Author Devon Thiele

Taking advantage of the warmer but albeit windier weather today to edit in a coffee shop. Soon it will be edits from the front deck.

Calico kitty looks out from under pink fuzzy blanket. Her facial expression states that she is done with the day.

Chili has that Monday feeling.

Priestess tarot card with a figure of light sitting in meditation on a large stone in the forest

map of the US with 60 m sea level rise over a back ground of leaves sprouting from sticks, an orange and pink sunset, and the Earth

Fool tarot card with a figure over a rushing river, stepping off a ledge holding a sunflower

hermit tarot card with a figure knee deep in a colorful swamp holding up a lantern

Long after the dust settles, what will grow from the rubble?

A scholar-empath leads a #tarot themed odyssey across the former US & through the Wheel of the Year, using neoprimitive living skills, #permaculture, and #meditation powers

#A #CliFi #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #tarotsky

ink drawing of Jak Sterzand, a teenage boy, crawling towards the viewer in a ventilation or maintenance shaft type tunnel. His name and title of the book JAK STERZAND above him, and underneath in smaller letters, the subtitle: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT All in black and white

TREASURE PLANET×THE EXPANSE
A bookworm dreams of escape from a pirate-run space station. With his friend, a tech genius, he finds an ancient wrist computer tied to his family and a legendary lost starship. As they seek answers, so does a notorious captain.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #SF #M

A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles

A photo that reads: Crowned In Light A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query! This one has it all! - Magical Realism - Slow Burn - Found Family - Gods and Goddesses - Music Heavy - Soul Mates / Past Lives - Strong Female Friendships - Disability/BIPOC representation - DAVID BOWIE?!?!

A photo that reads: The Pitch! It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions. When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings… How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?

A photo that reads: For Fans of: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Maggie Stiefvater Richelle Mead Laurell K Hamilton Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality. Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way. Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory. Playlist: Have I Found My Home by Paden What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin Breathe Me by Sia Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes Silence by Marshmello & Khalid The World We Made by Ruelle Like That by JP Saxe Safe Place by RuthAnne Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt Somebody Loved by The Weepies For You by Angus & Julia Stone Past Life by Morgan St Jean Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last

💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫

NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES

🌹Romance/Romantasy
👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory
❤️‍🔥Slow Burn
👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Found Family
⚖️Gods & Goddesses
🎵Music!
♿Diversity
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+
💖Soul Mates
✨Magical Realism
Agent's guide included 📖

#WSPit #WSPitQ #WSPitS #A #F #R #bipoc #spec #magicalrealism

Nineteen-year-old Lottie Bradbury is called home to her crumbling family estate with an ultimatum: marry or let the Bradbury name die. But in a post-war world where old traditions are crumbling and women are claiming new independence, Lottie refuses to be controlled. Her introduction is disrupted when the gardener is found dead, his skull shattered on the manor steps. His son, Arthur, warns Lottie that the house is hungry, that it killed his father—just as it did her mother a decade ago. And it’s not finished. Determined to seize control of her own fate, Lottie digs into the manor’s past, only to realize the house has other plans. Strange footsteps at night. Whispers slithering through the halls. Shadows shifting where none should be. Arthur insists the manor is alive, feeding on the sins of her ancestors, that her family is cursed. But he’s not the only one keeping secrets, and the deeper she digs, the harder it is to know who to trust. THE LAST HEIR OF BRADBURY MANOR is a slow-burn gothic horror set in 1919, blending the creeping dread of The Hacienda with the sentient menace of Starling House. A tale of inheritance, obsession, and a house that refuses to let go. The manuscript is complete at 96,000 words.

Comps for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor: Starling House: Dark inheritance, Family secrets, Sentient house The Hacienda: Unresolved grief, Psychological unraveling, Supernatural dread Crimson Peak: Decaying grandeur, Gothic vibes

A mood board for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor with... A decaying, messed up sitting room A spooky staincase with a girl walking A girl climbing out of a well A book on fire A cozy Edwardian dinner party A spooky gothic dinner party Text that reads: breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul

Tropes for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor 🖤 Manor With a Mind 📖 Cryptic Diary 💀 Generational Blood Curse 🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts 🏚 Slow-burn 🖋 Arranged? Meetcute? Ghostly Trauma Bonding? 🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might 🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted ⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?

After returning to her family’s crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too.

🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic

A grid of nine images Upper left: An eye with a grey iris looks at the camera Upper middle: There are bits of bone with runes carved into them scattered on the ground Upper right: A moss covered branch with a few pink mushrooms growing on it. Middle left: Several dusty, old, worn books sit on a shelf, leaning on each other Middle: A wolf with brown fur is laying in a field and looking at the camera Middle right: Black text on a cream-colored background that reads "I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done." Lower left: There is a pond with a wooden dock sitting next to a simple village where the village has thatched roofs. In the water is a small, wide boat. Lower middle: A white hand, palm facing to the sky, rests on top of water. Lower right: Two hand axes with intricately carved wooden handles sit on top of some straw, laid over each other to look like an X

When 15yo Ref's famous hero parents are attacked and captured on an important mission, leaving him & his friend-turned-rival Styra trapped in the Wildwood, the two must work together to escape their hunters before Ref's family line can end for good

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #F

The Spellshop x Howl’s Moving Castle A grumpy + sunshine romance between a chronically ill potion maker and a caregiver who needs to stop Potions Inc. from overcharging for their pain-reducing brew.

Hey #luckypit,

My cozy romantic fantasy has St. Patrick’s day vibes with little green potions and lots of plants 🧪🌱

THE SPELLSHOP X HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

🍄 foraging dates
💚 bi MC
🧙‍♀️ witches
🐈‍⬛ familiars
💙 chronic illness rep

#PopUpPitA #amquerying #cozyromanticfantasy #revpit

3 by 3 grid of pictures: a woman in a forest with a giant wolf; a silhouette of a woman; an image of a hand with puppet strings; a woman reaching out to light; two hands touching; a woman surrounded by a phoenix; art of a winged person saving someone falling; silhouette of couple kissing in the sun; a crown and dagger

A mortal woman teams up with the God of Light to put a stop to a power-hungry shapeshifter. But as she falls for his charms and nears uncovering the enemy's identity, she's forced to choose between love or duty—before the world & everyone she loves—falls to darkness
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #RF #NA

A background of glowing embers and fire sparks sets the tone. In the center, a dark, semi-transparent overlay contains the book’s title in bold, glowing white letters: Secret Embers. Above it, the text reads: “An Agent’s Guide To:” in a smaller, elegant font. Below the title, a tagline states: “Some jobs come with benefits. Hers came with monsters.” The genre is listed as “Adult Contemporary/Urban Fantasy,” with the manuscript marked as “Complete @ 97K.” At the bottom, the author’s name, Olivia Wrightes, is highlighted in gold.

The background remains fiery, with floating embers and dark shadows. The header asks in large, white text: “What if one impulsive choice shattered your world and revealed something extraordinary?” Below, the blurb introduces protagonist Cassandra Jones, who takes a suspiciously good job near Yellowstone, only to discover that magic is real, monsters exist, and her boss is—of all things—a dragon. The blurb describes Yellowstone’s super-volcano stirring and Cassandra facing a world where humans are no longer the top predators. The final lines tease a high-stakes adventure of self-discovery and survival.

A split design with an aesthetic collage on the left and a text list on the right. The collage contains nine moody images: a glowing red mountain, a shadowy figure, an illuminated red doorway, hands entwined with strings, a ballroom with a red chandelier, a close-up of a teary eye, a misty landscape, and a silhouette holding a glowing light. In the center of the collage, bold text reads: “HERE COMES TROUBLE.” On the right, a list in elegant white font highlights major themes: Self-Discovery, Found Family, Hidden Magic, Fate & Free Will, Monsters Aren’t Myths, Clean (No Spice), and Morally Gray Characters.

A dark background with embers floating in the air. At the top, the centered title “COMPS” introduces the section. Three book covers are displayed in a row: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Called by Patricia Briggs, and Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews. Below each cover, captions highlight similarities to Secret Embers. Rivers of London is noted for its magic, mystery, and dry humor. Moon Called appeals to fans of strong heroines facing supernatural threats. Kate Daniels is recommended for readers who enjoy action, snark, and unique magic.

Some jobs come with benefits.
Hers came with monsters.

Cassandra’s fresh start near Yellowstone takes a wild turn after an accident reveals two life changing truths:

✨Magic is real.
👁️And her hot boss?

Yeah, he’s a dragon.🐉

SECRET EMBERS

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #agentguide

It definitely ups the creepy factor!

moodboard of summer love

EVERY SUMMER AFTER X NORMAL PEOPLE

Was he the one who got away, or was it just teenage lust? Two exes reunite for a wedding ten years after family drama and a fatal accident tore them apart.

🇨🇦 set in Quebec
🌶 3/5
📆 2 timelines
💔 family drama
⭐️ 2010s nostalgia

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

A picrew portrait of a young woman wearing glasses overlaid on a beach. The name Edie Grayson is on top, with a block of text to the right reading: She hated gym class, scary stories, green beans, and movies where the female love interest never got any of the good lines. She didn’t have a lot of friends, but sometimes, in group settings, she had the satisfaction of saying something really funny, usually on purpose.

A picrew image of a young man over a beach with text reading Milo Vance at the top. To the right is a block of text that reads: “If you’re scared, I’ll do it with you,” Milo said. He said it as though it were the most natural thing in the world. When Edie looked at him, he was holding out his hand, and watching her with a sincerity she didn’t think she’d ever seen on anyone’s face. If it had been anyone else, at any other time, she would have thought they were making fun of her; but not Milo.

A picrew image of a young woman over the ocean with text reading Catarina Novikov at the top. To the right is a block of text that reads: “I don’t know. We didn’t know any better. But maybe we do now. Maybe Edie’s wrong, I don’t know. But I sincerely hope that I never get to a point in my life where I can’t admit when I’m wrong. And if I am, I can’t change anything I've done, but maybe I can stop myself from repeating the same mistakes. Isn’t that worth at least considering?”

A picrew portrait of a young man wearing sunglasses overlaid on a beach. The name Manny Torres is on top, with a block of text to the right reading: “You’re right about that. Grief just…becomes this thing inside of you. Like every time you want to see them, or talk to them, it just goes into this hard, black lump, somewhere deep down in your guts. Because those thoughts can’t go anywhere else. They just collect there, stuck inside of you. I think they say grief makes a hole inside of you because we’re all too scared to see what’s inside of it.”

CAMP DAMASCUS x NETTLE & BONE

Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH.

🤷‍♀️Character driven
❤️Slow-burn romance
👻Monster menagerie
🫂Found family

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #H #A

moodboard in hues of grey, red, and black. there's a quote in the middle, "the cathedral crumbled in my vision; the saints listed and fell". pics: a couple on horseback, snakes, two vampire women about to bite a man, a portrait, the quote, a rosary, a gloved hand holding another glove, a plate splattered with blood, a couple kissing under a rain of blood.

DOWRY OF BLOOD X HOUSE OF HUNGER
To save her father from violent debt collectors, Frances tries to become a vampire—but it fails, & she turns into a succubus, instead. Now, she must rely on her sire to defeat the zealot hunters targeting both.

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #FR

'House of Valentine' by Taylor Renee. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, overlaid with watercolor illustrations of a skull roses, daisies, and pine trees. The title 'HOUSE OF VALENTINE' is prominently displayed in large, elegant white letters. Below the title, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' and 'AGENT & EDITOR GUIDE' in smaller white font. The overall aesthetic is moody and romantic, with a gothic fantasy vibe.

The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, adorned with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The word 'EXCERPT' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by a poetic passage: 'If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality? Wouldn't you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly? Of course you would. That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence. But let me tell you: it’s a lie. A cruel promise. Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality. Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.' The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.

The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, embellished with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The word 'BLURB' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by the blurb: 'When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn b-plot romance that will leave you breathless.' The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.

'House of Valentine' by Taylor Renee, focusing on tropes, themes, and comps. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, adorned with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The text 'TROPES & THEMES & COMPS' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by a list of tropes and themes: 'ROMEO & JULIET, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALLIES TO LOVERS, MORALLY GRAY CHARACTERS, VAMPIRE SOCIETY, SLOW BURN.' The image includes three book cover comps: 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice, 'The Beautiful' by Renée Ahdieh, and 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness, each framed with a pink border. The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.

Would you choose immortality?
Of course you would.
But let me tell you:
It’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.

House of Valentine - 98k words a gothic fantasy w/ a b-plot romance. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #G #R #booksky #LuckyPit

The last thing officer Emily Jacobs needed was cocky DEA agent John Pereira meddling with her high-stakes mafia case—and her complicated love life.

Scenes of NYC at night, Romance, and Crime

Snapshot: Found families; Dual POV; Contemporary romance; Enemies to lovers; Mafia case

Book Playlist: Into You - Ariana Grande; State of Grace - Taylor Swift; boyfriend - Ariana Grande

Beach Read X Before We Were Strangers

Love Undercover

🤦‍♀️ Jerk Ex-Boyfriend
📈 Personal Growth
🥵 Off-Limits Older Brother
🤐 Secret Romance
🫣 Emotional Stakes
💼 Workplace Meet-Cute

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #R

An agent's guide to ALL GODS MUST DIE by Kate Duarte

Adult Romantic Fantasy with Horror elements comps: heartless hunter, to cage a god, the starving saints, the knight and the moth, versailles When Merit's lover chooses her best friend as his next sacrifice, ​Merit vows to murder him. But to slay a god, she must first find his ​weakness—and defeat his loyal bodyguard, the wielder of death.

→ Lovers to Enemies → Female Rage → Slow Burn → Magic Corrupts You → Fake Courtship → Friends to Lovers → Banter → Religious Corruption

She never noticed the freckles speckling his hooked nose before. The flush is gone from his face, turning him less boyish, more lethal. “If I glue myself to the executioner’s shadow, who’ll have the guts to approach me?” “I thought the point was that you didn’t wish to dance.” “I don’t wish to dance with anyone who’d want to court me.” Merit taps his shoulder. “I believe I’m safe from that with you.” “Hm.” He turns her under the arch of his arm, hands twining again as she returns to his chest. “Either way, thank you.” “Likewise.” She smiles brightly, this time in earnest. Out of the corner of her eye, she notices Kalla close to the refreshments’ table, entangled with Talia and another woman. Good for her. Kalla’s gaze catches hers, an eyebrow quirked as if to say you witty bastard. Merit answers with a grin. Watch me, sister. I’ll go to the brim of the world to save you.

GODKILLER x THE CURSE OF SAINTS
When Merit's lover chooses her best friend as his next sacrifice, Merit vows to murder him. But to slay a god, she must first find his weakness—and defeat his bodyguard, the wielder of death.

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #F #A

a collage of photos of a serval, a cheetah, a bushbock getting a bottle, a mother cheetah licking her cub, two meerkats and two meerkats sleeping on a person’s leg. Wild Hearts is written on the side

@popuppit.bsky.social

In hopes to score a modeling contract, famous influencer, Jasmine, has to volunteer at a cheetah conservation in South Africa. But cheetahs aren’t the only thing she’s chasing when she meets grumpy co-worker, James.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

Pitch card. Large central diamond. Title: Base Lies. Genre: International heist thriller. Pitch: Amanda is a human lie detector. Comps: Oregon Files x Oceans 8

Moodboard: Images showing museum vault crossed with lasers, spilled diamonds, Mexico City, Koln in Germany, woman sitting in centre controlling everything

The Antiquity Affair x Sherlock Holmes x The Oregon Files

💎So many lies
💎Tight circle of suspects
💎Heists
💎Strong female protagonist
💎Love triangle
💎Rep: @roseclifflit.bsky.social

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE #A #T #Heist

Travel collage in two rows. Top: water installation, domed architecture, trees, blossoms, mountains with clouds. Middle: decorative border with spiral pattern. Bottom: Petra rock structures with camels, stone passage, market with spices, white arched street, indoor bazaar with vendors.

Facing punishment for stealing (how was she to know it was a crime?) a selfish muse tricks a butcher into taking the fall for her—then ends up falling for him.

Her:
🧊Cold & ruthless
🚫Thinks humans are gross… until she meets him

Him:
🥐Cinnamon roll
🐐Sings to his goats
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

A pitch card for my manuscript: This is real, Isabel Benes. It features an illustrated cover (art by me LunaCWriting) with a young woman and a young man facing each other, set against a bus window. Below the illustration, the pitch card includes key information about the book and coms.

THIS IS REAL, ISABEL BENES ready for #PopUpPit! (+Big 5 editor interest!)
💗Two gifted kids, now adults, falling apart… and in love?
🏠 Forced proximity
🔥 Rivals to Lovers & Slowburn
🌞 Small-town charm & summer vibes
🌸 OwnVoices Latinx, anxiety, vitiligo, & celiac disease
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #A

A dark, gloomy moodboard on a 3x3 grid depicting the following: - first column: two ancient bathhouses and an aqueduct - second column: an anxious man, a bathing woman, and a pair of hands covered in blood - third column: a torn book, a recursive fractal, and a person reflected in a puddle.

Murdery STRANGER THAN FICTION
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #a

Trapped in a plot hole by a writer with impostor syndrome, a detective & a plant lady must draft-&-time travel to 1900s Bucharest to solve the recurring crime in the Roman baths—before the writer erases her book.

When her conman father threatens everything she holds dear, twenty-year-old Ellora will have to choose between saving her loyal best friend or her forbidden elvish love, in the midst of a dangerous scheme that could be the end for them all.

Fantasy vibes: Misty woods, Crown, Sword, Mountain, Cards scattering

Snapshot: hidden worlds; friends to lovers; romantic fantasy; forbidden love; against all odds

Book Playlist: Meet Me in the Woods - Lord Huron; My Silver Lining - First Aid Kit; I Followed Fires - Matthew and the Atlas

The Cruel Prince X The Bone Season

Call to the Wind

🚫 Forbidden Love
👩‍❤️‍👨 Friends to Lovers
⚔️ Harrowing Heists
🤴 Fighting for Freedom
🏔️ Grounded Fantasy
🪄 Elemental Magic

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #R #F

Calico kitty sleeping on pink fuzzy blanket

Chili bean (aka Chili chip, chili fries, chili soup, and spicy chili) is clearly working very hard today. Her Friday vibes are immaculate.

My newest favorite hobby is telling my new team what the “feels like” temperature is this week and watching their jaws drop in horror. 🥶

INDIANA JONES X THE CRUEL PRINCE X REIGN

Ariah, a seamstress turned queen's spy, and Iann, an explorer prince from a rival kingdom, find their hearts unexpectedly entangled—but love is forbidden and desire is deadly.

#YouDeserveplt #Q #NA #RF

Amber Baird: KINSHIP, 84k word horror-thriller agent's guide. Subversion of gothic tropes, long-lost siblings, true crime podcast, prey, family secrets, psychedelic, unhinged queer female protagonist, generational trauma, predators, meat, bears, remote California location, dark humor.

KINSHIP blurb. Megan's already trying to avoid the heat for what happened to her girlfriend's husband back in San Francisco, and now she has to help her incompetent new brother clean up a murder he commits, because that's what family's for... probably. Now if she wants to get back to her lover in one piece, she'll have to navigate her brother's taboo affections and dodge multiple suspicious parties. So much for her quiet weekend away.

KINSHIP first lines. Driving all night across the state in a part of California no one vacations in, a part that still belongs to the animals, my eyes burn for sleep. Car flanked as it is by clear paths as far as I can see, would it be so bad to let my eyes drift closed for just a moment?

KINSHIP, for fans of: Maeve Fly by CJ Leeds (surrealism), My Sister the Serial KIller by Oyinkan Braithwaite (exploration of family), A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers (dark humor), Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild (female rage).

So excited to share my agent's guide for KINSHIP, a pitch-black thriller with horror elements featuring queer characters, long-lost siblings, and (of course) murder.

#P2PPit #Q #A #T #H

A PowerPoint style slide of a blue rounded rectangle over an image of the ocean. It's titled "The Distance Between Stars and Salt, a novel by Alex Harvey-Rivas". In the bottom corner, it continues "Maltese-inspired sapphic seafaring fantasy novel"

A PowerPoint style slide of a blue rounded rectangle over an image of the ocean. It's titled "Tropes & Themes" and lists as follows: -Chosen one by circumstance -Coping with grief and loss in a long-winded way -Delaying the end of the world for personal reasons -Duty versus personal desire -Knowing the end and chasing it anyway -Loving the chosen one -Mid-life crisis and search for purpose -Post-flood setting -Sacrifice as an act of love -Sapphic love and tragedy -Unique fantasy races (mushrooms! Star people!)

A PowerPoint style slide of a blue rounded rectangle over an image of the ocean. It is titled "Summary" and reads as follows: There was and there was not, in the oldness of time, a star-born woman and her hapless wife who ventured on an arduous quest... Star-born Seren has been gone for a year and a day, conscripted as all Celestine eventually are to track the cosmos for signs of a legendary devourer of worlds. When she returns home, her wife Edera couldn't be happier... until Seren confesses that she herself has seen the World Devourer's return and that, because of this, she must be the one to stop it. Unwilling to allow them to be separated again, Edera decides to join Seren on her journey across their drowned world in a harebrained effort to save it. Now, as darkness looms in the fringes and a strange rot afflicts the world they love, they will have to race across the raging see to keep their world from being consumed. But just what is it that lies at the end of this mission? And how can they stop a force so much larger than themselves?

A PowerPoint style slide of a blue rounded rectangle over an image of the ocean. It is titled "The Characters" and features two characters and summaries on them. The first character, Edera, has light brown skin, dark brown hair, tapered ears, and dark eyes. She wears her hair in a loose ponytail that sweeps over one shoulder and a dress with a high neck and collar. She is staring out with a neutral expression. BEDRAGLED NARRATOR EDERA Edera has spent her whole life on the island of il-Zedina, aware of the larger world but unable to explore it. Until recently, she did not have the means to actualize said goals. Though not the most ideal circumstances, her star-born wife’s impossible quest may be just what Edera needs to find her true purpose and learn who she is as an individual, not just as the woman who married a star. The second character, Seren, has pale white skin, pale long hair, long tapered ears, and pupil-less opalescent eyes. A unicorn horn spirals out of her temple. She is wearing a halter top and a shawl. STAR-BORN SACRIFICE SEREN Seren is a Celestine, a race of being descended from the stars. Because of this heritage, she is tasked as all Celestine are with tracking the cosmos for the return of a mythological world-devourer. Upon witnessing its return, it falls to her to put a stop to the otherworldly force. No matter how badly she wishes to delay the inevitable, she knows duty always makes itself known one way or another.

An Agent's Guide to THE DISTANCE BETWEEN STARS AND SALT, a sapphic seafaring fantasy novel

🌊WIND WAKER x THE TIGER'S DAUGHTER
🌊Maltese folklore and culture
🌊People from the stars
🌊A ferret with wings
🌊Mid-life crisis and search for purpose
🌊Eulogy for the chosen one

#YouDeservePit #A #WIP #F #LGBT

Pictures of fire, long red hair with a braid, tears rubbing down a girl's cheek, a book with candles, and a castle on a hill surrounded by mist

Mageborn X Divine Rivals

When the king discoveres defiant Rhi has illegal 🔥 magic, she's sent on a quest with the prince to steal fairy tears from a neighboring kingdom. Fail and her status, her home, her family...all will be lost.
#youdeservepit #YA #F #R

Team Dean lol!