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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I don't post on here all that much, but I seem to have a bunch of new followers, so HI! I'm Carlee! I write swoon-worthy romantasy and contemporary romance. I am on the path to publishing my debut novel, Of Songs and Phantoms, a romantasy retelling of The Phantom of the Opera!

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🌊 THE BAD ONES X DREDGE 🌊 After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it. This YA Fantasy Horror features: 👥Dual POV 📜A Deadly Deal 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets With Severe Consequences 💔Exes to Allies to [redacted] #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #H

Left to right. Top row: hands reaching out of the water. A doll head. Human hands with sharpened nails. Middle row: A lighthouse shining through fog. “Are you afraid?” An eerie figure standing beside a tree with a noose. Bottom row: Hands reaching towards each other in the water. A sea creature with glowing eyes and sharp teeth. Multiple hands reaching out of the forest brush.

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I've had such a fun time reading all these amazing story ideas today. I can't wait to see them out in the real world. 😍 One more time for the evening people! OF SONGS AND PHANTOMS is a Romantasy retelling of the Phantom of the Opera, and my love letter to the performing arts. #Questpit #Q #A #RF

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Amber Baird @amberbairdpdx.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Amanda thinks her dreams have come true when she's hired at Burrito Gods, a hip fast-casual joint, making a thriving wage, only to find that to climb the ranks she'll have to lose her soul. ⛪️ workplace cult 🌯 foodie satire 🩷sapphic w/trans LI #questpit #a #w #lf #h

A burrito glowing over a sparkly golden background with the title To the Burrito Gods!

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I had the honour of being a CP for YIELD and I may be biased but I literally cannot wait for everyone to get to read this book! #Questpit

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Author Mike "ElectricDC" Current @authormikedc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

NPC: The Bard of Aztaeron ⏰ Starts in 2008 🚪 Isekai world ☕️ Baristas become warriors 🐉 Dragons become worse dragons 🥰 Love at first sight 🎭 Grumpy/Sunshine 🎸 Warped Tour membaberries 😶 NPCs ⚔️ LitRPG lite (no math required) 👩 Subversively feminist 🐣 A lost baby 😰 Hubris! #QuestPit #SFF #Q #R #NA

A cursed video game world. A murderous dragon. A princess in danger. Hey-ho, let's go

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Taylor Brooke 📚 @authortaylorbrooke.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS x THE LEGACIES It’s been two years since Devan got away with killing a classmate. But someone knows the truth, and they want revenge. It’s either turn herself in, die, or outsmart her killer before the countdown ends — if the truth doesn't ruin her first. #QuestPit #Q #YA #T

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Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️ @tylerstasi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#QuestPit #W #F #agentguide #agentsguide THE FAMILIAR x CRIMSON ROAD introducing my whimsical steampunk gothic fantasy 🥀🕯️🫀🕷️🕰️ in which: An impoverished enchantress subjects herself to the prince's service to keep her forbidden magic a secret.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

OFFICE SPACE × THANK YOU FOR SMOKING 2089, death is a luxury for the rich, and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a spiteful coworker and a depressed trillionaire force him to rethink his talents and what a “happy ending” means in a world with a price tag on your last smile. #QuestPit #A #SF #W

The image shows a movie poster for "HAPPY DEATH INC." written and directed by B VAN BODEGOM. The poster features a person lying on what appears to be a pillow or white surface, dressed in a black suit with a white collar and dark tie. The person has a forced smile on their face. Overlaid on the image in large white handwritten-style text are the words "HAPPY DEATH INC." At the top of the poster is the tagline "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" At the bottom corners are award-style laurels with the descriptions "Darkly Funny" on the left and "Social Commentary" on the right. The overall tone of the poster suggests a dark comedy or satirical thriller about a business related to death services.

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Natalie is ✨ writing a new thing✨ @natalielouise83.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Sneaky repost for the evening crowd… 👀 #questpit

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Sunny @deeesssssiiii.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Her quiet life shattered when an outlaw-her husband’s old friend-returns, bringing danger and an undesirable attraction. As their bond deepens into forbidden love, she finds herself torn between loyalty and desire. #questpit #W #YA #R

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Abigail F. Boneta @abibonetawrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS × JACKAL When Amélia receives a painting from her presumed murdered mother, a game they used to play when she was a child, she comes back home to play without knowing if the man who kidnapped them 10 years prior is behind it. #questpit #A #W #T #MY #H

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you, like me, loved (hyperfixated on?) the Phantom of the Opera, but thought that maybe the FMC deserved to be the SUBJECT of the story...then I wrote this for you! #Questpit #Q #A #RF

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James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Whilst honouring his estranged uncle's dying wish to reunite an iconic group of 1980's drag activists, a young gay man learns the dark truth about his adoptive mother. With her past about to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him. #questpit #Con #NA #AG

A fake DVD cover featuring a black and white image of a drag queen smoking. The title EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS is prominent at the bottom next to a 15 age rating sticker. Along the top are the names Harri Forrester, Wilma Dickfit, Princess Thigh-Ana, Westward Hoe, and Jack Montague.

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Yaira Pujols @yairap.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

When sheltered Catalina Wesley falls in love with the vampire haunting her dreams, she must decide whether to resist their eternal bond or confront her worst fear, and his greatest desire—death #W #FR #PR #YA #Questpit

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Jennifer Helen @jhelenwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A STUDY IN DROWNING x A LANGUAGE OF DRAGONS an enchanted dragon flame ravages two countries & rival dragon scholar & son of dragon slayers ally to find a cure. but an occult group wants the flame, too, forcing them to choose: save each other or burn. #questpit #ya #f #w

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"Hey Carlee, do you have an even more specific list of tropes for OF SONGS AND PHANTOMS?" Oh, I'm so glad you asked, yes I do. 😅 MORE VIBES, MORE TROPES, AND A SNIPPET! #questpit #Q #A #RF #currentlyquerying

For fans of....(extra specific version)
-she sings and dances, he's a musician
-he washes the blood of their enemies out of her hair
- "I had nowhere else to go."
- magic is linked to the arts
- a dangerous masquerade
-theatre setting
- light stalking done with love
- healing religious trauma
- pan MMC, ADHD FMC
- a magical drag show

"When we were made it was no accident, you've got me in a chokehold"
with a picture of two hands raised in the air, a man and a woman's sillhouette kissing, a red and gold mask, and a ballerina in relevé

a snippet of text against a skull background

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#QuestPit #A #RF #Q PRINCESS MONONOKE meets Roth's BLOOD MERCY Minot didn't expect to meet her soulmate on an impromptu business trip. She also didn't expect to witness a murder, meet a monstrous god, & become the subject of a nationwide scandal. But yk what they say about the best laid plans...

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Q’Zion T. Gipson has a ✨ BOOK DEAL!✨ @qziontgipson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🍃 WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL X LEGENDBORN ✨ = THE ROOTS OF DESTINY 🌷 W/ 14 agent and indie press requests, it features 🌷 enchanted forest ✨ BIPOC rep 🍃 plant magic system 🌷 shadow monsters 🍃 found family 🌷 botany boarding school ✨dark secrets #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF

A mood board consisting of 9 square photographs with a green, blue, and, pink, yellow and white color scheme. In the center, there is a teenage Black girl in an enchanted garden, with the photos surrounding her illustrating the beauty within it: a feeding hummingbird, a calm lake, baby ducklings, a resting butterfly, and magical white and pink blooms.

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Catie Stroud ✨ @ladystroud.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

More vibes for YIELD, my adult romantic fantasy novel #currentlyquerying Do you like stories that blend romance, adventure, and humor? Do you like books that make you laugh and then rip your heart out? Tales that are cozy *AND* dark? 🧚🏼 #QuestPit #Q #A #RF

A song playlist for YIELD featuring songs like Hot to go! by Chappell Roan and Vertigo by Alice Merton.

A mood board for YIELD portraying dark, whimsical, romantic vibes.

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Sarah Hudson @sarahhudsonbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Plagued by the choice between duty to her people and following her heart, a competition for the princess’s hand in marriage holds the key to her Kingdom’s survival. 🏹Marriage Competition ✨Secret Romance 🔮Meddling Mind Magic 📚Secrets of the Past 💕Second Chance Romance #QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Pirates of the Caribbean—if Jack Sparrow were a vengeful sapphic ghost possessing a sapphic princess Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner went on a gender journey, and the curse could only be broken when two hearts meet the light—through love or bloodshed 🫀🗡️ #QuestPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT

A moodboard showing the pirate (Amir), the princess (Mira), and John.

Amir silhouetted against a cloudy sky with a sword slung over her shoulder and a group of joyful sailors on a pirate ship. She has this quote:

Continue to love
Continue to forgive
Continue to grow

Mira is shown in the reflection of an ornate mirror. She is wearing long white gloves and a pink ballgown with her hair in a natural updo and the lesbian pride flag is subtly depicted over her photo. There is another photo of two girls kissing in the surf at sunset. Mira has this quote:

We looked at each other a little too long to be “just friends”

John is shown with his bare back to the viewer, facing the sea with the trans pride flag subtly depicted over his photo. He also has a close up of iridescent mermaid scales and this quote:

Go bravely, go deeply, or do not go

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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS in order they are: a neon rock n roll sign, london (notably big ben), a man playing the guitar, a man punching a mirror, a man staring forward into the camera with only his eye showing, someone walking down a hallway, stars falling from the sky, photos hanging from the ceiling and finally, an audience at a gig. all nine images have a red hue.

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Carlee Brae @carleebrae.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

OF SONGS AND PHANTOMS is a darkly lush retelling of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, where the ingenue discovers her voice has forbidden magic, and the only way to save herself from being executed for witchcraft is to place her trust in a mysterious phantom. #Questpit #Q #A #RF

a collage with a ballerina, a cathedral, a marble staircase, a champagne flute, a single red rose, a chandelier, a pile of skulls, a pedestrian bridge, and a group of ballerinas

Pitch: Adult Romantasy, 110 000 words
As a chorus dancer in the Lutesse City Opera, classically trained soprano Seraphina Dallier does not sing in front of people. That is, until one fateful night, she slips up, and her heretically magical singing voice attracts the attention of a mysterious stranger…and the theocratic authorities.
Accused of witchcraft and exiled from everything she has ever known, Seraphina must put her faith in that same stranger, seeking refuge with him in a seductive city of magic hidden beneath the city. But can she trust her heart? Or, will phantoms from her past come back to haunt her, threatening everything she has come to love?

For fans of...
phantom of the opera retelling, 1920s era, forbidden magic, shadow daddy mmc, he falls first...hard, female rage, lgbtq+ characters, slow burn to spicy spice (with three chili peppers), only one bed, found family

Comp Titles:
The Gilded Wolves - magical parisian setting, diverse cast of characters
Serpent and Dove - magic vs. church, sloooooooow burn,
The Vine Witch - secrets and betrayals, "a handsome stranger"

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