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Writer and film tech who sometimes has A Thought. 🐟Querying: From the Sea Fret ( #FtSF )🐟 Nova Scotian | Transmasc | Gay | 23

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 18d

FROM THE SEA FRET

An adult queer horror about an insecure queer transman, just in time for the Halloween season!

#agentsguide #amquerying #writesky #writingcommunity #transhorror #queerhorror

Two fishing boats sail on a grey ocean, with seagulls in the overcast sky. White text overlaps the grey sky.
It reads: A guide to 'From the Sea Fret' a 74k adult queer horror

Grey ocean, with a white-capped wave, serves as the background. The title reads: Pitch and Comps
Text is outlined: Callum Point moves to the dead-end town of Perne to scrape together a new life. He's hoping that the small fishing town will give him what he always wanted; peace. Unfortunately, what greets him is a place rife with secrecy, conspiracy and creatures beyond comprehension.
5 posters for books and shows have arrows and notes coming out of them.
Dredge by Black Salt Games has the notes: Capitalism despite the horrors. Something's wrong with the fish.
Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner has the notes: Queer and trans identity. People are monsters too.
The Fisherman by John Langan has the notes: Lovecraftian. Ocean madness.
The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers has the notes: Ocean madness. Obsession with answers.
Blood in the Bayou by Just Roll With It has the notes: Who can you trust? Small town cosmic terror.

Grey ocean, with a white-capped wave, serves as the background. The title reads: Themes
A moodboard of 9 images sits in the middle. A hand reaching out into dark water. Thick seaweed-covered chains being pulled from the ocean. A foggy wharf at night. A group of sharks in dark water. A pencil drawing of a compass on white paper. Close-up of a hazel eye with the pupil completely white. A pile of fish. A porthole looking out onto a grey ocean. The inside of a fishing shack.
Text surrounds the images. It reads: Paranoia turns revenge. Struggles with identity. Trans and queer rep. Grief over what could have been. Desperation to fit in. Cosmic/psychological/body horror.
Content warnings: emotional abuse, attempted sexual assault, manipulation, transphobia, internalised transphobia, misogyny, cosmic horror, psychological horror, religious trauma, drug/alcohol use, gore, death, blood, paranoia, body horror

Grey ocean, with a white-capped wave, serves as the background. The title reads: Excerpt
Text is outlined: I scanned the horizon. It was just me on the water. There wasn’t anyone out sailing, or anyone swimming. I was completely alone.
But… was I? Beneath me were leagues of ocean. Unlike in the forest, where you can hear the wildlife around you, there were creatures that could pass by in the sea and I would never know. The water concealed their movement, cloaking them from my view.
It was getting harder to breathe. The vastness of the ocean was too open, and my skin felt too tight around my chest. I knew, deep in my bones, that something was beneath me and it was watching.
On the port side, the water rippled. Though it was only a few steps, the length of the deck felt miles long. I was compelled to look below, and my body moved on its own accord. Though I was terrified of what I would see, I peered over.

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 1h

Callum's first look at 'Perne' isn't exactly... impressive.

#WipSnips #FtSF #WriteSky

Outlined text over a dark blue ocean. The horizon is obscured by fog.
The text reads: From the Sea Fret. As the bus driver navigated the labyrinth of potholes, we passed by a weather-beaten wooden sign. ‘Welcome To Perne’. We dipped down over the swell of the cliff, and the town came into view.
It was nothing more than a few grey buildings splattered against the canvas of the landscape. Nestled in a small valley, and surrounded by harsh low-lying brush, it was barely big enough to even have a name. The only paved road it had was the one we were on, which ended abruptly at the base of the farthest cliff.
The word 'welcome' is underlined.

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elliott 🏳️‍⚧️ @elliottcassel.com · 14h

Celebrating #Veiltober with my screenprinting project featuring the below two designs! We're $200 away from Minrathous! #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #DAFanFriday www.kickstarter.com/projects/ell...

A digital shirt design of a city in pink and purple with a black background. It reads, "I saved the city of Treviso and all I got was this shirt."

A digital shirt design of a city in green and gold with a black background. It reads, "I saved the city of Minrathous and all I got was this shirt."

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d

In just 1 week my debut novel will be officially out in the world 🫨 It’s so hard to believe I wrote a book that people can actually read.

The paperback for Songs of Broken bells with a backdrop of a brick wall. There are bells on ribbons hanging next to the book.
Glowing text says Releases in 1 week!
To the right of the book there it’s text that says

"This is an easy recommend for folks looking for rich, queer-normative worlds with lots of diversity and world building, cozy-but-not-cozy fantasy, and lighter romance/friendship subplots that aren't the central focus."
-ARC reader

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 1d

Haven't updated y'all in a few days because of ✨other things✨

I'm actually about halfway done chapter 3. I'm jumping between that and the epilogue because I had an excellent idea for it and didn't want to forget.

So just bouncing back and forth tonight.

#FirstDraftFall

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

#FirstDraftFall Check-In #WritingCommunity
Let us know about your progress today. What aspect of story planning are you working on tonight? If you've already worked on your WIP today, how did it go?

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall Nightly Check-In: What aspects of your story are you working on tonight? If you’ve already worked on it, how did it go?”

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 1d

Ahh thank youuu 💕fingers crossed!!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 1d

I'm totally not freaking out over the fact that I got three agent likes....
No I'm being so Normal and so Calm about this.

(holy shit)

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

((Didn't post this yesterday because I didn't want to clog up the feed))

The support for this pitch event has been absolutely astounding. Everyone involved was lovely, and seeing so much creativity was fantastic.

Thank you so much for the love!!

#DVPit

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kienn nguyen | he/they | queer horror @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 2d

RELEASE DAY!!!! 🩸📚🌈

dove's eyes | a queer m/m gothic neo western horror novel | debuts 10 08 25

doomed yaoi, trans body horror, religious trauma, lobotomies
unreliable narrator, ergodic
mm trans bi ace

hannigram if you crossed i saw the tv glow with true detective and lobotomized people...

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Ahh thank youuu 😭

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

We'll see, but it's not looking too optimistic for my boy

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely, thank you so much!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Hi! Thanks for your interest, I just checked and I did query you a little over a week ago. Do you want me to resubmit a query, but with the pitch reminder?

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

THE FISHERMAN + OLD WOUNDS

"From the Sea Fret" is cosmic/psychological/body horror with a queer/trans perspective.

🐟Small town horror
⚓Ever-present fog
🐟Struggles with identity
⚓Lovecraftian
🐟Grief over past life
⚓Paranoia

#DVPit #A #H #TV #LGBT #OWN

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent. As you should

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Ooo this sounds like it would break my heart in all the best ways

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Thank youuu!!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

DREDGE + BLOOD IN THE BAYOU

There's something wrong in the town of 'Perne'. On the horizon is an ever-present fog, and there's something deep in the water that calls to Callum.

🐟Queer/Trans MC
⚓Cosmic/Psychological/Body Horror
🐟Lovecraftian
⚓Transmasc Rage

#DVPit #A #H #LGBT #TV #OWN

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

😭Thank you!!!!!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds so so good

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Of course!!!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I love this

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds so cool!!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 2d

Anything with a 'Hell Followed With Us' comp immediately has me obsessed. Love this!