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krista is writing like a maniac ❦

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she's a 10 but she's a writer, reader, gemini, and a procrastinator ❦ sensitive bisexual black girl currently writing her first novel ❦ cr: house of hollow

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Nov 18

#WritingCommunity #blackbooksky
#booksky #NA #H #T

THE BEAUTIFUL x HOUSE OF HUNGER x BLACULA

🐞set in 1974
🐞a runaway black girl
🐞a vampire lord with hidden motives
🐞a manor haunted in restless spirits
🐞a supernatural found family protecting their token human
🐞a cursed, chaos-hungry book

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C.C Georges @ccgeorges.bsky.social · 15d

#DVParty ! Vibes for PARABOUND, my crossover sci-fantasy, featuring ✨:

- game of thrones great houses, but cyberpunk 🤖 👑
- ✨religious trauma 🛐
- enemies-to-mind-meld 🧠
- if Azula and Katara from ATLA shared a telepathic mind-link 😬
- feminine rage meets biotech empire 💥💉
- body-horror intimacy🫀🫁

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Ashton J. Thomas @ashtonjthomas.bsky.social · 16d

#agentsguide to MALUS, an adult dark academia fantasy.

Currently #amquerying

A London building sits against a cloudy sky. White text reads: An Introduction to MALUS, An Adult Dark Academia Fantasy, 90K Words

A London building with white text overlayed, reading: Pitch - Devon March has spent the last decade in exile, hiding at a small American museum and keeping the monster in her head a secret. Her anonymity ends when she witnesses the first magical breach in centuries, forcing the University of Velum to send Alastair—her former rival, now a Host already breaking under the strain—to drag her back to London. All Hosts end the same way: deteriorated, disabled, and dead before thirty-five. All except Devon.

Ten years ago, she fled Velum after the night her best friend Clementine died. At Velum, students are bound to maluses, sentient parasites drawn from the realm where the creatures humans once called fairy tales still kill and breed. On Earth, their remnants are bottled and displayed: unicorn horns under glass, fairy wings pinned like insects. Clementine was chosen to guard the Veil between worlds. Shortly after, she died. And Devon awoke with a malus in her head and Clementine’s severed finger in her throat.

Now breaches multiply and Velum rots from the inside. Alastair suspects Devon knows more about Clementine’s death than she admits. And the deeper Devon digs, the more she questions whether the echoes of Clementine are memory, madness, or the parasite whispering through her veins. To survive, Devon must expose Velum’s secrets before the Veil collapses—or before her malus convinces her Clementine might still be alive. She insists she wants to save the world. But she’s lied before. Especially to herself.

A London building against a cloudy sky, overlayed with images of the show Fleabag and the books Ninth House and Katabasis. White text details: For fans of - Fleabag (arrows pointing to text reading fourth wall breaks, unreliable narrator, and messy grief), Ninth House (arrows pointing to text reading outsider in elite spaces, magic is real and studied in our world), and Katabasis (arrows pointing to text reading UK based dark academia, magic is real and studied in our world)

Statue in London, white text overlayed reads: Excerpt - It was easy to tell when the university grew close, its extended outer wings of Victorian ashen stone slowly becoming more imposing. To me, the students at Velum looked more like pastiches of students in glossy catalogues than actual fully formed complex individuals. Wool sweaters, argyle, and leather satchels tripled in occurrence as the taxi approached the iron gates. There are articles written on the subject I’m sure you could read, something about how an “appreciation for the past” the students possessed reflected in their garb. But when I was a student it was simply that we were all pretentious assholes who liked that we were distinguished from the corporate office workers on the streets of the city.
The city itself thought of us a peculiar sight, a den of monks in the midst of a forest of glass trees. Uniquely devoted, largely ignorant of all outside our boundaries. In the center of cosmopolitan life and yet inextricably venerating the beyond, the unknowable. There was nothing for us outside Velum’s walls, not in the skyscrapers or the old bombed-out churches long ago turned into gardens. We were placeless people who had found our place, a decaying monument to mystery. We studied dead languages, and dead bodies, and the dust of dead artifacts. Mortician school was the slang term in the UK for Velum, as we studied the already dead and decaying. A study of rot.
But I was an optimist of a sort. I saw Hosts and maluses and saw proof of the ethereal, magic made manifest. They were living, they were passed down, they were immortal. A way to cement yourself in history. In a field of decaying dreams, of history dying, what do you do when you see the living, see the heartbeat of it all carrying on? If you were me, you wanted to be a part of it, a cog in the living thing that ceaselessly ran onwards.

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 15d

a bit late to #DVparty but I'm here with my moodboard!

THOSE CERTAIN FEARS THAT WAXES AND WANES

#BVM #Adult #Horror #psycholgicalthriller #romance #booksky #blackbooksky

religious trauma, black cast, vampires with a splash of werewolf and witchcraft, and it is set in mid-70s new orleans!

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Sep 15

Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules!
For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co
See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025!
#writersky #booksky

#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors.
Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET.
Your pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use #DVArt)
A like ❤️ from an agent = a query request
A repost 🔁 from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
A like ❤️ from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches.
Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 23d

Why did I just see an audiobook about a woman f—king the Kool-Aid man. And no Quan Millz isn’t at the scene of the crime

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Miss Moonlight @sadisticaurthor.bsky.social · Aug 15

SINNERS X HANNIBAL X I FEED HER TO THE BEAST When Virginia Bulle kills her ex-boyfriend, she decides to open a restaurant to serve his remains. This leads her to Calypso Raines' doorstep, which opens up a new recipe of the prices we pay to protect family.
#QueerPit #H #A #Q

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 15

#QueerPit #NA #T #MY #H

JENNIFER'S BODY + GINGER SNAPS + THE LOVE WITCH

💋ur biracial fmc is unfriendly and evil
💋a book full of evil lesbians
💋witch has possessed the body to kill her ex lover
💋toxic female friendships
💋"You were mine before you were anyone else's!"
💋tons of gaslighting

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SherBear Stare @sheristen.bsky.social · Aug 15

88,000wc #YA #NA crossover #SF #F

Two college freshmen, who hate each other, are forced to race against time (& an interdimensional villain with a penchant for artisanal vintage clothing), to balance the universal scales of light & dark before a Big Bang does it for them.
#queerpit #CON #UF #UP

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Ivy T. Woods ✨is agented✨ @ivytwoods.bsky.social · Aug 15

#agentsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲
This romantic fantasy has:
🐻‍❄️ A setting inspired by the Canadian subarctic
🌋Roots in animistic religion
⚡️A physics based magic system
👵🏽 Crotchety immortals
🏠 Complex family dynamics
🗺️ Neurodivergent MMC #ownvoices #OV

#A #F #R #FR #QueerPit

An Agent’s Guide To
The Land of Undying Summer
by Ivy T. Woods
Adult Romantic Fantasy
103,600 words

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With a picture of a mountain, forest, and a lake on the left and text on the right:

Pitch
When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with the wandering mage who nearly killed her, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust of the newcomer escalates into a full-scale uprising. His presence risks the lives of the only family she has left, leaving her to choose once and for all: is she beholden to the living, the dead, or herself?

With roots in animistic religion and a setting inspired by the Canadian sub-arctic, THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is a stand-alone romantic fantasy

Comps
The atmosphere and vibes of:
The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

The Humour of:
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Chapter One - The End of Darkness
By the time Tilaani stepped through the Wolf’s Fangs, the screaming emptiness of her abandoned soul was almost bearable. Cool air gusted across the mountain, whipping her face with snow. Instead of barely cresting the horizon like she had expected, the sun was high overhead.

“Shit!” She snatched her cloak from an icy stalagmite and darted into a slim crack in the cliff face. The frozen stone was jagged from when the cliff had split last century and the edges tugged at her shirt as she sidled through, cloak still clutched in one hand.

Time warped within the cavern, stretching and compressing at random. Sometimes she would emerge to find that only a few minutes had passed outside. Today, the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living. The dead delighted in wasting her time, especially when she had actual duties to perform.

Allak would be insufferable if she was late.

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 15

omg girl I have been so busy I haven't got past chapter 2 😭

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just to let you guys know I will be participating in #QueerPit and I will be supporting others by reblogging like the rules say! But I will not be participating in #PosterPit because I am terrible at creating posters and it takes me a really long time to do so.

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · Aug 11

At some point we gotta let go of “my family has said way worse” “you’d have to have thick skin to be around my folks they joke about everything” isn’t the excuse ppl think it is.

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 7

#WritingCommunity #booksky #blackbooksky #vampirebook #vampirewip

yes, this is from the 1970s vampire WIP!

something something a black girl with religious trauma and is trying to love herself and someone else something something

krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 7

#questpit #NA #W #T #MY

ACE OF SPADES ❦ BULLY (the game)
❦ SCREAM QUEENS (season 1 only) ❦ JAWBREAKER

💅🏾set in 2004
💅🏾elite college setting
💅🏾beware of young girls who are bored
💅🏾the blasian mc is the murderess
💅🏾literal bisexual panic
💅🏾"if you're not the murderer then who is?"
💅🏾baby phat thief

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bia is drafting (17.4k) 🫧 @biaonomatopoeia.bsky.social · Aug 6

Upon discovering her latent ability, Renata is taken to the Menagerie. There, espens like her are molded into weapons or disposed of. To escape, she must evade the empire’s most dangerous weapon—but he’s already set his sights on her.

#questpit #W #A #SF #DS

a 9x9 green/blue colored moodboard with (from top left to right, then down): two silhouettes about the kiss, a blurred face of a man, dna on a computer screen, a hand breaking through ice, a woman with her hands over her eyes and smoke around her, an eye that's swirling with light, a lab/chamber-like hallway, a girl strung up by wires, a man wrapping his injured hand.

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Aaron Olátunjie Cole is ✨Vague✨👀 @aaronolatunjie.bsky.social · Aug 6

HUNGER GAMES x COBAB x POWERLESS

Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga

A boy with dangerous magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom’s soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom

#Questpit #Vague

The main characters of Aaron’s Queer YA Fantasy that’s currently Vague 👀 and based on the Central African folklore of the Underworld of Kalunga

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 6

should I post one more pitch?

krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 6

A great big thanks to everyone who supported and showed love and interest in all of my pitches! 🤍

#questpit #blackbooksky #WritingCommunity

krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 6

#questpit #W #A #F #blackbooksky

ACOTAR x THE CRUEL PRINCE x DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS x AVATAR: TWOW

🫐black fae, elven, and dragons
🫐all three are at war with each other
🫐half fae and half elven mc who is looking for her family
🫐gatekeeping warlocks
🫐"This society grows uglier by the day."

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 6

#questpit #W #A #MY #H #T #blackbooksky

THEM x DON’T WORRY DARLING x LOVECRAFT COUNTRY

🍷unreliable narrator
🍷set in mid-50s
🍷out of body experiences with a side of body horror
🍷did you just eat glass?
🍷a mobster husband but at least he cute
🍷being black in white dominated areas
🍷do not blink

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kj is ✨querying✨ @kjsilver.bsky.social · Aug 6

❤️‍🔥 THE HEALER WITCH ❤️‍🔥

Some of my favourite quotes, from some of my favourite characters.
🌙Morally grey FMC
🔥Elemental magic
🌸Meddling Gods
✨Multi POV
❤️The slowest flame to ever burn
🍒Spanish+Gaelic Folklore

#questpit #Q #A #F

Image of Deva Cassel in her role in The Leopard, I have used Canva to put a mask over her eyes and edit the image. Text reads. Lunaryn M. Redwood "I got a bit carried away and used my fire. They kind of...um, how should I say this...combusted"

Image of Orlando Bloom, unsure in which role. Text reads: Onwyn Storm "Listen here, you little shit. I've had enough of your attitude. You will talk to her with respect, or I'll have you spending a couple of nights in jail for insubordination."

Image of a black model, unfortunately I couldn't find out who it is. Text reads: Damian Maghanty "I must look horrendous if you'd give up your virtue for me. Although, now that I think about it, it would do you good to get laid. Always working so hard and for what? You have no time for fun"

Image of Jessica Chastain in The Huntsmen. Text reads: Ignis Silver "Oh, sure. Because our friend can't be trusted but a random daimon from the biggest illegal market in Melya can be? Are you insane?"

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 6

#questpit #W #A #F #H #T #MY

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 x DJANGO x THE BLOOD MERIDIAN

🦌former slave mc turned outlaw
🦌night creatures hunting innocents
🦌outlaw gang wars | outlaw girl gang
🦌native american monster hunters
🦌arthur morgan inspired love interest
🦌animal representation in dialogue

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Aug 6

#questpit #F #A #W #SF #SFF #blackbooksky

HIGH ON LIFE ❦ CYBERPUNK ❦ OVERWATCH

👽blue-haired bounty hunter mc who is very chaotic
👽killer alien creatures who feed off of emotion and chaos
👽democratic and republican politics
👽blue-skinned alien princesses
👽mad scientists everywhere

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