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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 21/06/2026

I've created many covers for myself and others and wanted to start taking commissions from authors who are self-publishing their books. Because I am just starting to build my portfolio, I want to work with your budget! Message me if you have any questions! #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #selfpublish

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 04/05/2026

REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC (w/ small press interest) Dear C.B, Thank you for sending me FINDING ECHINACEA. Unfortunately, I didn't quite connect with your transportive descriptions, attention to historical details or small town slow-burn romance. #IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Selection Series x The Elements of Kamdaria x Elemental Blessings In a world where the elements are life, a ball is held every century to find the new rulers of the elements. It is a game of politics and deceit that may just end in murder and heartbreak. #W #A #RF #IndiePit

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star is AGENTED !!! ☆ @starlettsky.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Fast cars + bad decisions = a love story built to crash. A burnt-out romance author dives into a gang-ruled street racing scene for inspiration, only to fall for a reckless driver with a death wish. FAST AND FURIOUS X ROMEO + JULIET (1996) #IndiePit #SSP #A #R

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Jenni - Fantasy Romance Author ✨️ @authorjbecker.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

NA Portal Romantasy Trilogy ✨Fae, witches, kickass humans 💫Multiple POVs, ships 🔥Slow burn tension, some spice 🌪️Elemental magic +more 👑Twisted rulers, corrupt politics 😈Evil plot twists ⚔️Deadly quest 🏹A brewing rebellion ❤️‍🩹Self discovery #IndiePit #AN #SSP #NA #F #RF

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Laura Livingstone @zombieirishgirl.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Death of Atticus Monroe 🖤 The Invocations x The Craft 🔥 #indiepit #YA #R #H #SSP

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Kasy Long @kasylongauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Who doesn’t love a good road trip book? That’s what you find in OUR MOTHER, YOUR FRIEND. A trip to learn about a mom’s past leads to a SHOCKING plot twist. One road trip changes everything! 🚗 Road trip adventure 👫 Twins! 💔 Family drama 🤔 A surprise twist #IndiePit #AN #YA #NA #C #S #indiebooks

A collage of road trip images with people driving, redwood trees, a highway, and letters. “Coming-of-age drama,” “Road trip,” and “Our Mother, Your Friend | Kasy Long” is in text on the image.

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Navigator who Crossed the Ice Walls × The Anunnaki Connection x Mythology When Jenna comes across an injured giant man she finds out that the world she thought she knew was just the middle of a much larger one stuck in the middle of an ancient war. #W #A #T #SFF #IndiePit

7 pics make up the background

Top 2 pics are: an Icy shelf/wall with a quote “We sailed onward, and the passage widened, leading to clearer waters – a world previously unseen.” - The Navigator Who Crossed the Ice Walls and an artwork of a Norse Ice Giant with the title The War Around Us.

Middle 2 pics are both maps of what is believed to be beyond the ice walls according to the theories and books about it. The left pic is the wider map with all the worlds, the right pic is closer to our world with a couple circles.

Bottom 3 pics are: an artwork of Thor's fight with the giants, Hercules with his club, and the Easter Island Statues with a quote, “Myths carry a universal truth that is Lost when only examining a literal translation.” - Heather Lynn, The Anunnaki Connection: Summerland God's, Alien DNA, and the Fate of Humanity

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Here's my list for #IndiePit 1. The Rulers of Fawes #W #A #RF 2. Evening of Roses #W #A #R #Cozy 3. The War Around Us #W #A #T #SFF Feedback is welcome

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At the top in red elegant font is the title Evening of Roses and to each side of the title is a red rose.

Top 2 pictures are a red rose and a waterfall with a red leafed tree to the right of it.

Bottom 2 pics are a woman in red laying under a big willow tree reading with her head in her partner's lap beside a pond and an old couple standing together, the man holding the woman, the man in a suit and the woman covered by a red blanket with tree branches and a cloudy sky behind them.

At the bottom between 2 red roses is a quote: “As we grow older together, as we continue to age, here is one thing that will never change…I will always keep falling in love with you.” - Karen Clodfelder

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 04/05/2026

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC (w/ small press interest) Typhus delivers a wealthy suitor to Florence’s door with an offer that would ensure her sister's safety. But warnings from a haunted medical student reveal cracks in her last hope for salvation. #IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP

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Oli 🌼 @oliviariesling.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a notorious outlaw teams up with her immortal ex-lover to rob a train and avenge her mother, the last thing she expects is for a lost kingdom to call on her to slay a dragon. #QuestPit #AG #A #RF #OS (exclusive)

A trope map featuring art of a man and woman in simple late 19th century clothes. The woman has a gun held behind her back. The man is smitten with her. Tropes include train heist, second chance, he can't bluff, late sheriff's eldest daughter, and lost prince. The title is A Bird in Hand

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ShannonReault @shannonreault.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

FRUIT OF SPOILED SEED CIRCE x BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN Rowan’s dream of training at Typhon Academy is becoming a nightmare as her magic and body succumb to chronic pain. Desperate for a cure, every path she takes reveals darker clues & they lead closer to home than she ever imagined #QuestPit #W #DF

A graphic with the novel title (fruit of spoiled seed by Shannon Reault) and a mini synopsis, followed by a list of featured elements of the book. The background of the graphic is a red and white mushroom.

The text is as follows:

After concluding her first year of training at Typhon Academy with a record-breaking performance at the Spring Exhibition, Rowan Wildes is changing the perception of female Corpian Witches on Ouros Island. But when her magic inexplicably weakens, leaving relentless pain in its wake, she is forced to return for her second year at Typhon with physical and magical deficiencies which, if discovered, put her future in the High Priest’s Service at risk. Determined to stop her deterioration, she discovers her jaded training nemesis, Taran, has turned to forbidden sigil magic to seek his revenge.
Willing to stop at nothing to reverse the damage Taran inflicted, she embarks on a desperate search to uncover his dirty work, unearthing a buried history of malevolent witchcraft, and the unfortunate fate of the women who fell victim to it. When Rowan is forced to face the reality of her condition and decide between saving her reputation and exposing the ugly truth, she takes matters into her own hands, and it just might cost her her life.

Featuring:
Disability representation
Diverse characters
Found family
Romance subplot
Magic system based on real pagan practices and the natural world

A graphic with the title Fruit of Spoiled Seed, followed by a blurb and three comp titles. The graphic has a map background, with smoke and icons of a dagger, a potion, a feather, and a candle.

The text is as follows:

An academic dark fantasy where patriarchal society, government corruption, and internalized misogyny highlight the reality of living as a disabled woman through a speculative lens, and the grief, pain, and rage that come with it.

For fans of…
Wayward (female rage)
Circe (nature based magic)
Blood Over Bright Haven (flawed protagonist)

A graphic titled Favorite Quotes with quotes from the novel. The graphic is on a map background decorated with a goat sketch and flower petals.

The text reads as follows:

“The snap of the neck was soft and swift, like a peck on the lips.”

“How many more women must die before you learn no man can create divinity?”

“Our hips moved like rolling tides, a rhythmic stringed instrument pulled by the moon.”

“I knew what the ritual demanded of me. I could feel Hecate’s presence peering through the peep-hole stars, waiting for me to do something worth her while. I cradled the final petal in my blood stained palm. It looked so innocent with its baby soft skin, curling into a swaddle at the edges.”

“He leaned against the desk with the nonchalance of the seasoned philosopher, his broad leather-worn hands fanning through the parchments with a dexterity they looked too strong for.”

A graphic that says “Sounds like…” with six phone screenshots of songs on Spotify. The graphic has a background of marble with scrapbook style decoration.

The songs include:
“Hunter - the cacophony” Paris Paloma
“Us and Pigs” Sofia Isella
“Woman is a Tree” The Last Dinner Party
“Monolith” Phidel
“Everybody Scream” Florence and the Machine
“the fruits” Paris Paloma

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The final post re-enupment. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

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Laura Walker | Author @lauraiswriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

BEACH READ x GIRL ABROAD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Study abroad romance 📚 Academic rivals-to-lovers 💅🏼 International found family 💁🏼‍♀️ Coming-of-age 👥 Forced proximity 🔥 Slow burn Now querying AMERICAN PARTY GIRL. #Questpit #NA #R #WF #Q

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Cari (they/them) is querying 🏴‍☠️ @cvarras.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ONE PIECE IN SPACE A runaway with illegal powers must join a crew of space pirates to save the man whose magic might change the world, or destroy it. But she has three problems with that: she finds him intoxicating, his partner’s infuriating, and she hates pirates. #questpit #Q #A #F #RF #SFF

A card with a starry background with the title Pirates and Planets. The subtitle says Opening Lines. Below is a paragraph. It says:
The hatch was open.
In trembling hands, magic split the first delicate crack in Arnawan’s centuries-long isolation. The first true wormhole bloomed into existence.
Tuvat had dreamed of this beautiful rainbow bridge all their life. Now, staring down the barrel of change, it looked like the open jaws of a half-finished hope.

A card that says Pirates and Planets - Comps across the top. Below, there are two columns with covers of books. The first says By Me. Listed left to right, the comps listed are The Murderbot Diaries, One Piece; Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die; The Dispossessed, The Adventure Zone Balance (a podcast, not a book), and Six of Crows.
The second column says By Readers. From left to right, they are Arcane (the Netflix animated show), These Burning Stars, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and Gideon the Ninth.

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juliana (is querying) @callowromantic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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juliana (is querying) @callowromantic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#questpit if you missed it!

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Laura Walker | Author @lauraiswriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Happy #QuestPit to all who celebrate! 🎉🙌🏼 I’d like to introduce AMERICAN PARTY GIRL, my New-Adult Contemporary Romance complete at 82k words! Perfect for fans of Emily Henry’s BEACH READ, Elle Kennedy’s GIRL ABROAD, and Ali Hazelwood’s LOVE, THEORETICALLY. #Q #NA #R #WF #AmQuerying

Summary and tags for AMERICAN PARTY GIRL—my New-Adult contemporary romance complete at 82k words. Now querying. Recently dumped and thousands of miles from home, college junior, Evelyn, must spend her semester abroad not only mending her broken heart but her declining GPA, which threatens her college career and academic scholarship. There’s only one thing standing in Evelyn’s way, her smart, frustrating, and very handsome classmate, Liam.

Comp Titles include: BEACH READ by Emily Henry, GIRL ABROAD by Elle Kennedy, and LOVE, THEORETICALLY by Ali Hazelwood.

Tropes and Tags include: rivals-to-lovers, coming-of-age, slow burn, light academia, yearning, banter, ensemble cast, strong female friendships.

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Angie @angiearens.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Rhiannon should be dead. Her chest is empty. Her heart? Locked in a box. She only has nine days to get it back. HEART TO MANGLED HEART 🫧Romantasy 119K 🫧Horrormance + ghoulish gore 🫧Slow burn yearn + jealous ex 🫧Atmospheric setting featuring your favorite aurora #questpit #Q #A #R #agentsguide

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Cari (they/them) is querying 🏴‍☠️ @cvarras.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

ONE PIECE IN SPACE There's a space pirate hell bent on recruiting Romea on his quest to become King of the Stars. But she's more focused on the infuriating partner of her unfortunate crush, and saving him and his breakthrough magical discovery from becoming a weapon. #questpit#Q#A#F#RF#SFF

A card with a starry background with the title Pirates and Planets. The subtitle says Opening Lines. Below is a paragraph. It says:
The floating flotilla was a fortress of magic and science. Thousands of bubbles illuminated the marine night with buttery soft magic. Windows in cathedrals of crystal and glass glowed warm with the individual lights of lives. The whipping wind was petrichor rich and ozone bright, singing dreams from the city to the sea. The astral sea along the horizon glowed faint yellow with a new star’s dawn.
A pirate leaping through the light speckled night was nothing new. But the wailing of Specs and Space Marines were an unwelcome annoyance for the late crowd.

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🩸🎸🧛‍♂️ETERNALLY DEAD🧛‍♂️🎸🩸 An injured musician discovers a secret world inhabited by vampires after failing to photograph the bassist of an all-vampire rock band. But when blood shortages hit the Vampire Realm, she wonders if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for. #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

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 large red title that reads THE BAND. Beneath the title are six photos with character names and descriptions beside them. First is Celia, described with bullet points reading guitarist, human, chronically I'll, always late, fiesty. Her photo features a white woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a leather jacket. Next is caliban, described as guitarist, healing powers, super speed, super flirty, hiding something? His photo features a latino man in a white shirt with brown hair and some facial hair. Next is Leo, described as drummer, mind reader, angry and broody, quiet yearning, big trouble? His photo is of a Mediterranean looking man with a beard in a leather jacket. Next is Baz, described as a bass player, shape-shifter, golden retriever, mated to Amina, and too sweet. His photo is of a blonde white man with long hair. Next is Amina, described as band supporter, emotion channels, gets sh*t done, mated to Baz, tired of these men. Her photo is of a black woman with long dark braids. Lastly is Dorian, described as a singer, killer voice, big ego but funny, queer af, and might eat Celia?

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Susie Lindau @susielindau.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

WE USED TO LIVE HERE x MISERY When a sentient house attacks a naive author and his stalker orchestrates an invasion, his badass sister and her disobedient dog race against an impending storm to save him, but they must face both monsters to survive the night. #QuestPit #H #LGBTQ #agentsguide #Q #A

An agent and editor's guide for The Deadline, an 82,000-word Psychological horror Images from Pexels

The Pitch
An adventure-adverse novelist with a deadline and a peculiar type of imposter syndrome hikes to his isolated mountain estate.
When he suffers the sentient house's attack and an invasion orchestrated by his pissed-off stalker, his underestimated sister doesn't hear from him. So, she and her disobedient dog race against time and an impending snowstorm to save him.
But they must face both monsters to survive the night.

COMPS Psychological Horror - We Used to Live Here, The Revenant - survival, Gothic LGBTQ - The Writing Retreat, None of this is True - Stalker obsession

BIG 5 Interest
Dual POV
LGBTQ
Family Secrets
Siblings
Coming-Of-Age
Book Club
Elevated Horror
Pro-Edited
David Lynch Vibes

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juliana (is querying) @callowromantic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When Trees Dance is currently out querying! #questpit #Q #A #F 💚slow burn friends to lovers ⛰️environmental commentary 🌀exploration of faith and identity 🌿motherhood in all its forms 🌞neurodivergent and disability rep

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC Typhus delivers a wealthy suitor to Florence’s door with an offer that would ensure her sister's safety. But warnings from a haunted medical student reveal cracks in her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF

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Beth Michaela...querying writer. @bmfwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A young preservationist is invited by its eccentric owner to study a sealed Gilded Age mansion to discover an heir bound to it. As the manor begins to respond to her, she becomes the only one who can break his curse before it claims him forever. Starling House x Crimson Peak #Questpit #PR #R #A #Q

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Angie M Brady @angiembrady.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Querying THE HOUSE THAT BUILT US ✨Women’s Fiction 3️⃣Triple-POV 🏡Real-world Stakes 🫂Sister Relationships ❄️Chill vibes Come find out how three sisters react to their parents selling their childhood home. (Spoiler: You won’t see “congratulations” in the MS.) #questpit #wf #q

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Caroline is always writing @carolinekwriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES X AGATHA ALL ALONG When a man awakens an ancient evil, a coven of immortal witches, who came together after surviving various witch trials, must decide if they want to save the world or let it burn. #QuestPit #WIP #F #A #H

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Laney - Add The Song of the Void on Goodreads! @laneylauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

DISNEYLAND GONE WRONG + PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR Every other character actor at EverAfter Theme Park has disappeared after bizarre personality changes, and desperate princess performer Juliet discovers she’s next when the character she plays begins to take over her mind. #questpit #H #A #W

Too three images: a dark haired woman in a dress in a forest, a castle, a woman's hand reaching for a statue's hand.
Middle three images: a carousel, a silhouette of a princess, a Ferris wheel.
Bottom three images: a woman leaning in to kiss a statue, a hand wrapped in rose vines, a woman lying with her head hanging off a bed

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS set in Paxos, Greece 𝑑𝑢 𝑀𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑅𝐸𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐶𝐴 x 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑥'𝑠 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇 𝐶𝑂𝑈𝑃𝐿𝐸 A PR exec risks her moral compass to help the people she loves when murder is suspected and they all have motive. Esp. the dead woman's husband. The man she's in love with. #Questpit #Q #A #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, 97k Bookclub
'She knew secrets. Now she's dead. Everyone has a motive.

PITCH - They're like family to her, but when murder is suspected a PR exec must decide how far to go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband. The man she's always loved.

Opening Lines -
As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon.
'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.'
'I have plenty to say.'
Her head whips round then. She smiles.

Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.'
Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.'
Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.'
'I want to. Tell me what happened.'

TROPES & THEMES - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Slow-burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder

COMPS - The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave, The Liars by Katherine Fleet, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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erin is querying @hunne-writes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

After the people he loved as parents were brutally murdered and his best friend skipped town, Oryn lost the only family he's ever cared for. Now she’s back after years apart & he must forgive the ills of their past to save her from a fate worse than death. #questpit #Q #A #SFF #SF

Graphic for Oryn Darlington. Below his name says: “A few facts about the cinnamon roll of Omene. A navy background with lighter polka dots. Character art is at the bottom, surrounded by white fine-lined graphics linked to fun facts by arrows. From left to right: a watch with “always has the latest tech” - a martini glass with “only bartender in Omene” - a pair of slippers with “homebody” - a controller with “bad at video games” - a dog with “disliker of pets”

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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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JSH @theogjsh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#QuestPit #lf #u #dr #a #q EVERAFTER is Bingeable.

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🧚‍♀️ ALL THE TIME WE NEVER HAD 🍐 WIP #questpit #A #R #HF #H #L #Q 🌹Devine femininity 🫀Family sacrifice 👸Women’s roles in history 🏡Antique house 🧚‍♀️ Folklore and spirits 🤰Mother-daughter relationship

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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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Rue Brixton @ruebrixton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

HIGH STRUNG, a steamy contemporary romance. 📚 Not Another Love Song x The Rom-Commers. 🏡She needs him to save her home. 🎶He needs her to salvage his career. ❤️‍🔥What nobody needs is to fall in love. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #AmQuerying #PosterPit

A movie poster. The top text reads now! Querying the first photo is wine country in reds and oranges. The second box is pink with a silhouette of a couple touching heads with laurels that read exasperation at first sight and he falls so hard, he seeks medical attention. The third image is a lot of plastic bride and grooms falling off a cake. The text reads Rue Brixton's HIGH STRUNG. One hot summer, two desperate musicians, 63 fucking weddings

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Angie @angiearens.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Rhiannon should be dead. Her chest is empty. Her heart? Locked in a box. She only has nine days to get it back. HEART TO MANGLED HEART 🫧Horrormance + ghoulish gore 🫧Slow burn yearn + jealous ex 🫧Atmospheric setting featuring your favorite aurora #questpit #Q #A #R #agentsguide

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

DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE x THE EVERLASTING 🥀angel summoning as dark magic (& a metaphor for OCD) 🥀violent longing 🥀mentorship gone wrong 🥀MC thinks he’s in a romance novel until it’s (almost) too late 🥀Victorian secret society 🥀epistolary dual timeline #QuestPit #WIP #A #H #R

red and grey themed moodboard. top row: a hand from a painting holding a sword downwards, dark silhouette at the top of stairs with red bulging eyes on the walls, a hand from a painting reaching out. middle row: open pomegranates, statue of an angel looking down, lit three-pronged candelabra but you can’t see the candlesticks. bottom row: hand from a painting cradling a red snake, a red tapestried candlelit corridor, hands from a painting with eyes instead of stigmata

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Kirsten | Fantasy Author @kirstenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Dear Admissions Committee, Thanks for rejecting me. By the way, your security sucks. XOXO, Margot NOT A WITCH / YA Fantasy / 94K 🧙‍♀️ #QuestPit #Fantasy #W #YA #F #DF #D

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 w/ Publisher Interest! REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC In the shadow of a typhus epidemic and her family's battered reputation, a hardworking inn maid must choose between freedom's drudgery and a suitor who promises a gilded cage. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF

cover photo for Finding Echinacea's Agent's Guide, a painting of a woman looking into the frame and the words "a literary historical romance by Clara Benson”

Photo of a painting of a woman looking into the frame and the pitch: Florence Hill is used to keeping her head down and working long hours—the only way to reverse her dead, alcoholic father’s reputation and give her little sister the peaceful childhood she was promised. But when a typhus epidemic rages through town and brings two unlikely men with it, Florence must face what keeping her promise will force her to sacrifice.

a mood board for Finding Echinacea; a maid, echinaceas, a man's victorian clothing, church steeple, romantic couples and historic country scenery

Get to know the book!
Enemies to lovers
Medical history of typhus
The tension between duty and desire
Historical Fiction set in 1847
Reconciliation in the wake of broken promises
Complex family dynamics
Money can’t buy happiness
Small village isolated setting
Class tension and social mobility

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Raven of @theravenof.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Ocean Whip is the only vehicle that can cross the sea now that the Overseers rule the sky. Mal and Dylan accidentally set out in a whip train and struggle to get home, facing dangers from the Overseers, the ocean, and their own inexperience. Will they make it? #QuestPit #W #MG #SF #T#D

From Mal's bluster, Dylan assumed he had 2-3 days until she would head off to the whip train. He had one day, as it turned out. He was scoping out the station when he saw a flash of leopard print down by the docks. There weren’t any trains set to depart until the next morning and the only people authorized to take the whip train this time of year were military personnel, so Dylan headed down to the water as fast as he could. As he got closer, he could see Mal’s pinkest leggings under her oversized leopard-print messenger bag, her favorite for carrying tools. He didn’t understand how she thought she could go incognito that way, but he supposed it didn’t matter. People had become so fearful of the ocean crossing that the Port really wasn’t doing much security. It had been four years since the last transoceanic flight was lost, and no whip trains had ever been attacked, but it was understandable to be skittish. Dylan certainly had no desire to get on a whip train. He wasn’t sure what he was going to say to Mal but he had to convince her not to do this. What was she even thinking?

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Rue Brixton @ruebrixton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🔅One hot summer. 🎶Two desperate musicians. 💍Sixty-three fucking weddings. HIGH STRUNG, an 82k steamy contemporary romance. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #AmQuerying

orange pink back ground with moon-like circle and graphic of male/female couple. Text: High Strung. Trope arrows: exasperation at first sight. He falls so hard he seeks medical attention. A cat named Violence. Annoyance-to-lovers. Revenge mustache. Everybody know but them (because they're idiots)

orange pink back ground with moon-like circle. Text: High Strung. The pitch: a tightly wound cellist books sixty-three Napa Valley wedding gigs in one summer to save her family home, but when a famously chaotic composer lies his way into her quartet because he secretly believes she's his muse, their combustible rhythm threatens her plans, his career--and both their hearts. Comp books are The -Commers by Katherine Center. Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto. The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce

four pictures, A center circle that is pink-orange with text that reads: from top left: a marble hand squeezing a marble thigh, a meme with text that says You're invited to suffer with a join button. Hot man and hot woman kissing, a hand dipping in water.

Center pink-orange-purple circle says The Characters. upper left, hot guy in nice suit holding a violin, below him is a pull quote: A moment passed between us, her eyes dark velvet. I was in trouble. Cold Nanette? i could handle. Hot Nanette? I was learning to cope. But warm Nanette would break me. Upper right is beautiful woman playing cello. below her is pull quote: Before luca, I thought i knew everything there was to know about myself, seen all the way to the edges of who I was. But now I wondered if there was a different Nanette, lurking just beyond the border of should. A good girl, who wanted to do bad girl things.

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S.E. Bunnell @sebunnell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Some brand new mood boards for #QuestPit ⛏️ IT FOLLOWS X DIAVOLA X RED RABBIT GHOST 🦌 Midwestern Gothic 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Doppelgängers ❣️ Healthy Love 🌱 Eco Horror Themes 🌀 Folk Magic #Q #A #H #RF #amquerying

A moodboard with the words “As Above [the horror]” in the center. Around it are graphics of birch trees, a dead crow, a hand reaching for a doorknob, the entrance to a mine drift, a house in the woods, a deer hidden in shadow, a canine form hidden in shadow, a man standing in the darkness.

A moodboard with “As Above [the romance]” in the center. The images surrounding it include the Moon tarot card, a man hugging a woman from behind, intertwined hands, a man kissing a woman, a woman with braided hair, a man with crossed arms leaning against a wall.

A mood board with the words “As Above [all together now]” in the center. Around it are images including a rural midwestern town, a coyote in the darkness, a hand holding a flashlight, two figures peering out from the darkness, a scratched door covered in locks, a woman embracing a man, and an alter.

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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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Quin Madden @quinmaddenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Two people who've mastered emotional distance must decide if connection is a risk worth taking-or just another wound waiting to happen. PICTURE US, FALLING (81k words) captures the ache of unattainable longing set in rain-soaked Seattle. #questpit #Q #A #U #LF #amquerying

Mood board for literary upmarket novel PICTURE US, FALLING. Features misty Pacific Northwest forests, rainy city streets, intimate moments, autumn leaves, Noah Kahan and Lord Huron references, and warm earthy tones evoking yearning and emotional connection.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Been craving a book with: 🪻Cozy witchy plot like Practical Magic & Garden Spells 🪻Murder Mystery 🪻Fast 🪻Based in a cozy harbor town 🪻Twisty (i just read My Husband’s Wife so the bar is HIGH) 🪻Age gap main characters So I wrote it:) Draft 1 is done! #W #MY #QuestPit

There's a collage on the right with 6 pictures representing a harbor town and some witchy imagery, including a lake scene, horse carrige in front of a big white house, the lake, a woman working with herbs, a boat in a river, and a harbor. The left says "The Shoppes at Hyacinth, A Speculative Mystery by Kirsten Bell."

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC Typhus strikes and brings a wealthy New Yorker intent on marrying the hardworking inn maid. To keep a promise to her sister, she accepts, despite warnings from a medical student who threatens her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF

cover photo for Finding Echinacea's Agent's Guide, a couple kissing in a field and the words "a literary historical romance by Clara Benson

a mood board for Finding Echinacea; a maid, echinaceas, a pocket watch, church steeple, romantic couples and medical textbook pages

Comps
Titanic for the love triangle, class disparity and overbearing fiance
Rebecca for the hasty proposal from a wealthy man with a secretive past
Dr. Quinn for the small town setting and medical tension

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Ipcress File X Life on Mars 🔫 High-stakes thriller 🔫 Time travel shenanigans 🔫 Stale beer espionage 🔫 Weird science 🔫 Cold War subterfuge 🔫 Working class hero 🔫 Hunter to hunted 🔫 Antagonist from the future 🔫 Enemy turned ally 🔫 Proles vs privilege #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T #agentguide

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erin is querying @hunne-writes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An #agentsguide to BETWEEN INFINITE VEILS - the adult cyberpunk I #amquerying. SILVER ELITE x MINDWALKER x THE OA featuring: ☁️ Dream portals 🌃 Neon skylines 👾 Treacherous tech 💕 Found family 🗡️ Meet-ugly 💀 Death incarnate 👀 “I will always find you” x2 #questpit #A #Q #SFF #SF

The background is a dark hallway lined with purple neon lights. Bold white text reads: "An agent's guide to Between Infinite Veils. An adult cyberpunk novel by Erin Hunnewell"

THE PITCH. Covers of comps that inspired BIV: Silver Elite by Dani Francis, Mindwalker by Kate Dylan, Cinder by Marissa Meyer, The OA, Blade Runner 2049. The text beneath reads: “In a cyberpunk world that ostracizes those who dream, Rex witnesses someone's death whenever she sleeps. After she's taken by a rogue scientist and unlocks her true power, she must choose between aiding the warring kingdoms of another reality or finally getting revenge.”

THE EXCERPT. A sample from the first chapter of BIV.

THE TROPES. Character art in the center with Rex in the middle of two worlds with Oryn in a blue cityscape and Davi before a red fantasy city. Surrounded by tropes in white text (from left to right): bi disaster MC, dual POV, neon skylines, found family, meet ugly, childhood friends to (almost) lovers, death incarnate, dream portals.

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Cold War X Time Travel When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

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Oli 🌼 @oliviariesling.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a black market portal to Woodstock sends Bonnie to 1464, she must rely on a lovelorn knight, her trusty pet rock, and her wits to survive. #QuestPit #A #RF #P spring 2027

Trope map featuring a knight and a young woman in a 60s mini dress. The tropes are she falls first, he falls harder, virgin MMC, monster, monster hunter, time travel, and equity magic. The title is Bonnie's Summer of Love, Swords, and Other Long Hard Things

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