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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing
@bvbodegom.bsky.social
Author of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy & more. #Dis father of four. Gamer. 🇳🇱 Forever DM.

Querying DAD BODIES, a co(s)mic horror novel. (5 fulls out, Big 5 interest)

Writing MARK OF THE JESTER, a dark fantasy novel.

Born in the 80's.
Pinned
THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#BluePit 📖 #A #D #F #H #W #DIS
#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Jarrol is great.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #darkfantasy #fantasy #horror
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Congratulations on getting it out there!
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Thank you everyone for another amazing #BluePit! I tried to support as many of you as I could, so I'm sorry if I missed you. Until next time!

#writingcommunity
Thanks everyone for a fantastic #BluePit!

We saw so many great pitches (around 1800!) today and wonderful support!

Around 200 published works too! (Our #BluePit Published feed lasts 1 week, so go shopping while you can!)

The next pitch event coming up is #SmallPitch! Learn more @smallpitch.org!
SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊

This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.

Check our website for more details ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#BluePit 📖 #A #H #Q #DIS
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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MUPPETS × SIN CITY × HAPPYTIME MURDERS

The plush citizens of New Feltwood live in fear—a serial slasher is ripping them apart. Up to gritty stuffed sloth detective Simon Sinner to stitch the case together. But when his brother is found defluffed, stuffing gets personal.

#BluePit 📖 #A #C #M #W #DIS
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Latest cards in the art exercise that is my OC deck.
#tarot #OCart #ColoredPencil
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
😂
January 14, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#BluePit 📖 #A #D #F #H #W #DIS
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#BluePit 📖 #A #D #F #H #W #DIS
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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The Architects of the Revolution: Faced with a terminal illness, Eve opts for an experimental mind transfer into "Source". The procedure awakens sapience in the system, sending her on a journey of faith and against an AI who has their own plan for humanity. #BluePit #A #W #SF
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
MUPPETS × SIN CITY × HAPPYTIME MURDERS

The plush citizens of New Feltwood live in fear—a serial slasher is ripping them apart. Up to gritty stuffed sloth detective Simon Sinner to stitch the case together. But when his brother is found defluffed, stuffing gets personal.

#BluePit 📖 #A #C #M #W #DIS
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Thanks! 😁
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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JJBA x DARK FANTASY

Harmony Mei was born different. Cursed, and isolated in a world that showed her nothing but distrust from the very start. She is the first of many that must deal with these dark powers in the Mei family.

books2read.com/tfsharmony/

#BluePit📖 #A #NA #F #P #LGBT
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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The Serpent’s Rise is a mythological thriller intended for ages 10+. It stars a shapeshifter by the name of Jorden Casillas who is pulled into a plot far larger than himself when he’s tasked with stealing a powerful magical artifact.

#BluePit📖 #F #P #MG #YA
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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My final go for #Bluepit📖 !

Important info for agents:

THE RATING is a YA dystopia complete at 96K words. #amquerying

It is a character-driven story with high stakes, anxiety rep, raw emotions, & a self-discovery journey.

Comps: The Grace Year, Sunrise on the Reaping, Soulmatch 💙

#YA #Q #SP
THE RATING
In a dystopian society where inhabitants are ranked by beauty, an 18 y/o separated from her identical twin must choose between her duty to the system and her duty to herself.

🌸Complicated sister relationship
🪷Weird cult vibes
🥀Yearning
🌺Dual timeline

#Bluepit📖 #Q #YA #SP #DIS #WF
January 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Sterling was hired to kill a witch.
Elias needs the hunter's help to save his forest.
Avery struggles to conceal his love for another man & an awakening strange magic.
And all three are being targeted by a cult.

"The Witch of Eden Hollow," a 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 queer fantasy romance.
#BluePit📖
#W #A #F #R #TR #LGBT
January 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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“Undiagnosed autistic, sapphic hot mess trapped in a reality TV show to be gawped at for her beauty? Check. Camera drones following her everywhere? Check! … Wait,where is she? Where did she go?! We’ve got dead air! Find her!” emmajuned.itch.io/the-damsel

#Bluepit📖 #YA #SF #P #OV #LGBT #ND af
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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Kamen Rider X Twilight
The Tragedy of Lancelot: A teenager finds herself protected from a shadowy organization by a mysterious cyborg with connections to her estranged mother. Who is Lancelot and why is he sworn to protect Gwen?
-Mysterious protector
-teenager with anxiety
#YA #Q #R #bluepit📖
January 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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— BLACKTHORN, a gothic horror contemporary fantasy

NINTH HOUSE x THE RAVEN BOYS

if you like:

𖦹 multi-povs
𖦹 dark academia
𖦹 doomed siblings
𖦹 accidental summonings
𖦹 irish folklore & mythology
𖦹 sapphics, witches, & eldritch thrills

stay tuned 🖤

#BluePit📖 #W #F #H #A #LGBT #POC #ND
January 14, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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She’s a disgraced country music star*. He can help anyone but himself and doesn’t want his heart broken again.

He won’t leave. She can’t stay. But there’s magic in the air.

🎄holiday romance
🔥 slow burn
🤫 hidden past
🏘 small town
🌶🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry

#BluePit📖 #w #a #r
January 14, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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Just a scene commissioned for sn upcoming #scifi #western #romantasy title I'm working on
Meet Celena and Zeke. They are impossible ~

Art by purple-soika.tumblr.com?source=share
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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#bluepit📖 #bluepit #ya #f

An autistic trans garden witch works with a rival music witch to take care of an ancient flower. When a meltdown turns it sentient, she’s gotta regulate her emotions to turn it back or risk public outrage and a social war.

Little Shop of Horrors x Wicked

RT Mentee 2026 ❤️
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Kahyla faces a DEMON’S BARGAIN where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.

Opening line:
Blood and ash, which way through the rocks?
Ending lines:
“And if you find more demons?”
“Then I fight,” she said.
#BluePit 📖 #F #R #YA #A #Q
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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PERCY JACKSON x LEGENDBORN

16-y/o witch, Haley Thorne, must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop a nefarious witch from resurrecting.

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #F #Q
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM