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Mila Aiden
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A whimsical fantasy author determined to bring more black-led books into the world. I’m currently querying my first romantic fantasy and there is so much more to come! You may also know me as Adina Chiles on other platforms ✨
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Mila Aiden @authormilaiden.bsky.social · Jan 24
INDIANA JONES X THE CRUEL PRINCE X REIGN

Ariah, a seamstress turned queen's spy, and Iann, an explorer prince from a rival kingdom, find their hearts unexpectedly entangled—but love is forbidden and desire is deadly.

#YouDeserveplt #Q #NA #RF
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It is a baking kind of night. Should I make cookies or brownies? Also, if you have any good show recommendations, I'd love to hear them!
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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An #agentsguide to My Forsaken Divine ✨

The only way to avoid execution is to solve her classmates’ murders.

🕵️ Amateur sleuths
⭐️ Ancient deities
📚 Dark academia
🔮 Forbidden magic
🌳 Sacred forest
💀 Morally gray characters
🔪 Plenty of exploitation

#youdeservepit #NA #F #M #Q
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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bearattorney.bsky.social
NIGHT CIRCUS x NINTH HOUSE

Master art forger Sage Davis jumps at the chance to win a patron for life. But when she discovers the true price of the competition—her copy magic—she must work with a rival artist to end it before either of them are the next to lose

#YouDeservepIt #A #NA #SPEC #Q (soon)
Moodboard featuring a golden rose, an outstretched hand coated in gold paint, a man draped in shadow, a woman looking away, purple and gold smoke, a broken cicada statue, and he coastline of Lake Superior with the text, "I'd do anything to protect her, even become the villain."
January 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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ztfairfax.bsky.social
✨ DON'T LET THE FORREST IN x THE MUPPETS ✨

Dear #litagents & #Editors, My 64,000-word YA horror with surreal, subversive, and slightly grotesque elements, THE HUGGLEBEEZ, is a cross between The Muppets and fandom mascot horror (FNAF, Amazing Digital Circus, DHMIS)
#YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #H #Spec #T
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom~or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? #YouDeservepIt 📖 💙📚 #Q #R

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy Bartender
Comp Board I Am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom, or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy, Bartender COMP TITLES Interview With The Vampire A Blue Bloods Novel Yakuza I Am Chosen By Dawn Berkoski 77,000 M/M Paranormal Romance Dark and a little spicy meets silly-sweet Think: Blue Bloods (minus the angels and school) x Interview With The Vampire (add more humor) x Japanese Yakuza (cracking skulls in London) Tropes * Forbidden Love * Fish Out of Water * Forced Proximity * Dark Secrets * Unequal Power Structure * High Action Chase Scenes * Emotional Growth Arcs + Satisfying End Quotes "He was leaving. He was leaving New York for good. But instead of freedom, he wondered if he was headed toward greater danger." ~Jason Allard (Protagonist) "Now that he has chosen you, Alexander has all but forsaken our protection!" ~Tristan De La Salle (Thwarted Lover) "Alexander and I have unfinished business." -Shigekazu (Japanese Business Rival) MAIN CHARACTERS Alexander Grant Jason Allard CEO of M-Corp Bartender Control Issues Anxiety/Clingy Likes: Likes: Power + Money. Video Games +Pizza Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a car speeding past a cemetery.View is from the driver’s perspective, looking out the side window.
January 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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delandjessica.bsky.social
Fantasy fugitives kidnap a ballerina w/ a panic disorder for their leader’s magic in her, but though they threaten her family so she'll live w/ them until it can be returned & forbid ballet school, she risks everything after she bonds w/ them & falls for 1

#YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #RF #FR #F #R #M #ND
Mood board with glowing magic in cupped hands, a teenage girl looking at her phone while chewing her nails, hands bound in rope, a ballerina balanced on one leg, someone spying through a window, teenage boys glaring at each other, five headshots with a teenage girl in the center of two teenage boys and two men, magic swirling around a puckered mouth, bared vampire fangs, and a silhouette of an embracing couple looking at each other. A badge reading "Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist" is in front of the pictures in the upper left quadrant.
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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ameliagthorn.bsky.social
The Dying Religion -

KAOS x WITCHER x GODKILLER

No one expected orphans to survive the war to end magic, instead they won it.

Victory’s cost? The death of their God.

“Do you know what it costs to be loved by a God?”
“Tell me, how’s it pay to be feared by one?”

#YouDeservepIt #agentsguide #A #F
The title cover to an agents guide for the project. The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page. The words “An Agent’s guide to” - in glowing orange surrounded by a black box. “The Dying Religion” - in an echo effect in black and white font surrounded by an orange glow. “Adult epic fantasy” - in glowing orange surrounded by a black box. The pitch page for the project. The pitch itself is in a large black box with dashed orange borders, the word pitch intersects with the box and is in a black and white echoing font. The pitch is: No one expected orphans to survive the war meant to end magic, least of all win it. But victory’s price? The death of their God. Now war returns to a still healing continent, the enemy intent on slaughtering the five remaining Gods. and the children raised as Holy-War cannon fodder must decide if they’re worth saving. The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page. The comps & tropes page for the project. The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page. Every box is black with an orange, dashed border, and the boxes for tropes and comps have the appropriate title, partially intersecting the relevant title. The quotes do not. Comps: Kaos, Witcher and Godkiller The quote “martyr, coward, traitor or fool. Your choice, really, you’ll serve our needs one way or the other.” The quote “there is only one religion in war, and believe me when it’ll you it’s a godless faith.” Tropes: Gods pay their dues Hero x villain Found family Heist into hell Friends to lovers to enemies Morally grey mc & villain Magic comes with a price A villain and hero page for the project. The hero and villain both have information about the individual characters in two separate black boxes, both with orange dashed borders. The word “hero” and “villain” intersects the relevant boxes (right and left respectively) The background is a volcano erupting, streams of lava flowing across the page. Villain The gods killed all he loved Out for revenge on the gods Brainwashed veteran Waterbender Raised as cannon fodder Reborn as propaganda In love with the hero Hero: Raised to be the weapon of the gods Out to destroy the institution that forged him Guilt ridden veteran Electricity bender Raised as cannon fodder Remade as a national threat (not what graphic says but need to resave that one) In love with the villain In the centre is the quote “your first mistake was thinking that people like you and I were ever born to do anything but burn.” With arrows pointing from hero (the receiver) to the villain (the speaker.)
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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theaaroncole.bsky.social
HUNGER GAMES × COBAB × FOURTH WING

Inspired by the Central African mythology of the Underworld of Kalunga

A boy with dangerous blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mother's soul, before it's sacrificed to the Gods of the Underworld

#YouDeservepIt #YA #OS
January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social
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.
#YouDeservePit #Q #YA #H #T
January 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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jenniferluce.bsky.social
A magicless orphan will go to great lengths to save her best friend, the Princess, from marrying the enemy prince—even if it means becoming an assassin, outwitting a charming enemy spy, and stealing the last dragon egg in existence to tip the scales of power.

✨️ #YouDeservepIt #NA #RF #WIP #R #F 🐉
Three by three grid of pictures: a castle; a woman with a dagger; a woman with a bow; a princess sitting as the sun sets; a crown being held with bloodied hands; a couple holding each other; masked couple about to kiss; a woman with a sword behind her back; a woman riding a black horse Crystal Dragons; NA Romantic Fantasy; Cinderella meets Fourth Wing. Pitch: A magicless orphan will go to great lengths to save her best friend, the Princess, from marrying the enemy prince—even if it means becoming an assassin, outwitting a charming enemy spy, and stealing the last dragon egg in existence to tip the scales of power. Tropes and themes: orphan taken in by the queen; bonded dragons and other magical creatures; fish out of water; enemies to lovers; forbidden and slow-burn romance; dangerous attraction; dark secrets and hidden identities; magic comes at a price.
January 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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charscrawls.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #LF #M
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my work in progress devilswip, in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette
January 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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emhenn921.bsky.social
Raegan longs to continue in her late mother’s footsteps, but when the king announces her betrothal to the prince-her x-bff & 1st love-she’ll have to swap her mage smock for a tiara, all while unraveling secrets long-held within the palace walls. 

#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #Romantasy
A collection of pictures depicting a cold, rocky island kingdom full of dragons and magic and complete with betrayal and love
January 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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gunsmile.bsky.social
JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE

A hitman seeks revenge for his brother’s murder. A doctor hunts for the truth behind an impossible affliction. Together, they dive into a world of occult conspiracy and eldritch horror. But can they survive?

#YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #H #T
City skyscrapers at night, with overlaying text that says: THE DEVOURING a cosmic horror revenge thriller A nebula in space, with overlaying text that says: THE PITCH News of his brother's murder sends Jason on a vengeance-fueled hunt for the killer, but his wife Ayana suspects a more sinister conspiracy at play. The deeper they dig for the truth, the more they risk losing: their sanity, their lives, and each other. THE DEVOURING A woman from the elbows up, long black hair, and a blurry face, with overlaying text that says: TROPES & THEMES Criminal underworld Secret societies Dual POV Villain protagonist Married main characters Even evil can be loved They make each other worse THE DEVOURING The silhouette of a man against red smoke, with overlaying text that says: EXCERPT On the morning of Connor's funeral, Ayana dressed in her most conservative black outfit. As she passed the open door to the master bathroom, she spied Jason's reflection in the large mirror above the double sink. He gazed at himself, his expression full of subtle sorrow: soft eyes, a down-turned mouth, slight tension in his eyebrows. Then he dropped the look, resuming blank neutrality, before putting it back on with the most minute variations. After a few repetitions, he caught her staring. She nodded in approval. THE DEVOURING
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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devonthielewrites.bsky.social
Practical Magic x Kate Daniels

Abby can break any curse but her own. When her sister vanishes on Spring Isle, she’s drawn into a deadly mystery: a curse drowning victims on dry land. Abby must solve the island’s secrets—or risk being next.

#YouDeservepIt #Q #A #UF #PR
Dark water background an agents guide to secrets in drowning Comps: 9th house, the bone witch, Kate Daniels series. Readers who like magic in the current world, complex emotional dynamics, romance, magic and high personal stakes, dark magic, and supernatural mystery Trope check! Found family, only one bed, curses, not a shadow daddy but some other love interest, morally gray FMC, banter, complex family, FMC = Dean from supernatural Beta reader comments: damn that was good, I’m ready for the next one. It’s the best of supernatural season 1 with sisters. My mind is spinning trying to piece it together. I love the blank possessed by the blank. I’m refusing to read it at night. I need to get me a cavanaugh.
January 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
authormilaiden.bsky.social
INDIANA JONES X THE CRUEL PRINCE X REIGN

Ariah, a seamstress turned queen's spy, and Iann, an explorer prince from a rival kingdom, find their hearts unexpectedly entangled—but love is forbidden and desire is deadly.

#YouDeserveplt #Q #NA #RF
January 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
authormilaiden.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky!! I thought I’d do a quick intro. I am an author and love all things fantasy and contemporary. I drink too much coffee, I’m obsessed with brownies, and I struggle with PCOS. I look forward to bringing more black-led books into the world. Readers and writers let’s connect! ♥️
January 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
authormilaiden.bsky.social
Authors, do you have a theme song for your current WIP/s?

For my F&P story, "Blinding" by @florencemachine is on constant repeat. And for my new pirate WIP, it’s "Heads Will Roll" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

I’d love to hear yours 🤩

#WritingCommunity #WIP
January 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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biaryl.bsky.social
I HAVE SOME Q FOR YOU x TRUST EXERCISE
Six friends enter senior year at Dome, a competitive high school ruled over by Dr. Brockner. Four of them graduate.
Ten years later, Dr. Brockner's arrest finally prompts Birdie to piece together the truth of what happened to forgive herself.
#P2Ppit #Q #A #U
January 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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An agent's guide to TRUE HATE'S KISS
A jarl’s daughter must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family

⚔️Feuding clans=Enemies to lovers+Forbidden love
🐉Scandinavian folklore
✨Magical swords and potions
🔥Viking vibes

#P2Ppit #UA #Romantasy #NA
An agent’s guide to TRUE HATE’S KISS A jarl’s daughter must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family ~115 000 words New Adult Romantasy By Ann Glimmer When a man from the enemy clan murders Älva’s father, she swears revenge. But then her family is cursed to die. The only way to break the curse? A TRUE HATE’S KISS The man she hates the most must kiss her of his own free will. Scandinavian Iron Age (almost Viking Age) Pretending to woo him while betraying him Feuding clans = true enemies-to-lovers + forbidden love Knife to throat Complicated family dynamics Magical swords and potions  Fairytale creatures based on Scandinavian folklore I trailed my hands up his muscular chest, locking eyes with him in what I hoped was an enticing gaze. “What do you want me to do?” His slow, predatory smile sent a shiver down my spine. “I want you to lose your mind so completely, you’re no longer aware of the sounds coming out of your mouth.” I swallowed. That was absolutely not what I’d expected him to say. Sliding my hands around his neck, I rose onto my toes, closing in on his mouth, but he dodged past my face, pressing his lips against my neck instead. My mind tangled with incoherent thoughts as his calloused hands stroked down my back to my hips. He tugged at my dress, but my belt held it in place. His fingers grazed my stomach and found the buckle, undoing it. With a thud, it fell to the floor. My knife! Now it was out of reach. Panic surged hot and cold through my veins. He was undressing me. By the spirits, he was undressing me! Why wouldn’t he kiss me? Wasn’t that how these things were supposed to start? The men I’d been with before had always kissed me as soon as we’d slipped away to be alone. His lips brushed my neck, sending shivers tingling down my spine. He tugged at my dress again, and my mind blanked as I raised my arms, allowing him to pull it over my head.
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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liznew212.bsky.social
Worlds collide when a dark queen's journey to break her curse forces her to take a human prisoner back to her realm. His brother will do anything to find out what happened, including infiltrating an exclusive nightclub where men seem to disappear.

#P2Ppit #a #f #q #amquerying 📖
A graphic with wrath of a Wildflower in the center. Bubbles of text around it say: Morally grey, urban fantasy, cursed dark queen, two realms, dual pov, romance, missing brother, new adult The pitch. Decades ago, the princes of Lucis realm cursed her before they left to take over earth. Liming the days she can cross realms to hunt them and forcing her to take a mortal soul each visit has made killing the princes difficult, but not impossible. Now she is finally closing in on the prince with the key to breaking her curse, but she doesn't know that one of the mortal monsters she took on her journey to vengeance has a very loyal brother. Ryland finally has the job he needs at greeds, the exclusive nightclub where his brother was last seen two years ago. As he gets closer to discovering what happened to his brother and a trail of other missing men, he meets a beautiful partner to help him with the hunt. Together they find that their government is lying to them and monsters are real. And they are hunting one. Book comps: the book of azreal, city of gods and monsters, throne of the fallen The playlist: horns by Bryce fox monsters by ruelle, control by Halsey, kill of the night, hbic, happy clever after by Gin Wigmore
January 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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emiliayoung.bsky.social
Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#P2Ppit #Q #YA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying
An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie” YA Romantic Fantasy 119k Words Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water and gold flower outlines. Blurb: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy… Ryn is a small-town thief with a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them. Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told. The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it. Tropes: Thief x Assassin Mental Health Rep Identity vs Duty Class Difference Forced Proximity Secret Code Morally Gray Women’s Wrongs Unlikely Allies to Lovers Text is on a piece of parchment paper. Besides the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment paper are ocean waters with gold flower outlines. The Atmosphere: There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand. Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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charscrawls.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#P2Ppit #W #A #LF #M
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my work in progress devilswip, they are: big ben (london), a board of evidence, a street cornered off by crime scene tape, someone playing the guitar, the silhouette of a rockstar, musical notes, a crowd of music goers, evidence on the floor and someone punching a mirror.
January 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
authormilaiden.bsky.social
Almost forgot to post here!

INDIANA JONES XTHE CRUEL PRINCE X REIGN

Ariah, a seamstress turned queen’s spy, and Iann, an explorer prince from a rival kingdom, find their hearts unexpectedly entangled, but love is forbidden and desire is deadly.

A swoon-worthy romantic fantasy

#P2Ppit #NA #RF #Q
January 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
authormilaiden.bsky.social
Created a new #agentsguide for FOXES & POISONS, which is a ROMEO & JULIET X INDIANA JONES fantasy (currently out with a handful of agents 🥹)!

✨Romantic fantasy with Black leads
✨Asthmatic Rep
✨He falls first
✨All the swoon
#writingcommunity #amquerying #querying #litagent
January 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM