Jake Hazzard

@drhazzard.bsky.social

Academic. EdTech. Video Games. Author in search of SFF agents

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

💫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.

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

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

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

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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

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)