Hayleigh Morrow

I'm considering writing short stories for Substack.

What do you think?

Thank you! I love your pitch too. X

If the Famous Five were witches they'd be The Bewitchers.

A team of preteen sleuths must stop the infamous Scottish witch trials coming back as the Malleus Society threatens to destroy the world.

Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Skye McKenna.

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The Bewitchers. #MG #Fantasy

Hedgewitch x The Bletchley Riddle
It's time to save the world. Join a team of pre-teen sleuths as they battle a bigoted cult with a history of persecuting witches and those who are “different”.
Now, the Malleus Society is back and out for revenge.

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Painting by Murders | Aspiring artist Ginger has a killer secret: murder is her muse. But with a nosy BFF, a viral podcast, and a boomer detective closing in on her twisted vigilante creations, Ginger must paint the perfect lie – or die trying. Bella Mackie x Callum McSorley #scotwriterpitch2025

Illustration for Moby Dick by Vail Myers. A Surreal painting of a naked (except for her stocking) white woman with volumous red hair lays on a bed dreaming of the sea. Creatures curl up and sleep with her. The dream swoons above her of a whale and a ship on the waves, flanked by stern and mysterious profiles and decorated landscapes.

A THIMBLE FULL OF DUST is Cloud Atlas meets Orlando: a queering of the selkie myth & an epic tale of connected lives spanning a thousand years. Kára’s story time-slips through folklore to a post-apocalyptic future & back again, playing with disruptive narrative & convention. #scotwriterpitch2025 2/4

DEAD SPACE
A spaceship full of teenagers that's lost all contact with Earth. A girl desperate to avenge her father's death. A murderer picking them off one by one. School trips have never been so deadly. One of Us is Lying x Apollo 13. YA. #scotwriterpitch2025

1870s Glasgow. A female gang, an immigrant detective, suspicious deaths linked to an old tontine, cunning binary poison, and betrayals that reach back decades. Will the new science of detection be enough?
#scotwriterpitch2025 #histifc #mystery #Victorian #A

On her 30th birthday, a small-time reporter suddenly finds that every time she asks someone a question, they tell her the truth. Excellent news for her career, less so for her personal life. Truth hurts...

Yellowface x Really Good, Actually

Speculative/book club fiction

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PLAY OF THE WAVES
By day, a lawyer supporting whistleblowers. By night, a fighter of injustices with her fellow hactivists. Aoife’s clandestine activities don’t trouble her unnecessarily until she learns she is pregnant and a whole new future needs negotiating.

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Good luck to all writers pitching their work today in the Bluesky Writers’ Pitch 2025 - don’t forget to include the all important tag: #scotwriterpitch2025

The Bewitchers. #MG #Fantasy

Hedgewitch x The Bletchley Riddle

After Sadie witnesses the kidnapping of her mother, she and her team of Bewitchers must unravel the history of the infamous Witch Trials and rescue their families before the threat destroys the supernatural world.
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Good luck to everyone taking part in #scotwriterpitch2025 tomorrow!

Bluesky Writers' Pitch (Scotland’s former ‘Tweet Pitch’ event) | Publishing Scotland 10th annual event for writers to reach publishers and literary agents with a maximum 280 character pitch on Bluesky.

SoA members in Scotland wanting to pitch your books to agents 📢 On 28 March 9am-9pm take part in Scotland’s BlueSky Writers’ Pitch for a chance to pitch works of unpublished original trade & commercial work. AI content is ineligible. 👇 www.publishingscotland.org/event/bluesk... #scotwriterpitch2025

Who else is taking part in #scotwriterpitch2025 this Friday?