Athena Kane

Athena Kane

@athenakane.bsky.social

🧡🤍🩷 She/They. Writer of adult SFF and horror about unhinged lesbians. Dog person.

224 Followers 339 Following 272 Posts Joined Aug 2023
5 days ago

Fantastic news ! 😍

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5 days ago

Thank you ! ✨

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5 days ago

I will be back eventually! I think I just needed a break.

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5 days ago

Hey Shannon do you think you are going to open to queries sometime this year?

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5 days ago

To be extra clear, I’m not calling out for censorship. Enjoy whatever you want. I just think it’s a little ridiculous these stuff is so pervasive people assume love interest because a male character is *checks notes*… present in a blurb. And has a name (a likely thing for him to have!) 5/5

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5 days ago

Can we please be normal again? Can publishing be Normal about romance and especially dark romance and romantasy ? I’m literally begging. 4/4

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5 days ago

-aside from the fact that there is a man in the near vicinity of a woman, and he is named, (likely because he is the VILLAIN); that’s not normal. That’s not a normal reaction to have to a story where a woman is being tortured and forcibly impregnated (or at least threatened with it). 3/4

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5 days ago

Leaving aside the fact that I’m a lesbian and that if I ever did write a male LI it will not be the asshole wizard, it will be a simp who worships the FMC; leaving aside that the story is classified as a ‘gothic horror fantasy’; leaving aside the that nothing I say in that blurb implies romance- 2/4

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5 days ago

People are getting uncomfortably romance-brained. In the query/blurb for my new #WIP I literally say the main guy is torturing the FMC, metaphorically r-wording her (mindr@pe) and also ACTUALLY wanting to SA her to get her pregnant and 3 separate people were like “ah, yes love interest vibes.” 1/4

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1 week ago

Friends, you are doing yourself a great disservice if your query reads like a mini synopsis. Example: "This happens, followed by this, followed by this, etc."

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1 week ago

Cute!

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1 week ago

This sounds amazing im so HYPEd

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1 week ago

always here for lesbian vampires!

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1 month ago

Excited!

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1 month ago
Black and white background of desert sand dunes with white script "The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Agent Guide" Background of black and white desert sand dunes

The Pitch 

Nefeli's gift of sensing magical relics has made her a world-class thief, but tapping into her power comes with a cost: her vision. With every use of her magic, her degenerative eye disorder worsens. A few more heists and Nefeli fears she'll be left with vague shadows in the dark—something she's avoiding at all costs. What use is a thief who can't see what she's trying to steal? But when her sister Sadiya's fragile health crumbles, Nefeli must choose: her sight or her sister. 

Against Sadiya's wishes, Nefeli agrees to a dangerous job posing as a noble at a political summit. If Nefeli can hunt down a long-hidden relic for a secretive influential family, she'll earn enough for her sister's treatment. The catch? The summit is crawling with dragons, scheming politicians, powerful magic users…and worst of all, Kadir, a former fling who knows Nefeli's not who she claims to be. 

Nefeli only has a fortnight to find the missing relic before access to the palace closes for another century. If she's going to succeed, she must rely on Kadir's help, despite the risk of him blowing her cover at any moment. And with her vision tunneling in, completing the job will force Nefeli to confront her biggest fear: without her sight, who is she?

The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Background of black and white desert sand dunes

The Snippet 

"I'm scared," she whispered. "I'm scared of the day I open my eyes and there's nothing left to see. It doesn't matter that there are aids or that so many people thrive without sight. I know that one day, my memories of what things look like will fade—and they will. Even now, I forget constellations that I used to be able to see. Like those constellations, all other images will fade into the darkness until I don't remember the details of a sunset, or the flash of Sadiya's smile. I will be trapped inside my head, smothered by the knowledge of just how much I've forgotten."

The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Black and white background of desert sand dunes 

The Comps

Two lines of photos, top includes the covers of A Dance of Lies, Godkiller, and One Dark Window
Botton line includes The Stardust Thief and The Foxglove King

The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh

Locke Lamora X ODW

To save her sick sister, visually-impaired thief Nefeli agrees to a treasure hunt for a lost relic. As her sight declines with each use of magic, she must outwit dragons, powerful magic, and—worst of all—politicians before her world goes dark for good.

#questpit #Q #A #F

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1 month ago

DRAGONS!

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1 month ago

oooh

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1 month ago

as a teacher, i support this

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1 month ago
Agent pitch guide title slide: LEARNING FOR YOU, Adult Contemporary Romance Pitch blurb: Due to impending budget cuts, high school teacher Jules Clark's dream job is already in jeopardy before it's even started. With each department set to get rid of one new hire, Jules must compete with the annoying(ly handsome) former lawyer, Adrian Pierce, to keep her place. Where she finds herself in over her head, he seems to breeze through it all. He also pops up everywhere, from heated encounters in the copy room to a tension-filled work karaoke league, culminating in an assignment to collaborate on a joint teaching unit.
As they spend more time together, Jules finds she and Adrian have a lot in common...including a simmering attraction that becomes impossible to ignore.
With one job and two of them, Jules worries their growing chemistry can only lead to resentment. Though she lets Adrian in, old fears of not being good enough consume her as the deadline looms closer.
If she lets selt-doubt take over, Jules could lose everything-not only her career, but also the love that's right in front of her. Tropes and Vibes:

Golden retriever love interest
Workplace rivals to lovers
Karaoke league shenanigans
Complicated family dynamics
Forced proximity/collaboration
Strong female friendship

With the academic setting and workplace rivalry seen in YOU BETWEEN THE LINES, ONE ON ONE, and THE MAKEUP TEST Hazy yellow moodboard with images of teaching, karaoke, books, and rumpled bedsheets 😏

Now #amquerying: LEARNING FOR YOU, the teaching/karaoke romance of my heart 💜

YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER

When budget cuts threaten her district, new teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her dream job—and avoid falling for him.

#QuestPit #A #R

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1 month ago

thanks!

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1 month ago

ty!

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1 month ago

WHEN I WRITE IT

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1 month ago

don't worry it's very gay! (and the MC is a butch)

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1 month ago

TY!

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1 month ago

fun!!

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1 month ago
3x3 moodboard of the main character from my WIP featuring red themed gothic and dark romantic imagery

ANATHEMA x THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH

A fledgling vampire, tension between vampires and monster hunters, a realm of eternal night, a mysterious elven priest, and a sinister plot that threatens everything held dear.

#questpit #W #DF #A #LGBT

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1 month ago
Top Left - Angel in mist with wings spreading over praying worshippers
Top Middle -  a skyline of a city in ruin
Top Right - A woman with black hair whose neck is held by a shadowy mist
Middle Left - a white drone against greenery, looking like a butterfly
Middle - a woman with a painted face a black gothic veil and crown, holding a bouquet of yellow flowers
Middle right - an abandoned ferris wheel
Bottom left - woman pressing a knife to someone's chin
Bottom middle - a broken sarcophagus
Bottom right - bloodied fists

TAMSYN MUIR x HUNGER GAMES x BACHELORETTE

Pretending to be a man, Dorian enters a deadly tournament to kill the priestess whose magic is draining the planet & pursue her interests: swords & women. But in the labyrinth, the cameras aren't the only thing she must evade.

#A #SF #F #LGBT #W #QuestPit

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1 month ago

love!

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1 month ago
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Kindred x Life on Mars
A Muslim young man must grapple with generational trauma and the very real danger of racism and discrimination when he is thrown back in time to 1970s Britain from 2024.

🌙muslim mcs
🗡️murder mystery
🗣️1970s british racism deepdive

#questpit #Q #YA #S #HF

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1 month ago

Just stunning!!

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