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Corrinne @corrinney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers #BluePit #BluePit📖 FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy 🪭Canton gothic ⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu 🪭love or pheromone? ⚔️maggots & mad scientists 🪭violent yearning ⚔️generational trauma 🪭locusts #Q #A #R #H #F moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

Canton gothic, editors interest, shortlisted PNWA finalist, love or pheromone, violent yearning, Chinese lesbians, Chinese women, Chinese moon moths, dagger, clandestine rendezvous, Chinese fan, Chinese building

Check out Kelsea's new Chinese spin of Phantom of the Opera with Pacific Northwest (Portland) representation. Her novella from Titan books hits some of my favorite things: PNW representation, Chinese monkey god mythology, Chinese food, and Phantom of the Opera spookiness with a Chinese spin!

Kelsea Yu@anovelescape.bsky.social · 10mo ago

DEMON SONG is out in the world today!! Thank you to everyone who preordered, blurbed, reviewed, library requested, shared, beta read, recommended, or otherwise supported this release!! With help from all of you, I get to continue in my dream career! 🥰 Available now in hardcover, ebook, & audio!! 🥳🥳

Photograph of a smiling Chinese American woman in a skull crown holding a copy of Demon Song by Kelsea Yu

PosterPit@posterpitevent.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Thank you all of you who nominated and voted for my little book and helps it win 1st place! I thank @posterpitevent.bsky.social for running the contest. My name has 2 r's and 2 n's and my X handle also has 2 n's and is @corrinnewrite . Congrats to all Most Original Concept winners and runnerups!

MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT: 1st: Corrine 2nd: @manda_dodge 2nd: @lnmbeck 3rd: @MarciMarquez06 3rd: @sirbenjaminjr 3rd: @laurendfulter Runner-Up: @Lavishrareness

#POSTERPIT AWARDS
MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT:
ULAIM
AOULT FAM
RESORT & CASINO
BASK OF HUMOR
1 MOTHS
BURN SUN
Ist:
@corrinewrite
amanda dodge
Ind:
@Inmbeck
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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26)@florencechien.com · 12mo ago

Thank you, Florence! I love the authentic Chinese rep in your book, too! 🪭🪭🔥

I had the privilege of reading an earlier draft of MOTHS and I absolutely fell in love with Renzhi and Liling! This book also has some of the most authentic Chinese rep I've seen in recent years! #editors, don't sleep on this one!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Carey Blankenship-Kramer@careybk.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Thank you so much, Carey! I am so excited to be working with someone as passionate about my writing and my books as you! We will do wonderful book things together! ❤️

I am BEYOND thrilled to announce my latest author! Corrinne is a kind and creative soul who wrote the most GORGEOUS queer genreblend novel. I fell in love with her apocalyptic Kowloon City novel crawling with bugs and humans trying their best. 🐜 Editors, you're gonna want this!!

Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26)@florencechien.com · 12mo ago

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ A soldier with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief who often dooms his partners will reclaim his throne. They aim to kill each other, but to liberate their silver-eyed kin, they must work together. 📅 07.07.26 #PosterPit #P #A #F

Mock-up movie poster of the adult political fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, written by Florence Chien, published by Rising Action. The poster features a photo of an art gallery with marble statues and checkered floor. Overlaid over the photo is an upside-down illustration of a faceless robed scholar holding a sword.

#PosterPit #A #H #R #F #agented I am excited to share I am represented by @careybk.bsky.social of Azantian Literary Agency (ALA) www.azantianlitagency.com I am excited to be agent and agency sibs with @ellezidong.bsky.social @literallypaul.bsky.social @florencechien.com @hannahhzhangg.bsky.social

Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26)@florencechien.com · 12mo ago

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers #BluePit #BluePit📖 FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy 🪭Canton gothic ⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu 🪭love or pheromone? ⚔️maggots & mad scientists 🪭violent yearning ⚔️generational trauma 🪭locusts #Q #A #R #H #F moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ belle époque vibes | so many schemes 🗡️ an imperial officer bent on revenge 🪽 a thief plotting scandals & revolution 🩸 they aim to kill each other 🔥 but must cooperate to stop another war 📅 07.07.26 #questpit #P #A #F

When the Empire of Colours slaughters 17,000 of his silver-eyed kin, Lucas Rhine buries his hatred, hides his eyes behind coloured lenses, and vows to liberate his country through a diplomatic secession.

Usurped prince Faye Phlorik escapes from prison and joins the revolutionaries. They need a silver-eyed champion to rally the people, and Faye needs their resources to reclaim his crown.

Lucas and Faye must eliminate each other to achieve their goals. But when the empire's warships come again, they must unite their forces or there will be nothing left of the people they're both trying to liberate.

The Revenant of Surolifia
A political fantasy
Florence Chien

vague ... mutiple [redacted] of [redacted] already ... 👀 ... what? Seriously though, I'm so grateful for all the [redacted] who love this book of my heart as much as I do. I thank each of you for believing in my book and my writing career! moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers #BluePit #BluePit📖 FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy 🪭Canton gothic ⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu 🪭love or pheromone? ⚔️maggots & mad scientists 🪭violent yearning ⚔️generational trauma 🪭locusts #Q #A #R #H #F moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

Thank you, @zprospero.bsky.social . For my first #BluePit I got a few agent likes!

Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · last yr.

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers #BluePit #BluePit📖 FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy 🪭Canton gothic ⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu 🪭love or pheromone? ⚔️maggots & mad scientists 🪭violent yearning ⚔️generational trauma 🪭locusts #Q #A #R #H #F moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

JANE EYRE x STARLING HOUSE 🌹 Sapphic historical fantasy 🇫🇷 France, Belle Époque 🩸 Horrific magic system 🗡️ Family feuds 🗝️ Gothic vibes Forthcoming October 21, 2025 at Row House Publishing, A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE offers a unique magic system and swooning romance. #BluePit 📖 #P #A #F #HS #LGBT

Cover of the book, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.

Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · last yr.

When a mortal woman with a cosplay sword storms a dark fairytale realm in search of her kidnapped brother, she becomes the linchpin in a war between a monster king and a demigod who plans to smother the sun. ཐིཋྀ THE MOTH KING (109K) ཐིཋྀ #AgentGuide #AgentGuides #Romantasy #Fantasy #AmQuerying #Writers

Image Credits: From Wikimedia Commons
Cleora Alienaria Moth (BilliBhai) • Cracked Earth (Patrick Hendry) • Full Moon in Fog (Dinkun Chen) • Sword (Rama) • Samal Fruit Bats (Ranieljosecastaneda) • Lighthouse (Martin Belam) • The Redwood Sunbeams (National Park Service) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26)@florencechien.com · last yr.

Hollow Whispers won the @unchartedmag.bsky.social first chapter contest! It's one of the most authentic Chinese novel I've ever had the honor of reading. #editors publish this book already. Yay for Chinese cultural rep!

TY Andrés for the feedback & feature! HW a self-discovery story with a sweeping romance set against the press censorships of 1937-1940. It's truly my heart book. An excerpt of ch 1 was featured by @unchartedmag.bsky.social! www.unchartedmag.com/stories/holl... #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Meghan Spelbrink @mspelbrinkwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

A princess disguised as a man competes for her stolen throne to defeat a demon possessing the dynasty of kings, while fighting against monsters, societal conventions, and her own growing feelings for a competitor. DAMSEL’s feminine rage x A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN x 🌶️🌶️ #R #F #BluePit 📖 #amquerying

Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · last yr.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone power CANTON GOTHIC 🪭a girl with pheromone magic who doesn't know she's an eldritch weapon ⚔️a cocky swordswoman fated to murder her beloved's family 🪭love or pheromone ⚔️violent yearning 🪭maggots & mad scientists #Q #A #H #R #F #POC #LGBT #OV

Canton gothic, But it's not love, it's madness, Chinese lesbians, Chinese women, cocky swordswoman, Chinese moon moths, Chinese building

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Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social · last yr.

GRIM FANDANGO X THE MALTESE FALCON Mick, hard-ossified detective, helps the dead find out how they died. When his latest client disappears leaving a body and a note behind her that he killed her in life, he must find her before she moves on to learn what kind of man he was. #BluePit 📖 #W #A #PN #C

Muertos

A 3x3 image grid on a background of black roses.

Image 1: Silhouette of a man in a trench coat and fedora staring at a desolate waste.

Image 2: A skeleton with glowing blue eyes painted as a Dia De Los Muertos Calavera

Image 3: a headless armless statue of a warrior in mesoamerican dress

Image 4: an Aztec calendar carved in stone light with red and orange light

Image 5: A Dia De Los Muertos Calavera surrounded by multi-colored flowers

Image 6: A woman painted like a skeleton of Dia De Los Muertos with a floral spiked crown and holding several large orange flowers

Image 7: A man in a plague doctor gas mask is holding a device pouring smoke

Image 8: A cemetery lit with candles and graves covered with flowers

Image 9: A dark train platform lit by a handful of small windows

Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26)@florencechien.com · last yr.

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers #BluePit #BluePit📖 FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy 🪭Canton gothic ⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu 🪭love or pheromone? ⚔️maggots & mad scientists 🪭violent yearning ⚔️generational trauma 🪭locusts #Q #A #R #H #F moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ JULY '26 ✨ 🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity 🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution ⚖️ A university student turned diplomat 🩸 They want to kill each other 🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war #questpit #P #A #F #2026debuts

A quote from the book reading as follows:
"Do you hear that music?" he said in the thunder's wake.
The dissonate countermelody of Horus's determination was juxtaposed with Arletta's mystic prayers in the winding woodwinds. Lucian pulled her close.
"Abandon your thoughts. Listen."
The winding melody swelled to an explosive chorus and he launched her into a feverish dance.
From Chapter 8, The Monolith

The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien
In bookstores summer 2026

Hannah Zhang @hannahhzhangg.bsky.social · last yr.

Thought I should share my #editorsguide for VIVARIUM, in which a bioengineer is lured out of his haven city by a smiling glass automaton. Now under revision! 🌳 utopian ecohorror 🤖 plant-bellied robots 🏙️ generation ship city ⏳ #OWN asian/ND/aspec rep

Each of the four images in this post have the same background, a dark greenhouse with a brown path leading forward into a wall of windows. The text reads, "An editor's guide to VIVARIUM, NA ecohorror novel, written by Hannah K. Zhang, represented by Keir Alekseii." There are faint succulent designs in the background.

Two textboxes on the greenhouse background. On the left: "PITCH —

Nathan Hui is a bioengineer, working with his mentor to raise trees strong enough to grow in the desolate world beyond the glass-domed Metropolis. One day, a mysterious glass automaton appears in Nathan’s dreams and lures him out of the dome. In the red wasteland of the Old World, Nathan learns that the Metropolis is no longer a temporary laboratory for saving the earth, but a giant VIVARIUM—tended to by glass automata who have lost their original code." The textbox on the right reads: "SNIPPET —

Its voice sounded like chiptune, that genre of music derived entirely from electronic noise. Each of its four monosyllabic words crackled with the metallic edge of outmoded technology, yet possessed almost human intention. The glass automaton spoke to me through dream-code, binary becoming breath:
“Come to the edge.”
I could hear the crescent sound of an unseen smile, a “love you bye” over the phone."

The text at the top of the page reads, "FOR FANS OF:" with two book covers. The first is Monk and Robot (2025) by Becky Chambers, with the following text below: "the solarpunk, rewilded world and human-robot bonds of monk and robot (2025)." The second book cover is of the terraformers (2023) by Annalee Newitz, with the following text below: "the intergenerational environmentalism and anti-capitalist future of the terraformers (2023)." On the right side of the screen, a series of bullet points: "hashtag ownvoices neurodivergent, aspec, asian representation." "cli-fi with a hopeful end." "roko's basilisk." "weird automata." "breaking generational curses, chasing ancestral dreams." "finding the strength to go on in the darkest hour."

on the left, a green and beige moodboard featuring a robot, greenhouses, nature, binary code, and a firefly in the center. on the right, several tumblr text posts arranged around lineart of a robotic hand reaching down to a human hand reaching up. the text posts, in order from top to bottom: "Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." next post: "never, ever, ever let the the stress of this bitch of an earth and its torment nexus stop you from making time for yaoi." next post: "you ever know someone and you think "god i love you. i wish we could've known eachother when we were carefree and 11. i wish we could've played together as kids" next post: "our fates are entwined whether you like it or not you stupid bastard"

Kei 🌸 read my comic!@keitalia.bsky.social · last yr.

#SEAsianPit #Q #W #YA #GN #COA #R ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES X NORMAL PEOPLE after being forced to befriend her sister's bandmates, introverted Autumn meets Michael, the brooding guitarist who introduces her to a profound first love that changes her life--for worse and for better 🍂

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · last yr.

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS x INTERIOR CHINATOWN For readers who like: 💕 reliving your university years 💕 a spicy teacher/student romance 💕 with a 10-year age gap 💕 overcoming intergenerational trauma 💕 bullies getting what they deserve 💕 the power of friendship #SEAsianPit #W #NA #CR

A gallery of photographs, a young Chinese woman smiling over her shoulder, a teacher lecturing in a hall full of college students, someone studying in bed, skyscrapers and street signs in New York City, a young white man with golden brown hair and a trimmed beard, a couple embracing as the woman sits on a kitchen counter, fashion design sketches on a wall, a fashion show runway with models walking it.