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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · Aug 15

Welcome to sunny Whistle Beach, where you’ll experience:

🌊Glistening oceanic views
👻A haunted lighthouse
🐶St. Berdoodles
🚴‍♀️Thrilling bike rides
🔍A mysterious disappearance, and…
☹️The hard life lesson of moving on after loss

Book now!

#QueerPit #MG #CON #SPF

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · Aug 15

And my last pitch of the day... a Bad PowerPoint Intro to Path of Daedalus I made a long time ago 😂

#QueerPit #YA #SF #D #MYTH

A slide with the title “what is path of daedalus about? your guess is as good as mine.” Some text on the slide says “This is the first description I ever wrote of it and I still think it’s pretty fitting.” It points to a screenshot that says “like. giant obstacle course. like american ninja warrior but like DEADLY. sort of cyberpunk? obstacle course thing is sentient maybe? also gay rivals to lovers romance of course. has the aesthetic of a chvrches song.”

Another block of text on the slide says “this tumblr post also sums it up quite nicely.” It points to a screenshot of a tumblr post by user gayarsonist which says “sick of hearing about healing crystals that cleanse your mind and body of negative energy. i want to know which rocks can hurt you and fuck up your vibe so bad.”

A slide with the title “I’m not explaining the plot. You just get vibes.” It pictures posters of the movies Pacific Rim, Promare, and Tron: Legacy, as well as the cover art for the album Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES and a photo of a bioluminescent cave.

A slide with the title “Characters: Ren!” The text on the slide reads: “Baby boy light of my life. Will do anything for his fam (mom and two younger sisters). Thinks he is a smooth flirt (he is not). He can control crystals with his mind.” There is an image of someone jumping clumsily onto a couch yelling “PARKOUR!” At the bottom is another block of text which says “Some characters that remind me of him. This probably makes sense to no one but me.” There is an image of Yuuji from Jujutsu Kaisen saying “You think you can just pound away at my head like that? What if you made me even dumber than I already am?” There are also images of Leo from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ezra from Star Wars Rebels.

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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · May 7

A grieving 12-year-old girl strikes a deal with a ghost boy haunting the local lighthouse: he’ll help her speak to her recently departed mother, but only if she solves the mystery of his death. #questpit #mg #q

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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · May 7

Whoa! sounds like such a page turner!

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · May 7

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

📖 #Q #A #DF #PR #Hu #H #QuestPit

Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand gripping a feather, emerging from a flaming book over a maze

Poster Cover for Grim Portents featuring 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. Behind them are a girl with glowing eyes and a glowing book, a woman with a shotgun, two shadow creatures, and the face of a demon. The words GRIM PORTENTS are big and in a classic Indiana Jones Style font

"I always told myself it wasn't real. 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.

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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · May 7

This looks INCREDIBLE

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Iris Andersi @goodwords.bsky.social · May 7

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.

#QuestPit #A #RF #F #agentsguide #disabilityrep #chronicillnessrep #cozyromanticfantasy

A slide with green leaves and green watercolor stains says "The Pitch: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company." A black cat looks over it's shoulder at the text in the bottom right corner.

Tropes and Highlights include: found family, one bed at the inn, witches and familiars, cozy vibes, grumpy + sunshine, bi-for-bi romance, chronic illness rep, and foraging dates. Think, The Spellshop X Howl's Moving Castle. This text is on top of a green slide with green watercolor splotches and leaves. The book covers for The Spellshop and Howl's Moving Castle are in the center of the image.

Comps is written in the corner. Four book covers are shown in a row. Under the Whispering Door + Legends & Lattes + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches = Potions Unincorporated. The words The Humor, The Cozy Fantasy Vibes, and The Romance make up the formula for the not yet published book on the far right. The slide is green with green water color splotches. A green vine is on the top right and the outline of a leaf and two mushrooms is on the bottom right.

First Lines is written at the top of the slide. The Text in the middle is on a tan, worn looking page background which says: 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.

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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · May 7

GHIBLI x #MG CEMETERY BOYS

When a grieving 12-year-old girl meets a ghost boy in a lighthouse, he promises her the one thing she wants most—the chance to speak with her late mother, but only if she solves the mystery of his death.

#questpit #Q

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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · May 7

A sentient MAZE???? sign me up!!

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · May 7

A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft.

👑 flirty thief MC / grumpy prince LI
🌌 a sentient maze
💀 an underground cult
🐍 a giant snake
🌎 cli-fi themes
💎 forget healing crystals—these crystals will mess up your vibes so bad

#questpit #YA #SF #LGBT #Q

A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the plannet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images.

Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.

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Jessie ☀️ @parchmints.bsky.social · May 7

Welcome to sunny Whistle Beach, where you’ll experience:

🌊Glistening oceanic views
👻A haunted lighthouse
🐶St. Berdoodles
🚴‍♀️Thrilling bike rides
🔍A mysterious disappearance, and…
☹️The hard life lesson of moving on after loss

Book now!

#questpit #MG #Q

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