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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's such a scam.

M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 18

Agreed, this one is great!

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Alissa is Querying ✨🔥🧪 @alissalindemann.bsky.social · Aug 16

School Spirits X THREADS THAT BIND

Eva Ender’s life as a teenage Grim Reaper is as normal as inhumanly possible, until the night she’s sent to reap someone who doesn’t die

💀Ace Spec FMC
💀Found Family of Magical Misfits
💀A Mischievous Cat
💀Careless Gods

#PosterPit #Q #YA #F

A mock concert poser with stripes of dark purple, medium purple, hot pink, and highlighter yellow. Pink and yellow skulls accent the text. The top reads: EVA AND THE REAPERS PRESENTS: GRIN REAPER LIVE IN CONCERT. Bottom half reads: YA FANTASY, BUBBLEGUM HORROR, ACE FMC, FOUND FAMILY. NOW QUERYING. 8.16.2025. ALISSA LINDEMANN

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Jax Wolff Writes @jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

When luckless Mick agrees to be his mage best friend Eleanor's adventuring partner, it's to keep her safe. But after a mishap turns him into a dragon and plants the ghost of a god in his head, Mick must go from sidekick to champion before his existence triggers a divine war.
#PosterPit #W #NA #F #R

Old-timey poster featuring a bronze dragon perched on a rock with a fireball exploding behind him.

Text to the upper left reads:
Ace Rep, Hopepunk, and Friends to Lovers in a new fantasy adventure!

Across the bottom:
The Nameless Song
A Jax Wolff Presentation
Coming soon to the trenches!

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Jessica DeLand - Author (is getting published! 😱) @delandjessica.bsky.social · Aug 16

A CURSE SO DARK & LONELY X
THE INHERITANCE GAMES

When a ballerina is kidnapped by fantasy fugitives desperate to recover their leader’s magic trapped inside her, she unearths their secrets to facilitate freedom, but bonds w/ them & falls for 1 instead

#PosterPit #Q #YA #F #M #R #FT

Pretend movie poster for #Posterpit featuring an image of a dark forest in the background with the silhouette of a ballerina's legs en pointe in front with rope tying the ankles together. Ice is creeping in from the bottom, purple swirls of magic are by the legs, and a giant feather is on the ground beneath the feet. Words at the top read, "Mental health rep," "Slow burn," "Found family," "Forced proximity." The top center reads, "One kidnapped ballerina, Four fantasy fugitives, And her quest to escape" next to a badge reading, "Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist." Center reads, "Jessica DeLand's Wake" centered between words reading "A Curse So Dark and Lonely" and "The Inheritance Games," both bracketed separately by feathers. Bottom reads, "YA Contemporary Fantasy, AAPI/ADHD Writer, 26 Full Requests, 4 Previous Offers of Publication, Querying Now."

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Aug 16

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign.
#PosterPitQ #A #H #M #Posterpit

This is a horror movie-style poster for "DAD BODIES" with the tagline "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN." The design features a large D20 die (showing numbers 19, 1, 7 and 13) at the center top, surrounded by blood splatter effects against a dark background with a gothic manor silhouette.Six men are arranged around the bottom portion, each showing expressions of terror or shock with hands raised defensively. They're labeled with names: Vincent, Sam, Troy, Hank, Marv, and Dave. The poster includes several review quotes in decorative frames: "I had to stop eating" and "OMG" and "EW! Haha!!" all attributed to beta readers.The poster credits "Written and Directed by B. van Bodegom" at the top and includes a "BIG 5 INTEREST" badge. At the bottom is a movie rating-style disclaimer with "RESTRICTED" rating and warnings about strong language, violence, and adult content.

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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · Aug 16

HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER X FEAR STREET

When a Jewish girl accidentally reawakens an ancient curse over her town, she must fight through mythological nightmares and break the curse before she's torn apart like the demon who start it all.

(CURRENTLY EDITING!)

#YA #H #Jewish #OwnVoices #W #PosterPit

A movie poster titled "From One Mifletzet to Another" featuring a teenage girl in front of a gritty, fiery background above an open basement door.

Descriptive text from top to bottom, left to right:

"JEWISH HORROR"

"WOMEN AUTONOMY"

"SEX POSITIVITY"

"BREAK THE CURSE."

"A 88,000~ YA HORROR NOVEL"

"COMING IN SEPTEMBER"

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Chezza @chezza.bsky.social · Aug 16

DAUGHTER OF MOON GODDESS x SONG TO DROWN RIVERS

Falling in love shouldn't be this difficult. When family and fate are trying to keep them apart, how far will Shizhi and Mingniu go to defend their love? To the stars above...or hell itself?

Art by hisurii❤️
#PosterPit #AG #F

Movie poster for A Fate Woven in Starlight by Chezza Lee. A feminist take on an epic Chinese love story about fate, sacrifice, and women reclaiming their place in their own stories.

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Carisa Dunn @carisadunn.bsky.social · Aug 16

THE CITY OF BRASS x A QUIET PLACE
A clairaudient girl in a city where silence means survival must uncover the truth behind her sister’s disappearance—before the ancient archive whispering inside her destroys her and her world from within.

#posterpit #F #LitAgents #GothicFantasy #WritingCommunity

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · Aug 16

“There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · Aug 16

WHAT MOVES THE DEAD X THE VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE
.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.
a widowed outlaw must work with a strange religious apostle to stop an eldritch virus from spreading across the desert.

#PosterPit #Q #H #SPF

A fake movie poster titled Thoroughfare with a western cowgirl aiming her gun while riding a horse; it has a noir halftone aesthetic to the poster, with fake information of awards, actor/director names

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H.S. Honey is writing 🖋 @haninwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ellie meets a giant cat two years after her father's death, and dives into different realms to uncover a hidden dark enemy of her spirit.

🕯Magical and philosophical
📜 Lyrical and symbolic
💫Friendship and grief

#posterpit #F #A #W

Poster showing a girl with a book and a cat that takes her to different realms.

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 16

It's not real, sorry for the confusion! It's for a writer pitch event, #PosterPit. 😬😁

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Serra Leta @serraleta.bsky.social · Aug 16

BEAUTY & THE BEAST X EX MACHINA X CLOVER

In a bleak world, Revrant's journey of self-discovery begins where his old life ends - correcting the wrongs he helped create
🎇Dark Fantasy
👹Tale of redemption

#PosterPit #PosterPitW #W #A #F

A captured fae. A Complacent beast. A truth revealed sets them on a journey together.
The Lake Mosaic. Revenge. Change. Identity.

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 16

It's my era, what can I say!

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 16

Does anyone else remember this cult classic from the late eighties? Such feel-good fantasy vibes! A stolen throne, a lost queen, coming of age, true friendship, giant goshawks and airships...!

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who has seen it...

#PosterPit #W #YA #SPF

A movie poster for the novel Raven Queen's Flight, with a young princess standing in front of a great grey goshawk, with three birds flying in the background through a blue sky over mountains. The title is written in gold font, with credits below. The tagline at the top reads 'To win back her throne... ... She'll need to take flight.'

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Skylar Anthony | ARCs close Sept 30! | 🚀🧝‍♂️ @skylaranthony.bsky.social · Aug 16

Each #posterpit post will channel a different vibe. This is what I call "campy 00s made-for-TV sci-fi" 🚀 || Taylor Grey’s on the run from elves who’d dissect her for her magic. Stealing enchanted tech might be her only way out. But a dangerously charming spy is in her way. #SFF #booksky #indieauthor

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · Aug 12

a bunny holding a spiked morning star by lily seika jones
text: we must remain whimsical to survive the horrors of this world

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 8

'Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.'

- Terry Pratchett.

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 8

#questpit is in the books (no pun intended...). On to #posterpit! I'm having fun prepping for that one!

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M. Walsh - Author @m-walshwrites.com · Aug 6

Katrina Lamont used to the Chosen One. She had a destiny that she fulfilled.

But everyone died anyway.

Now, she's a drifter. A drunk. A broken woman waiting to die.

She'll get worse before she gets better.

#QuestPit #P #A #SFF

Mood board for KATRINA LAMONT of the fantasy novel series GRAYLANDS. Images emphasize her brooding, somber and potentially violent character with hints of her noble and tragic past as a failed chosen one and fallen princess.

Top Row
- a woman, played by Nell Tiger Free in THE FIRST OMEN, lies curled on a bed and looks troubled
- a woman, played by Kristen Stewart in SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN, stands in battle armor with a shield
- a woman, played by Krysten Ritter in JESSICA JONES, drinks from a bottle of liquor

Second Row
- the ruined head of a statue depicting a king lies in the woods
- a woman, played by Nell Tiger Free in THE FIRST OMEN, is in bed with a hangover and looks haggard
- a moody forest

Third Row
- a woman, played by Samara Weaving in READY OR NOT, smokes a cigarette while covered in blood
- a woman, played by Alexandra Daddario in WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS, grins maniacally while holding a lit lighter
- a woman, played by Melissa Barrera in SCREAM 5, holds a knife with blood splattered on her face

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 6

Are you truly friends if you haven't:

- Crossed a continent on the back of a giant raptor?
- Rescued a captive ally from a tower?
- Outsmarted a pirate queen?
- Visited a city under siege?
- Hooked up with bear-mounted cavalry to take back your throne?

#questpitch #W #YA #SFF

M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 6

I: RAVEN QUEEN'S FLIGHT | II:RAVEN QUEEN'S RETURN

A tale of friendship, courage and self-belief in the face of betrayal.

A stolen throne

A perilous journey

Eagles and airships

Coming of age

Found family

#questpit #W #YA #SFF

A black raven on a grey background, with a crown and the book titles.

A black raven on a grey background, with a blurb about the books.

A black raven on a grey background, with an excerpt from the manuscript.

A black raven on a grey background, with a list of tropes.

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M. A. Holland @maholland.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you! I'd love the chance to share the story some day. :)

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Nina Castle @castlemantra.bsky.social · Aug 6

BRIDGERTON X HUNGER GAMES

She’s from the slums of the south. He’s used to a silver spoon. Now, she’s going to steal it.

#QuestPit #A 🌶️#R #SFF #Q

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fabs is editing 🫣✨ @simplyfabs.bsky.social · Aug 6

#questpit #NA #A #POC #R #DR #W

title: THE VILLAIN'S MUSE.

KING OF SLOTH x GOD OF FURY x PERFECT ADDICTION

She's healing a heart wrapped in silk carrying scars like armour.
He's a broken monster with blood on his hands and a hunger for chaos.

the (new) dedication of the book that will HOPEFULLY stay as it is unless it goes through another change <3

the book features my bangladeshi fmc, mahira and my puerto rican mmc, valentino !!

the tropes of the book, not including the various microtropes throughout !!

the comps of the book, though the third comp is a movie comp and has a book by the original author itself—i prefer the movie more over the book of the same name, hence i'm comping the movie adaptation instead of the original book <33

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