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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#DVpit is returning in 2026 on Bluesky! A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities to pitch their unagented projects to agents and editors! #DVpit will be on Bluesky on Wednesday, September 30, 2026! go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info and stay tuned for more announcements!

#DVPit 2026 a bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities
Wednesday, September 30th 2026 on bluesky
follow us for more: @dvpit.bsky.social
or go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

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Chezza Lee📚 @chezza.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Short fic updates!✨ So excited to share that my flash, "Inheritance," about a girl and a wishing tree, is forthcoming in Cast of Wonders! AND "The Heart of the Fox Spirit," about a woman who meets an unconventional fox spirit in a tavern, is forthcoming in Beneath Ceaseless Skies! 🎉

Graphic with lights on a tree and red paper talismans. Text reads: Inheritance. Flash fiction / family trauma / generational wisdom / wishing trees. Forthcoming in Cast of Wonders.

Graphic of an old Chinese tavern and a fox figure at a temple. Text reads: The Heart of the Fox Spirit. Deconstructed myth / unreliable families / standards of beauty. Forthcoming in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

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Izzy King | 📚 To the Sky Kickstarter Feb 2027 📚 @hrmkingizzy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I've posted the first poll for To the Sky's #Kickstarter! Do you want access chapters 1-3 of the book on the Kickstarter page, or do you want to wait until after the campaign? Vote here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/izz... #booksky #WritingCommunity #romantasy #skypirates

A black file folder with white text which reads: Kickstarter Samples

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Chezza Lee📚 @chezza.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

My flash short story, "Fenghuang and Empress," is out now in NewMyths! This is a compact, quiet piece that addresses female strength in the face of abuse, told through the eyes of the legendary Chinese phoenix. 🌳🌸 sites.google.com/newmyths.com...

Graphic showing an ancient Chinese palace in the background with an empty cage up front. Text reads: "We were not taught to dream. Only to serve." From Fenghuang and Empress by Chezza Lee in NewMyths Online Magazine.

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Lily Rong @lilyrongwrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Eldest daughter Ning joins the foreign mage guild ruling her kingdom to secure a future for her family. But when loyalty to the guild means sacrificing her people’s freedom, she must choose who to betray. 🌊 Elemental magic 🩷 Slow burn 🏠 Found family 🐉 Dragon shifters #SEAsianPit #YA #F #SFF

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Natalia Wik is in her ✨querying✨ era @weavinguptales.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

SAILOR MOON x THE UNTAMED but sapphic x Indonesian mythology A hero has enough issues like yearning over her soulmate, having a pact with a queen of monsters, saving her family from a death curse, but that involves stealing the heart of her true love #SEAsianPit #YA #F

Moodboard of 7 images including an open pocket watch held in a hand, two faceless girls in an embrace and wearing old-fashioned dresses, an Indonesian mythological figure with fangs and large eyes, an Indonesian dagger, hands clasping potion bottles, a body of water flowing, a dagger being held by a faceless figure in an old-fashioned dress

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mymaiy.bsky.social @mymaiy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

FABLED FISHBONES, a modern retelling of Thai folklore where a grieving woman’s intense friendship with a foreign researcher unravels after the discovery of a golden fish—are the old tales true and what will she sacrifice to protect it? BLACKCAKExREMARKABLYBRIGHTCREATURESxBIGFISH #SEAsianPit #A #MR

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Ossei Odontidae @filitadraws.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

THE ANGELS’ SUCCUBUS 🌈sapphic polyam Two angels are sent to investigate demonic activities, enlisting a succubus cam worker to help them navigate the digital world; but the veil keeping Hell locked away thins and soon they’ll be fighting more than just their growing feelings #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q

moodboard composed of 9 images (left to right) image of an elevator signaling they are going to hell, silhouette of a woman under read light, blurry black and white photo of an angel, coffee in red, two women gazing into each other's eyes, a LED sign that says HELL, three hands linked by their pinkies, dark room illuminated by a red LED sign that says tattoo, a white feather floating in water.

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T.N. Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

💫 NEWLY UPDATED AGENT’S GUIDE ALERT ⚠️ Join my MC as he navigates: 🗺 being a (Viet-Chinese) perpetual foreigner in his own land 💔 first love’s trials 🎭 ruthless societal expectations 🧮 calculative loved ones 🕯️ the end of idealism #SEAsianPit #AgentsGuide #Q #A #Spec #F #LF

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T.N. Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

THE THIRD LOVE x THE NAMES After a sudden rebirth, Max wishes for an easy, love-filled life, ignoring the claim that his affection is cursed. As he avoids work & devotes himself to his beloved, de*th finds his loved ones. Max must decide if life is still worth living. #SEAsianPit #Q #A #Spec #F #LF

In the background, spanning all four images, is commissioned art of post-reincarnation Mac in ancient robes, reaching for a reflection of his pre-reincarnation self in modern-day clothes. Paper falls around them, and a red ribbon swirls behind them.
The text in this first image reads: Years of Red Tears, 100,000 words literary speculative novel.
David Copperfield meets time travel C-dramas. Spontaneously reborn as an ancient noble, MAX wishes for all the wealth and love he never had despite high familial expectations and a curse to kill others with his affection. He'll do anything for his ideal life, even if it means marrying a stranger and becoming the next foreign minister. But when death won't stop knocking, he must decide if life is still worth living without someone to live for. Otherwise, the familiar yearning for death may be his greatest calling.

Themes & Tropes
- mixed-Asian character and LGBTQIA+ rep
- East Asian history and fairytales inspo
- sentient nature
- family trauma leading to self-doubts
- modern-day man vs. traditional values
- loser then vs. overly popular now
- love vs. obligation
- undying trust vs. expected betrayal
- chance meetings and destined partings
- timeless societal and familial pressures
- pen pals and soulmates
- sentimental and indecisive man surrounded by women who know what they want

In the bottom corner is smaller character art reincarnated Max holding a book and looking at his past self.
The text reads: Excerpt
When we met, I thought I was hallucinating. That the cumulation of all my make-believe was a mental breakdown. When I found that we were intrinsically tied, I couldn't wish for anything more. That was where I was wrong. The spirits abound reminded me that I am bound to every flower I touch. Because you are not a flower of this world, rather a floating cloud, I can never reach you. You can never entwine with me.
With all that has transpired, I remain a boy who wants to live for myself and die for love.
An impossible, otherworldly love. ___, I dare ponder if you asked about my past since you
cannot fully shed yours either. We have gone through so many names before landing on our current ones. Let's not squander them reviving old vices.

In the bottom corner is smaller character art pre-reincarnated Max holding flowers and looking at his future self.

The text reads: Comps
David Copperfield
- Turbulent coming of age
- Overreliance on love and marriage
- Search for home and found family
- The corruption of status and wealth

The Third Love
- Endless pursuit of love
- Questioning of societal norms
- Caught between different lives
- Bitter aftermath of a doomed relationship

The Names
- Contemplation of choices not taken
- A life cut short
- Fear of becoming one's parent
- The weight of a name/title

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#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

SAVE THE DATE: #SEAsianPit is back again 🎉 This time as an official pitch event ‼️ May 30, 2026 Check out the list of participating agents and amendments in the event rules in the 🔗 or 🧵

Save the date announcement with flowing blue waves and seaweed design. Text on parchment background reads: "Save the Date, May 30, 2026." Calm, coastal theme.

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T.N. Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Reverse FRIEREN x DUNGEON MESHI x international monster myths Mal doesn’t understand how she became the world’s only immortal human, but that won’t stop her and her bookworm elf companion from slaying every mythical beast until they’ve unlocked the secret to ending immortality. #WIPPIT #WIP #A #F

This is a graphic with pink clouds and a pink-purple sky. In the center is a full moon shining over a Europe-style castle that appears to be floating on mist above blue-tinted mountains. In the air are small birds and a flying female deity in East Asian robes. She’s pointing towards the castle and a black silhouette of an elf walking with a caped human. Near them is text that reads, ‘Journey WIP.’ In the foreground are two elaborate mirrors: one featuring the characters from the anime Delicious in Dungeon, and the other featuring Frieren characters.

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PJ Anthony 🪐 Sci-Horror Author @percivale-anthony.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#SFFChat Q3 My queen Tien with her beautiful world building in Years of Red Tears its ten layers deep with different layers of detail - every time I've read it I notice something new that just deepens every part of the narrative @authort-lee.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/auth...

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trang ☆ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SIX OF CROWS x JADE CITY When her mentor goes missing Gemna joins forces w/ fellow mage Ren to unravel the connection b/w the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages aren’t just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #QuestPit #AG #F art by nathcreare

a blue and yellow toned sketch of a woman and a man standing back to back. she is looking towards the front and he’s gazing off to the side. the characters have Asian features and look serious / unsmiling. over the images is the text CONDUCT OF MAGES, Adult Fantasy, Complete at 99K, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, a navy blue rectangle contains the text “When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.”

the words THE PITCH, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, a navy blue rectangle contains the text “energy magic, heists & scheming, found family, research subplot, slow burn, female role models, SE Asian setting”

the words THE VIBES, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, six book covers are shown: Blood Over Bright Haven, Jade City, Six of Crows, Jasad Heir, Foundryside, an Heartless Hunter

the words THE COMPA, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

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Christine Birchwood @christinebirchwood.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE VOW (HBO) x NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD 🕯️Cult indoctrination 🧠Psychological control 🍔Cannibalism Eliminate negativity, self-doubt, and pain. Change your life. Join Synergetics! #questpit #Q #A #H

Movie poster for How to Win Friends and Influence People. 70,000 words. Upmarket horror. She just wanted to fix her life, but ambition led her straight into the jaws of a cannibalistic cult.

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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

KING ARTHUR X SAILOR MOON Once and Future King’ were words Morgan McArthur often heard in her childhood and academic career, but she never thought they might apply to her. Reincarnation pulls no punches, and neither so the armies of the Aesir when Mordred’s at the helm. #QuestPit #Q #NA #F #LGBTQ

COVER FOR SHE IS KING QUICK GUIDE FEATURING ART BY TACTICIANKATE

Comps for SHE IS KING: Silver in the Bone by Bracken, Sailor Moon by Takeuchi, and Once and Future Queen by Lafferty

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Amanda Carbonell @amandacarbonell25.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Puerto Rican Practical Magic x Shameless True Apothecary features… - A Spanish-Salem town - A longstanding family brujeria - Witches & tea magic - A shady realtor with dark magical secrets - Copy cat witch shops - Romance - A little death - Family hijinks #questpit #Q #NA #A #F #R #S #PR

Background is of a small town street with glass windows and a cobblestone sidewalk. There are cars parked in the background.

Text Reads:

An Agent's Guide To
True
Apothecary

A New Adult Cozy Fantasy Romance
Amanda Carbonell

Background photo is from Pinterest being used for creative purposes only!

Art commission in the center is by the wonderful @microplaid

Background is of white daisies with a black overlay.

Text reads:

The Pitch

Mileena Vega never pictured herself back in her childhood bedroom after college, but when the familia needs you, there’s no way you can say no.

With many local businesses closing and a rival copycat witch shop opening up threatening their long-standing brujeria, Mileena needs to rely on more than her marketing degree to save their shop — especially when the new shop owner harbors more sinister secrets than his tailored suit can handle.

It's going to take a bit of magic, some devious family members, a touch of romance, and maybe a little death.

Background is of white daisies with a black overlay.

Text Reads:

Comps:

(Books left to right)
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Text in the center, above In the Company of Witches, reads Add some magic and accidental deaths

Bottom Movie/TV Images:

Left:
Practical Magic with the text above it reading: (But make it Puerto Rican)

Right:
Shameless with the text above it reading: Sprinkle some chaotic family hijinks

Bottom text reads:
Finish it all off with a touch of spicy romance

Background is of white daisies with a black overlay

Text Reads:

Snippet

“It’s wonderful to meet you, Mileena.” God, my name sounds like sex on his tongue. I raise a brow and practically stop myself from biting my lip. He’s gorgeous.

Pure sin wrapped in human skin.

By: Amanda Carbonell

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Eva J. Krammer | she/her 🏳️‍🌈📚✒️ @evviejo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What if The Daevabad Trilogy was Slavic and sapphic? 👀 A divided land, a lost princess, a knight serving the king who oppresses her people. A king in need of an heir. #QuestPit #W #A #F

A collage of pictures including photos of a forest, a girl dancing barefoot in a field, a lady knight, a wreath of dried flowers, a statue of a Slavic god, a fire, and a field. On top there is a lettering saying: The Deceived. The Blessed Trilogy Book One

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Tracy Detz, Children’s Book Author @tddetz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

guide to MAGNOLIA ROT 70k words Southern Gothic Horror/ NA/YA c/o that blends the suffocating dread of Hereditary with the lush botanical horror of Hazelthorn & the dk. ancestral bargains of The Bog Wife Coming soon! #questpit #H #W

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Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What my witchy NYC-based book would look like as a movie poster! 16-yr-old Haley has the stigmatized death magic, but when she receives warnings from dead witches about a coming threat, she’ll have to use that very magic to save all the witches in NYC. NINTH HOUSE x LEGENDBORN #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch if it was a movie poster

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Luna 💫 @lunacwriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Reverse KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x THE BRIDGE KINGDOM. A woman cursed with ice powers and vitiligo discovers the heir sent to stop her hides demon blood she can cure. They bargain to save each other. But their souls are bound, she's falling in love, and his death means hers too. #QuestPit #F #R #Q #OWN

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Amara Colinco ✍🏽 is revising @amaracolinco.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SPLITTING IMAGE is a #Filipino diaspora urban fantasy for 3rd culture ppl who hid their true selves to earn conditional love. ♾️ #neurodivergent MC 🤎 #BIPOC cast 🪽 pre-colonial 🇵🇭 folklore 🎭 fam drama ⛓️‍💥 cycle breaking Soundtrack (Spotify): tinyurl.com/spltimg #QuestPit #OwnVoices #W #A #U #F #S #H

A mock-up album cover with a vintage film frame around a blurry image of an adult with tan skin and long, straight black hair. The person's features are blurred to almost fading aside from one eye with makeup and an eyebrow. The person is looking off to the side with a neutral/unreadable expression.

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Chinasa Menakaya @chinasa-menakaya.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Two women- two life altering cases. One, a burnt out lawyer. The other is dead AS THEY H(A)UNT US explores what truth means in the face of corrupt power, and considers the question: who keeps women safe? The story contains vengeful ghosts, bad disguises and mystery podcasts #T #PR #QuestPit #Q

From top to bottom. Top Left panel: AS THEY H(A)UNT US by Chinasa Menakaya complete at 86,000 words. It is a dual-pov paranormal thriller. Bottom left: comp books are Not Quite Dead Yet, My Sister the Serial killer and Where the dead brides gather. On the right side, six pictures of a podcast mic, a painting of three black women being joyous, a black woman blindfolded and holding the scale of justice, and a black woman standing as a lawyer in court

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K.A. Nielsen @kanielsenwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

After 40 years without a vision of his angel, artist Peter wonders whether it’s worth carrying on living. But his “angel” is Ro, a human trying to use the visions to plead for resources in their ravaged future. Can this depressed, Twinkie-loving eccentric get the message? #questpit #Q #LF #S #D

Yellow text on the right reads: Everywhen (all-caps). Beneath is a bulleted list: Literary + speculative, voice-driven prose, multi-POV, dual timeline, queer, southern context, 95K words. On the left is a photo of art by Eddie Owens Martin who provided inspiration for the novel described. The artwork shows an abstract vertical landscape with two green hills and a yellow sun in a deep blue sky. Bisecting the green hills are a series of triangles or upside-down Vs in red and blue.

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Noor is ✨️Querying & Drafting✨️ @n-a-writes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A planet is gone, the galaxy moved on too quickly A mission of revenge turned to saving another planet But the destruction is only the beginning and their enemy is closer than they think. In CULLING a group of outcasts are in race to save the galaxy the turned away from them. #QuestPit #SF #A #Q #M

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🏳️‍🌈BUFFY x SAILOR MOON A depressed grim reaper runs into the soul that got away—a now vampire wanting to move on—but first they must hunt her killer before he targets another woman. DEATH WISH is out January! “Heart-warming, heart-wrenching” -my editor #questpit #A #P #RF

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sierramoeykens.bsky.social @sierramoeykens.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

PRIDE & PREJUDICE x HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x GRACELING 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. #QuestPit #Q #YA #HF #RF #F #historical #fantasy #romance

Image of the back of a woman's head beside the end of a large wing's black feathers. Text reads YA Regency Romantasy 100k.

A woman's back with large black wings attached. Text reads "The Pitch. In an alternate Regency era where magical abilities are called Gifts, ladies and gentlemen with improper Gifts are shunned from high society. Lucy Korvas has hidden a pair of giant, unladylike crow’s wings beneath her dresses for years, but must risk exposing them to save her ill father. Lord Simon is about to be disowned for his delicate, flowery Gift. The only solution for them both lies in stealing the Duchess’s diamond necklace. But when Lucy and Simon are cursed while trying to steal the necklace, they must survive high society, evade the villain who cursed them, and find a cure — or Simon will dissolve into petals and Lucy will transform into a crow."

A woman's back with a large black wing attached. Text reads "Pluck. Cursed to become a crow."

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Melanie is querying @melanielocke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ARCANE x THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA 💔 doomed reincarnating lovers 🧙 mages who die once they're out of magic 🔬 a new magic system through science 🤓 nerd x nerd ⌛dual timeline 🖤 the consequences of repressed emotions 💆(mostly) consensual soul removal #questpit #A #F #LGBT #ND #Q

Title page agent's guide. Title: "The Mage who carved out his Soul by Melanie Locke". Lower "a 105K dual timeline science fantasy standalone with a romantic tragedy at its center". Pale green background with plant details and a yellow flower at the center.

Pitch page, paper background with plant edges and yellow flowers. The era of Mages: a dying mage and his partner seek a way to use magic without slowly killing its wielder. But their love turns to tragedy, tearing them apart when both become soulless immortals. The era of thaumaturgy: Two magic PhDs must end a Blight consuming all that is alive. They must uncover the truth of what doomed these immortals and help them die before their pain destroys the world.

Comps slide, green background with plant details and flowers. At the top, poster of Arcane featuring season 2 Viktor. Text: Giving up & regaining emotion. Magic science blend & its tragic creators. Left bottom: cover of Slow Gods by Claire North. Text: Exploration of love and humanity & autims representation. Bottom right: The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri. Text: doomed reincarnating lovers.

Excerpt. Papery background, with frame of yellow flowers. Leander took his own soul in a tight grip, and for a moment, all he’d ever felt flooded his being. After years of silence, he screamed into the dark night, casting out everything that had once defined him. An alien sound, even to himself, something guttural and raw and nothing like the person he’d once been.
Mages didn’t feel, and they didn’t let it show. Leander had lived by those rules, had never lost himself to rage or terror or sorrow, and once this was done, he never would again. But for a single moment, he broke down for the darkness to see.

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Krystal Norton💕💙💛 @krysnorwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hi everyone happy #questpit Today I’m sharing Falling Apart Together 🧟 Trans Masc MC 🧟 Found Family 🧟 Type A Female meets Type Chaos Male 🧟 Friends To Lovers 🧟 Serial Kidnapper 🧟 Mental Health 🧟 No Rules Supernatural Nightclub #A #Q #RF #PR

$The Pitch 81,000 word adult paranormal romance novel After a chance encounter at a premier Austin nightclub, a recently unemployed painter named Jessica and a zombie sex worker named Alex must lean on each other to heal from their fractured pasts while dodging a serial kidnapper with a dark obsession for zombies.$ Comp titles for my novel

Book 1: Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
A comp because it is a paranormal romance and has a trans masc mc

Book 2: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch. A comp because it has forced proximity and healing from trauma.

Book 3: Battle of the book stores by Ali Brady because it features opposites attract and epistolary elements.

Comp titles for my novel

Book 1: Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
A comp because it is a paranormal romance and has a trans masc mc

Book 2: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch. A comp because it has forced proximity and healing from trauma.

Book 3: Battle of the book stores by Ali Brady because it features opposites attract and epistolary elements.

Snippet: The basement smelled like a mixture of half burned herbs, warm spices and camphor, all to hide the ever lingering stench of decaying flesh. Alex had become used to the smell, and had even grown to find it calming. Which was perfect because Tyler, his roommate, and creator, was hunched over him, methodically sliding the obsidian needle through his flesh.

“Could you sew any slower?” Alex asked, his eyes tracking the secondhand on the clock across from him.

“If you’d stop talking, this would go much faster,” Tyler chided, giving Alex a look before going back to work. She was close to done, no more than half a foot of stitches, but Alex was reaching his breaking point.

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Margot Miller @margotmiller15.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN X WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE LET THE PLAYERS BLEED - 79K words * YA Speculative Thriller * Dark academia vibes * Neurodivergence rep * Coming-of-age * Found family #questpit #Q #YA #amquerying #agentsguide

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Steph 📝🐛 @stephnwang.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The executioner’s daughter is coming for His Majesty’s head ⚔️ ♱ revenge plot with female rage ♱ slowburn romance subplot ♱ black FMC with a big sword ♱ kingdom politics with royals + knights ♱ hidden magic, trust no one… Art by author #questpit #W #DF

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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE WRONG WAY HOME 🏚️ a child’s psychological games 🍇 scared girls who fight back 🪞 sibling opposites 🐊 summer is an antagonist 🧨 surviving a puppetmaster when you’re his marionette 🌟 Big 5 editor interest 🌟 RevPit ‘25 winner #QuestPit #Q #MG #H

green-themed moodboard. From left to right and up to down: a hand reaching through tree bark and foliage; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp some berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a green-lit tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse below a chandelier; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; stylised painting of many crows on a colourful branch; hands reaching through lily pads in pond water.

green-themed moodboard featuring weeping willows reaching pond water, a hand reaching from a tree trunk, a lake surrounded by trees, hands reaching for each other, a house surrounded by trees and a lake, someone running out of sight in a maze, a lake surrounded by trees, candlesticks on tree branches, and a pier jutting out into lake water.

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E.G. Seven, Author & Mad Poet @m4dpo3t.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🧝🏿‍♂️ Afro Fantasy Cosmic Opera 📖A 100,000 word poem disguised as a book ✍🏿 Love, Darkness, and Death herself 🤌🏿Banger bars and quotables ✒️ It stares back #Questpit #NA #F #Q #AgentsGuide

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Kayla ✨📚 @kaylawhittle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

STARLING HOUSE x WAYWARD CHILDREN 🌸 memory magic 🌹monsters lurking under a botanical garden 🌷mutual pining 🌻set in autumn 🍂 🌼committing small crimes to investigate an old disappearance 🪻looming threat of student loan payments 🌺 sapphic & ace rep #questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT

Pastels and florals aesthetic for the memory garden

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Jenny Lane @authorjennylane.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

EDITORS GUIDE for EXTRA INNINGS ABBOTT ELEMENTARY meets TED LASSO (but make it gay) when an English teacher Owen must mentor a new teacher/coach...who is also his ex-BFF and situationship. #QuestPit #A #R #OS (soon)

Editor’s Guide to Extra Innings
Queer, Second Chance Romance
Going on submission soon!
85,000 Words

An anxious high school English teacher is forced to mentor the new teacher/varsity baseball coach, who just happens to be his ex-best friend and first love.Old feelings resurface fast, blurring the lines between classroom, dugout, and a second chance neither of them is sure they deserve.

Owen Hart copes with anxiety through rules, routines, and the predictable rhythm of his life as a high school English teacher in the small town he grew up. So when his former best friend—and first love—Matt Beckett comes back to town after a career-ending baseball injury, Owen has no interest in reopening old wounds.

Matt was the golden boy with MLB dreams. Now he’s back home, stepping into the role as the varsity baseball coach and long term substitute teacher. When the principal assigns Owen as his instructional mentor, Matt has no choice but to accept help from the one person he never truly got over.

What starts as classroom support quickly spills onto the field. Owen starts helping with the team, until their lives are tangled together from first period to the final inning. And being around each other again makes one thing impossible to ignore: whatever they had ten years ago never faded. A rushed and heady locker room hook up turns into an off campus high heat situationship they aren’t ready to label.

But Owen can’t risk loving someone who might leave again, and Matt doesn’t think he deserves a second chance. Still, no matter how hard they try to keep their distance, they keep getting pulled back in—on the field, in the classroom, and everywhere in between.

To have a future, Owen must confront his fear of abandonment, while Matt has to decide if coming home is just a detour—or the place he’s finally ready to stay.
The Pitch

Welcome to Rollins, CA
A small northern California town held together by local businesses, nosy neighbors, and a shift toward acceptance.

Where Extra Innings fits in the Market
The "High-Stakes" Sports Romance

See You at the Finish Line (Zac Hammett): Fans of Hammett’s sharp, teammate-to-lovers tension will find that same magnetic pull between Matt and Owen as they navigate a shared past that won't stay buried.

Diamond Ring (K.D. Casey): Appeals to readers who crave the authentic, gritty reality of post-professional sports and the long, high-stakes road to reconciliation.
The "Deep-Heart" Small Town Romance

Honey Bee Mine (Sarah T. Dubb): Captures the "everybody knows your business" atmosphere of Rollins, appealing to readers who love a setting that acts as both a safe harbor and an antagonist.

Teacher of the Year (M.A. Wardell): Matches the warm, earnest, and deeply human voice of the English teacher protagonist, grounding the romance in the complexities of professional life and public perception.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble 🎲 TTRPG Nerds 😱 Co(s)mic Horror 🤔 But also Mystery 👻 Supernatural Folklore 🏰 Victorian Manor 🌙 Dark & Stormy Night 🤟 Final Dad #QuestPit #A #H #MY #Dis #Q #OS #AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

Top left: distressed title “DAD BODIES” with a dagger through the letters and red blood splatter on a black background.
Top right: blurb text describing five dads solving their detective friend’s murder during a gaming retreat using TTRPG experience and humor; includes “74K words,” “20+ requests,” and “Big 5 interest.”
Bottom left: thematic keywords in red and white—“dad friends,” “irreverent humor,” “dark & stormy night,” “cosmic horror,” and “final dad”—above silhouettes of figures with X-shaped eyes.
Bottom right: comparison panel referencing “John Dies at the End,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Jumanji,” with small images/posters and red splatter accents.

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

6 OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, & not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted. Big 5 Editor Interest #QuestPit #NA #F #Q

Left to right.

Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building.

Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down.

Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.

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PJ Anthony 🪐 Sci-Horror Author @percivale-anthony.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Okay but also @authort-lee.bsky.social is an amazing writer and the sheer LAYERS of narrative in Years of Red Tears is spectacular to witness 🌹🌹🌹🥀

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 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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Brayden Russell @braydenrwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a designer drug that lets the rich edit memories sweeps through a coastal state split between luxury and neglect the poor become its testing ground. #questpit #t #u #d

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Via Luino @viathewordwitch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Six of Crows x Romeo & Juliet An imposter princess. A pretender prince. A vengeful plot that might just get them both killed. Because when monarchs play their political games, it can only end in blood. 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

A black background edged with a design of silver leaves. In the center are two sketches, one of a young woman with a dagger and a fierce expression, and the other of a young man with a freckled face and a conflicted expression. (These sketches are from Pinterest and do not belong to me. All rights and credit to the creators.)

Beneath the sketches is the title of the book: A SONG OF SILVER & SCARLET

The text around these sketches reads: “To free the woman she loves, Viola must become a murderer. To save his little sister, Vasek must take another’s life. But when their fates collide, they soon realize they aren’t the only assassins on the prowl—and the paths they walk can only end in bloodshed.”

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Via Luino @viathewordwitch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A SONG OF SILVER & SCARLET The prince he’s forbidden to love. The healer she’ll sacrifice anything to save. The curse that might end them all. 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast 💜 Gay panic 👀 Plot twists for days ❤️ Just kiss already! #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #LGBTQ

A 5x5 grid of squares. Taken together, the five of these 25 squares with text read: “He is no Romeo. She is no Juliet. And this is no love story. This is war.”

Along the bottom are five comp titles:
1. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
2. Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan
3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
4. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cold
5. So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

The squares with photos suggest a fantasy novel set in medieval times, featuring a dual POV. The FMC has magic in her veins, and is forced to take up arms to save the woman she loves. The MMC is best friends with his nation’s prince, and the beginning of love blossoms between them. Meanwhile, his little sister is ill, and he must do what it takes to save her. Both swords and assassins are featured prominently.

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Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-year-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch comps: Percy Jackson, Legendborn, Little Thieves

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ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🦟THE SYNTAX OF DRAGONFLIES🦟 ✨Grumpy prof FMC x Sunshine sculptor MMC 🦟Abducting the MMC for *science* ✨A Museum of Irrational Creatures 🦟Who defines language & why? ✨Hot research-stealing alligator ex 🦟Insp by an infamous linguistics debate #questpit #RF #A #F #Q

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Diamond Fore is ✨querying✨ @diamondf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I, MEDUSA x WEYWARD Feminist reclamation of the Salem Witch Trials 🖤 Three witches 🖤 Generational curses 🖤 Afro-Caribbean Magic 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🖤 Forgotten historical figure (Tituba) #A #HF #questpit #Q

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Apple TV’s SEVERANCE meets SILO 🚫 Emotion as system error 👾 The haunting is digital 📋Corporate ritual menace 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #S #SFF #U

The pitch nova feels too much much and in this future it could get her mind wiped clean

Comps: severance, silo, the dram hotel, chaingang all stars

The characters. Nova the stranger and Kade

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