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Allen Kline

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Marketing Copy Editor │ Writer │ Book Lover Send me all your queer botanical-horror book recs 🪾 Currently editing: YA eco horror #TheBoyWhoSwallowedtheForest 🍂 #YA #HORROR #LGBT

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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
✖️BAD THINGS✖️ A grieving teen finds solace from his mother’s vengeful ghost in the form of an enigmatic stranger, only to realize their toxic codependency is drawing him further from his remaining family and his grip on reality. ✖️ 72K ✖️ YA psychological horror ✖️ M/M #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT #ND
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Leviticus✖️The Forest Demands Its Due In a small southern town teeming with secrets, a reclusive teen’s presumed-dead best friend shows up at his bedside, and it’s a fight for survival against the terrifying forest that demands blood. 🍂 Eco Horror 🍂 M/M 🍂Friends to lovers #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT #ND
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE BOY WHO SWALLOWED THE FOREST The Summer Hikaru Died x The Forest Demands Its Due After his presumed-dead best friend turns up at his bedside, a reclusive teen must uncover the town’s dark history or risk his friend becoming the next offering to the bloodthirsty forest. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT #ND
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Summer Hikaru Died ✖️Hazelthorn In a small southern town teeming with secrets, a reclusive teen’s presumed-dead best friend shows up at his bedside, and it’s a fight for survival against the terrifying forest that demands blood. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT #ND
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In a small southern town teeming with secrets, a reclusive teen’s presumed-dead best friend shows up at his bedside, and it’s a fight for survival against the terrifying forest that demands blood. It’s The Summer Hikaru Died meets Hazelthorn. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT #ND
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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So privileged to reveal the cover art of @goodwords.bsky.social 's DEBUT novel from @alcovepress.bsky.social. Who doesn't want to see our little witch take on "Big Potion." It's the cozy underdog story we all need right now. #Books #Booksky #Debut #Writingcommunity #Fantasy #Cozy #Authorlife
I’m so excited to help reveal the gorgeous cover of Potions Unincorporated by Iris Andersi (@irisandersi), coming May 18th from @alcovepress 


Potions Unincorporated is a standalone cozy fantasy following a chronically ill witch who sells her excess pain management potions to a greedy company, but when the company pushes her too far, she’ll have to team up with a disgruntled customer to take down the manipulative potion monopoly. Featuring:


-Chronic Illness Rep

-Plant Magic

-Bi-for-Bi Romance

-Grumpy x Sunshine

-Foraging and Potion Making

-Found Family

-A Snarky Black Cat Familiar

-An Evil Pharmaceutical-Potion Monopoly 

-Cozy Witch Vibes


Cover Illustration: littlestpersimmon


You can pre-0rder your copy now at the link below! 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/854243/potions-unincorporated-by-iris-andersi/
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 08/09/2026
🩸 What do you worship, and what would you sacrifice for it? @crookedspinepress.com wants horror about devotion, obsession, rituals & their price. 📖 1.5k–3.5k ✍️ Poetry: Yes 💰 $20 fiction / $5 poem + copy 📅 Oct. 23 horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🪾 The Witch of the Wood 🥀 📖 Novella 🖤 MM Fantasy Romance 💀 Breaking a Curse 🪾 A Spooky Forest ❤️‍🔥 Fast Burn 🏚️ A Search for a Witch 😟 Nervous x Confident 🍂 Coming October 6, 2026 Universal: books2read.com/u/bw6gwP Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/the-witch-of...
Two hands reach for each other, their finger tips just touching. One is Milo. His hand is tan with blackening fingers as the curse spreads across his flesh. He wears a cream color shirt. The other is Cam. His hand is brown and he is wearing a colorful, patchwork shirt
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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Got to hold in my hand my story "The Servant of Brass" from @crookedspinepress.com Reading was surreal and I immediately wanted to edit...but it's beyond that now. Be free little horror story! crookedspinepress.com/store?issue=6 #Writingcommunity #Writing #books #horror #booksky #writesky
A copy of Crooked Pine Last Exit on a post with bushes in the background. The cover features four skeletons driving a car down route 666Picture of the inside of the Zine featuring the story "The Servant of Brass" by K.A. Hela
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Victoria Lurie is querying @vic-and-twisted.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE FRONTMAN (She’s the Man x Almost Famous) Lolly's lying to the nation, and it may kill her twin brother. She's finishing his 1983 tour. He's secretly in rehab. When rehab fails, Lolly must choose: save her twin or save his legacy, even if the truth ruins both their lives. #questpit #Q #A #U
A mood board of 1983, featuring Walkmans, jeans tucked into socks, cassette tapes, Jon Bongiovi, Peter Wabbit via The Guardian, and photos by Bruno Guerrero and Sebastian Ervi. The board promotes THE FRONTMAN, a work of upmarket fiction by Victoria Lurie, 100k words, where a rock band replaces their lead singer with his twin sister so they can finish their tour while he’s in rehab.
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Me to agents: 😌👋
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Nothing strange is happening in Willow Forge.” In a small southern town teeming with secrets, a reclusive teen’s presumed-dead best friend shows up at his bedside, and it’s a fight for survival against the terrifying forest that demands blood. It’s The Summer Hikaru Died meets Hazelthorn. #YA #H
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Got my submission in. 😉 Good luck to everyone submitting these next few days!
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/09/2026
📢💀 Last Exit is out today and available in print and as an ebook! Issue Three includes twelve stories of American horror. Thank you to the writers who trusted us with their work and to everyone supporting the press. You can order a copy through the link in our bio.
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m curious, how many rejections before you shelve your manuscript and focus on other projects? It’s different for everyone, but let’s hear opinions!
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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Reveal Day! My short story "The Servant of Brass" will be featured in the new Crooked Spine Issue: Last Exit. Excited to be pubbed with brookbwrites.bsky.social Stay Spooky crookedspinepress.com/store #Horror #CrookedSpine #HorrorTree #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Writesky #AuthorSky
Cover of Crooked Spine Magazine issue 3: Last Exit. Art featured four skeletons driving a red classic car with the license plate DEDEND through the American Southwestern desert on route 666 past an old gas station.
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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’M BEING PUBLISHED! ✨ I’m excited to announce that my post-apocalyptic desert motel horro story, “The Oasis,” will be featured in the next edition of Crooked Spine! LAST EXIT drops Sept 4 in both physical & ebook! Get your copy here! crookedspinepress.com/store?issue=6 #writersofbsky #horror
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🍃sage nightmare owen 👻 @sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Cory just met the most beautiful man he’s ever seen at his cousin’s wedding. But Matthew is in secret unrequited love with the groom. Messy bisexual cowboy himbo x closeted disaster mechanic 🌶 bad behavior 🌶 fight chemistry/fuck chemistry 🌶 oh no I got what I wanted #QuestPit #A #LGBT #R #W
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Allen Kline @allenkline.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#WIPSnips August 12th “heartbreak" Surprisingly, didn’t have that word. Settled for “heart” and a scene that captures the feel of heartbreak without actually using the word. 😉 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #YA #H #WIP #LGBTQ+
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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 24/07/2026
Nia Moredi just wants to look out for her little brother. Miss Laval needs to attend a governess-teacher meeting. Baarsin Dorvierre's being watched. Pickpocket Wren needs to recharge her misdirection charm. If only Nia could remember which of them she's supposed to be today. #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT
A Pickpocket's Guide to High Society
(And Higher Mathematics)

YA Fantasy 80K words
Catherine Winters dot com

Against a subtly textured background of mathematical formulae and a hexagonal summoning grid feature a collection of intriguing objects:

The outstretched hand of some mechanical clockwork automaton made of white porcelain.
A purple and gold masquerade mask.
A set of brass architect's tools: a compass, a protractor, calipers.
A set of gears laid out, pulled from some kind of mechanism.
The Pitch
When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had and catches the attention of people she doesn't want to know. Blackmailed into stealing a mysterious box, Nia accidentally awakens a living clockwork doll—that promptly runs away.

Accused of betraying the blackmailers, Nia and her band of would-be thieves go on the run, pursued by magehunters, street gangs, and the secret police.

When the doll returns to make a deal, Nia turns to the man whose lucky coin unlocked her magic, only to find him missing. Caught in a lie, Nia’s soon posing as an heiress, in the clutches of the man’s elderly landlady—who's intent on introducing the girl she knows as “Baarsin” to high society.

As Nia finds herself disappearing into the role, she and her friends must race against time to track down the people behind it all: a secret society of mathematicians whose influence reaches all the way to the governor herself.Excerpt
Caz tensed. “There’s someone following us,” she hissed.
“I know,” Nia said. The man had been tailing them through the crowd for almost six blocks now. “He won’t be the only one.” She tugged Caz into the empty foyer of a boarding house and pulled out her misdirection charm. “Take my hand and stay quiet!”
“That won’t work on me,” Caz protested.
“No,” Nia said, willing herself to believe. “I can do this.” With all her strength, she pushed more of herself into the charm, the equation unfolding in her mind’s eye. She reached out, and as the world darkened around them, turned the doorknob, Caz clutching her arm. Nia pulled the taller girl close as the man pushed past them, failing to notice the door was already opening.
On the busy sidewalk, Caz let out a breath. A small boy leaning against a nearby lamppost glanced in their direction, an uncertain expression on his young face.
Caz cringed. “Sorry!” she mouthed.Comps & Tropes
Includes the covers of four books:

Never Ever After by Sue Lynn Tan
Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olsen
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo's
Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland

"Tropes" is loosely used here and includes:
Stealing is magical (literally)
Fish out of water (you probably guessed)
Working for the wrong people
Ancient magic (in over their heads)
The MacGuffin is blackmailing us
"Aren't you a little young to be a criminal?"
Metaphorically dyslexic LI (she's also dyslexic)
Creepy clockwork doll that complains all the time
Good at magic, as long as she has a compass & protractor
Grifter vs. con artist
Sword lesbian (in training)
Lying (a lot)
Found family of scoundrels
Ace protagonist (who hasn't had time to think about that)
One big job and then we can retire (oh no, somehow everything went wrong)
Let's break into a data centre!
No chosen ones, no choosing ceremonies, just hard work and practice.
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Reagan Faerwyn 💗💜💙 @reaganfaerwyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hello #QuestPit! I present the #agentsguide for my queer thought-he-was-dead second-chance romance steeped in necromancy & found family: Forged in the After 🗡📚☕🐾☕📚 #A #FR #F #R #Q
1.	A dark textured stone background features a metallic gold peacock with intricate feathers on the left side. The title “Forged in the After” appears in large elegant white serif lettering. The author's name, Reagan Faerwyn, is below in white cursive script. A black banner at the bottom reads: “Adult Queer Romantic Fantasy - 99,000 Words”2.	On a dark textured stone background titled “The Pitch,” a black panel on the left contains white text: “When a psychic heir comes face to face with his presumed dead former boyfriend, they must together hunt down the source of dangerous mimic necromancy to protect their homes and the second chance they refuse to give up.”
On the right, an ornate gold picture frame contains a hand-drawn illustration of two young men gazing at each other fondly: one with messy red hair and round glasses, the other with silver hair, fangs, and pointed ears. The frame is decorated with gilded elements including a violin and a masquerade mask.” 
3.	On a dark textured stone background titled “The Flavor,” features a central collage of fantasy book covers including The Magicians by Lev Grossman, Kings Rising by C.S Pacat, Evocation by S.T. Gibson, A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland, and The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Golden decorative arrows point to the books from thematic labels: Necromancy & Monsters; You & Me Against the World; Building Found Family; Fallen Prince x Disillusioned Heir; Second Chance Romance; Occult Rituals, & Inherited Bloodline Magic.
4.	On a dark textured stone background titled “The Snippet,” a black panel contains an excerpt from the story. A metallic gold phoenix emblem appears on the right side. The text reads: 
Donovan stopped at the kitchen’s threshold. Jerrik faced away from him, shoulders bare to the morning and duskfire tattoo finally visible in daylight. Black-inked phoenix wings unfurled on broad shoulders.
For a moment he stared. At the man, the ink, the herbs. A ritually trained war mage and the last pact bearer of the Dark Hearth, shirtless in the kitchen, humming.
A fantasy. It was what Donovan had imagined. Somewhere, in the handful of moments he had let himself want a life of his own, it had looked something like this.
But the longer he watched, the more he knew this wasn’t really his life, and mornings like this didn’t repeat without consequences.
His father could never know that a prince of Averath survived.
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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic. 
#QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit
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Jo @jodmello.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Utterly Unprepared for QuestPit, but here's a quick moodboard of my #RoyalsWIP #A #F #questpit
Palace, Praying Fire, Jungle, Bride, Journey on horses, Sea Dragon
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Celine Kos - amQuerying 🩷💜💙 @cl-kos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Do you like ⛰️ quests, ⚔️ battles,💜 found family, & 🌌 multiverses? Features #F tropes turned on their heads, including: 🚶excessive amounts of walking 🏛️a fraught council meeting 🧝token elves and dwarves (hobbits not included) How about a #SFF POV? WEB TRAVELER: A Meme Compilation #Q #A #QuestPit
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Annabeth @annabethwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ANASTASIA X THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT ❤️‍🔥93k Adult Romantasy ✨Light X Shadow ✨Strong but messy FMC ✨He falls first (and so much harder!) ✨Elemental magic ✨Slow burn ✨Deadly Trials ✨Forced proximity ✨Found family ✨Meddling gods ✨SO MUCH YEARNING #Bluepit #Q #A #F #R #📖
The moon also rises - 93k adult romantasyPitch: after thief Rorie discovers she’s the lost princess of a fallen light magic dynasty, lethal succession trials pit her against a shadow wielding rival— but as the conspiracy behind her bloodline’s slaughter pushes them together, their bond threatens both her heart and her claim for the crown.Comps: Anastasia, servant of Earth, when the moon hatched and the serpent and the wings of night Excerpt
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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Celine Kos - amQuerying 🩷💜💙 @cl-kos.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Anxious Letyf has no place on a world-saving quest, but when his elf-supremacist cousin declares war, Letyf joins the world's champions to protect their only hope—a child who can quell magic. In their way? World-hopping demon Lia, unwilling servant to the enemy. #Q #A #F #SFF #QuestPit #AgentsGuide
Title Page: WEB TRAVELER, Adult Epic sci-fantasy, 129k, dual POV. Art of an ancient staircase carved into a mossy cliff. tagline: "...is one small world worth dying for?"Pitch Page: Letyf Duilles has no place on a world-saving quest. Elf-supremacist Roksa Morthir took everything from Letyf—his best friend, his magic, and his future. An outcast in his rural elven village, Letyf is a constant reminder that an elf with no magic is no elf at all. When Roksa returns with an all-powerful demon on his side, Letyf must defy his endless self-doubt to protect a young elvish prodigy in the war for Crelan’s freedom. Lia, the demon in question, doesn't consider herself all-powerful. She's served heroes and villains many times before. With a string of dead masters behind her, she needs a win, or her immortality and her powers will be taken from her. If Roksa wants to conquer his backwoods, fantasy home-world, Lia will just have to do it with gritted teeth and minimal complaints about the plumbing. After all, why would a world like this be worth saving? Set on a parchment background, with photography of a spring green forest behind it. Comps: Parchment featuring five book covers: The Magicians (Magical Multiverse, I can't believe it's not Narnia, Anxious MC, Meta-fantasy, Classic Fantasy World Reimagined); This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Metapantasy, classic fantasy world, action-packed and bloody, dry humor, highly competent FMC); The Goblin Emperor (Anxious MC, No romance, deep friendships instead, Naive, fish out of water MC); The Bright Sword (No Romance, Naive MC, Action-packed, Classic Fantasy World, Epic Setting); Nine Goblins (Action Packed, Epic setting, Dry Humor, Highly competent FMC)First Lines:  Letyf drew back his arrow, sighting down the shaft at a kingbird on a low branch.

The bird cocked its head, beady eyes darting around, but they passed right over Letyf, crouched as he was in the brush. He adjusted his aim, gave the string a touch more pressure, and released.

The arrow arced away—and missed the fat gamebird by a clear foot.

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We arrived in my master's home-world with enough force to buckle my knees. 

As I yanked the heels of my pumps out of the super-heated soil, my master turned to gaze around at the brilliant green hills of his land. The rise we stood on was dotted with little white flowers, the sky was a perfect blue, and the trees shimmered with promise. Even the ring of burned grass around us couldn’t diminish the sweeping landscape.
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Dahlia 🐈‍⬛🎃 @dahliazhenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
SCARLET BRIDE LIAR WOLF (WIP) 👰 A doomed bride escaping her cult's forced marriage 🐺 A werewolf who's spent 10 years searching for his childhood friend 🔥 Fiery magic, fearsome snakes, and lies gone terribly wrong #QuestPit #W #A #RF
Project Intro. A colorful illustration of my book protagonists, Wesley and Clara, drawn by myself (Dahlia Zhen). It is labeled with the title: SCARLET BRIDE LIAR WOLF.

Wesley and Clara face each other with slight smiles, clasping hands. Wesley has messy blond hair, and is wearing a formal black suit. Clara is dressed as a bride, with a silver wedding ring. She has red hair in a loose bun, a flowing wedding veil, and a fancy red dress with feathery sleeves. The dress stylistically melts into flames toward the bottom. 

They are framed by a circular, moon and sun design. Behind Wesley, there is a crescent moon adorned with purple flowers and blue stars, and a grey pattern of rain. Behind Clara, the background is like the sun, with cloud patterns and sparkling gems over top.The same illustration as the first image, but without the background so it focuses on the two main characters. It shows several tropes/themes with arrows pointing at the couple: Open Door, Dual POV, Shy Werewolf, They Save Each Other, Estranged Childhood Friends to Lovers, Clever Caster, Escaping a Cult, Slow Burn.A story blurb, with a different illustration of the main characters Wesley and Clara.

The blurb reads: "Raised in a cult and forced to wed a monster, Clara has only one chance to escape her fate—thanks to the help of her long-lost werewolf friend.

But when all plans go up in smoke, can the remnants of a shattered puppy love survive what lies ahead?"

Below, a list says: For readers who enjoy: 
Sweet and gentle romance,
Fantasy settings with some darkness,
Tense personal stakes,
Complex family dynamics,
Themes of growth, agency and self-acceptance.

For the main artwork, the couple stands beside each other, looking at the viewer. Wesley has a more serious expression, adjusting his tie, while Clara is still smiling. They are still in their formal suit and wedding gown outfits.
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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The last of my redid agent guides, here's info on my Young Adult Urban/Contemporary Fantasy, Of Magic and Grief. Info on my other agent guides are down below.
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Suzanne Gorthwald @suzannegorthwald.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy #questpit!☺️ 💫Spheres in the Afterglow💫 a slow-burn portal romantasy 💜Outlander meets His Dark Materials 💜she doesn't want a hand kiss, she wants a handshake and a salary #W #A #RF
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Florrie Auclair - Querying and Drafting @florrienne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ARRIVAL X PARKS & REC A burnt-out lawyer escapes Earth expecting to build humanity's future, only to discover first contact is just another office job—with stranger coworkers, messier politics, and exponentially more paperwork ✨ Monet Inspired Planet ✨ Flirty Bi Alien ML #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #R
An Agent’s Guide to MEETING OF HONESTY by Florrie Auclair

A 100K romantic science-fiction novel

Title slide shows two characters in a romantic dip: an angry human woman in modern clothes and an alien man with flowing, iridescent hair against a soft pink gradientPitch Slide:
First contact has more paperwork than Gloria ever imagined.

When aliens arrive on the same planet Gloria's crew intend to colonize, of course they want the same land: the Sunny Spot, the only area with enough light to grow crops with a unique biome. But their territory dispute is moot if a toxic moss ravages it first. Gloria must now facilitate first contact and work with Emeric, the charming alien leader, to manage their shared collaboration.

    From alien strangers to bickering rivals, Gloria finds herself developing feelings for Emeric. Until secrets shatter their growing bond. Now she must weaponize bureaucratic red tape and enlist the help of her crew to negotiate—but it means coming clean about her own secrets. At the risk of losing the only people she cares about (including the alien causing her problems), Gloria must be honest with them—and herself—to ensure humanity has a home and its autonomy.Comp Slide:
The Left Hand of Darkness
Arrival
Parks & Recreation
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Translation State
Overruled 

With the text: diverse cast, examination of cultural values, alien diplomacy & communication, bureaucratic satire, lush colony planet, legal conflicts, workplace rivals-to-lovers, and prickly FMCExcerpt Slide

Image of Gloria, a human woman wearing business clothes with a clipboard obscuring the bottom half of her face

Text:
   His other hand pointed to their adjoined palms. Beginning at their pinkie fingers, he bounced to the next digit and enunciated a new, unintelligible word. Each finger anointed until reaching her thumb. This was the oddest difference between their hands; his was longer with an extra joint. Clarity crashed into her. Her inhale sharpened.

   Five fingers.

   Across the universe, she met a new lifeform and they both had five fingers on each hand.

   "Oh my god," Gloria breathed. Ironically, it was their shared features that overwhelmed her. Comfort should accompany commonality, but instead, it made this fever dream of an experience harder to deny. It was tangible that she was standing here with a bipedal humanoid with five fingers, even if his skin was blue and he had rainbow hair and feathery moth antennae. Either she was going to start laughing hysterically or throw up.

   Warble, the alien agreed (she had no idea if that was an affirmative).
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O F SCARY @ossuary.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The disgraced necromancer Dr. William Savage is caught having a one night stand spy from an invading country. As punishment he's drafted to pilot a berserker. When he learns how berserkers are made his questions could lead to the death of their immortal queen. #questpit #f #a
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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
✨ SIX OF CROWS X ARCANA ACADEMY✨ After an ancient prophecy resurfaces mid magic trial, six artists must uncover who is trying to enact calamity. This Adult Epic Fantasy features: 📜Deadly Deals 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets Best Left Unspoken 💔Rivals to Allies to 👀 #questpit #F #DF #R #A #Q
An Artistic Deception - An Adult Sapphic Epic Fantasy - A girl dancing in an abandoned church Enemies to lovers
Sapphic
Sentient Magic School 
Indigenous Diaspora 
Can Your Fate be Changed? 

Martyred by her people, a priestess awakens as a refugee displaced through time to find her sacrifice in vain. 

Agni attends a magical college to build a new life, but when the past resurfaces, she must either embrace martyrdom again or flee, leaving behind the life she’s built and the woman she loves. before fate claims another kingdom. Reads like Hozier’s Yell 

Putting the con in economy - The lies of locke lamora
a deadly education - my school is trying to kill me 
six of crows - ensemble cast x found family 
witch hat atelier - magic consequences for me like 💀
arcana academy - so you like pining? 
Character art of Agni and Fala 

“Can’t you ever do as you’re told?” Fala snaps. 
“No.” The word rolls off my lips, sweet as candy. 
“Impudent.” 
“Arrogant,” I bite back. 
We are toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, her amber irises trembling. 
“You know nothing.” Fala seethes. I laugh, drunk on her wild temper on I can ignite. That may have been true at the beginning of term but not now. 
I know all about the woman I’ve spent the year ruefully falling in love with.
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J.Q. Crawford @jqcrawford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#QuestPit Waltz of the Jaded is a dark urban fantasy set in a futuristic Tokyo focused on psychological tension and an all-consuming relationship, where power has a physical cost, and intimacy is both dangerous and inevitable. Would you read this? #DF #F #A #W
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Emily Rae 📚 @emilyrae.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
WWDITS x SIGN HERE Cenzo is thriving as a vampire, until a hunter injects him with a serum & turns him human. Now he has to EAT & BREATHE? Ridiculous. 😤 Cenzo must work with the hunter to reverse the effects—if his new human conscience doesn't get in the way. #QuestPit #A #FA #AG
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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic. 
#QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit
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Noor is ✨️Querying & Drafting✨️ @n-a-writes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
💥CULLING Agent's guide💥 They pretended her homeworld destruction was an accident, not knowing that the entire galaxy is next on the chopping block. 🌌Queernorm world 🌌Chaos Crew 🌌A secret older than the galaxy 🌌And an impossible enemy #QuestPit #A #SF #Q
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Nick Harkins 🌟 Querying @dreadwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE UNMOTHERS x THE WOODS ALL BLACK x PREACHER'S DAUGHTER An agent’s guide to THE GODBRINGER, an 83k adult southern gothic horror featuring— 🦌 southern gothic atmosphere 👯 dual pov 🫀 forbidden love 📿religious fanaticism 🕯️cults ♀️ female rage #questpit #A #H #Q
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Rara Hope @rarahope.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
CITY OF DUSK x WITCHY DnD A grieving shipwreck survivor teams up with an exiled monster hunter turned librarian to solve the mystery behind a blank but sentient book. If they fail, a sea witch hellbent on revenge will unravel reality to reclaim her stolen magic. #questpit #F #A #P
Book cover titling, The Moon Could Only Weep. Features a dripping moon, ocean waves, a blood ribbon threading a needle, spindles, wisteria, stars, and storm clouds.
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Author Aislin Spurgeon @aislinspurgeon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
GLAZED & CONFUSED, 78,000-word contemporary rom-com When Milo gets dumped minutes before a couples pottery class, he does the only logical thing: shows up alone. Unfortunately for Briar, the overworked studio owner who swore off dating, their chemistry burns hotter than a kiln. #questpit #q #a #r
Mood board for GLAZED & CONFUSED, a 78,000-word adult romantic comedy. A warm, earthy collage features hands shaping clay on a pottery wheel, shelves filled with handmade pottery, a woman smiling while throwing clay, downtown Fort Wayne at sunset, a couple ice skating together, a curly-haired young man, a hand glazing a ceramic mug, and a couple embracing with clay-covered hands. Center text reads, “A Mood Board for GLAZED & CONFUSED.” The overall aesthetic evokes cozy creativity, second chances, playful romance, and small-town Midwest charm.
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Chezza Lee📚 @chezza.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Bluebeard x Obsession x Chinese mythology A courtesan goes to an immortal's palace to reclaim her emotions, but discovers the palace has seven disfigured women hidden in the shadows...and they all look exactly like her. 🔥 #questpit #AG #DF #A
Moodboard for TO POSSESS THE FLAME, an adult dark fantasy novel. Featuring ancient Chinese buildings, a woman holding a mask, a plate of food, a fan, a locked door, medicinal jars, and a woman in red.
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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive. 🐊 RevPit 25 winner 🐊 big 5 editor interest ✉️ in your inbox 👀 #QuestPit #Q #MG #H
The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads.Black quote on white background: “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you.” Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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V.Borde @vbordewriting.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BABEL X a forbidden South Asian Epic THE EIGHTH GATE follows a sheltered noblewoman who discovers her fate is not to serve the crown, but decide who wears it #questpit #F #Q #A 🪷anti-colonialism 🪷morally grey characters 🪷romantic subplot 🪷a villain you don't know to root for or against
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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Lunaria Witch (🎵Crystal - Stevie Nicks or Upside Down Tori Amos) 🍃 Elemental Magic ✨ The threads that bind us all together ❤️‍🔥 Yearning fated romance 🧙‍♀️ Folklore and Witchcraft 💫 ND Rep 💃🏻 Self acceptance #questpit #q #na #a #f #r #ownvoices
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Sharon Wofford @sharonwoffordwrite.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A guide to BLOODRUNE, the story of an ambitious runecrafter who must flee her university after inventing a magical weapon. She is hunted by the king’s forces, but she will go to any lengths necessary to defend her work…even as she loses her grip on reality #QuestPit #Q #A #F
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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
HAZELTHORN X YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES Portrait of a Fawn- a Gothic, YA Speculative Horror 🦌 #revpit 2026 Winner 🥀botanical eco horror 🥀bickering ghost hunters 🥀a haunted, forest-infested theater 🥀found family & dysfunctional families #Q #YA #H #S #Questpit
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Charity @color--my--words.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#questpit #W #A #H PEARL + THE COLLECTOR When a young woman raised in isolation forms an obsession for a paranoid Vietnam veteran harboring secrets on his secluded property, she uses him to manipulate and abduct two men—a freshman college student and a local handyman.
Moodboard for VENUS, OR VENEREOUS 

A psychological horror set in rural Ohio in 1985.

Featuring a man with a college sweater on, other men wearing work boots and jeans, some looking bloody, sweaty, and in distress. A woman holding a revolver. A bloodhound standing in the water. A slice of pecan pie on a tin dish. Playboy magazines. An old Victorian house slightly dilapidated. An old pickup truck from the 80s.
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Charlotte Dante 💫querying author💫 @charlottedante14.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
WHAT THRIVES IN DARKNESS, an 88,000-word LGBTQ+ YA myth-inspired fantasy about a god of spring who flees an arranged marriage and finds something far more dangerous in the Underworld: freedom. #questpit #q #yafantasy #amquerying
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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
MATRIX x DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST Father Matthias meets a spirit in his parish. And fails to find them evil. Instead, Ruin comes with plums and a name he’s never known: Mattie. Does the God he serve have mercy for all he becomes? 📖 1749 liturgical calendar 🏳️‍🌈 queer #QuestPit #W #A #HR #S #LF
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Julie Cassidy @juliecassidy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Their marriage started with a joke. Now Hollywood wants them to sell their love story for real. 🎬 Rising actress × former child star 💍 Impulsive secret marriage 📸 Viral chemistry 👀 Studio-mandated fake dating ❤️ The only thing they don’t fake? Their feelings. #QuestPit #A #R #Q
A Polaroid-style collage of a Hollywood romance, including red carpet paparazzi, a couple kissing, a wedding ring exchange, formal black evening wear, the Hollywood sign, and palm trees at sunset, arranged like overlapping snapshots.
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