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Lilith Murphy || Writer
@lilithwrites.bsky.social
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27 || She/They || 📍 Boston
Writer of psychological thriller, horror, and things that go bump in the night. Autistic, queer, and going nowhere 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#MiseryPit #A #WFT #WIP
An agent’s guide to "Dissonance" An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy Comps Include: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter - Protective sister dynamic - Prior trauma/haunted by the past - Paranoia Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Domestic thriller - Complicated family dynamics - Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - Imperfect victims - FMC who isn’t believed by men An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women: - Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyle’s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before it’s too late. Tropes: Unreliable narrator Unhinged women Small Town/Insulated community Secrets dragged to the surface Past haunts the present
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

🧠 Neurodivergent characters
❔ Small town where everyone knows everyone's business
🔫 Dangerous secrets that come to light
♥️ Sisterhood at the core of everything

What would you do for your family?

#WIPPIT #T #H #A #LGBTQ2S+ #OWN #FBW
A collage of dark images with an overall gray overtone. It conveys themes of gritty survival, love for a sister, paranoia, and poking through great secrets.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
lilithwrites.bsky.social
PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#WIPPIT #T #H #LGBTQ2S+ #OWN #A #FBW
An agent’s guide to "Dissonance" An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy Comps Include: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter - Protective sister dynamic - Prior trauma/haunted by the past - Paranoia Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Domestic thriller - Complicated family dynamics - Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - Imperfect victims - FMC who isn’t believed by men An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women: - Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyle’s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before it’s too late. Tropes: Unreliable narrator Unhinged women Small Town/Insulated community Secrets dragged to the surface Past haunts the present
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#GhostPit #A #W #T #H #LGBTQ2S+ #OWN
An agent's guide to "Dissonance," an adult psychological thriller by Lilith Murphy Comps The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Amazing sister dynamic Paranoid protagonist/Unreliable narrator Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Domestic thriller Complicated family dynamics Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll FMC (Female Main Character) who isn’t believed by men Imperfect victims The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, college dropout Alex Doyle must learn to take care of herself and her teenage sister Charlie. When Charlie disappears without a trace, Alex realizes she doesn’t know as much about her sister as she thought. Now, she must completely throw away everything she thought she knew-about her sister and their hometown-if she wants to find Charlie alive. Tropes Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Stalker Kidnapping Betrayal & Revenge
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Butterfly pictures from the zoo today 😊 refilling my creative well! 🦋
A portrait photo of three white peacock butterflies laying on leaves. The green is almost camouflaged with the green. A portrait photo of one zebra butterfly laying on small green flowers.
September 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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GONE GIRL x FEAR STREET x THE HUNGER GAMES

When her sister goes missing, Alex learns there's nobody in their small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save what's left of her family.

#QuestPit #W #A #T #H
An agent's guide to "Dissonance," an adult psychological thriller by Lilith Murphy Comps The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Amazing sister dynamic Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Domestic thriller Complicated family dynamics Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll FMC (Female Main Character) who isn’t believed by men Imperfect victims The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, college dropout Alex Doyle must learn to take care of herself and her teenage sister Charlie. When Charlie disappears without a trace, Alex realizes she doesn’t know as much about her sister as she thought. Now, she must completely throw away everything she thought she knew-about her sister and their hometown-if she wants to find Charlie alive. Tropes Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Stalker Kidnapping Betrayal & Revenge
August 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS x THE HUNGER GAMES

🔪 Unhinged women
🩸 Family who will do ANYTHING for each other
😱 Unreliable narrator
👻 Neurodivergent & LGBTQ protagonist
🫣 Secrets, lies, and skeletons in the closet!

#questpit #W #A #T #H
An agent's guide to "Dissonance," an adult psychological thriller by Lilith Murphy Comps The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Amazing sister dynamic Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Domestic thriller Complicated family dynamics Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll FMC (Female Main Character) who isn’t believed by men Imperfect victims The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, college dropout Alex Doyle must learn to take care of herself and her teenage sister Charlie. When Charlie disappears without a trace, Alex realizes she doesn’t know as much about her sister as she thought. Now, she must completely throw away everything she thought she knew-about her sister and their hometown-if she wants to find Charlie alive. Tropes Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Stalker Kidnapping Betrayal & Revenge
August 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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This made me realize that even though memories are crucial to my WIP, I tend not to use the word 😂 but I hope you all enjoy this #WIPSnip !
Dr. Scott offers an encouraging tilt of her head as Alex picks a spot on the wall behind the other’s head to fix her gaze. 4, 5, 6. 4, 5, 6. Her chest wheezes as it expands and a lingering pain is left behind as it contracts. She does it once, twice, three times before her mouth parts to speak. It doesn’t take much time for Alex to slip back into the murky static; her imagination opening its maw. “It’s humid and raining,” She begins, stumbling once more from the wreckage, “my leg hurts, too. I had to squeeze out of the car, and it scraped on something. I’m on the floor, I think.” The scar on the back of her leg tingles. “What do you hear?” “I can hear the horn.” Alex turns to the driver’s seat, where her father’s head rests against the steering wheel. She’s reminded of the times he’d fall asleep on the couch while they watched movies. “Just the horn?” “No, there are people too. Someone’s on the phone, and a lady is trying to get my attention.” The brown-haired stranger cradles Alex’s head into her lap. Her voice is too muffled to understand, so Alex distracts herself by focusing on the pretty shade of lipstick she wore. The glossy sheen reflected the light of the streetlamps, twinkling like stars. “You’re doing a great job, Alex.” “Wait—oh God—Charlie.”
July 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#WIPSnips Since today's word is "sister" I couldn't help myself but join in!
Distantly, voices yell out, trying to stop her. Alex doesn’t listen, instead recklessly propelling herself toward the heat. The blaze is taller than she is, but only toward the back of the car. Her eyes flit to the front seat. Her mother’s neck has been broken, and her eyes stare wide and empty at her through the window. Grief lances through her, fingernails digging into the palms of her hands as she tears her eyes away. The backseat door is stuck, only slightly ajar to let Charlie’s screams out. If the firemen were here, they could pry it open or break the glass. She remembered seeing it on the news, a mother cradling her child as the burly men tore her door to pieces. Now, there was no such jaw to pry her sister to safety. There was only her and the few seconds she had before she lost the only family she had left.
July 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We can't all deal with our anxiety in a productive way. Sometimes we just have to break things.

From my current WIP, Dissonance.
Leaning over the sink, she begins to pry pieces of glass from her fingers. They clatter against the surface, one by one, until all that remains are mangled knuckles. The concentration lets her mind drift away, to focus on only one thing. Her shuddered wheezes melt into even breaths, and the shaking of her shoulders falls away. Before she can finish, an unfamiliar ringtone wrenches Alex from her tentative calm. The burner phone rumbles in her pocket. She does not care for the blood that smears her clothes as she fishes for it, answering the call and practically shouting into the receiver.
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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DISSONANCE - An adult psychological thriller.

The complicated family dynamics of "Sharp Objects," the female rage of "Bright Young Women," and the protective sisterhood of "The Hunger Games."

Unhinged (sapphic) women
Neurodivergent MC
Female rage

#BluePit 📖 #A #H #W #LGBT #DIS #WF #ND #OV
An agent’s guide to "Dissonance." An adult psychological thriller by Lilith Murphy Comps The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Amazing sister dynamic Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Domestic thriller Complicated family dynamics Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll FMC (Female Main Character) who isn’t believed by men Imperfect victims The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, college dropout Alex Doyle must learn to take care of herself and her teenage sister Charlie. When Charlie disappears without a trace, Alex realizes she doesn’t know as much about her sister as she thought. Now, she must completely throw away everything she thought she knew-about her sister and their hometown-if she wants to find Charlie alive. Tropes Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Stalker Kidnapping Betrayal & Revenge
July 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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DISSONANCE

A psychological thriller for readers who like

🩸Protagonists who can't trust their own mind
🩸Family secrets that come back to haunt them
🩸Small town lies
🩸Psychological warfare

Bonus excerpt attached! #BluePit 📖 #A #H #W #LGBT #DIS #WF #ND #OV
Excerpt “Before we do the press conference, I need to go somewhere.” “Where?” “Montgomery.” Zack’s head tilts downward, shadows casting over his eyes. “To talk to that teacher?” His tone probes at her, and even though it was a question, it feels much more like a threat. “You’re not investigating, are you? You know how dangerous that is, right?” She expected nothing less from him. After all these years, he was still their protector. Alex leans close to him, palms resting flat over her thighs and holding on desperately. “Please,” it strains her to hold eye contact, skin tingling, but she persists in boring her gaze into Zack’s. She begs, she challenges. Do not fuck with me. Please give me mercy. “Just take me?” His stare holds just as firm. Where Alex is a scrappy, determined thing, Zack has looked into the maw of something darker. His irises are inky and he uses it to barb through her. She blinks first.
July 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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SHARP OBJECTS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x THE HUNGER GAMES

When her sister goes missing, Alex learns there's nobody in their small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save what's left of her family.

#BluePit 📖 #A #H #W #OV #LGBT #DIS #WF #ND
An agent’s guide to... Dissonance An adult psychological thriller by Lilith Murphy Comps The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Amazing sister dynamic Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Domestic thriller Complicated family dynamics Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll FMC (Female Main Character) who isn’t believed by men Imperfect victims The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, college dropout Alex Doyle must learn to take care of herself and her teenage sister Charlie. When Charlie disappears without a trace, Alex realizes she doesn’t know as much about her sister as she thought. Now, she must completely throw away everything she thought she knew-about her sister and their hometown-if she wants to find Charlie alive. Tropes Unreliable narrator Paranoid protagonist Stalker Kidnapping Betrayal & Revenge
July 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Main cast mood boards!
May 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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GONE GIRL x THE HUNGER GAMES

Two years after the death of their parents, sisters Alex and Charlie only have each other to rely on. But when Charlie suddenly goes missing, Alex must push past her trauma to save her before it's too late.

Psychological Thriller, suspense, cerebral #questpit
May 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM