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Nia Brown💫is querying💫

@niabrown.bsky.social

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YA writer | junnie b jones coded | lover of all things weird and whimsical ⭐ she/her

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Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Jul 13

LEGENDBORN x STRANGER THINGS x ATLANTIS

A girl and her maddeningly charming childhood friend shelter a young star who falls to their sinking hometown while also trying to solve a string of disappearances surrounding a local lab.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #agentsguide #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND

A purple background with light colored stars. The text reads "An Agent's Guide to Starfallen By: Nia Brown YA Low Fantasy 115K Words" At the very bottom is the tagline "The sun by day. The moon by night. Recite these words. Release the light.

This post is split into two sections. On the left side is a collage of eight square images. Image 1 is of a glowing figure with no distinct features. Image 2 is of a pair of hands, cradling a glowing purple object. Image 3 is a picture of the universe tinted purple. Image 4 is a close-up of a dark-skinned individual focusing on their eye which has a violet iris. Image 5 is two people standing in the middle of a road in the woods with backpacks. Image 6 is of an empty street lined with trees and lit by light blue otherworldly light. Image 7 is of a dark-skinned individual with short afro-textured hair, white eyes, and a serious expression. They are wearing an accessory that covers their face in a lattice pattern with miniature diamond emblems at each intersection. Image 8 is a still shot of a young animated figure running towards a star in the distance with their arms spread.

To the right is text that reads "the pitch" is in all caps. Beneath it reads Legendborn x Stranger Things in all caps. Beneath that is the pitch which reads "Three years ago, Jada Fraser fled to her hometown after having nearly burnt it to the ground, but returns to find it now subject to flood waters rather than flames. She is convinced their saving grace lies in wish-granting stars—but they haven’t come to Earth in decades...

That is until one falls from the sky—her chance at redemption.

The only problem? It’s just a kid that can hardly control its magic. She teams up with her (maddeningly) charming childhood friend, Khalil Kirkwood, to protect the star which is being hunted by forces both human and celestial. But there are other odd happenings. Strange disappearances. Constellation beasts in the woods. And North Star Labs whose scientists are all hiding something.

It's either sink or swim as a catastrophic flood threatens to take everything before summer’s end."

On a blue background are two navy boxes. On the left it has an underlined title that reads What To Expect. Beneath that, there are bulletin points that read celestial magic. Snarky, supernatural kid. Something is wrong in the woods. Slow burn+friends to lovers+mutual yearning. Literary themes w/ commercial appeal. Main cast: BIPOC, disabled, neurodivergent (diabetic, ptsd, anxiety, fat, burns MC rep)

In the box to the right, the title reads Literary Comps in all caps. Beneath it are images of three books. Tracy Deonn's Legendborn which has an illustrated cover of a black girl with her arms wreathed in glowing magic on the cover. Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning which has an illustrated cover of a girl standing with her back turned in front of an older looking desk in a room of rising water. And Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek which has an illustrated cover of a young woman wearing a dress standing in lush woods while a figure with antlers stands behind her in the shadows. Beneath each of the books is more text. Under Legendborn it reads Black FMC, Modern Magic, and Small Southern Town. Under A Study in Drowning, it reads Compelling Mystery and Real World w/ Fantasy Elements. Under, Where the Dark Stands Still, it reads Lush Atmosphere and Unsettling Forest.

On a blue background is a navy rectangle. At the top of it in blue capital letters it reads Opening Scene and is framed by stars on either side. Beneath it is a screenshot of a scene which reads:

Jada Fraser always found herself on the wrong side of the law. Today was no exception. The contents of her bag beat against her back with every pounding step. Binoculars, camera, and her trusty notepad—everything she needed to procure proper proof.
“Stop! You’re trespassing on private property!”
A glance over her shoulder revealed an officer hot on her heels. He raised his arms, leveling a taser directly at her back.
“Any further and I’ll fire!”
Jada dove behind a tree, just in time to hear a sharp whine pierce the air.
Silver wires struck a nearby trunk and electricity crackled beneath the bark.
The acrid scent spurred her back into motion.
Through the branches, she finally caught a glimpse of blue. If she could just reach the lake, she’d finally prove to everyone that something strange was going on—that she wasn’t crazy.
“This is your last chance!” the officer shouted.
He was right. This was her last chance. She couldn’t afford to stop now.

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Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Aug 14

thank you!!! i like your query project too! so atmospheric!

Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Jul 14

omg this looks so sweet and cozy!!! and the colors + character design—ahhh😆🌀🌊

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Bethany! @majimeri.bsky.social · Jul 14

#bluepit LAPIS BAY: An undersea princess runs away from home and finds herself in a small beach town where she must adapt to her new life on land as her royal family tracks her down.

-Explores sisterly bonds and the feeling of belonging
-Fantasy Comedy

#bluepit #gn #mg

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Kristen Argyres || Add MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES on Goodreads @kargyres.bsky.social · Jul 13

MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES

A husband is a required inconvenience to escape Lark's home life, but when a faerie roots a rose in her flesh, rumors abound.

Lark must convince the petty bastard to remove the rose, but the forest is full of danger - & newfound desires.

#P #A #R #F #LGBT (Demi) #BluePit📖

A mood board for "My Thorns For Your Roses."

A collage of scenic photos which includes a night sky, a pine forest covered in snow, a bonfire, a stream in a dark wood, a butterfly on a thistle flower, a fox in an autumn wood, the Scottish lowlands, and a shrub of white roses in full blossom.

At the center, a quote is pair of quotes: "You shouldn't touch a woman who isn't your wife so casually." Then, "Is that a proposal?"

The COMPS:

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. The cover depicts whimsical plants with blue flowers and red capped mushrooms and an open book at the bottom.

The caption reads: "Fae will be fae" and "Practical, adult heroine."

For the Wolf. The cover shows a woman clad in a red hooded cloak standing before a white-treed forest with a misty blue between her and the woods.

The caption: "A magical wood that isn't always friendly."

After the Forest. The cover shows a fox mask with auburn hair along with a variety of pinecones, leaves, antlers, a bear and a wolf, and a ginger bread house at the bottom.

The caption reads: "Faerie tale retelling" and "Complicated family dynamics."

Character art for Lark and Tamlin for “My Thorns For Your Roses” by Twitter user nanasuen2650.

Lark has long, tawny hair with decorative braids and a white rose behind her left ear. She is wearing a sand-colored dress with a paneled skirt and leather belt.

Tamlin has long, wavy brown hair decorated with flowers and wears a belted plaid with an intricate leaf design and accessories.

Lark's bullet points include:

Daughter of a famous, retired blacksmith
Oldest daughter syndrome (IYKYK)
Trauma, but not because her family was tragically murdered
Her parents and 4 younger siblings are all still alive!
Wants to get out of this town and needs a man to accomplish her goal
Doesn't believe in faeries for REASONS

Tamlin's bullet points are:

Child of the oldest oak tree in the forest
Faerie Lord of Cairnwood (local forest)
Shapeshifter - plants, animals, objects
Resents being told his kind don't exist
Enjoys messing with Lark
Totally not scared of his cannibal ex

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Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ending my #bluepit run with some of the media that inspires my writing 💫

STARFALLEN is an ode to my fav fictional things: underdogs, impossible odds, heartfelt adventure, delicious mysteries, and most of all—magic!

Hope to see you all on the shelves!

#bluepit📖 #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND

A graphic. In the top left, it reads For Fans Of... which is eventually connects to ...Except with 20-Year-Old BIPOC PROTAGS. In the between these are three sub-sections. The first reads fantasy + sci-fi and cool world-building and has the media Kingdom Hearts, Atlantis: the Lost Empire, Starlight Brigade, and Treasure Planet. The next reads weird woods and small-town mystery and has Stranger Things and Gravity Falls. The last reads adventure + danger + whimsy and reads Coraline + Castle in the Sky + E.T. At the bottom is the pitch which reads: A girl and her maddeningly charming childhood friend must shelter a young star who falls to their sinking hometown while also trying to solve a string of disappearances surrounding a shady, local science lab.

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cnno @cnno.bsky.social · Jul 13

AMARI X CARIBBEAN FOLKLORE
#bluepit #MG #F #Q

12yo Noelle is the only non-gifted kid at a camp for Magical Knights in training
She must battle evil magicians, nightmare monsters and her own insecurities to save her best friend

Young black girl with folklore characters. Book covers for Amari, the Marvellers and Skandar

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Rachel North - querying @rachelnorthauthor.bsky.social · Jul 13

PRIDE & PREJUDICE x TENET

A socialite-turned-cryptographer must time travel to reverse her ruined reputation and get her fiancé back—but when she meets a handsome time traveler, she wonders if finding love in the past is worth the risk.

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F #DIS #ND #agentsguide #amquerying

A woman in a white empire-waisted gown stares into the distance. A gold clock is superimposed over her. The text over the image reads, "The Genesis Clock."

Pitch for The Genesis Clock:

Imbued with time magic, chronoglass could alter the Napoleonic Wars.

For cryptographer Georgiana Adams, it gives her the chance to erase the moment that soiled her character and forced her betrothed to leave her. For Joshua Durand, the chronoglass would undo the mistake that crippled him in the Battle of Trafalgar and cost him his job as a British spy.

When they catch each other stealing chronoglass, they make a deal: they won't turn the other in as long as they work together and ration the precious magic. The deal should be easy--until they fall in love.

Comparable titles for The Genesis Clock:
- The Austenian writing style of Pride and Prejudice
- The time-traveling spies of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- The feminist social commentary of Queen Bee by Amalie Howard
- The Regency magic of A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

A snippet from The Genesis Clock:

"The opportunity to control time, to hold raw power even for a moment, lured Joshua in.

His fingers closed around the chronoglass. Frigid cold shot through his bones, so cold he wanted to drop the glass, so cold his knee almost collapsed, but then it warmed to his skin. He looked around the room for a sign that something had changed. Everything was the same. The map, the steaming tea, Mr. Brooke standing beside the ticking clock.

Brooke smiled and opened his mouth, but something about the movement of his lips was odd. He spoke, speech gargled. What in heaven's name ...?

Joshua's gaze sharpened. Steam curled back into hot liquid. The second hand moved backward one, two, ten seconds. He reached for his gloves, and they rose on their own to meet his fingers, skin and velvet meshing.

His body reacted before his mind did. Muscles unclenched, and velvet and chronoglass crumpled to the desk. Joshua sucked in a breath.

The stories were true."

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Iris Andersi @goodwords.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE SPELLSHOP x HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #R #OV #DIS #chronicillnessrep #cozyromanticfantasy #revspirations #writingcommunity

Meet the Main Character: Linatta Mosset: curmudgeon, witch, plant-enthusiast, and a secret harborer of a sense of humor. Her best friend is Toad, a cat-shaped familiar with a snarky (but loveable) attitude.

Her chronic illness makes life challenging, but her journey is full of heart and humor. Despite a past riddled with heartbreak, she falls in love with a charismatic thief.

Snippet: “Hmph. Really, Linatta? I chose you for your good sense, and only a ridiculous witch would believe that hats are harmless. Everyone who wears them is untrustworthy.”
Despite Linatta’s best efforts to lock away the name, it slipped from her mouth, “Charly never wore hats. That didn’t make her trustworthy.”
Toad leapt onto Linatta’s lap and placed a paw over her heart. In his sincerest voice, he said, “Charly was different. She probably wore hats in secret.”

First Lines: Potions Unincorporated

Twelve vials sat on a shelf where one hundred should rest. Linatta Mosset picked up one of the tapered glasses—thumb-sized and filled to the brim with a warm, green liquid. She uncorked it and took a hard swallow. Bitterness struck first, but it disappeared after a few seconds and slipped into a nutty and earthy aftertaste.

Comps: Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune (The Humor & Heart) + Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (The Cozy Fantasy Vibes) + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (The Romance) = Potions Unincorporated.

Covers for each of the novels are next to each other on a green slides with plants.

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · Jul 13

AMONG THIEVES x TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST

All major thefts in the city belong to one man. Nev wants him dead, and not just because of her job. But if she is to save her city from the threat he says is coming, allying with him is her only hope - before he figures out who she is. #BluePit 📖 #W #A #F

A mood board of nine images. Top row: Gustave Doré's etching of "Over London by Rail"; a photo of two hands wearing rings clutching a leather bound book; slum street of Paris at night from AC Unity with an oil filter. Middle row: Garrett from "Thief" crouched in ruins, framed by a circular safe door; cropped digital painting of Billie Lurk from Dishonored by Cedric Peyravernay; burning wreckage in front of stone gates. Bottom row: "Big City Train Station," an oil painting of a train yard from above in orange tones by Hans Baluschek; a hand in a leather glove grasping a wooden railing in the rain; black and white photo of foxtails on a wooden surface.

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alexa bosy @alexabosy.bsky.social · Jul 13

🌿✨THE WILD HUNT✨🌿

🌿 Peter Pan x Hilda and the Fairy Village x Spirited Away
✨ Ancient morally ambiguous fae
⚔️ Magical conflict
🫂 Female friendships and found family
💪 Personal growth and coming into your own

#F #YA #Q #LGBT #BluePit 💥 #GN

a full colored comic page. in the first panel, three figures walk along a wide open field. in the second, one character teases the other about the third being superstitious. in the third, there is a close up of a folded shawl in a character's hands as she says there is something mysterious going on. in the fourth, the first character brushes it off, saying there will be a real explanation. the last panel is a wide shot of the three characters standing at the edge of a dark and misty forest.

a character lineup of two characters. one is a pale young man with medium length dark hair and blue eyes. the other is a pale young woman with long dark hair and blue eyes. to the right are various expression sketches for the young woman

A lineup of six young women wearing shades of green against a white background. The first two are twins, darker skinned girls with brown short hair and bright green and pink face paint (Nym and Tamsin). They wear raccoon skin cloaks. The third is a muscular tan skinned girl with dark hair and bright red face paint (Kya). She wears a bear skin cloak. The fourth is a black girl with red colored natural hair and bright magenta face paint (Vi). She wears a fox skin cloak. The fifth is a pale girl with red hair and bright blue face paint (Darcy). She wears a hare skin cloak. The sixth is a short girl with blonde hair and bright cyan face paint (Hannah). She wears a skunk pelt cloak.

A character lineup against a white background. The first character is a pale green fae with long green braided hair floating above the ground (Crow). The second is a grey haired man with one arm wearing a blue-lined black cloak (Fischer). The third is a blue skinned woman with long dark hair and branch antlers with golden leaf accents dressed in royal blue and gold jewelry (Queen Mab). The final figure is a pale haired green skinned woman in rags and a cloak with a large leaf collar (???).

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Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Jul 13

LEGENDBORN x STRANGER THINGS

💫 childhood friends-to-lovers slowburn
💫 sassy, magical child
💫 reckless genius FMC + loyal protecter MMC
💫 celestial powers
💫 strange disappearances
💫 shady local lab
💫 BIPOC, fat, anxiety, type 1 diabetes rep

#bluepit📖 #bluepit #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND

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Diamond Fore is ✨querying✨ @diamondf.bsky.social · Jul 13

ATLA x WICKED

Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies.

Villain FMC
Hero MMC
Elemental Magic
Destroy the world, dont save it
Hate at first sight

#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #F

A vilain rises pitched as ATLA x Wicked
Ya fantasy, 106k words the background is our solar system planets aligned in a straight line with starts on the outer edges

The pitch: Calypso must steak 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies. Pictures of four books: Heartless Hunter, One dark window, the prison healer, poweless the background is our solar system planets aligned in a straight line with starts on the outer edges

Themes: villain fmc, elemental magic, destroy the world, dont save it
Tropes: secret identity, forbidden love, hate at first sightthe background is our solar system planets aligned in a straight line with starts on the outer edges

First lines: Calypso Morana was five when her world burned.
Later that cruel night, with tears and ash staining her face, she vowed every person involved in the destruction of her realm would die by her hands.
Thirteen years later, that time has come.

The night is still as Calypso plunges her dagger into the bark of a Red Tree, carving deeper as the trunk squirms with each cut. Thick branches above her shake, dropping a crop of crimson leaves in protest. A low warning echoes from the depths beneath the soil as the ground shifts. Slowly a root snaps up, lifting itself to freedom, slithering toward her like an eyeless serpent.

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Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you!!! Hope to see us both on the shelves someday☺️

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Elisa Winther @elisawinther.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE RIVER HAS ROOTS x MOON-BRIGHT TIDES

In her darkest hour, Nilah’s dalliance with Death sinks her deep into an ocean of grief. Destruction looms as the only way left is down, but what if that’s exactly what she needs? Will her needs align with her wants?

#Bluepit📖 #A #F #H #W #BluePit

Moodboard for the short story with the working title "A Teasing Fate So Cruel" by Elisa Winther. A speculative horror which includes the ocean, death, and rebirth. The imagines include a face of someone drowning, a glowing mermaid, underwater kelp, and the sea.

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Kelton Davis is querying! 🏹⚔️🌠 @keltondavis.bsky.social · Jul 13

GODKILLER X BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

A desperate heir. A disgraced warrior. A deadly assassin.

🏹 Strong FMC
🏹 Rich Worldbuilding
🏹 Hunt for Redemption
🏹 Cyclical Trauma
🏹 Found Family

#BluePit 📖 #A #Q #AmQuerying

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees
Title Card
Text: An Agent's Guide To: The Daughter and the Nameless Son by Kelton Davis | Adult Fantasy | 100k Words | Querying Now!

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees | Six images surrounding a quote (from clockwise): A sunset, a hammer striking hot metal, a red-haired archer, a grizzled old man, red arrow fletching, a red forest.
Text: "You might be too broken to help me yourself," she said, all pretense of courtesy gone, "but if you're a shadow of the man he said you were, you ought to still know something at least.
"Have you ever heard of an assassin who could change their shape?"

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees
Title: Comps
Images: Covers of GODKILLER by Hannah Kaner, THE JUSTICE OF KINGS by Richard Swan, and THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrew Stewart. Arrows connect similarities between comps.
Text:
From GODKILLER: Cross-Country Quest to Forbidden Land, Surrogate Parenthood (shared with THE JUSTICE OF KINGS)
From BONE SHARD DAUGHTER: Disgraced Heir, Strong FMC (shared with both others)

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees
Title: Pitch
Text: Niozene has never been good enough.

As daughter and crown heir to the Mother, a living goddess and ruler of her country, perfection is the only standard she’s ever known. Yet, despite her flawless scholar’s education and a polished career as a ranger, Niozene has failed to convince the Mother to look past her greatest flaw—she lacks the holy power to control the minds of others that ordains her family as living gods with divine right to rule.

When a shape-changing assassin nearly kills the Mother on Niozene’s watch, she is stripped of her titles and given an ultimatum: return with the assassin’s head, or face excommunication from both her homeland and the afterlife. Desperate, she accepts the task as a final chance to prove herself and show the Mother she deserves a place as her daughter.

Allowed only the help of Sonsan, a surly tracker and criminal also facing excommunication, Niozene dreads that she may have lost her chance at redemption before she has even left home. But when Sonsan reveals that he shares the same strange shape-changing power as the assassin, Niozene realizes his assignment to accompany her is more than coincidence. As they track the assassin deep into a forbidden land, confronting demons, ancient magic, and the ghosts that haunt their dreams and blood, they must uncover the truth behind their quest—and the buried history neither knew they shared—if they wish to live to see their promised redemption.

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Lilith Murphy || Writer @lilithwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

DISSONANCE

A psychological thriller for readers who like

🩸Protagonists who can't trust their own mind
🩸Family secrets that come back to haunt them
🩸Small town lies
🩸Psychological warfare

Bonus excerpt attached! #BluePit 📖 #A #H #W #LGBT #DIS #WF #ND #OV

Excerpt
“Before we do the press conference, I need to go somewhere.”
“Where?”
“Montgomery.”
Zack’s head tilts downward, shadows casting over his eyes. “To talk to that teacher?” His tone probes at her, and even though it was a question, it feels much more like a threat. “You’re not investigating, are you? You know how dangerous that is, right?”
She expected nothing less from him. After all these years, he was still their protector. Alex leans close to him, palms resting flat over her thighs and holding on desperately. “Please,” it strains her to hold eye contact, skin tingling, but she persists in boring her gaze into Zack’s. She begs, she challenges. Do not fuck with me. Please give me mercy. “Just take me?”
His stare holds just as firm. Where Alex is a scrappy, determined thing, Zack has looked into the maw of something darker. His irises are inky and he uses it to barb through her. She blinks first.

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Mad Sparrow @madsparrow.bsky.social · Jul 13

In a desperate attempt to prove her her house isn’t haunted, Jenny invites a group of reality tv show hunters (the Ghost Slappers) to investigate the home. #BluePit💥 #BluePit #A #NA #PN #W #Q #LGBT

Cover art for Ghost Slappers. Jenny sits behind a dollhouse while doll sized Ghost hunters investigate the inside of the house. Jenny holds the shows host, Rick Dickerson, up to her eye to examine him as he shines a flashlight in her face.

Montage scene of Jenny fixing up and renovating her new flip. The panels are separated by blue painters tape instead of the typical border

Jenny makes a sandwich that night, but hears something spooky that interrupts her from her dinner. She grabs a knife

Jenny follows the noise out of the kitchen, up the stairs and to a crawl space door to the attic. Shes gripping her knife and looking anxious

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Nia Brown💫is querying💫 @niabrown.bsky.social · Jul 13

I loved Redemptor and this seems so cool!

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

BURN DOWN THE WORLD is…

DEFY THE NIGHT x REDEMPTOR

👯‍♀️ a love story about sisters
👸 royal teens
✌🏻dual POV
👣 body swapping
👹 monsters
🗡️ sword fighting
🌱 nature-based magic system
💖 enemies-to-lovers romance
🌥️ dark but hopeful

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F

Purple background with an orchid, mountain, and potion bottle. Text reads: BURN DOWN THE WORLD. YA Fantasy. A dark version of Freaky Friday with the tone of Defy the Night and the Underworld quest elements of REDEMPTOR.

In a world where magic is forbidden and soul-sucking monsters lurk in an alternate dimension beneath the earth, Princess Leese secretly swaps bodies with her sister, Queen Arie, taking her place on a deadly underworld quest to save Arie’s life and their kingdom. But monsters come in more than one form, and Arie is forced to fight off a coup while struggling to do the impossible: get Leese back to this world alive.

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Kristen Renee @kristenrenee.bsky.social · Jul 13

There’s something in the water 🌊

When an island whispers different versions of unwritten local legends & turning into a creature of the deep as a result of heartbreak makes you want to drown your ex- no one is safe

Especially not the ex boyfriends

#BluePit #Q #A #R #Sp #F

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Jul 13

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × KNIVES OUT

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.

#BluePit 📖 #A #H #M #Q

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color.

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE ROSE BARGAIN X PERSUASION
🌷✨🌱💌
#bluepit #YA #F

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · Jul 13

A MASTERY OF SELF 🎬

an actor is trapped in a nightmare of an identity crises after playing too many roles🖤

-speculative hollywood
-friends to lovers
- eldritch horror or real doppleganger?

ALAN WAKE II + THE TWILIGHT ZONE

#BluePit 📖 #A #H #SP #W #DIS #WIP

A moodboard of nine black-and-white images, featuring surreal and mysterious elements: a man in a cracked mirror, hands with strings, formal attire, shadowy figures, spirals, blurred crowd, and a woman with pearls, conveying intrigue and tension, Old hollywood dark energy.

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · Jul 13

JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE

For readers who like:
🩸 dangerous criminal underworlds
🩸 secret occult organizations
🩸 married villain protagonists
🩸 no-nonsense women in STEM
🩸 attractive men covered in blood
🩸 terrifying body horror
🩸 the threat of an Elder God

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #H #W

A page from an old book showing a skull drawing and the word MORTEM, a well-dressed couple in shadow staring at you with glowing eyes, two skyscrapers looming overhead in the fog, several pistols lying in a cushioned case, a black hole, two doctors performing surgery, a man with his back turned and a woman's hand cradling his head, a cork board of documents and string, six figures cloaked in black and gathered in a semi-circle.

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