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Sean Holten
@seanholten.bsky.social
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LGBT writer. UCC graduate. Former travel agent and bookseller at Waterstones. Live in Ireland. Love dogs, books, movies. Still setting up Bluesky...
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Starla Rajavuori @srajavuori.bsky.social · 2d
A ghost-seeing girl afraid of the dark.
Her horror movie-obsessed cousin.
A tourist boy with a mysterious secret.
Together they're Arctic Finland's most dysfunctional monster-hunting team. Too bad the monster's already hunting 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

SMALL SPACES X 30 DAYS OF NIGHT
#GhostPit #MG #H #Q 👻
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Travis Knight @blueknight2024.bsky.social · 2d
#PitDark #A #CSH #SFH #PT #SF #SFT #Moonium

A stolen, sentient Moon rock holds the key to Earth survival when a solar eclipse raises the dead in an Arkansas cemetery, filling an ancient, unforeseen prophesy, ushering humanity into a new age of planetary change.
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A.Wendel @anthonywendel.bsky.social · May 7
The Tragedy of Lancelot:
Twilight x Masked Rider
A teenager with anxiety finds herself protected from a shadowy organization who commands mutant hybrids by a mysterious cyborg with connections to her estranged mother. #YA #Q #SFF #R #QuestPit
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Rosa Suzanne @rosasuzanne.bsky.social · 2d
STARLING HOUSE x SPELLS FOR FORGETTING

When Jude reluctantly returns to her hometown after over a decade away and accidentally sets loose a reality-twisting monster, she must rally her childhood friend group to stop their town from being erased from existence.

#Ghostpit #A #NA #F #E #Con
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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 2d
NAUSICAÄ X FF7

A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world.

#ghostpit #Q #A #F
A misty forest. A raven. Trees and a cloudy sky. A fence. A person using an umbrella in a forest. The back of a woman.
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Jacy Sellers is querying ✨🖤 @jacysellers.bsky.social · 2d
Simone St. James x Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

🤰 A safe haven becomes a nightmare.
🏚️ The housemother hides secrets.
💀 The house wants her baby.

Jorie must run before Idlestone delivers death.

#PitDark #YA #Horror #Historical #amquerying #H #GH #PH
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liv @livalcott.bsky.social · 2d
SCYTHE x HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS

two reapers bound for madness. three magical manipulation rituals that haven’t been performed in years. ghosts that could drive them to the brink, and rotted secrets slowly uncovered.

#PitDark #YA #NA #UF
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Jordan is Querying @jordanmccaffrie.bsky.social · 2d
PERCY JACKSON X GIRL, INTERRUPTED

5 years ago, Ava awoke in the middle of a storm...no memories, a single necklace the only clue to her missing past.
🐉Myths & Monsters
😵Genre-Bending (F X FR & H)
🤬Gritty dialogue
🥰Found Family
💋Slow burn soulmates🌶️🌶️

#PitDark #NA #A #DF #FA
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Madeline is 🦇ON SUB🦇 @maddieisbooked.bsky.social · 2d
“You haunted me for almost a thousand years, Evelyn.”
“I would burn a thousand mortals if the fire kept you warm.”
“Darling. I am darkness.”
- My fave lines in my gothic romantasy

⤷ #editors interact if you’re interested!

#PitDark #RF #G #agented #OS #onsub #WritingCommunity
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Melody Thio @melodythio.bsky.social · 2d
SONG TO DROWN RIVERS x CRUEL PRINCE x FOURTH WING x APOTHECARY DIARIES

❤️Soulmates
🗡️Enemies-to-lovers
👑Assassin x Crown Prince
💔Fake engagement
🔥Slow burn romance, fast & furious lust
🩸Human vs Vampire-like demons
😈Everyone's morally grey
☠️REVENGE
🪷C-drama vibe

#NA #DR #DF #pitdark
#agented
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Ash is A.M. Ruggirello @ashleyrugg.bsky.social · 2d
BRIDGERTON x DRACULA

Eden survives a vampire bite meant to kill her. Bad news: the royal family wants to finish the job. Worse: the infuriatingly hot prince who bit her won't help. Her only shot? Uncover why her blood bleeds with centuries-old secrets

#Agented #PitDark #YA #GH
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Beth Michaela...querying writer. @bmfwriter.bsky.social · 2d
On the Wile, women earn power through bloodshed. Ripley's first kill should prove her worth among her sisters, until her sickle falters over a man who refuses to beg. Bound by dark magic and forbidden desire, they risk awakening a fate worse than death.

#GhostPit #PitDark #YA #H #R #F
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Madeline is 🦇ON SUB🦇 @maddieisbooked.bsky.social · 2d
PHANTASMA x NOSFERATU

✮ Dark God of Night
✮ Haunted FMC
✮ Dark academia
✮ Sinister reflection
✮ Cosmic love
✮ Paranormal bargains
✮ Spicy NA

⤷ #editors interact if you’re interested!

#GhostPit #PitDark #OS #agented #RF #G #onsub #editorsguide #WritingCommunity
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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 2d
AGATHA CHRISTIE x TOM HINDLE x LUCY FOLEY

After her critic ex-boyfriend is murdered, a writer attending a literary festival in Ireland decides to play sleuth.

Then the killer frames her.

Can she unmask them before she's arrested?

#PitDark #A #MM #T
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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 2d
REAR WINDOW x INCEPTION

Through her window, a woman witnesses a murder in a building ... that doesn't exist.

Soon she's plunged into a waking nightmare, chased through NYC by creatures she remembers from a video game she played as a child.

What's going on?!

#PitDark #A #SFH
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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 2d
DEATH ON THE NILE x BACK TO THE FUTURE

Stranded in 1937 Egypt when their devices break, a group of time travellers on a Nile steamer start getting picked off one by one by a killer.

Can they unmask the villain and get back home to 2036 London?

#PitDark #A #MM #TT #LGBT
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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 2d
THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY x STEPHEN KING

Characters in an unfinished novel wake up after their writer stops writing them.

When the author's first creation, a rogue crone, starts destroying their paper world they seek a bookworm's help to reach The End.

#PitDark #A #YA #FA #GH #LGBT
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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 2d
THE WICKER MAN x THE BOOKSHOP

A woman goes undercover in a quirky bookshop vacation rental on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, where her missing brother - and others - were last seen.

A dangerous local cult is involved in the disappearances. And now they know who she is...

#PitDark #A #H
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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 2d
THELMA & LOUISE x PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Two vigilante actresses, both victims of abuse, join forces to hunt down a cabal of men who are kidnapping women in post-MeToo Hollywood.

They sneak into an underground club, determined to free the women - and get revenge.

#PitDark #A #T
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brittney is querying🐾🌿 @brittneyjoan.bsky.social · 2d
KNOW YOU BETTER in tropes & songs 💚

🌿 confident plus-sized fmc
🐾 black cat x golden retriever
🌿 he falls first & harder
🐾 she’s his dog sitter
🌿 facetimes & texts
🐾 found family

🎶 everything has changed - taylor swift
🎶 overwhelming - jon bellion
🎶 am i okay? - megan moroney

#GhostPit #Q #A #R
Title page for an agent's guide to KNOW YOU BETTER, adult plus-size romcom. Green background, two character stock photos, photos in polaroids to of tattooed hand holding, a corgi + golden retriever, and a Red Wings game A sample of writing on the left from Know You Better, as well as 4 images of comp titles, including their book covers and information. Savor It by Tarah DeWitt for the sizzling banter & tension. You With a View by Jessica Joyce for the emotional exploration of starting over. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez for acts of service as a love language. And Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen for the plus-size confidence. Pitch & market for Know You Better, on a green background, with two stock images resembling the main characters. Target audience: Millennial and Gen Z women who love books that feel like a Taylor Swift song. For fans of heartfelt romcoms that balance wit and humor with deep topics. And readers who fall in love with real, messy characters and crave positive plus-size representation. One Paragraph Pitch: After her boyfriend of six years moves out and leaves her with rent she can’t afford, retail manager Sydney Bennett is barely hanging on—juggling long shifts and a side hustle dog-sitting for clients with the worst-behaved pets in Metro Detroit. When she meets Owen Sutton in the personal care aisle after a rant about two “demonic Pomeranians,” he’s instantly charmed—and in need of a sitter for his own, much better-behaved dogs. What starts as a business arrangement turns into something gentler and deeper: a slow-burning romance between two people still healing from betrayal. But as Sydney faces losing her apartment and Owen’s past betrayal comes back to haunt him, they’ll have to decide if the safety they’ve found in each other is worth risking their hearts for. Green background with screenshots of GoogleDocs feedback from varying beta readers and critique partners with praise for drafts of Know You Better
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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 2d
#Q 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
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Sage like the Pumpkin Spice @sagecollins.bsky.social · 2d
RENEGADES x DR HORRIBLE

Evie’s channeling her inner Jekyll & Hyde. The shapeshifting superhero just wants to meet her celebrity crush. Too bad he’s brainwashing the city to love him. Worse, he’s obsessed w/ her. But what’s a girl to do when she shares a body with the villain?

#GhostPit #Q #YA #SF
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H :) @itsbeensnowing.bsky.social · 2d
#GhostPit #Q Is it better to live or remember? A young girl in a post-digital-data world realizes she is actually deep in space aboard a malfunctioning spaceship, unconsciously reliving her childhood as her oxygen and fuel run low. Can she save her future without losing touch with her past? #SF #A
Collage image of a young girl running across a field toward a large blue planet hanging in front of her as the horizon disintegrates into blocky pixels.
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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · 2d
WHEN DEVILS SING X FEAR STREET

When a Jewish girl accidentally reawakens an ancient curse over her town, she must fight through mythological nightmares and break the curse before she's torn apart like the demon who started it all.

#YA #H #Q #OWN #GhostPit
A movie poster titled "From One Mifletzet to Another" featuring a teenage girl in front of a gritty, fiery background above an open basement door. Descriptive text from top to bottom, left to right: "JEWISH HORROR" "WOMEN AUTONOMY" "SEX POSITIVITY" "BREAK THE CURSE." "A 95,000-WORD YA HORROR NOVEL" "PREMIERING NOW"
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Nastaran Arfaei @n-arfaei.bsky.social · 24d
An anti-technology cult. Missing memories. A corporate offer she can’t refuse.

A neuroscientist tries to untangle her friend’s murder while leading a team that “quenches” emergent sentience in supercomputers.

Severance X A Memory Called Empire X Ishiguro

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN 💙📚🪐
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