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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jun 5

TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · May 31

Trying to watch #Severance but keep getting distracted by Mr. Milchik’s DUMP TRUCK ASS

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 19

This sounds amazing 😍

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 19

Cool concept!

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 19

MIKE FLANAGAN X ETHEL CAIN

When Nora Vane is called to serve the Lord of the Land, she has no idea what she’s getting into. A sapphic gothic that I #amquerying

#PosterPit #A #H

(Many thanks to my talented friend for the graphic!)

A woman in an old-fashioned dress stands looking off to the side. She holds a candelabra with five lit candles. The smoke from the candles forms the words, “Death Becomes Her.” Movie-poster text lines the bottom.

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · Apr 18

If I have to see that fucking terf and her fucking cigar one more time

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 17

i'm not usually a medical show person (too much of a wimp), but the hold #ThePitt has on me...

Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 14

i'm only two episodes in but hemlock grove does not feel like a real tv show...

Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 13

we just recently finished it for the first time and i thought it was so cute! had some good songs to add to my playlist too

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 6

Preach

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 6

You mention dragons and I’m there!!

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 6

Love the flow of this!

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Thomas J. Padden @thomasjpadden.com · Apr 5

Rocks, roots, and ruts abound! The quintessential spice of New England soil. Spring was chilly, roads were muddy, and the stage was set with all kinds of lumps and divots, prime for clattering a particular carriage.
#1stlinepit #wip #a #h #p #com #hf

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Apr 6

“The day dawned as cold and gray as Mrs. Grantham’s corpse.”

#1stLinePit #A #Gothic

A black and white castle with the words Death Becomes Her overlaying it. Death is highlighted in pink.

Image of a girl with pale skin and dark hair. Her eyes are covered in a spray of bright pink paint.

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#1stLinePit @1stlinepit.bsky.social · Mar 29

#1stLinePit is coming in hot—just ONE week left! 🔥

This time, we've got a brand new rule!
Check out the details below—what do you think? A brilliant game-changer, enhancing your pitch—or a total train wreck, ruining the fun?

#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Issue: During our last round of #1stLinePit, some agents commented that it was hard to determine their interest based only on the first few lines.

Solution: This round, you must still share your first lines in THE BODY of you post, but you’re also allowed to share your pitch, agent’s guide, a link to a previous pitch, you’re entire first page, or anything you want in the attached images / moodboard.

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 28

NTA - you couldn't have known he was hot when you agreed to kill him so really it's not your fault

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 28

idk man, that web address ending in /disappear is looking pretty suspicious...

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 28

I like to describe Death Becomes Her as Mike Flanagan x Ethel Cain Vibes

#UnhingedPit #A #H #Q

Nora when she is chosen as the latest annual sacrifice to be given to the mysterious Lord of the Land from whose mansion no one has ever returned:

Hayden Anhedönia is standing in front of a glass-walled shop in a black jacket with a white sweater. She says, "I feel like, you know, the next in line," with something close to a smile on her face.

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 24

Good to know, thank you!

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 24

I see I’m a little late to this (2 days is, after all, Ancient Times on the internet), but I am curious if one agent requests a partial/full and passes, do the other agents go back and take a look? Should the author requery addressing someone else or is that a good way to be annoying?

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

I immediately convince myself my manuscript turned into the worst, most embarrassing private document I could have sent somewhere between the upload and the button press… why are brains like this 😭

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Mike Mizov @mizov.bsky.social · Mar 17

After returning to her family’s crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too.

🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic

Nineteen-year-old Lottie Bradbury is called home to her crumbling family estate with an ultimatum: marry or let the Bradbury name die. But in a post-war world where old traditions are crumbling and women are claiming new independence, Lottie refuses to be controlled.

Her introduction is disrupted when the gardener is found dead, his skull shattered on the manor steps. His son, Arthur, warns Lottie that the house is hungry, that it killed his father—just as it did her mother a decade ago. And it’s not finished.

Determined to seize control of her own fate, Lottie digs into the manor’s past, only to realize the house has other plans. Strange footsteps at night. Whispers slithering through the halls. Shadows shifting where none should be. Arthur insists the manor is alive, feeding on the sins of her ancestors, that her family is cursed. But he’s not the only one keeping secrets, and the deeper she digs, the harder it is to know who to trust.

THE LAST HEIR OF BRADBURY MANOR is a slow-burn gothic horror set in 1919, blending the creeping dread of The Hacienda with the sentient menace of Starling House. A tale of inheritance, obsession, and a house that refuses to let go. The manuscript is complete at 96,000 words.

Comps for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor:

Starling House: Dark inheritance, Family secrets, Sentient house

The Hacienda: Unresolved grief, Psychological unraveling, Supernatural dread

Crimson Peak: Decaying grandeur, Gothic vibes

A mood board for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor with...

A decaying, messed up sitting room
A spooky staincase with a girl walking
A girl climbing out of a well
A book on fire
A cozy Edwardian dinner party
A spooky gothic dinner party

Text that reads: breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul

Tropes for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor

🖤 Manor With a Mind
📖 Cryptic Diary
💀 Generational Blood Curse
🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🏚 Slow-burn
🖋 Arranged? Meetcute? Ghostly Trauma Bonding?
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might
🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted
⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · Mar 17

A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become.

#PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

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Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

Graphics credit to my very talented, anonymous friend who knows who she is 😘

Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

Introducing “Death Becomes Her,” out on sub in an inbox near you! This sapphic gothic horror is ~75K and professionally edited. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

A castle in black and white overlaid with text reading “Death Becomes Her.” The word “Death” is highlighted in pink.

A painting of a woman with dark hair dressed in white with a white flower in her hair. A pink streak of paint covers her eyes. Book covers and media posters run along the bottom under the byline, “Perfect for fans of…”

A black and white interior shot of a window with a column to the right. The heading, “The Pitch” is highlighted in pink.

Agent Manitoba @agentmanitoba.bsky.social · Mar 17

Introducing “Death Becomes Her,” out on sub in an inbox near you! This sapphic gothic horror is ~75K and professionally edited. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

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