Cailin Barrett-Bressack

Kicking off 2026 with a re-intro! I’m Cailin, a writer focused on grounded spec fic. Current projects: 🐐The Magic of Now, about a woman reincarnated as a goat, and the cult her sister infiltrates to figure out why, and 🐦Pigeon WIP, an unhinged exploration of the Birds Aren’t Real conspiracy

Editing tip: set the whole thing on fire

PigeonWIP has all your favorite tropes: - morally grey (and literally grey) MC - Flockmates to lovers - Only one nest Okay, maybe not those exact tropes…. Can’t wait to share more about this unhinged take on the “birds aren’t real” conspiracy soon! @writerpit.bsky.social #WIP #Specfic #Agented

When you are Palestinian, or any marginalized identity, there is no easy ability to figure out if you want to “enter” occupation or discrimination. There is no door to step into. There is just reality. open.substack.com/pub/deenahel...

We have a cover! @stephwrites.bsky.social's debut fantasy HELLBOUND is out on August 25 from @alcovepress! #booksky

Long have we waited. But today is the day. ❤️‍🔥 HELLBOUND cover reveal ❤️‍🔥

I am THRILLED to help @stephwrites.bsky.social reveal the cover for her debut HELLBOUND. I am FERAL for this book (have read it twice) & can’t wait to read it again when I can get my grabby hands on a gorgeous print copy. Art: Corinne Reid Coming August 25 from Alcove Press #BookSky #WriteSky

Eventually I’ll have more to say about this book, but for now, here’s a peek at this MG contemp fantasy, featuring an anxious 12yo who craves control and a trapped Story Spinner boy who's responsible for the threads of human fate. @posterpitevent 🏷️ #posterpit #mg #fantasy #ag #writingcommunity

DON'T LET THE FOREST IN x BRING HER BACK When Parker's family ink magic predicts her bff's death, there's only one option—cast a forbidden spell to resurrect her. But an ink demon lurks and one wrong spell will damn both their souls to an inky hell #posterpit #ya #horror #ag

The Magic of Now: the story of a 62 year old farmer, the goat her sister is reincarnated into, and the new-age cult that might be behind it 🐐 Aimee Bender X Eternal Sunshine X Catherine House #PosterPit #ag #spf

I’m going to drop so much HELLBOUND news on y’all on April 29th. You are not prepared. Unless you take steps now to GET prepared. #booksky

Have you heard? 👀 WORKED 2 DEATH has gone under the knife 🔪 : A ransom plot goes horribly awry when a trio of cash-strapped colleagues kidnap their nepobaby manager on a work trip, and find themselves embroiled in the lethal world of Fintech’s elite. #menapit #agented

Books should take forever to write. They should torture you your entire life and the things you could have said slightly better should haunt you forever. This is what art is for, transferring the discomfort of being human into something relatable to the other humans

✨ UK COVER REVEAL ✨ If you're interested in a story about a Palestinian haunted house, the three generations of women who are ancestrally tied to it, and discovering the price of the past, this comes out September 22, 2026! Preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm

Happy almost Valentine’s Day from my novel-in-progress! Because even though birds aren’t real, my excitement about the second draft of this book absolutely is 😎 #writing #writercommunity #valentines #wip #capitalismsucks #birdsarentreal

Very excited to announce the Hellbound street team roster! These amazing humans are in for a hell of a ride. #seeyouinhell

Trust me, you're going to want to pre-order Hellbound to start reading it as quickly as possible

My rough drafts are, indeed, very rough. I leave tons of notes like these for “future Cailin" to fix. Very soon, "future Cailin" will become "present Cailin" on this project… but let’s not think about that yet 🫣

My debut novel HELLBOUND hits shelves on August 25, 2026! And today you can add it on Goodreads 🎉 ❤️ #writingcommunity #booksky www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

When Gyla discovers her deceased sister’s soul is trapped in a goat's body, she will do anything to figure out why–including joining a cult. AIMEE BENDER X ETERNAL SUNSHINE X CATHERINE HOUSE #Questpit #AG #S

Guide to THE MAGIC OF NOW The story of a 62-year-old farmer, the goat her sister is reincarnated into, and the new age cult that could be behind it Feat: 🐐women-led cult 🐐explorations of grief 🐐sister relationship 🐐neuroscience 🐐offbeat humor 🐐surrealism x light sci fi #Questpit #AG #A #S

🌲Spooky mountainside town 📷 missing hikers 🌲 aloof and mysterious bartender with plenty of secrets to hide 📷 suspicious locals 🌲#ownvoice Indigenous, Queer, and Autistic rep #Questpit #A #AG #PR #H #W

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Boys start to disappear in Lyric’s backwards backwoods town and her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate if something is monstrously wrong with her friend. #Questpit #YA #AG #H #R #Ownvoice

Guide to THE MAGIC OF NOW The story of a 62-year-old farmer, the goat her sister is reincarnated into, and the new age cult that could be behind it Feat: 🐐women-led cult 🐐explorations of grief 🐐sister relationship 🐐neuroscience 🐐offbeat humor 🐐surrealism x light sci fi #Questpit #AG #A #S

IMMORTAL x A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS A reincarnated immortal and an emotionally damaged cowherd must escape the heavenly forces intent on tearing them apart. ✨A love destined to fail ✨A jealous Celestial Empress ✨An underworld filled with both torture and hope #questpit #AG #RF

THE JASMINE THRONE x THE HURRICANE WARS Captured in the palace of her nemesis, a demon queen plots her revenge. If only the woman who killed her mother wasn’t so irresistibly alluring… 🪻Blood poison magic 🪻Detestable immortals 🪻Food as seduction #questpit #AG #RF

DON'T LET THE FOREST IN x BRING HER BACK When Parker's family ink magic predicts her best friend's death, there's only one option—cast a forbidden spell to resurrect her. But an ink demon lurks and one wrong spell will damn both their souls to an inky hell for all eternity 💀. #questpit #ya #h #ag

THE MAID X FINLAY DONOVAN 10 coworkers. 1 dead manager. A trio of coworkers must find their office manager's killer, before their scathing resignation emails are discovered, making them the prime suspects. #questpit #editorsguide #AG 🏃‍♀️Escape room whodunit 💘 Office romance

When Gyla discovers her deceased sister’s soul is trapped in a goat's body, she will do anything to figure out why–including joining a cult. AIMEE BENDER X ETERNAL SUNSHINE X CATHERINE HOUSE #Questpit #AG #S

A New York City snippet from my WIP to remind everyone to please get out and vote for @zohrankmamdani today❤️ We deserve a little hope, don’t you think?

My style involves questions! The most important thing for me is making my mentee’s book the most *that book* it can be, so I will be asking about intentions. I don’t want to take apart what works, but I want to hone what’s there (which isn’t to say no rewrites, just intentional ones) #HiveMentor

Teasing my WIP using my last 8 internet searches 🐦 #SpecLit #Authors #AmDrafting #Writesky

AIMEE BENDER X ETERNAL SUNSHINE Based on beta reader reviews, you'll come to THE MAGIC OF NOW for cults & Goat Tension™️ but stay for the existentialism & sobbing! #A #Spec about a 62-year-old farmer, the 🐐 her sister is reincarnated into & the new age cult that could be behind it #UnhingedPit #AG

Red flags for my Sapphic bubblegum horror Lyric's red flags: Obsessed with her best friend In the midst of a coming of rage Eleanor's red flags: Will ditch you for boys Possibly a cult member Is the last person said boys were seen with before they disappeared #unhingedpit #YA #H #AG

AIMEE BENDER X ETERNAL SUNSHINE Based on beta reader reviews, you'll come to THE MAGIC OF NOW for cults & Goat Tension™️ but stay for the existentialism & sobbing! #A #Spec about a 62-year-old farmer, the 🐐 her sister is reincarnated into & the new age cult that could be behind it #UnhingedPit #AG

I made a thing to celebrate a thing.😈🛼💕💄 HORROR MOTH is a whole-heart homage to all the campy, blood drenched 80s horror I grew up on. The ragtag group of pi$$ed off middle-aged final girls are just the cherry on top. 🍒💋 #WritingCommunity #horror #writers

I am re-opening to queries for underrepresented/marginalized writers ONLY! If you think we’d be a good fit, feel free to use this link to query me: QueryTracker.net/query/AlexBr... I’ll try to stay open for at least a month! Can’t wait to read your work!!! 🥳

This book has EVERYTHING: trash raccoon MC, demon parties, slow burn romance, and its all wrapped up into the fabulous critique of capitalism we all need I could not be more EXCITED for @stephwrites.bsky.social and for the rest of YOU to read this friggin' book

✨Please share and bookmark!✨ In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS... + A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:

Something wicked is waiting in the woods... ...and she's hungry. #PosterPit #A #AG #F #WIP

WARCROSS x ONE OF US IS LYING DEADLY ARCHETYPES is a fast paced, grounded YA sci-fi that features: - a high-tech, high stakes VR competition game - an unlikely group of allies - the ticking clock of a mind control glitch - hero x villain archetypes #PosterPit #AG #SF #YA

DAUGHTER OF MOON GODDESS x SONG TO DROWN RIVERS Falling in love shouldn't be this difficult. When family and fate are trying to keep them apart, how far will Shizhi and Mingniu go to defend their love? To the stars above...or hell itself? Art by hisurii❤️ #PosterPit #AG #F

🌲 Spooky mountainside town 👀suspicious locals 🌲missing hikers 👀aloof and mysterious bartender with plenty of secrets to hide 🌲#ownvoice Indigenous, Queer, and Autistic rep #PosterPit #A #AG #R #H

✨Boys are disappearing in Lyric's backwards backwoods town 🎀 her friend/crush Eleanor was the last to see them ✨Eleanor's cultish town nearby may be to blame 🎀 gives maneater a whole new meaning ✨more than just their friendship is changing... #YA #H #R #posterpit #ag

UNDEAD GIRL GANG x BRING HER BACK When Parker's family ink magic predicts her bff's death, there's only one option—cast a forbidden spell to resurrect her. But an ink demon lurks and one wrong spell cast will damn both their souls to an inky hell forever. #posterpit #ya #h #ag

Demon queen Zhao Yao wants revenge on her mother's murderer, rival queen Gui Jing. But Jing's icy beauty and poisonous magic are too alluring, and soon Zhao Yao can't decide between stabbing the woman she's always hated...or seducing her. Art by hisurii💙♥️ #PosterPit #AG #F