Katharine Klausing Howe

Wife, kid and dog mom, aspiring author. Integrity matters. "Love is more powerful than hate. Hope is more powerful than fear. Light is more powerful than dark."

[Katharine Klausing Howe @HoweKlausing]

GIVER X ORPHAN BLACK

The nation is transforming; loyalties are turning gray. Emilie thinks she’s ordinary, but she’s not—she’s being hunted for things she cannot change. Her abilities were hidden to protect her. Was it a mistake?
Sci. Ethics #Speculative #YA #DS #SH #LSF #SFFpit

[Katharine Klausing Howe @HoweKlausing]

@fedowar The beginning — world building without bogging down the story is my slowest part.

[JE Sumerau @JSumerau]

Children of Blood & Bone, but with a southeastern US flavor

The Hobbit, but with a pinch of Southern Gothic mysticism

The days of the Cephers are all but forgotten, but their return amidst a long foretold conflict rests in one girl’s desire to know her origins #SFFpit #YA

[Pamela Kaval - Author Actor Filmmaker @KavalAuthorActs]

LAND BEFORE TIME x GERONIMO STILTON
When 2 young tortoises are abandoned, they must leave their once safe mudhole or be eaten by saber toothed cats. A friendly giant ground sloth helps with a terror bird attack, but they must traverse the ocean to survive.
#SFFpit #MG #HF #AD #AC

[Cassandra Reiman @CassandraPeak]

Many of the poems express her lifelong struggles between depression, abuse, and being autistic. It is the hope, that as a reader, they too can read along and find remnants of themselves written on paper.

https://t.co/SCjf42xlOf

#poetrycommunity #poetrybook #poet #POEMS

[chelseasworldofbooks @chellysbooks]

🏰 A notorious family of fierce castle guards
🐉 a dragon who can't seem to be ferocious
🤴 a knight
👸 a princess
📓 and the power of the library...

What will one dragon do to make his family proud?

#SFFpit #PB #FA

[Katharine Klausing Howe @HoweKlausing]

A fracturing world…
A girl who doesn’t know she's different…
A network protecting her from the truth—and from those hunting her because of it.

We rely on others to know the past—but what aren’t we seeing? How do we choose who to believe?
#SFFpit #YA #DS #SH

[Comps & Calls @comps_and_calls]

The 12th #shortstory contest open for #stories of no more than 1500 words
No set theme
£3 entry fee - £40 for the best and publication in Secret Attic Booklet

Selected entries also published
Closes 28th Feb

https://t.co/Gzl2BMMlRE

[Jennifer Hotes @JenniferLHotes]

WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE + GHOST ADVENTURES

A witch is buried beneath a tree. Soul condemned, magic tethered to the dirt, she won’t be free until the birch is destroyed. Megan’s father died trying, ax in hand. And now she is having nightmares. #SFFpit #A #lgbt

[Katharine Klausing Howe @HoweKlausing]

GIVER X ORPHAN BLACK
Loyalties are shifting; the nation's transforming. Emilie’s mutated abilities were hidden to protect her, but she thinks she’s ordinary. Amidst power struggles, she’s being hunted. Is she safer not knowing the truth?
#Speculative #YA #DS #SH #LSF #SFFpit

[Joanna Delooze @josiejo127]

1 dead dad naming her as 1st female to lead the family business-bad.
Legit medicine production -good.
Underground street drug manufacturing-bad.
Galaxy wide wars & resource stealing-worse
Can she outwit the assassins &  make the family name something to be proud of?#SFFpit #YA

[Bethany Simonsen @Bethanyrambles]

Fueled by her need for revenge against her mom's abusers, Senestre sets an elaborate plan into motion, cursing baby Aurora.

But when she discovers her mom's secrets, she'll find that her fate is tied up with Aurora's, and she may have just cursed herself as well. #SFFpit #A #FA

[Lizz Donnelly @LizzDonnelly]

The apocalyptic aftermath of WWI leaves power vacuum. With a generation of men lost to the war, three women emerge as leaders- one runs a camp of survivors, one hopes to rebuild the SIS, and one is dead set on a new empire. All of them want Tesla's Death Ray. #SFFPIT #AH #A

[Katharine Klausing Howe @HoweKlausing]

GIVER X ORPHAN BLACK
Even for a Regenerant, Emilie is special, but not knowing truth leaves her vulnerable to those who would use her to increase their power in a fracturing nation. Will she see her foes before they ensnare her?
Sci. Ethics #Speculative #YA #DS #SH #LSF #SFFpit

[M. Kenzie @mackenziwrites]

Magic is dead, killed by the king that Melanie serves. Yet when a royal dies and magic returns, Melanie must fight battles on all sides unless she wants to lose her head. Literally. All the while, she's fighting a forbidden love that she can't seem to deny. #SFFpit #YA #FR

[Migs Dionne @MigsDionne]

THE NOWHERE GIRLS X BROKEN CROWNS

17 y/o Rosi's life was complicated before the King accused the brothel girls of driving the moon goddess away. They must prove their innocence before they lose not only their reputation, but their lives. #SFFpit #YA #OWN for #LGBT & #MeToo

[Author Nina Castle 📚 @castlemantra]

Love or laws – only one will remain unbroken.

Romeo & Juliet w/ racial tensions between humans and fay. #YA #UF #FR #SFFpit

[Wilder Crow - @wightcrow on BlueSky & Threads @WightCrow]

1984+HUNGER GAMES+PRINCESS BRIDE
It started as a simple love story: 1 guy, 1 gal, and 1 government mind-control chip. Add out-of-control agents and an underground rebellion—not to mention betrayal & ptsd—and this meet just got a whole lot less cute.
#SFFpit #YA #SFT #SFR #DS #MH

[Nancy West @nancywestbooks]

SLEEPY HOLLOW x MEXICAN GOTHIC
🐜Decaying house on a wind-swept island
🦅Twisted Taxidermist
💀A Deathbed Promise
🖤Art vs Love
🔪Mysterious Murders
👻Death meets the Sublime
🕷️Hudson River Gothic
#SFFpit #YA #FA #HF

[Katharine Klausing Howe @HoweKlausing]

GIVER X ORPHAN BLACK

Being normal is Emilie’s goal, but it’s one she’ll never achieve. She knows nothing of her differences or that she’s being hunted for them. The world around her is falling apart—but when will she see it?
Science Ethics #Speculative #YA #DS #SH #LSF #SFFpit