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crystal

@snailpails.bsky.social

Asian American, AroAce, Cat Lover Too many WIPs, too little time... ❤️ Lover of Horror and Fantasy

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Ossei Odontidae@filitadraws.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When the human of a vampire-hating werewolf family turns into a vampire, he must hide his new fangs from his nosy sister all while suppressing his hunger for blood and deflecting the suspicion of his sister’s (very hot) 🐺 bodyguard. That and to avoid a 🧛 vs 🐺 war #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q 🌈 filo mc

moodboard composed of 10 images (left to right) silhouette of a hand with claws, outside restaurant during the evening, vampire red eyes, wolf necklace, random alleyway in Puglia, silhouette of two men staring at each other longingly, golden eyes, a bucket of garlic and herbs, Fangs Out in Italy with a red background. Silhouette of bats going across the moodboard
crystal@snailpails.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Starting AANHPI month strong with Bad Asians and Bad Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng from my local library! (Rosemary's Baby is there because I'm on a horror kick.) Really excited for those tow. #booksky

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@l-mnan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A hidden continent that protects the gate between our world and the demon world risks discovery if the people living on it can't get along. One of its generals has died, and his widow must train his successor as her grief destabilizes her magic. 129k multi-POV #Q #questpit #A #F #R #BIPOC #neurodiv

a picture of a man kissing a woman on the cheek as she smiles Childhood friends to lovers Haunting the Narrative He fell first and harder. Deconstructing Racism Chinese demonology Choose between staying out of harm's way or standing up for what's right For women going through loss, women who wonder if they're allowed to be happy and selfish at the same time a woman transforming into a dragon fly. a man cast in a white light. Anda, the Widow She needed him. She needed him the way lovers needed secrets. The way moons needed night skies. The way leaves needed green, blood needed red, and disease needed children. Longzi, the Traitor Twenty-seven years. He’d lived twenty-seven years, and he’d been promised a thousand more. A millennium of Anda, and now, he’d never see her again. She might see him, yes. In his portraits, in her memories, in her dreams, but whatever awaited him after life, whether existence simply darkened or he turned his head skyward forevermore, he’d never see her again.a woman in red chases after her husband as he goes off to war, presumably to die. General Anda Uunangon leads a divided continent with magical artifacts in one hand and her charismatic husband in the other. The day he died derailed her destiny. Still, Anda continues her duties of protecting their hidden continent from the rest of the known world while struggling to contain her grief-stricken magic, which provides the perfect opportunity for her enemies. As political powers move against her, Anda slowly transforms into a weeping Omen, a corporeal and vengeful memento of whom she lost. Her fellow generals step in. Against her wishes, they release her husband's artifact, that it may choose a new wielder and give Anda a fresh purpose. The new wielder is all enthusiasm and no discernment. Not only must she train him in magic, but she must also inspire him to join her people's fight for self-actualization. Unfortunately, his personal interests of bringing his family to their continent might lead him to align with her enemies and use her husband's artifact against her.vBookcovers for THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR, BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, and THE GOD AND THE GUMIHO. Comp reasons. Forbidden love, enemies but not really, anti-colonialism, magic system as a tool of oppression, historical C-drama instead of K-drama
@harmalarm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Fame-hungry influencer blackmails a grocery empire into a brand deal, then is trapped inside its flagship store. As a shadowy demon eats them, she must confront her hunger before the store consumes the customers. 🍧Haunted grocery store 🍓Liminal space 🍴Hungry influencer #questpit #q #t #s

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crystal@snailpails.bsky.social · 3mo ago

seeing all of these sapphic pitches is going to make my sis, who has read over 200 sapphics and only ever reads sapphics, extremely happy once these are pubbed 🥹

🍃sage owen🍃@sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Lark is at rock bottom. Betrayed, career in ruins, lying to everyone she loves… and the holiday market she’s working keeps running her into a man who smiles like he’s never met a problem. 🔥 slow burn romance 🤫 secrets 😒🤠 grumpy/sunshine 🏘 small town 🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry #QuestPit #w #a #r

Mood board for Sage owen’s STILL untitled small town holiday/Christmas romance novel. Includes a dark haired woman, a man in a cowboy hat, snowy small town countryside scenes, a holiday market, a piano and acoustic guitar, a woman cuddling a golden retriever, and a close up of a man and a woman’s hands loosely entwined. Excerpt from an opening chapter of a sage owen WIP, text as follows: The enormity washed over her again. Lark pressed palms to her face. "What did you do, Neil?" "I just told a reporter friend-under condition of anonymity," he winked like that should fucking matter, "—that there was a story there! There's no way it'll come back to you." "It already has! I got a call from Marshall promising me legal action for breaking my NDA!" "But you didn't do it." He sounded smug, like he'd found a magic loophole. "Guess what! If my boyfriend knew it, then I obviously did break my NDA!" which was frustrating because she'd never told Neil or anyone else, but he was smart enough to realize songs he'd heard her practicing in the apartment eventually became international hits over the last year, and she'd been singing them before the album came out. The problem wasn't that she thought he wouldn't notice. The problem was she'd thought he loved her enough to keep his mouth shut. The problem was she'd been stupid and trusting.Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is a stock illustration of a microphone, and the user’s account name is “no comment, @burnermicrophone26” Post reads: My (26f) boyfriend (27m) discovered my biggest secret and sold it to a tabloid, and now I’m unemployed, getting sued, dragged on the internet, and hiding from it all in my childhood bedroom in my small hometown Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is an anonymous photo of a man in a black Stetson cowboy hat, and the user’s account name is “Billy @runmercerrun” Post reads: I (23m) have a comfortable, quiet life in my smal hometown. I work hard, love reading, and go dancing with friends. 2 years ago I got my heart broken by my childhood crush (worth it). Now I’m ready to fall in love for real, and I can’t find the right woman. Am I just unlucky in love?
EvelynHail, PhD@evelynhail.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HEARTLESS HUNTER X SLAVIC FOURTH WING 🎭 She, a humble servant posing as Duchess, is his executioner-to-be. 🐉 He, the arrogant Dragon Prince, must save a kingdom from the encroaching Ever-Dark. 🖤 Neither anticipated falling for the one destined to be their undoing. #questpit #NA #R #F #DF #Q

A gothic-style book cover titled "Root and Ruin." Centered is a glowing, cyan-blue dragon coiled into a circle, its scales etched with faint, runic symbols. Golden, gnarled roots extend downward from the dragon like branching veins against the pitch-black background. Text at the top reads "Enemies to Lovers," "Fated Mates," and "Fake Identity," with "An Agent’s Guide" in the top right. Subtitle reads "80k • NA Slavic Romantasy," and the bottom logline says, "She is sent to kill the dragon. Instead, she might become his only salvation."A graphic titled "The Comps" in golden lettering. It displays four book covers arranged in a grid: "Heartless Hunter" by Kristen Ciccarelli, "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros, "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo, and "The Witcher: The Last Wish" by Andrzej Sapkowski.A self-made fantasy illustration showing a halfway transformed, dark-haired man, Prince Konstantin Veliki, with a silver crown and dragon wings. He is carrying a woman, a humble servant Iva, masquerading as a Duchess Zora, in a long, flowing cream-colored gown as they fly through the air. She is his guest but unbeknownst to him, she is plotting to poison him. In the background, a sprawling forest surrounds a magic academy, Kolegium with colorful, traditional Slavic-style onion domes—gold, silver, bronze and green. Each of the domes represents air, water, fire and earth magic respectively. Snippet text at the bottom reads: "Do you always sequester your guests and take flight with them?"A self-made illustration set in the catacombs under the magic academy, Kolegium, featuring classical-style statues on the walls. Iva, in dark armor, rides a bright, light blue-scaled dragon; it is Prince Konstantin Veliki in his dragon form. They face off against a monstrous, ethereal shadow dragon composed of wispy, black smoke and glowing eyes — this is Konstantin’s fallen father Tibor Veliki. A brilliant golden sphere of light, relic of the Slavic god of light, Belobog, called Spark of Creation, floats on a pedestal between them. Text at the bottom of the snippet reads: "Let us dance, little one," the Shadow Dragon hisses in a dry whisper of the fallen. "A worthy foe," Konstantin responds. We take to the air to meet the darkness. Two gargantuan winged silhouettes hover in the abyss, suspended in a precarious balance. They mirror one another; two sides of the same coin, champions of Belobog and Chernobog.
AJS ✨ Querying@authorajs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

THE BELLS OF LE FAY Sapphic THE CRAFT x ONE DARK WINDOW 🌈 🖤A witch with ‘control or be consumed’ magic 🖤A monstrous mystery and a secret society (cult) 🖤A combative love interest with too many secrets 🖤A magical academy with too many libraries 🖤 Touch her and die (literally) #QuestPit #Q #A #F

A nine image collage. From left to right, rows top to bottom. Image one is a black background with the text ‘Pariah, pur-rayh-uh. Image two is a beige background with a hand holding a puff of black smoke. Image three is a white background with the text ‘she was made of destructive magic’. Image four is a black background with a piece of paper on fire. Image five is the lower half of a mixed race girl’s face, with curly black hair falling over her cheek. Image six is a spellbook surrounded by lit candles and a mirror. Image seven is a black background with the text ‘I will not apologise for being born.’ Image eight is a white background with the silhouette of a woman and a massive cloud of smoke looming over her. Image nine is a black background with the text ‘Am I the villain’.
Marie Montague@mariemontague.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌱 When a disgraced food influencer lands a SE London allotment as a last shot at rebuilding her life, she has to share it with the grumpy French chef whose career she accidentally destroyed. 🥕 A PATCH OF TROUBLE is a dual POV #r with enemies to lovers and grumpy sunshine #questpit #q #a

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫@kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS set in Paxos, Greece 𝑑𝑢 𝑀𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑅𝐸𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐶𝐴 x 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑥'𝑠 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇 𝐶𝑂𝑈𝑃𝐿𝐸 A PR exec risks her moral compass to help the people she loves when murder is suspected and they all have motive. Esp. the dead woman's husband. The man she's in love with. #Questpit #Q #A #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, 97k Bookclub 'She knew secrets. Now she's dead. Everyone has a motive. PITCH - They're like family to her, but when murder is suspected a PR exec must decide how far to go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband. The man she's always loved.Opening Lines - As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon. 'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.' 'I have plenty to say.' Her head whips round then. She smiles. Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.' Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.' Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.' 'I want to. Tell me what happened.'TROPES & THEMES - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Slow-burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder COMPS - The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave, The Liars by Katherine Fleet, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Catherine Winters@catherinewinters.com · 3mo ago

When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from gangs, magehunters, and the governor herself. #QuestPit #W #F #LGBT #YA

A mood board of eight tiles and a centre square with lockpicking tools and ancient writing: 1. Always have an escape plan. 2. A swindler never lets herself feel like a fraud. 3. Don't look for the easy grab, look for the easy mark. 4. Never get involved with golems. The pictures depict, clockwise from upper right: A) A city of canals and towering footbridges. There are minarets and steeples and red-tiled roofs. B) A market selling elaborate lanterns, all aglow. C) A porcelain and gold hand, reaching upwards. D) Two figures leaping across rooftops against the coming dawn. E) A pocket orrery engraved with runes. F) A wax stamp with removable chits that function as coins in a card game. G) The lords of the city overlooking grand canals and issuing edicts. They are dressed in fine red robes and silks. H) Assorted bones and shells used for divination and more.