allison e. crisostomo

image of Black Hills, amphitheater seats that are orange, cloudy sky. On a stage there is a horde of zombies (mostly sillhouettes). One zombie is crawling amongst the stadium seats. one zombie close up along the right side of the image. Blood splatter across the whole image starting from bottom left corner. white text: THE DENTIST WILL EAT YOU NOW.

🏳️‍🌈3 bi disasters take on the end of the world

🧎‍♂️The Preacher = out for blood
🧟‍♀️The Horde = hunting for flesh
🥼The Dentist = can't stop smiling

THE Z WORD x THE WALKING DEAD

#questpit #q #lgbt #h #sf #a

Cursed with a vengeful gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feeding it souls to become a god—and now she needs just one. But when she falls for her final target, wicked whispers invade her mind, visions of loved ones haunt her, and her body begins to change. As the gumiho consumes her from the inside out, Mina must face her demons and sever the curse—or achieve godhood and lose herself to become something monstrous.

Based on Korean folklore & mythology Told through the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho Set in modern-day PNW Dark, intimate PROSE Psychological unraveling Blends the dread of physical transformation and emotional vulnerability Laced with a slow-burn romance

Hi #questpit! Here's GUMIHO, an Upmarket Horror Romance that was recently selected as a finalist in the horror/paranormal category for the 2025 PNWA Writers Contest.

Inspired by Korean folklore, it explores the gradual descent into grief, madness, & monstrous transformation.
#A #H #R #Q

10-photo collage featuring a bright light, an engine, a lighthouse, agates, birch wood, a dock, a bicycle, a tall ship, weapons including a blade and kali sticks, and a crystal.

When the fates of a genius artificer and a ghostly warrior collide, they must outmaneuver seductive half-truths trying to keep them apart. Otherwise a brewing rebellion, demonic beasts, and betrayal will lead them to destroy the land and the people they’ve both sworn to protect.

#W #A #F #questpit

yellowed background with red blood splatter and top of zombie head in lower corner. George Washington head faintly visible (Mount Rushmore) along left. Text says: AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO DON'T NAME THE DEAD By Sami Peil 90 words Adult/NA HORROR

yellow background with light red blood splatter. Torn out page from a journal, along bottom of screen you can see rocks from mount rushmore text says: Reader Comments “Obsessed” “I'm hooked. so hooked on this book. I need it on my shelf.“ “Love this description. Impeccable delivery, so cinematic” “OMINOUS” “VICERAL” “I literally cackled” “I was not prepared” “Sharp, shocking, love it” “Seriously this is so fucking cinematic wth” “I love him” “IF YOU EVER CHANGE THIS FIRST LINE I WILL FIGHT YOU” Sami Peil @sampeil FROM THE JOURNAL OF STETSON JOHN MATTHEWS April 27, 2025 Donner party @ Black Hills bunkers, current population 280ish. don’t name the dead

yellow background with red blood splatter, along top right is a zombie with open mouth teeth growling 3 images of book covers: sister maiden monster has tentacles, orange, knife; the z word has an image of a brain, two femmes kissing, teal hands reaching up, a piece of pizza, an axe; the last of us has a man and a girl turned toward the camera as they walk toward ruins; along the right, text reads: If three queer 20-somethings manage to not get eaten by the pandemic zombies, they’ll still have to dodge a preacher bent on building his post-apocalyptic flock. Love triangle Survival shenanigans Headshots Hookups Busted bunker

close up of mount rushmore presidents with light red splatter across the image. text reads: Sami Peil @sampeil don’t name the dead Vivvi was getting wasted for her 21st until she woke up in a drunk tank, which was the only protection from the cop zombies trying to eat her brains. Stetson was painting his nails and avoiding his family's far right extremist bunker party, unaware that the virus they all ignored would mutate, and he’d have to fight his way out. Dove was home alone in a post-wisdom tooth coma, still dreaming about her hot dentist, while infected people turned and began to eat immune survivors. The Dentist was doing an after-hours call, where a patient bite transformed him into a flesh craving monster. They all want each other—but not in the same way. And they really need to stay the hell away from the Preacher.

DON'T NAME THE DEAD in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse.

#horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♂️🥼

#H #na #a #q #agentsguide #sf #questpit #lgbt

Hotel Adair’s wallpaper doesn’t peel. Its piano stays in perfect tune. Its plush carpet hides all stains—but grandeur only lasts when the hotel has been fed. Lately, the halls echo with hunger.

But Cody & her friends have plenty of secrets to satisfy it.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

Background image is the face of a pocketwatch, huge against a dark blue horizon. It resembles a rising harvest moon with skeletal winter trees silhouetted before it. Text below reads: Out of Time - Vibes ‘n’ feels A panel to the left reads: X Files Life on Mars Dark Matter Frequency A panel to the right reads: Slow Horses The Ipcress File Day of the Jackal Callan

Mission Brief
13/01/1972

TOP SECRET

🕑 Infiltrate time travel seminar
🕵 Take out Soviet spies
🔫 Use a gun
❌️ Don't laugh at the agenda
📃 It’s all theoretical
😕 Apart from *that* demo
✅️ Full government endorsement
👍 Nothing can go wrong
🇷🇺 💣 💥
⬛️ Redacted

#A #S #T #QuestPit #Q 🦋

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. White text reads: The Guardians of Melya present, The Healer Witch. A Bewitched 97K Adult Fantasy by K J Silver

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. The white text reads: The pitch - Captain Onwyn Storm's life changes the moment he agrees to work for General Redwood, though he will soon learn just how much. While trying to prove himself and fulfill the bargain he's made to be rid of his father's corrupting influence once and for all he is forces to work with Lunary. A Healer Witch who has more secrets than he can keep track of and could very well cost him everything he has worked so hard for. Or his life, if he's not careful.

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. The white text reads: Inside the healer witch - Morally grey FMC, cozy with a dash of darkness, the slowest flame to ever burn, meddling gods, found family that annoy each other to death, sentient houses and secret libraries. 3 pictures on top of it are: the cover for The Courting of Bristol Keats and The Witch Collector, as well as a poster for Avatar the Last Airbender

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. White text reads: The Prologue - And so Ylluriel had endured centuries of watching how they destroyed each other. Over land, resources, family feuds. The reason didn’t seem to matter, for they always found another excuse to turn against one another. The greed, the hopelessness. The anger and blood lust. The jealousy and despair. They had all infected the lands of Melya like a plague that no one could stop. Ylluriel had easily grown tired of staying aside. Of having the power to change things and not do anything to help the children that she loved so fiercely. Her love was so great that she was willing to go against Melya herself, the Mother of all. Her grandmother. It wasn’t the first time she had defied her, after all, and she was sure it would not be the last. Especially not when a child, so desperate to live, had found her way to her realm.

❤️‍🔥 THE HEALER WITCH ❤️‍🔥

If you thought coming back to the place you hate the most was bad, imagine getting tangled in a Healer’s dodgy business AND constantly putting your life in danger in the process.

The odds are not in their favour, but the Gods are.

#agentsguide #questpit #Q #A #F

The Healer Witch - moodboard Text: Living a double life is not as fun as it looks. Morally grey FMC. Elemental Magic. Meddling Gods. Witches, shifters, elves, we have everything & more. Inside the colour palette squares: 97K Adult Cozy Fantasy Pictures are (top-bottom, left-right): an array of books and papers and a coffee/tea, the picture of Deva Cassel in her role in The Leopard that I have edited on Canva and put a mask over her eyes. orange and purple flames over a dark background. A white lion's face. A table full of potions and herbs. A picture of Deva Cassel in her role in The Leopard, she is giving the audience her back.

❤️‍🔥THE HEALER WITCH❤️‍🔥
While trying to prove himself and fulfill the bargain he’s made to be rid of his father’s corrupting influence, Onwyn finds himself entangled in the dark spiderweb that Lunaryn's life turns out to be. Maybe curiosity will kill the lion this time.

#questpit #Q #A #F #moodboard

Have exciting news coming this week! 👀

I think it’s become initial revision stages — putting together the puzzle from my word vomit of a first draft makes me really excited.

#questpit

That’ll do it!

I love how things morph.

Lots of writing goals this August, including completing revisions on my cozy mystery, adding 10K to my YA fantasy draft, and beginning revision and research work on my adult fantasy. Oh also pursuing this damn cozy novella idea that won’t leave me alone.

So excited for this!

ginger cat sitting like a weirdo, all legs

Is this something. Can I write this. Why is he staring, he’s the weird one.

I think I, an extreme introvert who will not disclose a damn thing without sincere effort and rapport, unfortunately attract oversharers ready with their life stories and I’m simply not equipped.

it’s obviously “he batted his eyes around her”

Some days I miss the frontier that was old school Livejournal very very much.

City skyscrapers at night, with overlaying text that says: THE DEVOURING a cosmic horror revenge thriller

A nebula in space, with overlaying text that says: PITCH Jason and Ayana’s lives as a married couple have always run parallel—never entwined. It’s the perfect arrangement: he’s free to pursue his dangerous yet lucrative career as an elite assassin, and she can focus on conducting autopsies for the city’s forensic center. But after Jason spares a witness to his latest murder, he becomes the prime suspect in his own brother’s homicide. While he hunts for the real killer, Ayana discovers an impossible illness in one of her cadavers. The couple quickly identify an unsettling connection between the two events—one steeped in religious fanaticism and occult conspiracy. Jason and Ayana must learn to work together, using their wits, lies, and criminal connections to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult and exact revenge. But human enemies are the least of their concern. Beyond the boundary of their world exists a cosmic threat of apocalyptic proportions, and it is trying to break through.

A woman from the elbows up, long black hair, and a blurry face, with overlaying text that says: EXCERPT On the morning of Connor’s funeral, Ayana dressed in her most conservative black outfit, a knee-length dress with long sleeves and a neckline that covered her collarbone. Opaque tights and plain heels completed the look, while simple pearl jewelry adorned her ears and throat. She chose a small clutch purse for the occasion, expecting to return straight home with her husband after the ceremony. As she passed the open door to the master bathroom, she spied Jason’s reflection in the large mirror above the double sink. His back was turned, and he gazed at himself, his expression full of subtle sorrow: soft eyes, a down-turned mouth, slight tension in his eyebrows. Then he dropped the look, resuming blank neutrality for a second before putting it back on with the most minute variations. After a few repetitions, he caught her staring. She nodded in approval.

The silhouette of a man against red smoke, with overlaying images and text. COMPS & TROPES On the left side, three movie and book covers are displayed: JOHN WICK, THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE by H. P. Lovecraft, and SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER by Lucy A. Snyder. On the right side is a list of tropes: - dangerous criminal underworld - secret occult organizations - married main characters - villain protagonists - unreliable narrator - no-nonsense women in STEM - attractive men covered in blood - terrifying body horror - an incomprehensible eldritch entity from outer space

News of his brother’s murder sends Jason on a vengeance-fueled hunt for the killer, but his wife Ayana suspects a more sinister conspiracy at play. The deeper they dig for the truth, the more they risk losing: their sanity, their lives, and each other.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #H #W

One day I shall remember to participate in pitch events, but today is not that day.

Happy to support others though! Seeing some great pitches!

Image of a pink and black aesthetic with a google search on top. text reads: how to... permanently fix a broken heart, find the guy who burned down your heart clinic, avoid talking to your mom and step dad, see auras, not fall in love with the heartless girl

Winona mends hearts for a living while trying to protect her own.

But when a rich angry client burns down her clinic & threatens her hard-won independence, she must pair up with a (literally) heartless girl to catch him.

And try not to fall in love in the process...
#cupit #YA #LGBT #CF #F

Above view of paradise dock on a beach with words overtop. Find the one who's to die for An agent's guide to LAST CHANCE MATCH New adult dystopian romance thriller with horror elements

Above view of paradise dock on a beach, blurred, with words overtop. Pitch: Calasca’s government uses science to appoint soulmates, but the 0.6% of the population who don’t receive a match face extermination at thirty. A new reality show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change that and gives the matchless another shot at life. Down-trotted waitress, Cera accepts the invitation, but is quickly deflated when she’s paired with the cocky and entitled Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed after being eliminated, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

Above view of paradise dock on a beach, blurred, with words overtop. Comps: THE VILLA by Ruth Kelly - dating show setting, twisted games, desperation to win HEART OF THE SUN by Mia Sheridan - 'enemies' to lovers, second chances, dystopian love story THE KILL FACTOR by Ben Oliver - winning = freedom, life or death consequences, strong female protagonist LOVE ISLAND - Love Island-inspired dating show SQUID GAME - games created for a killer time BLACK MIRROR - dystopian future with sci-fi twists

Above view of paradise dock on a beach, blurred, with words overtop. Snippet: The silhouette of a woman approaches us, but her flawless skin is a dead giveaway that it’s a humanoid. The older you get, the easier it is to spot them; their skin is free of blemish, not even a tiny scar indented into their bodies. Their eyes are shiny—too shiny—and their smiles lack depth, character, and warmth. Though the government will never admit it, they’ve started to release more and more of these bots into Calasca to act as companions for the matchless. They’re chameleons, taking on whatever persona they need to hook into you. The most unsettling part about them is how predatory they can be, entering the neighborhoods of the low-end and matchless. They even have a slot on their abdomens for payment. I shiver when the humanoid’s too-perfect eyes land on me, its bone-chilling grin never faltering. “Contestants,” it says so matter-of-fact, yet there’s a sweetness to it. An eerie kindness I can’t ignore. God, I hate humanoids.

Dear Citizen of Calasca,
Pack your bags! I am happy to extend an invitation for you to join us on LAST CHANCE MATCH, a new reality holovision program where LOVE ISLAND meets SQUID GAME and BLACK MIRROR. We can promise you’ll find the one who’s to die for.

#bluepit📖 #bluepit #NA #R #H #SF #SP #W

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So excited to announce my short story Sweet Dreams Are Made of Confit (yes it’s about cats) will be published with @attic-ebooks.bsky.social

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June Media Round-Up Returning from my trip to the Philippines made the start of the month slow, but acquiring a membership to Libro.FM meant I far exceeded my usual monthly reading. Let’s get right to it. Books …

My June Reading (and other media) round-up is ready to go!

#amreading #booksky

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A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.

It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)

It's so New York.

We rise and try to shine. Oh
This life is long. Breakfast will
Be served forever all day indefinitely.

from “Breakfast” by Arvin Abejo Mangohig in The Lost Cats of Maginhawa

Playing catch up constantly with all the writing things I want to do. Have a critique session today and a mentor session tomorrow. I am torn between revisions, drafting, and working on short stories! Blah