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Iris Andersi | Author@goodwords.bsky.social · last mo.

My summer newsletter is coming soon! Subscribe to get it in your inbox 💙 What to expect: 📚 The Reading Nook = book recs ✍️ The Writer's Block = writing tips and publishing updates 🥄 Just One Spoon = chronic illness and disability reflections irisandersi.substack.com/subscribe #writingcommunity

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Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · last mo.

A celebrity author teases his upcoming novel by building a Stonehenge replica - raising the ghosts of an English town’s Roman past. As violent pagan cults clash, a father races to save his estranged son; before the Winter Solstice unleashes madness, mayhem and blood sacrifice. #QuestPit #W #A #H

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Catherine Winters@catherinewinters.com · last mo.

Nia Moredi just wants to look out for her little brother. Miss Laval needs to attend a governess-teacher meeting. Baarsin Dorvierre's being watched. Pickpocket Wren needs to recharge her misdirection charm. If only Nia could remember which of them she's supposed to be today. #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT

A Pickpocket's Guide to High Society (And Higher Mathematics) YA Fantasy 80K words Catherine Winters dot com Against a subtly textured background of mathematical formulae and a hexagonal summoning grid feature a collection of intriguing objects: The outstretched hand of some mechanical clockwork automaton made of white porcelain. A purple and gold masquerade mask. A set of brass architect's tools: a compass, a protractor, calipers. A set of gears laid out, pulled from some kind of mechanism. The Pitch When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had and catches the attention of people she doesn't want to know. Blackmailed into stealing a mysterious box, Nia accidentally awakens a living clockwork doll—that promptly runs away. Accused of betraying the blackmailers, Nia and her band of would-be thieves go on the run, pursued by magehunters, street gangs, and the secret police. When the doll returns to make a deal, Nia turns to the man whose lucky coin unlocked her magic, only to find him missing. Caught in a lie, Nia’s soon posing as an heiress, in the clutches of the man’s elderly landlady—who's intent on introducing the girl she knows as “Baarsin” to high society. As Nia finds herself disappearing into the role, she and her friends must race against time to track down the people behind it all: a secret society of mathematicians whose influence reaches all the way to the governor herself.Excerpt Caz tensed. “There’s someone following us,” she hissed. “I know,” Nia said. The man had been tailing them through the crowd for almost six blocks now. “He won’t be the only one.” She tugged Caz into the empty foyer of a boarding house and pulled out her misdirection charm. “Take my hand and stay quiet!” “That won’t work on me,” Caz protested. “No,” Nia said, willing herself to believe. “I can do this.” With all her strength, she pushed more of herself into the charm, the equation unfolding in her mind’s eye. She reached out, and as the world darkened around them, turned the doorknob, Caz clutching her arm. Nia pulled the taller girl close as the man pushed past them, failing to notice the door was already opening. On the busy sidewalk, Caz let out a breath. A small boy leaning against a nearby lamppost glanced in their direction, an uncertain expression on his young face. Caz cringed. “Sorry!” she mouthed.Comps & Tropes Includes the covers of four books: Never Ever After by Sue Lynn Tan Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olsen Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo's Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland "Tropes" is loosely used here and includes: Stealing is magical (literally) Fish out of water (you probably guessed) Working for the wrong people Ancient magic (in over their heads) The MacGuffin is blackmailing us "Aren't you a little young to be a criminal?" Metaphorically dyslexic LI (she's also dyslexic) Creepy clockwork doll that complains all the time Good at magic, as long as she has a compass & protractor Grifter vs. con artist Sword lesbian (in training) Lying (a lot) Found family of scoundrels Ace protagonist (who hasn't had time to think about that) One big job and then we can retire (oh no, somehow everything went wrong) Let's break into a data centre! No chosen ones, no choosing ceremonies, just hard work and practice.
Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · last mo.

The UK government frames intelligence agent Eddie Fletcher for its role in a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift - or a Russian spy will use it to start a war that destroys the future. #BluePit #Q #A #SF #📖

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting@prahajess.bsky.social · last mo.

Four Keys A modern fairytale set in Prague. First published in The Write Launch. #shortstory #BluePit #📖 #A #R #P #Fairytale #WriteSky thewritelaunch.com/2026/06/four...

Four Keys | Short Story by Jessica Fisher Riches in the June issue of The Write Launch

“Welcome to the building. Save the boy.” Nikola heard the words distinctly, but there was no one around. She tightened her grip on her backpack strap and turned back to the message board in the dimly…

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Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · last mo.

A celebrity author teases his novel by building a replica of Stonehenge, raising ghosts of an English town’s Roman past. As pagan cults clash, a father races to save his estranged son, a victim of the madness, before the Winter Solstice unleashes mayhem and blood sacrifice. #BluePit #W #A #H #📖

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Kris Jarden@krisjarden.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sapphic HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA In a floating land of birds and bicycles, an ex-con bike mechanic collides with an amnesiac running from nobles who want her divine magic. Their kind kingdom may be a lie, but her freedom means the realm falling. #F #FR #A #QueerPit

A large drawing of colourful birds, surrounded by (top right corners) heart-shaped lockets, (bottom right corners) chains over forest, (top and bottom) a vintage yellow bicycle, (sides) a spinning wheel.
Fay Irwin (pen name)@fantasyscience.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If Ali Hazelwood and Andy Weir wrote a book, it would be CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS, a sci-fi romcom with real chemistry. Two awkward scientists must overcome their mutual dislike to save the world. But their experiments - and their growing feelings - threaten to explode.

Poster with a blue, pink, and orange ombre background. Title: Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts. Below that is written "F. Irwin" and below that is an award wreath with "2026 RevPit winner" inside. At the very bottom it says, "a sci-fi rom-com with real chemistry". The image is of a silhouetted man and women facing away from each other (arguing) and an Erlenmeyer flask in the background spilling liquid that turns into a heart.