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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had such a blast with #DVpit I loved the support and the cheering in the writing community… Thanks so much everyone. I met such talented writers with fantastic stories, waiting to find their agent partner. I will keep cheering for you throughout..

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Emily Wilde X The Spellshop Maya, a freshly graduated mage, is desperate to find a job— but no one’s hiring. So she does the next logical thing: start her magical (SLIGHTLY illegal,shh) business—only to be heralded as the face of a revolution to decentralize magic. #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Emily Wilde X Spellshop When Maya fails to get a mage job after graduation, she starts her own magical (slightly illega shhl) business helping ppl, only to become the face of a revolution to decentralize magic. 🍂Unique magic system 🍂Academic Vibes 🍂Romantic subplot 🍂Cutest baby goat #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Emily Wilde X The Spellshop A mage is desperately seeking a job, but no one’s hiring. So she does the next logical thing: start a magical (slightly illegal shh) business only to become the face of a revolution to decentralize magic 🍂Coming of age 🍂Romantic subplot 🍂Cutest baby goat #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

EMILY WILDE x SPELLSHOP Maya desperate to find a mage job, but… no one’s hiring. So she does the next logical thing: start her own magical (SLIGHTLY illegal, shh) business—only to become the face of a revolution to decentralize magic. Only she doesn’t want to. #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Emily Wilde x Teller of Small Fortunes After all employment avenues fail, a mage starts her magical business. When bureaucracy shuts her down, the only option is to become the face of a revolution to decentralize magic and risk everything she’s worked hard for. #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Emily Wilde X The Spellshop A mage is desperately seeking employment, but no one’s hiring. So she does the next logical thing: start a magical (slightly illegal shh) business only to become the face of a revolution to decentralize magic 🍂Coming of age 🍂Romantic subplot 🍂Glyph Magic #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Horribly ever after?? Love this so much!!!

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To all writers participating in #dvpit, comment below and I’ll boost your pinned pitch post. Wishing you the best of luck

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Emily Wilde X The Spellshop Maya, a freshly graduated mage, is desperate to find a job, but… no one’s hiring. So she does the next logical thing: start her own magical (and SLIGHTLY illegal, shh) business—only to be heralded the face of a revolution to decentralize magic. #DVpit #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good luck everyone participating in #DVPit Excited to connect with writers new and old…

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#askdv what do you look to edit in your debut client MS before going on sub?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#askdv what are some questions you recommend asking beta readers before querying?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#askdv do you think shorter novels/novellas are gaining more interest due to short wordcount? If yes, any specific genres?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#askdv what is your best advice to cut word count?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#AskDV how’s the market for cozy fantasy? Any specific themes and tropes in the genre in more demand these days?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Legends & Lattes X The Spellshop X David & Goliath A mage is desperately seeking employment, but no one’s hiring. So she does the next logical thing: start a magical (slightly illegal) business only to become the face of a revolution. 🍂Coming of age 🍂Romantic subplot 🍂Glyph Magic #preDV #F #A #NA

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Posting my agent’s guide, just in time for #DvPit A Mage’s Guide to Making Ends Meet is a NA/YA crossover Cozy Fantasy with unique magic, romantic sub plot and the cutest baby goat!!! #agentsguide #querying #cozyfantasy #fantasy #sffbooks

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#askDV What are you especially interested in signing right now? What genre/age/theme/vibes/tropes? Any personal favs?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#askDV What do you see editors are asking to see more of in SFF? Any tropes, themes. Where is the SFFH books heading in the next 2-3 years?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#askDV When trying to decide which scenes to keep and which to delete/merge with another, what is your advice on that? What criteria should authors look for when revising a scene ?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#AskDV What are some ways to make the first pages sparkle? Hook the agent?

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#AskDV what do you see working in the cozy fantasy space?

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

Hey #QuestPit! Here are some snippets as well as some of the reader comments from my adult romantic epic fantasy A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS to whet your appetite! ❤️‍🔥Slow-burn ✨Magic 📖Prophecy 🧝‍♀️Elves 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Unwilling allies to lovers 🙍‍♀️Adult cast 🎥Multi-POV Hungry for more? I'll be querying soon! #RF #A #Q

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

THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME X BLOOD & STEEL X CW's 'REIGN' ✨ Arranged marriage 💫 Reincarnation (á la Inuyasha 🤭) 🤺 Princess x Knight (Forbidden) 👑 Non-Eurocentric Empire 🌈 LGBTQ+ & BIPOC Rep 🗣️ Emphasis on Self Agency/Identity #Questpit #Q #A #F #RF

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mary @mbcottrell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Marble Garden 60k words YA horror-fantasy if THE SECRET GARDEN had an emo older brother if PIRANESI was a teenage artist if PRINCESS MONONOKE had an evil parasite in charge of the forest #questpit #Q #YA #H #F

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Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LEGALLY BLONDE X B.K. BORISON'S GOOD SPIRITS A first-year public defender for sorcerers must help her newest client prove his innocence without accidentally falling in love with him. rep: WEAVER LITERARY #QuestPit #OS #A #F #R

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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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Kira Fierro @kirawritesbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

❤️ CRIMSON IDOL - Science-Fantasy reimagining of Julius Caesar through the eyes of Cleopatra! 🌌 Ft. a Rachel Zegler as Evita x Snow-coded relationship "When I am finished, there will be no Gods left to pray to,” he said. “You will find your solace in me alone." #W #A #SFF #SF #questpit

Image of Crimson Idol blurb and Comp titles.

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Crimson Idol

"CRIMSON IDOL is an Adult Science Fantasy WIP that reimagines Shakespeare's Julius Caesar through the eyes of Cleopatra."

To the right, there is a black and light blue tragedy mask.

Below are the comp titles, which read:
"Revenge story" and below it is an image of the cover of Heavenbreaker
"Death magic" and below it is an image of the cover of To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods
"Celebrity to Politician" and below it is an image of the Evita (musical) poster from 2025, which starred Rachel Zegler)
"Sci fi x Fantasy" and below it is an image of a Star Wars: A New Hope Poster

Depicts many images on the moodboard. Top left reads "The center of this man's attention was a very bad place to be. Right of that is an image of a blue-lit man with his own image behind him that is more blue. Right of that is an image of Rachel Zegler with a blindfold, from her Lady Jane Grey look at the Met Gala. The rightmost top image reads "If I cannot bend Heaven, I will raise Hell."

The next image on the far left is an image of pitch-black hands holding many stars. To its right is a smoky-ish makeup eye look of black and glittery purple. To its right is an silhouette image of a woman's body floating in a green sea of stars. To its right is an image of a hand with a breaking string of pearls.
Below this row, all the way on the left, is a side view image of a woman wearing a silky purple-blue dress with pearl and jewelry sleeves. To the right of this is an artistic depiction of an explosion with many rainbow colors in space. To the right of this is the back view of a red dress with gold laurel accents on the shoulders and back. To the right of this is an image of a blond man pressing his fist to his mouth in concentration.
Below this row is a picture of a blond man facing left with his eyebrows raised very slightly, gold hair of curls going down to his neck. To the right of this there are two images near the same size; the top one reads "We are here to make another world" and the one below it artistically depicts a man whose green skin is transparent, revealing his rib cage and veins glowing. To the right of this, also on the bottom, is an image of Director Krennic from the Star Wars franchise, looking smug.

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Calista Peralta only wants what the Gods willed: her throne returned from her usurper siblings. Presumed dead, the exiled regent has spent years biding her time, using her Gods-given gift – the ability to kill without touch – as an assassin for hire, waiting to return home. An opportunity comes in the form of Cato Janus, a general and politician who offers his full military support... so long as she pretends to be his fiancée to bolster his campaign for Grand Chancellor.

Lost in the web of a world with political influencers and die-hard fanbases, Calista is jarred by the celebrity culture of Cato’s world. Soon, she becomes ensnared by her newfound fame, remembering what power tastes like. She gets caught between Cato’s witty and passionate right hand, Altan, and Cato himself, whose status and prowess promise her more power than she’s ever had. Maybe more power than the Gods themselves. Calista must decide how far she will go to help him and enact her revenge, because Cato’s ambition might cost her everything.

The image is deep purple and red, a blurry depiction of the Roman Forum at night.

Label reads "Crimson Idol Starter Kits"

The bottom left is labeled "Calista" and shows a pearl string, a necklace, a golden laurel crown, an orange off-the-shoulder dress with gold embellishments, and a sapphire blue feather boa.

The middle top is labeled "Cato" and shows a 40s-inspired green military uniform with a cape, a gold cuff, a general cap, and a silver scepter.

The bottom right is labeled "Altan" and shows a long, deep Prussian and black toga with arms crossed in front, a silver laurel crown above it, a single red drop earring, a black and luminous blue broadsword, and a glass of champagne below it.

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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

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Kelly Young @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Howls Moving Castle x Beauty and the Beast Amnesiac healer makes a deal to help break a dying sorcerer’s curse in exchange for his help locating her missing best friend, only to discover her memories and life are tied to his survival. 👀💜🌙✨🌌💙🕰️ #questpit #AG #WIP #RF

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Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden. But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels. #QuestPit #T #SF #A #Q #POC #rivalstolovers

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Kath Rothschild Author @kathrothschild.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE DEAD ROMANTICS x PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION in haunted New Orleans 🫶🏼 feminist historian 🍃 bayou storyteller 🔥slow burn 🖤 rivals to lovers 🎠 set in the big easy DON'T GHOST ME (Spec Romance w/ upmarket 82K) #questpit

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Their cruise is doomed from the start: Liz thought the destination was Bermuda not Halifax & T.J.'s ex broke up with her before it. They find comfort in each other, until T.J.’s past haunts her & Liz must decide if she has to say goodbye to her boatmance. #questpit #Q #A #R #LGBT

The Final Chapter Moodboard: Two women kissing, beads that read pansexual, two women hugging, a cruise ship, a juggler, a dark haired woman in a beanie, two ice cream cones, a cruise dinner seat overlooking the seas, a blonde woman holding a baby.

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Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

MEANS GIRLS X DO REVENGE What if male Regina George was voted out of the clique he practically created? He's not going to let some nobodies show him up in his last year of high school. No. He's going out with a bang. #W #POC #YA #Questpit #Satire PROJECT PARTY by Jesse O Benitez

Images of parties, streamers, bright lights, glitter, balloons and partying teenagers. Michael Scott in the middle with a party hat.

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Jenny Lane @authorjennylane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HR Episode 6…But with snow My new #WIP for Harlequin BFFs to lovers Force proximity/snowed in Fine… But only till Christmas Why do you look so hot in a sweater? #QuestPit #R #AG

Eight images of two men in the Italian Alps

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@TrishaWrites4#writingsomethingsomewhere#onquery#readingbooks @mindingmybizness.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"Bad Dog! Get down!" "Bad Dog! Leave it!" Britt hears it all the time. But she's not trying to be bad, she’s try protecting her family. When a scary day at the vet leads to a messy meltdown, Britt learns her big feelings don't change how much she's loved. #PB #Q #SEL #questpit

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Kelsea Wolf 📚 ✨ @kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Society of Curse Breakers The Odyssey X The Haunted Mansion Alice must break the curse plaguing her family by following a map of riddles on a nautical race against time and the traitors bent on cursing the rest of the world. ⛵️ 👻 🔮 🗺️ #questpit #q #ya #f

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Stay tuned for more information on FLY AWAY SISTER, my #YA novel in verse coming out from west44books. Perfect for reluctant readers who love mental health rep, messy sibling dynamics, and hummingbirds! #comingsoon #P #questpit

A mood board for Fly Away Sister is pictured. It shows a cottage, grandpa reading, hummingbird, missing girl poster, books, girls walking, and more.

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Julie Moss @julieanneslibrary.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hey #Questpit, check out your next romance read! After a professional mishap with her coworker, a risk-averse architect is sentenced to a new project in Colorado where she must prove she can work with her rival turned roommate—or risk crumbling the foundation of her career. #Q #R #A

This is an image of a library card with information for the romance book, “Breaking the Blueprint” in the lines. It includes the key tropes (architects, office rivals, forced proximity, touch of spice, workplace romance, and tension and banter) as well as the 88,000 word count and contemporary romance genre listed.

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Lacey Olson @laceywithane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE CRUELEST DETAIL, Mystery/Suspense, 72k A millennial folklorist inherits her aunt's final obsession—a decades-old missing persons case wrapped in local lore—and discovers a second disappearance has reopened a mystery someone in the Ozarks will kill to keep buried. #questpit #q #a #my #t

The Comps, The God of the Woods + A House with Good Bones

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M. Leigh Author ✨NOW QUERYING✨ @mleighauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SCHITT'S CREEK X SOMETHING WILD & WONDERFUL x THE GUNCLE... in a rural Texas town... about a widower who falls for his mysterious roommate... #QuestPit #Q #R #A SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN (73K, adult LGBTQ+ fiction) is: 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ queer joy 👀 they were roommates 💖 slow burn 🌙 chaotic chosen family ✨ so many y'alls

An agent's guide to Sounds Like A Plan, an adult LGBTQ+ novel complete at 73k set in rural small-town Texas and featuring a slow-burn queer romance

The vibes for and characters from Sounds Like A Plan

The comps and a peek at Sounds Like A Plan

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Rhyan Wilson is querying 🫶✨ @rhywrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ADD SPELL TO CART! ✨💕 A YA Bubblegum Horromance about a girl who uses an Etsy witch to curse her ex and make his best friend fall for her. 👻 A Spell to Wake the Dead X Obsession Plan to query this fall! 🍂🍁 #QuestPit #YA #H #R #W

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

Wild Harmony 92k words Contemporary romance Learning to love yourself after abuse is hard, learning to love someone else is harder. When Ivy meets Griffin, she feels something she hasn’t felt in a long time, the desire to be cared for. #questpit #adultromance #Contemporary

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Jennie Mack is querying @jenniemackauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LOVE REPAINTED, a New Adult Romcom complete at 88k words. It's like CHECK & MATE x EMILY IN PARIS (with a Southern twist). ♥️ ✨He Falls First 🎸Forced proximity ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn 🎨Workplace romance 💋Healing after heartbreak 🕵️Fear of commitment #Q #questpit #NA #R

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

If LOTTIE BROOKs had an older sister. Same relatable awkward humor w/ bigger stakes. 14-yr-old, Rory, ditches her cell & social accounts after humiliation at the hands of her influencer mom. Can she survive the overconnected generation she was born into, completely unplugged? #questpit #YA #Q #F

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Deborah Yeong Tyng @deborahbie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BABEL X TOMORROW3 When a Tarot spread triggers a terrifying Tang Dynasty karmic curse, a devout Malaysian-Chinese Catholic woman must unleash her own visceral rage to survive an ancient execution trap or surrender her soul to eternal damnation. #questpit #Q #A #U #S #T #MY #H #OwnVoices

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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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Josephine Payment @josephine-erin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Star Wars x Arthuriana Prince Tristan has always believed in three things – honor, loyalty, and his king, but when a quest across a haunted asteroid belt, and the charms of an enemy knight shake his convictions, he must defy the narratives that bind him, before its too late #questpit #A #Q #SFF

Title slide describing the metadata of a novel titled 'a horizon perilous', now querying, an adult space fantasy complete at 109,000 words

Comp titles - The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gilig, The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow, Dark Rise by C S Pacat, The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman, The Second Death of Locke by V L Bovalino, and Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Art of the 3 main characters of A Horizon Perilous. Prince Tristan, heir to Karnos, a man with curly dark hair. Sir Lancelot, Tristan’s estwhile enemy, a man with long black hair, and Princess Isolde, a dubious ally with plans of her own, a young dark skinned woman with braids. All characters have their eyes covered because against a shape-shifting foe, keeping eyes hidden is the only way to preserve one's identity

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