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Agents Guide His wife is alive, Artair knows it & he knows she is a Selkie, even if their own daughter won’t believe it. If you were torn away from your home, your way of life, and your language, what would it take for you to do the same to somebody else? #agentsguide #booksky #writingcommunity

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A boy falls through a hole while ice fishing and is saved by his fourteen-year-old Granddad in 1963. A stranger from the present confronts him at a county fair, but he wants to stay to have adventures with his healthy granddad, because the one at home is sick. #WSPit #WSPitQ #MG #CON #F

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THE LIGHTHOUSE x CLEAR A Hebridean Gothic. A historical literary novel that draws on Scottish folklore and gothic horror. What begins as a romance becomes a tale of human survival. #wspit #wspitq #Hi #A

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GIDEON THE NINTH x FFXIV When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage bff(/crush) Eleanor, the last thing he expects is to be stuck a dragon and bound to the gods' dead adversary. Now he and Eleanor must restore Mick's humanity, before his existence triggers a war. #WSPit #WSPitW #F #R

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THE GREAT X LE MORT D'ARTHUR Her father was killed, her mother was taken, and she was sent to a nunnery. Now, the wizard responsible is her only hope for security in the court of King Arthur. It's too bad they have so much in common. #WSPit #WSPitW #A #Hi #F

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Behold! An editor's guide for my pre-telling of the lady of the lake's bog body origin story set during Caesar's conquest of Gaul Circe x Sistersong x Morgan is my Name 👫Complex sibling dynamics ⚔️Lady Knight 💔Forbidden Romance 🖋️Literary/Bookclub Historical Fantasy On sub now! #WSPitS #A #L #Hi #F

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The Master x Murder on the Nile 1920’s, Alternate history. Natacha Rambova never became Mrs.Valentino and instead went on tour in Egypt. She becomes entangled with a young man and his charismatic master, a master looking for the lost city of Zerazura. #wspit #wspitw #Hi #A

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A while ago I sent an early draft of my Hebridean Gothic manuscript to the faber academy. #faberacademy. Aside from asking me to change the whole final act of the story (which I did) their feedback was encouraging and very positive. #writingcommunity #booksky

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When a shapeshifter destroys her home & captures her sister, Keira teams up with the God of Light to rescue her & seek vengeance. But as she navigates through his irresistible godly charms, fiery lesser gods,& ancient monsters, her sister's captor may be closer than she realizes #WSPitQ #F #R #WSPit

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An #EditorsGuide To THE DRAGON PRODIGY 💜A Dual POV New Adult Romantasy💜 When a dragon bonds with a healer, the only way she’ll strengthen their spiritual link and survive military training is by becoming the dragon prodigy’s mentee Going on sub soon!! #WSPitA #NA #F #R #WSPit

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Mixing sugar with butter? Good. Mixing business with pleasure? Bad. Terrible. Stupid. But there's no crying in baking, and the cost to save S&N Sweets? Pretending to be his live-in girlfriend. #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #R #agentsguide

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There will be blood x the vvitch Set in the Scottish Hebrides. Her father says she must abide the old ways, the mysterious incomer encourages her to leave her life behind. These two men wrestle for control of her. Some say she is part Selkie. A tale of doom and covenant. #wspit #wspitq #Hi #A

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🌊Everyone fears for the souls of the drowned.🌊 In this gothic mystery, a horror writer investigates her lighthouse keeper father’s mysterious drowning, only to face a revenant called the Mariner in a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Washington State. #WSPit #WSPitS #A #M #H #editorsguide

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🖤 Manor With a Mind 📖 Cryptic Diary 💀 Generational Blood Curse 🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts 🏚 Slow-burn 🖋 Arranged? Lovers? Ghostly Trauma Bonding? 🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might 🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted ⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse? #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #H #P #Hi #M

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YA LOTR Wren was supposed to be the chosen one–until her brother claimed her place in the prophecy for himself and defected to the enemy. Now, Wren must prove to herself that she does not need to be a child of the prophecy to make a difference, and to defeat the Dark Lord. #WSPit #WSPitW #YA #F

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OF WISDOM an Athena origin tale 🦉 🏛️ greek reimagining 🏛️ female rage 🏛️ pallas x athena 🏛️ prophetic fallacy 🏛️ interwoven myths #WSPitQ #Hi #A #F #BIPOC

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Princess Mononoke x Dunkirk Historical, literary, 1916. The war is everywhere, in every valley of the world. On a Baltic island a defective Submariner crosses paths with an Estonian woman who believes she is a wolf, both desire freedom, both are hunted by death. #wspit #wspitw #Hi #A

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After her father’s death, Ellie drifts through grief—until she meets a giant cat who leads her to a lake where each dive reveals a new realm. To resurface, she must confront her fears and master the journey of her heart and mind." Genre: Literary Magical Realism #wspit #wspitw #A #F #L

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STRANGER THINGS X THE MATRIX "Neave Albin’s nightmares are more than they seem—revealing invisible forces, and powers she can’t fully control. As she uncovers the truth, Neave and her friends must face a hidden government that threatens to take over everything they knew. #wspitw #wspit #NA #SF #T

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A teenager is sent away to a Scottish castle by her cruel father to stay with a strange family. A dark Gothic coming of age story for teenagers, in which the young finally finds true love. 💌 Romance 👻Ghosts and legends ⚔️History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄Scottish Christmas #WSPitt #YA #WSPitW #WSPitQ

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Society said to sit down and shut up, so she became a privateer, joining the revolution. #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #R 🧡Lovers to Enemies ⚔️Swashbuckling Adventure 🧙‍♀️Witches & Faerie Folk ⚔️Overthrowing the Patriarchy 🏰 Castles & Pubs ⚔️ Based on the War of 1812 Vibe: Pirates of the Caribbean meets Poldark

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A little lamb realises that her flock is being brutally exploited by the farmer & his dogs. Joined by a scruffy & rebellious cockerel, & wildings from beyond the fences, Cloud leads her motley band of revolutionaries on a terrifying visit to the pigs to recruit for rebellion. #WSPit #WSPitQ #L #Hi

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CLYTEMNESTRA X STUDIO GHIBLI Andromache longs for a place to call home after Troy fell. When her ex-master's widow threatens to enslave her again, she sets out on a dangerous journey in search of a safe place for a peaceful life with her sons #WSPITQ #Hi #F #A #WF

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IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP A retired explorer, torn between the fear of losing his wife and a desire to return to the wild, fixates on a towering, imprisoned forest. Driven by an esoteric rumour, he heads for the forest. And he will regret every choice from then on... #WSPit #WSPitW #A #T #SF

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YELLOW PERILS A Hongkonger demon teams with an English family of Christian zealots to hunt a Chinese hungry ghost serial-killer through present-day London. The ghost wants revenge for the family's colonial crimes during the Opium War. Carnage ensues. #WSPit #WSPitW #F #A #H #LGBT #BIPOC #Own 💙📚

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Plagued by the choice between her duty to her people and following her heart, a competition for the princess’s hand in marriage holds the key to her Kingdom’s survival. 🏹Marriage Competition ✨Secret Romance 🔮Meddling Mind Magic 📚Secrets of the Past 💕Second Chance Romance #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F

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My summary list for #WSPit: 1. Sundered Galaxy #WSPitW #A #SF 2. Tides of Sourcery #WSpitW #A #F (1/3)

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BLOOD MERIDIAN x OUTLANDER A highland gothic novel, charged with Romance, folk horror and Selkie curses. Starting on a mysterious island at the height of the Scottish clearances and concluding in the Australian goldfields. #wspit #wspitq #Hi #A

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A new poem. #poetry #writersofbluesky #poem

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Another old poem of mine. This one was in the Reliquiae supplement @corbelstonepress.bsky.social I haven’t done any poetry in about five years, but I used to write little poems all the time

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An old micro poem I was lucky enough to get in @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social back on the early days #writingcommunity #poetry

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We Cut Tongues For Ourselves. THE LIGHTHOUSE x LAPVONA A Hebridean Gothic novel, charged with Romance, folk horror and violent tragedy. Starting in Scotland at the height of the highland clearances and concluding in the Australian goldfields. #booksky #amquerying #writingcommunity #agentguide

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