

A 3x3 grid with dark and creepy imagery frames the quote “That’s the problem with getting good at dying. You get worse at staying alive.”

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Jazmin Conde Nuñez @jcondenunez.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🩸👑💀 CASTLEVANIA x PENNY DREADFUL When Ehren embarks on a journey to find his real family, he doesn’t expect it to lead him straight to Hell 🎩Set in 1899 London, Paris, & Rome 🦇Gothic horror & demon slaying action 💀Greek-inspired mythology 🌹 🔥Slowburn romance 🌈BIPOC & LGBT rep #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

moodboard

black red white and gold motif

images of a cemetery, mausoleum, rome, a 19th century gaslamp, a flaming rose, a wraith, a vampire, a man with silver hair, and a couple in an amorous embrace

THE BLOOD OF A DIVINE is an adult historical fantasy novel that blends gothic horror & romance within a reimagining of the myth of Hades and the Underworld set against the backdrop of 1899 London, Paris, & Rome.

After a long-anticipated family reunion goes terribly wrong, Ehren discovers he is truly the half-human son of the Lord of the Underworld, and he is tasked by his father to journey to Hell—where Ehren must kill his half-brother, Xavier, before the latter can unleash a demon apocalypse upon the earth. But Ehren can’t make it to Hell alone, so he enlists a crew of demon hunters to help him: Adrian, a woman who is the last of a legendary Spanish bloodline of vampire hunters; Brennan, an Irish ghost hunter; and Noralee, an American demonologist.

Once assembled, the demon-hunting quartet embarks upon a thrilling international journey to search for a Gate to Hell, and Ehren entangles himself in a world of grim horrors and dazzling splendor as he clashes with demons and falls into a fiery, spellbinding romance with Adrian—the strong, vicious, and beautiful vampire hunter who can't afford to love anyone.

While this journey to Hell brings Ehren closer to finding the family he is meant to be with...in the end, will he have the resolve to spill the blood of his own brother? Or will Ehren's compassionate heart prevent him from doing so—and cost him everything and everyone he holds dear?

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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE DRESDEN FILES x BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER You might get more monster than you bargained for at BLUDEYE BEACH... ❤️Slow burn romance 🫂Found family 🤷‍♀️Character-driven 👻Monster menagerie 🫠Messy family feelings 😬Anxious bean FMC 👀Awkwardly sincere MLI #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #H #A

A collage of six images and a few text bubbles. The images are: 1) a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes 2) A view from inside a cave looking out at the ocean. 3) A cliff overlooking the ocean. 4) A distant view of a road through trees. 5) The silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright green light. 6) A black and white image of a hand covered in unidentified black substance, with the word help written over it. The first text box reads "Something is wrong in" and leads to a big word graphic over the entire poster reading "Bludeye Beach". The other text bubbles read "Is something out there", "Never walk home alone at night", and "Cat, Manny, Milo...what do they know?"

An image of a beach with text overlaid:
“There’s something wrong in Bludeye, isn’t there?” Edie asked in a hushed voice. Milo didn’t say anything. Edie bit her lip. “A lot of people die around here, don’t they?”
Milo nodded, once.
“And it’s not all accidents and wild animals, is it?”
Milo shook his head, once.
“And you’re…involved in it?”

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Jazmin Conde Nuñez @jcondenunez.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🩸👑💀Get in loser, it's the year 1899 and we're taking a trip from London➡Paris➡Rome to find a way into the Underworld so that the MC’s brother doesn't unleash Hell upon earth--and along the way, we're going to slay demons & fall in love w/a bisexual vampire hunter 🌹 #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #POC #LGBT

The Blood of a Divine
By Jazmin Conde Nuñez
An Agent's Guide

-a literal journey to Hell set against the backdrop of 1899 London, Paris, & Rome
-BIPOC & LGBT rep int he main demon-hunting cast
-gods of the underworld & their complicated family drama
-the true villain is intergenerational trauma
-epic slowburn romance + steamy kiss scenes in cemeteries
-a silver-haired demigod MMC with a heart of gold & a sunshine personality
-vampires, ghosts, werewolves, & lots of demon-slaying action

COMPS FOR THE BLOOD OF A DIVINE

If you like these books:
Book cover images of Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Babel by R.F. Kuang, and Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

If you like these TV shows/games:
Promotional images of Penny Dreadful, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, and The Witcher

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K.L. Brandt @bearattorney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

An #agentsguide for THE PATRON, featuring: 💫 A deadly competition 💫 A con artist FMC 💫 Artistic rivals-to-lovers 💫 Art-based magic 💫 Dark academia vibes #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #SPEC #A

An agents guide to The Patron, an adult speculative novel that's dual pov

The Pitch: Master art forger Sage Davis jumps at the chance to win a patron for life. But when she discovers the true price of the competition -- their magic -- she must work with a rival artist to end it before either of them is the next to lose.

Tropes and Themes: Dark Academia, Rivals-to-Lovers, Con Artist MC, Arts-based Magic, Forced Proximity, Unreliable Narrator, Lake Superior atmosphere, Deadly ambition

Comps: Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews, and The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE QUEEN IS RISING Agent’s Guide #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #RF

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Amanda Dodge @amandadodge.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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Hannah Bashir @hannahbashir.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

OF WISDOM an Athena origin tale 🦉 ‘Sing, goddess…’ ⚔️female rage 🦉pallas x athena 🏛️greek reimagining 🪡interwoven myths 💭 ‘war is necessary, but it is not always just.’ #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #agentsguide #HF #A

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mar is querying ☁️🏜️ @margreyfield.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

AN EMBER IN THE ASHES x 4TH WING FMC must marry into power during a martial tournament but decides to compete and fight for her people Seducing and battling, her plans unravel when she's paired with the vexing future King, falls in love, and joins the Duke's hitlist #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #AgentGuide

A Guide to
To Cage a Shadow
A 90k word YA/Adult
Crossover romantasy
By Marceline Greyfield

Pitch
Ferne, a shadow-wielding spy, infiltrates the annual magical martial tournament to manipulate and marry one of the three powerful men. When she finds out that the tournament winner receives anything they want, she enters the competition to fight for her people’s survival.
In doing so, Ferne falls in love with her loathsome, irritating tournament partner and endangers herself and everyone around her when the Duke grows suspicious of Ferne and stalks her every move.

Themes and tropes
Sarcastic FMC
Morally grey FMC
Ensemble cast
Overcoming grief
Trauma as a lingering ghost
Supporting women's rights and wrongs
Power or family?
Angsty slow burn
Forced proximity
Obsessive love
Secret identity
Criticism of capitalism
She saves him
BETRAYAL

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🍂 Michelle 🕯️ @mdkerkhoven.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

My sapphic YA dark fantasy with horror elements and crossover potential, 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐄, has: 🫀 • Chronic illness rep 🧹 • Witches ⚓️ • A ghost ship 🍂 • Sleuthing lesbians 🌊 • Coastal town w/ sinister secrets #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

THE PITCH

(Cover images of Where the Dark Stands Still, Midnight Mass, What Wakes the Bells, and The Wicked Deep)

A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse and clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken.

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Anaïs Garnett (Writer) @anais-garnett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE RAVEN BOYS x S.T.A.G.S A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural

Moodboard of a YA Dark Academia Supernatural Mystery

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