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East Coast writer, West Coast roots / thriller - horror - mystery / stories: https://linktr.ee/frances_hope

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My husband just asked whether a hot dog is a taco, and I think I'm done for the day.

01.03.2026 17:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I'm remembering correctly, I did ... after having written it a second time!

07.02.2026 01:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That happened to me once ... and I'm pretty sure I *had* written scene ๐Ÿ˜ญ

06.02.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching verified real humans doing amazing things is the best part of the Olympics. I will never marvel at something a hunk of code can do. But pair skaters sticking the landing in perfect unison because they've trained their whole lives for this very moment? Now THAT brings a tear to my eye.

06.02.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep yep!

01.02.2026 14:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun!!

01.02.2026 00:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the Miss Congeniality comp!

31.01.2026 23:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just boosting the #questpit pitch for my dual-timeline, multi-POV novel about love, commitment, and outsourced coervice control ...

31.01.2026 23:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love her so much.

#catherineohara

31.01.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Posting again for the later crew.

#QuestPit #W #A #MY #PR #T

31.01.2026 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ‘

31.01.2026 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seven bodies. One sealed room. When a detective investigates deaths at the abandoned Harrow Institute, nothing adds upโ€”especially one detail she canโ€™t explain. The partner synths tied to the victims should have decommissioned within 96 minutes. They didnโ€™t.
#QUESTPIT #Q #A #S #SF #MY

31.01.2026 15:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love this premise!!

31.01.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A pirate mystery!? Amazing!

31.01.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great title (obviously)!

31.01.2026 15:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun!

31.01.2026 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the comps!

31.01.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool idea!

31.01.2026 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun premise!

31.01.2026 13:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds like fun!

31.01.2026 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The murderous moths are a YES

31.01.2026 11:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gorgeous mood board courtesy of @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social!

31.01.2026 05:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great vibes on this one!

31.01.2026 05:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This looks fun!!

31.01.2026 05:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BABEL ON CALLISTO

Querying February 2025 

@saraduranauthor
sara.duran@bsky.social

COMPS 
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled โ€œisolated research stationโ€ and โ€œphilosophical alien threat.โ€
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled โ€œqueer, visceral horrorโ€ and โ€œlove as a consuming force.โ€
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled โ€œpsychological unravelingโ€ and โ€œfracture under mission pressure.โ€

PITCH 
โ€œOn a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice.

As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live.

But the ice is thinning.โ€

TASTE 
โ€œNeither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall.

They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Eliasโ€™s imagination, the gore thinned into something vasterโ€”the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens.

As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.โ€

BABEL ON CALLISTO Querying February 2025 @saraduranauthor sara.duran@bsky.social COMPS The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled โ€œisolated research stationโ€ and โ€œphilosophical alien threat.โ€ The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled โ€œqueer, visceral horrorโ€ and โ€œlove as a consuming force.โ€ The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled โ€œpsychological unravelingโ€ and โ€œfracture under mission pressure.โ€ PITCH โ€œOn a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.โ€ TASTE โ€œNeither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Eliasโ€™s imagination, the gore thinned into something vasterโ€”the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.โ€

Coming soon to agent inboxes!

โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

๐Ÿ’ซtwo exiled men (and their secrets)
๐Ÿ’ซone lunar prison (and its horrors)
๐Ÿ’ซa cosmic entity that wants them dead
๐Ÿ’ซthe love theyโ€™ll lose if they donโ€™t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit

31.01.2026 05:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 213 ๐Ÿ” 114 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When marauders menace her village, an empath-scholar leads an odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a rumored key to peace, before her people are obliterated.

Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built

๐Ÿ”ฎ #EarthMagic #tarot
๐ŸŒช๏ธ #CliFi
๐ŸŒท #Hopepunk
#S #Q
#Questpit #booksky

31.01.2026 05:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 167 ๐Ÿ” 73 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'll try!! ;-)

31.01.2026 05:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chess is a reaper-in-training. Her boyfriend is possessed by death itself. One impossible choice: save the world or save the boy she loves. As ghosts rise and rogue reapers hunt her, Chess must embrace her powers or lose everything. #questpit #YA #Q #F #PR #Disability

31.01.2026 05:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 80 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I added you to my list! Good luck :).

31.01.2026 05:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool, I added you to my list!

31.01.2026 05:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0