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Makenna Rae | Querying Author
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🗡️ Dark fantasy writer | Lover of villains, gut-wrenching tragedies, and female rage that burns
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Makenna Rae | Querying Author @makennarae-writes.bsky.social · Oct 30
Once a silent shadow in her father’s court, a princess is thrust into a trial designed to forge her into a ruler capable of cruelty tempered by intellect—and when ancient magic awakens in her veins, she can no longer tell whether her rise will save the kingdom or damn it.

#GhostPit #A #F #Q
Title of my book, TRIAL OF HEIRS The background is a red sky and a gothic-looking castle My pitch: A discarded princess endures a deadly trial to claim her tyrant father’s throne—but as her power grows and her humanity slips away, she must face the truth: to destroy the monster who made her, she may have to become one herself. With betrayal lurking in every shadow, she is forced to walk a path where survival and monstrosity are inseparable—and the crown may demand more than her heart can bear. Photos of crying eyes and woman walking into fire Opening Lines: “I was a woman of import who was of no particular importance to anyone. A princess in the back of banquets, the daughter of a family who never sought her out, a person with no companions. Perhaps it was sad, but more than anything, it was dreadfully dull.” Reviews and comps: “Wow! What a grim and utterly emotive tragedy! This story had me feeling everything and left me completely hollowed out by the end.” - Professional Beta Reader 1 “I have no words. This story is brilliant.” – Professional Beta Reader 2 “When I finished, I had to just sit in the dark for a while, staring at the ceiling, empty inside.” – Journalist Friend “First book to make me cry in a while.” - Fiancé “It’s so... violent!” – My Mom COMPS: Far Heir by Lucia Ashta, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, & The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
makennarae-writes.bsky.social
love letters to my favorite characters 🖤

#darkfantasy #fantasy #writingcommunity #querying #authors #agents #writers
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
makennarae-writes.bsky.social
TRIAL OF HEIRS
A princess endures a trial designed to break her. To claim the throne, she learns that survival demands cunning, cruelty, and surrendering to the darkness that accompanies power.

🗡️feral FMC
🖤descent into madness
🕯️ancient magic
#GhostPit #A #FA #Q
Title of my book, TRIAL OF HEIRS The background is a red sky and a gothic-looking castle My pitch: A discarded princess endures a deadly trial to claim her tyrant father’s throne—but as her power grows and her humanity slips away, she must face the truth: to destroy the monster who made her, she may have to become one herself. With betrayal lurking in every shadow, she is forced to walk a path where survival and monstrosity are inseparable—and the crown may demand more than her heart can bear. Photos of crying eyes and a woman walking into fire Opening Lines: “I was a woman of import who was of no particular importance to anyone. A princess in the back of banquets, the daughter of a family who never sought her out, a person with no companions. Perhaps it was sad, but more than anything, it was dreadfully dull.” Reviews and comps: “Wow! What a grim and utterly emotive tragedy! This story had me feeling everything and left me completely hollowed out by the end.” - Professional Beta Reader 1 “I have no words. This story is brilliant.” – Professional Beta Reader 2 “When I finished, I had to just sit in the dark for a while, staring at the ceiling, empty inside.” – Journalist Friend “First book to make me cry in a while.” - Fiancé “It’s so... violent!” – My Mom COMPS: Far Heir by Lucia Ashta, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, & The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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makennarae-writes.bsky.social
Once a silent shadow in her father’s court, a princess is thrust into a trial designed to forge her into a ruler capable of cruelty tempered by intellect—and when ancient magic awakens in her veins, she can no longer tell whether her rise will save the kingdom or damn it.

#GhostPit #A #F #Q
Title of my book, TRIAL OF HEIRS The background is a red sky and a gothic-looking castle My pitch: A discarded princess endures a deadly trial to claim her tyrant father’s throne—but as her power grows and her humanity slips away, she must face the truth: to destroy the monster who made her, she may have to become one herself. With betrayal lurking in every shadow, she is forced to walk a path where survival and monstrosity are inseparable—and the crown may demand more than her heart can bear. Photos of crying eyes and woman walking into fire Opening Lines: “I was a woman of import who was of no particular importance to anyone. A princess in the back of banquets, the daughter of a family who never sought her out, a person with no companions. Perhaps it was sad, but more than anything, it was dreadfully dull.” Reviews and comps: “Wow! What a grim and utterly emotive tragedy! This story had me feeling everything and left me completely hollowed out by the end.” - Professional Beta Reader 1 “I have no words. This story is brilliant.” – Professional Beta Reader 2 “When I finished, I had to just sit in the dark for a while, staring at the ceiling, empty inside.” – Journalist Friend “First book to make me cry in a while.” - Fiancé “It’s so... violent!” – My Mom COMPS: Far Heir by Lucia Ashta, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, & The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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argelitamann.bsky.social
OwnVoices Nahua romantasy in precolonial 🇸🇻

Itotia’s a healer’s apprentice struggling to meet her mentor’s expectations. Metztli's a worship-hating deity. When Itotia binds them together, Metztli grapples with mortality & Itotia learns the gods aren’t as benevolent as she thought #GhostPit #RF #Q
A movie poster featuring two people kissing overlayed over the side of Teotihuacán's pyramid of the sun and foliage from a jungle in El Salvador. Text says: Enemies to Lovers Non-Western Mythology LGBTQIA+ romantasy Tethered enemies "A dual-POV adult romantasy steeped in Nahua (Pipil) belief, set against the lush tapestry of precolonial Central America." — Fans of Maiga Doocy's Sorcery and Small Magics Title: TO BECOME THE MOON Now Querying Adult, romantasy, 90,000 words
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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erinaries.bsky.social
Dark Matter x The Midnight Library: Phoebe thought things were bad, until she got trapped in a nightmare AND a suburban tract home. That she can't figure out which reality is worse might be her biggest flaw. #ghostpit #A #SPEC
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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jordanmccaffrie.bsky.social
FROM THE ASHES

👿Angry women doing bad things
💋Slow-burn soulmate type love
🐉Retelling myths & monsters
😵Genre-Bending ( #FA #DF w/ Elements of H & R)
🤬Gritty dialogue
🤷‍♀️Memory loss
🐶Found family
💪Strong female characters
🩸Gory battles
☮️Self-Acceptance

#PitDark #NA #A
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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victoriajayneoh.bsky.social
WICKED X R&J X LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

An autistic, transfemme, plant-killing garden witch works with a rival music witch to care for an ancient flower. When a meltdown turns it sentient, she must regulate her emotions to turn it back & prevent a war.

#ghostpit #ya #f #q
Tropes in AHOW around a book saying a HARMONY OF WITCHES Text excerpt from chapter two with daisies on it
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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ohreallytheatre.bsky.social
What happens when you combine 13th century Turkey, Mongol warlords, an arrogant wrestler who thinks he’s the hero, a zealot corn farmer, and a deadpan archer? Oh, and seven headed giants and polyships too. Seven challenges to save their people.

WRATH OF THE DAWN x SIX OF CROWS

#ghostpit #YA #HF #R
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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emmacarelli.bsky.social
👻 Missing people
👻 human experiments
👻 urban legends come to (after) life

Freelance ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP.

#ghostpit #a #q #h #uf #pn
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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cjleavitt.bsky.social
IT'S OK TO TELL

Told to stay silent, a child finds their voice the only way they know how. An important story for child victims of trauma to show they are not alone, nor is there only one journey through.

#Ghostpit #PB #C #Q #OS

Told through a child's inner dialogue with complete inclusivity.
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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sarahfannon.bsky.social
#GhostPit My adult horror novel is like if Dr. Frankenstein actually loved his creation and was desperate to prove its existence. #A #H #Q #LGBT

👻 ft. Halloween party with my in-denial-bisexual FMC experiencing sapphic sexual tension and drinking to escape it (which only makes it worse)
Image of foggy forest above an image of a bloody moose antler. Overlaying text reads: cryptid hunting, creepy Vermont forest vibes, dual pov and dual timeline, sapphic creature feature, and homoerotic high school friendship blows up but they reunite as adults (bisexual and lesbian best friends to lovers)
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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beaamade.bsky.social
#Q ANASTASIA x AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

#GhostPit #YA #F #RF #MM #H #POC #ND

🪄🩸The curse says only the “worthiest” magical heir will survive
🔒🔪 Locked room monarch murder mystery
✨🪦 Horror magic trials test each heir
❄️❤️Cold, aloof love interest who secretly shields
🫂♥️ Found family
🌪️☠️ killer twists
Cursed crystal ball and hourglass and ominous hand 2 musicians in magic atmosphere Anastasia vibes
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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abookishchai.bsky.social
For Fans of Ann Liang, Dustin Thao, and Amanda Dewitt:

A CROSSROAD OF LILIES
YA Romance with a Speculative Twist

A retired teen actor and a studious scholarship student fall for each other while uncovering why they’re cursed by a magical mushroom disease.

#Ghostpit #YA #Q #R #Spec
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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ellieviz.bsky.social
DEAD & LONELY HEARTS: Jess is used to her stepbrother hating her boyfriends, but Eric seems perfect! Smart, charming, rich, sexy, a vampire... Hang on, what?!
#GhostPit #UW #WIP #R #A #UR #DR #RT #POC
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
makennarae-writes.bsky.social
Once a silent shadow in her father’s court, a princess is thrust into a trial designed to forge her into a ruler capable of cruelty tempered by intellect—and when ancient magic awakens in her veins, she can no longer tell whether her rise will save the kingdom or damn it.

#GhostPit #A #F #Q
Title of my book, TRIAL OF HEIRS The background is a red sky and a gothic-looking castle My pitch: A discarded princess endures a deadly trial to claim her tyrant father’s throne—but as her power grows and her humanity slips away, she must face the truth: to destroy the monster who made her, she may have to become one herself. With betrayal lurking in every shadow, she is forced to walk a path where survival and monstrosity are inseparable—and the crown may demand more than her heart can bear. Photos of crying eyes and woman walking into fire Opening Lines: “I was a woman of import who was of no particular importance to anyone. A princess in the back of banquets, the daughter of a family who never sought her out, a person with no companions. Perhaps it was sad, but more than anything, it was dreadfully dull.” Reviews and comps: “Wow! What a grim and utterly emotive tragedy! This story had me feeling everything and left me completely hollowed out by the end.” - Professional Beta Reader 1 “I have no words. This story is brilliant.” – Professional Beta Reader 2 “When I finished, I had to just sit in the dark for a while, staring at the ceiling, empty inside.” – Journalist Friend “First book to make me cry in a while.” - Fiancé “It’s so... violent!” – My Mom COMPS: Far Heir by Lucia Ashta, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, & The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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nanjulie.bsky.social
Saylor the (Almost) Unicorn

Saylor LOVES unicorns. So much, she decides to become one—hooves, horn, and all. But when unicorn life turns out to be more hay and less hooray, Saylor learns that being herself might be the most magical thing of all.

#GhostPit #PB #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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sagecollins.bsky.social
This Halloween season, nothing’s scarier to Sunny Ray than competing for the role of Mother Nature against his best friend, Jack Frost…except for admitting he’s secretly in love with him.

Even scarier: Jack’s heart is failing due to climate change

#GhostPit #Q #YA #F #LGBT #CLI
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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nanjulie.bsky.social
Sammy Spider Forgets to Spin (Again)!

Sammy the spider is easily distracted by... everything! So much that she still hasn't spun her first web!
With some advice from a wise old spider and a plan to help along with way, Sammy thinks she might have finally found her focus.
#GhostPit #C #Q #ages4-7
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social
Gravity Falls X The Owl House

Do you want to know a secret?

Alice doesn’t recommend it. Secrets lead to curses and accusations, quests and fighting for your life. Admittedly, they can also lead to unexpected friendships and a world of magic. Proceed with caution.
#ghostpit #mg #uf #q
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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livalcott.bsky.social
👻SCYTHE x DIVINE RIVALS
~edinburgh and the afterlife
~funeral mourners and crow companions
~evermore x everybody scream
~darkly delectable
~lana del rey and rotted buried secrets
~fits well in the vein of the unbecoming of mara dyer and the cruel prince
- #GhostPit #NA #Q #F
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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avilak90.bsky.social
Videl thinks she has a handle on her demonic life:

🔥Torture guilty souls
⚖️Tempt humans to sin
💔Resist falling in love with her mentor

She *didn't* think she'd have to worry about her abuela, the wicked witch who made her a demon in the first place.
#A #F #PN #Q #GhostPit
Moodboard for Secondhand Soul, a novel. Images include: A shadowy wraith with red eyes, a woman in a low cut dress holding a dagger against her skin, a book of spells held open by a pair of hands, two hands touching, one stained black and the other beginning to stain, a hand holding a black snake, a statue covered in ivy, a man's face half in shadow, a book burning. The quote "How do you destroy a monster without becoming one?" sits in the middle.
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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rhiannonlee01.bsky.social
Revelations | a novel

⚔️ Political intrigue
⚔️ Magical abilities
⚔️ Princess/Personal guard romance
⚔️ Ragtag team leading a revolution
⚔️ Bi FMC

#NA #W #F #LGBT #GhostPit
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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roxannegregory.bsky.social
Survivor, slave, gladiatrix. Blood justice coming soon! Skrittchers, dream-eaters, ghosts of the untimely dead and a demon wearing the skins of men challenge Aoife, a prescient Druid priestess who defies the odds in Gladiatrix Daughter of War. #GhostPit #A #H #WF #Thriller #Spec #P
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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sarahauthor27.bsky.social
SMALL FAVORS X A GIRL WALKS INTO THE FOREST
Amidst a rotten candy village, Hildy must overcome immoral challenges to rescue her ungrateful sister from becoming a living doll before she herself embraces her violent instincts that will transform her into a monster.
#Ghostpit #YA #DF #H #PitDark
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM