#mspw: dystopian

[moondust-bard]

The Hunger Games X greek mythology

Zenith Code

In the midst of infertility, war, and famine, the Gould Administration restored equilibrium to New America, his dominion a blessing—at first. To cull the blossoming rebellion, President Gould’s scientists concocted a scheme: man-made gods, products of human ingenuity, to protect us from ourselves. Styled after ancient greek deities, these “gods-on-earth” will quell the rebel dregs and enforce the totalitarian Gould regime. Or do they merely serve a monster hiding beneath an ambitious man’s skin?

Theander— or Zeus, as the world knows him— Captain of Basement Zero’s unearthly inhabitants, must decide this for himself, or risk losing the only family and home he’s known.

Themes

• greed & wealth

• family — found & biological

• loyalty & duty

• inner vs. outer strength

• law & justice

• heroism — or the perception of

• identity & self

Current Stage in Writing Process: world-building & character-building

Content warnings

• death

• violence

• childhood psychological abuse

Want to know more? Find the wip intro here!

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[words-after-midnight]

[FRANKENSTEIN x BREAKING BAD]

SUPERNOVA

What if you held the key to the Earth's salvation... and its potential destruction?

An eccentric Montreal chemistry professor is rumored to have isolated a dangerous theoretical compound with powerful implications for the energy sector. Despite her many warnings, her new PhD students, seeing strong potential for a solution to the advanced climate crisis threatening life on Earth within a few decades at most, decide to investigate the claims. By doing so, they ignite the spark to an unstoppable chain reaction of passion and pride, power and corruption, and unintended consequences they never could have anticipated.

Themes:

Climate crisis

Governance and corruption

Ethical dilemma

Scientific responsibility

Socioeconomic inequalities

Obsession

Power

Current stage in production: Outlining/zero-drafting

WIP links:

Supernova tag

Inspiration/reblogs

Inspo playlist

Content warnings: I do not have a full list of CWs yet because the story is not drafted, but depictions of various effects of the climate crisis (eg. natural disasters, exacerbated inequalities, displacement) are included, death/grief are addressed at points, and there's some violence, including institutional violence.

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[laurabwrites]

Pitch Week - And Other Botanical Artifacts

Comp titles: Eclipse Phase, The Road

Title of book: And Other Botanical Artifacts

Blurb:

Six years ago, nanomachines ate what they could, nukes fell, and Izzy got left behind. Today, her crops are failing but there’s finally someone with a ride off this gods-forsaken planet. Now she just needs to keep this gang who think they’re Ocean’s Eleven from turning into the Keystone Cops before they’re willing to give her a lift. The dead octopus is embarrassed at his gang’s incompetence, Izzy would really like someone to tell her what they’re looking for, and the dog is just happy to be going for walkies. All 1,800 kilometers of walkies.

Current Stage in Writing Process: 3rd Draft/Editing(!!)

Content warnings:

violence, environmental disaster, speciesism, food insecurity, mentions of past childhood abuse, harm to animals, past trauma, temporary death, permanent death, drug use, mildly suicidal thoughts, corpses and mutilation of corpses

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[new-royston-cursebreakers]

Moon + Seraph Pitch Week:

Comp titles: Gulliver’s Travels and Hadestown

The Curse of New Royston

The small town of New Royston is cursed: wealth correlates with physical size. 20-foot-tall Gio Violett, a sophomore recovering from a near-death experience, encounters 1-foot-tall Cricket Collins, a freshman who’s been left to fend for himself as his parents try to save up enough money to bring him out of town. Fed up with the town’s unofficial segregation, the two of them agree to try to break the curse.

But the closer they get to their goal, the more they uncover the town’s gruesome history. Danger stems from the least likely places, from political conspiracies to supernatural forces, from the shady figure that seems to always be on Gio’s heels to the reason why Cricket’s parents left in the first place; soon, it becomes clear that their, and their friends’, lives and livelihoods depend on breaking the curse.

Themes

Trust

Family, both blood and found

Identity/self-perception

History, discovery, and retellings

Community

Current Stage in Writing Process

Currently on third draft, ironing out scenes and fixing grammar, spelling, and tone.

WIP-Relevant Links

Sideblog is @new-royston-cursebreakers

Content Warnings

Violence (asphyxiation, blood, gore, amputation, burn wounds, assault, child abuse, police violence)

Discrimination (classism, ableism, queerphobia, ageism)

Religion

Strong Language

Mentally-disturbing content (dissociation, unreality, paranoia, claustrophobia, anxiety, trauma, brain injury)

Bugs

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[writeintrees]

Moon + Seraph Pitch Week

multiPOV SpellHacker X House of the Scorpion X Uglies

AN ECHO OF SAPPHIRE

Ari enters the city owned by Tuin Corp to enroll in a certificate program. She quickly learns that the company doesn’t like people asking questions, and keeping her head down isn’t in her nature. She befriends a fellow classmate, the non-binary Moth, who introduces her to an underground resistance movement. Through a series of broken laws, they learn what Tuin Corp is really up to, and a secret that turns Ari’s life upside down.

rebelling against oppression, finding family where you are, friends to QPR, activism, hurt/comfort

currently in the beginning of revisions. will be looking for beta readers at the end of April.

CWs: non-consentual drug use, flashbacks, police brutality, adult kidnapping, terminal illness, death, implied death of babies

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[tzipor-feather-blog]

Moon+Seraph Pitch Week

Comp titles

Catalyst from Insignia Trilogy

Title of book, series, or the project’s current working title

Singularity

Blurb (5 sentences or less) OR Logline (1 sentence)

A funny envision of how Singularity would be if it weren't only for humans.

Themes (limit 7)

Sci-fi, Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Dystopian

Current Stage in Writing Process

First draft

Art related to wip (limit 1)

None

Wip-relevant links

Singularity

Content warnings (optional, but highly recommended)

Strong language, Speciesism

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[moon-and-seraph]

M+S Pitch Week: List of Hashtags

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