Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 3d

Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after them.

I Am Chosen~A different type of love story. #ghostpit #A #PR #Q #HappyHalloween 👻🧛‍♀️

A photo of a dark alleyway that inspired scenes in the paranormal romance, I am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski.

Black garbage bags and graffiti litter the narrow passageway between buildings. Photography by Dawn Berkoski.

Pitch: Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. Paranormal Romance. dawnberkoski.com

4 34 71

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Allison Wall @awritingwall.bsky.social · 3d

Bree assumes "joining the Dark Goddess" is a lesbian sex club hazing prank—until she kills an evil political candidate with a gush of menstrual blood.

The Goddess has given Bree real power.

Her intentions? Murky.
Her appetite? Insatiable.
Her contract? Binding.

#ghostpit #A #Q #SPEC #H #OWN #LGBT

2 13 23

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 3d

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

⭐ two exiled men (+ their secrets)
🌙 one lunar prison (+ its horrors)
⭐ a government that wants their data
🌙 a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫 the love they’ll lose if they don’t make it out alive

#ghostpit #SF #H #R #LGBT #WIP

A moodboard for my sci-fi horrormance WIP, BABEL ON CALLISTO. On the top left is a glowing humanoid figure with a planet and rings orbiting its head. In the center, white glitchy text reads: "NOT ALL ENDINGS ARE THE END. SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE BEGINNING," repeated multiple times. Beneath that, a figure walks into a starry void shaped like another person, reaching toward each other. Other elements include a flatworm floating in a grid-like space, a silhouetted couple reaching toward each other in a virtual tunnel, and hands weaving a glowing galaxy-like thread.

10 59 110

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 3d

GRIM PORTENTS

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of.

👻 #SP #F #H #PN #OWN #GhostPit

Grim Portents cover featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life…

"I HAD ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF IT WAS A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION, THE MIND PLAYING TRICKS.
IT WAS JUST A SHADOW. BUT NOW THE MONSTER HAD BEEN GIVEN A NAME, AN IDENTITY.
IT WAS REAL."

Bill Baker wants nothing more than to marry the woman he loves, but when his wedding is interrupted by a rampaging hell-beast, his life is thrown into disarray.
Desperate for a second chance, he will do anything to set his future back on track.
Now, with the help of a soul-collecting reaper named Sonny, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell, in order to earn back the life that was stolen from him and prevent the oncoming end of days.
Faced with the choice between what is right and what is easy, Bill may have to sacrifice all he holds dear for one last shot at life.

Black and white sketch of characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan.

Ad for Grim Portents, featuring a print copy of the book and an ebook on an iPhone. A QR code that takes you to my website and the words “Scan to learn more about debut paranormal fantasy novel Grim Portents” below it. Under that, it says “Available online anywhere books are sold!” And above it all is the tagline “Welcome to the first day of the end of your life”

7 53 110

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Natalie is ✨ seeking new rep ✨ @natalielouise83.bsky.social · 3d

When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before a malevolent creeper destroys his last chance at love. 👻

#GhostPit #A #G #T #Q

An image of a woman with her head cropped out and a grisly montage of a human heart run through with flowers and a ribcage over her chest, surrounded by twisting vines. Text reads: Mexican Gothic X Severance, Woodbine.

3 24 46

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Anna Metz is ✨️ON SUB✨️ @annametz.bsky.social · 3d

VIGILANTES ANONYMOUS is a dark romcom that follows two contract killers, Lana and Nic, as they off their targets and get off with each other 🖤🔪💋

📝 therapy meet cute
📍Milwaukee
💥 he's unapologetically obsessed with superheroes
📚 she works in a bookstore filled with cats

#GhostPit #A #OS #R

3 16 50

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Kyla Whitelock @kylawhitelock.bsky.social · 3d

SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME X ATLA

In a city where innovation thrives on cruelty, human Industrialists experiment on animal hybrids to create the ultimate weapon ⚔😈

In the forests, druids command the elements—but their silence may destroy the balance they swore to protect 🍃🦊

#ghostpit #A #F #Q

The upper half represents the Industrialists. The bottom half depicts the druids and their harmony with nature and the elements.

4 15 36

Reposted by Mel | Querying Author

Aaliyah🌸Seeking New Rep @alpaolucci.bsky.social · 3d

WhereTheDarkStandsStillxPowerless

A knight enters a perilous forest to find her godfather, but instead, she finds a shadow beast immune to her blade and a cursed sorcerer whose magic can slay the monster if she can convince him to leave his manor

✨Big 5 editor interest x2✨

#GhostPit #YA #RF #WIP

7 29 57

Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · 3d

Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden.

But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels.

#GhostPit #YA #SFF #Q #WNDB #enemiestolovers

7 21

Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · Feb 12

Mae never meant to take a life—only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden.

But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels.

#QuestPit #YA #SF #Q #WNDB #enemiestolovers

6 18

Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · Jan 27

A letter claiming her mom’s death and a stolen identity thrust Mae into a space-bound warrior program. To stop a multiverse conspiracy, she fights versions of herself and chooses: vengeance or sacrifice.
#YA #SF #2025pit
🌀 Reality-bending trials
🔗 Enemies-to-allies
🌙 Fierce Middle Eastern heroine

16 1

Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · Jan 24

Orphaned Mae killed to survive, unaware her victim was a warrior-in-training. Now, she’s in her place at a space-bound program, facing surreal, reality-warping trials—fighting versions of herself. The truth? A multiverse at stake—and a choice: vengeance or sacrifice. #YA #SF #YouDeservepIt #Q

1 3 19

Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · Jan 17

Thank you!

Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · Jan 17

A letter claiming her mom is dead and a stolen identity thrust Mae into a space-bound warrior program. To stop a multiverse conspiracy, she fights versions of herself and chooses: vengeance or sacrifice. #YA #SF #P2Ppit #Q
🌀 Reality-bending trials
🔗 Enemies-to-allies
🌙 Fierce Middle Eastern heroine

1 5 26