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moondust-bard · 1 year

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The Cruel Prince X Twelve Dancing Princesses X A Dark and Hollow Star

Her Enchanted Garden #1: Potent Poison, Treasured Tonic

Living, breathing symbols of a decades-old treaty, half-faery Elowyn Fleetwood and her eleven sisters exist between worlds: their powerful human father’s mundane modern kingdom of sleek chrome and neon lights and their faery mother’s ethereal ancestral realm of magic and mischief.

The Festival of Fortune— a celebration held once every decade to commemorate the pact between worlds— draws nearer by the day. Eight courts—four mortal and four immortal— will gather in the Realm Between— but this time, chaos will reign.

An eternal life will yield to a pilfered poison, and only Elowyn holds the antidote to peace—or ruin.

Themes

• magic vs technology

• family

• tradition vs change

• loyalty

• nature vs. civilization

• fame & power

• revenge

Current Stage in Writing Process

• world-building, plotting, and character development in progress

Want to know more? Find the wip intro here!

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: queer rep #MSPW: NA #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: fairytale retelling #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: portal fantasy #wip: pptt #my art

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valentinerose529 · 1 year

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This/that comparison pitch: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit meets Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows

Working title: Magicians and Puppet Masters

Blurb: After being exiled from his homeland of magic for his uncontrollable abilities, magic thief Elijah wants nothing more to do with fame and adventure. But Ixora, an expert Stormcaster and the proud wielder of bad puns, chases action and adventure like he can’t get enough of it. When an easy quest turns into a high-stakes race, this unlikely duo has to work together with a ragtag team of magicians and mischief-makers to take down the puppetmaster behind the scenes.

Current stage: first draft (incomplete)

Themes: high fantasy, urban magic, swords and sorcery, queer romance, the power of friendship, found family, rejected chosen ones

Content warnings: medium violence and combat, magical violence

#MSPW: pitch #mspw: fantasy wip #MSPW: queer rep #MSPW: trans rep #MSPW: PoC rep #MSPW: high fantasy #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: adventure #MPM #Wip intro #Writeblr intro

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andromedaexists · 1 year

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Moon & Seraph Pitch Week!

It's time! I'm gonna talk about Call Me Icarus today

Lore (Alexandra Braken) x American Gods x Metamorphoses (Ovid)

Call Me Icarus

These monsters are in every corner of our society. They are heralded as Gods among men, but not for long. I am doing everything in my power to show who they really are behind their masks. Soon, everyone will see these nasty creatures for what they are…

A Tragedy following Icarus as he takes a look behind the curtain of the Elysian Program and sees the disgusting framework that he was disillusioned to. Now the only thing on his mind is bringing down the program and the entire ATLAS corporation. Will he be able to when the world and his body seems set against him?

Themes

Greek Mythology

Overthrowing A Corrupt Government

Social Outcasts/Found Family

Queer!

Mental Health (not recovery, but learning to live with it)

Physical Disability (and learning to live with it)

Current Stage In Writing Process

Writing! I am over halfway done with this draft, then just one final look over/edit before starting the query process

Art Related To WIP

A Moodboard for Icarus, the main character:

WIP Relevant Links

WIP Masterlist Icarus Docs CMI Info Page Taglist Signup Picrews!

Content Warnings

Listen, CMI is a dark tale. It is heavy and I want to make sure I get everything here, so please be mindful of the content warnings. I do not put them here for shits and giggles

Depression/Anxiety/Hallucinations

Blood/Gore

Child Abuse/Physical Abuse

Death

Fire/Immolation

Police Brutality/Violence

Sexually explicit scenes/Slut Shaming

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tate-lin · 1 year

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Moon & Seraph Pitch Week

Hihi jumping into pitch week with day 1 - stories about characters of colour!

Joker of Ashes

You set me on fire. You can’t abandon me.

Burnt alive and left for dead by her own mother, Minh wants one thing and one thing only—to get down on her knees and beg for forgiveness. Now on the hunt for a woman long presumed dead, she has to lay low and away from her powerful and influential foster family if she wants to stay ahead of the search. She has the wit, she has the power… But none of the right skills needed. Alone and resourceless, she‘ll have to get creative. A phoenix wasn’t reborn from the ashes that night. A monster was.

Themes: Family, love, what it means to be alive & a person

Current Stage: Prepping! Gonna start my first draft during Camp NaNo this year

Content Warnings: Graphic violence, child abuse, mental illness

You can find out more here! 💖

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: PoC rep #MSPW: queer rep #MSPW: ownvoices queer rep #MSPW: mental health rep #MSPW: YA #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: crit welcome #joker of ashes #ly minh #tate lin writes

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alesseia · 1 year

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Moon + Seraph Pitch Week (Mar 28)

Percy Jackson meets Undertale meets Avatar: The Last Airbender

ALESSEIA

Axel, a young child with no one but their father for company, leaves their childhood home to discover that the rest of the world is magic, and that fate isn't a kind storyteller.

Themes:

love of all kinds (familial, friendship, romance, and self-love)

finding a place to belong when you're an outsider

identity and what it means to be you despite everything

Current Update: Book 1 is being drafted

WIP-relevant Links: WIP intro | WIP tag

Content Warnings:

classism

strong language

fantasy violence

death of minor and major supporting characters

queerphobia (both external and internalized)

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pure-solomon · 1 year

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Moon+Seraph Pitch Week 26/03

Dante's Inferno (Book) X Lucifer (Netflix) X The Godfather The Sins The messiah returned from hell Carrying a million wishes He'll let you have one If you give him a favor In the battle against god

Themes:

Comedy

Action

Urban fantasy

Alternate history

Current Stage in Writing Process:

Very very early stage.

Content warnings:

Death

Violence

Mentions of suicide

Anti-religion

Car accident

Demons

Satan/Lucifer

Gun violence

Murder

Alcohol/Drugs (Minor)

Spider (Minor)

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: PoC rep #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: alternate history #MSPW: low fantasy #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: crit welcome #MSPW: adult

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surroundedbypearls · 1 year

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Moon & Seraph Pitch Week

Homebirds

In the Evergreen City, eight 17-year-olds live, study, fight, and fall in love. Things come to a head at Margot Bishop’s 18th birthday party, when midnight strikes and they’re attacked by a creature from another world. They discover their home is not their home at all; they’re from all over the universe. They have special abilities not found anywhere else on earth. And their future is more uncertain than they could have ever imagined.

Themes

Friendship

Coming-of-age

Found family

Heroism

Current Stage in Writing Process: Beta prep (see Wip-relevant links if interested!)

Art related to wip

Wip-relevant links

WIP intro

Comic Sans presentation

WIP playlist

The girls: Denise / Catherine / Logan / Margot

The boys: Eli / Dean / Isaac / Hari

WIP tag (see for excerpts!)

Fill in this form if you're interested in becoming a Beta reader!

Content warnings

Grief/death

Depression

Mild violence

Like or reply to be added to the taglist!

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: ownvoices queer rep #MSPW: PoC rep #MSPW: YA #MSPW: sci fi wip #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: romance

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scribe-of-stories · 1 year

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Moon + Seraph Pitch Week

Marble Hornets x Pact/Pale x Cult of the Lamb

Broken Whole

The modern age ended 15 years ago and what's left is broken countries, waring states, and a hidden society of mysticism revealed. A letter arrived for Jacob, a Godless Priest, saying that he inherited his father's land: a tiny island and its church. A Ghost of Worship lives within those walls, meanwhile a predictor in the trappings of religion lives without. The island is a new life for Jacob, a community to nurture, a new faith to found, and a past to confront. A collection of Broken people and Broken things gather, and together they might be able to make a Whole.

Themes

Found Family

Polyamory

Ethical spiritual practice vs rigid religion

Occultism

Loss and Healing

Monster Hunting/Hunted by a Monster

Current Stage of Writing:

Finishing up planning and character building, starting the first rough draft soon.

Content Warnings:

Trauma related to Religion, Loss, Fear, and Failure

Psychedelic and Body Horror

Death of loved ones

Religion/Cults

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: queer rep #MSPW: ownvoices queer rep #MSPW: NA #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: horror #Lexical Earth #Broken Whole #MSPA: Adult #MSPW: paranormal romance

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incorrectgoddessgang · 1 year

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Moon+Seraph Pitch Week March 2023

The Godfather meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in...

The Incubucks

The Santorini mafia is a crime syndicate made up of seven head families. Each have a son who is expected to take over once their fathers are gone, but these young men are pushed into the fray before their time as their consigliere is abruptly replaced. The new one - who simply goes by Comet - is enigmatic and strangely young for the job but Rudolph, heir of the Santorini family, finds out that he is actually a demon who buys and trades information with otherworldly entities, and uses that intel to advise Mr. Santorini - which has resulted in them nearly tripling their earnings overnight. And at the request of Mr. Santorini, Comet grants Rudolph and the other heirs the arcane and enticing magic of an incubuck - an incubus buck - and tasks them with protecting their own from other forms of supernatural harm prowling the streets. Being thrust into gang violence at a young age doesn't do well for anyone, but there's no harm if it's for the sake of your family, right? ... Right?

Themes

coming of age

overcoming societally enforced internalized bigotry

solidarity

toxic masculinity and comphet

the burden of dealing with the mess your parents' made

(in a sense) child soldiers

grudges and vengeance

Current Stage in Writing Process

This idea came to me 4 months ago and in that time I was focusing on my main project, Goddess Gang (when I wasn't scrambling to finish up my degree), so this is a very much a zygote of a story.

Content Warnings

violence

murder

internalized homophobia

more TBD

Thank you @moon-and-seraph for organizing this pitch week!

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dontjudgemeimawriter · 1 year

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Six of Crows X I Hunt Killers

Syndicate

(Working title)

Terran is an assassin in Calson City, where a criminal syndicate controls the city. 3 years ago, Terran covered up the death of Raymond, a traitor he was supposed to execute. Now he has to keep anyone from finding out what he's done all while grappling with realizations of morality, of wanting escape, and wanting to be a better person that he sees in Raymond. The safest option is to keep his cover, do his job, and keep Raymond far away from Calson City-- but that may come at the cost of the person he wants to be. The secret of Raymond being alive is threatening to come out amidst assignments, discoveries, and investigations-- all while Terran is surrounded by the Syndicate's watchful eyes.

Themes:

Escaping vs feeling trapped

Abuse, trauma, and masking

Morality-- learning, sacrificing, and compromising

Current Stage:

Drafting

(Image sources here)

Links

Full Intro

Links to excerpts

Info on the magic system

Playlist

Characters: Terran Raymond Mika

Content Warnings

Abusive Relationship, Anxiety, Attempted Murder, Child Abuse, Death, Emotional Abuse, Fire, Gun Violence, Hostages, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical Abuse, PTSD, Stalking, Torture

Note: I was fairly generous with these and took from the list m+s posted-- please ask me to expand on any of these. But yes it is a book that deals with both abuse and with criminals/assassins.

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: queer rep #MSPW: ownvoices queer rep #MSPW: trans rep #MSPW: PoC rep #MSPW: NA #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: dark fantasy #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: crit welcome #for both the PoC and trans-- does not apply to Terran but does apply to Raymond who is the secondary MC #syndicate #Queer rep: demisexual gay mlm trans ace #Also disclaimer on neurodivergent: not sure if PTSD counts for that if so yeah definitely #but I think of Terran as neurodivergent for other reasons #but those aren't explicitly stated or anything #(addin mh & neurodivergent tomo)#mspw: mental health rep #mspw: neurodivergent rep

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thecrookedwriterspath · 1 year

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Moon + Seraph Pitch Week

Comp Titles

Spinning Silver (book) x Of Swamp and Sea (webcomic)

Title

[WIP] Bards, Courts, and Changelings

A Scottish researcher, Irish bard, and several English wardens all converge on a changeling case in Ireland not long after the conclusion of WWII. However, a selkie gets swept into the fray, and an American woman trying to get back home needs help to escape a dangerous fae. There will be a wedding.

Themes/Tropes

Deals and debts make the world go round

Words are important

Frenemies

Kidnapping

Marriage

Content Warnings

Child abuse/neglect (implied), death/murder, political unrest

Writing stage

Draft one mostly scripted.

Art

#mspw: pitch #mspw: fantasy wip #mspw: na #mspw: mental health rep #mspw: urban fantasy #mspw: historical fantasy #mspw: romance #mspw: crit welcome

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artcoffeecats · 1 year

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M+S Pitch Week - 3/29

For the @moon-and-seraph pitch week! EEEE I'm so glad I had time to do this before my first session! This/That Comparison pitch: The House in the Cerulean Sea meets Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

The Heartwood Trilogy is perfect for fans of "A Marvellous Light" by Freya Marske and "A Sorcery of Thorns" by Margaret Rogerson, as well as adults who miss the whimsical world of young adult fantasy but desire more emotionally mature adult characters. Title: The Heartwood Trilogy (working on new names but at present are Lilydale, Superior, and Agassiz) Blurb: Ever since quiet, bookish Andrew Vidasche made the red-eyed faerie bleed, the Folk over the city in Lilydale have been slowly driving him insane. Half-Fae lord Micah Stillwater feels Lilydale is always watching him, too, even though he’s trying his hardest to seem like a normal human. Throughout the three books in The Heartwood Trilogy, Andrew and Micah explore how to build their love and their lives around the magic-drenched bluffs of Lilydale with its dangerous but endearing Folk, facing down threats from family trauma, mental health crises, and greedy witches out to exploit Micah’s unique and powerful nature as he comes into his own lordship over Lilydale. This 160,000-word trilogy explores the magic of the city and the magic within against the romance of bookish Andrew Vidsache and half-Fae lord Micah Stillwater. With dangerous women, shapeshifting wolves, wicked witches, and a tender romance between men, The Heartwood Trilogy is perfect for fans of Holly Black, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faerie, and A Sorcery of Thorns.

Current stage: completed, querying (also ripping apart the first three chapters ?? ooop) Themes: queer fantasy (cast includes gay, vaguely gay/bisexual/pansexual/never actually labels himself, transgender, asexual, polyamorous), mental health (C-PTSD, parental inversion, suicidal ideation, self-harm, major depressive disorder, panic disorder *my own voice*, addiction, and let's face it Micah is probably ADHD or whatever the Fae equivalent is) Content warning: magical violence, implied addiction, implied sexual assault, self-harm, suicidal ideation

#MSPW: OWNVOICES MENTAL HEALTH REP #MSPW: mental health rep #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: queer rep #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: adult #MSPW: trans rep #MSPW: crit welcome

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lynsterswritingblog · 1 year

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Bleach X Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem: Three Houses

The Masked Ones

The word demon had been thrown at her so much that Zurie forgot the meaning. Then a stranger calling her her “host” walks into her life and she learns that demons are very much real.

Themes

Symbiosis

Outcasts

Religion

Necessary Evil

Current Stage in Writing Process: Drafting

Art related to story: See links

WIP relevant links: Initial Introduction

Content Warnings

Graphic Depictions of Violence

Abuse

Child Abuse

Religious Trauma

Death

Body Horror

Human Experimentation

WWII stuff

Transphobia

Homophobia

#MSPW: pitch #MSPW: ownvoices neurodivergent rep #MSPW: ownvoices queer rep #MSPW: ownvoices trans rep #MSPW: fantasy wip #MSPW: alternate history #MSPW: urban fantasy #the masked ones

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mrbexwrites · 1 year

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Moon+Seraph Pitch Week: Memento Mori

The Umbrella Academy meets Jessica Jones meets The Ghost Whisperer

Memento Mori

Morgana Dodds is ‘The Medium’, one of a million children who appeared across the globe on New Year’s Eve 1999. Known as Millennium Citizens, these children all have unique abilities. Morgana is trying to live the quiet life, keeping her head down, and out of the limelight. That is, until she agrees to help a young woman find justice for her death. This leads Morgana on a journey across the world, relying on friends and enemies, to get justice and find her own origins.

Themes

Social Justice

Found Family

Death

Love

Abuse of Power

Current Stage in Writing Process:

Memento Mori is told in 4 parts. All parts are now completed, and in various stages of being edited. Currently looking for alpha readers.

Content warnings

Violence against women, sexual abuse, sexual assault, death, violence, domestic violence, domestic abuse, human trafficking, war-mentions, suicide-mentions, trauma, mental health, injury detail, racial slurs (implied), drug/alcohol use

#MSPW:Pitch #MSPW:NA #MSPW: urban fantasy #MSPW: crit welcome #mspw: fantasy wip

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moon-and-seraph · 1 year

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M+S Pitch Week: List of Hashtags

This is the official list of tags that participants of the Moon+Seraph Pitch Week will add to their pitch posts. The purpose of these tags is to allow people to sort through pitches based on their interests and tastes, so they're super important!

We'll have explanations of each category of hashtags, so read on to see which tags you'll want to add to your pitch! We recommend copy and pasting for ease.

General

This is a tag everyone will want to use, as it'll allow people to view all pitches collectively.

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Representation Tags

Use these tags to indicate the kinds of representation your pitch features. You may use as many of these tags as fit your story.

Please note, the tags with "ownvoices" in them are set aside for people of that identity. For example, a disabled person whose story features disability representation would use "MSPW: ownvoices disability rep" AND "MSPW: disability rep". However, a nondisabled person whose story features disability would only use "MSPW: disability rep".

MSPW: disability rep MSPW: ownvoices disability rep

MSPW: mental health rep MSPW: ownvoices mental health rep

MSPW: neurodivergent rep MSPW: ownvoices neurodivergent rep

MSPW: queer rep MSPW: ownvoices queer rep

MSPW: trans rep MSPW: ownvoices trans rep

MSPW: PoC rep MSPW: ownvoices PoC rep

MSPW: plus size rep MSPW: ownvoices plus size rep

Age-Specific Tags

Use these tags so people can browse pitches by age group. You may only choose one of these tags.

MSPW: YA MSPW: NA MSPW: MG MSPW: Adult

SFF Genre Tags

Use these tags so people can browse pitches by main genre. You may use both tags if your story is sci-fi and fantasy.

MSPW: sci fi wip MSPW: fantasy wip

SFF Sub-Genre Tags

Use these tags so people can browse pitches by sub-genre. You may use as many as fit your story.

MSPW: cyberpunk MSPW: dying earth MSPW: space opera MSPW: steampunk MSPW: solarpunk MSPW: military sci fi MSPW: dystopian MSPW: alternate history MSPW: science fantasy MSPW: portal fantasy MSPW: high fantasy MSPW: low fantasy MSPW: dark fantasy MSPW: gothic fantasy MSPW: magical realism MSPW: urban fantasy MSPW: mythic fantasy MSPW: grimdark MSPW: historical fantasy MSPW: paranormal romance MSPW: horror MSPW: arcanepunk MSPW: romance MSPW: political fantasy MSPW: epic fantasy MSPW: fairytale retelling MSPW: adventure MSPW: time travel

Critique Tags

Use this tag if you're open to receiving feedback on your pitch.

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sarah-sandwich-writes · 1 year

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MSPW Week: Fav Pitch Round-Up

Claws in the Canopy by @writeintrees

Bennett’s expedition is stationed in the dangerous forests of the planet Zora. Something is destroying their equipment high up in the mammoth atlas trees, and he knows that if he solves the problem, the council will finally be proud. What he doesn’t expect is to save the life of the mystery creature, breaking the tenets of their society, and being thrown into a mission to keep the untrained Ionan Guard alive as they cross the jungle. All the while, things are getting bad with import/export holds between two of the cities, and political tensions are rising.

Themes: found family, dumbest smart people you’ll ever meet, animal companion, queer love, and a diverse cast

finishing up revisions and looking for beta readers

Magicians and Puppet Masters by @valentinerose529

After being exiled from his homeland of magic for his uncontrollable abilities, magic thief Elijah wants nothing more to do with fame and adventure. But Ixora, an expert Stormcaster and the proud wielder of bad puns, chases action and adventure like he can’t get enough of it. When an easy quest turns into a high-stakes race, this unlikely duo has to work together with a ragtag team of magicians and mischief-makers to take down the puppetmaster behind the scenes.

Themes: high fantasy, urban magic, swords and sorcery, queer romance, the power of friendship, found family, rejected chosen ones

Current stage: first draft (incomplete)

Frozen Sands by @thecrookedwriterspath

Nashida, a young woman from the sands of the south, meets Halim, a clumsy young man with a knack for trouble, in the ice up north just in time for the Festival of Lights. However, Halim's family found problems with a pirate in the past, and he's about to cause some real trouble. Plus, Nashida is starting to find some unsettling clues about the origins of the lifelike statues in the area...

POC main characters, both bi, one trans with bipolar disorder and ADHD, the other with relationship trauma and anxiety.

Themes: Solidarity, Revenge, Pirates are gay, Family, Different is okay

Draft one complete, will likely need to be split into 2. Waiting to edit.

Songs of Decay by @thecrookedwriterspath

Tom moves to a small town with his daughter to reconnect with his dad, a retired bodyguard, and find a better life. Unfortunately, the eldritch abound in this town and he's soon helping rhe local Eldritch Anomalies Department (EAD) investigate a murder. Local widow Esther is determined to find the culprit as well, as the body was on her land. She does NOT get on with the EAD though, which leads to some of its own problems...

1910 or so, with a few automatons. Elritch inspired audio drama. Cowriting with 1 author.

Themes: Paranoia, Curiosity, Mental health and illness, Dealing with and caring for those with illness

Midst of 3rd draft.

#MSPW: round-up #fridays are exhausting but rest assured i'm stoked about all of these #and you should definitely click links and check out the full pitch!

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