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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

All Jack wanted was to live a quiet life as a barista, leaving his dark past behind. Now all he wants is to stop his ex’s plot to overthrow the magical government: a plot Jack gave his ex the power to achieve. Can Jack stop him? Or will he - and his allies - die trying?
#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT

Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

ALIGNMENT = THE LAST SUN x MAGIC BITES

Come for the:
🗡️ Nefarious revenge plot
😝 smartass narrator
🏆 powerful artifacts
🩸 Illegal magic
💥 Epic battles

Stay for the:
🩶 morally-gray necromancer
❤️‍🩹 second chance romance
🥰 2x the boyfriends
🌹 only one bed/shower/tomb

#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sat, ready to hear more!!!

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

WANTED:

Barista seeks help saving the world.

Looking for: 1 (or 2) hot authority figure(s) w/heart of gold, ok w/blood, murder, trespassing, graffiti.

Must love: saving the world, trashing the State Fair in epic magic battles, & making out in alleyways/mausoleums.
#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

I love the (????, m) 😂 I feel like your story’s narrator would fit right in with Jack and the rest of ALIGNMENT’s crew

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Mel!! I feel the same way about your book!! Lmk if you want to swap some pages, I would love to read it!

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

When his past is resurrected, Jack B. Nimble, enchanter-turned-barista, has no choice: team up with his first-love-turned-parole officer & a hot single-dad necromancer to stop his ex from destroying the world with illegal magic before the eclipse ends, or die trying.

#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 2d

How to make ALIGNMENT:
- 1 scrappy barista w/gift for enchanting
- 2 old flames (1 MUST be evil)
- 1 total solar eclipse
- 2 forms of illegal magic
- 1 pkg Sharpies

Shake together w/ 2 large scoops of romance. Garnish w/faerie dust.

Makes 1 chance to save the world.
#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 3d

MAGIC BITES + THE LAST SUN

With the lives of two missing girls hanging in the balance, self-serving enchanter-turned-barista Jack Nimble is forced to ally with love interests both old and new to stop his megalomaniac ex-boyfriend’s demonic revolution - or die trying.

#DVPit #A #CF #DF #PR #LGBT

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

For my last trick, here’s the Agent Guide for ALIGNMENT, my completed manuscript. Huge shoutout to the amazing people behind this event for putting it on!

#QueerPit #A #UF

A photo collage style moodboard on a plum background. The photos include a purple Ferris wheel, green magic illuminating a hand, two hands brushing in black and white, a partial image of a young man’s face, a display of Sharpies for sale, a total solar eclipse, a silhouette of a house with a purple sky behind it, an ink stained page, and green ivy partially covering a window.
Below these images is white, sharpie-style text saying “Alignment by Lizzy S. Briggs”

$The Pitch: Jack B. Nimble is all-too-familiar with his ex’s plans for world domination. He was supposed to be at the center of it, serving as his right-hand alchemist. Instead, after a brutal reckoning, Jack has crawled out of rock bottom by keeping his head down and avoiding his dark past. Jack’s fragile present as a barista for a magical coffee shop cracks when his illegal secret menu leads to his arrest. It fractures when his former best friend, now a cop, offers to be his parole officer after years of estrangement. It shatters entirely when his ex, Hugo, puts his plans into motion, blowing up the Magisterium in pursuit of both vengeance on Jack and a mysterious artifact. Jack learns he isn’t his ex’s only victim when a handsome necromancer tracks him down, leveraging Jack’s past to secure his help in stopping Hugo’s plan to usher in his new, demonic world order. Can Jack face his past - and his truth - in time to save the world from being rewritten?$

Comps - Valiant by Holly Black, Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews, Finder by Emma Bull, The Last Sun by KD Edwards. Tropes - Childhood best friends to parolee/parole officer, magically bound together, only one bed/shower/mausoleum, second chance romance, actual love triangle, vengeful exes, queer AF. This text is surrounded by Polaroid-style photos of green flames, a coffee shop, a cathedral window covered in ivy, and a man’s hands in handcuffs

Favorite Quotes: “Magic gave us a second chance. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is selling something.” “It made sense he’d require a blood price for me to leave. I just hadn’t expected so much of it to be mine.” “When I was a kid, I used to pretend I could feel the warmth of my imaginary mother at my side, or the comforting weight of my invisible father’s hand on my shoulder. But I had neither, and those memories were stolen, phantoms borne of after-school specials, late-night sitcom reruns, and a desperate, aching hope that wouldn’t fucking die that one day, they’d come back for me. But I guess that’s what real faith is. Unkillable.” “Oh honey, you have no idea who I became without you.”

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

ALIGNMENT - come for the
🗡️ Nefarious revenge plot
🩸 Illegal magic
💥 Epic magic battles
Stay for the
🩶 morally-gray necromancer
❤️‍🩹 second chance romance
🌹 alleyway/mausoleum makeouts

#QueerPit #A #UF

A grid of nine photos, from left to right:
Top row: an eclipse in phases; text reading “Our almost will always haunt me”; all-black Converse high-tops.
Second row: a shot of healed scars on a man’s tanned back; a cathedral illuminated in red light; a house in front of a purple night sky with fairy lights in bare branches partially obscuring it.
Bottom row: a young man in a white t shirt channeling red light between his palms; a lilac-walled foyer with black and white marble checkerboard flooring; a crow looking down at a headstone it is perched on.

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

THIS SOUNDS SO COOL!!!!!!!

Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · Aug 15

The world is cruel; you don't have to be.

A gay, aspiring superhero is torn between two mentors as he pursues a mysterious supervillain who can control minds, while the world teeters on the brink of war.

The Winter Soldier x Hench x Dreadnought

#QueerPit #AC #CLI #D #SH #SPF #A #OwnVoices

Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder/Batwoman, a Black female superhero/detective with no powers but an insatiable sense of justice.

Amadeus Cho/Totally Awesome Hulk by InHyuk Lee. Because sometimes superheroes are green.

Jackson A. Dunn as Brandon Breyer/Brightburn, a young man with super power he is unprepared to deal with. He standing in the rain, staring directly at the camera, and the irises of his eyes are glowing ominously.

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

I need this book desperately, intravenously, IMMEDIATELY!!

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

This pitch slays!!! 🧛

Maisie Bannion 🩷 querying @maisiebannion.bsky.social · Aug 15

🩷Spells for Lost Things meets Buffy💚
When a vampire and a teen witch kill a high-ranking vamp in self defense, they team up to hide the murder from the slain foe’s vengeful clan—and bonding over the deadly secret just might kindle their offbeat romance.
#QueerPit #YA #P #R

Illustration of two cameo portraits on a wall in an oddities shop, green, pink, and black color palette. Tags: workplace romance, friends to lovers, magical mishaps, ghosts from the past (literally)

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

I absolutely LOVE this premise!! I’m a [redacted] for second chance romances 😍😍😍

Danny Daydreams Daily ☀️ @dannysdaydreams.bsky.social · Aug 15

EDITORS 👀 QUEER HALLMARK

Liam ran; Duncan stayed. Now, they're paired on a city project--but Duncan doesn't recognize Liam post-transition. Liam thinks he can pretend to be a stranger, but as feelings grow it's only a matter of time before Duncan unburies their past.

#queerpit #romcom #onsub

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

This sounds so cool, Camila!!!!!

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Reposted by Lizzy S. Briggs

camila is querying 🗡️ @carosas.bsky.social · Aug 15

When Nora Foscara unearths her sister’s scavenger hunt, she’s plunged into a world of a secret society, colonized magic, and whispers from the grave—but the truth could devour her before graduation.

#QueerPit #YA #F

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

Omg, thank you Danielle!!!

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks, Danni!!!

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

How to make ALIGNMENT:
- 1 scrappy barista w/gift for enchanting
- 2 old flames (1 MUST be evil)
- 1 total solar eclipse
- 2 forms of illegal magic
- 1 pkg Sharpies

Shake together with 2 large scoops of romance. Garnish with faerie dust. Makes 1 chance to save the world.

#QueerPit #A #UF

Nine images in a grid, from left to right.
First row: black and white vintage coffee shop sign; half-shadowed image of a young man’s upper face with tan skin, tousled dark hair, and eyes downcast; a purple night sky with a silhouette of a house with one orange window partially obscured by a bare tree branch string with white fairy lights.
Second row: Photo of a hand curling around a bright green glowing orb; a color shot of a solar eclipse surrounded by clouds; a black and white photo of two hands, both male, one with fingers lightly brushing the back of the other hand.
Third row: a purple Ferris wheel at night; a wall of Sharpies for sale at a store; a photo of a broken cathedral window covered in green ivy.

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Aug 15

THE LAST SUN x FINDER

When his past is resurrected, Jack B. Nimble, enchanter-turned-barista, has no choice: team up with his ex-best-friend-turned-parole officer and a single-dad necromancer to stop his ex’s demonic takeover of the Citadel before the eclipse ends, or die trying.

#QueerPit #A #UF

A moodboard of nine squares, from left to right:
First row - Black and white shot of cursive text on paper with a ballpoint pen; black and white shot of a hand holding a lit cigarette trailing smoke; black and white shot of a sign saying “coffee nap roasters”
Second row - black background with white lowercase arial text that reads “blah, blah, blah…shut up”; a half-shadowed colored shot of a tan-skinned young man’s upper face, eyes downcast and black hair tousled; a black background with blue smoke trails
Third row - a wall of sharpie packages on peg hooks in a store; an ivory background with gothic font text reading “maybe I’ve always been more comfortable in chaos”; a close up shot of a white page covered in black cursive writing partially obscured by a black ink splotch

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Jul 14

Omg that’s so cool of you!!! I can’t wait to see it!

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Jul 13

MAGIC BITES + THE LAST SUN

With the lives of two missing girls hanging in the balance, self-serving enchanter-turned-barista Jack Nimble is forced to ally with love interests new and old to stop his megalomaniac ex-boyfriend’s demonic revolution - or die trying.

#BluePit📖 #LGBT #Q #A #F

$The Pitch: Jack B. Nimble is all-too-familiar with his ex’s plans for world domination. He was supposed to be at the center of it, serving as his right-hand alchemist. Instead, after a brutal reckoning, Jack has crawled out of rock bottom by keeping his head down and avoiding his dark past. Jack’s fragile present as a barista for a magical coffee shop cracks when his illegal secret menu leads to his arrest. It fractures when his former best friend, now a cop, offers to be his parole officer after years of estrangement. It shatters entirely when his ex, Hugo, puts his plans into motion, blowing up the Magisterium in pursuit of both vengeance on Jack and a mysterious artifact. Jack learns he isn’t his ex’s only victim when a handsome necromancer tracks him down, leveraging Jack’s past to secure his help in stopping Hugo’s plan to usher in his new, demonic world order. Can Jack face his past - and his truth - in time to save the world from being rewritten?$

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks, Sia!!! 🖤

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · Jul 13

Enchanter/Barista seeks help saving the world.

Looking for: authority figure w/heart of gold, ok w/blood, murder, and petty crimes.

Must love: saving the world, trashing the State Fair in epic magic battles, & making out in alleyways/mausoleums.

Must have car.

#BluePit📖 #LGBT #Q #A #F

$The Pitch: Jack B. Nimble is all-too-familiar with his ex’s plans for world domination. He was supposed to be at the center of it, serving as his right-hand alchemist. Instead, after a brutal reckoning, Jack has crawled out of rock bottom by keeping his head down and avoiding his dark past. Jack’s fragile present as a barista for a magical coffee shop cracks when his illegal secret menu leads to his arrest. It fractures when his former best friend, now a cop, offers to be his parole officer after years of estrangement. It shatters entirely when his ex, Hugo, puts his plans into motion, blowing up the Magisterium in pursuit of both vengeance on Jack and a mysterious artifact. Jack learns he isn’t his ex’s only victim when a handsome necromancer tracks him down, leveraging Jack’s past to secure his help in stopping Hugo’s plan to usher in his new, demonic world order. Can Jack face his past - and his truth - in time to save the world from being rewritten?$

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