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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Aug 10

in case you're interested in reading more, go ahead and upgrade your substack subscription to him....OR, buy a physical copy with a super sexy black-and-red cover.

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Aug 10

in case you're interested in reading more, go ahead and upgrade your substack subscription to him....OR, buy a physical copy with a super sexy black-and-red cover.

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Aug 10

hey everyone! I wanted to let yall know about a fantastic literary dark fantasy novella (under 20k words!) by a friend of mine, Tom Schecter.

Book 1 of the SHIELDBREAKER Saga like GOT x VIKINGS but in book form! Read it, and weep.

open.substack.com/pub/shieldbr...

#booksky 📚💙 #writersky #fantasy

The Shieldbreaker, Book One: The Last of the Etela

Kareva battles against a seemingly invincible foe—and his own demons—in a last-ditch effort to save his people from extinction.

open.substack.com

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Aug 10

hey everyone! I wanted to let yall know about a fantastic literary dark fantasy novella (under 20k words!) by a friend of mine, Tom Schecter.

Book 1 of the SHIELDBREAKER Saga like GOT x VIKINGS but in book form! Read it, and weep.

open.substack.com/pub/shieldbr...

#booksky 📚💙 #writersky #fantasy

The Shieldbreaker, Book One: The Last of the Etela

Kareva battles against a seemingly invincible foe—and his own demons—in a last-ditch effort to save his people from extinction.

open.substack.com

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jul 17

Just hit 100 subscribers on my fiction magazine, Darkling! Check it out here if you're interested in reading horror, crime, speculative, and literary fiction told through an Asian lens.

cantrainallthetime.substack.com

#writing #WritingCommunity 💙📚 #horror #booksky

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jul 17

Just hit 100 subscribers on my fiction magazine, Darkling! Check it out here if you're interested in reading horror, crime, speculative, and literary fiction told through an Asian lens.

cantrainallthetime.substack.com

#writing #WritingCommunity 💙📚 #horror #booksky

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jul 6

Still working on my novel, but I am now open for GFX commissions! Hmu if you need a book cover, poster, logo, or banner. I create high-quality work for affordable prices.

NO AI INVOLVED, DM ME FOR INQUIRIES

cantrainallthetime.substack.com/p/graphic-de...

💙📚 #booksky #writingcommunity #design

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jul 6

Still working on my novel, but I am now open for GFX commissions! Hmu if you need a book cover, poster, logo, or banner. I create high-quality work for affordable prices.

NO AI INVOLVED, DM ME FOR INQUIRIES

cantrainallthetime.substack.com/p/graphic-de...

💙📚 #booksky #writingcommunity #design

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jun 20

Check out my latest entry in my crime-horror anthology series, ANTARA! This one is a satirical dark comedy entitled "Dokkaebi" about a young boyband's struggle against their oppressive, violent management.
open.substack.com/pub/cantrain...
#writing #Booksky 💙📚 #horror #writingcommunity #horror

ANTARA 002 // Dokkaebi

Loosely inspired by the Korean folktale, 'Dokkaebi Bangmangi'

open.substack.com

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jun 20

Check out my latest entry in my crime-horror anthology series, ANTARA! This one is a satirical dark comedy entitled "Dokkaebi" about a young boyband's struggle against their oppressive, violent management.
open.substack.com/pub/cantrain...
#writing #Booksky 💙📚 #horror #writingcommunity #horror

ANTARA 002 // Dokkaebi

Loosely inspired by the Korean folktale, 'Dokkaebi Bangmangi'

open.substack.com

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

REPUTATION ALBUM ❤️‍🔥

🏢 Laid off
🇵🇭Trying not to disappoint her Filipino dad
💍 Best friend’s “best woman”
🤐 Hiding how lost she feels
🫶 Reuniting with ex-work rival/ groom’s brother
🫣 Secrets piling up
💖 Finding hope

#SwiftiePitch #amquerying #agentsguide is below #WF w/ #R #ownvoices

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Jun 13

i have no idea why people keep following me even when I'm barely on this app

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M S Dyliacco @msdyliacco.bsky.social · May 31

LUTHER but Sci-Fi

Human-android double homicide wasn’t on disgraced PI Eliot’s bingo card. As more murders occur & clues point to the city’s first Wired mayoral candidate, he must ask his android ex-lover for help to stop the killer. Can he trust her to be on his side?

#SEAsianPit #Q #A #SF #M

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · May 31

JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE

For readers who like:
🩸 dangerous criminal underworlds
🩸 secret occult organizations
🩸 married villain protagonists
🩸 no-nonsense women in STEM
🩸 attractive men covered in blood
🩸 terrifying body horror
🩸 the threat of an Elder God

#SEAsianPit #W #A #CH #T

A page from an old book showing a skull drawing and the word MORTEM, a well-dressed couple in shadow staring at you with glowing eyes, two skyscrapers looming overhead in the fog, several pistols lying in a cushioned case, a black hole, two doctors performing surgery, a man with his back turned and a woman's hand cradling his head, a cork board of documents and string, six figures cloaked in black and gathered in a semi-circle.

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CLARK @quillofclark.bsky.social · May 31

The wars of the Sengoku Jidai gave rise to unrest all over Japan. Unable to rest in peace, he walks the Earth with an impossible task in one hand

and a katana in the other.

Presenting... FUSHI NO SHOKUZAI
(ONIMUSHA x GHOST OF TSUSHIMA)

#SEAsianPit
#Q

#NA #A

#AC #F #MR #M #SH #S #T

The official book cover created by donutsthetic.bsky.social; shows the main protagonist engaging in a delicate ritual in Japanese Samurai Culture called "Seppuku" which involves disemboweling oneself to atone for one's sins. It is believed that by doing so, one can be absolved of their mistakes and regain honor.

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social · May 31

KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE x TO ALL THE BOYS

Selectively mute 16yo Lena Mei wants to read a Chinese poem to honour her late mother, but she can’t read it. A charming autistic polyglot offers to help—not only with her speech but also in discovering her own autism.

#SEAsianPit #W #YA #CR

Quote from The Love In Your Words:
“If this year has taught me anything besides how deeply one can feel heartache and pain, it’s that time spent nurturing love can heal sorrow.”
Top row, left to right: the Liverpool Chinatown arch, floating red Chinese lanterns, the Royal Liver Building lit up in red in front of the night sky
Middle row, left to right: The Royal Albert Dock, the quote from The Love In Your Words, cranes on a shipping dock lit up at night
Bottom row, left to right: candles and flowers on gravestones at night, a couple standing underneath an umbrella on a rainy night, fairy lights shaped like stars and moons hanging from trees

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · May 31

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS x INTERIOR CHINATOWN

For readers who like:
💕 reliving your university years
💕 a spicy teacher/student romance
💕 with a 10-year age gap
💕 overcoming intergenerational trauma
💕 bullies getting what they deserve
💕 the power of friendship

#SEAsianPit #W #NA #CR

A gallery of photographs, a young Chinese woman smiling over her shoulder, a teacher lecturing in a hall full of college students, someone studying in bed, skyscrapers and street signs in New York City, a young white man with golden brown hair and a trimmed beard, a couple embracing as the woman sits on a kitchen counter, fashion design sketches on a wall, a fashion show runway with models walking it.

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Jenny 晴儿 @qinger.bsky.social · May 31

Squid Game x And Then There Were None
Ding Dong I have a little secret 🎶
→ death game
→ important social issues
→ creepy nursery rhymes + your worst trauma
→ actually a psycho

#SEAsianPit #W #A #F #T

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Christine Alemshah @christinealemshah.bsky.social · May 31

ONE LITTLE LIGHT X MORE THAN WORDS

OUR WORLD IS A SONG highlights the universal musical experiences in life’s journey. From lullabies & first birthdays, through nature, & later when problems arise. Music connects us. Our lives, our voices matter — whenever we stop and listen.

#SEAsianPit #AG #PB

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Christine Alemshah @christinealemshah.bsky.social · May 31

MERRY WITCHMAS x BROOMMATES

Tilly Witch thinks writing spells at magic school is for the bats, so she escapes to Humantown. Halloween hijinks could spell disaster for her new friend Maisie’s family feast until she figures out how to bring a touch of Tilly to Thanksgiving.

#SEAsianpit #AG #PB #H

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · May 31

Excited to share my updated #agentsguide for my #WF novel with a strong romantic plot featuring a half-Filipino millennial, complete at 82k words.

🌟 Self-discovery
🌏 Cultural identity & gender roles
🌱 Adult coming-of-age
💔 Loss
🔥 Slow-burn romance

#SEAsianPit #agentguide #bookclubfiction w/ #r

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allison e. crisostomo @aecwrites.bsky.social · May 31

ARSENIC AND ADOBO x PHOTO FINISHED
Strung Up in the Studio

With a suspect list casting her theater community as killers, Aderyn must solve the murder & make the pieces of her life an ensemble, or the curtain may fall on her career b4 it starts — or worse, the show won’t go on!

#SEAsianPit #Q #A #M

6 photos: circus performers, a cabaret venue and bar, a narrow staircase, a drag queen emcee, radio city music hall at Christmas, and a breakdancer.

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Aeterna-C Nguyễn Vĩnh Hằng @aeterna-c.bsky.social · May 30

In the Antarctic snow, a teen ex-assassin falls for his professor and psychiatrist whom he’s destined to kill. Whom he braves hell, medicine, and arts to bring back.

Sciences x Arts
Fairy tale x Murder mystery
Việt culture x Narnia
Platonic poly
#A #COA #SF #F #LGBT #DIS #M #STEM #AC #SEAsianPit #Q

A℞TISTS : De Amore; or, De Arte Honeste Amandi (A℞TISTS : On Love; or, The Art of Loving Honestly)
Piano photograph

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · May 31

Sadly I'm betraying my people by not participating in #SEAsianPit, but I'm here to support! Like/comment if you want a boost.

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Tien Taylor @tientaylor.bsky.social · May 31

🇻🇳 1258
After sacred statues are stolen, Thuy is the last child born. She tries to take her sis's place in a marriage to the ruthless son of the former ruler. But he finds out & makes her use her ability to speak to the dead to find the statues-possibly for political gain
#WNDB mentee #ya #SEasianpit

#1: bride sitting on bed
#2: incense being lit
#3: lady holding a skull
#4: couple holding hands

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