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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Celebrate Christmas in July with me, my final girl, 19 y/o Sam, and the rumored resurrected Santa Slayer, who committed a holiday massacre that rocked their small town nearly 20 years ago. Christmas PJs encouraged, creepy Santa mask optional. #QuestPit #YA #H #Q

Winter scene background with a foreground of an open present box containing Christmas pajamas, Christmas movies, a hot chocolate, a Santa mask, a bloody knife and police tape

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Former golden girl turned town scandal Sam Miller returns home from college with two goals — keep her head down, and survive busy season at work. But when bodies begin to pile up, Sam finds herself unable to hide from the masked killer, or her past mistakes. #QuestPit #YA #H #Q

Collage style imagery including Christmas elements like Christmas tree, cookies, snow, Santa Claus, cocoa, and festive wear

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Millennial, Gen Z, Gen X, or wherever you fall. Agents, I’d love to collaborate on a pitch for SANTA SLAYER, an 85K YA/NA slasher where there are hundreds of identical Santas, but only one suspect. #QuestPit #YA #H #Q

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD X HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER with a holiday twist! A masked killer terrorizes a town famous for its Santa school…and rumor has it, the slasher is Chris Kringle himself. 🎅 masked killer 🔪 infamous small town 🩸 final girl 👀 trust no one #QuestPit #YA #H #Q

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just got board approval for a room redo for my daughter thanks to a Pinterest board, a Canva pro account, untreated ADHD, and a dream.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Write and rewrite a thousand drafts of a text to her ex, never send any. Go into hiding, essentially losing contact with any friends that chose his side in the "divorce". Throw herself into work, something she is both good at, and enjoys. Drink copious amounts of Diet Coke.

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Nick Harkins 🌟 Querying @dreadwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

EILEEN x I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS x Micah Nemerever’s THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS An agent’s guide to THE WATCHFUL MR. SHEPHERD, an adult psychological horror featuring— 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Rep 👁️ Obsession 🔪 Rising Body Count ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🍰 Moral Rot ❄️ Snowy Backdrop #QuestPit #W #H #A

EA HARKINS'
The Watchful Mr. Shepherd
AN AGENT'S GUIDE

Quick Look
Genre: Adult Psychological Horror with Thriller Elements
Word Count: ~ 85,000
Status as of 4/29/26: 1%t Draft Complete, Developmental Edits Underway
Primary Inspiration: I wanted to explore the obsessive queer elements of Saltburn & The Talented Mr. Ripley, but with more horror & queerness--also without the social climbing themes.
Tropes
Unreliable Narrator
Obsession
Game of Cat & "Mouse"
Small Town
Character Haunts The Narrative
Past Won't Stay Buried
Comps & Vibes
Closest Comps
• Eileen
• These Violent Delights
Vibes
• Hannigram
• Saltburn
• The Talented Mr.
Ripley (title homage)
• I'm Thinking of Ending
Things
• Exquisite Corpse
One Sentence Pitch
Luke is forced to team up with his estranged ex-husband when someone unknown to them drudges up secret details of their sordid past that threatens to rip apart their lives.
Catchy Hook
Luke can dissect bodies without flinching.
Letting go of his ex-husband is another story.

Word Count: ~ 85,000
Pitch
Luke Shepherd knows bodies. What they keep hidden, what secrets they tell, and, most importantly, how to hide them.
As an autopsy technician at the Augusta Medical Examiner's Office, Luke spends his nights weighing organs, preparing corpses, and offering condolences to grieving families.
Then an email arrives in his work inbox, a picture of a bridge he hasn't seen for ten years and an ominous message attached:
LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID.
At their high school graduation party, Luke and his future ex-husband Kieran left a boy dead and buried the truth with him. Now someone else knows what happened that night; someone who begins with anonymous messages and ends with murder.
For Kieran, the haunting is proof their past has finally come to collect. For Luke, it's something far more exciting: a reason for Kieran to finally come home.
As their watcher tightens the noose, Luke finds himself less afraid of exposure than of losing the only person who ever made him feel alive. But the closer Kieran gets, the clearer it becomes that the real danger to them both may not be outside Luke's isolated house, but inside it.

Meet The Characters
POV: 3rd Person Limited
Protagonist: Luke Wells
Dual POV?: No
Primary Inspiration: I wanted the obsession elements of Saltburn & The Talented Mr.
Ripley, but horror and more gay. Also without the social climbing themes.
Luke Wells
Minor Characters
• Protagonist
• Medical Examiner's
Assistant
• 28| Gay? | Black Hair,
Blue Eyes
• Intelligent, Clinical, Numb,
Impulsive, Devoted
• Dr. Marriner, Medical Examiner, Luke's Boss
• Maple, Luke's cat
• Elliott Cutter, [REDACTED]
• Deacon Hollander, sex parnter?
• Jacob Routh, [REDACTED]
• [REDACTED] (REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
Kieran Shepherd
The Love Interest (?)
Forensic Scientist
28 | Pansexual I Dirty Blond Hair, Honey Eyes
Empathetic, Alcoholic, Emotional, Guilt-Ridden
Author's Favorite?
ho favorites:)

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

19 year old Sam Miller is navigating a lot this Thanksgiving break. High school exes. A displaced roommate. Her part time job at the Santa school, where her dad is participating. And the rumored return of her small town’s most infamous slasher — the Santa Slayer. #QuestPit #YA #H #W

A pine tree background with clothes in the foreground and a description of the circumstances of the character's day: The drive home with her displaced roommate listening to the true crime podcast episode featuring her hometown’s infamous Santa Slayer tragedy.

A pine tree background with clothes in the foreground and a description of the circumstances of the character's day: Participating in the 5K at the Santa school + annual conference where she works part time.

A pine tree background with clothes in the foreground and a description of the circumstances of the character's day: Town meeting where her brother is falsely accused and arrested as the body count rises.

A pine tree background with clothes in the foreground and a description of the circumstances of the character's day: Playing detective with her friends to clear her brother’s name and prevent the new Santa Slayer from striking again.

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litmom.bsky.social @litmom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If you like Needy Little Things & You’re not Supposed to Die Tonight try The Dogs of Coyote Pointe A broke fast food worker with OCD risks everything to find her missing friend & escape her hungry dead end town in 1 piece 🩸🔪🌭#YA #horror #Own #atmospheric #Questpit #Q

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“You better watch out,” the text reads. Sam ignores it. Gets back to work. Tries to ignore that nagging feeling. Then, the body is found. And now, every Santa in town is a suspect. SANTA SLAYER is a YA Horror at 85K, coming to agents Summer 2026 #QuestPit #YA #H #W

Moodboard with collage-style images placed on top of one another including a frosted window with a Christmas tree inside, a woman holding a knife near glowing Christmas lights, a Santa climbing out of a chimney holding an axe, an older style Santa Claus School with a Santa and man in a suit standing outside, a fireplace in a living room with two women sitting on either side, a Santa Claus wearing a sinister mask holding a young child on his lap, a group of young people on a couch - one wearing a Santa hat, a candy cane that has been sharpened to a point, a glowing Santa plastic lawn ornament in a window, a group of young women in coats holding an oar and a bundle of Christmas lights, Krampus on a snowy night on top of a house's roof, and a large crowd of Santa Claus's huddled together

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE CRAFT meets ONE DARK WINDOW The price of magic is monstrous—literally 😈 Lola Knight was a regular person until the sentient shadows inside her escape, killing her best friend. Now it’s a race to control them before they kill again…or consume her. #QuestPit #Q #A #F

An image of a school with multiple towers, in black on a grey sky, with multiple crescent moons hanging above. The text reads ‘an agents guide to The Bells of Le Fay, adult dark academia fantasy, 102k words.

A silhouette of a woman reaching up to the sky with a bright light between her hands. There is a shadowed tree next to her. The text reads: pitch, The price of magic is monstrous. Lola Knight expects to live a normal life, but when the deadly shadows beneath her skin escape, killing her best friend, she must attend Le Fay Academy for Higher Magics to seek control before they kill again. When she finds out the shadows are slowly turning her into a monster, she chases a cure through the ancient archives—but instead unearths a dangerous conspiracy, and must decide: keep digging to unmask the true monsters, or accept her fate and risk her humanity.

An open spell book surrounded by candles and a mirror. There are three book covers; for One Dark Window, Book of Night, and The Incandescent. The text reads: tropes and comps, witchy dark academia, monstrous magic, sapphic romance, ancient archives, body horror, unhelpful ghosts.

The silhouette of a woman with a huge dark shadow looming over her. The text reads: first lines. The shadows had teeth, and they hungered for blood. They shouldn’t exist here, amongst the weathered sandstone of Durham University. They shouldn’t exist at all, outside the confines of Lola’s mind. But the terrible scratching of claws against flagstone wasn’t a figment of her imagination, as she had first thought, strolling arm-in-arm with Sam on their way home from an end-of-exams party. She didn’t notice them straight away, her gaze sliding over the shadows cast by the faculty buildings. She didn’t notice them until they peeled away from the walls, their darkness thicker and more absolute than the others. Even then she pulled her gaze away, dismissing it. Inebriation hung over her like a thin veil, turning the glow of street lamps into a kaleidoscopic sky.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Former golden girl turned town scandal Sam Miller returns home for Thanksgiving break with two goals — keep her head down, and survive busy season at work. But when bodies begin to pile up, Sam finds herself unable to hide from the masked killer, or her past mistakes. #QuestPit #YA #H #W

Glowing plastic Santa lawn ornament sits inside a window with the text "An Agent's guide to Santa Slayer" and "85K word count" and "YA/NA horror/slasher" on top.

Glowing plastic Santa lawn ornament sits inside a window with the text "The Pitch" and "After a fall from grace during her senior year, former golden girl Sam returns home for Thanksgiving break to old friends and an ex she’s hoping to avoid — throwing herself into work instead, at her town’s famous Santa school and annual conference which takes place this week. But when a young woman is found brutally murdered, in a town once rocked by a nearly 20 year old tragedy, the question on everyone’s mind is, is the Santa Slayer back?"

Glowing plastic Santa lawn ornament sits inside a window with the text "Comps" and images of comp titles - How to Survive a Slasher, Clown in a Cornfield, How to Survive Your Murder, and Candy Cain Kills - along with various tropes reading "Infamous small town" "Masked slasher" "High body Count” and “Festive Thrills”

Glowing plastic Santa lawn ornament sits inside a window with the text "Excerpt" and "Sam sways in the wind, feeling all around her a storm about to brew as ash falls from the sky, small flakes that float gracefully down before settling on the concrete. They’re white against a gray sky, and mixed in with some are small flames, still burning as they make their way back down to earth.
She can’t look away.
It looks like snow, Sam thinks with wonder."

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Author Emily Antoine @emilyantoine.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

👨‍🔬Felix Frankenstein has three problems: 1. ☠Everyone he loves dies 2. ⚡He’s just accidentally (an illegally) reanimated Sleeping Beauty 3. ✨See problem 1 THE PRINCESS BRIDE OF YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Soon to be on sub) #Questpit #AG #A #R #SFF #S

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

'Hat' - 84K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon.
Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed.
Tropes: 2000's set
Spooky New ENgland
Amature Witchcraft
Nature
moon stuff
Stoner Goths
nu-Metal Playlist
Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. 13 Months Haunted

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Snowy background with scripted text reading "Masked Killer" and a Santa Claus emoji.

Snowy background with scripted text reading "Infamous Small Town" and a knife emoji.

Snowy background with scripted text reading "Final Girl" and a Blood Drop emoji.

Snowy background with scripted text reading "Trust No One" and an eyeball emoji.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Why does my toddler look like she's about to introduce herself as Theresa, and that she's a medium, and has someone recently passed in my life

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Lowkey I've always wanted that shell necklace that Ursula has because it's really pretty, and also some of y'all need to shut up

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My #posterpit poster is a contender for Spookiest Poster 🎅🔪 It evokes both an immediate terror and also a lingering sense of dread that is also present throughout my manuscript. If you want to support, vote below 👇 take.supersurvey.com/Q0HWAZ6CN

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Rascal Hartley @rascalhartley.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

CAMP DAMASCUS X THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH #posterpit #lgbt #w #p #f #m #h #t #a

Poster for a novel titled "when I find you". The background is a staticky wolf, and the title is written large across in marker style letters. It has three faux awards reading "small town horror" "trans disabled mc" and "something evil is here". The catch line is "Find your brother. Lose your mind." At the bottom it reads: a novel by Rascal Hartley

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S.E. Bunnell @sebunnell.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

IT FOLLOWS X RED RABBIT GHOST X DIAVOLA ⛏️ Legacy 💫Sacrifice 👹The Occult 🌀Twisted Fate #posterpit #q #h #a

A dilapidated house with yellow text reading “AS ABOVE” overhead. Below, the terms “Folk Magic,” “Midwest Gothic,” “Romantic Horror,” and “Doppelgängers” are in laurels.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Red christmas ornament dripping with blood sits against a black background and a light layer of snow at the bottom of the poster. Tagline “You Better Watch Out” in a sans serif font on top of the poster, along with the author’s name, Tori Bloodworth. and two horror tropes, Final Girl, and High Body Count, written in a sans serif font below. Details about the “release” of Summer 2026 below, along with three horror “tropes”: Masked Killer, Holiday Hell, and Trust No One.

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

THE LUNARIA 🌙🐦‍⬛🌿 NOW SHE IS WITCH ❌ A RIVER ENCHANTED ❌ K-POP DEMON HUNTERS 🌿 Fantasy with folk and plant lore ✨ Elemental magic and covens ❤️‍🔥 Slow burn, yearning, he falls first 💪🏻 Sisterhood 🐦‍⬛ Allegory for late diagnosed neurodivergence #posterpit #q #f #r

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Torri Belle ✨is querying✨a dark adventure 🌲🌊💀 @torribelle.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#PosterPit #Q #M After discovering a body marked w/ a symbol that links them to the crime, a rock star desperate to protect his legacy & a law student determined to stop the killings must uncover why each new murder connects to them—while Fell’s Hollow’s preternatural nightmare hunts them down next

A gothic university, a female coed looking behind her as though sensing being watched, a rock star with a secret, a lurker in the shadows, and a baby crocodile conveying a sense of monsters and unease

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Alexia Barrail | Author @ambarrail.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

THE INVISIBLE STRING THEORY 🧇 for readers looking for a chuckle and a feel good ending. 🏖️ your beach bag is begging for this book 🐝 upmarket women’s fiction, now querying #PosterPit #upmarketfiction #UF #womensfiction #WF #bookclub #A A little bit of rom. A lot of com.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

20 years ago, the Santa Slayer tragedy rocked a small town famous for its Santa school, where hundreds of Santas gather annually to earn their mall Santa certification. This year, a shockingly similar bloodbath unfolds. It begs the question, is the Santa Slayer back? #posterpit #horror #YA #NA #W

Christmas tree viewed through a crack, partially obscured, with Santa Slayer written in a deep red script font. Tagline “You Better Watch Out” in a serif font on top of the poster, and two horror tropes, Final Girl, and High Body Count, written in a sans serif font below. Details about the author, Tori Bloodworth, and “release” of Summer 2026 below.

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Christine Witcher | Author @authorcwitcher.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

EX HEX x MAGICAL INNKEEPING x Charmed. ✨ Found family ✨ Witchy romcom ✨ Enchanted house ✨ Diverse cast CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR FAKE BOYFRIEND IS EVIL #PosterPit #Q #A #PN #R

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A glowing plastic Santa lawn ornament sits inside a second story window in a home, and underneath a ripped effect are close ups of four characters from Scream (1999). Tagline “He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake.” in a serif font on top of the poster, and four horror tropes, Masked Slasher, High Body Count, Small Town Secrets, Holiday Hell, written in a sans serif font below. Details about the author, Tori Bloodworth, and “release” of Summer 2026 in the middle.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My book litttttttterally ends with a song, and it's this one. Plus, one more lil jumpscare 🔪 #posterpit youtu.be/V-CXaV4IkHc?...

youtu.be

Auld Lang Syne

YouTube video by Ben Rector - Topic

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

These two play such an incredible brother/sister pairing that I think would work SO well for my final girl and her brother #posterpit

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Updated intro post ahead of some upcoming #pitchevents 👋 I #amwriting a YA/NA horror/slasher. My #WIP is currently with my editor (@gbloodworth.bsky.social 😘) for line editing before jumping into #querying early Summer! Santa Slayer is 85K and like if Clown in a Cornfield was set at Christmas 🎅🔪

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I love my final girl AND her mom. I'm not 19 anymore, but not quite 50, either. But Hollywood is wild, so at 33 I would probably be cast as my protagonist's mom, Lori, and I would be THRILLED. She has an AMAZING scene that is equal parts horrific (it's a slasher, mind you) and beautiful. #posterpit

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My favorite movie poster from a book adaptation of recent years!! Clown in a Cornfield #posterpit

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I've actually given this a lot of thought and though my book is #horror the song a Nonsense Christmas by Sabrina Carpenter plays in the movie trailer in my mind, at least until the first body is found #posterpit

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Anxiety is so embarrassing because I literally have been awake half the night because I have a big email scheduled to go out tomorrow morning. An email.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just got an email from my mom (to my work email) subject line: SPAGHETTI BAG.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

With a crispy diet coke, 20+ google docs, and untreated ADHD, there is nothing that I can do.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Chimichurri steak dense bean salad for lunch on a Monday? Stay blessed, y'all.

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Need more horror books about moms in the thick of it because lowkey it's wild out here

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Our local libraries aren't open on Sundays but with today being daylight savings, idk they could have just done it as a little treat

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

God is good!!! (We get another Friday the 13th this month) 🕷️👻💀👹☠️🧟‍♀️

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

None of the other drivers on the highway today knew that I had a Charlie Horse while driving and was very brave

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Among the many tasks our #FinalGirl is doing this week for the annual Santa School and Conference, someone defaced their agenda signs and she has to get new ones printed ASAP #unhingedpit #YA #NA #H #WIP

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

She's done it again (identified a vintage 90s toy at the thrift with immense nostalgia vibes) I had (still have) this exact dollhouse from when I was a kid 🥺😍

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

No one look at my Final Girl's search history - Sam is literally just a girl 🤷‍♀️ #unhingedpit #YA #NA #H #WIP

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Me: baby's first waffle house 😍🥺 Baby: throws up on the car ride home

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It's 8:00 my time but time zones are crazy because in my book it's actually Christmas! Merry Christmas, everyone 🎄 🎅🔪 Santa Slayer should be ready to query soon, so hmu if you want to know more 👀 #unhingedpit #na #ya #horror #wip

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Tori Bloodworth Author 🔪🎅 @toribloodworth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Woke up at 5 am (against my will, btw) so I guess it's time to...rise and grind? 😭😭😭

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