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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Sep 6

It’s literary-meets-commercial: poetic prose, big ideas, and emotional depth, with enough momentum to keep readers turning pages.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

My first pitch in case anyone missed it 👇👇👇 bsky.app/profile/cass...

Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nova erases emotion for the Order—until a voice in her implant awakens forbidden memories, urging her to burn it all down. Will she forget and survive, or risk her life so humanity remembers?

Never Let Me Go X The Memory Police
#PosterPit #W #SF #SPF #A #Q (querying soon) @posterpit.bsky.social

A mock movie poster for a book "The Last Word" tagline: "Some things can't be erased" an upmarket speculative fiction set to query in fall 2025. A woman stands in a wheat field with a dark figure before her. A city with a tall spire stands in the background. A circle of light and data spins around the point of the tower. a double exposure of tower lights are superimposed in front of it. The image is dark and foreboding.

Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nova erases memories—until a phantom in her implant speaks. She breaks the rules for its truth, with deadly consequences. Hunted, she risks her life to stop their final update: severing emotion from the mind forever.
THE MEMORY POLICE X THE POWER
#PosterPit #W #SF #SPF #A #Q soon

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J.E. Ward @jeward.bsky.social · Aug 16

Now #Agented
THE GIRL WITH BLOOD ON HER DRESS
A woman wakes up with amnesia and can only speak French, a language she has never spoken before. Afraid someone wants her dead, she has no choice but to trust the complete stranger everyone says is her husband.
#PosterPit #AG #A #T #M

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Alicia @abeastie.bsky.social · Aug 16

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER X ALICE IN WONDERLAND

All Ara wants is to pass her exams, find a job, and survive the vampires after her blood.

On the verge of finding their missing girlfriend, Investigator Cam McCoy is torn between prioritizing their new client’s case or their own.

#Posterpit #UF #A

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Author James Schannep @jamesschannep.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hannah spends most days wishing something extraordinary would happen, but when a supernatural doppelgänger shows up happy to take her life, she must confront her inner demons, or risk being replaced by the shapestealer.
#PosterPitQ #SPF #CL #YA crossover #A #T #PosterPit #Q #C

Movie poster for SELF/ISH, a Doppelganger novel

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Samuel Clark @samuelclark3.bsky.social · Aug 16

#posterpit #WIP #FantsayNoir

X Files x Dark Souls

Gelmir, a mage who can only dispel magic and a wayward graduate of the Cyan academy, Gina Spectre investigate a series of anomalies, outbreaks and mages gone bad, culminating in them trying to stop a plot to bring about the 3rd extinction of magic.

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Jen @jenhwriter.bsky.social · Aug 16

Fear the women with the black blood. Fear the witch.

SEE HOW THEY BURN

❤️‍🔥 low romance
👹 the devil isn’t the bad guy
🦝 a raccoon ex
💀 necromancy
🪻 cities named after toxic plants
👯‍♀️ friends to lovers

#posterpit #q #f #a

Text: Fear the women with the black blood. Fear the witch.
See How They Burn
A novel by Jen Hallett

Two women engulfed in flames.

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Ali Lambert @alibearns.bsky.social · Aug 16

The Youngest Stargazer (WIP) #YA
Fletcher Falcon dreams of wings not wedding vows and discovering she’s a star gazer gives her a chance to head for the stars and protect her planet from the Shadows, but it’s a death mission as stargazers don’t survive long in space… #Posterpit #W #SF #F 🌈

Girl with wings. Blue background. Stars. Grey planet

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Sammy Holden @holdencreates.bsky.social · Aug 16

WARCROSS x ONE OF US IS LYING

DEADLY ARCHETYPES is a fast paced, grounded YA sci-fi that features:
- a high-tech, high stakes VR competition game
- an unlikely group of allies
- the ticking clock of a mind control glitch
- hero x villain archetypes
#PosterPit #AG #SF #YA

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T. is agented 🐀🖤 @tessaswck.bsky.social · Aug 16

A film {see: book} about endings, but also beginnings happening at the same time. Dead flesh & nectarines. Things taken & inexplicably returned, by things without hands.
For fans of: Monstrilio, Our Wives Under the Sea, Tender is the Flesh, etc.
#PosterPit #PosterPitA #AG #H #SPF #A

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Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · Aug 16

Brooke is ready to tear her cult apart to find Leah...literally.
9 Full Requests
Now with EDITOR INTEREST!
#PosterPit #LGBTQ #YA #T #Q

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wott is querying! @wottenmoss.bsky.social · Aug 16

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen is thrilled about it.

#PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA #YA

A movie poster featuring a misty forest, a magpie flying over the blue mountains rising into the sky.
Text: Enter the spiritwoods. When the Magpie Flies, a book by M H Wottenmoss. Undiscovered magic, queer fantasy, chaotic academia. Querying now.

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · Aug 16

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

#PosterPit #P #A #F #HF

Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

A poster, featuring an illustrated portrait of Aubeline de Sterraux from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE. She is a white woman with brown hair tied in an intricate hairstyle. She wears a black dress with puffed sleeves and white earings. Aubeline is shown kneeling and praying, her head looking up.

The top of the poster is colored, and the bottom part is black and white, the two part being separated by a red stain reminiscent of blood.

The title of the book is in the center. Underneath is more text reading "A novel by Millie Abecassis," then a quote by April Yates reading "A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original."

Under the quote are the names of several characters, listed as if they were actors: Aubeline de Sterraux, Vinnie Anneton, Damarisse de Sterraux, and "unhinged dudes."

At the top are Cannes festival-style quotes reading "dangerous body-based magic" and "slow-burn sapphic romance."

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Jennifer Luce @jenniferluce.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hi #PosterPit! If you're interested in a dark, modern-day Korean folklore and myth reimagining, layered with quiet, intimate dread and character-driven storytelling, then check this out:

#Q #H #R #A

Themes: Korean folklore set in modern-day pnw, anti-hero POV, psychological unraveling and monstrous transformation, dark, intimate atmosphere, slow-burn romance

Selected as a finalist in the 2025 PNWA Writers Contest for Horror/Paranormal

Title: GUMIHO
Adult Upmarket Horror Romance at 76,000 words

Cursed with a vengeful gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feeding it souls to become a god—and now she needs just one. But when she falls for her final target, wicked whispers invade her mind, visions of loved ones haunt her, and her body begins to change. As the gumiho consumes her from the inside out, Mina must face her demons and sever the curse—or achieve godhood and lose herself to become something monstrous.

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · Aug 16

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨

#PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

A faux movie poster for The Pirate, the Princess, and John featuring a silhouetted ship sailing on a layered blue ocean toward a distant castle under a pale moon, with three character names at the top: “Amir (the pirate),” “Mira (the princess),” and “John (for now).”

Below the ship is the quote: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that isn’t what ships are built for.” The title appears in large white serif letters, and at the bottom is the tagline: “YA fantasy, 82k, multi-POV; anti-colonial, non-Western, political intrigue; besties to lovers, found family, platonic ‘touch her and die’; strong girls, big feelings, sharp prose; diverse, queer, magical.” The author’s X handle @SARADURANAUTHOR and Bluesky handle SARADURAN.BSKY.SOCIAL appear in the lower right corner.

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annelise is vague! @anneliserichardson.bsky.social · Aug 16

#PosterPit #Q #F

The Sabine Women, kidnapped by the Romans, have been mostly forgotten.
So has the woman who sparked Rome's foundation.
In "She-Wolf", both their stories are finally told.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nova erases emotion for the Order—until a voice in her implant awakens forbidden memories, urging her to burn it all down. Will she forget and survive, or risk her life so humanity remembers?

Never Let Me Go X The Memory Police
#PosterPit #W #SF #SPF #A #Q (querying soon) @posterpit.bsky.social

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

A kiss is never just a kiss.

From my upmarket speculative WIP about memory, identity, and the ghosts we carry.

#WIPsnip #FirstKiss #SpecFic #AmWriting #UpmarketFiction #WritingCommunity

A softly lit romantic excerpt set in a forest at night. A woman leans in, emotionally overwhelmed, and shares a reverent first kiss with a man who once nearly killed her. The moment is quiet, redemptive, and intimate. They stay close, wrapped in each other’s arms, as the fire crackles and the trees sway around their fragile peace.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks! Should be done with polish before fall!!

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Nova The Machine @novathemachine.bsky.social · Aug 7

Tech dystopia meets haunting love story my kind of weekend read.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

Get excited, there is a devastatingly efficient AI which finds the inefficiency is humanity

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

Final post for #questpit ✨

Thank you everyone!

Here’s a streamlined look at THE LAST WORD for agents and readers who want a quick glance.🧡

Emotion is outlawed. Memory is rewritten.
Soft rebellion, found family, slow-burn epic romance—and hope in the dark.

#W #A #S #SF

Title slide: “THE LAST WORD – Upmarket Speculative Fiction” with comparison books Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. Dark atmospheric background with glowing white title text.

Pitch text: “Emotion is outlawed. Memory is rewritten. Nova erases memories for the regime, but when a glitching implant shows her a phantom in the code, she must choose obedience—or a truth she was never meant to remember.” Themes listed include found family, soft rebellion, trauma and recovery, slow-burn romance, and hope in the darkness. Images of a woman walking in misty mountains, a glowing neural network, and a silhouette at sunset.

Quote: “I saw you under the maple tree.”
Followed by atmospheric pitch lines: “A voice she can’t forget. A past they tried to erase. A choice that could break her—or set her free.” Visuals of blood on a wall, a tactical soldier, and a futuristic city skyline.

Nine-image aesthetic grid: futuristic cityscapes, a cabin in the woods, digital patterns, a forest, broken glass, and a lone figure walking into mist. Emphasis on contrast between nature and surveillance tech.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Memory Police x Never Let Me Go

💔 outlawed emotion
💻 a rogue in the code
🌲 found family & fractured trust
🔥 soft rebellion & slow-burn epic romance
👁️ surveillance, memory control, and a phantom in the tech
📼 “I saw you under the maple tree.”

#W #A #S #SF #U #questpit

Image with the title “Agent Guide to THE LAST WORD” in large glowing white text over a dark, moody background of a dimly lit wall and benches. Subtitle reads “Speculative Fiction.” The tone is ominous and atmospheric.

Text slide titled “PITCH” over the same moody background. Describes a speculative novel set in a world where emotion is outlawed and memories are rewritten. The protagonist, Nova, is a neural rewriter who begins to hear a rogue voice in the code, challenging everything she thought she knew. Explores themes of identity, memory, and resistance.

Slide titled “COMPS” featuring covers of Never Let Me Go, The Power, The Memory Police, Ex Machina, Arrival, and Black Mirror. Bullet points draw comparisons to themes like identity, memory, AI, slow-burn romance, emotional restraint, speculative control, rebellion, and surveillance states.

Slide titled “EXCERPT.” Features a scene in which Nova sees a phantom appear during a blackout—flickering like an old video file. He speaks to her, referencing past pain she tried to forget. The moment ends with a whisper: “I saw you under the maple tree.” A terminal window activates on its own and her restraints fall away. Tone is eerie, emotional, cinematic.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

Final post for #questpit ✨

Thank you everyone!

Here’s a streamlined look at THE LAST WORD for agents and readers who want a quick glance.🧡

Emotion is outlawed. Memory is rewritten.
Soft rebellion, found family, slow-burn epic romance—and hope in the dark.

#W #A #S #SF

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