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Writer. Farm girl. Former theatre nerd. Lover of Golden Girls and Murder, She Wrote. Probably drinking.
I'm finally querying this YA Folk Horror!
#amquerying #YA #horror
I read FANTASTICLAND earlier this year and I'm still thinking about it. Never read anything like it. The very idea that it "could happen" was the most horrifying truth. LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK! Thank you for writing it!!
07.10.2025 15:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you!!!
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Project Mermaid is currently 90k and is an adult contemporary fantasy.
๐Found Family
๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธTouch her and die
๐Caught between two worlds
๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธSlow burn
#posterpitw #c #f #a
The text in the image reads: "Magic, mutiny, romance, and a six-month deadline. What could possibly go wrong?" "Dual POVs, sentient oceans, vengeful ghosts, magical curses, enemies to lovers, and lovers to enemies." "He has a curse to break. She has everything to prove." "Sail By Dawn, a new-adult fantasy novel by award winning author E. M. Kerkman." The background image is of a sailing ship on a stormy sea with dawn light shining from behind it. It is a paining titled "Bird of Dawn" by Montague Dawson.
#PosterPit #W #NA #F #R #PiratesWIP
During her world tour, Captain Holloway is captured by pirates. After encountering an assassination plot, a magical curse, an unlikely romance, and an imminent war, she finally takes a side. The wrong side.
It's all Captain Falcon's fault.
Ahhh thanks!!!!!
16.08.2025 17:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you!!!!!
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After Hildy endures days of fear-charged challenges to rescue her ungrateful sister from becoming a living but soulless porcelain doll, Hildy succumbs to her most violent instincts and transforms into someone else entirely - Krampus.
#posterpit #H #F #Q #YA
BELLADONNA x Outlander
An old Irish curse transforms 20-yr-old Estella into a monstrous plant at night. She must find a cure in this hidden, enchanted glen before her sinister doctor uses her as a science experiment.
#posterpit #Q #F #A
An #AgentsGuide to COAL IN THE GUT
SMALL FAVORS x HOUSE OF HOLLOW
Fantasy-infused YA horror inspired by the Germanic legend of Krampus, about two sisters struggling to escape a once Candyland-like village now overrun by cannibal children.
#questpit #Q #YA #H
๐ถ Battling her post-rehab life and paranoia, a radio station assistant must uncover how song requests are tied to a string of nightclub murders in Myrtle Beach before sheโs the final track on the killerโs playlist.
#A #Q #T #QuestPit
THE ONLY ONE LEFT x HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE
๐ชฆ family funeral home in chaos
๐ธ viral scandal with severed limbs
๐ skull-covered oddities shop
โฐ๏ธ grief, obsession, & one very stolen corpse
๐ Southern Gothic unraveling
#A #Q #H #T #MY #QuestPit
An #AgentsGuide to COAL IN THE GUT
SMALL FAVORS x HOUSE OF HOLLOW
Fantasy-infused YA horror inspired by the Germanic legend of Krampus, about two sisters struggling to escape a once Candyland-like village now overrun by cannibal children.
#questpit #Q #YA #H
๐ซBELLADONNA x OUTLANDERโ๏ธ
๐ค1912 Gothic Romantasy
๐ฟBodyHorror plant monsters
๐ธCottageGore
When Estella discovers an enchanted glen with old Irish curse, she must hide her monstrous symptoms (and her interest in the Irish) from her husband before they become his medical experiment #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
SMALL FAVORS x HOUSE OF HOLLOW
๐น Villain origin story
๐น Dual POV
๐น Body #horror
A reimagining of the Germanic legend of Krampus, the half-๐/half-man beast, but it's a teenage girl
Two sisters struggle to escape a Candyland-like ๐ฉ๐ช village now overrun by cannibal children
#YA
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
SMALL FAVORS x HOUSE OF HOLLOW
๐น Villain origin story
๐น Dual POV
๐น Body #horror
A reimagining of the Germanic legend of Krampus, the half-๐/half-man beast, but it's a teenage girl
Two sisters struggle to escape a Candyland-like ๐ฉ๐ช village now overrun by cannibal children
#YA
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
Gorgeous!!!
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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 fatherโjust as it did her mother a decade ago. And itโs not finished. Determined to seize control of her own fate, Lottie digs into the manorโs 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 heโs 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 ๐ค Manor With a Mind ๐ Cryptic Diary ๐ Generational Blood Curse ๐ฏ Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts ๐ Slow-burn ๐ Arranged? Meetcute? Ghostly Trauma Bonding? ๐ฅ If the House Doesnโt Kill You, Love Might ๐ฐ 1919 but Make It Haunted โฐ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?
After returning to her familyโs crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too.
๐ฏ Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
๐ฅ If the House Doesnโt Kill You, Love Might
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic
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 dutyโbefore the world & everyone she lovesโfalls to darkness
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #RF #NA
๐SMALL FAVORSxHOUSE OF HOLLOW ๐
๐ชYA folk horror
๐ฉ๐ชGermanic legend
๐Villain origin
Enduring days of fear-charged challenges to rescue her sister from becoming a soulless porcelain doll, Hildy succumbs to her violent instincts and transforms into someone else entirely - Krampus.
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
๐ซBELLADONNA x OUTLANDERโ๏ธ
๐ค1912 Gothic Romantasy
๐ฟBodyHorror plant monsters
๐ธCottageGore
When Estella discovers an enchanted glen with old Irish curse, she must hide her monstrous symptoms (and her interest in the Irish) from her husband before they become his medical experiment #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
This is UNREAL. LOVE!!!
17.03.2025 14:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is SO INCREDIBLE.
19.01.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Woot woot!!! You can do it!!
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