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In 1913, John Richard Archer became the first black mayor of Battersea, a milestone in British political history. A dedicated advocate for civil rights and social reforms, he overcame racial discrimination and inspired future generations with his legacy.

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Bill Richmond, born into slavery in 1763, became a renowned boxer in England after freeing himself during the Revolutionary War. Known as “The Black Terror,” he pioneered defensive techniques, trained others, and left a lasting legacy in boxing.

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In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens was inspired by the real-life murder of Eliza Grimwood, which shocked 19th-century London. Initially, there were a few suspects, but the case remains unsolved nearly 200 years later.

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Just made a Starter Pack of #amquerying #authors! Let me know if you would like to be added and if you'd like to swap support for #YouDeservepIt if we haven't agreed to do so already. We can do this together. Yay! #WritingCommunity #P2Ppit #BookSky #WriterSky go.bsky.app/Fa1toMA

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#P2Ppit has officially come to an end! Thank You writers, agents, and everyone else who partook today. What an amazing community! 🩷 Make sure to appreciate the Contributors of Path2pub for putting this together! @ Lucia Damisa @sanchezmm.bsky.social @kellyesparza.bsky.social @cwrose813.bsky.social

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🖤🕯️Gothic Horror🕯️🖤 Set in the Scottish Highlands, ONLY MONSTERS LIVE HERE blends legends, folklore, and personal experience. If Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray had a baby, this would be it. #P2Ppit #W #A #H #HF

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Sharing this 1 for the fun hell of it. Ingredients for a Romantic, Gothic Clusterf* 1 Potentially Homicidal Cousin 1 Sadistic Fiancé 1 Brooding, Sad Boi Hero 1 Bookish, Bada Heroine with a Pistol 1 Castle too old for fairy tales A lot of spicy existential talk & witty banter #P2Ppit #Q #R #HF

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So you should totally read THE THIRTEEN DEATHS OF GRACE ELGIN. It's got: 💀A city of the damned 🥀An undead botanical hivemind 🏚️A decaying industrial empire 🕵🏻‍♀️Detective Frankenstein 🦴Magic bones and runaway corpses 🏳️‍⚧️Queer ace romance #P2Ppit #A #F #W #H

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#P2Ppit Reny, a 22y/o from another realm, enrolls in a human university to build a new life on Earth. Her plans unravel when she falls 4 her roommate, Eope, triggering a dangerous chain of events led by her realm's treacherous leader, who abducts Eope & reveals Reny’s secrets. #Q #A #F #SF #R

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🖤🕯️Gothic Horror🕯️🖤 Set in the Scottish Highlands, ONLY MONSTERS LIVE HERE blends legends, folklore, and personal experience. If Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray had a baby, this would be it. #P2Ppit #W #A #H #HF

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The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X SHE IS A HAUNTING 17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit. 🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤 #YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit

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It’s Only Me, a YA contemporary romance: Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #P2Ppit #UW #Q #YA #R #C #ComingOfAge #bipoc #writingcommunity #amquerying

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Worlds collide when a dark queen's journey to break her curse forces her to take a human prisoner back to her realm. His brother will do anything to find out what happened, including infiltrating an exclusive nightclub where men seem to disappear. #P2Ppit #a #f #q #amquerying 📖

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#P2Ppit #UW #A OF FROZEN WINGS ‘Nieve tilted her chin down, her lips curling into an almost feline smile as Ariadnne squared up across the sand from her. Her relaxed, almost insolent posture was begging Ariadnne to take her on, to test herself against her blades.’

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THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING x MORGAN IS MY NAME All Elaine of Astolat ever wanted was to love & serve Sir Lancelot forever. But when she wakes upon a funeral barge with lilies blooming from her lips, she must pose as her missing brother to find who tried to kill her. #P2Ppit #A #F #H #LGBT #Q

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DONT LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall 🏳️‍⚧️ boy Owen was obsessed with the monster of the woods before he killed him to come home again. When Owen finds out whoever kills the monster must replace it, he needs to fight for his humanity to remain himself. But does he want to? #UW #YA #H #P2Ppit

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This looks good! And I love the title.

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VESPERTINE X WINTERNIGHT After finding a magical knife,a girl shunned by the gods takes up the mantle of ruler to kill the eldritch being who cursed her. She never meant to fall in love with him.But everything demands a price, and some remedies must be paid in blood. #p2ppit #f #ya #h #r

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WINTER’S ORBIT X BALDUR’S GATE 3 Remy, a scholar of magical architecture, must work with Felix, a secretive sorcerer, to save a war-torn kingdom from a curse. 🌌 Space fantasy 🏛️ Archaeology 🌒 Celestial magic ❤️ Friends to lovers #P2Ppit #Q #A #F

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PERDIDO STREET STATION x ANNIHILATION Rescued at sea with no memory, Trigger’s body is changing into an unknown species. When a sunken lab's forbidden prayer protocol promises him answers, he risks tearing a hole in his head to find out who, or what, he is. #P2PPit #Q #SF #A

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Death might be a god, but he’s not a god like everyone else. When a soul’s life hangs in his hands & long-lost legends come about, Death must reclaim his mortality in order to save Morticia’s life. The only problem? The rest of the gods have other plans for them. #P2Ppit #W #A #F 📚💙

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THE HANDYMAN METHOD x GHOST SHIP Hotel Adair wants new guests. When their booking falls through, Cody & friends must find a new hotel. But where they end up is Hotel Adair w/ its personalized keys, warped mirrors, & appetite for insecurities. By morning, only blood will remain. #A #H #W #P2Ppit

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LAST AIRBENDER x FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Ursa inherited the power of stars. The Royals hunt the starsent, but Ursa's teacher is unusual: barely a teenager, no magic, and dual wields axes. All of Ursa's kind have been killed & if she can't grow into her power, she's dead too. #P2Ppit #F #YA #W

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Addie LaRue x The Time Traveler’s Wife When Elsie accidentally frees Theo from a painting he was trapped in for 106 years, she uncovers more than she bargained for. Theo is is keeping a fatal secret and her heart won’t survive it. 🖼️ magic paintings 🕯️Victorian era 💔tragic love story #P2Ppit #W #F

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Sierra loves her family and fears becoming them. Their healing hurts and their pills make you sick. But as infectious iron creeps through veins like kudzu, she is forced to take on her dark inheritance. If she must deal with monsters, she might as well become one. #P2Ppit #Q #YA

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Captain Amir would do anything to appease her toxic sea witch lover—even betray her crew. When they curse her to possess a teen princess in love with her own witch, Amir must decide which hearts to guard—and which to break. 🏴‍☠️🫀🗡️ #P2PPit #YA #F #UW #W #LGBT

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When 17-year-old Honor's ex-boyfriend shares intimate photos of her with their classmates, she has to decide whether to run from her problems and let him have the last word, or take back her story through her creative writing portfolio. #Q #YA #C #P2Ppit

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THE SCARLET VEIL X UNDERWORLD Wren is given one final task by the church she loathes: take down a viscous killer in exchange for freedom. But when she finds the alluring vampire king, she's in over her head, & knows the only way out is through death. #P2Ppit #A #RF #W

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🕷💋X-MEN x BRIDGERTON A young woman w/a deadly curse blackmails a thief into courting her for a season after she catches him stealing at a high society ball. But how long can the two keep up the romantic charade before disaster strikes—or worse—before they fall in love? #P2PPit #H #R #Spec #W #POC

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