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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

ALADDIN x GREEK MYTH

When a single father bumps into an aloof heiress, he's lovestruck. Too bad she hates that his family's company is turning a historical villa into a hotel. His plan?

🏠 Stop the project
💰 Keep the business afloat
❤️ Win her heart

#DVpit #R #A #LGBT #ND

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

I like this very much

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

When can I read this?

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I'm intrigued

Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds very good

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

Going onto a holiday with you bff is never a good idea, just saying

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

Moving to London! Girl, drop both of them

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

this sounds intriguing

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds so good!

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

ACT YOUR AGE EVE BROWN X GREEK MYTH

Determined to woo his new flame, a lovestruck single father must find a way to balance between her wish to preserve an historical villa and his family business plans to turn it into an hotel—all while the business threads on bankruptcy
#A #R #Dvipit #LGBT

Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

ALADDIN X ACT YOUR AGE EVE BROWN

Determined to woo the woman of his dreams, a single father must find a compromise between his company's plans to turn a 1920s villa into a hotel and her desire to preserve it, before both the business and the blossoming relationship crumble

#Dvpit #R #A #LGBT

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 1d

ALADDIN X ACT YOUR AGE EVE BROWN

Determined to woo the woman of his dreams, a single father must find a compromise between his company's plans to turn a 1920s villa into a hotel and her desire to preserve it-hoping the business doesn't crash before
#Dvpit #A #R ##LGBT

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K.A. Hela ✨ Prepping for edits...again✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 16d

So anyway "The Stranger's War" is almost out of beta.

GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL X FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS X SOME RANDOM PSYCHIC BULLSHIT

#UnhingedPit #F #CS #Writingcommunity #WriteSky

almost did a beta reader feedback post but it turned into me reading all my feedback in one session all at once and put my brain in a weird space where I wanted to rip the entire MS apart.....so unhinged pit made me a bit unhinged....success?

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Catherine “Halloween meme participant” Winters @catherinewinters.com · 16d

SNEAKERS (1992) x SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977) x THE UNUSUAL (DR. PEPPER COMMERCIAL, 1985)
#UnhingedPit #SF #LGBT #R #Q

A pixelated JPEG infographic:
STOP HIRING HUMANS

1. HUMANS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEIR TERRITORY
2. Incredible strength and speed, constant hunger for flesh, etc.
3. Humans have OVER 160 TEETH
4. Insist on counting to TEN instead of normal amounts like eight
5. “PLACENTAL MAMMALS”??? (Laziness related?)
6. Irresponsible, addicted to TERRIBLE breakfast stimulants
7. Humans cause their crewmates to have WEIRD FEELINGS (You all get that too, right?)

LOOK at what your crewmates have to deal with (These are REAL Human traits, done by REAL Humans):
Gun, bad at space, sharp teeth, unsolicited nudes

“Hello I would like to eat food and stare at you”

They have played us for absolute fools

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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 16d

Pirates of the Caribbean but if Elizabeth was a bisexual mage, Will was a lesbian monster/pirate, James Norrington was an age-appropriate hottie that didn’t suck, and we spread the Jack shenanigans around. Then add more angst and a cult

#unhingedpit #a #f #fr

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · 16d

How it started and how it changed
#unhingedpit #R #Q

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SonnyZappa @sonnyzappa.bsky.social · 16d

Introducing my MC Rea through incorrect quotes:

(A historical fantasy set in WW2 Italy)

#UnhingedPit #YA #H #W

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Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · 16d

What could go wrong?

THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH is a gothic horror about the black sheep of a powerful 14th century Irish family and his doomed love story with the banshee who's haunted his household for generations.

#UnhingedPit #Q #H #R #A #Historical #Gothic

Meme of hand smashing button; top text: FAMILY DYING OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

Bottom text (on button): HOT BANSHEE

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Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · 16d

...see what happens next in THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH, a gothic horror romantic tragedy complete at 71,000 words.

#UnhingedPit #Q #H #R #A #Historical #Gothic

Mockup of a reddit post: AITA for predicting my aunt will die?

The other day I [M20] heard the banshee, meaning someone in my family will die, and obviously it’s going to be my aunt. She’s pretty sickly and I can’t imagine any other option. But when I told my family, they called me a disgrace.

Naturally I tracked down the banshee and demanded answers, but she was totally useless and couldn’t tell me shit, so I stole her comb. Sweet revenge. But I didn’t anticipate that she’d try to get it back… and when I tried to get her out of my bedroom (hello, personal space???) I accidentally touched her and she had this weird seizure.

Now this creepy, undead (but lowkey hot) chick is insisting that “my touch brings her memories back” and “she craves more”. I can’t lie, I’m tempted (just because I want to find out who’ll actually die and prove my family wrong… no other reason). If my dickhead cousin finds out about this I’m totally screwed. AITA?

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CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 16d

What if this novel had a card game? (It does. 👀)
What if you could play with your favs? (You can. 😍)
What if those favs were cruelly ripped from your deck because they died in real life? (They will! 😱)

Welcome to Clans & Castles.🐉 (#TheEmeraldQueen)

#unhingedpit, #a, #f, #r, #fr, #q

Clans & Castles Placard
Official Roster Change, Clan Solura
(ALL INDIVIDUALS LISTED ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR OFFICIAL PLAY)
Matriarch Helara (Dragon) Dead, Discard
Satralein Maewa (Dragon) Dead, Discard
Coheir Sycora (Dragon) Dead, Discard
Coheir Fanara (Dragon) Dead, Discard
Sir Wesley Vardir (Dragon) Restricted - play limited to Matriarch Nyraxa's exaltation
We know you want the Emerald Queen Stop Asking
All changes reflect real events as reported by TramLax Representatives in Trinov Province
Don't Miss Everlight's Favorite Real Time Strategy CCG
Based on the Lives & Adventures of Ynek's Dragon Clans

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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 20d

The new Agent's Guide to
MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project.

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At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable.
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MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR comps and tropes

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Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · 24d

Presenting the #AgentsGuide to my #gothic #horror novel THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH 🖤

#AmQuerying starting TODAY!

The black sheep of a powerful family pursues a doomed romance with the banshee who's haunted his estate for generations, even as the black plague closes in. 🥀

An agent's guide to The Banshee of Clan Murtagh, a 71,000 word gothic horror by Anna Hirsch

TROPES/COMPS:
He’s human, she’s immortal / Only one grave / Byronic hero protagonist / Uncovering lost memories / Medieval Irish setting / Tragic ending

For fans of the folkloric love story of Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid, the death-touched love of Nosferatu (2024), the family trauma of the Haunting of Hill House, the Catholic guilt of The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

PITCH
Ireland, 1348: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s banshee for the first time in a decade, he knows one of his own is fated to die. But they don’t believe his warnings—why would they? The last time Ciarán heard the banshee he didn’t tell a soul until after his cousin’s tragic death, and they’ve never trusted him since.

Desperate for redemption in his family’s eyes, Ciarán hunts down the banshee in search of answers. She’s equal parts frightening and alluring, and in his struggle to confront her, he inadvertently triggers the banshee’s memories. Memories of when she was a servant of his household, generations ago, named Deirdre.

Deirdre claims that Ciarán’s physical touch restores her memories, and demands more. He agrees to meet by moonlight in hope of learning whose death she foretold. With every encounter, Ciarán’s attraction to Deirdre grows, setting him on a path of macabre desire. When the devastating bubonic plague befalls the Murtagh household, and Deirdre’s memories reveal a dark scandal in the family’s history, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his family’s side in their final hours or embrace the seduction of the death-bringer.

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All my life I was tempted by death. And like the sinner I was, I never could resist her sweet voice, even when she came for those I love.

First was my grandfather, when I was a boy of four. I still recall standing atop the hill, which I’d claimed as my kingdom like so many others on our land, hearing the banshee’s cry ring out from the forest.

That night, my grandfather finally succumbed to his long illness. But not without leaving his scars on the family, like great rips through a painting. We tried to stitch it back together, plaster the canvas with more layers of paint, but the gashes were always visible beneath.

I was ten when I heard her next, entranced as in a waking dream. She cast tendrils of keening over the forest, unfurled her slender fingers of song into the dark reaches of my heart. I should have known what it meant. I should have warned them.

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey, I struggle with coherent plot too. I can't offer in line edits but I can read your draft if you want!
What's the pitch?

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Guendalina Cilli @guendalina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hello there. With first round of edits almost done, it's time to start looking for some betas. I aim to find between 10/15 betas. If you are interested, please fill in the form linked in the replies. You have time until 18 September

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #betareader

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