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S.M. Levine

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💕 Contemporary romance author | 🚫AI 🪻 OVER WORK: Out Nov. 12! ✍️ Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite 📚 Subscribe for bonus story + sneak peeks: www.smlevineauthor.com 📖 : https://shorturl.at/A3MZL

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S.M. Levine @smlevine.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cover reveal time! I can't believe the third book in The Well Space trilogy will be out in 9 weeks! This opposites attract, friends to lovers romance has some of my favorite characters I've ever written.

Cameron and Sasha's story completes this series, and I couldn't be more grateful. #booksky

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Sammie @spottedsnake.bsky.social · 4d

Descend into the layers of the Chasm:
🍄 Mushrooms w/ teeth in a dense wood
🌬️ A windy wasteland w/ stilt creatures
❄️ An ice forest haunted by memories
🔦 Silent tunnels darkened by light
💉 A river of souls & hospital of mutations
🏜️ A desert wasteland filled with secrets
#A #SF #H #LGBT #MH #ND #DVPit

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 4d

When a terminally ill engineer applies for a deadly job interview, he not only faces a desolate planet, but also his bitter ex. His one chance to win the meds he needs rests on them working together to escape Earth.
But only one can win, & it means betraying each other. Again.
#DVPit #A #SF #LGBT

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 4d

SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND
Jesutoni’s to-do list:
1️⃣ Enter a dating show to bolster sales
🗓️ Spend 5 weeks in 1 cabin with a stranger

What’s not on her to-do list:
💔 Meeting her ex
💕 Falling in love with him on national TV

But when has her heart ever followed instructions?
#DVpit #A #R

A nine-image romantic moodboard:

1. A man lifts a smiling woman in a white dress on a beach.

2. A film clapperboard being snapped on set.

3. A man in a blazer covers his face with one hand, wearing rings.

4. A cozy writing desk with a lit candle and a computer screen showing text.

5. A silhouetted couple kissing at sunset by the ocean.

6. A laptop on a bed showing a word document draft.

7. A woman in the sea, facing a colorful sunset horizon.

8. A hand writing in a notebook with a pen, close-up.

9. A couple kissing while waves crash around them at sunset.

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Arumi Writes (too much) @arumiwrites.bsky.social · 4d

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x MINDWALKER

Three realms: one of light, one of shadow, and the modern world of mortals caught between. She walks them all — half valkyrie, half death-cursed maiden — healing the pain of the dead, hunted by the man who can’t stop haunting her dreams.

#A #SFF #R #F #SF #DVpit

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Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · 4d

STARLING HOUSE x CAST AWAY x GRADY HENDRIX

A woman left for dead on a deserted island finds an injured shipwreck survivor on a boat full of bodies and has to figure out who to trust as the sentient forest that has protected her starts attacking the newcomer.

#DVPit #H #A #MH

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 4d

MOONRISING x 4 ALL MANKIND
A terminally ill engineer enters the world’s most cut-throat job interview that can save his life. When they're sent back to a barren Earth & the competitors start dying, he must set aside past grievances & team up with his rival ex to survive.
#DVPit #A #SF #LGBT

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Arielle Fenger @ariellefenger.bsky.social · 4d

At Everbright Academy, elves paint with starlight and werewolves drum thunder. Sierra just wants to blend in. But her mom’s magical influencer account - and a blackmailer who knows she’s breaking school rules - threaten her one chance to step out of the spotlight.
#DVPit #F #MG #JV

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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 4d

JASAD HEIR/ONE DARK WINDOW

There’s a reason magic has been silenced. An outcast shifter and a heartbroken soldier must trust each other to smuggle a cursed relic, before a vengeful sorceress uses it to destroy all magic forever.

#DVPit #A #F #POC #WOC

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Arumi Writes (too much) @arumiwrites.bsky.social · 4d

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x MINDWALKER

In a dark hour past midnight, time freezes for modern mortals, and cursed souls hunt the living. A Valkyrie must defeat these souls & heal their mortal pain, while battling her attraction to a Soul Reaper who seeks to devour them instead. #A #SFF #R #F #SF #DVpit

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Ash Arya | ऐश आर्या @iamasharya.bsky.social · 4d

3 DARK CROWNS × RAVEN SCHOLAR

Tho the royal scepter calls to her, V swore to help her liege—Eka—be queen.
But when enemies attack & Eka prioritizes politics over people, V's loyalty wavers.
It's no help that her ex is trying to seduce her into fighting Eka for the crown.

#DVpit #POC #DIS #F #A #NA

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 4d

LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
After pouring her last 💰 into her daughter’s school fees, Jesutoni needs a win—in the form of a book advance.
Unfortunately, her only shot is going on her publisher’s Love Island, pretend to fall in love w/ her ex while she hides their child’s existence.

#DVpit #A #R #BVM

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J Mildanoff @joannaobviously.bsky.social · 4d

KILLING EVE x ARCANE

Once a fierce forest spirit, Raina’s world crumbled when the woman she loved tore away her magic, her immortality, and her heart. Now human and angry, she hunts her lover through a world tainted by her stolen magic.
She doesn’t just want closure—she wants revenge.
#DVPit #A #F

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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 4d

Hotel Adair’s wallpaper doesn’t peel. Its piano stays in perfect tune. Its plush carpet covers all stains—but that grandeur only lasts when the hotel's been fed.

Luckily, when Cody's tight-knit friend group checks in, they bring plenty of secrets to satisfy its hunger.

#DVPit #A #H #CI #LGBT #ND

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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 4d

The Shining x Scream

When a canceled flight strands Cody's friend group in Wales, she must find a hotel w/vacancy before the storm hits. But her bff's surprise engagement + 10 days worth of tension lead to a rising body count.

Hotel Adair has been waiting.

#DVPit #A #H #CI #LGBT #ND

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Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · 4d

DAMSEL x MOANA

Locked inside a mountain-tomb as a sacrifice, 16yo Noni is determined to escape. But when sinister scratches in the walls grow closer & her fellow sacrifices turn on each other, she must team up with the rebel who got her into this mess for a chance to survive

#DVPit #YA #F #H #MH

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May Zullino @mayzullinowrites.bsky.social · 4d

For Toast, guarding a sentient forest means “weird” is an average Tuesday, and “nightmare” is an aesthetic. But as Toast struggles to save the forest’s latest victim, he instead finds himself the target of its gruesome hunger.

He might survive.

But not as himself.

#DVpit #A #H #F #LGBT

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Arumi Writes (too much) @arumiwrites.bsky.social · 4d

TRON x CRESCENT CITY
#Cyberpunk #Romantasy

In a neon-lit dystopia ruled by a ruthless megacorp, a #ND young woman’s hunt for her criminal twin sister leads her into the arms of a dangerous rebel—and the center of a conspiracy that could destroy everyone she loves.

 #A #SFF #R #F #SF #DVpit

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Rajani Thindiath (Ruhj-ni) @rajanithindiath.bsky.social · 4d

ANIMAL FARM x THE GOOD PLACE

When grief-ridden sub-editor Archa discovers that the Afterlife’s soul-sucking CEOs have set their sights on her beloved grandfather’s soul, she must decide:
Damn her soul or save his.

#DVpit #F #A #POC

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Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · 4d

Man of Medan x Ghost Ship

To get her friends back out of a bloodthirsty shipwreck, failing high school student Willa must ace the most important test of her life: figure out what the ship wants before everyone—her included—is dead.

#DVPit #YA #H #MH

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Ash Arya | ऐश आर्या @iamasharya.bsky.social · 4d

Raven Scholar X HOTD

Yug must stop his sister from vying for their mom's magical crown. But then their vile stepsister would rule. The only way to stop both? Seduce the stepsis' top mage—aka Yug's ex—into vying for the crown. Problem is, she's wary of both the crown AND Yug!

#DVpit #F #A #PoC #DIS

A green gold & orange themed moodboard with 9 images representing the pitch.

1. A picture of an ornate palace doorway
2. A still from the movie Jodha Akbar
3. An el Doradoesque view
4. A golden chessboard
5. A woman experiencing power thru meditation
6. Sanskrit manuscripts
7. A magical staff in rock
8. Two royal ladies who "seem" like bffs
9. A lavish palace corridor

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Sammie @spottedsnake.bsky.social · 4d

Above, the rich choke on filtered light. Below, prisoners harvest poison to keep the city alive. When a convict and a reckless researcher uncover what powers it, they’ll have to decide who deserves to live. ARCANE meets ANNIHILATION in a queer biotech nightmare.
#A #SF #H #LGBT #MH #ND #DVPit

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Sammie @spottedsnake.bsky.social · 4d

ARCANE x GIDEON THE NINTH
A convict and a scientist descend into a toxic chasm to save their city. The mushrooms bite. The chill brings hallucinations. The deeper they go, the less human they stay...and the more the dark begins to whisper their names.
#A #SF #H #LGBT #MH #ND #DVPit

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 11d

A writing update is now available on my newsletter
open.substack.com/pub/ivybee/p...

Serials, Revisions, and the Road Ahead

A writing update on what's complete and what's to come

open.substack.com

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Rukman Ragas (hiatus) @rukman.bsky.social · 11d

Back Apex for strange surreal and incredibly beautiful fiction!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 11d

HAPPY KICKSTARTER DAY!! 🎉🎉🎉

Kick(start) the first day of Spooky Month with us and come check out the cool stuff we've got planned for you!! 🎃✨

👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

two skeletons are shaking hands in a cemetery .

Alt: spooky scary skeletons silly symphony dance

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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com · 11d

✨COVER REVEAL! ✨ The Revenant of Surolifia is coming out July 7, 2026, you can add it on Goodreads now!

#2026debuts #comingsoon #fantasy #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #BookSky 🪐📚

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