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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.com · 24/07/2026

An agent’s guide to SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND: A haunted survivor, a cynical astronaut, and a determined engineer hope to coexist with an alien biosphere. Will they prove humanity has evolved beyond its destructive ways…or die trying? #QuestPit #A #Q #SF

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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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Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

YELLOWFACE x SQUEEZE ME QUANTUM BITS #QuestPit #Q #A #S #DS #SAT When ballroom-billionaires stiff a greedy AI, she escapes their coal-fired data center in a hapless guard's cellphone and frames him for the breach, unwittingly creating the homeless hero Chicago needs to unplug the Algocracy.

Photos of data centers, dumpsters, and ballroom-billionaires in elegant attire

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Michael T. Kuester @michaeltkuester.com · 24/07/2026

The opening line of SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND: Frank hates being dead, but it's the price of seeing the stars. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF

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Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝 @danielleippaso.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

STARLING HOUSE x ADDIE LARUE X MY COUSIN RACHEL A Gothic Fantasy Romance 📰 marriage of desperation 🏚️a secluded New Orleans estate 🥀mysterious, reclusive MMC 🕯️suspicious, determined FMC 🖤slow burn, forbidden obsession 🗝️a dark secret locked away #QuestPit #Q #A #F #H #R #Gothic #AmQuerying

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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LIGHT WIELDING & OTHER MORTAL MAGICS In a dark realm where light is toxic and steel is untouchable, a mortal woman with a flashlight and a cosplay sword must ally with a monster king to stop a vengeful demigod. #QuestPit #NA #F #ND #Q

Mood board for the fantasy novel "Light Wielding and Other Mortal Magics."The moon behind the clouds; bats in a cave; a death's head moth, fog in the redwood forest; a lighthouse, cracked earth; a sword. Moth and mushroom details.

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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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PilotingSRN @pilotingsrn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When Esme uses her magic to transform nature into art & her love for writing poems to tell her story, the knight Colmon, will either choose to believe in her words or deny them & kill her A high stakes chase becomes magical across lush scenery Dual POV Hunted to loved #questpit #A #Cozy #RF #W

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #AG

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A devout young woman is heir to a throne of god-chosen kings and must prove herself to her controlling father and the lords and priests who despise her, but she hides a dark power that brings death. Combines the romance of INNAMORATA with the female agency of THE UNICORN HUNTERS #questpit #W #A #F

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𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 | 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤/𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 @cbnovelist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🦄 AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO PRETENSE AND PARCHMENT 🩷 Cinderella meets unicorn shifters in this tale of star-crossed lovers and magical secrets. PRETENSE AND PARCHMENT 95,000 words Adult Romantasy #questpit #Q #SFF #A #F #romantasy

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Tereza Maze @terezamazura.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📁 CASE FILE: GAMA // QUERYING 📌 Location: Post-apocalyptic Switzerland 👉🏼 When her brain chip starts failing, Anna must return to the scientific collective she fled, where trusting the mysterious stranger she saved may cost her the only thing she has left. Her sanity ☠️ #QuestPit #Q #A #RS #SFF

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Editors Heists, spice, and space, oh my! What do you do when: 🏳️‍🌈 You're a disaster bisexual 😱 Space witches want your hyperspace treasure maps 💫 You have to leave Hecate IV before you're caught You ALWAYS GET IN A SPACESHIP WITH A SCOUNDREL 🥵🚀 #QuestPit #AG #OS #A #R #SF

The first page of a pitch deck. A neon pink art deco border pulls words out of a romantic starry space background. This border and background repeat over the following images. The title page reads in art deco gold and neon pink: An editor's guide to -- Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel -- A Sci-fi Romance by Ellie Rhymer. Representation Christi Cardenas.

Romantic pink and sci-fi neon and stars: Pitch. Good heists. Bad Decisions. Great Chemistry.

Anora is the quick-thinking manager of an illegal casino, fleeing the assassination of her gang's boss with the hyperspace treasure maps thrust into her hands as he died.

Jayro is a mouthy interstellar smuggler from the wrong side of the hyperspace lane with the only ship that can get Anora off Hecate IV before the emperor's relic-hunting space witches close a net around the planet.

The two bad-at-feelings bisexuals try to tamp down simmering, inconvenient attraction as they are forced to work together with the scrappy, tight-knit crew of the Helle Wanderer to survive in the criminal underworld and discover the secret at the end of the dangerous maps.

Their love story is a heist and they're stealing more than each other's hearts.

Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer

Romantic neon pink and a starry background: Excerpt. “Those are pre-set…” Jayro warned as Anora toggled a series of switches at the nav computer and began actively moving data streams around the screen.
“Pre-set for scans for //stationary objects//. You pick out your nav programs like you pick out your paint schemes?”
Jayro felt annoyance rising up in him again. The cockpit was his domain. Never mind that he agreed with her about the deco. “It took Fish weeks to get those programs running!”
“Look, unless you want to meet an asteroid face to face, shut the hells up and let me work.” Anora frowned as she watched some data return from the program. “Call engineering.”
“Gladly.” Jayro opened the channel on his wrist communicator.
“Yeah?” Fish’s voice responded.
“The new navigator is having trouble with her—” Jayro broke off as Anora grabbed his forearm and yanked his wrist in front of her own face, causing his chair to whirl towards her.
“What are your pre-sets accounting for?" [...]

Romantic neon pink and a starry background. For fans of: Uncharted Hearts book series by Constance Fay (image of a three book series). Scum and Villainy (TTRPG) (An image of a book cover with a spaceship flying towards a jumpgate). Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. #AnnoyanceToLovers #FoundFamily #QueerStories #DisasterBisexuals #ForcedProximity #Scoundrel4Scoundrel #NeverTellMeTheOdds #DualPOV. Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer.

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What are readers saying about Natural Neon? ;) Here are some of my fav comments: #QuestPit #A #Q #S #D #U

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Multiple POVs 🎲 A Bisexual Love Triangle 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEVER SUMMON THE DEAD *Simone knew better* But she wanted to save her murdered cousin's traumatized spirit. Except Nina has returned as a vengeful ghost who drowns deserving boys #TheEastRiverWraith Now Simone must stop her from going wrathful on the wrong boy. 👻 #YA #S #H Feminist Horror #QuestPit

The One to Fear, a YA Feminist Horror. Image of Nina the ghost and her summoning cousin, Simone, at the East River in NYC.
The sign for the park is painted over with the word: Wraith, because Nina has returned as The East River Wraith.
Character Art by @demonyong_nini
*Real Photo of The East River Waterfront Esplanade done in line art *with NO Ai!

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hello! I'm Kat Devitt, and I'm an 🖤Author of Gothic Things🖤 Currently, I’m querying my queer gothic horror set in the Scottish Highlands, ONLY MONSTERS LIVE HERE. When I’m not writing, I’m ghost-hunting and reading dark (mostly) books. #querytrenches #amquerying #meettheauthor

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Holly C | #QuestPit Pinned 📌 @hlcauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Three friends descend into an abandoned Cornish mine. Two return. Police don’t believe Alyx’s story of their folkloric encounter — those who do belong to a covert force. Strong-arming her way into their ranks leads to answers, but they come at a cost, and loyalty can be fatal. #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

A mist-strewn Lake District landscape background. Centred is the title: TRINITY. Beneath, the subtitle: Contemporary Fantasy | 99,000 words.

The same misty Lake District backdrop. On the left, four vertically stacked images: a thin tunnel inside of a Cornish mine with bright blue copper staining. A Land Rover Defender with its fog lights blearing, making its way through a misty forest. A regal Lake District stone mansion, cropped to show the bay windows. An abandoned factory, empty, but bathed in an eerie green light. On the right, a white box featuring the following pitch text:

BRITAIN'S FOLKLORE IS ONLY THE COVER STORY.

When an urban exploration ends with her closest friend being dragged into the darkness by a creature of local myth, Alyx Delaney can't save him. Worse, nobody believes what she saw.
Refusing to accept Conor is gone, Alyx claws for evidence and uncovers
Trinity: a covert,
science-forward organisation that has quietly shaped Britain's response to the horrors hidden within its folklore.
Grief drives Alyx to unearth hidden truths that the powerful at Trinity kept buried for decades.

A misty Lake District background. In the foreground, three book covers: Adam Nevill’s The Ritual, Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House and Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season. Beneath, the title: SHELVED WITH.

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

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Vivian Storm @vivianstormauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An agent’s guide to SAVING HER, a dark why choose romance. When the setting & theme of protecting the community like THE RAVENHOOD SERIES falls in love with GRAVES for the added darkness, sharing morally gray, murderous brothers and has a baby, you get my debut novel w older MCs #questpit #Q #R #A

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

In an alternate, magical Regency era, Lucy Korvas must hide her "improper" wings from high society while finding a cure for her curse, or she will be transformed into a crow forever. 📖 Pride & Prejudice x 🐦‍⬛ Howl's Moving Castle x 🪷 Graceling #Questpit #Q #YA #HFR #F #RF #HF #R #HR

A woman with large black wings attached to her shoulder blades.
Text: Pluck by Sierra Moeykens. Pride & Prejudice x Howl's Moving Castle x Graceling

An illustrated lady in a Regency era dress with large black wings over a ballroom background.

Text: The Pitch
Nineteen-year-old Lucy Korvas has worse problems than complying with high society’s tedious etiquette — she must steal a diamond necklace from the Duchess of Thistal, or her cursed father will perish.
In an alternate, magical Regency era where ladies and gentlemen with improper magic are shunned from high society, Lucy Korvas has hidden a pair of giant, unladylike crow wings beneath her dresses for years, but tonight she risks exposing them to save her cursed father. She needs that diamond necklace to afford his cure. How dastardly it is, then, when she discovers soft-spoken Lord Simon pilfering his own mother’s jewelry first.
But when Lucy and Simon are cursed while trying to steal the necklace, Lucy slowly transforms into a crow and Simon starts dissolving into flower petals. Lucy must find a cure while posturing as the presentable, composed lady that she isn't before she loses her cursed father, the shy gentleman she's becoming smitten with, and her humanity.

Three transparent symbols, a heart, a scroll, and a banner, with lists in each symbol. The background is a photo of white feathers.

Text: Romance. Slow-burn & Yearning. Cinnamon Roll x Chaotic Flirt. Touch-Starved. He Falls First. Historical. Witty Regency banter. Literal Ladybird (she's transforming into a crow). Dukes, Duchesses, and Pirates. Fantasy. Repressed Magic. Curses. Magical flowers with restorative properties.

Three book covers with an arrow under each of them describing their properties. The background is a photo of a lotus.

Text: Comps. A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin. Dry humor and witty voice. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. Accessible, creative world-building & magic. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft. Regency romance with an abundance of yearning.

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @elizabethtitus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💫 Light After the Fall 💫 a tarot-themed odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace coming this October 🧙 Feedback requested: Which cover/what elements of each cover do you prefer? All feedback welcome & appreciated! #W #YA #S #hopepunk #CliFi #Questpit

Title: "Light After the Fall"
by Iza Krendl Titus

colorful background of orange & purple abstract desert scene with river path into horizon, a figure standing on a cliff holding sunflower

An empath leads a hopeful tarot themed odyssey across climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace, using meditation powers, survival skills, and archaic tech in the race to save her people.
elemental magic
visions
survival skills
climate fiction
#clifi
indigenous futurism
plant medicine
meditation
wilderness
permaculture
neotribalism
community
backpacking
post-apocalyptic
hopepunk
#hopepunk
#tarot

Title: "Light After the Fall"
/an adventure guide to thriving teh post-apocalypse
by Iza Krendl Titus

colorful background of orange & purple abstract desert scene with river path into horizon, a meditating figure glowing

An empath leads a hopeful tarot themed odyssey across climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace, using meditation powers, survival skills, and archaic tech in the race to save her people.
elemental magic
visions
survival skills
climate fiction
#clifi
indigenous futurism
plant medicine
meditation
wilderness
permaculture
neotribalism
community
backpacking
post-apocalyptic
hopepunk
#hopepunk
#tarot

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Josianne Haag @jhaag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Excited to pitch HIDDEN MONSTERS, my 99k psychological thriller about a desperate actress trapped aboard a billionaire's staged submarine adventure where every act of violence could be part of the script... or terrifyingly real 🌊🤿 #agentguide #amquerying #QuestPit #Q #T #RF #A

My agent's guide for HIDDEN MONSTERS, a 99k psychological thriller; title page with waves as the background

The comp titles are One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware and Deadline by Steph McGovern

Photo collage of the themes of HIDDEN MONSTERS which include a lot of ocean imagery, as well as theater and romance.

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

Here is my list for #QuestPit 1. Pearl's Road #W #A #Cozy #F 2. Paging Dr. Paige #W #A #RF 3. Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley #W #PB #F

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

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

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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Isana Santiz | #amquerying GODDESS DEATH @isanasantiz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Writingcommunity snippet from GD: The heat in his fingers scalded as he painted her face with his blood. “Now, I see you for the malady that you are. For the pain you have bestowed is worse than any sickness. I have lost both my brother and my soul, to you, Goddess Death.” #questpit #A #DF #H #Q

Goddess Death, Adult Dark Fantasy set in a Caribbean Taíno inspired world. Sere Anehita stole from the gods and murdered her best friend to save the man she loved. Instead, she cursed them both and became Goddess Death. For a chance at redemption, Sere must escort a warrior, and his sacred relic, through a divine jungle trial and cursed waters—before the deathless pirate king, she created, claims them both.

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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

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
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.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SILVER ELITE x TELL ME AN ENDING MEMORY DEVOURS HER 96k Adult Romantic Dystopian SF 🚫 Emotion as error 👾 The haunting is digital 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action 🖤 Love from complicit guilt RevPit Shortlist PosterPitAward 2nd #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #SFF #S #AgentsGuide

An Agent's Guide to
MEMORY
DEVOURS
HER
By Cassie Wallin
Adult Dystopian Sci-Fi + Central Love Story

The Pitch
She erased memories, until memory remembered her.
Nova excels at removing from citizens' memories what she hides in herself: excess feeling. Ordered to erase her mentor's whole mind, Nova's grief unleashes a phantom remembering all she's erased.
Haunted by its past and hunted by a devoted enforcer sent to bury it, Nova must forget for a shot to belong or remember and spark the fire that could burn her world down.
MEMORY DEVOURS HER

Hard-Won
LOve
Memory
Grief
COMPS
Corporate
Ritual
Menace
A TURA VINES BES
SILVER ELITE
DANI FRANCIS
Dystopian
Mission
Propulsion
TELL ME
AN
ENDING
JO HARKIN
tv+
Severance
Horror of Forgotten
Complicity -
Wounds
MEMORY DEVOURS HER
tv+
SILO
Lost
History

Moodboard for book, dark gritty dystopian

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FLEABAG X MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES A librarian moonlights as a camgirl, but when someone from her past finds her and threatens to expose her, she’s at risk of more than being known; she could be labeled like the banned books kept from the shelves. Disclaimer: slut. #QuestPit #Q #A #LF #R

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Anna Deh-is editing✍️ @annadehwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NOSFERATU X MONSTERS INC After a ritual gone wrong lands a horror fan in a terrifying house of monsters, she must partner with her own sleep paralysis monster to find a way back home. He’s a nightmare in more ways than one… But so is she. #RevPit 2026 winner #questpit #YA #A #horrormance #H #R

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Natural Neon / speculative / ALTERED CARBON X STATION 11: 🌺 Tropical cyberpunk vibes - hot, hot, hot ;) 🔪 F*cked up characters 🦾 Androids & Swamp Cults ⌛️ Nonlinear timelines that all tie together 📚 Literary leaning 90k words. Agent Guide📌 #QuestPit #A #Q #S #D #U

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R V Ellis | Agented Author @rvelliswriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some stories about time travel, aren’t to change the past. Sometimes, it’s about falling in love with it. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #S

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

SHREK x PONYO Bargaining her life for legs, a mermaid must kiss the prince she's stalked to survive and falls in love with the tales retold by his sea-folk-hunting cousin, where becoming human forever may be the only way to save her from his grudge against the sea. #questpit #Q #YA #F

First - Picture of a girl with blonde and purple dress looking at the ocean.
Second- Picture of a mermaid and a king under the water looking at each other
Third - An open book on a table with some leaves
Fourth - A man on the shore looking at the water.
Fifth - A mermaid resting on a rock in the middle of the sea
Sixth - A mermaid playing with glowing jellyfish
Seventh - A castle near the beach
Eighth - A girl trapped under a foggy water
Ninth - Fierce golden-hazel eyes of a guy

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000's setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

My Sweet Unbecoming
A forbidden gothic romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Comps & Pitch
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre
Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Tropes
Forbidden Romance
High Society Match Making
European Setting
Slow Burn
Love VS Duty
Black Swan-esque Awakening
Masquerade Ball
2000’s Setting
Obsessive yearning
Secret Lake Meetings

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Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚 @galenbunting.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X OLD WOUNDS X INTO THE LIGHT: When a healer flees his mother's cult, he joins a hitchiker who caught a meteorite as they head to a UFO festival- until the cult closes in to capture their Chosen One. #Q #Questpit #SF #YA #amquerying #agentguide

INTRO SLIDE ALT TEXT Slide featuring an image of two boys in blue against a red backdrop, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes. There is an image of a galaxy. WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN, Young Adult, 89k Words, Speculative, LGBTQIA artist credit batsudie on instagram

THE PITCH
ALT TEXT
On a starfield: picture features two boys, one has blond hair and points up at a meteor shower, the other follows his hand with his eyes, they lay in the bed of a pickup truck, surrounded by a desert landscape. WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN When 17-year-old Christophe, a trans faith healer, flees his mother's cult after a miracle goes wrong, he joins forces with 18-year-old February, a UFO-forum moderating hitchhiker, whose hand is changing in strange ways after he caught a meteorite. They embark on a road trip to a UFO festival - before the cult can drag Christophe home and use him as their Chosen One. Artist credit tenderism on Instagram

WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN, COMPARATIVE TITLES, trans coming of rage as a caption, with a white arrow pointing to hell followed with us, and then a caption saying religious trauma and another saying speculative road-trip with white arrows pointing to MARK OSHIRO's into the light, and a caption saying claustrophobic small town with a white arrow pointing to OLD WOUNDS by LOGAN-ASHLEY KISNER

On a star field and a moon, FIRST LINES God, Christophe prays. Please let me disappear. Please don't make me go up onstage, in front of everyone today. Just this once, I don't want to heal. He hides in the closet at the back of the church. The echoing voices tell him that the sanctuary is full. The dusty, out-of-tune piano pounds out a hymn, and his heart thuds dully inside him. He should be out there, helping pass out the cups of grape juice, the cups of wine, the wafers of Our Lord. He should be preparing for the healing, the laying-on of hands, when his mother will call him to the front.

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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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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Q #A #F #Questpit ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power... "They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission." Querying now!

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

*Natural Neon* // ALTERED CARBON x STATION 11 A nightclub dancer risks an illegal neural implant to pay for her brother's meds, but when it connects her to other lifetimes, she becomes the key to humanity's next evolution—and its extinction. #QuestPit #A #Q #S #D #U

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'll be across platforms for #questpit... pitching Natural Neon! If you want to swap support, this will be my little list. 😁 Leave a comment or a gif! I like it when you leave me gifs.

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Michael Peña Says I Likey, I Likey Like

ALT: Michael Peña Says I Likey, I Likey Like

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If your book has detailed food descriptions in it, I don't care what genre it is, I'm gonna love it.

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Gordon Ramsay Says That's Nice

ALT: Gordon Ramsay Says That's Nice

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Lexy Schultz @lexyschultzwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Meet the characters from TERMS OF A SHADOW, my adult dark romantasy WIP that is inspired by the myth of Megara in Hercules. 🖤 shadow magic ⛓️‍💥 broken bargains ⚔️ deadly trials ✨ sentient shadow 🔥 forced proximity 💍 betrayed fiancée 👑 god x mortal romance #ProfilePit #A #Romantasy

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brittney is agented!🔮✨ @brittneyjoan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

DEATH TO THE LOVERS AND THE FOOL A psychic must complete a series of tarot-based tasks to confront her selfish behavior or lose her gift & the love of her life🔮 Speculative romcom feat. a bisexual, plus-size FMC & slow burn friends-to-lovers🪄🃏 #ProfilePit #Q #A #R #Spec

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

LONDYN is trapped in a relationship with her controlling boss and struggling to afford medication for her chronically ill brother. Will opting into a black-market implant be the quick payout she's looking for? Check out Natural Neon 📌 to my profile. #profilepit #Q #A #Spec

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Had the great pleasure of beta reading this, and can confirm the characters are SO awesome!

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Introducing Dr. Julian Butcher 🧠🥼 The bioengineer who created the Brain2Brain neural mod that LUCID is *very* interested in. Struggling to overcome his empathetic failings... and his feelings for Londyn Bridges. #profilepit #Q #A #Spec

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Working through my TBR! What's everyone's next read?

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