BPD officer Omar Rodriguez has fatally shot two Baltimore residents in less than a year baltimorebeat.com/bpd-officer-...
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BPD officer Omar Rodriguez has fatally shot two Baltimore residents in less than a year baltimorebeat.com/bpd-officer-...
"People say they want Black love stories celebrated, but that often only means certain kinds — the palatable kinds," writes Roxanne Taylor. baltimorebeat.com/black-urban-...
🎉Announcing the dates for #PitchDis 2026! 🎉
Pitch dates for #writers - September 8-10
Request dates for #agents and #editors - September 15-18
For more information, click on the link below.
www.pitchdis.com/pitchdis-2026
Young Baltimore writers share their favorite literary spaces in the city baltimorebeat.com/young-baltim...
Although Ricks has sung and played music all over the East Coast, at her core, she’s “just a woman from Baltimore, born in Baltimore, who decided to start singing the blues.” baltimorebeat.com/remember-me-...
A painting of a woman with flowing hair posing with a bicycle. The woman wears a tan sun visor and a billowy blue dress. The bicycle is yellow. It has a basket on the front filled with flowers and a fluffy white dog.
A Black woman wearing a black top and denim jeans poses at the Baltimore Museum of Art. A piece of artwork can be seen in the background.
A painting of a Black man posing on a bright green John Deere tractor.
Standing before Amy Sherald’s work, you must learn to stretch; many of her canvases require the reorientation of your perspective, inspire you to become more flexible about your vantage, crane your neck upward in reverence to the quiet opulence of lives well lived. baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs...
People admire a quilt. It has lots of bright yellow and navy blue in it -- Coppin State University's school colors. In the center, a dark figure wears a dress with the words "everyone watches women's sports" on it
The women upholding Baltimore’s tradition as a quilt city baltimorebeat.com/the-women-up...
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence baltimorebeat.com/a-journey-th...
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
Protestors turn from Pratt Street and block traffic on Calvert Street.
How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
A person holds up a brightly colored quilt
The African American Quilters of Baltimore is a vibrant guild of artists and craftspeople focused on sharing the tradition of quiltmaking as an expression of Black cultural heritage. baltimorebeat.com/the-women-up...
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END
When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.
#QuestPit #A #H #MY #Q
Book cover: Killer Quill by Shida Ketzer Themes & tropes: crossed out "Romance", replaced with "Found Family" Assassin FMC Color Magic Epic Fight Scenes Touch her & you'll die! Fantasy Heist Feral Feminine Rage BIPOC & LGBTQIA+
Shida Ketzer Killer Quill (Colors Eternal) 5-star rating Message on the right: "Get Killer Quill. Cheaper than coffee & lasts longer!" Book cover: A (badass-looking!) woman in a red coat holding a silver quill in one hand (black smoke swirling around it), and a bloody dagger in the other. Many daggers are strapped to her belt. The cover is black & red, with black veins. It's a gorgeous cover, trust me! Made entirely by humans. An open book symbol below which is the kindle (e-book) edition price is a bit above 3 £ Available instantly A steaming cup of coffee below which is the Paperback price 9.91 £
🗡️Murdered in cold blood & resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes a formidable assassin. As her latest mission sparks a higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life.🪶
#questpit #P #A #SFF #F #LBGT #BIPOC
Sager x MEX GOTHIC w/o the mold and gore
When a tormented writer treks to his mountain estate to write his next novel, a sentient house, an intruder, and a psychopath collide. He must unearth the key to this madness, or his sister will arrive in time to write his eulogy.
#QuestPit #Q Psych #T #H #A
Editor’s Guide To: The Things We Run For YA Drama Mystery with Romance 94k Words Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media
4/13/1996 Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.
What we know: -Runaway in Hiding -Fake Identity (turned real identity) -Mental Health Rep -Genderfluid and Pan Rep -Found Family -90s Small-Town Nostalgia At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys
6/23/1996 “The Hills have Eyes” There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook. In the bottom right, it says Going on submission in 2026
#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSubmission 2026!)
Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe?
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#AG #OS #OWN #LGBT
Gothic manor, watching eye, Cornish coast, ornate key, handwritten letter, locked door in 6-panel collage
WHERE ECHOES WAIT #W #A #H #LF
Sarah Waters meets Shirley Jackson.
For readers of:
📖 MEXICAN GOTHIC
📖 THE LITTLE STRANGER
📖 REBECCA
📖 PIRANESI
A woman falls in love with a house. She cannot quite tell whether the feeling is mutual.
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AMARI x LOKI
Kori, 12, finds herself stuck in a cryfest & painful menty b's after her mom dies
When a meteor opens a portal, doppelgängers chase her. Kori learns their fates are bound & her grief transcends the multiverse
Now, Kori must save herself — from herself!
#QuestPit #MG #S #SF #Q #POC
SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE
When grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.
#questpit #SF #Q #D
A HUMAN BURDEN LANDSCAPE POSTER
--A HUMAN BURDEN--
A short story anthology that delves into a multitude of wide-ranging burdens. From the burden of obligation to the burden of tradition, each story brings a new complexity, a new weight to bear, and a distinct struggle to overcome.
#QuestPit #W #U #LF
"Hat" 84K cosmic horror. Join the beta. Querying soon. Pitch: Chris is cursed to see Shadow people since almost dying as a child. Now, as the new MILLENNIUM dawns they are INCREASING in FREQUENCY and GAINING power. His peers think he is psychotic, The Red Eyed God in the woods speak of a great change, and a HATEFUL shadow wearing a hat seeks to use him for his own ends. Tropes: 2000's setting Space and Nature WitchCraft Spooky New ENgland Stoner Goth kids Madness possession Vibe Comps: The Bababook, Donnie Darko, The Exorcist
THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO
Chris is haunted by Shadows since almost dying.
They are increasing in power.
A Red Eyed God talks of change.
A Shadow with a hat seeks to use him for his dark purposes.
🍂 New England
💽 2000's nostalgia
🧹 Witchcraft
🌕️ Cosmic Horror
#Questpit #H #Agentsguide
Thread of my #questpit posts 🤍
Illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.
🌈Asexual spec MC
🦊Heart-devouring fox demon bard x demon hunter
🌦️Devious sunshine x softhearted grump
🪕Inspired by Chinese music and mythology
🌖Morally gray yet kind MC
❤️Slow burn romance
🏔️Chinese demons, immortals, and magic
#questpit #A #F #OWN #Asian #LGBT
A guide to Gin and Fog. 87,000 word historical mystery written by a former police officer who has studied early forensics. For fans of; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, The Alienist by Caleb Carr, The Strings of Murder Oscar de Muriel. Historcial Background. The Pitch 1877 Scotland, and a mixed-race Detective Sergeant. The wife of a well-known psychic claims a mythical Celtic creature intends to kill her, pitting myth against scientific belief. She turns to the Black Heathers, a gang of female criminals for protection, but they have their hands full dealing with governmental colonial interests more corrupt than their own. New research has uncovered at last three mixed-race police officers in the UK from the 1830s onwards. One reached Superintendent rank in the 1840s. In the period in which this book is set Scotland had a mixed-race MP. The book aims cast light on forgotten history, putting new flesh on old bones. “Enough,”McIntosh’s voice hardened. “My sergeant speaks two languages and has a degree in sciences from the Sorbonne. I’m lucky he’s not white, because he’d never do a job like this if he was. No force in the country has a sergeant with such an education. That’s an end to this nonsense, General. He might be your musty-whatever you called him, but he’s our respected colleague. I won’t have it.”
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Counter-narrative historical mystery
✨️ Mixed-race detective in 1870s Scotland
✨️ Female criminal gang
✨️Colonial interests running counter to justice
✨️ Complex mystery set around the world of Victorian theatricals
✨️ Woman fighting extradition as Scots law gave her more rights
Woman with black eye and tape over her mouth that says SPEAK
I asked for protection from my abuser & was told I had no proof. He made false claim about my miscarriage & I was arrested--also without proof.
True story of being silenced by justice.
#Questpit #Q #NF #M #OWN
A black flag with the title What God Made Shark in white lettering. A crow sits atop the 'G' and the background shows a starry night sky
Zail, a slave who becomes a sky pirate, must work with Tadgh, a dragoon of the holy empire to follow the Witch of the Sea and find a map holding the power of the stars. Along the way they teach each other that freedom isn't something you're given; it's something you take.
#Questpit #HF #LGBT #Q
It is! My two protagonists have a summer winter motif going on that highlights the similarities and differences between their home islands. We even get a fun scene where one of them sees snow for the first time.
Spent the past 3 months deep in editing trying to make What God Made Shark the best it can be. Really excited to get back into another round of pitches now that the hard work is done.
#questpit Q&A Join us Friday, January 23rd 2026 at 12PM EST for a q&a!
It’s almost time for our first #questpit event of the year! To prepare, we’re hosting a Q&A tomorrow at 12PM EST!
