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Carliann Jean @carliannjean.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

HEY MY DARK DYSTOPIAN ROMANTASY RELEASED TODAY THAT HAS SPÏCY ROMANCE AND IS A COMMENTARY ON TRAUMA BEING AN EPIDEMIC AND HOW AI DOESN’T HEAL IT. THIS NEUROSPICY AUTHOR IS SO EXCITED. EVEN DURING A FLARE UP. YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT IF YOU’RE INTO THESE VIBES. (Sorry for yelling 🫣)

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Carliann Jean @carliannjean.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Is this a place where a neurospicy author girlie can talk about her deluxe special edition + audiobook Kickstarter? 👀 #kickstarter #indieauthor #specialeditionbooks #audiobook

Deluxe special edition Kickstarter bookcover

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L.K. Chopin @lkchopin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

👑🩸The Blood of Zellandine🩸👑 dark YA sleeping beauty reimagining Zella's awake & on a mission to overthrow the queen who cursed her🗡️ Callum's hot on her heels🏃 Zella compels her enemies with her entrancing singing voice🎶 Callum can't hear her song🤟 ~querying in June~ #questpit #w #rf #ya

The words "The blood of zellandine, enchanted Forest, grumpy/Sunshine, Force proximity, fairy tale reimagining, deaf/HOH rep, animal companion" Are writing atop a collage of treetops, a spinning wheel, bound hands, a medieval kitchen, a medieval helmet and sword, a rat, a cottage, a dark Castle, a dark crown, old books, and an aerial view of a river.

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE MONSTER OF BLACKSTONE, 95k gothic coming-of-age story with a dual POV My Darling Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society 🖤An heir 🖤A monster 🖤An ancient curse 🖤Scottish Highlands 🖤Familial exploitation 🖤Emotional & physical isolation 🖤 Gay male lead #Q #A #Gothic #HF #PR #QuestPit

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star is AGENTED !!! ☆ @starlettsky.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

FAST AND FURIOUS X ROMEO + JULIET (1996) A burnt-out romance author travels to a gang-ruled street racing city for inspiration, but when she falls for the reckless racer guiding her through it, she risks her career, her heart, and her life. #QuestPit #Q #R #A

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CK Chang @sonusventi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

WILD REVERENCE x THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE When an immortal woman meets the enigmatic professor who remembers her truth, her growing bond with a mortal musician complicates the race to outwit an unexpected adversary before the equinox plunges all magic into darkness. #questpit #w #rf #u #a

A moody, purple-lit scene of a silhouetted musician sitting with a guitar beneath glowing trees. Centered text reads: “The Pitch.” Below, a paragraph describes a story about an immortal woman, a professor who remembers her, and a mortal musician racing to stop an adversary before the equinox plunges magic into darkness. The handle @ckchang_writes appears at the bottom.

A stylized purple and blue background with a unicorn and man reading a book in silhouette. The heading “COMPS” appears above text describing comparable titles. Below are three book covers: Blood Over Bright Haven, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and Wild Reverence. The handle @ckchang_writes appears at the bottom.

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Allison Wall @awritingwall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bree assumes “joining the Dark Goddess" is a lesbian sex club hazing prank—until she kills an evil politician with a gush of menstrual blood. The Goddess has given Bree real power. Her intentions? Murky. Her appetite? Insatiable. Her contract? Binding. #questpit #Q #A #H #S #LF

Mood board in reds and blacks. Images include: woman laying in a bathtub full of blood, a woman crowned under a red moon, a hand dripping with black liquid, and text that reads, After You Make a Pact with the Dark Goddess, There’s No Going Back.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Do you like horror? Comedy? Fantasy? Road trips? Ghosts and the paranormal? Satire of government institutions and stories about hope in the face of overwhelming adversity? Well that’s a lot, but luckily, I have JUST the book for you! Order Grim Portents today! #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky

christianakins.com

Grim Portents — Christian Akins

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James Keller-Am Querying @thekellerverse.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#Questpit Mass effect x Treasure Planet "People of Humanity, we have been observing your Earth..." These are the word that came down from the stars when Humanity stood on the Brink. The words that offered them a Second Chance at life. 6 years later, our story begins. #Q #SF #SFF

In The Service of Gods & Admirals.

A Novel by

James Keller

People of Humanity,

We have been observing your Earth and know you can not survive. The damage done to your world is too great for any species to recover from. You lack the technology to escape but there is no reason why the Galaxy should have to go on without you.

In the name of our Goddess, the Lady of Crystal, I have declared the Uplift of Humanity from your ruined world. And have bestowed onto you a new planet to call your own. Where you can rebuild yourselves and live on under the light of the stars.

We offer you passage to this new world. To welcome you into the Galactic Community as Citizens of the Jada Empire. Under the protection of my court, the Assembly, and the Admiralty of the Royal Navy.

You will be granted all the rights and privileges as any other Citizen in our domain. We will offer all the assistance you require as you heal and grow on your new Colony. To help you find your place in the Galaxy.

The wars that have ravaged your Earth are not our concern. We seek not to pass judgement, but to offer a chance at peace. To survive as a people and as a culture.

To all who accept this offer, our ships will be arriving to evacuate you. Instructions will be broadcast to lead you to the evacuation zones. To all who refuse, you will be left alone without further interference. We mean no harm but we will protect our new citizens from anyone who seeks to prevent them from traveling to their new home.

I know that you do not know of us, of anyone beyond your Earth. but we do come in peace. We come in peace. All we ask is the opportunity for our people to get to know each other.

(Proclamation of Empress Celestia of House Praven, 2nd Born of Emperor Cerian)

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

CORPSE BRIDE × 50 FIRST DATES × WARM BODIES A bored immortal mortician resurrects the woman of his dreams—again and again. But love becomes obsession, and she's decaying faster than he can let go. #QuestPit #A #H #R #W

This vertical poster for "The Immortician" features a black-and-white high-contrast composition with gold-toned typography.
Top: The title "The Immortician" is written in a serif font with gold gradients, framed by a black ornamental archway.
Center: A black silhouette of a long-haired figure in a gown stands against a white background. Parts of the silhouette, specifically the head and arms, appear to be disintegrating into small particles.
Middle: Three words—"Love.", "Obsession.", and "Decay."—are spaced horizontally across the center in a black serif font.
bottom: A Novel by B. Van Bodegom

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Duke @jgduke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#QuestPit #A #F #Q #Series The politics of Martin, the dynamics of Austen, and the imagery of Miyazaki, all rolled into an entirely original literary universe with rich mythologies to uncover, new languages to learn, and an expansive world to explore- join me as we dive into #AStoryOfDainu.

Picture is a (temporary) book cover. A golden crown is centered on a black background. White text reads "Love Live the Queen, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke."

Picture is a (temporary) book cover. A new green sprout is growing from a chopped-down tree stump. White text reads "A Tchao in Ilimak, story of Dainu, by JG Duke."

Picture is a (temporary) book cover. A large ship with wings for sails is on the open ocean. Text reads "High Winds and Low Whispers, story of Dainu, by JG Duke."

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✨ Joy Shaw | Author ✨ @joyshaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A trafficking survivor turned vigilante stalks Manhattan’s ruins with a sentient flaming machete to rescue girls from a grief-harvesting regime. When she joins a subterranean rebel, her trauma-made-visible glyphs mutate, threatening to remake her into the predator she hunts.🔥 #QuestPit #Q #A #DF

Dark fantasy poster featuring a scarred armored vigilante standing in a flooded tunnel, gripping a flaming machete. A glowing sigil appears on her chest and along her arm. Title reads SCARELLA: THE MACHETE MARAUDERESS with the tagline: “Some things don’t just break you. They remake you.”

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SPELLSHOP x KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS Nori can't wait for the Wishing Well to open so she can summon her familiar—but he instantly dislikes her and the Wishing Well stays open. Now they must close it, or a horde of familiars will break through and destroy their seaside town. #QuestPit #W #A #F

A moodboard for adult cozy fantasy, THE WISHING WELL.

From left to right, starting at the top:

- a wishing well
- some lace with tape over it that says THE WISHING WELL
- a teapot
- a tropical island cove
- a black cat
- a forest with flowers
- a stack of books
- cottage window
- holding hands at sunset
- bowl of ramen
- snow drop flowers

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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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🍃sage nightmare owen 👻 @sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lark is at rock bottom. Betrayed, career in ruins, lying to everyone she loves… and the holiday market she’s working keeps running her into a man who smiles like he’s never met a problem. 🔥 slow burn romance 🤫 secrets 😒🤠 grumpy/sunshine 🏘 small town 🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry #QuestPit #w #a #r

Mood board for Sage owen’s STILL untitled small town holiday/Christmas romance novel. Includes a dark haired woman, a man in a cowboy hat, snowy small town countryside scenes, a holiday market, a piano and acoustic guitar, a woman cuddling a golden retriever, and a close up of a man and a woman’s hands loosely entwined.

Excerpt from an opening chapter of a sage owen WIP, text as follows:

The enormity washed over her again. Lark pressed palms to her
face. "What did you do, Neil?"
"I just told a reporter friend-under condition of anonymity," he winked like that should fucking matter, "—that there was a story there!
There's no way it'll come back to you."
"It already has! I got a call from Marshall promising me legal action
for breaking my NDA!"
"But you didn't do it." He sounded smug, like he'd found a magic
loophole.
"Guess what! If my boyfriend knew it, then I obviously did break my NDA!" which was frustrating because she'd never told Neil or anyone else, but he was smart enough to realize songs he'd heard her practicing in the apartment eventually became international hits over the last year, and she'd been singing them before the album came out.
The problem wasn't that she thought he wouldn't notice. The problem was she'd thought he loved her enough to keep his mouth shut.
The problem was she'd been stupid and trusting.

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is a stock illustration of a microphone, and the user’s account name is “no comment, @burnermicrophone26”

Post reads: My (26f) boyfriend (27m) discovered my biggest secret and sold it to a tabloid, and now I’m unemployed, getting sued, dragged on the internet, and hiding from it all in my childhood bedroom in my small hometown

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is an anonymous photo of a man in a black Stetson cowboy hat, and the user’s account name is “Billy @runmercerrun”

Post reads: I (23m) have a comfortable, quiet life in my smal hometown. I work hard, love reading, and go dancing with friends.

2 years ago I got my heart broken by my childhood crush (worth it). Now I’m ready to fall in love for real, and I can’t find the right woman. Am I just unlucky in love?

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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 When one of them is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—& ball-busting puns—to solve the crime before they're all butchered like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #Q

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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Kyla Whitelock is querying ✨ @kylawhitelock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Agent's Guide for MOLDED BY MALICE Druids go through the Inflection, where an element will bless them with power 🍃💨💧 Industrialists are subjected to the Test of Attunement, where crystals can enhance their speed, strength, or senses 🔮💪🏼😈 But what if you aren't chosen? #questpit #A #F #Q

On the left side is an industrial city with smoke stacks that turn the air black. On the right side is a green forest with sunlight coming through the trees. It is divided by black cracks.

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Denna @dennahunter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE NARCISSIST: When a killer turns murder into performance, two detectives must unravel a powerful narcissist’s empire before his younger brother either exposes him or becomes him. #questpit #T #Q

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Grace Eliza @gracelizaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

OCTOBER DAYE X WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE When a blood-drained body is found at the edge of Foggy Dell, a quirky town in Northern California, Maisie—local ghost speaker—and Stacy—biologist and supernatural skeptic—become unlikely partners, investigating the mysterious death. #QuestPit #Q #PN #MY

A corkboard with photos of the forest and ocean and notes pinned to it. The notes: “Vampire???”, “Time of death: midnight”, and “Tremulous Oak Sanctuary: might not be a cult (but also might be)”.

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Amy Dehaas @amywrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A true-crime producer returns home to film a series on an unsolved serial killer case. When a new body turns up and threats hit her doorstep, she uncovers secrets linking the murders to her own past. What began as a docuseries is now a fight to survive her own story. #Questpit #Q #A #T #MY

Collage of six images. Image, one scattered police files and crime scene photos, image two, a White House with a red roof beside a lake with pine trees behind it, a Ouija board and tarot cards, and an overgrown cemetery with old headstones, crime scene tape. Text overlay reads: “She built a career unearthing other people’s secrets. Her own wouldn’t stay buried.”

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

First Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman sprawled over a man lying on a chaise. Depiction of Romeo & Juliet.

Book Title: My Sweet Unbecoming
A Forbidden Gothic Romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Second Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman staring deeply into a canvas. The art on the canvas is a man in uniform standing as the muse.

Comps and Pitch
Jane Eyre
The Viscount Who Loved Me
The Phantom Of The Opera

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 once before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Third Graphic:

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.

Fourth Graphic:

Snippets:

His hunger transcends anything as simple as lust. A perfect replica of my own.
Our appetite goes beyond the physical. What we starve for is not the body, but the soul.
Spirits, which I'm certain, have known each other for millennia—longing and finding one another, again and again against all odds.
Nothing can come between what is immaterial.
Even less so when it is destined
A divine homecoming.
He is the vessel of my existence. The missing half that completes me. There is no him without me. And without him, there is no me.
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And how do I tell him I'd gladly crawl beneath his armor, inside his clothes and past his skin? Fight myself through sinews and bone, every ligament and essence that makes him him, and live on solely to keep his soul free of any pain?
Caretaker of his soul for eternity.
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A touch, as soft as a feather.
The dull edges of fingernails.
Deliberate and as exquisitely slow as molasses.
I arch into these luxuries like a cat wanting for more.
Hum at the whispery strokes as they comb through my scalp, down my hair, in pursuit of my jaw and finally my décolleté.
I know it's him.
Scent him like a vampire would sweet blood.

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

☕️ 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 #LGBTQ #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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Alexis Collins @lexiscee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

YEAR OF THE REAPER x THIS WOVEN KINGDOM 👑 Long lost prince 🏺Greek-inspired 👥 Dual POV 💀Animated skulls + creepy moths + weird earth vibrations ❤️ Romantic subplot 🏰 Saving a war-torn land 🐍 Threat of villain returning #Q #YA #SFF #questpit

King of Scars, Year of the Reaper, The Floating World, Dark Rise, This Woven Kingdom

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crystal @snailpails.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE X WE USED TO LIVE HERE A young woman can't trust herself as she watches her reality crumble before her eyes. 🫣 Psychological/Cosmic Horror Romance 🗽 NYC Setting 🖤 He falls first 🇭🇰 #OwnVoices #QuestPit #H #R #PR #A #W

Woman sitting
stars
wilted flower
Subway
Black feather

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lia ☁️ is querying @brantleywrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

GOD OF THE WOODS x THE PROJECT meets OUTER BANKS When 17yo Shiloh gets pregnant, her politician father kidnaps her to protect his campaign, and she must hold onto her right to choose before it’s taken from her for good. #questpit #YA #Q #C #T

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liz difranco @lizdifranco.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An agent's guide to INSPIRED BY YOU. Perfect for agents looking for: ❤️A NEW TWIST ON A ROMCOM 🧬A VERY LITERAL GENRE BLEND ❤️‍🩹THE HEALING ART OF STORYTELLING ⚔️ACCESSIBLE FANTASY 💌EPISTOLARY ELEMENTS #questpit #w #a #r #f

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A young wizard’s journey to reconcile his past goes sideways when he is robbed and taken to a cursed and decrepit village where things aren’t as they appear. One guest turns into another, and he must rely on the last people he ever would have chosen to keep moving forward. #QuestPit #ROMCOM #NA

Monty Python's Life of Brian x Willow x Robin Hood: Men in Tights. #NA

Welcome to the Medieval Kingdom of Lindley!

🧙‍♂️ A wizard struggling with his powers
🗡️ A GNC thief with a grudge
🤪 Dysfunctional found family
🏹 Lots of armed men
💘 Anti-heroes find true love?!?

When regular quests won't do.

Photo for Another Quest, written by Dawn Berkoski.

Artwork by Shelley Leiweke

Depicted, is a fantasy inspired forest with jewel-toned falling leaves. In the distance, a medieval castle can be seen, and further still, the mountains where Zander, the protagonist of the story, lives.

And in the center of the magical forest, sitting on a tree stump, is Zander’s prized wizard’s hat, now dirty and worn with an arrow jutting through it.

The copy reads.

ACTION ADVENTURE
MAGIC AND MAYHEM
MEDIEVAL FANTASY
COMING OF AGE
YOUNG LOVE

A YOUNG WIZARD'S JOURNEY TO RECONCILE HIS PAST GOES SIDEWAYS WHEN HE IS ROBBED AND FINDS HIMSELF IN A CURSED AND DECREPIT VILLAGE WHERE THINGS AREN'T ALWAYs AS THEY APPEAR...

WHAT SEEMED TO BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD QUEST TURNS INTO ANOTHER, AND HE MUST RELY ON THE LAST PEOPLE HE EVER WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND REACH HIS DESTINATION.

QUERYING NOW

DawnBerkoski.com

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

He killed a prince to save the kingdom. Now a fallen inquisitor, he’s been hired to find a missing ambassador, and the deeper he digs, the more it looks like saving the kingdom was a mistake. INQUISITOR FOR HIRE - multi-POV, 89k words #QuestPit #A #F #DF #Q

Inquisitor for Hire Comps. For fans of The Tainted Cup’s genre-bending fantasy mystery, and the political darkness of Grave Empire, with the strange, decaying world of Mordew.

Tropes for Inquisitor for Hire: He saved the kingdom. He might have been wrong.

Fallen hero / disgraced legend
Chasing a vanishing truth
A secret the city was built to hide
Justice isn’t clean
Reluctant family forged under pressure
A power that takes more than it gives
Corruption at the highest level

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Chrissy Davis @chrissydaviswrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Goonies x Summer Turned Pretty To show her mom she can be trusted, 13yo Iggy hatches a plan to save her family’s cave. But when she’s trapped inside with her crush’s know-it-all bro, they must find a way out before they not only lose the cave, but also their lives. #questpit #mg soon #OS #AG

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Pumped to pitch ETERNALLY DEAD - my 107k paranormal romantic fantasy that explores what happens when an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm 🧛‍♂️ 🩸🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q #amquerying

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 107k 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.

Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads: Celia Sharpe's life-long dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines. But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she abandons her job to follow him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm.

Stranded and vulnerable in a world of dangerous monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP. But the stranger she followed reveals that he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum (Eternally Dead), and he offers her a seductive opportunity: if Celia stays, the band's flirty guitarist Caliban will temporarily heal her hand so she can join Mortuus Aeternum. However, she must perform for audiences of blood-thirsty vampires, of course.

Trapped in the Vampire Realm with no way out, Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks death if she doesn't find a way home. Especially when blood shortages are announced across the Vampire Realm. How will she survive?

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

Red and black background with white text snd large red title that reds THE OPENING. Below the title is the opening of the book, which reads: Celia Sharpe slammed her palm against the closed subway doors, trying to pry open the cool metal with sweaty fingertips. The train had finally – finally – made it to the station, and she needed to get off. Now. When the doors opened at long last, she burst through them like a bat out of hell, charging towards the exit.
She couldn't miss the opening of this show, or it might be her last.

Below the opening is the word EXCERPT in large red letters, and below is text in white font. The following excerpt reads:
Caliban knelt beside her and took her hand, her breath hitching at his touch. A warm sensation transferred between his fingertips and her scar, a tingling feeling moving up her whole arm. She pulled back on instinct.
“What did you do?” she trembled, awestruck. The scar had vanished.
“It’s only temporary. Please play,” he said, his green eyes wanting.
The pain was gone. Gone. As if it had never been there at all. Her left hand curved around the guitar neck, hugging the strings. Overcome by the magic of it, Celia grinned.

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Author Aislin Spurgeon @aislinspurgeon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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 is hotter than a kiln. #questpit #q #a #r #agentguide

Dark, moody graphic featuring hands shaping clay on a pottery wheel. White text reads: “An Agent’s Guide to Glazed & Confused, a 78,000-word adult rom-com.” At the bottom: “sometimes love is messy.”

Dark pottery wheel background with white text titled “The Pitch: fresh from the kiln.” Text overlays the image with the following pitch:

When Milo Hawthorne gets dumped via text—mere minutes before a couples pottery class—he does the only logical thing: shows up solo. But with his heart in shards and Valentine’s Day looming, every glittery red heart and smug little cupid is a reminder of everything he doesn’t have.

Briar Maxton is the overworked owner of the pottery studio cheekily named “The Local Bakery.” She’s poured everything into her business, and dating is the last thing on her to-do list. But since Milo paid for two spots in class and only brought one broken heart, Briar offers a set of private bonus lessons to offset the cost.

When Milo unexpectedly becomes the roommate of Briar’s cantankerous Papaw Melvin, their worlds collide outside the studio too. Milo shows Briar there’s life beyond work, while Briar reminds Milo he’s worth more than the relationship he lost.

But as Briar’s business grows faster than she can manage, her inability to step back threatens the studio she sacrificed everything to build. And when that same studio becomes an ever-growing third wheel, they may lose their chance at something real.

Dark pottery wheel background titled “The Comps: dipped in glaze.” Displays book covers for Passion Project, Practice Makes Perfect, and Hello Stranger, with descriptors beneath each. Lower section references Jessica Day and Nick Miller’s first kiss with an image of a kissing couple.

Dark pottery wheel background titled “The Tropes: what’s on the wheel.” White floral pottery illustration surrounds a list including emotional healing, forced proximity, he falls first, found family, grumpy grandpa, cinnamon roll MMC, work-obsessed FMC, opposites attract, Midwest setting, and pottery studio.

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Neѕѕα @nessamoulay.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

To save her late mother’s bakery from ruin, a 25yo baker accepts to cater her nemesis’ lavish wedding—unaware the job would include uncovering her mom’s buried past…and falling for the groom. #A #R #Q #questpit 💞

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Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝 @danielleippaso.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE UNYIELDING MONSIEUR DE BLANC MEXICAN GOTHIC x STARLING HOUSE Dark Southern Gothic w/ Horror elements. 🕯️An orphan seeking security ⌛An immortal man bound by a curse 📰A marriage notice that is a trap Nellie must choose: her heart or her survival #QuestPit #Q #A #HR #H #DR

A dark teal and black patterned card for THE UNYIELDING MONSIEUR DE BLANC. The background has vintage deep shades of pink and purple roses on the top of the frame. Centered is a small hourglass made with bones and a skull symbolizing the immortal + horror elements of the story. There is a note on there that the story is 70,000 words and a Dark Southern Gothic with Horror Elements.

A pitch slide with a deep teal background and black magnolia patterns. A skull with purple and pink roses and more deep pink and purple roses act as decorations. The pitch reads: "The Unyielding Monsieur de Blanc follows Nellie Moore in 1872, lured to a New Orleans estate by a marriage notice promising security. There, she encounters a man as captivating as he is complex, a man bound by a curse that has kept him alive for over a century.
As an impossible attraction sparks, Nellie’s search for the truth reveals that some secrets are meant to stay buried, and some doors, once opened, can never be closed again."

Two book covers adorn the card with deep teal and black magnolia patterns, pink and purple roses framing the bottom.
MEXICAN GOTHIC - The atmostpheric dread and family legacy.
STARLING HOUSE - A cursed, burdened hero

Teal and black magnolia patterns in the background along with a pink and purple rose decoration in the top right corner. Other images include, a candlestick with a burning flame, a pocket watch, a burned newspaper with a woman dressed in 19th century attire. The card includes a snippet of the book as below:

Nellie cleared her throat, and he turned slowly. His broad shoulders squared as he measured her with gray, unflinching eyes.

“I do not care for shadows in my doorway. Step forward.”

Nellie could not speak for a moment. Such a man naturally commanded her. He seemed powerful, severe, and entirely too confident. “I—I beg your pardon, sir,” she stuttered, her voice small in the vast room. “I am Nellie Moore.”

A brief unreadable softness touched his features before he stiffened, his expression once again a mask of stone. “I am Monsieur de Blanc, or Mr. De Blanc, as you Americans prefer.”

His thick French accent was like bourbon; it was smooth, but with a burn that unsettled her. Nellie stared, stunned. This was him, the man she was to marry. She had expected someone older, not this gentleman in his late twenties with a face so...strikingly symmetrical.

“Do find your breath, Mademoiselle. I have enough to manage today without adding a fainting spell to the afternoon’s agenda. I’ve never had much patience for delicate women.”

The insult was a splash of frigid water, bringing her back to herself. The orphan inside of her who spent her days scrubbing floors and managing unruly children suddenly bubbled to the surface. She adjusted the lace on her shoulders and met his gaze with a leveled stare that mirrored his own coldness.

“You needn’t worry, sir,” she said, her voice surprisingly crisp. “I am merely trying to reconcile the man in front of me with the one I was promised in the letters.”

A flicker of mild interest passed over his face. “Is that so?” he murmured, arms folded tightly. “Fortune favors you, then. I am not the man from your letters.”

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Stella B James @stellabjames.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SIX OF CROWS x THE MUMMY A time traveling bounty hunter with a debt to pay and knack for disaster needs to steal and return a time altering relic to Fate and her Council if he has any hope of buying back his freedom and saving the immortal he loves. #questpit #Q #YA #F

Moodboard collage with pictures of a couple in front of a large clock, a store of clocks, a couple kissing, a girl reaching for the stars, rusted clocks, a couple in historical clothing, a boy consoling a girl in a room, a sign that reads “I think we met before”, and a photo of an investigation board

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Carliann Jean @carliannjean.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hi everyone! I made a Bluesky account for this event. 🥰📚🎉 COFFEE BY THE COFFIN. A 122k word adult gothic romantic fantasy with cozy elements. A love story of a necromancer who works in a morgue and revives the man who may save the human race… as a vampire. 😏 #questpit #Q #A #F #RF #PR #DR

An agent’s guide to Coffee by the Coffin by Carliann Jean with coffee, coffin, and spider web images.

The pitch for Coffee by the Coffin. A cozy
gothic fantasy love story of a necromancer who works in a morgue and revives the man who may save the human race… as a vampire. She risks her own death if she doesn’t obey direct orders to leave him dead, but after they have a soul-deep instant connection at a coffee shop, she knows she’ll ignore every rule if it means he survives.

Comp titles for Coffee by the Coffin: Legends and Lattes, Ninth House, Beauty and the Demon, and Bride.

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