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Jules Nickerson
@julesnickerson.com
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Writer of horror and dark academia
Rep: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass
https://julesnickerson.com/
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92K - Dual POV - YA FANTASY

๐Ÿฐ HERS - FANTASY
๐Ÿ› Childhood Friends
๐Ÿ‘ญ Sister Bonds
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿผ Inherited Magic
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธโ€โžก๏ธ Leap, Then Look
๐Ÿ’‹ Kiss, Marry, or Kill?

๐ŸงŒ HIS - HORROR
๐Ÿ’‘ Childhood Sweethearts
๐Ÿ’• Self-Sacrificing Loyalty
๐Ÿ’€ Soul Selling
๐Ÿค” Anxious, Overthinker
๐Ÿซ€ Cannibal Witch

#Bluepit #bluepit๐Ÿ“–#YA #Fantasy
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
An #editorsguide to ๐ŸŒฒTHE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER๐ŸŒฒ
This romantic fantasy has:
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Canadian subarctic inspired setting
๐ŸŒ‹Roots in animistic religion
โšก๏ธA physics based magic system
๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿฝ Crotchety immortals
๐Ÿ  Complex family dynamics
๐ŸŒŽ Accessible worldbuilding

#bluepit๐Ÿ“– #A #F #R #FR #OS soon ๐Ÿ‘€
On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. In white text: An Editorโ€™s Guide To The Land of Undying Summer by Ivy T. Woods Adult Romantic Fantasy 108,000 words On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. On the left side of the picture is an ink drawn map of a continent. In white text: Pitch When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with a wandering mage to figure out why mages are dwindling among her people, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her peopleโ€™s distrust escalates into a full-scale uprising, leaving the two loners to save the living, the dead, and each other. Though not necessarily in that order. On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. In white text: Comps The atmosphere and vibes of: - The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon - Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang The Humour Of: - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. In white text Chapter One - The End of Darkness No Guide could resist the Call of Return forever. But this time, when Tilaaniโ€™s trembling hands closed on the spiked rocks of the Wolfโ€™s Fangs, the agonizing need for the missing part of herself had dulled to an aching throb. The Call would take her eventually. But not today. Today, she was already running late. โ€œShit!โ€ Tilaani snatched her cloak from the icy stalagmite she had been using as a hanger and staggered to a slim crack in the cliff face. It had been a century since the passage had opened in one of Elโ€™Drekโ€™s rages but the frozen stone was still jagged, tugging at her shirt as she sidled through, thin cloak clutched in one hand. Wind whistled through the crevice, peppering her exposed skin with hard snow. It melted, steaming as it touched her. Time within the cavern had always been malleable, misaligned with the world outside. Shinac had always claimed the shifts were random but Tilaani had her doubts. It always seemed to stretch whenever she was in a hurry. She wouldnโ€™t put it past any of the deadโ€”either Blessed or Barredโ€”to extend time merely to inconvenience her. And now, backing up this theory, the sun was high overhead and the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living. Allak would be insufferable if she was late.
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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A DOWRY OF BLOOD x THE BACHELOR

Holland only agrees to date Dracula on TV to boost her influencer career. When producer manipulation goes too far, she tries to leave, but finds the eliminated girls havenโ€™t been sent homeโ€”theyโ€™ve been fed on.

#BluePit ๐Ÿ“– #A #H #W #HU
Mood board depicting dark, campy vampire aesthetic with a silhouette of Dracula. Headline reads "Who Wants to Be Dracula's Bride" with tagline "This season's to die for".
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Iโ€™m thrilled to finally share the updated guide to my gothic horror novel, THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH. Now revised through the 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship program!

๐Ÿ–ค Medieval Ireland
๐Ÿ–ค She's the monster
๐Ÿ–ค Bubonic plague
๐Ÿ–ค Only one grave

#agentsguide #gothic #horrormance
Photo of a creepy gothic forest with the outline of red skeletal hands reaching in. Text reads "An Agent's Guide to The Banshee of Clan Murtagh: a gothic love story. 80,000 words, adult horror, by Anna Hirsch." Torn paper with a graphic of praying hands holding a rosary. Text reads: The pitch: Ireland, 1348: When Ciarรกn Murtagh hears the cry of his familyโ€™s eternally young banshee, he hunts her down to learn who in his family is fated to die. In the struggle, his touch triggers memories of the bansheeโ€™s previous life as a servant of his householdโ€”and she demands to know more. They meet by moonlight searching for answers in the bansheeโ€™s memories, and Ciarรกnโ€™s growing attraction sets him on a path of macabre desire. But as the devastating bubonic plague closes in, Ciarรกn must decide whether to stay by his dying family or succumb to the seduction of the death-bringer. For fans of: the yearning in the time of plague in Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, the Catholic horror in The Possession of Alba Dรญaz by Isabel Caรฑas, and the death-crossed lovers in Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers. A spooky forest with a red outline of a skeletal deer overlayed on it. Large text reads: The first line: I was a boy of ten when I first saw death, but I'd heard her for years.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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NYT offers a survey of the state of book publishing that feels hopeful. Also a nice mention for the newly-launched horror store, Twisted Spine. This is a gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
Dragons, Sex and the Bible: What Drove the Book Business This Year
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks

"According to Circana BookScan, mass market unit sales plunged from 131 million in 2004 to 21 million in 2024, a drop of about 84%, and sales this year through October were about 15 million units."
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Congrats Zilla!! The blood and sweat was worth it๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿฉธ
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They say the final act is the hardest to survive. After a lot of blood, sweat, and eleventh-hour decisions, Iโ€™m beyond thrilled to announce that Iโ€™m now represented by @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social at Mad Woman Literary Agency!

I can't wait to work on making Hotel Adair even more deadly.
December 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Thank you! Sending you some dry and sunny regards from the desert ๐ŸŒต
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Taking a break from the keyboard this week...
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Excited to announce that Our Elsewhere has won the general fiction category for the 2025 Book Pipeline Unpublished contest! bookpipeline.com/winners

Honored they recognized Our Elsewhere--a speculative fiction where a widow journeys across worlds via death to find and save her husband.
Screenshot of the contest winner page showing T. Rutherford's picture and bio
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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This is the best vague post I've ever seen. So happy for you Zilla and I can't wait to see what the next couple of weeks will bring! ๐Ÿ’›
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Congrats Chase!!! ๐Ÿ–ค That's an incredible accomplishment and I can't wait to learn more about this book!
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Sourcebooks is the fifth-largest trade publisher as measured by print books sold, breaking the dominance of the biggest conglomerates for the first time since Bookscan started>
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/11/sour...
Sourcebooks Cracks the Big Five - Publishers Lunch
For the first time in decades, thereโ€™s a challenge to the hegemony of the biggest trade publishers in the US. As Sourcebooks continues to grow, it is now the fifth largest publisher in the country by ...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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TALK TO ME x THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE x CABIN IN THE WOODS

* dual timeline
* tarot & ouija boards & seances
* OBX setting
* bachelorette weekend with a body count
* best friends forever (as a curse)
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Simon & Schuster Executive Fiction Publisher @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social joins us to talk about the decisions that go into acquiring and marketing books. Plus, what happens in auctions and why she started The Honest Editor Substack!

Watch now: youtu.be/SJXs6kut_EU
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Youtube link: www.youtube.com/live/4fFYD0x...
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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โ€œTWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrestโ€ premieres TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. ET! See @frecklywench.bsky.social, of Aevitas Creative Management, Danya Kukafka of Trellis Literary Management, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social of Neighborhood Literary on AWPโ€™s YouTube channel.
TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest
TWC Live! returns November 13, and this time literary agents will be expanding on Juneโ€™s Big Conversation in the magazine: โ€œPublishing in a Time of Unrest.โ€
www.awpwriter.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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would love to expand my CP network! esp for my adult fantasy: WILL OF THE MANY X NAUSICAA

After conjuring the ghost of bone magic's inventor, uni student Aris attracts the attention of an undead professor who would kill to keep the secret of magic's origins buried.

#FiFRevPit #WritingCommunity
Quote: โ€˜Aris waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriage way to break the window.โ€™ A picture grid below feat. trees, a boy by historical buildings, a shelf of animal skulls, a button down shirt, a large animal skull, hands around a table of cups, and a diagram of a skeleton.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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thank you so much, zilla!! ๐Ÿฅน
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Thank you Stephanie!
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Thanks kj!! I appreciate your support ๐Ÿ–ค
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I am so thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency! I am looking forward to working together on IVORY TOWER, a psychological horror and dark academia novel.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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What Iโ€™m reading this weekend: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Itโ€™s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same.

#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM