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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

FIYAH is going on hiatus. More here:

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My short story got published through my university’s newspaper and I won a 300$ prize!🙂‍↕️‼️ Rare W to end sophomore year on #Writingcommunity #Blackskywriters #Writing #OCs

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My short story got published through my university’s newspaper and I won a 300$ prize!🙂‍↕️‼️ Rare W to end sophomore year on #Writingcommunity #Blackskywriters #Writing #OCs

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 4mo ago

When you accidentally kill your wife during an experiment, and now you have to deal with a bitchy ex beyond the veil. #ChaosPit #WIP #Horror #LGBTQ #Writingcommunity

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 4mo ago

When you accidentally kill your wife during an experiment, and now you have to deal with a bitchy ex beyond the veil. #ChaosPit #WIP #Horror #LGBTQ #Writingcommunity

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Black Horror | Call for Submissions

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Glitch! In Reality. A sci-fi horror novel about traumatized queers killing supernatural entities for money🙂‍↕️ #CastPit #W #YA #H #SF #LGBT #Blackwriters I love animation so, my series will definitely be animated in the same style as the Miles Morales Spiderman movies, it’ll be gorey n emotional.

A poster with an orange, pink and black color palette. There’s an orange aliens head peaking up. Stars in the background and the words. “Aug S & Co. present. An Animated series coming to you. Live, Now. Glitch In Reality. Enter and learn the unknown world.”

The main cast: Micheal B Jordan as Static, Big Boogie as Solace, Donald Glover as Golden, Maya Erskine as Dev, Cherise Boothe as Romance, Anika Noni Rose as Azalea, and Miley Yamamoto as Inez.

Art of my characters. Sol is a dark skinned black man with locks and vitiligo, Ro is a brown skinned gender-fluid person with red short locks, Stat has brown skin, freckles, and two different colored eyes: green and brown, glasses and a gap tooth. Azalea has dark skin, braids, a nose piercing and a metal arm. Dev has pale skin, short black hair and is Asian. And gold has brown skin, curly honey brown hair and brown eyes.

I have no visual representation for Inez she’s just an older rich bad bitch.

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Glitch! In Reality. A sci-fi horror novel about traumatized queers killing supernatural entities for money🙂‍↕️ #CastPit #W #YA #H #SF #LGBT #Blackwriters I love animation so, my series will definitely be animated in the same style as the Miles Morales Spiderman movies, it’ll be gorey n emotional.

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#Ghostpit #YA #W #H #T #SF “The entity clamps onto the runner’s head with a fleshy squelch. There’s a bone-popping sound. The man lets out a guttural scream—and then it changes. Like his voice is being pulled underwater, like it’s no longer his.” Post for Glitch In Reality🙂‍↕️

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Last #UnhingedPit post! Glitch in Reality 3/3 STICK FIGURES GO BRRR We love Golds backstory #Writingcommunity #blackwriters #YA #H #T #LGBT

Black stick figure drawings on off white paper. The first image is of a happy family, a child, mom and dad with the words “I love my parents.” Then the next image is a badly drawn werewolf with the words “SIKE”
And the last image is the child, crying with the words “damn” and #Parentless is at the bottom

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Last #UnhingedPit post! Glitch in Reality 3/3 STICK FIGURES GO BRRR We love Golds backstory #Writingcommunity #blackwriters #YA #H #T #LGBT

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Glitch in Reality 2/3 I asked my characters their red flags smh🤦🏾‍♂️ #Writingcommunity #UnhingedPit #H #T #LGBT #Writers #Ocs #blackwriters

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Glitch in Reality 2/3 I asked my characters their red flags smh🤦🏾‍♂️ #Writingcommunity #UnhingedPit #H #T #LGBT #Writers #Ocs #blackwriters

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓@sweetturtleberry.com · 11mo ago

Quote this with your reaction to getting left behind during the rapture...

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

GLITCH IN REALITY 1/3 #UnhingedPit #writingcommunity #YA #H #T #LGBT #W Credit to Propnomicon: Crown of Flesh for the image!

A black and white vintage newspaper.
Title: THE WATCHPOINT NEWS
Heading: CROWN ENTITIES TAKE OVER
Paragraph1: The unthinkable has happened. The WatchPoint—long dismissed as conspiracy theory and ghost story—has fallen. What was once a top-secret blacksite for housing the world’s most volatile, mind-shredding entities is now a battlefield soaked in blood and crawling with Crown corruption. The breach began when one of the Crown's apex horrors slipped its bindings. Within minutes, containment failed. Reality broke. Now the dead don’t stay dead, the walls whisper in languages no one taught them, and the air itself is wrong. The WatchPoint isn’t just lost—it’s become a gateway.
Quote: THEY TAKE OVER BRAINS
Paragraph 2: But not everyone ran. Not everyone died. Unit X, the elite strike team stationed inside during the breach, is still breathing—and still fighting. Led by the relentless Solace, with the unshakable Static, the gold-clad fury of Golden, and the flame-wielding powerhouse Azaela Unit X is tearing through hell on Earth with grit and high-caliber vengeance. Dev brings the firepower, Romance brings the chaos, and together, they’re making the impossible look survivable. The Crown may have the monsters—but Unit X has the will to make them bleed.

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 11mo ago

GLITCH IN REALITY 1/3 #UnhingedPit #writingcommunity #YA #H #T #LGBT #W Credit to Propnomicon: Crown of Flesh for the image!

Unhinged Pitch Event @unhingedpit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Alright everyone, it's official. The NEXT #UnhingedPit event will be tomorrow, Sept. 23rd, from 8am-8pm in your time zone. Let the scramble to pull together an unhinged pitch begin. See you tomorrow!! #WritingCommunity

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hello #writerscommunity There is a new pitch event, #CastPit, happening Nov. 13, 2025. #amwriting #writerslife #writesky #bskywriters #writinganovel #pitching #querying #amquerying #onsub

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#CastPit

#CastPit is an online pitching event for authors to promote their books at any stage, from published to work in progress - yes, even drafting phase. The main purpose of this pitching event is for you, the author, to give literary agents, publishers, and potential readers, a chance to see inside your mind and envision who your best pick to play your characters would be if your book was turned into a TV series or movie. For us visually oriented people, it helps us imagine your characters better. If your book would be better suited to anime/animation, you can pick an animation style/production house and voice actor for your characters. If you include a director, include a movie they directed that makes you list them. You can even include composers, cinematographers and costume designers. Anyone you feel would be essential to bring the vision of your book properly to the big or small screen.

This is a new event, so be creative and have fun with it. You don't have to follow the examples below, using the Agent's Guide style, but a jumping off point. You can even do mood boards with your actors, just be sure to list the actor's name and the character they would play.

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#Posterpit #W #H #T #YA 🖥️Tech Meets Supernatural ⚔️Cool Power, Big Consequences 🦾Mismatched Team 🔥Touch Them and You Die 🤍All BIPOC cast 🌪️Meme-Worthy Chaos 🎥The Found Footage Aesthetic 😵‍💫“I’m Fine” (But They’re Not) 💤Books That Will Ruin Your Sleep 💅 All Queer cast

A woman with a clear or see through sheet over her face, screaming in pain. The image has a green overlay (so basically everything looks different shades of green) with text that reads all the actors/characters names: Romance Wayne, Solace Williams, Golden Moon, Static Hardy, Dev Maverick, and Azalea Martin. In green text. “Glitch in Reality” in light green text, “coming soon” in red text, and “A film directed by August Smith” in gray text.

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#Posterpit #W #H #T #YA 🖥️Tech Meets Supernatural ⚔️Cool Power, Big Consequences 🦾Mismatched Team 🔥Touch Them and You Die 🤍All BIPOC cast 🌪️Meme-Worthy Chaos 🎥The Found Footage Aesthetic 😵‍💫“I’m Fine” (But They’re Not) 💤Books That Will Ruin Your Sleep 💅 All Queer cast

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Some snippets from my horror novel that make me laugh. Just because it’s horror doesn’t mean it has to be scary all the time! + drawing of mc Sol #W #YA #H #T #S #Questpit

Black background with the text: Stat sighed and stood, brushing off his coat like he didn't just get puppeted by a demon. "I see dead people."
Silence.
Gold blinked. "You what."
Stat glanced around, tone flat as ever. "I see them. Always have.
They talk to me. Sometimes scream. Sometimes hitch a ride.
Doesn't happen often---this one was aggressive."
Dev just stared at him. "That's it? That's your whole explanation?"
Stat looked at his hands. "I told you I was sensitive."
"You said emotionally!" Zae shouted.
"No, I didn't," Stat replied.

Black background with the text: He clicked play, and the game booted up with its usual cinematic intro---storm clouds rolling in, the distant hum of eerie music.
The graphics loaded sluggishly. His PC, held together by prayers and zip ties, struggled to keep up. A donation alert popped up on
screen.
[$15 from "bread_wizard" ]
yo get a better pc bro
Sol burst out laughing. "Ain't no way you just donated money to insult me. Appreciate you, though."
LMAO
worth every penny
we just tryna help u king

I drawing of my main character Solace from my horror novel Glitch in Reality. Sol has dark brown skin with vitiligo patches all over his body. He’s shirtless and displaying his top surgery scars and wearing gray sweatpants. Sol has black dreadlocks, and beard and mustache combo with a gray beanie.

The moment his camera flickered on, the chat---all six people in it---sprang to life.
brotha finally woke up
bro u stream once a month what is this
OH SHIT HE LIVES
WHERE TF U BEEN??
ayo one viewer gang rise up

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Some snippets from my horror novel that make me laugh. Just because it’s horror doesn’t mean it has to be scary all the time! + drawing of mc Sol #W #YA #H #T #S #Questpit

AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · last yr.

Wanted to spread the word of this tarot writing challenge starting Aug 1st‼️ I wanna give it a try feel free to join me! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHpmUgU7p... #Writingcommunity #blackauthors #tarot #writers

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · last yr.

Wanted to spread the word of this tarot writing challenge starting Aug 1st‼️ I wanna give it a try feel free to join me! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHpmUgU7p... #Writingcommunity #blackauthors #tarot #writers

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Cait Gordon ♿️@caitgauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s #InternationalNonbinaryPeoplesDay! Celebrating all the wonderful humans! (And a special shout-out to all the amazing folks in my life who are nonbinary. Thanks for being you!)

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AUG!!@itsaug.bsky.social · last yr.

TW for SA mentions‼️ That joke CoryxKenshin made was disgusting ik he didn’t SA her but JOKING abt SAing your partner while they’re asleep and saying you have a fetish abt that is not okay. Idk why ppl keep making excuses, it’s not “just a joke” and it’s not okay because it was “years ago.”

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