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Michael T. Kuester

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Engineer, dreamer, #querying hard #scifi writer. Fan of baseball and '70s music. Passionately curious individual. Welcome to my universe. http://kuesterwrites.wordpress.com

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 11d

An #agentsguide to SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND:

JURASSIC PARK x THE EXPANSE x STAR TREK.

Five thousand of Earth's best and brightest seek to live alongside an alien biosphere. But on a planet populated by dinosaurs, is that even possible?

#querying now!

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 6h

Deeply envious and very happy for you! Need to check out that issue!

Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 6h

Cool, gray, a little rainy. Perfect autumn day for writing.

Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 6h

It hasn’t been long, but I’m off to a good start for #NaNoWriMo 2025. kuesterwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/n...

NaNoWriMo ’25: Week 0

Well-begun isn’t nearly half-done. Not even close.

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 2d

I seldom refuse to finish a book. But when I do, I talk about them on the fifth Friday. #WritingCommunity #Booksky kuesterwrites.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/d...

DNF: Blue Remembered Earth

When you try to write a book that’s just cool tech and vibes

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

Without fail. Every story gets a playlist. I start with one or two songs and it accretes over time, like an asteroid.

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Jocelyn Shea Faust @jocelynsheafaust.bsky.social · 3d

THE GIRL IN THE FREEZER
74k adult body horror
🔪 A brutal murder tore her apart
🪚 She stitches herself back together
🪦 But the summer heat threatens
✂️ To put her back in the ground
🥀 If she can stop her killer
🪏She can save the next girl from her
Fate
#ghostpit #A #Q #H #WF

THE GIRL IN THE FREEZER on a white concrete background. Jocelyn Shea Faust is written underneath and blood spatters are left over the scene.

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Jacy Sellers is querying ✨🖤 @jacysellers.bsky.social · 3d

Norah just wants to write an obituary. Instead, her cursed gift returns, showing her ghostly visions that tie a garden socialite’s death to her mother’s unsolved murder.

Some secrets refuse to stay buried. 👻

#GhostPit #paranormal #mystery #A #C #SouthernGothic

A collage with 5 blocks. The top is one block of a car yellow headlights on a dark road with shadowy, leafless trees. On the next row down, the block on the left, is an old abandoned mansion in gray tones. The block on the right is a quote with 'like a black rose, her darkness was beautifully fatal.' from e. corona. On the next and third row down, the block on the left, is a silhouette of a hand holding up a partially open rose with a few leaves that is black against a white background. The bottom right image depicts a ghostly figure draped in a translucent sheet, with multiple shadowy hands pressing from behind.

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

Oooo…so spooky!

Katie Bailey @emmacarelli.bsky.social · 3d

👻 Missing people
👻 human experiments
👻 urban legends come to (after) life

Freelance ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP.

#ghostpit #a #q #h #uf #pn

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jules ⚔️🥀⏳🐉 @jpgwrites.bsky.social · 3d

🐍 WHEN TIME RUNS OUT OF DEATH⏳

In Twilight, pain is commonplace. The secret of power is in its mastery. But for Cora, power isn't sufficient. Not if she wants to escape from her body.

Inspired by Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.

#F #A #RF #G #Q #amquerying #GhostPit #LGBT

collage with the title: when time runs out of death. it includes pictures of a person drowning, a maiden and a knight, pomegranates, cut-out paper

collage with pictures of a snake, a knight, a person drowning, misty forest, herbs, a maiden holding a dagger, ouroboros, two hands reaching for each other, thorns

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

If this was any more ‘90s it’d be wearing a windbreaker on MTV. Love it.

Mariah Stillbrook @mariahstillbrook.bsky.social · 3d

This 90s horror about a haunted mannequin in small town America is sure to possess Grady Hendrix fans, however 18 yo closeted lesbian Roxy, who finds herself face to face with that evil pair of glass eyes, may seem less enthused.

#GhostPit #H #UF #A

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Ariel Finkle @arielfin.bsky.social · 3d

TANGLED x AR VISHNY’S NIGHT OWLS

Ash follows a magical lure to a forest tower where a beautiful golden haired girl lives. Until he realizes his blonde lover’s an evil witch, and the soulmate bond really pulled him to the lost princess with 75-ft-long bushy brown hair.

#GhostPit #JV #YA #DIS #F #R

ALT: Tower stock photo by Антон Злобин on Pexels. Sunflowers stock photo by Yaseminmsl on Pexels. Buda Castle stock photo by Ivan Dražić on Pexels. Cropped stock photo of a young Emmy Rossum by S Pakhrin on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped stock photo of a pale woman with hair turning between blonde and dark brown, by Mhajr Invincible on Pexels.Cropped stock photo of a young Adam Brody by GabboT on Wikimedia Commons. Stock photo of Italian guitar c. 1801 by Maccari-Pugliese Duo, found on EarlyRomanticGuitar.com. Storybook illustration of Ivan Tsarevich and the Firebird, by Boris Vasilyevich Zvorykin, in the public domain on Wikimedia Commons. Stock photo of a scientific illustration of “The fruit and flower of a pomegranate”, by Cornelis Markée c. 1763, in the public domain on Wikimedia Commons.

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Abigail is ✨Agented✨ @abigailwadlington.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOBY DOO X RAVEN BOYS

Four meddling teens and a half-ghost dog rally to save their town’s fading magic 👻
🐦‍⬛Halloween shenanigans
🐦‍⬛Ride or die friendships
🐦‍⬛Dark secrets
🐦‍⬛LGBTQ+ cast
🐦‍⬛The dog can’t talk (or can he? 👀)

#GhostPit #F #M #LGBT #E

Moodboard with spider webs in top corners and four characters (red headed girl with glasses, black haired girl with purple dress, brown haired boy with white shirt, and blond boy with ghostbusters shirt) at the bottom. Moodboard behind features autumn designs: a girl in a warm-colored plaid dress, a cozy-looking store, a sprawl of tarot cards, etc)

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Grace Eliza @gracelizaa.bsky.social · 3d

OCTOBER DAYE X WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE

When a blood-drained body is found at the edge of Foggy Dell, a small town in Northern California, Maisie—local ghost speaker—and Stacy—biologist and supernatural skeptic—become unlikely partners, investigating the mysterious death.

#GhostPit #Q #PN #A #MM 👻

A corkboard with photos of the forest and ocean and notes pinned to it. The notes: “Vampire???”, “Time of death: midnight”, and “Tremulous Oak Sanctuary: might not be a cult (but also might be)”.

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RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 3d

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN

Time and Time Again.

Vampire Ishmael longs for peace but after being exiled by a corrupt magical council he vows to end their cruel reign. To his delighted horror—his newest ally is the reincarnation of a past love.

#GhostPit #A #F #PN #LGBT

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Jocelyn Shea Faust @jocelynsheafaust.bsky.social · 3d

Are you looking for your dream girl?
Look no further than Gloria!
She’s perfect: doesn’t burp, doesn’t fart, doesn’t eat!
Her lungs don’t breathe, heart doesn’t beat, muscles are slowly atrophying beyond use!
If you’re looking for a girl who’s not gross, look no further, boys!
#ghostpit #Q #A #H

THE GIRL IN THE FREEZER on a white concrete background. Jocelyn Shea Faust written underneath and blood spatters around the scene.

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

This is so deranged I just love it

Bee Morris 🐝 is querying! @beemorris.bsky.social · 3d

K!LL ME MAYBE 🔪💕 previously described as ‘gay & cringe’ by an online troll (if that doesn’t convince you to read it, what will?) #GhostPit #R #T #NA #WIP

POV you hire someone to kill you and they just won't leave you alone...

🌶️ dark rom-com
🎭 dual pov
👁️ stalking/obsession
💀 serial killers

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Katie Krohn @katiekrohnauthor.bsky.social · 3d

THE NATURE OF WITCHES X A MAGIC STEEPED IN POISON
A teen outcast from a secret line of Irish plant magicians must harness newfound powers to protect herself from a poison-wielding ancestor who hunts her family across time.
🌿 Plant magic
🍄 Poisons + elixirs
💌 Romance subplot
#DarkPit #ya #q #f

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

Look at that agent’s guide!

Katie Krohn @katiekrohnauthor.bsky.social · 3d

A teen outcast from a secret line of Irish plant magicians must harness newfound powers to protect herself from a poison-wielding ancestor who hunts her family across time.
🍄 Plant magic
🌿 Poisons + elixirs
💌 Romance subplot
🎂 Magical baking
🚪 Portal to another realm
#amquerying #GhostPit #ya

Door in the Fernwood: In this magical Irish bloodline, poison runs deep.

When sixteen-year-old Quinn puts on an ancient ancestral ring, it shatters the protective binding spell her family cast at birth—awakening clairvoyant powers she should have inherited from her Irish magical bloodline. But the ring also makes her visible to Neris, a Victorian sorceress who hunts Quinn to steal the ring. Hidden away in an Oregon enchanted forest with extended family, Quinn must master her powers before Neris destroys not only her, but their entire family tree.

Portal to another realm, plant magic, elixirs and poisons, romance subplot, magical artifacts, time travel, magical baking

Quinn gripped her camera and leaned forward, her shins pressing against the greenhouse ladder. Face to face with her majestic corpse flower, she held her breath as its infamous, putrid odor spilled from the curling burgundy folds. After years of careful cultivation, she couldn’t afford to miss a single stage of its first bloom. The camera’s shutter clicked one final time as she aimed into its central chamber. Satisfied with her shots, she climbed down and switched on the exhaust fan.
Through the greenhouse glass, she watched her elderly neighbors on their back deck, gossiping as usual, completely unaware of the olfactory surprise heading their way.
Right on cue, Vera’s voice rang out.
“Woo-ee! Who died?” she screeched, sniffing the air.
“Nobody croaked,” her husband Artie grumbled as he sipped coffee from his John Deere mug. “It’s that young girl next door. You remember she invited us over to look at some big, stinky flower tonight?”
“Well, I’m not goin’. Bet you I’d pass out if I got any closer,” Vera said. “You know her mother keeps her locked up in that backyard doing the strangest things. It’s just not normal for a girl her age.”
Although the comment stung, small-town judgments like this only fueled Quinn’s retreat into her own backyard utopia, where she propagated plants from all over the globe—the carnivorous, poisonous, endangered, the beautiful, the ugly, and the common. She sketched the rare or interesting ones—charcoal drawings lined the interior walls of her garden shed wherever she found a blank space. She collected their seeds, dried their leaves, made teas, salves, and medicinal remedies.

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Natalie Brown @nattykbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Ready for something different this spooky season…

What if The Hills Have Eyes were a romance?

🎃 Enemies-to-lovers
🎃 Creepy subterranean tunnels
🎃 Human hybrids
🎃 Near-future dystopia

#Ghostpit #A #H #R #horrormance

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

So cool! And the color scheme is awesome.

Natalie Brown @nattykbrown.bsky.social · 12d

On the brink of extinction a translator holds the fate of two species in her hands, but as she learns secrets from both sides, she must decide which, if any, deserve to be saved

#SFPit #A #Q #SF #Clifi #agentsguide

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Natalie Brown @nattykbrown.bsky.social · 3d

SIX of CROWS x IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY

A shapeshifting thief must outwit a ruthless bounty hunter filled with uncontrollable dark power and steal back the source of all magic to save her people—before it’s locked away forever.

#PitDark #FA #A #DF #Heist

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Natalie Brown @nattykbrown.bsky.social · 3d

SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEST IN X THE CENTER

👻On the brink of extinction a translator holds the fate of two species in her hands, but as she learns secrets from both sides, she must decide which, if any, deserve to be saved👻

#PitDark #A #H #SF #SFH #Horrormance

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

Just getting in the mood for #GhostPit and #PitDark

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 3d

Check out my feed with all this cool spooky stuff from #GhostPit!

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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 3d

ACE OF SPADES x GLEE x DO REVENGE—Dual POV

When Adelina’s bestie Jo vanishes from a showcase after scary stalker texts, she teams up with rival Adam to investigate—only to discover Jo never existed

Just who are they trying to save & why’s Adelina the next target?

#GhostPit #YA #M #T #ND #POC #DIS

Comps AGGGTM, ACE OF SPADES, GLEE, WE WERE LIARS

Two memes—left is for Adelina, right is for Adam.

Requested by S&S Editor!

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