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Adult THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US x WINTER’S ORBIT
Avery Clark is dying of radiation poisoning because of a mistake. Of his ex.
Now his only way to get life-saving meds is to repeat the journey that gave him his terminal diagnosis. With his ex.
If they don’t kill each other first.
#DVPit #A #SF #LGBT

Sapphic VICIOUS x ARCANE

When her former lover steals her magic, Raina falls from an immortal forest spirit to a fragile human, burning with vengeance. Now, corrupted in the wrong hands, her stolen magic is killing Raina’s forest, and she’ll need more than revenge to set things right.
#DVPit #A #F

ARCANE x Bulgarian lore

Raina was once a forest spirit—until Dara, the woman she loved, stole her magic and broke her heart. Now Dara’s corrupting the stolen magic into poison that’s killing Raina’s home.
Mortal and furious, Raina must stop Dara before she turns her forest into rot.
#DVPit #A #F

I was so tempted to use it as a comp! 😅

Sapphic VICIOUS x ARCANE

When her former lover steals her magic, Raina falls from an immortal forest spirit to a fragile human, burning with vengeance. Now, corrupted in the wrong hands, her stolen magic is killing Raina’s forest, and she’ll need more than revenge to set things right.
#DVPit #A #F

ANIMAL FARM x THE GOOD PLACE

When grief-ridden sub-editor Archa discovers that the Afterlife’s soul-sucking CEOs have set their sights on her beloved grandfather’s soul, she must decide:
Damn her soul or save his.

#DVpit #F #A #POC

An ancient bridge crumbles, eaten by monsters. The network of tree portals that connects the world-spanning Empire malfunctions. Disasters pile up, and the Empire’s disaster poet Tarem, sent to document them, begins to realise that empire is the greatest catastrophe of all. #F #A #LGBT #OWN #DVPit

Bulgarian lore x ARCANE

Raina was once a forest spirit—until Dara, the woman she loved, stole her magic and broke her heart. Now Dara’s corrupting the stolen magic into poison that’s killing Raina’s home.
Mortal and furious, Raina must stop Dara before she turns her forest into rot.
#DVPit #A #F

Above, the rich choke on filtered light. Below, prisoners harvest poison to keep the city alive. When a convict and a reckless researcher uncover what powers it, they’ll have to decide who deserves to live. ARCANE meets ANNIHILATION in a queer biotech nightmare.
#A #SF #H #LGBT #MH #ND #DVPit

MOONRISING x 4 ALL MANKIND
A terminally ill engineer enters the world’s most cut-throat job interview that can save his life. When they're sent back to a barren Earth & the competitors start dying, he must set aside past grievances & team up with his rival ex to survive.
#DVPit #A #SF #LGBT

JASAD HEIR/ONE DARK WINDOW

There’s a reason magic has been silenced. An outcast shifter and a heartbroken soldier must trust each other to smuggle a cursed relic, before a vengeful sorceress uses it to destroy all magic forever.

#DVPit #A #F #POC #WOC

When a terminally ill engineer applies for a deadly job interview, he not only faces a desolate planet, but also his bitter ex. His one chance to win the meds he needs rests on them working together to escape Earth.
But only one can win, & it means betraying each other. Again.
#DVPit #A #SF #LGBT

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x MINDWALKER

Three realms: one of light, one of shadow, and the modern world of mortals caught between. She walks them all — half valkyrie, half death-cursed maiden — healing the pain of the dead, hunted by the man who can’t stop haunting her dreams.

#A #SFF #R #F #SF #DVpit

STARLING HOUSE x CAST AWAY x GRADY HENDRIX

A woman left for dead on a deserted island finds an injured shipwreck survivor on a boat full of bodies and has to figure out who to trust as the sentient forest that has protected her starts attacking the newcomer.

#DVPit #H #A #MH

STARLING HOUSE x Devil’s Bridge myth

A misfit haunted by a demonic voice
An eccentric with a death date

Two strangers set to break their shared curse tied to an ancient, bleeding bridge. But when it twists their minds, they must survive not only its sinister forces—but each other.
#DVPit #A #DF #H

A green gold & orange themed moodboard with 9 images representing the pitch. 1. A picture of an ornate palace doorway 2. A still from the movie Jodha Akbar 3. An el Doradoesque view 4. A golden chessboard 5. A woman experiencing power thru meditation 6. Sanskrit manuscripts 7. A magical staff in rock 8. Two royal ladies who "seem" like bffs 9. A lavish palace corridor

Raven Scholar X HOTD

Yug must stop his sister from vying for their mom's magical crown. But then their vile stepsister would rule. The only way to stop both? Seduce the stepsis' top mage—aka Yug's ex—into vying for the crown. Problem is, she's wary of both the crown AND Yug!

#DVpit #F #A #PoC #DIS

For Toast, guarding a sentient forest means “weird” is an average Tuesday, and “nightmare” is an aesthetic. But as Toast struggles to save the forest’s latest victim, he instead finds himself the target of its gruesome hunger.

He might survive.

But not as himself.

#DVpit #A #H #F #LGBT

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I've been lurking in the shadows for a while 😅

The comps got me 😍

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KILLING EVE x ARCANE

Once a fierce forest spirit, Raina’s world crumbled when the woman she loved tore away her magic, her immortality, and her heart. Now human and angry, she hunts her lover through a world tainted by her stolen magic.
She doesn’t just want closure—she wants revenge.
#DVPit #A #F

Name: Joanna
Current Read: Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
Last Show: Wednesday
Last Film: The Call (the Korean one)
Fav Book This Year: Blood Over Bright Haven
Fav Watch This Year: 1899 (it's by the creators of Dark so I'm really not surprised I got hooked like that 😅)

+something spooky

A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. The text reads: EST. 2025 AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO THE EX-POSITION BY CHARISMA WILLIAMS WITH BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST

A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. THE PITCH LOVE ISLAND X BEACH READ When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career & provide for her daughter, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex—her daughter's father. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real.

A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. THE TEXT READS: READER COMMENTS WITH SCREENSHOTS OF READER FEEDBACK

A blue background with ocean waves and water bubbles. THE COMPS FOR THE BOOK AND TEXT FROM THE BOOK

An agent’s guide to my LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ
When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real.
#amquerying

Avery Clark runs a gloved hand over the shining metal surface of the behemoth he’s been building diligently for the last six months. An interstellar coloniser that will become, without a doubt, the grave of hundreds.

#DVparty day 3: opening lines

My mom always says "When you're disconnected from yourself, walk in nature", and I'm emotionally compromised to report... she's right. 😌