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picture of two girls doing their hair in frame by frame.

when ur soulmateless but the gov't makes a show to help u find one then starts killing u and ur friends off instead

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Such an Old-Fashioned Word (An Agent's Guide) By Floyd Martínez

THE -PITCH Three Friends, One "Love" Story For a while, Anissa, Peyton and Charly were all each other had. Friendship is an involuntary reflex. Eut as they keep aging out. of their twenties, doubts about their bond start to creep up. Peyton seems to get nervous when Charly hugs him, and blushes scarlet when Anissa smiles at him. But that's stupid-right? Can you- even love-two people like-that. at the same time? Anissa has secretly been binge-scrolling through aroace tumblr blogs for weeks now, it all seems to click, but she wants to be a mom, always has. Rahim from the marriage app is nice, but would he accept her? Charly has no problem getting people heartbeats to pick up, but married life is not his thing. He just wants to write his scripts, marriage would just be a distraction. Love is different for everyone, they might learn it the hard way though.

VIBES: Contemporary/Literary Fiction FLEABAG x PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER “Anti-Romance” Novella First Person Three different POV SETTING: Film School in the West End of London, Third DimensionalCharac:ters/Cozy Vibe/ Mid-20s Coming of Age story CHARACTERS: WIP STAGE: 25% Completed (1st draft) Charly Ravenna: 2045 Oscar Winner for Best Original Screenplay/ Proud Trans Latino Boy/Fave movies: Seven Psychopaths Anissa Raphaëlle Diop: Storyboarder extraordinaire/Comic Geek /Fave movie: V for Vendetta Peyton Evans: Future Composer/ Dad Friend/Fave Movie: the Wall

Charly’s POV: I think I just might be doomed, Iaccidentally and through no fault of my own, to get randoms to fall in love with me…. I fucking hate that. I roll my eyes at the text on my phone’s screen, turn it off and then gaze back at the script in front of me. Babe is a couple’s monniker. A way for someone to claim you in the name of love, romantic love. We met for drinks and came back to my apartment for some light roleplay… once. Seriously? This is a fucking nightmare. Anissa’s POV: “Yeah, it’s pretty big.” I agree. “But I think I’m ready, my bachelor’s will be ready next year, it will be my recovery anniversary around the same time and I…” I trail off. Then sigh again. “I really want a baby.” There I said it. I don’t expect any judgement from my best friend, nor anybody in my broader social circle for that matter. But it still feels weird to be so open about what I want. Maybe my therapist is right and I did build some protective walls around myself over the years… or something like that. “You’l be an amazing mum,” Peyton says. Lightly punching my shoulder with affection, my heart does a bit of a summersault. “The world could use more of those.” Peyton’s POV: Sure, I'm the bloke who lives in a trailer on the outskirts of the city, but it's mine. The apprenticeship degree does earn me money, aside from his gig at the local cafeteria, and music producing for movies is also the only career that doesn’t make him want to bang my head against a wall... I am also the bloke who needs to prove time and time again his rich family doesn’t want anything to do with him, nor with his disabled uncle (the only person in said family who treats me like an actual human being), so the government would also take a bit of pity on us and help us out. I'm just Peyton, who loves his best friends more than anything and isn’t quite sure how he landed such amazing people. But dammit if he's not going to fight for them… That is my truth

Such an Old-Fashioned Word

-FLEABAG x PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
-Queer Rep
-Novella
-Diversity of Human experience

“Everybody feels so real. they're all three dimensional with doubts and motivations and people around them they support and get support back from.”- Tumblr beta

#W #L #A #WSPit

Music the Devil Cannot Hear Itch.io Google Books Kindle It is 1375 and the place is rural England where tensions are rising among the worker about unfair conditions and an unjust new tax. Tom Ferryman ploughs the fields in th…

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“Music the Devil Cannot Hear” is a story of love and adventure, about a gay peasant living in the 14th century, set at the time of the Peasants’ Revolt.

It's about love growing in barren soil and triumphing against impossible odds.

A grid of 5 images, at the top the words "I DIDN'T EXPECT 'GO TO HELL' TO BE CAREER ADVICE" and at the bottom "HELL IS WORK" The images are, in order: 1 - An angel with a glowing orange halo casting him in a red light. 2 - A businessman stares at his shadow which has horns and a tail. 3 - The central image is a customized pentagram sigil with the name VIRGIL MORA around it in a circle 4 - A weeping man is crouched in a tunnel cut off from the light outside 5 - A man in a white suit is back-to-back with a man in a black suit. They are holding hands

"Virgil Mora burned in Hell. It was a pretty good job."

Virgil has 3 months to turn around a vampire ran Ohio gas station to save Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for, from a celestial pink slip. But old mistakes, come back to haunt him. Literally.

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

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EVENT HORIZON X STARGATE

When tasked with testing new wormhole tech, Ama, an amnesiac, finds that she can speak with her new Mycelia starship psychically.

Can she find herself in deep space? Or find a Heaven beyond the stars? But, in space, there's nowhere for Angels to fall.

#WSPit #A #W #SF #T

A 3x3 moodboard grid: Top row: First, A gilt marble statue of St. Peter holding the keys aloft and grinding a damned Cherubim underfoot Next, a skull in darkness illuminated by a lit candle Last, a marionette in an fog lit by fire light a pair of shears about to cut it's strings Middle row: First, a dried dead red and yellow flower on a wooden bench Next, the title "Life Before Blood" in a gothic font Last, a forbidding castle against a full moon bright cold night sky Bottom row: First, A folded closed tintype box meant to contain a photograph and a string of rosary beads Next, a skinny pale bare-chested man with a hand resting on his chest Last, a platter of red. Red wine in two glasses, strawberries, and a bowl of Turkish Delight

A dark romance that drives a man to madness.

After the horrific death of his lover, R.M Renfield receives a letter from the mysterious Count Dracula calling him to Romania to help the Count to manage his affairs. He didn’t expect to become one.

A prequel to "Dracula"

#WSPit #P #F #R #D #LGBT

Moodboard of four images, all of which comes from various paintings by Alphonse Mucha: Left: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer. Middle top: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand. Middle bottom: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies. Right: Poster for the 6th Sokol Festival. A woman in red, wearing a crown, sits as she clutches flower rings in her right hand and up her right arm. A ghostly, green image of a woman glares behind her.

FFXIV x TENSURA
When luckless Mick agrees to be his best friend Eleanor's adventuring partner, he expects to keep her safe, not for him to be turned into a divine dragon. Now he and Eleanor must face his mission to lead a war against the gods—but is destiny as inevitable as it seems?
#WSPit #W #F

A collage consisting of various cut out images: - An illustration of Sherlock Holmes in his classic deerstalker cap and cloak smokes his pipe in the bottom left - A honey bee gathers nectar from a flower in the bottom middle. - Four macarons sit stacked in the bottom right corner. - Up the right side is a stalk of purple foxgloves. - The background is split between a pile of old newspapers and a dark alley lit by lamps and neon signs. - Red stage curtains frame the entire piece. - Five bee cut-outs (from two images of honey bees, flipped and rotated to various angles) fly around the top of the image.

SHERLOCK HOLMES with BEES
When a singer with ties to royalty vanishes, it's up to detective Arthur North to find her. But as he digs, he uncovers a plot to turn his people, the bee-like zizzun, into a target for the crown's wrath. Can he uncover their connection before it's too late?
#WSPit #W #F #M

A moodboard with 9 images. Top row: First, a gyroscope spinning as water droplets splash around it Next, a pair of leather bondage cuffs and strawberries Last, the silhouette of a wolf baying at the sky Middle row: First, A red heart shaped lock and a small key Next, the cover of "Good Boys Don't Howl" featuring Flint, Amanda, and Wulf. Wulf is bare chested and looking nervous as he holds his silver necklace away from his skin and the other's hands travel lower, covered by the author's name: Zeke Caliban Last, a woman putting a finger to her lips in a shushing gesture Bottom row: First, a bathtub on a tile floor with lit candles about a pair of bare legs, wet from the bath, hang over the edge Next, a dreamcatcher with feathers blowing in the wind as the sun sets behind it Last, a hand with a sapphire ring on its index finger traces a rainbow shaft of light on the wall

A KINKY WEREWOLF X VAMPIRE SEX COMEDY

Wulf discovers being a werewolf means no orgasms, unless he wants to howl down every cop on the city on him, so his two hot roommates help him train to resist.

But when Sky, vampire S&M club owner comes, will Wulf?

#WSPit #P #A #R #Hu #LGBT

CARELESS WHISPERS ROMANTIC SUSPENSE 97K WORDS 2 photos of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and a small moodboard entitled The Vibes. Dialogue: 'She went under, literally, like a stone. Those seconds were the worst of my life.' Olympia meets Listy's eyes. 'But something inside me was saying, don't let her come up, don't let her come up. She's been drinking, they'll think it was an accident.’

𝒅𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑹𝑬𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑪𝑨 𝒙 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒙'𝒔 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑷𝑳𝑬

They're like family to her, but when a death begins looking like murder, a PR exec must decide how far she'll go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the man she's in love with. The dead woman's husband.

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An agent's guide to THE STRAY SCALES YA Fantasy 87,000 words

Comparison titles. Shrek - If it was set in a world similar to Shrek! The Princess Bride - A spoof of fairy tale tropes like this A Forgery of Fate - A rist taking main character similar to Tru! Little Thieves - With humour similar to this!

Tired of terrorising the sea with her sticky fingers, sea folk Pearl bargains her life for a chance to roam the lands, and with only three months to avoid turning into sea foam, all she has to do is kiss the prince she’s been stalking to avoid such a fate. But when his sea-folk-hunting cousin returns, her simple task becomes a quest of survival as she evades the hunter’s suspicions, stumbling into a deadly conspiracy entangling both land and sea.

First Lines It wasn’t unusual for Pearl to wander into strangers’ homes. But today, she wasn’t interested in their tools, heirlooms or whatever she could snatch into her sack. Even her appetite for the jewels encrusted across the shimmering castles of the deep was but a memory. The truth was, she had a far more pressing matter triumphing over the sea. Themes and Tropes - self discovery - odd friendship - fish out of water - fractured fairy tale - predator x prey? - a fantastical take on the immigrant experience - love and loss - perceptions

Bargaining her life with a witch to explore the lands, a mermaid falls into the depths of a deadly conspiracy entangling both land and sea as she attempts to kiss the prince she's stalked, before sea-foam or his cousin can claim her life.
#WSPit #Q #YA #F #agentsguide

The covers for TOUCHED (BLACK and PINK Editions) by Sage T. Greene (Flowers and romantic font on a flowery background). 🌼 Cozy Vibes 🌈 Queer Rep 😌 A Cast to Root For 💕 3 Couples: 🕯️ Slow-burn 🔥 Fast-burn 💓 Already- burning 🤫 Secret Relationships 👨‍👨‍👦 Family Dynamics 💐 Flowers ✌️ 2 Versions: 🧼 Clean 💋 Erotic

A family of royals aims for perfection and tradition, but a series of whirlwind romances could send the veneer of perfection and desire for tradition up in flames.

💬 "a sweet little awakening story"
💬 "delightful prose that is elevated yet accessible"

#WSPit #P #WSPitPublished #A #F #R #LGBT #In

A series of photographic images on an embossed grey background. Clockwise from top: Two people holding hands; a barn owl; London in sunset; a rose in ash; a microphone held in grey mist; a candle; a vampire with long white hair, their fangs showing; the eurostar; a sunrise or sunset; tea being poured from an elegant teapot into an elegant cup; a Victorian-era woman in a black mourning dress. Note: Moonboard was a gift from T. Rutherford, thank you!

Miss Nightingale, I do not even like myself. Why “pitch” myself?
Fine. Regrettably a vampire, forced from long slumber by humans with sunlight weapons, now on a dubious quest with a rude thrall (yes: you) to save our kind by warning my, er, apparently genocidal sister. Happy?
#WSPit #Q #F #LGBT #Own

"L'entrée du prince de Ligne à Londres 1660", painted by François Duchatel in 1660, depicting the arrival of a great procession of ambassadors walking in fine clothes and riding in coaches, watched by a huge crowd of Londoners. Text over it reads: THE DUEL IN 1660: a queer swashbuckling farce.

"The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, may 24 1660" by Lieve Verschuier, showing many ships with the Flag of Holland/States Flag. The grand ship bearing Charles II has his royal arms carven on the stern. Text over it reads: England, 1660: the restoration of the monarchy. In Charles II's triumphant wake, a Royalist family quietly returns, but not with their single daughter—instead, with their single son. 15-year-old Alexander—vain, hot-tempered, and warm of heart—expects to strut in as an aristocratic peacock. But when his ambitions are frustrated, he's sucked instead into intrigues of questionable honour and forced to reckon with what it really means to be a man.

"Man Writing a Letter" by Gabriël Metsu, painted around 1665. A Dutch young man, beautiful and androgynous with long blond hair, wears black doublet, breeches, and stockings and a luxurious white shirt and falling band. His expression is tranquil and far-off as he writes a letter on a table draped with an imported carpet. Text over it reads: Pray enjoy this tempest in a teapot, crafted of the purest tropes and set in the Age of the Rakehells, featuring: glamour and grime of 17th century Westminster. goofy action punctuated by primal screams of rage. problematic characters for miles. petticoat breeches parkour. queer mentorship. romantic friendship (or maybe 'tis just gay, oops). boys who cry. a lot. and somehow, everything turning out all right in the end.

Detail of "View from the Mussel Pier in Amsterdam", painted by Ludolf Bakhuizen in 1673, showing a peaceful sky over a ship with two gulls. Text over it reads: Alexander stood at the edge of the deck, one hand clutching the railing, the other fastened tight on the brim of his hat as he leaned out over the waves. He was not much afraid of falling in, though he had never swum anything choppier than a pond. Rather, he was afraid that his Acadian fur hat, the most expensive for sale in the shop on the Kalverstraat, might fly off his small crown and flap with its feathers all the way to water—which, like the sky, could not quite decide between blue and grey. There was no one to see him aside from the sailors and now Klein, climbing up from below. Still, he had meticulously dressed that morning, down to every last ribbon. He’d had a very specific vision of himself when the suit was being ordered: the azure he’d picked was not just brighter than everything around him on the fluyt but even the true sky itself, and he sparkled with silver, when the wind tugged his doublet and loose breeches, and gold, when the little light managed to catch on his sword’s hilt. It was imperative, one must understand, that he look extremely stylish doing battle, should pirates suddenly appear to satisfy his fantasies. And indeed, at fifteen, he thought himself quite the dashing young man—not the boy he was.

Gay crimes!
Trans wrongs!
Enemies to enemies!

Here's my #Own #LGBT #Hu #YA #W IP again for #WSPit! A romp through a colorful, heightened #Hi storical playground.

Can one defeat the patriarchs with the very weapons of masculinity? Well, one angry trans boy can sure try stabbing them a lot. #WSPit

Concrete background, dead flower field, hydroponic room, cottage, and a pair of shod feet touching. Words: Box City The Seed Keepers’ Zine The Destroyers

Come along for an adventure set in a dystopian world with advanced technologies and an authoritarian government. Follow a network of rebels as they seek to inspire an uprising, and topple the regime. An oddly cozy and romantic ride for a dystopian novel.

#WSpit #W #A #SF #R #BIPOC #LGBTQ #Dis #ND

Slow Horses x Life on Mars

🔫 High-stakes thriller
🔫 Time travel twist
🔫 Stale beer espionage
🔫 Weird Science
🔫 Cold War subterfuge
🔫 Working class hero
🔫 Hunter to hunted
🔫 Antagonist from the future
🔫 Enemy turned ally
🔫 Proles vs privilege

#WSPit #WSPitQuerying #Q #A #T #SF #Hi

A neon sign blinks S A L E in red lights while green lights blink around it, then they all blink together Alt: A neon sign blinks S A L E in red lights while green lights blink around it, then they all blink together

HALF LIFE x MINDWALKER

For sale:

🤖 One BOIS-friend, refurbished
😘 Good kisser
🧁 Sweet as sugar, but substance, too
🍿 Will gladly watch ‘90s movies w/ you
🤷‍♂️ Doesn't know he's an android
🪖 Has never been taken over by his soldier counterpart
😤 May rebel against his programming

#WSPit #Q #YA #SF

As the fire ceased, nothing remained but ash and despair from a grieving mother. Kailvrex erupted in a sorrow reserved for the tremendous pain no parent should ever experience. Her shock made decrees for vengeance. Her lungs were deprived of air, unable to keep up with the demand her screams were burdening them with. She cried tears foreign to her eyes, drowning her vision as she embraced the similar agony consuming her other daughter.

“I would argue with their reasoning, but since you haven’t struck me down where I stand, I wager you have no qualms with my work.” “My land was forged from a necromancer, and as I said, your intentions are understood. By whatever means it is achieved, victory is victory. My morals are etched in sand, not stone.”

The singular eye rolled out from the socket, a white mist slithering obediently as it traversed to another open slot. From his staff, a humming began, as the dagger was encased in darkness. One of the bodies immediately next to my side jerked and cracked, the head swiftly turning and looking up at me, eyes staring as a blackness filled them. “You, and so soon,” the head spoke in a decayed, straining voice. “Tyrinal, for more than a century, I have thought of nothing more than your end, and the end of all humanity, for what you’ve done to me. You will cheat death no longer,” I boasted, holding back the chill coursing through me.

The blades hummed with a frightening force, calling out for more destruction to satiate their needs, for the carnage to continue unending. Visions enveloped my thoughts. Not one of mayhem but of serenity. I was alone, sitting atop a hill and staring out into the vastness of an ocean. The waves and the wind along the grassy field sang in harmony, an angelic melody spoke in a language that seemed so familiar yet unknown. Time slipped by, the pace quickened, the sky darkened, the melody sharply dropping octaves. The waves slowed, the grass ambered. The waves grew, and the grass retreated into the soil. I walked forward. Each step brought renewal to the decaying plains while the waters grew more violent. Step after step until I reached the cliff’s end. One more until I would hurl down to my demise. I took it.

Racthoh's Tale

As Racthoh hopelessly battles against an undead army, he succumbs to the temptation of two powerful relics, sacrificing everything he’s embraced in exile to ensure peace returns to his people.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #Q #A #F

Some snippets I've shared in #WIPSnips, text in the alts!

agents guide for DAD BODIES.

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI

🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble
🎲 TTRPG Nerds
😱 Co(s)mic Horror
🤔 But also Mystery
👻 Supernatural Folklore
🏰 Victorian Manor
🌙 Dark & Stormy Night

Complete at 74k! Big 5 interest!

#WSPit #A #H #M #Dis #Q #OS

Book cover for "Mark of the Jester" by B. van Bodegom (author of Dad Bodies). Dark fantasy novel. Features a split jester mask in black and white halves with a red smile on the white half. 'The' runs vertically down the center, with decorative silhouettes of roses framing the mask. High-contrast graphic design in black, white, and red.

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#WSPit #A #F #H #W

Pagans x Strike

📖 Author wars
⚫️ Black humour
🩸Folk Horror
🔱 Romans vs Celts
🗿 Stonehenge rules
🌞 Winter Solstice, baby
💰 Karens & Kevins
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Refined English snobbery
📵 21st Century Luddites

#WSPit #WSPitWIPs #W #A #PN #F

Mood board featuring the following: The title, Meeting of Honesty. A logo of a stylized Amaryllis for the ship in the story, an image of paperwork and a coffee mug, two hands that are extended out and touching at the fingertips, a vibrant forest of red trees and brush, a Monet painting of a pastel water scene with the sun rising in the background, a picture of Amaryllis flowers. In the middle is a head shot of the two main characters of the book, Gloria and Emeric, about to kiss. He is a teal alien man with moth antennae and opalescent hair while she is a human woman with brown hair and eyes. She's cupping his face tenderly.

First contact between the universe's two messiest people 👽

Gloria must make this colony planet viable. Humanity—and her company's profits—depend on it. But the aliens who show up create issues (and paperwork) when one has as many secrets as she does.

#WSPit #W #A #SF #R (Querying soon!)

Text: Yokai mythology, liminal worlds, dual POV, restrained slow-burn. Shadow of the Fox x An Ember in the Ashes x Divine Rivals. Image: A marker drawing rendered in black and white shows a girl with long black hair wearing a school uniform and looking at the camera. She stands back to back with a tall boy dressed in black. He has a serious expression and wears a katana on his back.

A grieving girl and a duty-bound shinobi are drawn into a generational mystery rooted in the divide between human and spirit realms. As the walls between worlds collapse, they must decide whether saving both worlds means mending fractures or severing them entirely. #WSPit #WIPSnips #Q #YA #NA #F

What would it be like if you woke up autistic? It would be a lot like what happens to Sophia in JUST AS REAL. She discovers she is accidentally trapped in an alternate reality full of horrible noises & strange people she has a hard time understanding. How can she adapt?

#MG #SF #ND #Own #Q #WSPit

Day of the Locust X ‘00s Detroit

The tale of an engineering student, his landlady, and the city that punishes those who dare love it.

A meditation on a wounded metropolis from inside its sprawling body.

NICE THINGS (and why we can’t have them)

Keep your baseball bat ready.

#A #L #In #WSPit

BLOOD ON OUR NAMES by Vanessa Stefaniuk A book cover illustration with the silhouette of a many eyed raven perched on a rocky surface in front of a grassy hill. Juxtaposed in the sky is a smirking man with dark hair and the pointed ears of an elf. There is an overlay on the raven silhouette of three characters: an elf in the front holding up an axe as she prepares to stripe, her hair orange, her eyes focused, her earasaid plaid wrapped over her shoulders. A half-orc with ear caps to point out her ears looks upward in anticipation, ready for a fight. The hag child is a man turning to look over his knitted sweater covered shoulder, his ears wreathed by rowan berry and flowers and leaves as he turns his red eyes upward. The fight has a dnd quality of having just rolled initiative.

BLOOD ON OUR NAMES: a fey courtly murder plot where a trio of strangers with secrets that could betray one another flee fate, only to end up in the arms of destiny.

Magic. Meddling. Monstrosity.
Three implausible allies.
Only one second chance.

#WSPit #W #F #A #Dis #LGBT

A book cover with a dark purple background and moon, with soft moonlight shading a violin surrounded by bats, roses, and moonflowers.

A Vampire’s Lament 🖤🕯️🦇

Benevolent vampire Ishmael never thought he would love again, until mortal tutor Edric enters his world. Forgetting the past is difficult, but for the first time in centuries, the future seems as bright as the stars. ✨
#WSpit #A #indie #LGBT #CS

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 113,000 words "Did you hear? There's a human on board." A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling. alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)

PITCH: Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist. Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway? That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no. PRIORITIES: make dinner remain cozy haul cargo go for drinks pull off one last score try not to fall in love

FIRST PAGE: “Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.” I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity. “Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.” “Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table. It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best. The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let them come here.” The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”

COMPS: Murderbot by Martha Wells Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers TROPES: Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm lying to themselves non-human perspective (afraid of humans) neurodivergent main characters metaphorically disabled protagonist slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship disabilitynorm and queernorm setting found family loveable pet/terrifying monster

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT

Ship's cook Tai is horrified to learn their new crewmate is a terrifying alien: an ordinary human woman. Now Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #WSPit #WSPitQuerying #Q #SF #A #R #LGBT #Dis #ND

Song titles: DIAGNOSED WITH NILPOTENCE JUSTIFY. MAGNIFY LOST AT THE HARBOUR MINEFIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS GARDEN VARIETY DESPAIR THE CLOSING CORNER ONCE AT A TIME Comic page on the stage with the rock band playing their instruments

A comic page set in Berlin Germany. Colbie is playing a cat shaped guitar. Colbie: Campfire Guitar Guy’s not bad actually. Matt: It’s nice to be the ones listening to it for a change. Colbie: Hey! I thought you liked my playing! Matt: Aw, shut up, you numpty. You know I do. Matt watches Colbie playing with a dreamy look on his face. Matt: Hey, that call earli— Samantha: Matty! here you are!

Comic page of Berlin Germany Panel 1: As you can see, it's very pretty here, which is one of the reasons why I love living in Berlin... the buildings range in age and it has a really, um, historical feeling. Panel 2: Sounds the'same as London, fer reasons like those. S'a wonder y'dinnae stay. Panel 3: Oh, sorry, I can't! Understand! You! Sweetie! Maybe if you speak slower? Panel 4: Tha mi diabhlaidh coma dheth! See, now you're just making it worse. Geh zum teufel! Now you're just trying to confuse me. Panel 5: Why don't we take one of these buses the rest of the way to the tower? That could be fuuun! Panel 6: But then you'll miss sights like this! Panel 7: In that case - what's this one represent Sammy? Panel 8: Moving on! If we want to get there before lunch, we'd better keep going.

Comic page in front of the Eiffel Tower Panel 1: Who cares if we're running last? We have almost a whole hour til they supposedly close. Besides, they'll keep the kitchens open for us, right Colbie? Panel 2: It's okay, we'll just... choose what we're ordering quickly and uh, smaller portions, so it all cooks faster. Panel 3: What does that matter? They'll keep the kitchens open if you pay them to keep them open. You really forget how far money can go? Are you not a Hackett? Panel 4: What the fuck are these prices? I know! Panel 5: How in the hell are we expected to pay for this? Who knows? Panel 6: What are we going to order? I don't know!

RADIO SILENCE is a queer coming-of-age drama about a British rock band’s rise to fame.

Forbidden romance between band members, rival rock bands, terrible people coming back from their pasts - so much drama for one tour bus! radiosilencecomic.com

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SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS

Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray (16yo) battles brooding Jack Frost (17yo) to inherit her powers. W/ Jack's frozen 🩵 melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to lose the contest to save the boy he loves

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