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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 7d

A moodboard for my LEGENDBORN X BLACK MIRROR #YA dystopian space fantasy

I think this captures just a smidge of the vibes 💫

Happy Day 1 of #DVparty! #BVM

A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column:
1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky
2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights
3. Two hands reaching towards one another
4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar
5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up
6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky
7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog
8. A hand covered in glitter
9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance
10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile
11. A black woman screaming
12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds
13. An eye turned to show only the whites
14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air
15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle

None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 7h

I still love this opening so much!

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 1d

That's a wrap on #DVpit 2025!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!

Thank you
to everyone who pitched, supported, or volunteered for #DVpit 2025
follow @dvpit.bsky.social to stay in touch

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you so much!! 😊

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 9h

Eek thank you so much!! ❤️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you!! ❤️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 9h

Oh no way! And thank you 😊

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh this sounds great!

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

“To survive, you must forget.”

In Vega’s world, half of society surrender memories to an AI god to fuel power for the elite.

When her brother vanishes, Vega must wield forbidden magic to break her family’s deadly curse & expose a truth that could tear their world apart.
#DVpit #YA #SFF #F #BVM

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

LEGENDBORN × DUNE

Under the rule of a memory-devouring arcane intelligence, a girl will bleed to break a generational curse when it hunts her brother. But to save her family, she must face the boy she swore to forget—and unearth truths that could tear their world apart.

#DVpit #YA #SFF #F #BVM

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

🫢 thanks so much for the support Kat! ♥️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

🥺That's too kind - thank you so much! Same for yours ♥️

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

♥️Thank you!!

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much!!

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you friend!! ♥️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Eeek thank you so much!! ♥️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much!! ♥️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh I need this book!!

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Gimme!! 😩

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

That silly flatbrained shadow!!

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

🥺thank you so much friend!! ♥️

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

FOUNDATION × BLACK MIRROR × LEGENDBORN

🕯️A memory-devouring AI god
🌌A dystopian techno-theocracy
🩸A girl who will bleed to break a generational curse
💔An estranged first love who holds the key

But the truth to save her family can also unravel a world built on forgetting.

#DVpit #YA #F #SFF #BVM

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

LEGENDBORN’S Black girl magic+DUNE’S theocratic mysticism in a #YA dystopian #F where memories are sacrificed to an arcane intelligence.

To break a generational curse, Vega must:
⚔️Save her missing brother
💔Ally with her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget

#DVPit #SFF

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh I like this structure!

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 1d

Sign me up!!