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Jibril Stevenson

@jibrilstevenson.bsky.social

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Not actually a lizard. Muslim. Husband. Father. Student. Author of Westerns, scifi, Islamic fiction and any combination thereof. Same @ on IG, Tw¡tter, etc. jibrilstevenson.wordpress.com

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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Jun 27

Alhamdulillah, Sit Haneen had her baby two days ago, a handsome baby boy. Mother and baby are healthy so far, but the situation in Gaza is as bad as it's ever been and she needs help to provide her baby with milk and diapers. Please contribute if you can.

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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’m old…

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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com · Aug 16

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨
A soldier with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief who often dooms his partners will reclaim his throne. They aim to kill each other, but to liberate their silver-eyed kin, they must work together.
📅 07.07.26 #PosterPit #P #A #F

Mock-up movie poster of the adult political fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, written by Florence Chien, published by Rising Action. The poster features a photo of an art gallery with marble statues and checkered floor. Overlaid over the photo is an upside-down illustration of a faceless robed scholar holding a sword.

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · Aug 16

When the Chosen One lets a giant rift monster kill mech-pilot Aria's adoptive family, she swears to destroy the Chosen's position in the coven. But if Aria succeeds, she could lose her squad or worse... She could become the next Chosen One.

#PosterPit #Q #A #SF #F

A movie-style poster with brown, white, and blue text over a silhouette of someone walking into the desert with clouds in the distance.

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · Aug 16

Arun "Starling" Tige wants out. No more assassinations for her. But the key to remembering her lost past is with the man who trained her. To get her memories back, the price is one last job. And it could cost her life. Now... she just needs TO KILL A KING.

#PosterPit #W #A #SF

A black and white movie-style poster with three people and a planet and with orange, yellow, and white text.

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · Aug 16

What would you do if you had the power to protect what you love?

So what if Nyx’s humanity slips a when she uses her new AI-god abilities against a power-hungry Galactic Queen. If she doesn’t, she’ll lose everything she ever wanted--her own crew and a real family.

#PosterPit #P #A #SF

A movie-style poster with a woman covered in purple filaments and purple and yellow text.

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting @prahajess.bsky.social · Aug 16

🧹 EARLY MAGIC - When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a plan to steal it back—though it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic.
#posterpit #PosterPitQ #F #YA

Silhouettes of two young women, one holding a surfboard and one on a broom, both in witches hats. Early Magic In Query Boxes Now, A novel by Jessica Fisher Riches

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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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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Aug 16

I try to follow all authors back, but if the first book on your Amazon page is about how India and Isræl are saving the world from evil Moslems, miss me with that bullshit.

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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Jul 29

Even with limited aid allowed in, hunger in Gaza is as bad as ever. Please help if you can. gofund.me/293ff2d5

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Rochelle Mazar 🇨🇦 @mazar.bsky.social · Aug 6

DANCING WITH MAMMOTHS—Neanderthals, #queer found family 🌈, #neurodivergent perspectives 🦄, pygmy mammoths 🦣, and a sibling bond that could outlast an ice age 💗. Set in Vancouver. 🇨🇦 Give'r. #questpit #MG #S #Q

three cartoon elephants are standing next to each other in a foggy scene

Alt: three animated mammoths emerging from the mist.

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting @prahajess.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌙 Previous Moons
#questpit #W #YA #F

A young druid is determined to prove his missing father is alive. To save him, he must travel to a dying world - one his powerful mentor will stop at nothing to control.

Moodboard for Previous Moons; 8 images: close up of couple kissing, with bloody lips; an old castle on a hill; a potion bottle; dark trees on white; a ruin on a beach; a woman with branches as arms; a teen boy wearing a red beanie; a druid holding a staff

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting @prahajess.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Best Kisser In Prague

She's telling herself she's got the Future all figured out.
He's pretending he's let go of his Past.
Will Magda and Dominik miss the magical Now?

🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 Drifters, artists, seekers
🇨🇿 A crossroads in history
#questpit #W #NA #HF

Novel moodboard for "The Best Kisser in Prague" - with a circular image in the middle and four around it: a couple kissing; a pile of cassettes, a tram, a club, polaroids and drinks on a table

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Molly Haniszewski @mollyhaniszewski.bsky.social · Aug 6

The WHISPERWICKS X THE CARTOGRPAHER’S DAUGHTER The government hid the forces of nature in enchanted books and now biodiversity is collapsing. Luckily, Elliot and his friend Sky find a map that might lead them to the books. They just hope they can get there first.

#questpit #MG #SFF #LGBTQ+ #DIS #Q

The Book of the Ocean by Molly Haniszewski: An Agent's Guide

Comps for the Book of the Ocean: Features the covers of The Cartographer's Daughter, The Whisperwicks, The Girl of Ink and Stars, The Time of Green Magic, The Midnight Guardians, and Greenwild

A moodboard featuring books, the ocean, flowers and a bumblebee, a Black person wearing a flower crown of daisies, green hills, hands touching leaves, a lake, and rows of striped trees. The board is surrounded by tropes including: Deaf rep, nonbinary love interest, magical books, bookworm mmc, secret map, kids on a quest, and science nerds!

Pitch: Bookworm Elliot and his deaf, nonbinary crush Sky seek the books where the government hid the ocean, mountains, forests, and snow so they could control the world’s agriculture. The kids plan to open the books to restore the world's biodiversity. But in this world, if you rebel, you disappear, and the kids have to work quickly to stay ahead of the others searching for the books.

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Madeehah 🍉 ORPHAN PLANET OUT NOW! @madeehahwrites.bsky.social · Aug 4

Honoured that @thefantasticother.bsky.social have published another short story of mine! Check out AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS in their tenth issue with other brilliant contributors and a stunning cover 😍

AT THE FEET OF GUARDIANS
by Madeehah Reza
The Seven Guardians have always been there. They are etched into our country’s history,
each one holding a legend of its own. Each one stands as one of our protectors at the
borders of our vast country. They are as ancient as the Earth itself, we are told, looming over us as colossal towers of men. If you stood beneath one, we are told, you’d lose sight
of its head

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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congrats!

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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks!

Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks!

Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Aug 1

It’s official! I can’t wait to see this out in the world next summer.

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Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Jul 29

Even with limited aid allowed in, hunger in Gaza is as bad as ever. Please help if you can. gofund.me/293ff2d5

Jibril Stevenson @jibrilstevenson.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hello, I am an Arab in a Hollywood movie (or real life). I am shot in the head by a white guy from a far-off country who’s on edge because his wife left him. He feels sad about it because he’s basically a good person, and he patches things up with his wife. No one asks how I feel, or about my wife.

Gregory Crosby @monostich.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hello, I’m a thug who the hero brutally kills in a long fight scene in a hallway. I send half my pay home to my invalid mother and my two sisters. I have a beautiful son and a wife; we’re separated but we’re really trying to work it out. A little dog is waiting for me in my sad, tiny apartment.

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hello. I am an expendable character in an action film. If you shoot me with a regular gun I will scream in pain before I die. But if you shoot me with a silencer I will - obligingly - just let out a quiet gasp.

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