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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 13h

My Darling Dreadful Thing X The Wicked Deep

When Clover's empathic abilities awaken, a ghostly presence visits her dreams, offering escape from others' emotions. But as kindness turns to obsession, Clover suspects they want to inhabit, not liberate.

#DVPit #YA #MR #DF #H #DIS #CI #MH #OWN

Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 13h

Soon I hope 🖤

a woman says i want you to have it in front of a painting

ALT: a woman says i want you to have it in front of a painting

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 14h

Luna’s rearview mirror reflects a shattered life, but Thornfield Hotel offers a fresh start. As concierge, she’s swept into a world of secrets, seduction, and vanishing staff. But the deeper she falls for hotelier E. Rochester, the closer danger creeps. #DVPit #A #Gothic #H #R #DIS #CI #MH #OWN

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 14h

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 14h

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 14h

Doing some drafting between DVpit pitches and thought I'd share a snippet from my current WIP.

#writingcommunity

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 15h

Luna’s rearview mirror reflects a shattered life, but Thornfield Hotel offers a fresh start. As concierge, she’s swept into a world of secrets, seduction, and vanishing staff. But the deeper she falls for hotelier E. Rochester, the closer danger creeps.

#DVPit #A #R #H #Gothic #DIS #CI #MH #OWN

Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 17h

My Darling Dreadful Thing X The Wicked Deep

When Clover's empathic abilities awaken, a ghostly presence visits her dreams, offering escape from others' emotions. But as kindness turns to obsession, Clover suspects they want to inhabit, not liberate.

#DVPit #YA #DF #H #MR #DIS #CI #MH

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 17h

🖤🖤🖤

Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you!! 🖤

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 18h

Luna’s rearview mirror reflects a shattered life, but Thornfield Hotel offers a fresh start. As concierge, she’s swept into a world of secrets, seduction, and vanishing staff. But the deeper she falls for hotelier E. Rochester, the closer danger creeps. #DVPit #A #H #R #DIS #CI #MH #OWN

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 18h

My first pitch is clearer on the plot, thought I throw this one out for fun to show a bit of the setting 🖤🖤🖤

Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 19h

My Darling Dreadful Thing X The Wicked Deep

In a port town where sea air and superstition cling to every surface, empath Clover's dreams are visited by a figure from local lore. It offers relief from others’ emotions, but obsession soon follows.

#DVPit #YA #H #DF #MR #DIS #CI #MH

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you!!

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 21h

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 21h

Jane Eyre Retelling

Luna's rearview mirror reflects a shattered life but Thornfield Hotel offers a fresh start. As concierge, she's swept into a world of secrets, seduction & murder with the enigmatic E Rochester at its center & her heart & survival in the crosshairs. #DVPit #A #H #R #DIS #CI #MH

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 21h

CEOs in the afterlife? That’s bleak in the best way. The Good Place meets bureaucratic hell, I dig!

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 21h

I love how layered and intense this sounds🖤

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 22h

🖤🖤🖤

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 22h

My Darling Dreadful Thing X The Wicked Deep

When Clover's empathic abilities awaken, a ghostly presence visits her dreams, offering escape from others' emotions. But as kindness turns to obsession, Clover suspects they want to inhabit, not liberate.

#DVPit #YA #H #DF #MR #DIS #CI #MH

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 1d

As a Californian who has hiked in their flippy-floppies, I disagree, bro!

Love it! 🩴

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!! 💛

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 1d

Love the sound of both of these!

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 1d

Day 6 #DVparty: Next Project

On a romantic cruise getaway, two women surrender to their growing attraction, redefining their friendship amid sunlit decks and starry nights. Meanwhile, pranksters turn their cruise into a live stream of terror by offering passengers to a sadistic online audience.

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 2d

#DVParty Day 5: Story's theme song.

The cradled and the weight, kept tenderly, terribly, and without release.

#YA #Speculative #Horror

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnYS...

Vanish

YouTube video by Iress - Topic

www.youtube.com

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