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C. A. Asbrey is a Scottish mystery author. Fan of all things Victorian, obscure, forensics, jaywalking, ordering the best meal, and dropping out of society. I re-share Mon-Friday.

https://caasbrey.com/

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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 10d
My last publisher closed, but The Innocents Mysteries Series has a new home, fresh edits, and new covers. Find part one of a series of 19th century mysteries here www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBPFVDR6
Link to author page for the rest of the series
www.amazon.com/stores/C.-A....
It's exciting to be back.
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wendybayne.bsky.social
Marian Braithwaite knows the true extent of Brocklehurst’s influence in British politics and finance.
But she has gone missing, and time is running out for the Agency to find her.

KOBO: www.kobo.com/ebook/dragon...

Amazon: mybook.to/DragonsBreat...

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Mystery
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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wendybayne.bsky.social
The theft of gunpowder from army arsenals and the disappearance of young pickpockets lead the family and friends into the sewers of London to discover what
is afoot.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity

KOBO: www.kobo.com/ebook/guilds...
Amazon: mybook.to/GandG-Book4
#WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction
February 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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elanamcdougall.bsky.social
Good morning

It is February 2

Groundhog Day

The day when winter-crazed, cabin-fever stricken people turn to a rodent to assure them winter will eventually end.

We are off to the vet.
Leo and Sunny need their shots

Sunny has been highly drugged— but please still send prayers for the vet
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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elanamcdougall.bsky.social
We have returned from the vet victorious

Leo is a remarkably healthy blind 19-year-old dachshund

And Sunny didn’t bite the vet 🥳🥳

Now he’s given into the drugs—three tradazone and two gabapentin—
And is curled up sleeping
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
caasbrey.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/dp/1919444475
A series of 19th century murder mysteries? Can be read as standalones. All parts available.

"A classic Victorian whodunit, with a sparkling twist of originality."
"Each book just gets better and better! Full of dry humour."

🔴FREE on KU
February 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
caasbrey.bsky.social
I enjoy long romantic walks through the bookstore.
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
caasbrey.bsky.social
Titfer 1. A covering worn upon the head for warmth, a fashion statement, or both; a hat “You will kindly remove your titfer when addressing Her Ladyship.”
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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samanthalebans.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to my contemporary romance, DEFINITELY NOT A BUCKET LIST featuring:

🚗Tension-filled road trip
💉Illness rep
🌄Coastal Canadian landscape
⛴️Boat ride in costume
📝(Not) a bucket list

#questpit #Q #A #R
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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danaripleywrites.bsky.social
In LOVE HITS BIG, a free-spirited roller derby skater crashes unexpectedly into love with a man who is on a collision course to demolish the animal shelter she runs.

This novel is for people who love steamy sports romance and romantic comedies with sharp banter.

#questpit #W #A #R
Agent's Guide to: Love Hits Big by Dana Ripley Adult/Contemporary/Rom-Com @danaripleywrites Background: Pink to yellow gradient background color Image: Cartoon roller skates w/ legs in fishnet stockings Janey Pfeiffer, better known as Daisy Chainsaw, cares about two things in life—roller derby and running the Little Paws animal rescue. After meeting the straight-laced Alan Monroe at a Fireball-fueled roller derby after party, she invites him for a one-night stand. Their encounter turns into a full-blown situationship, and Janey falls harder for Alan than from a brutal hip check on the derby track. When Alan’s determination to save his family construction business puts him on a collision course with the struggling Little Paws, Janey must decide whether to sacrifice her heart as she races to save the animals she loves. @danaripleywrites Background: pink to yellow gradient Images: legs in fishnet stockings w/ roller skates COMPS Odd Couple Vibes: People we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Humor and Emotion: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez Fur friends helping humans fall in love: Pardon my Frenchie by Farrah Rochon Roller derby vibes and empowerment: Leave it on the Track by Margot Fisher and Whip It @danaripleywrites Background: Pink to yellow gradient Images: Legs with fishnet stockings, wearing roller skates Tropes/Vibes Banging into love Bisexual FMC MMC falls first (and fast) Opposites attract (dive bar vibes vs country club vibes) Friends-with-benefits with a splash of fake dating Fighting to save what they love Chosen family @danaripleywrites background: pink to yellow gradient images: Roller skate image instead of bullet points for trope list
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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authorrjwebb.bsky.social
HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH
Journals of a Familiar
Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape.
#questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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authorautumnhooper.bsky.social
DAWN OF THE CICADA
adult fantasy, 105,000 words
Disney-style enchantment with folklore teeth.

Her enemies wield steel; Lisara wields their darkest emotions, animating them into living weapons that could consume her as easily as her foes.

#questpit #F #Q #RF
Dark, moody fantasy moodboard with imagery suggesting magic, forged weapons, and emotional power, created for an adult fantasy novel pitch.
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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chantaldanieli.bsky.social
THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

MY SWEET UNBECOMING, an adult gothic romance with:

🕯️Forbidden Romance
🕯️High Society matchmaking
🕯️Black Swan-esque awakening
🕯️Obsessive yearning
🕯️European setting
🕯️Secret lake meetings

#W #A #R #questpit
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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dsbcreativewriting.bsky.social
Hopeful rebel and charismatic sailor race to save the cosmos from climate disaster. Optimistic politics, ancient swords, easy romances, and unlikely friendships form a thoughtful romp through the “Veins of the Ether”. What’s more important: a revolution, or what comes after?

#questpit #sff #f #sf
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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crbarenza.bsky.social
An Agent's guide to: THE SHAPES WE TAKE IN THE FIRE!

✌️dual pov/dual timeline
🌶️ open door slow burn
🎶 moody and lyrical
❤️ he falls first
🫂 touch starved
LGBTQ friendly
BIPOC & minority voices

#questpit #Q #A #R #U
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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fosterja8.bsky.social
--A HUMAN BURDEN--

A short story anthology that delves into a multitude of wide-ranging burdens. From the burden of obligation to the burden of tradition, each story brings a new complexity, a new weight to bear, and a distinct struggle to overcome.
#QuestPit #W #U #LF
A HUMAN BURDEN LANDSCAPE POSTER
January 31, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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snackswrites.bsky.social
MEALS ON WHEELS

When your boss already owns your soul, its hard to argue for better work conditions.

🔪 unhinged protagonist
🌲 PNW vibes
👻 horror with giggles
🫦 offbeat romance

Urban fantasy. Seattle backdrop. Middle aged leads.

Magic. Murder. Spice. Coffee.

#QUESTPIT #W #A #F #RF #PR #H
January 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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rdwinterauthor.bsky.social
WHERE ECHOES WAIT #W #A #H #LF

A woman restoring a remote Cornish manor slowly loses her sense of where her mind ends and the house begins.

The village knows the pattern. They just won't say it out loud.

Epistolary gothic horror.

#QUESTPIT
Dark stone well surrounded by overgrown ivy and moss, title WHERE ECHOES WAIT overlaid in white text.
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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swilkinsonwrites.bsky.social
People We Meet on Vacation x When Harry Met Sally

A chance encounter at a frat party starts a near decade long friendship between Nat, a pro soccer hopeful, and Matt, a future doc, that could turn into love if one of them is willing to sacrifice their lifelong dream for the other
#questpit #Q #A #R
Stubborn Dreams and Bottled Love Agents Guide Details: *87,000 Word Dual POV Contemporary Romance * When Nat is waylaid by some idiots at a frat party, Matt comes to the rescue and chivalrously escorts her home despite Nat’s insistence she’s fine. They meet again in a shared class, and a friendship develops that neither sought nor particularly desired. Both are on paths shaped by childhood experiences and are loathe to change course even when their friendship deepens and threatens to turn romantic. Nat has dreams of being a professional soccer player in the hopes it will make her dad proud and entice him back into her life. Matt wants to honor his childhood best friend’s death by practicing as a pediatrician in their hometown. As they advance down their respective, solitary roads, they must decide if success is enough to make them complete if it means being without the other. Tropes: * Friends-to-lovers-to-friends-to lovers * Slow Burn * Sworn Off Love Comps: People We Meet on Vacation When Harry Met Sally Slow Dance Every Summer After Inspired by: Kids in Love by Pink featuring First Aid Kit EXCERPT: “I’m not ready for this to end.” Nat searched his eyes with eyes full of understanding. Too much understanding. As if she too knew this, whatever this was, had to end. Every time he held her, he wanted more from her. Something Nat couldn’t, wouldn’t give. Not yet. Maybe someday. An improbable idea, not an impossible one. Where’s there’s life, there’s hope. But that hope dwindled with each passing semester, each passing season. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could or should wait. With his all-encompassing residency starting in a few weeks and Nat playing in the Olympics later this year on top of her already grinding schedule, such hope died a slow death.
January 31, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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rockwlrs.bsky.social
What would it be like if you woke up autistic? It would be a lot like what happens to Sophia in JUST AS REAL. She discovers she is accidentally trapped in an alternate reality full of horrible noises & strange people she has a hard time understanding. How can she adapt?
#MG #SF #ND #OV #Q #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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bettebergeron.bsky.social
Writer, book advocate, cat lady, Mainer, amateur saxophonist, recovering university administrator 📚🐈🎷
she/her/hers
February 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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thecrumpet.bsky.social
HELLO BEAUTIFUL x WRECK

THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But Lainey won't stop bolting until she takes down the cunning, brilliant ex who convinced her she was never enough—and won't let her go without the fight of her life. #A #U #Q #QuestPit
A collage: Row 1: Snowy red covered bridge surrounded by bare winter trees and icy branches; close-up of a person removing a gold wedding ring from their finger; vintage map of Northern Vermont showing towns like St. Johnsbury and Walden in pastel tones; text in white serif font on a dark green background: “This Ends Now,” accented with a red and orange autumn leaf graphic. Row 2: a woman kneeling on a windowsill, peering out a rain-flecked window next to 2 lit candles, with city lights glowing outside and icicles hanging from the window frame; a vase of pink carnations on a desk beside a stack of hardcover journals and scattered trinkets including a journal with pressed flowers. Row 3: A man and a woman embracing on a couch in low lighting, with the woman kissing his forehead while she sits on his lap; a dimly lit, narrow library aisle lined with tall shelves, dissolving into a well-lit vanishing point, an image from Yale’s Sterling Library stacks; a woman reading a typed document marked with red handwritten editorial notes; a hand holding a lit match in darkness with the flame casting a warm glow.
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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smbood.bsky.social
FOXGLOVE KING x SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE


Doubts of becoming a saint drip like blood through her dreams.

Images of ancient dragons and her father’s face awaken one last selfish desire within her: to find the truth of her father’s death before her blood spills on the altar.

#Q #F #RF #A #questpit
on the left is an image of an open book, and below that an image of an old wooden staircase. on top of both of those images is an image of a goddess statue. Next to that is an image of a silhouette of a girl holding up a sword. To the far right is an image of a girl draped in white with a lantern. There is a half circle golden disc across the top like the sun.
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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christianoxford.bsky.social
After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a vilified goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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nikkipwrites.bsky.social
SEEING RED

Prom was supposed to be the best night of Maddie’s life. Instead, a 200 year old spirit possessed her and wreaked havoc, attacking Prom Queen, Natalie.

Can Maddie get rid of the vicious and vengeful Scarlet before it’s too late for Natalie?

#questpit #Q #YA #PR #S
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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nikkipwrites.bsky.social
THE DARK CURSE

What would you do if you found yourself in the world of your favourite game? It’s a dream come true for Miles Porter, whose reality has been shattered.

The only problem with dreams is that you have to wake up some time.

#questpit #q #mg #fantasy
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM