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Zed Prospero
@zprospero.bsky.social
Goat wrangler. Accidental businessman. ADHD. Bi/Demi. #BluePit host. I post about writing and a silly collision of Hell, business, and unlikely romance. (He/Him)

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THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

After getting a call from Upstairs that Heaven's faith in Hell is shaken, Virgil Mora, The Consultant, must turnaround a vampire-ran Ohio gas station in just three months to save his own life and his boss, Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for.

#BluePit 📖 #W #A #F #LGBT
#WIPSnips

Virgil really does ignore the fact that a giant woodchipper was about to eat him a second before this moment.

Wonder why. 🤭

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
#Critterary

Well, I have my feathered dinosaur aliens, the Quetzal.

The legal department of Hell Ltd, which is mostly literal snakes. Including Levi, a world encompassing serpent.

And my oldest WIP has "Old Fred" a lizard sleeping on the rock at the entrance to the town of Prosperity.

#WriteSky
Day 15
Heading back to animals and let's go back to some scalies/shellies - reptiles! Whether your turtles are ninjas/heroes, your crocs placid, or your snakes liquid/naked/solid(us), let's chat about these adorable critters! 🐊🐢🦎🐍
#Writing #WritingPrompts #Critterary
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
#JanuaryWorldbuilders

Mycelial ships are mostly conscientious objectors to violence. They refuse to bear weapons.

Most hand weapons are railguns, but shot is almost always wood, making them more like a crossbow.

Metal is much more precious now to humans.

1/6

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Alright, time to get into some of those weeds I promised! The theme of this week and next will be fighting-centric. Weapons and armor this week. Militaries next week. Today's #JanuaryWorldbuilders Q: What weapon(s) are used by your MC (or another important character?)
January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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#Critterary 14

I GOT KRAKENS
I GOT TWO TYPES OF MERPEOPLE
I GOT A TON OF FISH-PEOPLE
I GOT SELKIES (KINDA)
I GOT SHARK-PEOPLE
I GOT ANGLERFISH-PEOPLE
I GOT PLESIOSAURUS-PEOPLE
I GOT A WHOLE-ASS OCEANIC DONUT-SHAPED PLANET FOR THEM TO LIVE ON
I GOT THE WHOLE OCEAN IS POSSESSED BY A DEMON GOD
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
#AwesomeCharacters

Virgil would be very uncomfortable with shooters or anything where you kill something.

I think Point and Click Adventure games would be up his alley.

The kind of logic that leads to "a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle" would be familiar to him.

#WriteSky
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Hypothetical today! If you were trying to get your characters into videogames, what genre/game would you start them out on?

Would it be similar to the genre you write them in, or completely different?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Normally, no, but my Renfield X Dracula story: "Life Before Blood" I got really sad writing Dracula.

I kept him a monster, but the manipulation was so... real.

I've seldom written a scene where like "Oh, shit, this is something that I'D be vulnerable to" before.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Have you ever been uncomfortable writing a scene for a villain/antagonist?

#WritingCommunity
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
#WIPSnips

I love when Cyrus is sort of scary. This place has three vampires, a poltergeist, and Virgil, who's basically a wizard.

But here comes... an OLD MAN! 🤣

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting
January 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Levi, Serpent of Fraud, has a library every lie (black book) and truth (white book) ever told. Even to yourself.

Virgil has shelves of grey volumes repeating: "I am a murderer."

He had a shouting match with Levi that the books were grey, not white. It's not a lie to him.

#WriteSky
What’s the biggest lie your MC has ever told? Who did they lie to and why? #WritingPrompt
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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#Critterary

I think Levi, the Legal Counsel of Hell Ltd, is as close as I get. Levi was the snake from Eden, but he was mute. Humanity’s first lie was against him.

As the Serpent of Fraud, he’s basically a sea monster, as he is coiled around the interior crust.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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#Critterary

I haven’t done mermaids yet. I expect they’ll show up in my “Bedeviled by Fairy Tail” WIP.

I love having siren-like creatures encountering gay men.

One of the only funny parts of my Dracula x Renfield book is him being worried the brides will get sick from the cold.

#WriteSky
Day 14
Slower day yesterday, understandably with a couple events taking place on here!
Today we're staying in the seas (and other bodies of water) a while longer, to discuss aquatic creatures! Time to dip our toes into fantastic wonders and dark oceans.
#Writing #WritingPrompts #Critterary
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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#JanuaryWorldbuilders

Well, you’d think it would be the opposite, but mushrooms have completely replaced meat as a huge amount of wildlife had gone extinct.

The Mycelials don’t think of their bodies like we do. Princess at one point says “Well… we eat you when you die”

1/2

#WriteSky
Last question on our "society, broadly" theme for #JanuaryWorldbuilders. What food or drinks are popular in the society you've been talking about? If can be an MC's society, or any one you have an interesting answer for.
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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#JanuaryWorldBuilders

Humans wear materials made of cotton, bamboo, or silk. Silk is very common as silkworm waste is great substrate for mycelium.

A human with a Quetzal partner will get dressed up by them a lot. “Pretty pretties” is a Quetzal term of endearment for beloved ones.

1/2

#WriteSky
#JanuaryWorldbuilders! This week is about broad societal questions. What kind of clothes or accessories are worn in your MC's society? Feel free to post pictures of your characters if their clothes are a good representation of what is worn! It can be for everyday use or for special occasions.
January 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM
#JanuaryWorldbuilders

Well, you’d think it would be the opposite, but mushrooms have completely replaced meat as a huge amount of wildlife had gone extinct.

The Mycelials don’t think of their bodies like we do. Princess at one point says “Well… we eat you when you die”

1/2

#WriteSky
Last question on our "society, broadly" theme for #JanuaryWorldbuilders. What food or drinks are popular in the society you've been talking about? If can be an MC's society, or any one you have an interesting answer for.
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
#JanuaryWorldBuilders

Humans wear materials made of cotton, bamboo, or silk. Silk is very common as silkworm waste is great substrate for mycelium.

A human with a Quetzal partner will get dressed up by them a lot. “Pretty pretties” is a Quetzal term of endearment for beloved ones.

1/2

#WriteSky
#JanuaryWorldbuilders! This week is about broad societal questions. What kind of clothes or accessories are worn in your MC's society? Feel free to post pictures of your characters if their clothes are a good representation of what is worn! It can be for everyday use or for special occasions.
January 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM
#Critterary

I haven’t done mermaids yet. I expect they’ll show up in my “Bedeviled by Fairy Tail” WIP.

I love having siren-like creatures encountering gay men.

One of the only funny parts of my Dracula x Renfield book is him being worried the brides will get sick from the cold.

#WriteSky
Day 14
Slower day yesterday, understandably with a couple events taking place on here!
Today we're staying in the seas (and other bodies of water) a while longer, to discuss aquatic creatures! Time to dip our toes into fantastic wonders and dark oceans.
#Writing #WritingPrompts #Critterary
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
#Critterary

I think Levi, the Legal Counsel of Hell Ltd, is as close as I get. Levi was the snake from Eden, but he was mute. Humanity’s first lie was against him.

As the Serpent of Fraud, he’s basically a sea monster, as he is coiled around the interior crust.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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Dean and his girlfriend want to explore polyamory, but Dean isn’t out as bisexual so it would be a terrible idea to choose the housemate of someone from Dean’s acting class as a third.

Unless the housemate is really cute and funny and they both like him a lot…

#Bluepit 📖 #Q #A #NA #R #LGBT
January 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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His mother's a dragonslayer, his father a mage, but Pathi is a failure. In reaching for magic, he is traumatically changed into a fire-breathing drake... and he's not the only one.

Feat.
🐉 Dragons!
💫 Transformation
🪄 Symbol-based Magic System
😈 Enemies-to-Friends

#BluePit #F #Q
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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In Dormin, monsters are made myths and the skies are lit with magic. But the magic is turning people into monsters, as the son of a dragonslayer learns firsthand.

Trapped in a form he loathes, shame and pursuit drive him into the wilds where a fellow drake might be his only hope.

#BluePit #F #Q
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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In a world scarred by a war with dragons, a boy becomes one and flees his city in shame. Hunted by friends and aided (unwillingly) by a fellow monster, he struggles to accept his new body... and the terrible deeds of his home.

BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN meets ANIMORPHS

#BluePit #F #Q
January 13, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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Thanks everyone for a fantastic #BluePit!

We saw so many great pitches (around 1800!) today and wonderful support!

Around 200 published works too! (Our #BluePit Published feed lasts 1 week, so go shopping while you can!)

The next pitch event coming up is #SmallPitch! Learn more @smallpitch.org!
SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊

This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.

Check our website for more details ⬇️
#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses
smallpitch.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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GRIMDARK-TO-COZY

Innkeeper Shallot can't help adopting every abused child who finds their way to her inn. She shows them kindness, but these kids grow up radicalized by their backgrounds and capitalism. As adults, they become a polyamorous gang of anarchists and murderers.

#BluePit📖 #A #F #W #LGBT
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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MUPPETS × SIN CITY × HAPPYTIME MURDERS

The plush citizens of New Feltwood live in fear—a serial slasher is ripping them apart. Up to gritty stuffed sloth detective Simon Sinner to stitch the case together. But when his brother is found defluffed, stuffing gets personal.

#BluePit 📖 #A #C #M #W #DIS
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Okay, #BluePit stats before I can collapse properly. I have more work to do before I can share any other stats.

Approximated Numbers:
~1,800 pitches
~35,000 likes
~13,500 reposts
~500 WIPs
~200 Published ( #BluePit Published feed stays up for 1 week )
~800 Querying ( #LitAgents take note!)
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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The supernatural has been an open part of the world since phone cameras, especially here in LA. Yet August has no idea where his oddly specific time shifting powers came from. When strangers gun him down in his own office, his mysterious powers become his only hope. #BluePit #Q #A #F #LGBT #UF #OV
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM