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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

i sent out my first query!! MSU is officially in the trenches. 🖤🕯️

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

well… it’s done 🖤 MSU is officially query ready. theo and olivia will be introduced to agents in 9 days… 😭

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Some of my favorite lines from My Sweet Unbecoming, a forbidden gothic romance I’m querying this upcoming September. 🖤🕯️

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Dannielle Raffin @dannielleraffin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A Knight’s Tale and When the Moon Hatched collide in TORCH THE STARS 💫 ⚔️A tale of hidden identity, love, and a woman chasing glory in a man’s world #QuestPit #Q #A #F #agentguide

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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SWORD IN THE TREE project in development ‼️ Running away from a forced marriage, Branwen accidentally reveals herself to be the Hero King Reborn in a world that has long since moved on without one. 🏰 Arthuriana Fantasy of Manners 🔍 Court Intrigue 💋 Multiple Love Interests #QuestPit #A #WIP #RF

Project: The Sword in the Tree; romantasy/fantasy of manners in development

the heroine: branwen, hero king reborn; art by Scarchou

tropes and themes: regency/victorian inspired setting, commoner knight vs duke of the north love interests, scheming and political strife

inspiration: lord of the rings, the sword in the stone, villainess and female-led reincarnator manhwa

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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FIRST LOOK at project Stupid Cupid 🪽a dark Psyche + Cupid retelling 🪽Perilous games (mafia🤝Among Us) 🪽She's hungry and he's the only available "food" source 🪽fantasy with dystopian vibes #A #F #RF #SFF #W #questpit

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C.E. Kimbro- Querying @bookishcarly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’m excited to join questpit with Tower of Tangled Lies, with my dark fantasy ‘Rapunzel’ retelling with a slow burn romance and strong chronic illness representation. Blood& Ash x Gild x Tangled #questpit #q #a #f #df

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🟣S.L. PrayersforPeace🙏🏼🌻 @stpolishook.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

JEWISH BLUEBEARD + FEMINIST TWIST Promised to a witch before her birth, Talia must now spend a year with the woman to pay off her parent's debt. But with demons threatening to steal her away, The "witch" might just be Talia's best hope at keeping her head. #Questpit #W #YA #F

Mood board with dark atmospheric vibe. Demon eyes poke through behind an image of a woman & girl praying over Shabbat candles. Yiddish and hebrew run across the images.

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Wattieza is Querying @onismick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Dexter x MEXICAN GOTHIC x HAZELTHORN. A New England Gothic eco-horror with a riveting mystery. "They said if you were seen by the man with no eyes, there was no point in running." #questpit #W #A #S #MY #H #gothic

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Beatrice Lebrun 👁️ Questpit Pinned! @beatricelebrun.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ALICE IN WONDERLAND × BACKROOMS × HOUSE OF LEAVES The scariest part of Wonderland is forgetting you ever wanted to leave. 👁️ Queer psychological horror 👁️ Obsession 👁️ Distorted Reality 👁️ Liminal horror 👁️ Alice in Wonderland retelling GLOWROT IS AVAILABLE NOW! #QuestPit #P #A #H

Cover of the book Glowrot by Beatrice Lebrun. Featuring a creepy collage of a person with bunny ears, goo coming out of their eyes and mouth and hands trying to reach a falling figure

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

Meet the Protagonist: Alyx Delaney. 🌊🔥 📍 St Ives, Cornwall 🔦 Urban explorer 🧗 Terrible at giving up 🫡 Even worse at following orders 🗡️ Curiosity drives her 🩸 Loyalty may destroy her TRINITY: An adult contemporary fantasy with thriller pacing and a folk horror undercurrent. #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

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

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

BRITAIN'S FOLKLORE IS ONLY THE COVER STORY.

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

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

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Sierra @itsbysierra.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LORD OF THE FLIES × THE DROUGHT × The Death of Vivek Oji A Lagos-set reimagining of J.G. Ballard's The Drought, combining the social collapse of Lord of the Flies with the haunting atmosphere of The Death of Vivek Oji. Title: BURN #W #LF #S #Questpit

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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS X ONE DARK WINDOW An #agentsguide for my completed 90,000 word NA/A, dark, gothic fantasy PARALYSIS #questpit #Q#A #F #DF

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Taelyn Gray is querying 🦋 @taelyngray.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BRIDGERTON x AGNES AUBERT'S MYSTICAL CAT SHELTER with a magical butterfly twist 🦋 magical butterfly rescue 🤭 hate to love ✨ fake courtship 🤍 #ownvoices scoliosis rep 📰 The Press make or break reputations 🫦 banter starts in CH 1 #questpit #Q#A #F

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Ally Boyd @alboyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SERIAL DATING | Adult Horror Rom-Com Inverted Tropes: 🛏️Too Many Beds (it's a bunk bed situation) ❤️Co-workers to Friends to Lovers (No enemies here) ☠️Neither FMC or MMC are Serial K!llers (but everyone else is) ☀️Perfect, Sunny Weather (no dark & stormy nights) #QuestPit #W #A #H #R

Picture of a forest of trees. Text: agent guide, adult horror rom-com, projected 70K, current 40K, Serial Dating, by Ally Boyd

Picture of rock half in a lake, half on the sand. Text: The Pitch, While vacationing at a remote lakeside cabin, the daughter from a dynasty of eccentric k!llers struggles to shield her new boyfriend from her family’s gruesome legacy, but the sunny lakeside retreat turns deadly when a k!ller from her past turns the camp grounds into hunting grounds.

Picture of lake and trees reflecting in it. Text: the comps, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Ready or Not (2019), Dating & Dismemberment by A L Brody, The Book of Knives by Lise Haines

Picture of trees. Text: The Opening. I’m pretty sure the guy I matched with is a serial k!ller.

I knew it the moment he picked me up. His hair is combed too straight, his blue button down shirt is overly starched, his khakis pressed with military precision, and his nails neatly trimmed to the quick.

I can almost hear my best friend, Kayla’s voice in my head, ‘It’s find Maddie. He’s a nice guy. Why are you always trying to find the faults?’

It’s not like I’m doing it on purpose, it’s just that I have a type. And I really, really want to get away from my normal type and find a nice guy.

“You look beautiful,” he says as he presents me with a bouquet of flowers.

White lillies. The flower of death.

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Alice @alicel565.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LOVELY RUNNER X KING OF GLUTTONY If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen— except the only way Ava can save her family name is to partner with her hot chef ex-boyfriend, and if she isn't able to guard her heart, she might be getting burned by him— again. Querying soon👩🏻‍🍳 #Questpit #A #Q #R

A 9x9 moodboard for Dinner Crush. The center is a quote from Last Kiss by Taylor Swift. The bottom left and top right corners are high-end food pictures. The top left and bottom right are chefs preparing high-end dishes. The top middle is a couple almost kissing, and the bottom middle is a fancy restaurant. The left middle is a woman with her head in her hands. The middle right is a man with his head bowed.

The first page of the agent guide for Dinner Crush, an adult billionaire romance by Alice Li

Pitch: If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen— except the only way Ava can save her family name is to partner with her hot chef ex-boyfriend, and if she isn’t able to guard her heart, she might be getting burned by him—again.

@alicelauthor

Tropes and comps:
Moodboard for Dinner Crush

The Spice and banter of King of Gluttony
The yearning and angst of Lovely Runner

Billionaire romance
Second Chance
hot chefs
Slowburn
yearning
“It’s always been you”

@alicelauthor

Snippet: “How do I look?” Ethan asked, curiosity overtaking him even as suspicion settled in his gut.

“Like she’s the moon, and you’re the sun,” the man said. “And you want every day to be a solar eclipse.”

@alicelauthor

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

I’m left in absolute awe over all the love MSU has gotten. Truly, no words could express the magnitude of my gratitude. & huge thanks to @questpit for once again bringing us all together, for the opportunity to lift each other’s stories up. Until the next one! 🫶🏽 #questpit

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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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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE LESSER SOUL After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

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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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Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🌊🔥Mulan meets Avatar: The Last Airbender… but make it an adult romantasy. 🌪️ Forbidden elemental magic 🎭 Hidden identity ⚔️ Military training ❤️‍🔥 Slow-burn romance 👀 A dangerously perceptive commanding officer ✨ SONG OF THE SICKLE ✨ #QuestPit #Q #A #F #R

Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 115,000 words, first in a planned series by Megan A. Saraceno

The pitch: She’s hiding her name, her past, her power.
He sees through her every lie.

Rejected by the gods, Tessa Whitaker brands a false divine seal into her flesh and steals her brother’s identity to save him from a war he won’t survive. But when her emotions manifest unblessed elemental magic, she catches the attention of her dangerously perceptive commanding officer. If he uncovers her secrets, execution will be the least of her problems.

She can survive the war.
She’s not sure she can survive him.

Comps A Fate Inked in Blood, Silver Elite, The Knight and the Moth

Opening lines: Tomorrow, the gods would judge me.
Tonight, I pretended they didn’t exist.

I swung the scythe through another row of wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. More honest than twenty years of prayers that had earned me nothing but silence.
Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts off tomorrow and the bare stretch of skin on my forearm waiting to be claimed., pictures include: military training camp, earth magic, amber ring, abandoned watchtower, and incense

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

In post-WWIII Saint Petersburg, Polina sells illegal dreams to save her brothers. Leo, an American prisoner, hunts the dreamer in exchange for his wife’s freedom. But when dreams reveal their erased love story, they discover that love never comes without a sacrifice. #QuestPit #A #W #RF #dystopia

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anna sarlet @sacrosanctious.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

- THE LAST KISS OF WINTER - ∗ gothic tragedy complete at 85k words ∗ star-crossed lovers ∗ vampire aristocracy ∗ set in the Year Without Summer 🌨️ check attached for the #agentguide !! ⋆⁺₊❅。 #questpit #W #A

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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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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days x Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses in A DUTIFUL PRINCESS’S HANDBOOK A Cozy Medieval Romantasy 🍰 Barbie for adults 🌸 Arranged marriage 👑 Princess x Prince 🕯️ Dual POV 🩷 Lovable family chaos #questpit #W #NA #A #RF bsky.app/profile/elis...

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Alexis Emerson @lexeratz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SKY I USED TO KNOW literary fiction, 70k ☆ complex, codependent female friendship ☆ coming of age, childhood nostalgia vs normative transition to adulthood ☆ feminist themes #QuestPit #Q #LF #A

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Author Annie Aksel @questiebestie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

KNIGHT AND CIRCUS 99K A role-reversed chivalric tale of a wallflower knight and the boisterous acrobat who will stop at nothing to make him blush. Aragorn coded MMC Jester coded FMC 👩‍❤️‍👨 Cozy Romantasy 🟢 Green Flag MMC 🫂 Character Driven 💟 Slow Burn 🎪 Whimsical Circus Setting #Questpit #A #RF #Q #F

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Beatrice Lebrun 👁️ Questpit Pinned! @beatricelebrun.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

OBSESSION X MIDSOMMAR X LIFE IS STRANGE Two girls who were never supposed to remember each other. A cult hidden deep in the woods. Something is watching from the trees. 🫀Cult in the woods 🫀LBTQIA+ 🫀Stalker 🫀Missing memories 🫀Supernatural obsession #questpit #W #A #H #DF

Mistwater Girls
NA Psychological Horror | Dark Fantasy | Sapphic Drama
Raised in a secluded commune of magical beings, Elara has spent her whole life being taught the same rules: observe humans, never touch them, and never fall in love with them.

She breaks that rule when she saves a girl from the edge of a cliff, only to realize she’s the best friend she was forced to forget.

Now magical beings are disappearing, someone is stalking them, and the closer they get to each other, the worse things become.

But after losing her once already, Elara refuses
to let her go again, even if it means becoming
the next one to disappear.

Comp titles: Life is Strange, Carrie, Midsommar, Obsession

Mistwater Girls, by Beatrice Lebrun.
A moodboard featuring images showing tragic sapphic scenes, missing person posters, creepy people in the woods with animal masks, a woman almost drowning and hands coming out of the water trying to trap a girl standing barefoot in a lake.

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBT #Dis #OV

A fake case file lays open. On the left side of the folder is a sketch of a girl with a sticky note beside it that reads: “Emma Bridge is believed to have cut her hair. Police sketch artists have taken a guess at what she may look like now.” Under it is a map of all US railroads with another sticky note that reads: “Last seen in California, current whereabouts unknown. An anonymous tip reports she has made it out of the state.” Under that, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out, replaced with the name Peyton Freys.

On the right side of the folder is a clipping of newspaper that reads: “Hollywood’s Beloved Missing” with the date 4/13/1996 below it. Text on the page reads: “What we know: YA Contemporary (with mystery and romance), 82k words” “Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media” “Runaway in hiding, fake identity (turned real identity), mental health rep, genderfluid and pan rep, found family, 90s small-town nostalgia.”  
A block of text reads: “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.”

Finally, a stamp says “On sub soon”

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Mary S Morrison ✏️🧬🧫🇨🇦🏛️ @marysmorrison.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#querying DO NO HARM, a 75k urban fantasy about medical justice! When a healer with a secret turns up dead on their uni campus, two unlikely heroes make a discovery that could revolutionize magical medicine—but first they must unmask the killer trying to bury them with it. #Questpit #Q #A #F

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avery✨ @averytimmonsauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

DUNGEONS & DRAMA x THE EDGE OF 17 when the new kid takes 1st chair, 17y/o trumpeter Julissa fake dates him to impress her drifting friends and teams up with her childhood rival Logan to sabotage him for their chairs back—only to realize Logan might be the one she’s falling for #questpit #YA #R #AG

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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨ SIX OF CROWS X ARCANA ACADEMY✨ After an ancient prophecy resurfaces mid magic trial, six artists must uncover who is trying to enact calamity. This Adult Epic Fantasy features: 📜Deadly Deals 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets Best Left Unspoken 💔Rivals to Allies to 👀 #questpit #F #DF #R #A #Q

An Artistic Deception - An Adult Sapphic Epic Fantasy - A girl dancing in an abandoned church

Enemies to lovers
Sapphic
Sentient Magic School
Indigenous Diaspora
Can Your Fate be Changed?

Martyred by her people, a priestess awakens as a refugee displaced through time to find her sacrifice in vain.

Agni attends a magical college to build a new life, but when the past resurfaces, she must either embrace martyrdom again or flee, leaving behind the life she’s built and the woman she loves. before fate claims another kingdom.

Reads like Hozier’s Yell

Putting the con in economy - The lies of locke lamora
a deadly education - my school is trying to kill me
six of crows - ensemble cast x found family
witch hat atelier - magic consequences for me like 💀
arcana academy - so you like pining?

Character art of Agni and Fala

“Can’t you ever do as you’re told?” Fala snaps.
“No.” The word rolls off my lips, sweet as candy.
“Impudent.”
“Arrogant,” I bite back.
We are toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, her amber irises trembling.
“You know nothing.” Fala seethes. I laugh, drunk on her wild temper on I can ignite. That may have been true at the beginning of term but not now.
I know all about the woman I’ve spent the year ruefully falling in love with.

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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SHE IS KING sequel in development ‼️ Called on to track down and kill whoever is stirring up conflict between pantheons, Kolby Scott will suffer insult and betrayal until she is forged into something wholly new. 🏙️ urban fantasy ⚔️ monster hunting 🧨 Holy Sexual Tension, Batman #QuestPit #WIP #F #NA

introductory guide to Project: SHE IS WAR, an urban fantasy sequel in development

our heroine: kolby scott, war goddess' vessel

tropes and themes: aimless heroine called to adventure; meddling deities and their egos; slow burn romance between lover boy and hater girl

inspiration/comps: secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel series and silver in the bone

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K.L. Lempereur is Querying! @kllempereur.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BURY OUR BONES x TLT x Mad Max: Fury Road ✨toxic sapphic romance ✨enemies *and* lovers ✨a series of livestreamed "bloodgames" ✨set on a spaceship-slash-temple ✨the fate of the universe vs. the fate of your heart ✨literally everyone is queer in some way ✨a masked god #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #F #LGBTQ

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🎃👻Christine Szczesniak👻🎃 @szczesniakchristin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WE WERE ALL DEFECTS - YA Dystopian Thriller - 77k words The bubblegum-pink tiles of Ruinview will swallow anyone who loses control, but emotions are Alex's only weapon when she has seventy-two hours to stop her mother's execution and save the boy she loves. #QuestPit #Q #YA

The background features a dark silhouette of a person standing in front of a chain-link fence with a hazy, warm sunset shining through trees in the distance. There is a textured, pink hexagonal tile floor. White text over the image reads: "An Agent's Guide To: WE WERE ALL DEFECTS. YA Dystopian Thriller, 77k words."

A dark pink hexagonal tile background. At the top, glowing pink neon text reads "Welcome To Ruinview." Below it, text reads "DAYS SINCE LAST DROP:" above a mechanical flip-clock counter showing the number "O0" with small blood splatters on the white tiles. The main body text reads: "The pretty pink tiles of Ruinview are as fake as its plastic smiles, but happiness is a mandatory survival mechanism. None of those things stop Alex from feeling everything-even when she knows a slip in control will lead to the ground splitting open to swallow her whole. But hiding from herself won't prevent her mother's execution. Rescuing her mother will only kill the boy who saved her. Protecting either of them could cost her the one person she can't live without. And Alex only has seventy-two hours to get them all out alive."

A pink hexagonal tile background. At the top,
glowing pink neon text reads "The Tropes". Below it, text lists: "Friends-to-Lovers Slow-Burn", "Touch Her And You Die", and "Forced Toxic Positivity". Below that, neon pink text reads "The Comps". The text reads "Blends the weaponized psychological control of Stephanie Oakes' THE MEADOWS" above an image of the book's cover, "With the survival-forged slow-burn romance of Jill Tew's AN OCEAN APART" below an image of that book's

cover.

A four-panel aesthetic mood board set over a pink hexagonal tile background. At the top, glowing pink neon text reads "The Vibes" next to a black-and-white Spotify scan code. The collage consists of four images: the top left is a bright, retro diner with a pink-and-white checkered floor and teal vinyl seats. The top right is a soft, pink-hazed silhouette of a couple leaning in to kiss. The bottom left is a vintage, faded photograph of smiling women standing in rows wearing matching blue swimsuits and sashes. The bottom right is a steep, upward-facing view of a long escalator with dark purple steps flanked by glowing pink lights.

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Catie Stroud ✨ @ladystroud.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE EVERLASTING x THE GAMES GODS PLAY 🌙 clairvoyant mistresses 🏝️ sky island setting 🗡️ fierce lady knights 💚 green flag MMC 🔥 the god of chaos is hot 👑 emotional damage but make it funny early readers: “you’re a very mean author lol” “fast-paced and fun, couldn’t put it down” #questpit #Q #A #RF

Background image is lightning against a dark sky. For Mettle & Moss is a 108k adult fantasy romance standalone. This is a guide to the setting and characters.

This setting slide features an artist drawn map of Caledin. Think sky islands à la Zelda: TotK.

This slide features character art of Marian Moss, a cynical and sharp-tongued lady knight who loves whiskey and her horse, Clementine.

This slide features character art of Jameson Loxley, the anxious young lord of Caledin. He is a scholar, an artist, and a stuttering mess.

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

Elia doesn't want to take holy orders. But after he enters the convent, his visions are confirmed when a murderer begins to move through Venice. THE STARVING SAINTS X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH X ANATOMY A LOVE STORY: #Questpit #W #YA #H #HF #LGBT #WIP coming to the query trenches

A banner for Elia in Isola, Young adult, Gothic horror, venice 1600s, and a young nun novice folding his hands before a dark archway and has a gold halo, as well as the grand canal, as well as the caption querying soon. red tulips are in the background.

A banner for Elia in Isola. Comparative titles, showing The Starving Saints, "otherworldly occurrences in a claustrophobic historical setting," The Spirit Bares Its Teeth: Historical Fiction: trans man must hide his identity and his gifts to survive in a hostile world, anatomy: gothic setting with anatomy and medical history at the center of the mystery and in the background, an oil painting of the grand canal

A banner for Elia in Isola, The pitch, oil painting of boats in the grand canal. red tulips are in the background. Elia has always been plagued with ecstatic, disturbing visions. It doesn’t help that he’s secretly transmasculine. Either way, he is an embarrassment to his Venetian family- and thus, ineligible for marriage. When he turns sixteen, his parents give him over to the convent.

But it is Carnival, and Elia longs to step outside the cloister walls.

Then he stops to speak to the masked Rosalina, and discovers that someone has been murdering young women like his new friend. He’s been told his whole life he needs to be less. Now, as a cloaked presence moves through the convent by night and the murderer strikes close to home, he might have to attract attention to draw out the murderer, to save Rosalina, the other novices- and himself.

A banner for Elia in Isola, first line, oil painting of boats in the grand canal. red tulips are in the background. The quote: On his last day of freedom, Elia Malesco watched the dawn bathe Venice in its pale tones and wondered if he'd ever see his beloved city again.

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

ETERNALLY DEAD 🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 After an injured guitarist travels to the Vampire Realm and meets an all-vampire rock band, she's given the chance to fulfill her once foregone rock star dreams - but only if she performs for monsters. Meet the band below! #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q #amquerying

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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Clare Donnelly @claredonnelly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🌊 ALL THE SEAS AND SHADOWS 🌊 A privileged girl uncovers the secrets behind a magical smuggling ring in exchange for help escaping an enforced engagement. 🤍 Young Adult Fantasy 🤍 Folklore-faithful Irish Lore 🤍 Sapphic Longing 🤍 Found Family #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #amquerying

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Madelyn Starr @madelynstarr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

All the wives that came before Rhian are dead. ✨ fairy tale retelling 💍 marriage of convenience 👻 haunted house 🏔️ remote setting 🧵 unique magic system 🕯️ gothic & horror elements #QuestPit #Q #A #F #Gothic

An Agent’s Guide to Maiden & Serpent
102k Adult Gothic Fantasy
“Bluebeard” Retelling

The Pitch

All the wives that came before Lady Rhian are dead. Her new husband is older, thrice widowed, and a notorious merchant, and that's all she knows about him when he sweeps her off to his opulent castle in a remote village. When she arrives at his home, deep in the mountains and far from her family, she receives no welcome: the villagers view her with suspicion and her husband ignores her.
In her husband's house, she's drawn to remnants of his late wives. Their ghosts follow her, reminding her that she's a replacement. As she forces her way into the community, she uncovers its greatest secret: magic still exists there, even after it was drained from the rest of the world. And though Rhian can use the magic, it may be more of a curse than a gift.
Mages go missing, and those that are left give more of themselves to replenish the magic in the land before it's lost forever. Rhian's newfound power exhausts her, but she feels pressure to help the entrenched community even as it rejects her. Both fascinated by and jealous of her, her husband finally shows an interest in their marriage. When winter comes, blocking the roads with snow and cutting her off completely, she must balance her growing feelings for him with uncovering the dark truths behind his wealth, the missing Mages, and the ghosts that dog her every step.

For fans of:
The Knight and the Moth - Gothic Atmosphere
The Death of Jane Lawrence - Haunted Houses
A River Enchanted - Remote, Magical Settings
Crimson Peak - Maidens with Candelabras

Playlist & Mood (with album artwork)

"Girls Against God" by Florence + the Machine
"In the Woods Somewhere" by Hozier
"The Tradition" by Halsey
"Killer" by Phoebe Bridgers
"Before I Ever Met You" by BANKS
"If I Die" by Jade Bird

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Pierre Sylvestre @psylvestre.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

♠️ACE OF SPADES X THE HOUSEMAID🏠 NO LOVE IN THIS CITY is a fast-paced YA Thriller featuring: 👩A morally gray female protagonist 🤯Shocking twists 🏡Elements of domestic suspense 🌆 A gritty fictional city setting 💕Romance 🔪Intense action #Questpit #Q #YA #T #M

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Grace Rea @airilaya.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I am so thrilled to rollout a full revision of THE DEPARTMENT OF BLACKMAIL & PAPER TRAILS. Coming to the trenches August 2026. 📋✨ Mask of Mirrors X (Mostly) Human Resources #questpit #q #f #r #a #agentguide

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An agent's guide to BARGAINING OUR FATES🔥🗡️aimed for the fans of The Poet Empress & These Violent Delights A convicted palmist unites with a vindictive prince, who she is assigned to kill, to revive ancient magic else his father would kill them both #questpit #YA #Q #F

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Valentina Rojas @styxteeth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, but she did not die. In the professional editing phase, but I know in my gut this is a GEM, so feel free to agent me up before that ;) tags #HFic #questpit #horror #w #DR #H

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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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Lindsey’s Library + Writer @lindseyalibrary.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

an agent’s guide to… 💫BENEATH THE CROWNED CANOPY💫 -83k Medieval Fantasy Romance Wild Reverence x The Knight and the Moth 🌳Magical Forest 🗡️Princess x Knight 🌑Dual POV 🩸One Horse ✨Fate and Destiny vs. Free Will Querying soon! #questpit #W #F

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Priscilla Maytree @prismaytreewrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨🌷🪞CROWNS & MIRRORLIGHT 🪞🌷✨ A bisexual love triangle // Meet the cast // 🪞Evran 🗡️🌸🐎 🪞Saille 🌷🫦✨ 🪞Yvaine 🔮🪷🌙 #questpit #W #A #RF

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Dr. Sam Chung is querying @drsamchung.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hey #questpit! Officially #querying my #a #fantasy #darkacademia

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Camille Singer @camillesinger.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨AMITY COVE 🎠 🎡Haunted Carnival 🌊Abandoned Wharf 📿Missing Sister 🎭Suspicious Friends 🎩Family Secrets 🎇Enemy Love Interest 🖤Romance and Horror💀 Elements (original artwork by me) #QuestPit #Q #YA #MY #T #R #H

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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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