Athena's Cat

Writer of fiction. Petter of cats.

[Athena's Cat @Athenas_Cat]

What does it mean to have a disabling mental illness? Young artist can hold the universe in her mind but has to navigate her coming of age with bipolar disorder. It threatens to steal everything: family, friends, career, identity, and life. #pitmad #A #MH #Dis #Own #upmarket

[Pamela Kaval - Author Actor Filmmaker @KavalAuthorActs]

LAND BEFORE TIME x ICE AGE
When prehistoric predators threaten the survival of two orphaned tortoises & a giant ground sloth, the trio embarks on a dangerous & humorous adventure that holds the secret to how tortoises arrived on the Galapagos Islands.
#PitMad #MG #STEM #F #AD

[Athena's Cat @Athenas_Cat]

Young artist’s secrets from Grandma who raised her: men, school, money, commitment to state mental hospital. Grandma has secrets too, some dating back 50 y.
Intimate. Complex family bonds. Identity.
EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU x THE BELL JAR
#pitmad #A #MH #Dis #Own #upmarket

[Stefanie Gilmour @StefGilmour]

Alex's Recipe for a Disaster

🐺 1 pack Punk Rock Werewolves
🤜🤛💋2 Ride or Die Friends
😍 1 Yummy-smelling Wizard
👊 a dash of Feminist Fisticuffs

Combine with a Secret Mind-altering Organization. Serve hot with a side of Kicking the Patriarchy in the Teeth.

#PitMad #A #F #UF

[Maia✨ @MaiaCWrites]

18 y/o Nadya must learn a banned ancient magic to save her birth planet and the chance to return to Earth.

💫Trip across the universe
🔮Crystal-based, celestial magic
🌌Messages written in the stars
🧑‍🤝‍🧑Unlikely pairings
💥Prisoner w/ taste for vengeance⏰

#PitMad #YA #F #AD

[Sloan Sparrow @SloanSparrow]

A queer 17y/o dies in an accident, only to be stuck in limbo haunting the halls of her former high school when she uncovers a corrupt secret society that she must somehow find a way to stop before they merge the world of the living and dead. #PitMad #YA #F #PR #OWN #LGBT #ND #DIS

[Julie S. @BookOfJules]

BEFORE I FALL x EVERY DAY x OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS
Each day, Molly wakes up a day closer to the fire that torched her face. And each day, she wakes up as someone-or something-else. To stop the fire from torching her body, she must burn someone else’s whole life. #PitMad #YA #SPF #CON

[Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus]

#PitMad #PB: Punished in his native Portugal for practicing #Judaism, Dr. Samuel Nunes escapes to London; in 1733 he sails to Savannah, Georgia, where he helps establish the new colony's first #Jewish community—& treats patients felled by a pandemic. #History #Biography

[Tamara MC, PhD •Author •Academic •Artist •Activist @TamaraMCPhD]

CHILD BRIDE: When I'm 5, my Jewish father converts to Islam & joins a cult. As the chosen child, the cult leader requests I live with him, his kids, & 3 wives. I become his child domestic servant. His adopted son marries me when I'm 12.
#PitMad #A #Mem #POC #OWN #IRMC #IMM #MH

[Athena's Cat @Athenas_Cat]

Aspiring artist with bipolar disorder makes all the wrong decisions, hides behind lies, and puts her relationships, future, and even her life at risk. #pitmad #A #MH #Dis #Own

[Athena's Cat @Athenas_Cat]

I think I’m in love

[Alexis Gay @yayalexisgay]

when you love the em-dash