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Jamie Strube

@jamiestrube.bsky.social

Fantasy author querying my Fae Shifter romantasy while writing my next heart-wrenching ghost story. Let’s talk about our favorite fantasy series!

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Jamie Strube@jamiestrube.bsky.social · last wk.

Took my 9yo to see Hadestown (unrated, but recommended for 8 and up) and the preview was for Victorian Psycho. Super graphic and terrifying. She’s still talking about it and doesn’t want to be alone. Seriously, Cinemark?!

🌿✨beth✨🌿@elizanane.bsky.social · 2w ago

🩸QUEERPLATONIC BEAUTY & THE BEAST x JENNIFER’S BODY🩸 In a forested town, a doomed codependency festers between a heart-eating monster desperate to become human and its vengeful, obsessive hunter. 🥩surrealism + madness 🪱plant-body horror 🥀ONE MUST DIE Querying SOON! #questpit #a #df #f #q

This title slide features two orchids on a black background as its backdrop image. Above it, the text reads FEED ME YOUR ORGANIC HEART in yellow and red text. In white text, below the title, it also reads, 'adult psych-horror contemporary fantasy, 85,000 words' in white lettering. Image credit belongs to PinterestThe title of the slide reads, PITCH, in neon red lettering, on the same orchid background. The pitch text, in yellow and white letters, read: To become human, a genderfluid, eldritch monster in disguise must seek, charm, and devour the beating heart of one who truly loves them... but it gains the eyes of its vengeful, obsessive hunter instead. As bodies pile and madness takes hold, the two must either die in their struggle for survival or live the torment of finding themselves in the one they're destined to murder. Image credit belongs to PinterestThe title of the slide reads, COMPS, in neon red lettering. The covers of 5 novels are shown. The novels included are: The Fox and the Devil, The Tainted Cup, The Eyes Are the Best Part, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Vicious. Background image belongs to Pinterest.The title of this slide reads, TROPES, in neon red lettering. 10 tropes are listed on this slide in white and yellow lettering. The listed tropes read: surrealism + stalking + OBSESSION, nightmarish plant visions, descent into madness, genderfluid, ugly forest monster w/ beautiful guise, aro-ace vengeful hunter, doomed, all-consuming codependency, they're both 'monsters' that don't fit in, deadly game of cat & mouse, quiet, forested town setting, botanical body horror (allegory for twisted adoration). Image credit belongs to Pinterest
Jules@julesanew.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear. Talk about a midlife crisis.

Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper.The Shadows: The Pitch The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit. Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive. But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down.The Shadows: Comp Titles MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world). Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job. Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists. Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it.“Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word. “It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”
Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 2w ago

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.BildBildBild
cjwrites477.bsky.social@cjwrites477.bsky.social · 2w ago

Behind every great dragon there's a woman with claws - this damsel doesn't need saving THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS 93k words standalone historical romantasy set in the 9th Century Norse world. Slow burn, mythology competent heroine ⚔️🔥🐉📖#questpit #Q #A #RF #HF #F

Intelligent and headstrong, Sigrun chafes at the way she is dismissed by the men in her life. If she had her choice, she would travel the world as a seeress the way her grandmother once did. Unfortunately, she has no gift for divination. Besides, she knows her role, political marriage for her uncle’s gain. But when raiders attack her people, everything changes. Instead of being married off, Sigrun pledges herself to a dragon to buy his protection for her village Vidmyrkr is a 900-year-old dragon who has always been fascinated by humanity. The dragon collects men the way he collects treasure, including a Roman soldier who leads his army of immortal warriors and a Christian monk who chronicles his exploits. And now he has a Freya-blessed maiden who tells him stories. He gives her one month to prove she’s worth more than the tribute her uncle failed to raise. But this time, he’s taken on more than he bargained for. Complete at 93,000 words, THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS is a historical romantasy set in the Norse world of the 9th century. A standalone with series potential. Slow-burn romance subverts the maiden and the dragon trope Incorporates norse mythological characters and Scandinavian folk tales Will appeal to readers of The Road of Bones by Demi Winters and The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec.
Jamie Strube@jamiestrube.bsky.social · 2w ago

She is mortal in a realm where magic wielders are persecuted. He is a Fae lord who has hunted for her across the realms. Now she must find a way to unbind her power and her memories before darkness consumes the world — and before he loses her forever. #questpit #Q #A #F #RF

A silhouette of a nightingale on a crescent moon. Book title: THE LAST NIGHTINGALE 104 thousand words, adult romantic fantasySilhouette of a howling wolf with text: When a street-smart spy forms a dangerous alliance with a mysterious Fae lord, she uncovers a buried identity and a power that could save the realms from darkness— if she can survive the mad king hunting her, the magic threatening to consume her, and the would-be goddess who has been waiting for her for a very, very long time. THE LAST NIGHTINGALE is a story of self-discovery, unrequited love, and giving everything for a better world. Silhouette of male lion head with text: Perfect for fans of: One-Bed Rooms, Shifting Immortals, Fated Mates, Found Family, Snarky Banter, Discovered IdentitySilhouette of Mockingbird on branch, behind three images of book covers. Text: Comps
Jamie Strube@jamiestrube.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Princess Bride X From Blood and Ash EXCEPT Buttercup has lost her memories, Wesley is a fae wolf shifter, and King has teamed up with a dark goddess to destroy all magic wielders and TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Unless Caitriona (ahem, Buttercup) can stop him. 104k words #questpit #Q #A #RF #F

Jamie Strube@jamiestrube.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ToG X Shadow and Bone 🗡️secret identities 🗡️fated mates 🗡️shifters 🗡️found family A street-smart spy forms an alliance with a mysterious Fae, uncovers her lost identity and a power that will save the world from darkness — if she can survive long enough 104k #questpit #Q #A #RF #F