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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 1d

JASAD HEIR/ONE DARK WINDOW
There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret?
#SFPit #A #Q #F

A moodboard with 9 images. Top row: a blood moon; a woman head bowed in thought, silhouette framed in fire glow; someone presents a simple black mask, there are bright orange lights behind.
Middle row is the same sunrise from the first image.
Bottom row: Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa in Shadow and Bone, bathed in a blue green light, looking over her shoulder for danger, hair awry; middle image is of a sinister dark green forest; final image is Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, half his face cast in shadow.

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Evie Kelley @eviekelley.bsky.social · 2d

The 70s: when the “Body Suit,” a garment suspiciously similar to a toddler's “onesie,” snaps & all, was the hottest (and most uncomfortable) thing in women’s style - and the setting for my new book, MY BICENTENNIAL, a #comingofage novel of the far-out year 1976

books2read.com/MyBicentennial

A magazine ad from 1976 featuring female models wearing a selection Body Suits, a garment similar to a toddler’s “onesie” that snaps at the crotch. Some of the onesies have short sleeves like tee-shirts, others have long sleeves, cuffs, and button down collars, and they're in a variety of colors and patterns, including brown and white horizontal stripes, solid orange and green, and large brown, orange, and peach colored flowers.

A square image with a light purple and yellow background featuring a book cover with the title "My Bicentennial: A Mostly True Tale of the Far-Out '70s" above the image of the lower legs and feet of a teenage girl standing on a yellow bathroom scale dotted with purplish daisies. The girl is wearing purple polyester pants and orange platform shoes with spongy white soles. The author's name, Evie Kelley, is inside a silver triangle where the weight numbers would typically be. To the left of the cover is a narrow image of the book's spine with the title and author's name.

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El(iza)beth @elizabethtitus.bsky.social · 10h

Long after the dust settles, what will grow from the rubble?

🔮 a tarot-themed odyssey across the former US offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change

🌱 informative adventure guide to thriving the apocalypse

#SFPit

#Cli #PA #hopepunk

a hand drawn map of a route across a sea-risen US, superimposed over a background of hopeful leaves sprouting from trees in an sunset sky over the Earth

elemental magic
visions
survival skills
climate fiction
#clifi
indigenous futurism
plant medicine
meditation
wilderness
permaculture
neotribalism
community
backpacking
post-apocalyptic
hopepunk

a Priestess Tarot card with a figure meditating on a large stone in the woods

Hermit Tarot card with a woman holding up a lantern in a colorful swamp

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18h

In case you struggle with low mood in/are daunted by the winter & long for hellebores & tiny daffs this👇isn't as many weeks away as it seems.
If you love the winter then 👍, this is just a photo of spring flowers that'll help alleviate any anxiety you're facing today & give you a ping of dopamine 🌿

Collection of flowers from my garden in February

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Catherine “Halloween meme participant” Winters @catherinewinters.com · 1d

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN

Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #SFPit #A #Q #R #SO #OV #LGBT

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 110,000 words

"Did you hear? There's a human on board."
A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling.
alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)

PITCH:
Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist.
Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway?
That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no.

PRIORITIES:
make dinner
remain cozy
haul cargo
go for drinks
pull off one last score
try not to fall in love

FIRST PAGE:

“Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.”
I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity.
“Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.”
“Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table.
It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best.
The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let themcome here.”
The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”

COMPS:
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wisewell
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

TROPES:
Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm
lying to themselves
non-human perspective (afraid of humans)
neurodivergent main characters
metaphorically disabled protagonist
slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship
disabilitynorm and queernorm setting
found family
loveable pet/terrifying monster

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Sage like the Pumpkin Spice @sagecollins.bsky.social · 17h

WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL x SNOWGLOBE

18yo Hale & his celebrity BFF have 1 week to film a blockbuster episode and attract investors for their streaming-to-your-brain musical series. But planetary power outages and weather-system glitches thwart their ability to deliver

#SFPit #YA #SO #LGBT #Q #SSF

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Rachel Blaine @rachelblaine.bsky.social · 18h

After killing a beloved classmate in self-defense, Candy’s body begins to change. Now she must hide her unique genetic abilities or else she’ll be spending the rest of her adolescence in a breeding lab… or worse.

#SFpit #WIP #YA #dys #writingcommunity

Red lizard, woman in gas mask, red sky, pink clouds, PURE RED even if she manages to control her abilities, she’ll never hide her skin color, pink sky, woman’s back, red butterflies, woman silhouette

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 17h

NAUSICAÄ X FF7

A possible chosen one, a man who failed and his destiny, and a woman rejected by fate are forced to work together to save their dying world. The group struggles against demonic enemies, anti-magic forces, and the possibility the world isn't meant to be saved.

#SFPit #F #A #Q

A woman. A gas mask. A man in a suit. A 1920s style woman. A street. Sun.

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The Headless HorseSam @msbsandrs.bsky.social · 19h

TAXI DRIVER x DOLLHOUSE

MKRATCATCHER is a modern-day Frankenstein story, only the monster is Lucy Fanshaw, a convicted drug trafficker who can't shut up about her favorite movies, and the federal government is about to order an entire army of her. Tough luck, Lucy.

#SFPit #A #Mil #WIP

Drawing of a young Caucasian woman with long black hair and sleeve tattoos. She's wearing a black beanie, a long brown sleeveless coat, a CyberDyne black t-shirt, brown pants and Doc Marten boots. Her right hand is holding a bookends and her left hand is on a duck headed cane.

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Stargate x Marvel x Freaky Friday

We all have inner voices, but what if they are us in the multiverse. Kaylee has lost almost everyone & she knows there must be a reason, but by trying to learn, she may end up in a conspiracy that could cost her life.

#WIP #NA #SFan #SFPit

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Julie Bihn (Titanic Voyage free on Hoopla!) @juliebihn.bsky.social · 9h

Great Scott! It's BACK TO THE FUTURE x TITANIC (1997)

Kind of. Except "Jack" is a time traveler, "Rose" is a heroic Third Class passenger/hologram, there's 0-1 kisses, and Jack gives Rose digital clothes.

Your heart should go on...

a TITANIC VOYAGE!

#NA #SPub #SFF #TT #SFPit #SciFiPit

A theme park worker can travel back in time to the Titanic. But can he save the heroic victim he's come to love?

Titanic Voyage, free on Hoopla or $3.99 at major retailers.

(Cover of Titanic Voyage: A glowing porthole on a dark sky with the ocean and a faint silhouette of a roller coaster in the background)

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 9h

THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY x INCEPTION

When their writer abandons them, characters in an unfinished novel become aware of their existence.

Unable to find The End, they reach beyond their paper kingdom to a lonely bookworm who's always wanted to step between the pages...

#SFpit #A/#YA #Q #F #HR #LGBT

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 10h

REAR WINDOW x THE MATRIX

A woman witnesses a murder in a building that doesn't exist.

Soon she's pursued by figures eerily reminiscent of ones from a video game she played as a child.

Has she been plunged into a simulation? Or is something stranger going on?

#SFpit #A #Q #HR #Thriller #Mystery

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 11h

DEATH ON THE NILE x BACK TO THE FUTURE

Two time travellers from 2036 London get stranded in 1937 Egypt.

Trapped on a Nile steamer with other time travellers being picked off one by one, they need to unmask the killer before they become part of the rising body count.

#SFpit #A #Q #TT #LGBT

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.bsky.social · 17h

Can you survive SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND? Jurassic Park x The Expanse with a sprinkling of Star Trek. Found families, unexpected romance, discovery and ecological themes, with a healthy dose of alien dinosaurs! Follow the comments to learn more! #SFPit #A #Q #SF #HSF #Sol

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 21h

An agent's guide to TIME'S SIGNATURE :

"A Mexican standoff between Slow Horses, Life on Mars and The Ipcress File."

"A perfect storm of espionage and time travel."

"The best novel of 2035!"

#agentguide #A #T #Q #litagents #amquerying #writingcommunity #writers

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 16h

THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY x INCEPTION

When their writer abandons them, characters in an unfinished novel become aware of their existence.

Struggling to find The End, they reach out beyond their paper kingdom to a lonely bookworm who's always wanted to step into a book...

#SFpit #A/#YA #Q #F #HR #LGBT

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you!

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 17h

REAR WINDOW x INCEPTION

Through her window, a woman witnesses a murder in a building across the street. Yet the building doesn't exist. Only a park has ever stood there.

As strange figures pursue her, more buildings appear, NYC changing all around her. Is she in a simulation?

#SFpit #A #Q #HR

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 18h

Just a head's up that this is happening today. They have a time travel hashtag - #TT

#timetravelauthors #writingcommunity
#amquerying #speclit #amediting #wipsnips
#sfpit

#SFPit @scifipit.bsky.social · Aug 25

Dear friends, writers, #agents, interstellar travelers, interdimensional aliens, and otherwise paradoxical time hoppers!

We would like to invite you to set your favorite time-traveling device to October 21st, 2025, for the pitch event dedicated to Science Fiction, #SFPit! 🧵

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 18h

DEATH ON THE NILE x BACK TO THE FUTURE

A book lover and a nurse from 2036 London get stranded in 1937 Egypt.

Trapped on a Nile steamer with other time travellers being picked off one by one, they need to unmask the killer before they become part of the rising body count.

#SFpit #A #Q #TT #LGBT

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 19h

THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY x THE MATRIX

When their writer abandons them, characters in an unfinished novel become aware of their existence.

Struggling to find The End, they seek the help of a lonely bookworm who's always wanted to step into a book...

#SFpit #A ( #YA crossover ) #Q #F #HR #LGBT

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 20h

REAR WINDOW x THE MATRIX

A woman witnesses a murder in a building that shouldn't exist.

Soon she's pursued by strange figures that remind her of ones from a video game she played as a child.

Is she in a simulation? Or is something stranger going on?

#SFpit #A #Q #HR #Thriller #Mystery

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 22h

DEATH ON THE NILE x BACK TO THE FUTURE

A book lover and an unwitting nurse from 2036 London end up 99 years in the past - Egypt in 1937.

They're trapped on a steamer floating down the Nile. With a killer on board.

Sci-fi murder mystery, LGBT characters
#SFpit #A #Q #TT #LGBT

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Sean Holten @seanholten.bsky.social · 13d

REAR WINDOW x THE MATRIX

Through her window, a woman witnesses a murder in a building across the street. But there is no building across the street. Only a park has ever stood there.

Plunged into a frightening new world, she becomes worried she might be in a simulation.

#DVpit #A #H #SF #Thriller

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