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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Does anyone have any articles about showing not telling or using sensory details in writing or world building? Im using those as a final project for my sub/para classes and I'd love to include at least one handout.

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Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Agent's Guide to A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS. An adult romantic epic fantasy with a slow-burn romance and perilous journey like Melissa Blair's A BROKEN BLADE and the character-driven story and rich world-building of Andrea Stewart's THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER. Querying soon. #QuestPit #Q #RF #A

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Dr Richard Hussey | Is Querying @richardhusseybooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #HF #MY #LGBTQ DRACULA meets A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES with a dash of OSCAR WILDE Irvine Riddell starts his studies at Cambridge University after being orphaned for a second time. There he meets the pale yet compelling Anthony Cooper, and all the problems of Anthony's vampire clan.

A mocked up cover of a book with the title "The Riddell Journals" and author "Dr Richard Hussey".

The cover shows a sepia photograph of King's College Cambridge, a gothic style building in the winter with bare trees. A blood red moon lurks in the upper left corner, and a faint tracing of handwritten text is layered over the whole image.

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Darian Rudderham @darianrudderham.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Not me missing the #questpit tag on this post 😭

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Aimee Brown @authoraimeeb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

JUST FOR THE SUMMER × HAPPY PLACE Graham’s tried to get over her. Now she sits at another table wearing some other man’s ring. Violet has everything she thought she wanted. Right up until she comes face-to-face with the biggest "what if" of her life… #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Mood board featuring a rainy Portland street café, the Portland sign, Powell's Books, a woodworking shop, a diamond engagement ring, white daisies, bourbon, text messages, two people holding hands, and a silhouetted couple touching foreheads.

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samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social @samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The corrupt King’s search for palace outsiders means even a glimpse of her face will have her fated for execution. The worlds of Bridgerton and K-dramas collide in this historical fantasy romance. #questpit #Q #A #romantasy

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kristinrights.bsky.social @kristinrights.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

13-year-old Sadie’s classmates love her fantasy stories—they bully her for being weird and believing magic is real. Turns out it is, and only Sadie can stop a fairy tyrant. His one weakness? She’s his great-granddaughter and looks exactly like the woman he loved and lost. #questpit #Q #MG #F

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Headless🎃Horsewoman🪉💎🏹🐴⚔️ @acturek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Two brothers—one accursed, one gifted—struggle with the Power of an empathic bond unseen for centuries. As Rushak seeks to escape his curse Drisal must wield it as evil arises to threaten the world. But the prophesied power can return only once; the Shining One is … somebody else. #Questpit #F #A #W

Image: Mood board for Brother’s Keeper WIP: A block of seven images around a central one. Central image: white text on brown background that reads: “Born to be sacrificed: Drowned, shed, burnt and buried, a sin offering for his people. Had he been, all would be free. But he had not, and they weren't.
He could never forget it.
Brother’s Keeper (working title)
A.C. Turek
Surrounding images clockwise from center left: column of bonfire, running gray horse, green water, a hand holding a quartz crystal, a view looking up immense tree trunks, a waterfall, a view looking down on a vibrant green forest.

White text on brown background

Adult epic fantasy
150,000 - 200,000 words
Third-person limited
Multi-POV
Explores
Love and sacrifice: right or wrong reasons?
Selfishness vs altruism
Guilt vs remorse
Free will vs God's purpose
Pain and creativity
The morality of self-harm Obsession, attachment

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Featuring
Non-hero MC
Empathic magic
Gems and crystals
Sibling story
Hurt/comfort
Elvish forest culture
Bonds with horses
Misunderstood prophecy
Dysfunctional family
Life-altering trauma
Defiance of tradition
Morally gray Druid

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Snippet: On Bliss
And when the others stopped at the close of
the hymn, Rushak's little finger caught a string, a note to spark a new melody, and a broad and complex theme ignited in his soul. He shifted key and time signature, setting it loose with a whoop of abandon.
Others joined, hesitant at first, then fierce as the stars. Dancers circled in smears of color and gilt. And then—when the music crested the treetops in tongues of bright fire; when immolation brought ecstasy and
drumbeats ruled his pulse; when his letra writhed, a wanton sorceress under his fingers—he recognized it as bliss too heightened to be real.

And it ceased then to be bliss.

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Brother's Keeper
A.C. Turek

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Literate Lawyer @therealsec.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

DEXTER x THE SECRET LIVES OF MURDERERS’ WIVES with a dash of FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY. Travel the world with a brilliant and beautiful attorney and a brilliant and handsome biomedical engineer who’s hiding a big secret. PERFECT ON PAPER #QuestPit #W #A #U #DR #MY #T

PERFECT ON PAPER Mood Board with pictures of couple in silhouette at sunset and smeared blood in center, surrounded by Atlanta skyline, London, Antibes, Tuscany, Boston, and Cape Cod lighthouse and beach.

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Nicole Ward @authornicoleward.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

TWO CAN PLAY X TILL SUMMER DO US PART 🥊 rivals to lovers ⏳ slowburn 🔥 wicked hot banter 🛌 only one bed 💕 he falls first (and harder) 🙈 hidden identity 🌶️ mirror scene open door spice 🤓 SLGs GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 is my debut romance novel set in collegiate esports! #questpit #Q #A #R #querying #agentsguide

This image depicts pixelated graphics associated with video gaming including a headset, a 'Start' button and computer cursor, clouds, mushrooms, and hearts indicating lives remaining. The graphic reads: "GAME OVER, 82K Contemporary Romance. Esports is the only thing Elise Davis ever truly loved. When she takes a coaching job across the country from everything she's ever known, her fresh start takes an unexpected turn when her co-coach is none other than Jayce Quinn, the college rival she never forgot." Comp titles include The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn, and Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood. The covers of these comp titles are depicted in the bottom right corner of the graphic.

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Sarah Berke @sarahjberke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💪🏼 vigilante justice ⚖️ moral complexity ❤️‍🩹 cathartic end 🤣 hard topics balanced with warmth and humor 🧠 ND MC ❤️ mental health rep 🌎 pro-immigrant 👧🏽 precocious preschooler 🤝 friendship & found family 💔 grief 🧭 set in the American South #questpit #Q #A #WF #U #T #AnQuerying

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Literate Lawyer @therealsec.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE REAL THING: Dual POV upmarket second chance romance with midlife reinvention. A modern southern odyssey for fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey, WE ALL LIVE HERE and NORA GOES OFF SCRIPT. #QuestPit #Q #A #U #WF #R

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Kasy Long @kasylongauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ADVENTURELAND x FLIPPED It’s the summer of 1998, and Corey and Lukas work at an amusement park in Holly Ridge, Indiana. They've always been friends..until everything changes. He falls first, she falls harder! ☀️ Summer love 🎢 Amusement park 🥰 Friends to lovers #QuestPit #W #R #YA

A collage of summer amusement park/theme park photos with a rollercoaster, water rides, and a couple kissing. Text: “Amusement Park Romance,” “Friends to Lovers,” “Coworkers Turned Lovers,” and “Small Town Vibes.”

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Sara Skott @skottsara.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If We Were Villains x In My Dreams I Hold A Knife - SKIN AS WHITE AS SNOW, 105 k, a feminist retelling of Snow White as dark academia mystery #Questpit #Q #A #MY #R #T #agents 🪞Snow White retelling 🎓Dark Academia ❤️‍🔥Reluctant allies to lovers 🏰Institutional critique 🗡️Feminine rage Querying now!

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Melia's Mouth @meliasmouth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

GenFury by Diana Venator (pen name) SPOILERS IN DECK As their 15th birthdays approach, Alec, Megan, and Tessa – GenFury – experience supernatural powers that, unbeknownst to them, are part of their destiny as the next generation of Furies. Now all they have to do is stay alive. #QuestPit #Q #F

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A. Collie ✨ @fancymuffin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN / Adult Romantasy ⚔️🦭 Pitch: After years of captivity, a selkie enters a marriage of convenience to reclaim her stolen sealskin — but her new husband, a famed war hero, has secrets of his own... A slow burn romance inspired by selkie folklore ✨🏰🪉 #QuestPit #W #A #F #R

Agent Guide to OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN
Romantasy
97k word target

Annora edvards is the most celebrated courtesan in the city of eleoria — and she’s harboring a dark secret: she’s a selkie trapped in her human form. Her captor, lord percival edvards, has kept her sealskin hidden for eight long years, forcing her into a life of servitude.
Now he seeks to marry her off before she outlives her worth, hosting a unique spectacle for the occasion and seeking the highest price from a promising list of suitors.
Ronan of Agerton is a famed war hero from the northern half of the kingdom — and he has plenty of secrets of his own. Secrets involving his origins, his innate ability to bond with animals and tame beasts, and his intentions in vying for Annora’s hand in marriage.
There’s no denying the attraction between them;a powerful feeling that’s steeped in forbidden magic.
But can their bond survive fate? Will ronan prove to be the liberator Annora has longed for?
Will Annora reclaim her sealskin — and her freedom?

"Memoirs of a Geisha" and "In the Veins of Drowning" meet selkies!

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William - Aspiring Literary Agent @willmarstudios.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

After Curtis Stringfellow discovers the existence of the fairytale world Chartam, a mysterious figure sets their sights on capturing them and their favorite storybook. To survive, Curtis needs to put the plot pieces together before everything is erased in white smoke... [ #questpit #W #MG #F ]

Threadbare's PITCH with a five grid mood board (old storybooks, a ghostly hand, a lonely castle surrounded by clouds, a candle and someone twisting thread around their fingers)

The Pitch reads:
When a young bookworm, Curtis Stringfellow (they/them), is targeted by a mysterious figure tapping on their window, who confirms the existence of fairytales, Curtis is chased into the storybook world of Chartam, which is slowly being ravaged by chaos. They must discover a way to destroy this mysterious figure before all of reality unravels.

COMP TITLES - The Whisperwicks, The Otherwoods, Sophie Quire and the Last Story Guard, and The Book of Lost Things.

TROPES/THEMES - A hidden world, Family Secrets, A Reluctant Hero, Alternative Fairytales, Healing and Growth, and Adapting to the Unexpected

Take A Peek From The Prologue

Curtis’ heart raced, panic shot through their body like electricity. The candle’s flame fought against Curtis’ uneven panting. It was now or never. Curtis breathed and placed the storybook on the dining table in front of the window. Goosebumps rose on their skin as the anticipation grew overwhelming. They grabbed the edge of the thick linen curtain and yanked it aside.

The ghostly outline of slender fingers scratched against the window glass. A rasp like voice echoed through the room. A pale sunken face stared down at Curtis.

“A-archivist…”

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My final #questpit pitch of the day! Graham is stuck in a time loop where his former friend Abel always dies. Can Graham rekindle the relationship and garner enough trust to save him, all in the same repeated day? #W #YA #R #PR

Time to Kill is for you if you like:
Paranormal Death Curses
Time Loops
Found Family
Friends to Lovers
Friends to Strangers to Lovers
Second Chance Love
Requited Unrequited Love
Why Choose
Dysfunctional Families
Crossroads Deals
Polyamorous, Gay, and Trans Main Characters

The Pitch:

Graham hasn't talked to Abel in almost two years… but when he finds himself trapped in a time loop centered around Abel's death, it becomes pretty hard to stay away. Graham employs the help of his old friends in an effort to keep Abel alive until the next day, but it proves to be much harder than Graham could have ever anticipated when he learns he's not the only one carrying a curse on his shoulders.

With more and more things going wrong in every loop, can Graham find a way to escape the time loop without losing everything important to him?

Time to Kill is a story in 4 parts, each following one of the 4 main characters. These 4 main characters are each afflicted with a separate curse without (most) of the others knowing it.

Abel dies and resurrects the next day, over and over, and no one ever remembers.

Until Graham gets stuck in a time loop centered around Abel’s deaths.

The Grim Reaper follows Oliver, warning him when Abel is about to die...

While Abel’s best friend Tomás is afflicted with a curse that kills anyone he touches.

Snippet:

"It's not just to- I have my reasons!"

"You always 'have your reasons,'" Abel says mockingly, throwing his hands up. "Go have them somewhere else." He whirls around, walking off in the opposite direction, and Graham's worry explodes into full-blown panic.

"Nonono, please, please, please don't go," Graham begs him, his voice breaking pitifully.

Abel quickly comes to a stop, turning around with a concerned expression. He studies Graham for a moment, and Graham is so fucking scared for him, scared that he's messed this loop up already and Abel is going to walk away and die. He clenches his fists, digging his nails into the palms of his hands as he squeezes his eyes shut. Then he hears footsteps walking hesitantly towards him, and he sniffles as he opens his eyes.

"Graham," Abel says, much more gentle now. "What's going on?"

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ivybelton @ivybelton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#questpit LIES BECOME HER, psychological thriller - A woman hiding behind the perfect life must decide whether the truth she’s buried will set her free—or cost her everything—while the man she’s tried to escape believes he’s finally bringing her home. #q #t

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Duke @jgduke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Readers' reviews: "The prose is so perfectly imaginable; the imagery really stands out." "I love all the subtle ways it all connects!" "I haven't enjoyed fantasy the way I did this one in a long time." "Is book 2 done? Can I read it right away?" #QuestPit #Ya #F #Q

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Senna Beau Lark @sennabeaulark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Inspired by the life of Korea's only Empress, "QUEEN MIN" To dethrone her misogynistic king father, a duty bound princess must marry a foreign prince & ascend to Empress amidst the half-remembered ruins of a past life that ties her to her knight - and not who she will marry. #Questpit #Q #A #F #RF

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Amy Farris @amylizfs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BARTLEBY x HOW TO PEE YOUR PANTS THE RIGHT WAY GYM CLASS STINKS! Is an amusing anthem for all the UNathletic, INdoorsy, sensory sensitive kids of the world…or any adult still working through their childhood dodgeball trauma. #QuestPit #Q #PB

GYM CLASS STINKS! Story: Throw a ball? Catch a ball? Run all the way around the gym?! If these phrases have ever made your palms sweat or your throat go dry, you’ll appreciate this anti-homage to the most dreaded class of the day. Told through comedic vignettes and rich, sensory details, GYM CLASS STINKS! is an anthem for anyone who has felt awkward, all thumbs, or all-together uncoordinated.

GYM CLASS STINKS! Sales Hooks: 1) Self-acceptance and empathy for non-athletic peers--fills a gap in the growth mindset category; 2) Read-Aloud-Ability: Comedic vignettes, a rhythmic pace, and a rebellious refrain; 3) SEL Sans Sermon--Examines self-doubt, fitting in, empathy, and acceptance through a relatable setting and humorous scenarios.

GYM CLASS STINKS! Comps: Bartleby (2026), Better than a Touchdown (2026), The Humble Pie (2025), How to Pee Your Pants the Right Way (2024)

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBT #Dis #OV

A fake case file lays open. On the left side of the folder is a sketch of a girl with a sticky note beside it that reads: “Emma Bridge is believed to have cut her hair. Police sketch artists have taken a guess at what she may look like now.” Under it is a map of all US railroads with another sticky note that reads: “Last seen in California, current whereabouts unknown. An anonymous tip reports she has made it out of the state.” Under that, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out, replaced with the name Peyton Freys.

On the right side of the folder is a clipping of newspaper that reads: “Hollywood’s Beloved Missing” with the date 4/13/1996 below it. Text on the page reads: “What we know: YA Contemporary (with mystery and romance), 82k words” “Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media” “Runaway in hiding, fake identity (turned real identity), mental health rep, genderfluid and pan rep, found family, 90s small-town nostalgia.”  
A block of text reads: “Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.”

Finally, a stamp says “On sub soon”

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Zoe is ✨querying✨ @zgauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🗝️ sapphic princess x thief 🗡️ impossible heist ⚔️ only one horse 🌙 found family ☀️ sunshine x gremlin 🐦‍⬛ morally gray heroine ✨ disability rep 🤫 everyone has secrets 🏹 touch her and die 🧭 ragtag crew 💀 sprinkles of horror #QuestPit #W #YA #F #R #MY #H

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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Q SQUID GAMExANASTASIA When a curse traps Artina’s newfound sibling heirs of dead monarchs in a palace, royal blood spills, one by one. Artina must uncover the truth before losing her new family & her court musician crush who knows too much about curses #YA #RF #F #My #H #Ownvoices #POC #QuestPit

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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE LESSER SOUL After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Unicorn Dares to Be Unique x The Yawnicorn x Ten Minutes to Bed Baby Unicorn When a little unicorn doubts her self-worth, her older sister takes her on a nighttime journey to gather the animals' unique colors, proving that the dream rainbow wouldn't shine without every shade. #W #PB #F #QuestPit

The background is rainbow mountains and valley with a rainbow in a rainbow sky. Standing on a hill is 2 cartoonized unicorns with white fur and rainbow manes and tails and gold horns and hooves, a panda with teal eyes and feet, rainbow butterflies, a pink fox, a green snake, and a purple elephant.

At the top in ombre purple and orange with a rainbow outline is the title Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley and under that is a quote: “The rainbow wouldn't exist without you.”

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Greyback Shifter SeriesxThe ER SanctuaryxThe Secret Patient When the women & children werebears begin dying of a strange poison the men take human women. One is Paige a medical student with big dreams, but after being taken she may find that her skills & path lay elsewhere. #W #A #RF #QuestPit

Blue background

Top 2 pics are: a doctor talking to a patient and writing notes and a momma and baby bear.

Below those is the title in white Paging Dr. Paige.

Bottom 2 pics are: a room filled with empty hospital beds and a mom taking care of her sick daughter.

Below that is a quote: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Hobbit x Discworld x The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher When a prophecy threatens the well being of Mabel Pearl's granddaughter she refuses to stand for it and instead takes her place on an epic journey to save their world from ruin. #W #A #Cozy #F #QuestPit

Black background

At the top in tan neon is the title Pearl's Road and a sword and yarn with knitting needles to each side.

Top 2 pics are: an old woman walking with a wolf and an old woman walking in a meadow surrounded by trees.

Middle 2 pics are: a woman rowing a small boat and a woman gathering sticks with her cat.

Bottom 2 pics are: a pile of tarot cards on a table with a small silver old key on top and a dirt path surrounded by trees.

At the bottom is a quote: “May to wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

KNIGHT & MOTH x GODKILLER x Renn "Italy" If they steal 7 angel hearts, a secret witch and angsty witchhunter can kill the gods who conquered their kingdom. Win: They free their countrymen. Lose: everyone dies and they never get the chance to nurture their newfound bond. #A #F #QuestPit #Q #LGBT

polaroids of florence, a bridge over a river, and two people kissing over a gray background of a river and the words "be my beautiful enemy"

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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SHE IS KING sequel in development ‼️ Called on to track down and kill whoever is stirring up conflict between pantheons, Kolby Scott will suffer insult and betrayal until she is forged into something wholly new. 🏙️ urban fantasy ⚔️ monster hunting 🧨 Holy Sexual Tension, Batman #QuestPit #WIP #F #NA

introductory guide to Project: SHE IS WAR, an urban fantasy sequel in development

our heroine: kolby scott, war goddess' vessel

tropes and themes: aimless heroine called to adventure; meddling deities and their egos; slow burn romance between lover boy and hater girl

inspiration/comps: secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel series and silver in the bone

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Ally Boyd @alboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SERIAL DATING | Adult Horror Rom-Com Inverted Tropes: 🛏️Too Many Beds (it's a bunk bed situation) ❤️Co-workers to Friends to Lovers (No enemies here) ☠️Neither FMC or MMC are Serial K!llers (but everyone else is) ☀️Perfect, Sunny Weather (no dark & stormy nights) #QuestPit #W #A #H #R

Picture of a forest of trees. Text: agent guide, adult horror rom-com, projected 70K, current 40K, Serial Dating, by Ally Boyd

Picture of rock half in a lake, half on the sand. Text: The Pitch, While vacationing at a remote lakeside cabin, the daughter from a dynasty of eccentric k!llers struggles to shield her new boyfriend from her family’s gruesome legacy, but the sunny lakeside retreat turns deadly when a k!ller from her past turns the camp grounds into hunting grounds.

Picture of lake and trees reflecting in it. Text: the comps, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Ready or Not (2019), Dating & Dismemberment by A L Brody, The Book of Knives by Lise Haines

Picture of trees. Text: The Opening. I’m pretty sure the guy I matched with is a serial k!ller.

I knew it the moment he picked me up. His hair is combed too straight, his blue button down shirt is overly starched, his khakis pressed with military precision, and his nails neatly trimmed to the quick.

I can almost hear my best friend, Kayla’s voice in my head, ‘It’s find Maddie. He’s a nice guy. Why are you always trying to find the faults?’

It’s not like I’m doing it on purpose, it’s just that I have a type. And I really, really want to get away from my normal type and find a nice guy.

“You look beautiful,” he says as he presents me with a bouquet of flowers.

White lillies. The flower of death.

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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Q ANASTASIA x SQUID GAME 🪄🩸Only the “worthiest” magical heir will survive the curse 🔒🔪 Locked room monarch murder mystery ✨🪦 Horror magic trials test heir weaknesses 🎶❤️ musician love interest who knows too much about the curse 🫂♥️ Found family 🌪️☠️ killer twists #QuestPit 📖 #YA #F #RF #My #H #POC

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amberjollyauthor.bsky.social @amberjollyauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with: 🤍second chance romance 💀murd.er 🤍fake dating ❄️frosty magic 👯‍♀️sister bonds 🐶a cute pet sidekick 🎄Christmas festivities 🔼love triangle Would you read it? Art by @mknzgmbn #questpit #wip #P #R #A

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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SWORD IN THE TREE project in development ‼️ Running away from a forced marriage, Branwen accidentally reveals herself to be the Hero King Reborn in a world that has long since moved on without one. 🏰 Arthuriana Fantasy of Manners 🔍 Court Intrigue 💋 Multiple Love Interests #QuestPit #A #WIP #RF

Project: The Sword in the Tree; romantasy/fantasy of manners in development

the heroine: branwen, hero king reborn; art by Scarchou

tropes and themes: regency/victorian inspired setting, commoner knight vs duke of the north love interests, scheming and political strife

inspiration: lord of the rings, the sword in the stone, villainess and female-led reincarnator manhwa

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Suzy A. Win @suzyawin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A martial artist must weave scarves for her brothers, and questions her existence when she discovers she's a creature she loathes and one a sorcerer seeks to experiment on—a destroyer of her homelands. 🦢 The Six Swans loose retelling 🇲🇲 Lethwei MC ⚔️ Ares-inspired ML 🧚and faes! #QuestPit #W #F #SFF

first- some star flowers
second - an extreme close up of a asian girl's face
third - bandaged wrapped around an arm
forth - geese flying from the water
fifth - a guy and a girl sitting together on a hill
sixth - a torso shot of a woman looking around
seventh - a girl with a flower crown
eighth - dirty bare feet
ninth - a head of a marble stature stuck in some vines

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Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE FOX AND THE DEVIL X HELL'S HEART In a vampire normative future, government control and restriction of gender affirming medicines start Delaney on their quest to becoming one of the changeless undead. It seems the better option. #Questpit #LGBT #SFF #A

Mood board reads: The Monster They'd Courted. At the top it says 'Part twisted vampire horror'. At the bottom it says 'Part sapphic sci-fi schenanigans'. The four comp titles appear as Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, The Fox and the Devil, Volatile Memory and Hell's Heart

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Aven McVie 📚✍️ @avenmcvie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When pulled into a weapons program, Vic expects routine - not a neural link wiring her mind with an alien officer's. No thought unshared. No feeling hidden... not even the ones growing between them. Vic has a way out. Naev doesn’t. Falling in love was never part of the program. #QuestPit #W #R #SF

Moodboard for TANDEM, a sapphic sci-fi romance, in blue and violet shades.
Top row: A person in a dim blue lighting wears a headset with glowing red lenses; a surgical room with lights shining down overhead; a close-up of dark snake scales; a moon against the sky with clouds.
Middle row: a purple sky with two galaxies; a glowing title card that reads "tandem: a sapphic sci-fi romance".
Bottom row: a photo of a blue circuit board; two silhouettes of women facing each other, close, against the sky; a round spaceship observation window.

When Vic Kohler is pulled into a high-visibility new weapons program, she expects it to be a fairly standard assignment - not a neural link wiring her mind with Naev, a Vamath officer.

The pair learns quickly that this new connection offers no privacy: no thoughts are left unshared, no feelings are left unhidden... not even the feelings that are growing between them. The institution must never find out, because the program’s exit procedure is safe for a human and lethal for a Vamath. Vic has a way out. Naev doesn’t. Falling in love was never part of the program.

TANDEM is an ~87,000-word sapphic sci-fi romance - military SF tension meets speculative fiction interiority, for readers who want yearning with total transparency.

Tropes: Space travel, Human/alien romance, Forbidden love, Mind link, Interstellar politics, Slow burn, Forced proximity, Sapphic yearning.

Comp Titles. For readers who loved: This is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone; Winter's Orbit - Everina Maxwell; The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📚College #CR 💜Aro-ace #LGBT rep 💢Twin rivalry Mia & Liya have never dated so when Liya gets her 1st gf Mia won't be left out, enlisting perfectionist classmate Jolene in a fake dating scheme. But if Mia can't let go of her sister, she'll lose Liya & Jolene #QuestPit #YA #Q

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Scarlet Mitchell ⚒️ The Gerzean Blade out NOW!😍 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The gargoyles of St. Romain's have a job to do; hold the demons of Hell at bay. But there's a secret on campus that is drawing more and more of these creatures through the portal... one lonely human student. Will her dark magic be the savior or the downfall of the guardians? #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Moodboard for Rooted in Stone.
Tagline: She thought her heart was stone… it would take a gargoyle to prove her wrong…
Large central image is a doorway in a very dark, arched hallway of an old stone building. The huge, heavy oaken door is cracked halfway open to the outside. Outside, we see a very bright, vividly colored rainbow of sparkling light starbursting to halo the door, clearly a strange and wondrous land beyond, which contrasts with the moody shadows of the interior.
Around the edge of this image, as a backdrop, are, the buckles of a lesther jacket, crows flocking around the steeples of a misty church, statue of an angel clasing hands over heart and peering at the sky, a dark-skinned mermaid with a turquoise tail, a girl in half-shadow glaring out at the viewer, a crow perched on a fencepost.

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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ARTHURIANA X SAILOR MOON 👑 Reincarnated King Arthur ⚔️ Knights of the Round Table as Magic Weapons 🌩️ An Utterly Devoted, Godly Love Interest 🌈 Trans Boy Merlin? Trans Boy Merlin 🪶 The Morrigan's favorite host ❌ And a Mordred that gives you the Biggest Ick #QuestPit #Q #F #NA #LGBT

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Kamela H is trying, okay @pamela-with-a-k.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A smartass cyborg, a deeply tired gangster, and a literal manufactured pop star walk into a wall of sand, called by a revolutionary musician who’s cheated death. But in the ruined city beyond is a power far greater. #questpit #W #SF #LGBT #hopepunk

On a background of a cracked desert with a solitary, gnarled tree float four pictures suggestive of the ensemble cast. Far left is Eden, a wide-eyed pouting beauty who recently found out that she was designed and created in a lab. Her picture is labeled "A literal manufactured pop star." Below her is Terrah, a butch-looking Black woman sitting at a computer in sunglasses. She is labeled, "A jaded security wrangler," as she has spent much of her career doing street-tough work in spite of her considerable tech skills. Up and to the right is a robot-looking fellow, representing Cid, an ex-military guy who chose to replace his body with a mech, and lost quite a few memories along the way. His caption says "A smart-ass full-conversion cyborg." Below is a skinny figure crouching in front of a laptop, wearing some kind of headset with glowing red "eyes." The prodigy hacker of the group, like all of them, is not what she seems. Her caption says, "And a cat-girl hacker." Two text boxes provide more context. The first says: "In this hollowed-out world, they thought that this was as alive as they would get." The second says, “But when they cross through the sand wall into the digital jungle, they'll learn more than they bargained for about the nature of life.” Finally, in the bottom right is a text box with the words: Working title: The Thorn. Under this, a bulleted list. First: “Cyberpunk but make it about people.” Second: “What if an Al was traumatized though.” Third: “What makes a person ‘real’?” Fourth: “What does it take to change the nature of humanity?” Last: “No irredeemable characters allowed.”

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Alex, the Hero of Write @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NAUSICÄA x PRIORY OF THE 🍊 TREE 🌳 Sapphic Epic Eco-Fantasy 🌳 Solarpunk ideology 🌳 Polyam endgame 🌳 Unlearning imperialism 🌳 Sky empire vs rebuilt surface world 🌳 Slow & sprawling storyline 🌳 Travelogue across multiple biomes 🌳 Kaiju magic system FREE serial coming August 7th! #questpit #f #a #w

A pitch deck with a forest background. The slide says "From Under a Poisoned Bough, a serial by Alex Harvey-Rivas"

followed by

Sapphic ecological epic fantasy
Weekly serial starting August 17th

A pitch deck with a forest background. On the left side, it lists tropes and themes. On the right side, it lists four pieces of media and how they inspired the book. The media starting from top left and moving right are: Final Fantasy 13, Naucisaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, and Hollow Knight.

A pitch deck over a forest background. On the left is the summary. On the right is a series of excerpts from the work.

A pitch deck over a forest background. It's titled "The Characters" and shows four characters with a grayscale picrew picture to accompany them. From top left and moving right then down:

Lili, a woman with long hair that goes down her back and billows out. She wears a mesh top and has several piercings. Her entry is titled "A Woman Out of Time"

Myrtle, a woman with long hair that goes down her back and is fairly narrow. She wears a low cut shirt and sweater and is holding a knife. Her entry is titled "A Peasant Fighting for Her Life"

Ahelicia, a woman with long hair in twin braids. She wears a lace up tunic and is carrying a sword. Her entry is titled "A Soldier Longing for Home"

Sorrel, a woman with short dark hair. She wears a button up shirt and has her eyes closed. Her entry is titled "A Savior Entombed in Stone"

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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

JANE LAWRENCE x THE EVERLASTING “the problem with angels is sometimes they talk back” 🥀angel summoning as dark magic (& ocd rep) 🥀corruption arc 🥀epistolary dual timeline 🥀violent longing has consequences 🥀Victorian secret societies 🥀the price of worship #QuestPit #W #A #H #DR

red and grey themed moodboard. top row: a hand from a painting holding a sword downwards, dark silhouette at the top of stairs with red bulging eyes on the walls, a hand from a painting reaching out. middle row: open pomegranates, statue of an angel looking down, lit three-pronged candelabra but you can’t see the candlesticks. bottom row: hand from a painting cradling a red snake, a red tapestried candlelit corridor, hands from a painting with eyes instead of stigmata

background is a painting of a hand holding a flaming heart. foreground has a screenshot of a tumblr post above the flaming heart. post reads: yeah the sex was good but did it have themes and motifs by @avidcollectorofdust

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My Darling, Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society A fabled witch howled the Blackstone Curse and mired generations in madness, murder, and mayhem. Only a monster and an heir to an earldom may break the spell, but first they must find each other. #QuestPit #Q #Gothic #A #H #LGBT

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naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In a fantastical alternate 1920's where cowboys still reign and deal with dragons, the world populace fears the Realm of Djinn. Two cowboys in love must journey into the eerie, mythical realm to save a child, but one worries that his brother is after them from within. #QuestPit #W #A #HR #F #LGBT

Moodboard: A falling dark braid with flowers in it. Two men, one dark-skinned and one brown, holding hands. A statue of an elaborate dragon. The raging ocean. A cowboy amid a desert with horses surrounding. The Sahara Desert. A black or brown girl or woman by a New York City amusement park. A man breathing smoke with long falling hair and gaunt look. A black cat with golden eyes peers at the viewer, surrounded by sparkling greenery.

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