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Jake Hazzard
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Academic. EdTech. Video Games. Author in search of SFF agents
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An orphan discovers memory-powered magic. His pendant holds more than memories; it links him to an organization of eldritch beings manipulating humanity. To stop their rise and uncover his family's truth, Gaethin must confront his past to harness the magic to save his future. #F #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA
March 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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popuppit.bsky.social
🍀 POP UP PIT IS BACK! 🍀

Join us from 8am-8pm EDT tomorrow for #LuckyPit! Moodboards are welcome— remember to use alt text!

How to participate:
-3 pitches per project
-tag #LuckyPit & #PopUpPit
-post between 8am & 8pm!

The event will also be held on bsky 🙂‍↕️ Good luck!
An informational graphic with a green background and imagery of four leaf clovers. The text reads “Luck is in the air” “test your luck during PopUpPit’s LUCKYPIT on March 17th!” “we ask that all entries are completed and query ready per our new rules”
March 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
drhazzard.bsky.social
Me: Gets up to look outside

*Everything is on fire*

Me: Welp, back in my cave
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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literarymercenary.bsky.social
Remember, digital sales don't have tarriffs! And if you've been looking for something to get your enthusiasm going again, I'd consider giving this supplement (and the series of other modules under this title) a look for yourself! #RPG #DND #TTRPG #gaming

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
Eat the Rich: Revolution! - Eat the Rich Anthology | DriveThruRPG
Eat the Rich is a collection of anti-capitalist adventures for 5e. Each original adventure dives into classic D&D tropes, and puts a new spin on them. Tackling issues of workers’ rights, health ca...
www.drivethrurpg.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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rachelblaine.bsky.social
Candy has hidden her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can’t hide, her skin color. As she dodges the labs, she’s starting to wonder if humanity’s future is more important than her own.
#2025pit #YA #Q #SF #D
Girl in blue background; yellow sun; girl in purple background; red clouds; hot sun over city; woman in red background.
January 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
drhazzard.bsky.social
An orphan discovers memory-powered magic. His pendant holds more than memories; it links him to an organization of eldritch beings manipulating humanity. To stop their rise and uncover the truth about his family, Gaethin must confront his past to harness the magic to save his future. #F #A #2025pit
January 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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bingingout.bsky.social
Mohan's company sends him to India to test a robo-kitchen on the gated community he's been running from all his life. Now, he must confront caste, class, & gender for the first time, getting everyone to "never cook again!" to save his job, visa and the life he's built for himself #A #SF #2025pit
Cartoon with the title "The Annapoorna of Flat 808" depicting a man in a red hoodie rolling a crate into a gated community followed by laborers carrying other boxes, with residents looking on
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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dexthewriter.bsky.social
Odd’s a messy inventor w/ #ADHD quirks—hyper focused yet scatter-brained—who can turn junk into wondrous thunkamajigs. When others dismiss his offbeat creations, he must find the courage to embrace his uniqueness, and prove that being a little “odd” is a beautiful thing.
#PB #2025pit
Odd the Inventor is a messy little monster with some serious skills! In this illustration, he is in his workshop, building a "thunkamajig" (a thingamajig that sometimes goes thunk, a thunkamajig is made from junk!). His best friend and assistant Cheese the rat watches from a safe distance. Odd himself has brown fur, amber eyes, and 2 crinkly horns atop his head. He wears a green vest, cream shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and gray trousers, all of which are covered in dirt and stains.
January 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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kendrakay.bsky.social
Audrey Harker and 99 other unsuspecting humans are transformed into merfolk. Between trying to turn back and discovering ancient secrets, she must decide if the love she’s found beneath the waves is worth giving up everything to keep. THE MERMAID RESURGENCE #A #F #RM #R #2025pit
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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rooklafetra.bsky.social
THE JUNGLE x BALDUR'S GATE 3

Betraying the trusting for his master since he was a boy, imperial spy Itzal now infiltrates a growing labor movement. But as he grows closer to their leader, Itzal must choose between finally deserving someone's trust and preserving his own life.

#A #F #LGBT #2025Pit
January 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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cpstjohn.bsky.social
At five years old, Avalon was betrothed to a prince. At fourteen, she was forced to fake her own death. Now, at nineteen, she must come back to life to save the only man who knows she’s still alive--the king who had a hand in her supposed death.
-The Ghost of Avalon

#2025Pit #YA #M #F
January 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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rawiyabeirut.bsky.social
WHTF X THE STARDUST THIEF

Almas must outwit an ancient evil & unite a war-torn land—but her secrets may kill her first.

✨ Middle Eastern-inspired w/ Arab mythology
✨ Unique magic system
✨ Found family
✨ Quest for lost secrets
✨ Slowburn romance w/ fake marriage trope

#2025Pit #F #YA #A #crossover
Photo collage for my pitch in #2025Pit. From Left to right: Frederick Goodall's Passionate encounter painting, Pierre Bellet’s Arab Girl Playing Music painting, Miguel Vico Hernández’s "Women in Arab bath" painting, Adolf Seel’s Bathhouse painting, Stanisław von Chlebowski’s Study of a Khanjar painting, Ferdinand Max Bredt’s Girl Playing Lute painting, Antonio Fabres’s Arab Sentinel painting, and finally, in the background, Auguste Veillon’s Women carrying water by the Nile painting.
January 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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lizjbradley.bsky.social
💫found family
💫sapphic
💫HEA
💫scifi tattoos

A group of thieves, disguised as an all-female theatre troupe, are tested to their limit when their latest heist unknowingly targets an intergalactic criminal enterprise. LEVERAGE meets FIREFLY in this romantic, feminist, space opera #2025Pit #A #SF
a mood board for the sci-fi novel Betrayal on Pollux b. Nine squares include a woman looking to the side with rainbows refracted on her face, a microscopic view of blue blood, an eye with a rainbow across it, a purple and black star field and nebula, gold jewelry, two women walking in a field, a space ship, and a woman with purple hair falling across her face looking at the camera. All photos from unsplash.
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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laneheymont.bsky.social
If I <3 your pitch please send your query, full synopsis (3-5 pages), and first three chapters (as attachments) to lane @ thetobiasagency dot com and don’t forget to CC danai @ thetobiasagency dot com! @danaiwrites.bsky.social
cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · Jan 27
Writers post your pitches! #2025pit

8am est - 8pm est

Up to 3 times

Recommended likes only from agents and editors

If you want to support your colleagues repost their pitch to improve visibility

Good luck! Have fun! Make friends today! I’m so proud of you!
Ariana Grande in a pink suit seated on a green chair and Cynthia Ervio in a dark green suit seated on a green chair beside her. They are holding hands and looking at one another.
January 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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kendrakay.bsky.social
When a powerful ghost and a weary ghost hunter find themselves inexplicably bound to one another, the two would-be adversaries must work together to uncover the mystery of their new connection before the curse completely destroys their souls. THE GHOST-BIND #A #F #P #2025pit
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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kendrakay.bsky.social
Ancient magic stirs in the Atlantic Ocean, transforming one hundred humans into mermaids. This includes Audrey Harker, who questions if this miraculous change is really predestined fate, or if it’s an orchestration of something much more sinister. THE MERMAID RESURGENCE #A #F #RM #R #2025pit
January 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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dexthewriter.bsky.social
Many trans folks pray for their body to change, but Ben unwittingly calls forth a pantheon of forgotten gods, all eager to grant him the perfect dick. To feel whole in his body, Ben must survive an endless nightmare of cosmic bargains.
#F #H #HA #A #2025pit #LGBTQIA #Transauthor
January 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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dstan58.bsky.social
40K men's suicides last year.In Consider the Goat, only Amos Schmidt’s love for his goat&the compassion of new friend Joel Meyer can save Amos,the victim of transgenerational war PTSD,from becoming 40K+1.This book redefines the meaning of friendship between two men. On the RoadxKiteRunner
#pit2025
January 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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worldpool.bsky.social
A murder in the wilderness upends a survey expedition. The lead surveyor enlists the only investigators around to help, a tired mercenary and a memory-bending illusionist. But they are not all they claim, and the crime just one part of a conspiracy growing at the edge of an empire. #F #A #2025Pit
January 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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blovewrites.bsky.social
17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard.

#2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ
January 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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amberbairdpdx.bsky.social
KINSHIP, 84k, #A #H #T w/ #LGBTQ rep. Megan finds her new brother is enamored with her after she cleans up a murder he commits. For fans of female rage, serial killer fiction, and V.C. Andrews. Comps: My Sister the Serial Killer, A Certain Hunger, Blood Sugar. #2025Pit
Collage of 5 images overlaid with word KINSHIP: sharp metal nails coming out of a bright red lipsticked mouth, a lesbian couple clasping hands, a bloody white cloth against a pink background, light shining behind a spiderweb with a juicy spider and the shadow of a hand, a man's bare back as he is held by another man.
January 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
drhazzard.bsky.social
And orphan discovers memory-powered magic. His pendant holds more than memories; it links him to an organization of eldritch beings manipulating humanity. To stop their rise and uncover the truth about his family, Gaethin must confront his past to harness the magic to save his future. #F #A #2025pit
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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bingingout.bsky.social
Nativist Samosas: a recipe for how to make samosas as Indians would have eaten them thousands of years ago.
Nativist Samosas
[JUMP TO RECIPE] There’s a shop at the corner of Ryan School Road and Kundanahalli main road in Bengaluru that sells North Indian style samosas with fried chillies and sweet-ish tea begging for a c…
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January 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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bingingout.bsky.social
Speculative fiction award eligibility for 2024 (all short stories)
- "Leviathan" (Shadows on the Water, Flame Tee Press)
- "All the Miraculous Signs and Wonders" (The Bombay Literary Magazine)
- "The Weaver of Uswalpur" (Translunar Travelers Lounge)

Links at www.linktr.ee/onebigdoodle (or DM me)
December 17, 2024 at 5:41 AM