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Old photo of a girl, smoking, with a devil's brow and silver horns

Old photo of a girl, smoking, with a devil's brow and silver horns

The Best Kisser in Prague

This is pretty normal.

#UnhingedPit #A #R #HF #W

28.02.2026 19:11 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Sweater Weather, by The Neighborhood.

WIP: The Best Kisser in Prague
🇨🇿 A crossroads in history
🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 Gritty slow-burn ♥️

The song isn't authentic to the time, but it's the one that most inspires me to write. The characters have their own mix tapes, of course.

01.03.2026 19:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's all about the lipstick.

28.02.2026 21:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Old photo of a girl, smoking, with a devil's brow and silver horns

Old photo of a girl, smoking, with a devil's brow and silver horns

The Best Kisser in Prague

This is pretty normal.

#UnhingedPit #A #R #HF #W

28.02.2026 19:11 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Image of a pink and silver pressure cooker against a black background. Top says “ChemPortal: a Romantic Sci-fi.” Bottom says: “Two awkward scientists just want to be left alone to build a lawnmower. Instead, they find themselves battling time, powerful corporations, and doomsday cults to save the world from starvation.”

Image of a pink and silver pressure cooker against a black background. Top says “ChemPortal: a Romantic Sci-fi.” Bottom says: “Two awkward scientists just want to be left alone to build a lawnmower. Instead, they find themselves battling time, powerful corporations, and doomsday cults to save the world from starvation.”

No one knows whether the Chiropteran cult worships bats or just feels bad they're all dying. Doesn't matter, though, since the world's about to end.

CHEMPORTAL: a grounded sci-fi romcom with real chemistry

#Q #UnhingedPit #SF #R

28.02.2026 17:06 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Super swear.

28.02.2026 17:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hand holding a teaspoon with a burning sugarcube over a glass of absinthe. Text: Totally a good idea.

Hand holding a teaspoon with a burning sugarcube over a glass of absinthe. Text: Totally a good idea.

The Best Kisser in Prague

#UnhingedPit #A #R #HF #W

28.02.2026 15:35 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Girlhood is a spectrum Everyone goes through breakups here’s why mine is the saddest and the worst. Self care queen! This woman treated herself to being a bitch today

Girlhood is a spectrum Everyone goes through breakups here’s why mine is the saddest and the worst. Self care queen! This woman treated herself to being a bitch today

What if your SISTER invited your EX to her WEDDING.
#unhingedpit #a #r

28.02.2026 13:01 👍 46 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 0
picture of two girls doing their hair in frame by frame.

picture of two girls doing their hair in frame by frame.

when ur soulmateless but the gov't makes a show to help u find one then starts killing u and ur friends off instead

#A #SF #H #R #CS #unhingedpit

28.02.2026 13:26 👍 25 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0
Glass stein of Pilsner Urquell beer: The Best Kisser in Prague; It's a love story. Promise.

Glass stein of Pilsner Urquell beer: The Best Kisser in Prague; It's a love story. Promise.

The Best Kisser in Prague

Pretty sure y'all know the pitch.

#UnhingedPit #A #R #HF #W

28.02.2026 13:33 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
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Devon Halliday | Substack writer, editor, teacher, & former literary agent offering advice on publishing, craft, & the writing life. Click to read Devon Halliday, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Loved her article on manuscript openings, as well as another on short story submission red flags.

Devon Halliday
devonhalliday.substack.com?r=2ep2i6&utm...

28.02.2026 11:28 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Images: casette tapes, images of Prague, parties, a young man, a young woman, a tram

Images: casette tapes, images of Prague, parties, a young man, a young woman, a tram

The Best Kisser in Prague 🇨🇿

Amid the post-Revolution chaos of 1994 Prague, two expats determined to ‘kiss and run’ find their philosophy derailed by a single night of connection.

#WSPit #W #A #Hi #R #L
#WSPitWIPs

25.02.2026 18:43 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Cassette tape cover.

Cassette tape cover.

The Best Kisser In Prague 🇨🇿

Amid the post-Revolution chaos of 1994 Prague, two expats determined to ‘kiss and run’ find their philosophy derailed by a single night of connection.

#WSPit #W #A #Hi #R #L
#WSPitWIPs

Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/7dB...

25.02.2026 12:53 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Now with correct hashtags!
#WSPit #H #horror #W #A #Q

25.02.2026 10:02 👍 55 🔁 29 💬 1 📌 0
Concrete background, dead flower field, hydroponic room, cottage, and a pair of shod feet touching. Words: Box City The Seed Keepers’ Zine The Destroyers

Concrete background, dead flower field, hydroponic room, cottage, and a pair of shod feet touching. Words: Box City The Seed Keepers’ Zine The Destroyers

Box City (WIP)

“…once alive with the color of flora you could never imagine; now there is only monotony.”

“Many have forgotten the truth of The Destroyers, but The Seed Keepers hold the memories of history and are the key to ending The Destroyers’ rule.”

#WSPit #W #A #SF #R #BIPOC #LGBT #Dis #ND

25.02.2026 09:24 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
Promo image of Dam Breakers. Two guys kissing, with aurora overhead and a fire elemental in front.

Promo image of Dam Breakers. Two guys kissing, with aurora overhead and a fire elemental in front.

"With the mysterious moon and the sparkling stars that dotted the unclouded night sky everywhere the aurora was not, it really looked like the sky was full of magic."

🚪Portal Fantasy
✨Unique magic system
🌈M/M love between worlds

Dam Breakers.
#WSPit #NA #P #F #R #LGBT #In

25.02.2026 09:01 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
The Etheri series by Sage T. Greene. 3 book covers over a desert background. Book 1 (Etheri) cover: a hand reaching up over a galaxy background. Book 2 (Alive) cover: a hand reaching down over a galaxy background. Book 3 (Sapphire) cover: Two hands holding a large blue gem over a galaxy background.

The Etheri series by Sage T. Greene. 3 book covers over a desert background. Book 1 (Etheri) cover: a hand reaching up over a galaxy background. Book 2 (Alive) cover: a hand reaching down over a galaxy background. Book 3 (Sapphire) cover: Two hands holding a large blue gem over a galaxy background.

When an introvert is caught between a criminal org and her village, she’ll have to find her voice and make a choice: her village, her friends, or herself

📚 Trilogy
♀️ FMC
🌌 Mana
💥 Combat
💬 Banter
🐺 Companions

Choose your retailer: linktr.ee/sagetgreene

#WSPit #P #WSPitPublished #NA #Action #F #In

25.02.2026 08:30 👍 82 🔁 47 💬 0 📌 0
A grid of 5 images, at the top the words "I DIDN'T EXPECT 'GO TO HELL' TO BE CAREER ADVICE" and at the bottom "HELL IS WORK" The images are, in order: 1 - An angel with a glowing orange halo casting him in a red light. 2 - A businessman stares at his shadow which has horns and a tail. 3 - The central image is a customized pentagram sigil with the name VIRGIL MORA around it in a circle 4 - A weeping man is crouched in a tunnel cut off from the light outside 5 - A man in a white suit is back-to-back with a man in a black suit. They are holding hands

A grid of 5 images, at the top the words "I DIDN'T EXPECT 'GO TO HELL' TO BE CAREER ADVICE" and at the bottom "HELL IS WORK" The images are, in order: 1 - An angel with a glowing orange halo casting him in a red light. 2 - A businessman stares at his shadow which has horns and a tail. 3 - The central image is a customized pentagram sigil with the name VIRGIL MORA around it in a circle 4 - A weeping man is crouched in a tunnel cut off from the light outside 5 - A man in a white suit is back-to-back with a man in a black suit. They are holding hands

"Virgil Mora burned in Hell. It was a pretty good job."

Virgil has 3 months to turn around a vampire ran Ohio gas station to save Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for, from a celestial pink slip. But old mistakes, come back to haunt him. Literally.

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

#WSPit #W #A #F #Hu #LGBT

25.02.2026 04:58 👍 127 🔁 72 💬 5 📌 1
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He’s dominant, he’s restrained, and he’s the one she can trust. 🐺
Little Wild Thing—because some loves are worth the wait. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

#RomanceBooks #ProtectiveHero #SinglePOV #RevPit
#Spicyromance
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24.02.2026 19:03 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The Cold War x Time Travel

When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK's role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed.

#WSPit #WSPitQuerying #Q #A #T #SF #Hi #revpit

25.02.2026 00:15 👍 35 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 0
Book cover for "Mark of the Jester" by B. van Bodegom (author of Dad Bodies). Dark fantasy novel. Features a split jester mask in black and white halves with a red smile on the white half. 'The' runs vertically down the center, with decorative silhouettes of roses framing the mask. High-contrast graphic design in black, white, and red.

Book cover for "Mark of the Jester" by B. van Bodegom (author of Dad Bodies). Dark fantasy novel. Features a split jester mask in black and white halves with a red smile on the white half. 'The' runs vertically down the center, with decorative silhouettes of roses framing the mask. High-contrast graphic design in black, white, and red.

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#WSPit #A #F #H #W

25.02.2026 05:09 👍 106 🔁 56 💬 5 📌 0
Black background with a curvy blue and cream blob smush. Presenting an agents guide to: AFTER THE BITE Genre: Horror, Post Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Romance

Black background with a curvy blue and cream blob smush. Presenting an agents guide to: AFTER THE BITE Genre: Horror, Post Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Romance

Black background with a curvy blue and cream blob smush. The pitch: When Erika emerges from a nearly calcified cocoon in a zombie filled basement, they find themself in a world of horror and carnage, and find themself capable of shifting their shape, even making weapons from their body. What Erika is missing is their memory, which they must recover while avoiding the nightly pull of a strange light only they can see around the spire in the center of persistence, the last human city in North America.

Black background with a curvy blue and cream blob smush. The pitch: When Erika emerges from a nearly calcified cocoon in a zombie filled basement, they find themself in a world of horror and carnage, and find themself capable of shifting their shape, even making weapons from their body. What Erika is missing is their memory, which they must recover while avoiding the nightly pull of a strange light only they can see around the spire in the center of persistence, the last human city in North America.

Black background with blood splatters Comp Titles: SPECIES X LAND OF THE DEAD Posters of both movies included. Tropes and Themes: MONSTER’S POV ZOMBIE POST-APOCALYPSE SURVIVING WALLED CITY MAD SCIENTIST HORRIBLE EXPERIMENTS BODY HORROR CHANCE ENCOUNTER TO ROMANCE ROTTEN CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD Pictures of some of the above.

Black background with blood splatters Comp Titles: SPECIES X LAND OF THE DEAD Posters of both movies included. Tropes and Themes: MONSTER’S POV ZOMBIE POST-APOCALYPSE SURVIVING WALLED CITY MAD SCIENTIST HORRIBLE EXPERIMENTS BODY HORROR CHANCE ENCOUNTER TO ROMANCE ROTTEN CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD Pictures of some of the above.

Black background with a semi-transparent landscape picture of a city at night Excerpt: I push out against the hardness in front of me. It resists, but only for a few moments. Cracking and crunching noises fill my senses where only the beats were. I push harder. It fights me, but i cannot stop. Cracks appear in front of me and… whatever it is i’m in is breached. Light and air flood over me and i gasp, drawing in lungfuls of air to sate the burning. Thu-dump! Thu-dump! My heart calms now that i have air, but it still beats rapidly. I still have to get out, i am in danger here! Get out and get up! How do i know all this? I push again, harder now that i’m breathing again. The cracks widen… and then i’m falling forward out of a large tear. My whole world tumbles, and then i’m half laying on a cold, rough, dirty floor, half hanging out of my vacated prison. I draw in another breath and start coughing, expelling dark liquid out of my lungs, but i am breathing fully and properly now.

Black background with a semi-transparent landscape picture of a city at night Excerpt: I push out against the hardness in front of me. It resists, but only for a few moments. Cracking and crunching noises fill my senses where only the beats were. I push harder. It fights me, but i cannot stop. Cracks appear in front of me and… whatever it is i’m in is breached. Light and air flood over me and i gasp, drawing in lungfuls of air to sate the burning. Thu-dump! Thu-dump! My heart calms now that i have air, but it still beats rapidly. I still have to get out, i am in danger here! Get out and get up! How do i know all this? I push again, harder now that i’m breathing again. The cracks widen… and then i’m falling forward out of a large tear. My whole world tumbles, and then i’m half laying on a cold, rough, dirty floor, half hanging out of my vacated prison. I draw in another breath and start coughing, expelling dark liquid out of my lungs, but i am breathing fully and properly now.

Good Morning #WSPit!
I present to you, for your consideration, an #Agentsguide to:

AFTER THE BITE (SPECIES X LAND OF THE DEAD)

A brand new project in the final stages of drafting.
🧟 👾 🩸 ☠️

#WSPit #W #A #H #SF #R #C

25.02.2026 08:07 👍 52 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 1
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Pagans x Strike

After a celebrity author builds a Stonehenge replica, a sleepy English town becomes obsessed with Paganism and the occult. As rival cults clash violently in the streets, two writers must join forces to discover the cause. Before the killings start.

#WSPit #WSPitWIPs #W #A #PN #F

25.02.2026 00:30 👍 34 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
Background, Flying sail ships amids obscuring clouds. presenting an Agents Guide to: Cavern Clipper. Status: first draft being edited Image Credit: “The Stormriders: Steampunk Pirates” by neko1206 on Deviantart.

Background, Flying sail ships amids obscuring clouds. presenting an Agents Guide to: Cavern Clipper. Status: first draft being edited Image Credit: “The Stormriders: Steampunk Pirates” by neko1206 on Deviantart.

Background, cavern lit up by bright orange-yellow light. The Pitch: A RECENTLY DECEASED HUMAN (SAM) AND A FORMERLY CAPTIVE CERUNAN (NYXEL) NEED TO DELIVER A MESSAGE CRITICAL TO HUMANITY’S SURVIVAL, ARE THROWN TOGETHER ON A PIRATE HUNTER SHIP AND ARE BEING PURSUED BY A RELENTLESS PIRATE FLEET - BUT THE LIVING MAZE OF CAVERNS THEY MUST TRAVERSE TO GET THERE MAY BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE PIRATES.

Background, cavern lit up by bright orange-yellow light. The Pitch: A RECENTLY DECEASED HUMAN (SAM) AND A FORMERLY CAPTIVE CERUNAN (NYXEL) NEED TO DELIVER A MESSAGE CRITICAL TO HUMANITY’S SURVIVAL, ARE THROWN TOGETHER ON A PIRATE HUNTER SHIP AND ARE BEING PURSUED BY A RELENTLESS PIRATE FLEET - BUT THE LIVING MAZE OF CAVERNS THEY MUST TRAVERSE TO GET THERE MAY BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE PIRATES.

Background, massive square cavern in background with small forest and deer in foreground. Comps: TREASURE PLANET X A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH X THE LAST EXILE Tropes and themes: • TRANSMIGRATION (ISEKAI) • AIRSHIPS • PIRATES • CAT AND MOUSE BATTLES • A MESSAGE THAT MUST BE DELIVERED!

Background, massive square cavern in background with small forest and deer in foreground. Comps: TREASURE PLANET X A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH X THE LAST EXILE Tropes and themes: • TRANSMIGRATION (ISEKAI) • AIRSHIPS • PIRATES • CAT AND MOUSE BATTLES • A MESSAGE THAT MUST BE DELIVERED!

Background, Cavern with a skull face being watched by a woman. Excerpt: “CAPTAIN!” SAM SHOUTED AND POINTED TO THE SIGHT. HE SAW HER REACT, BUT DIDN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HER RESPONSE WOULD BE. INSTEAD HE SPUN AROUND TO TRY AND FIND NYXEL. HE SPOTTED HER ON THE MAINMAST, SCANNING THE DECK AND LOOKING FOR TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY. “NYXEL! THE CABLE!” SAM SHOUTED. HE SAW HER HEAD SNAP TOWARDS HIM AND HE POINTED TOWARDS WHERE THE LAST CABLE WAS EMBEDDED INTO THE DECK, THEN SWUNG HIS HAND AROUND TO THE SLOOP. SHE FOLLOWED HIS HAND, THEN NODDED AT HIM AND LAUNCHED BACK INTO THE AIR, GRACEFULLY CURVING TOWARDS THE SLOOP ONE FINAL TIME.

Background, Cavern with a skull face being watched by a woman. Excerpt: “CAPTAIN!” SAM SHOUTED AND POINTED TO THE SIGHT. HE SAW HER REACT, BUT DIDN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HER RESPONSE WOULD BE. INSTEAD HE SPUN AROUND TO TRY AND FIND NYXEL. HE SPOTTED HER ON THE MAINMAST, SCANNING THE DECK AND LOOKING FOR TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY. “NYXEL! THE CABLE!” SAM SHOUTED. HE SAW HER HEAD SNAP TOWARDS HIM AND HE POINTED TOWARDS WHERE THE LAST CABLE WAS EMBEDDED INTO THE DECK, THEN SWUNG HIS HAND AROUND TO THE SLOOP. SHE FOLLOWED HIS HAND, THEN NODDED AT HIM AND LAUNCHED BACK INTO THE AIR, GRACEFULLY CURVING TOWARDS THE SLOOP ONE FINAL TIME.

Good Morning #WSPit!
I present to you, for your consideration, an #Agentsguide to:

CAVERN CLIPPER (TREASURE PLANET x JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH x THE LAST EXILE)
🏴‍☠️ ⛵

#WSPit #W #A #SF #F

25.02.2026 08:34 👍 50 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 1
"Hat" Coming soon. Moodboard - pics of the moon, Luna moth, deer skull, a stag at night, a bonfire, The Hatman and someone being plagued by Shadows

"Hat" Coming soon. Moodboard - pics of the moon, Luna moth, deer skull, a stag at night, a bonfire, The Hatman and someone being plagued by Shadows

DONNIE DARKO X THE EXORCIST

Chris has always been haunted by Shadows, but now, after encountering the Hatman, he is possessed.
🍂 New England
💽 2000s
🖤 Goth kids
🌕 Moon Stuff
🧹 Witch Craft
😈 Eldritch Beings
Coming to a #RevPit near you.
#WISPit #H #Q #W #A

25.02.2026 05:30 👍 54 🔁 24 💬 4 📌 1

The Best Kisser in Prague

Amid the post-Revolution chaos of 1994 Prague, two expats determined to ‘kiss and run’ find their philosophy derailed by a single night of connection.

#WSPit #W #A #Hi #R #L
#WSPitWIPs

25.02.2026 07:11 👍 38 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0

If you're on the fence about doing #RevPit, DO IT! It's a great way to be accountable for whipping that WIP into shiny shape, and thinking through the pesky elements: synopsis, comps, query, etc. The #editors are fantastic and the community is supportive and fun! DO IT!

22.02.2026 12:57 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Not sure if I'll be ready in time, but I'm crossing all my fingers because I LOVE #RevPit!! And what a motivator!
I have my editors chosen, just in case.

21.02.2026 12:15 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
RevPit: Participating Editor Announcements Coming Friday! Are you ready for our 10th Annual Contest? www.reviseresub.com

RevPit: Participating Editor Announcements Coming Friday! Are you ready for our 10th Annual Contest? www.reviseresub.com

This Friday! Who's ready to meet our annual contest #RevPit editors? In the coming weeks, each will host an #AskEditor session where you'll be able to ask about their wishlist, editing process, and more!

17.02.2026 14:51 👍 53 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 4
Images: 15 small shots of Prague, a young woman and a young man, a tram, old cars, cassette tapes, a record player; The Best Kisser in Prague

Images: 15 small shots of Prague, a young woman and a young man, a tram, old cars, cassette tapes, a record player; The Best Kisser in Prague

The Best Kisser in Prague

🇨🇿 A crossroads in history
🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 Gritty slow-burn ♥️

#Cupit #W #A #NA #R
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity

14.02.2026 18:54 👍 34 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0