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Mythic Roads Press 🇨🇦 @mythicroads.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Part 1 of convincing you to read Mythic Roads Press titles based on the first page, featuring our newest release - The Ghost of Avalon by @cpstjohn.bsky.social 👀 Available now in paperback and ebook! 📚 Find out more and get your copy today: mythicroadspress.com/ghostofavalon 🤩🥳 #medievalmysteries

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Mythic Roads Press 🇨🇦 @mythicroads.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Had to jump on the millennial vs gen z marketing trend with Mythic Roads Press titles! Which ones catch your eye? Find out more about all three titles and get your copies today through linktr.ee/mythicroadspress ✨📚 @cpstjohn.bsky.social @jesscreaden.bsky.social #MillennialVsGenZ #marketingtrend

Millennial vs Gen Z marketing comparison for The Ghost of Avalon by Casey P StJohn, with the cover on the bottom of each side. The millennial marketing side says "A YA medieval murder mystery where the protagonist has to return to the life she faked her death to escape to save the royal family from an assassin." The gen z side says "Low key morally grey MC. Mystery man in armor. Slay. Nail painting emoji."

Millennial vs Gen Z marketing comparison for The Moon the Sun Forgot by B.J. Wagner, with the cover on the bottom of each side. The millennial marketing side says "An immersive tale of love and retribution, following a ragtag found family as they set out on a revenge quest through the depths of Europa's subsurface ocean." The gen z side says "Sea monsters in space? No cap."

Millennial vs Gen Z marketing comparison for Moon Dust in My Hairnet by JR Creaden, with the cover on the bottom of each side. The millennial marketing side says "A fresh, hopeful and diverse sci-fi story following an autistic lunar lunch lady as she adjusts to life on the moon, dealing with the loss of hear sister while trying to stop a corporate takeover." The gen z side says "Polyamorous autistic people in space, raging against the corporate machine. Raised hands emoji."

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Casey P. StJohn @cpstjohn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Thank you for all of the #questpit love! I forgot how much I enjoyed doing pitching events, so it was fun to jump back in!

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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

𝗛𝗲𝗿🧭I came here to learn German. Not to inch closer to my disarming, bruised host with every word, every laugh. We’re just friends—until our nights turn sultry. Until Berlin, edgy and mellow, teases a different life, if only I'd stay. I can’t. I've planned my future... elsewhere. #Questpit #Q #A #R

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

EVEN GODS DIE. Even Gods bleed. Anuki learns it the hard way. She can't save her brother's life or stop the war. She's been exiled to another realm, and the war goddess Sekhmet wants Anuki to free her. If she accepts, she could save her father... or burn out #QuestPit #YA #Q #F

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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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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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Cail Rowan @cailrowan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bone HousesXHouse of Hollow A delicate bloom holds a secret & threatens peace when Luna’s father vanishes into The Orade. She & Treasure search for him, but cruel sectors & a magic-plague force her to face untamed powers & a hard choice: save him, save Treasure, or lose herself. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

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Aliaa is Querying @aliaaelnashar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The Screaming Staircase X Psycho-Pass, but as a historical urban fantasy. 1952 Egypt reimagined in a world where personal demons inhabit objects that represent your greatest pain, survival might depend on your willingness to conquer your deepest fears. #Questpit #Q #HFic #F #MY #A #amquerying

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

ONE PIECE IN SPACE A runaway must work with the infuriating partner of her unfortunate crush to rescue him and his breakthrough magic from becoming a weapon, even as her growing feelings clash with her history of running from everyone she’s ever loved. #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:
Romanza Glass. It’s a name many forgot and select few know.
If someone were not already familiar with the stinking back-alleys and smoggiest corners of Cytherean under-cities, they’d probably never heard of a little dive bar called “The Growler.” But if they had, they’d know the sweet, sticky smell of conditioning oil and spilled liquor, the lamps’ eerie green glow dripping over tabletops, and the intoxicating delight of their crown jewel: the illustrious performer known only as “Looking Glass.”

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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Josianne Haag @jhaag.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I’m excited to share my #agentsguide for THE MOUNTAIN’S TOLL which I #amquerying! INTO THIN AIR X THEY NEVER LEARN ⛰️adult psychological thriller ⛰️morally grey FMC ⛰️plotting revenge ⛰️female rage ⛰️isolated setting ⛰️buried secrets ⛰️survival #thriller #suspense

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Autumn Hooper Querying Author @authorautumnhooper.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

DAWN OF THE CICADA adult fantasy 105,000 words Her enemies wield steel; Lisara wields their darkest emotions, animated as living weapons. Disney’s Enchanted x The Witcher #questpit #Q #F #RF #agentsguide #amquierying #fantasy

dark moody forest fantasy moss teeth mushroom light dark tropes

comp titles moodboard with images of book covers, a river enchanted, the knight and the moth, the road of bones

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Autumn Hooper Querying Author @authorautumnhooper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Enchanted x Pan's Labyrinth 🔮 emotion-driven powers 💖 characters with depth 🎀 softness is her greatest strength ✨ light found in dark places 💋 slow-burn #Q #A #F

Dawn of the Cicada book cover idea with a woman in shadow in a dark forest lit by fireflies with the shadow of a monster lurking behind her.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

EARTHLINGS! BODY SNATCHERS x THE RUNAWAYS When a 2nd generation alien sleeper cell is ordered to abduct her human friend, she saves her and goes rogue instead. Now her fellow operatives must track her down, but will the help her to sabotage the coming invasion instead? #questpit #W #YA #SF

A group of second generation aliens sleeper cells have spent their entire lives assimilating to human culture and gathering intelligence for the home world. To them, the eventual overthrow of farth has always been a distant goal meant for future generations.
Mow, when ordered to abduct and replace a human girl they have befriended, one of the alien operatives realizes that they have grown to care more for their found home and family than they do for their own people. She sabotages the abduction and goes on the run with the human girl.
Her friends are ordered to track her down, but now questioning their own mission, they find themselves wondering if the entire invasion is a mistake and if they have more in common with these Earthlings than they ever thought...

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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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Amy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

THE FORK IN THE ROAD AGENT GUIDE #amquerying #writingcommunity #writersky

Moodboard for querying novel, "The Fork in the Road," featuring images of a gorgon with a snake crawling over her hand, a brown-gold eye lit by the sun, the Appalachian mountains, scales, a mountain lion, and the inside of a coffee shop.

Pitch and Tropes for querying novel, "The Fork in the Road", set over a background of the Appalachian Mountains filled with birds and a woman lit in red over a black background.

The pitch reads:
Wampus is a semi-immortal werecat who’d prefer she and her loved ones were left alone. Unfortunately, she’s kidnapped and forced to work with a sworn enemy to escape and save her makeshift family from a human bent on revealing magic to the world.

The tropes list reads:
TROPES:
Women’s Rights & Wrongs
Supernatural Kitchen Sink
Mostly queer cast
Mythology in present day
Sentient bar & coffee shop
Enemies to Allies to Lovers

Excerpt from first page of querying novel, "The Fork in the Road"

Excerpt reads:
I’ve lost Bette’s scent.

I close my eyes and shift my features for better focus. My nose itches as it stretches, the nostrils simultaneously lengthening and flattening. Tawny fur sprouts over my reformed skin and browbone. It’s dark and the street’s quiet; no one will see the change.

The city sharpens. Damp earth, muddy grass, and sweat from crowded bodies linger in the crisp air. But I can’t smell her. I twitch my nose and restore it to human form, smooth and tan once more.

The storm that flooded the Appalachian foothills, unleashing mudslides and chasing me to her mother’s house, didn’t cover Bette’s scent. That only happened recently.

Her kidnappers are sidhe, stealing a child for their own amusement. The rowan berries smashed on Minnie’s lawn and the stale tang of lake reeds proved that. They led her through rivers and on trains to disguise their route, but Bette dropped clues in their wake. She must have bitten her mouth or nails raw to manage it, but trees, posts, flyers, grass, and rail seats alike were marked with her blood.

I could follow their trail, despite being weeks behind, until now.

Comp titles for querying novel, "The Fork in the Road", set over a background of foggy woods.

Comp titles include: Abigail Owen's "The Games Gods Play" for Mythology in the modern day and enemies to lovers; Jared Poon's "The City of Others" for magical bureaucracy and supernatural housecats; and Seanan McGuire's October Daye series for female rage and a secret magical society

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R V Ellis | Agented Author @rvelliswriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

She curates history. He’s inside it. RESONANCE — an upmarket speculative novel exploring emotional avoidance, curated lives, and a connection that exists only across time. 🔥 Slow burn 💭 Introspective 🕰️ Time travel 🎭 Tragedy This is not a story about ❤️ #QuestPit #A #S #Q

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LEAP YEAR, but creepy Rosie’s trip to Ireland has everything: 👻 A vengeful ghost 🖤 A grumpy-but-handsome local man 💀 A twenty year old secret that needs to be unburied. ✨Querying now • revised for pacing✨ #QuestPit #Q #A #T #H #R #U #DIS #S #MY

Mood board: images of a woman, a man, the ocean, a ghost, a spooky house and an old crumbling building and. The Irish coast

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

YOU AND ME AGAIN is a 77,000 word adult contemporary romance that is HAPPY PLACE with a “bet-gone-wrong” twist, where two exes sabotage each other to avoid catching feelings in the weeks leading up to their friends’ wedding. 7 MS requests + 1 R&R in the querying process!! #questpit #q #r #a

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Ellie Ember is querying 🌿🩸✒️ @ellieemberwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ONE DARK WINDOW x A RIVER ENCHANTED 🕯️ a deadly curse 🖤 a marriage of survival 🌿 a forest out for blood 🩸 a forgotten first bride 🌊 and a river that saw it all VOW YOUR HEART TO THE RIVER, a 90k adult gothic fantasy #OwnVoices chronic illness rep #QuestPit #Q #F #A #Gothic

moodboard featuring an image of Thomas and Ellen from Nosferatu, comp title books For the Wolf, A River Enchanted, One Dark Window, The Everlasting, and the TV show Nancy Drew, text “marriage of convenience? no, marriage of survival”, an image of Florence + The Machine’s album Ceremonials, and images of Nancy Drew and Anthony Bridgerton

Pitch that reads: Complete at 90k words with #OwnVoices chronic illness representation, VOW YOUR HEART TO THE RIVER is an adult gothic fantasy standalone that combines the mystery-solving marriage of convenience from A River Enchanted with the gothic atmosphere of One Dark Window.

Every year, a woman disappears in the forest. Every year, Irene’s ailing detective father fails to find them before another is taken. Desperate to save his reputation, Irene ventures into the forest to hunt for clues, finding a cursed king with an ultimatum: marry him or the forest will kill her.

Taken centuries back to a version of their kingdom frozen in time, Irene discovers that all of the missing women accepted King Peter’s deal and drowned in the river soon after. To make it home, she’ll have to convince Peter to break the curse’s cycle.

Yet the forest wants blood, and it won’t tolerate disobedience. History must repeat itself.

With the forest taking a life each night Irene remains alive, she and Peter hurry to unravel her visions of the forgotten first bride and unearth the story at the root of the curse. But when he starts to remember his real life in Irene’s time, she’ll have to determine why the curse chose him – and if she’s willing to sacrifice the man she’s falling in love with to survive.

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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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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE LESSER SOUL 💰A Heist Gone Awry 🗣️Witty Banter 🧠Two Souls Sharing One Body ⏰A Protagonist Running Out of Time #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Elina has never been anything but a thief, certain that redemption is a fairy tale. But as death closes in, she can’t ignore the truth: if she’s going to die anyway, her soul replaced with a legendary hero's, wouldn’t it be better to let him take her place? Click for full image #QuestPit #Q #A #F

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Samantha is ✨editing✨ @sloicano.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

WHAT MAGIC REMAINS A witch turned vampire, only her magic survived. Now, every spell corrupts her skin. Every heartbeat breaks the rules. And Hell is closing in. But the demon responsible? He wants to keep her. 🩸Vampires 🔮 Witches 🔥 Infernal Corruption 🖤Forbidden Romance #QuestPit #W #A #FR

Top left image is a crow in a cemetery. Top middle image is a girl with back to the camera holding leaves. Top right image is a woman holding a book with a man’s hand hers. Middle left image is a woman’s mouth with fangs. Center image is the word heretic. Middle right image is a man kissing a woman’s neck. Bottom left image a hand painted black touching the finger of another hand the black ins transferring. Bottom middle image is a man’s neck with necklaces. Bottom right image is a witch alter set up. small notes are in the images. death touched witch. Guardian demon? Punished, cursed, damned.

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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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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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EvelynHail, PhD @evelynhail.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

HEARTLESS HUNTER X SLAVIC FOURTH WING 🎭 She, a humble servant posing as Duchess, is his executioner-to-be. 🐉 He, the arrogant Dragon Prince, must save a kingdom from the encroaching Ever-Dark. 🖤 Neither anticipated falling for the one destined to be their undoing. #questpit #NA #R #F #DF #Q

A gothic-style book cover titled "Root and Ruin." Centered is a glowing, cyan-blue dragon coiled into a circle, its scales etched with faint, runic symbols. Golden, gnarled roots extend downward from the dragon like branching veins against the pitch-black background. Text at the top reads "Enemies to Lovers," "Fated Mates," and "Fake Identity," with "An Agent’s Guide" in the top right. Subtitle reads "80k • NA Slavic Romantasy," and the bottom logline says, "She is sent to kill the dragon. Instead, she might become his only salvation."

A graphic titled "The Comps" in golden lettering. It displays four book covers arranged in a grid: "Heartless Hunter" by Kristen Ciccarelli, "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros, "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo, and "The Witcher: The Last Wish" by Andrzej Sapkowski.

A self-made fantasy illustration showing a halfway transformed, dark-haired man, Prince Konstantin Veliki, with a silver crown and dragon wings. He is carrying a woman, a humble servant Iva, masquerading as a Duchess Zora, in a long, flowing cream-colored gown as they fly through the air. She is his guest but unbeknownst to him, she is plotting to poison him. In the background, a sprawling forest surrounds a magic academy, Kolegium with colorful, traditional Slavic-style onion domes—gold, silver, bronze and green. Each of the domes represents air, water, fire and earth magic respectively. Snippet text at the bottom reads: "Do you always sequester your guests and take flight with them?"

A self-made illustration set in the catacombs under the magic academy, Kolegium, featuring classical-style statues on the walls. Iva, in dark armor, rides a bright, light blue-scaled dragon; it is Prince Konstantin Veliki in his dragon form.
They face off against a monstrous, ethereal shadow dragon composed of wispy, black smoke and glowing eyes — this is Konstantin’s fallen father Tibor Veliki. A brilliant golden sphere of light, relic of the Slavic god of light, Belobog, called Spark of Creation, floats on a pedestal between them. Text at the bottom of the snippet reads: "Let us dance, little one," the Shadow Dragon hisses in a dry whisper of the fallen. "A worthy foe," Konstantin responds. We take to the air to meet the darkness. Two gargantuan winged silhouettes hover in the abyss, suspended in a precarious balance. They mirror one another; two sides of the same coin, champions of Belobog and Chernobog.

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

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Heists, spice and space, oh my! What do you do when: 🏳️‍🌈 You're a disaster bisexual 😱 Space witches want your illegal dark hyperspace treasure maps 💫 You have to get off Hecate IV before you're caught You ALWAYS GET IN A SPACESHIP WITH A SCOUNDREL 🥵🚀 #QuestPit #AG #OS #A #R #SF #SFF

The first page of a pitch deck. A neon pink art deco border pulls words out of a romantic starry space background. This border and background repeat over the following images. The title page reads in art deco gold and neon pink: An editor's guide to

Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel

A Sci-fi Romance by Ellie Rhymer

Representation Christi Cardenas

Romantic pink and sci-fi neon and stars: Pitch. Good heists. Bad Decisions. Great Chemistry.

Anora is the quick-thinking manager of an illegal casino, fleeing the assassination of her gang's boss with the hyperspace treasure maps thrust into her hands as he died.

Jayro is a mouthy interstellar smuggler from the wrong side of the hyperspace lane with the only ship that can get Anora off Hecate IV before the emperor's relic-hunting space witches close a net around the planet.

The two bad-at-feelings bisexuals try to tamp down simmering, inconvenient attraction as they are forced to work together with the scrappy, tight-knit crew of the Helle Wanderer to survive in the criminal underworld and discover the secret at the end of the dangerous maps.

Their love story is a heist and they're stealing more than each other's hearts.

Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer

omantic neon pink and a starry background: Excerpt. “Those are pre-set…” Jayro warned as Anora toggled a series of switches at the nav computer and began actively moving data streams around the screen.
“Pre-set for scans for //stationary objects//. You pick out your nav programs like you pick out your paint schemes?”
Jayro felt annoyance rising up in him again. The cockpit was his domain. Never mind that he agreed with her about the deco. “It took Fish weeks to get those programs running!”
“Look, unless you want to meet an asteroid face to face, shut the hells up and let me work.” Anora frowned as she watched some data return from the program. “Call engineering.”
“Gladly.” Jayro opened the channel on his wrist communicator.
“Yeah?” Fish’s voice responded.
“The new navigator is having trouble with her—” Jayro broke off as Anora grabbed his forearm and yanked his wrist in front of her own face, causing his chair to whirl towards her.
“What on-boards are your pre-sets accounting for?” she asked into the communicator without a glance at him.
“The hyrdobeacon,” crackled Fish’s reply, “the fore and aft isotrope routers…and the gravitic drive buffer, I think.”
Jayro was frozen as Anora swiped at the nav one-handed. He could feel her warm breath on his palm as she spoke with Fish through his communicator, her hand gripping his forearm almost burning him through his flight jacket. She was close enough to smell the blaster emissions wafting off her, the sharp, citrus scent of the steam bath clinging to her skin. His fingertips were millimeters from her cheek and he wanted to cup her face in his hand and drag her around to look at him with those bright eyes. He wanted to play with the flyaway bit of hair that had missed her ponytail and brush his thumb over her lips until they parted.
What was wrong with him?
Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer

Romantic neon pink and a starry background. For fans of: Uncharted Hearts book series by Constance Fay (image of the three book series). Scum and Villainy (TTRPG) (An image of a book cover with a spaceship flying towards a jumpgate). Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

#AnnoyanceToLovers #FoundFamily #QueerStories #DisasterBisexuals #ForcedProximity #Scoundrel4Scoundrel #NeverTellMeTheOdds #DualPOV.

Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer.

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Dyamond_Writer @authorinspirations.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#QuestPit #W #A #T 🕵️ Spies & Secrets 🐕 Rare Military Dogs 🏝️Isolated Location

Blue background with text.

Cold War Pawprints by Avery Cameron Campbell

Set within the realm of James Bond.

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Mel | Querying Author @msad3.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

RUNNING MANxSTRANGERS THINGS Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden. But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels. #QuestPit #T #SF #A #Q #POC #⚔️to♥️

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wott 🌱 @wottenmoss.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen, perpetual troublemaker and incurable dreamer, is thrilled about it. Two clueless lesbians. A forest full of spirits and giant mushrooms. A journey of love and ascension. #agentguide #querying #QuestPit #Q #F #NA #LGBT #ND

Text: An agent’s guide to When the Magpie Flies by M H Wottenmoss. Background of mountains, trees, and giant mushrooms. A magpie flies in the sky.

Pitch: Magpie of Lornwhen, hobbyist scholar and incurable troublemaker, refuses to believe she hasn’t been chosen as a Conduit.

Wild spiritwoods cage the human cities of Iridis, and the Conduits are humanity’s only defense against the monstrous spirits that lurk within. Magpie has always dreamed of becoming one of these elite spirit-whisperers, who never want for anything, never wonder where their next meal is coming from, never have to shelter in a half-crumbled clocktower no one else wants. When Magpie is definitely, absolutely chosen by a spirit, she finally has her chance.

Calladonna, her best friend and partner-in-survival, doesn’t want Mag to be a Conduit. There are rumors about how it changes people, how they don’t come back quite right. More than human — or less. Determined to reassure her friend and keep them together, Mag convinces Calla to follow her in secret, hidden from the other Conduits as they undertake a sacred journey into the heart of the spiritwoods. But Mag’s secrets can’t stay hidden forever, and when the consequences turn deadly, she has to make a decision: abandon her dreams or risk losing Calla forever.

Comps: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft: clueless lesbians, murder and betrayal, journey of ascension. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher: found family, humor and darkness, perilous quest.

Also featuring undiscovered magic, monstrous spirits, chaotic academia, ill-advised rituals, haunted forest, queer & autistic ensemble cast, giant mushrooms, original music

Opening lines: The world went dark just after she jumped off the roof. In one moment she could see the clocktower before her, the ledge beneath its defunct face familiar and inviting, and in the next there was nothing. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, necessarily, but damn if that wasn't inconvenient timing.

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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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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Wouldn’t be #QuestPit without a new guide 🤍 • • • ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 💫two exiled men (and their secrets) 💫one lunar prison (and its horrors) 💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead 💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive #SF #H #R #LGBT #AG

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Flossie Foster @flossiefoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

First ever #questpit post! #Q #YA #mythology EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAIRIES meets SPIRITED AWAY 🌱 Academic Botanist 🥀 A Beastly Guide ~Lots of FLORA & FOLKLORE~ When Clove’s name is stolen by a Japanese deity, she is pulled into his deadly, mythic world.

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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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Kristine @krisraswriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE KING OF THE WOOD 🌙Fated soulmates ✨️Millennial eldest daughters 🌳Old school, Celtic fae 🗡Touch her and 💀 💕He falls first, she falls harder 🩵Slow burn yearning #questpit #Q #A #F

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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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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE HOUSE OF WORDS, complete at 84K, combines the translation themes of BABEL with the tight pacing and vibrant mythology of THE RAVEN SCHOLAR, with morally grey characters in the vein of SIX OF CROWS. #QuestPit #Q #F

Image 1: a teapot and teacup, Image 2: a snowy mountain, Image 3: The Raven Scholar cover, Image 4: Babel cover, Image 5: Six of Crows cover

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

Ok soo, what would you do if your arrogant glasses-wearing coworker started showing up in your romantasy manuscript?? ASKING FOR A FRIEND. (HE’S NOT THE LOVE INTEREST I PROMISE) (I mean, he’s BLONDE) (So he could never be the love interest) (Right? RIGHT?!) *INSPIRED BY YOU* #questpit #w #r

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Talya Klein @talyaklein.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Now querying my upmarket suspense, BLOOD OF THE LAMB (93K words.) Check out the agent’s guide below! 🎬cinematic, propulsive plot 🪾atmospheric, gothic vibes ⛪️ religious trauma, mental health, family secrets 🌿Like THE GOD OF THE WOODS but set in a cult. #questpit #a #u #q #amquerying

A sepia image of the cross on top of an old church and hands reaching toward the sky. The text reads: “an agents guide to Blood of the Lamb by Talya Klein. Upmarket Suspense, 93K words. Coming of age, smash the patriarchy, cult escape.”

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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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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
“Magic should never return.”
After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.

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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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Casey P. StJohn @cpstjohn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Fiona, a Fate tasked with scheduling the lives & deaths of mortals to maintain the balance of light & dark, must track down a killer when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on her best friend's doorstep & the worlds begin to break. #questpit #F #Q #MY

Slide #1 A Wayward Balance, my adult Fantasy Mystery
What You’ll Find Inside:
• Only one...human (she dies).
• Fate and death are desk jobs (death is a family business complete with nepotism).
• Chosen one...by application and interview (it’s a lengthy process).
• Death is framed for murder.
• A romantic slow burn so slow you might not even catch it!(i.e., an utter lack of romance despite the sparks my friend is absolutely determined she felt)
• Karma is a cat...shifter.
• Coffee, Mahjong, and cozy violence.
• Someone who would sacrifice themselves for everyone, and their best friend who is determined to keep that from happening (it’s complicated).

Slide #2 - The dreaded, yet required, One Paragraph pitch Fiona and Dahlia work tirelessly each day to ensure the balance of eight worlds remains intact. Every rule must be followed, every life and every death scheduled and accounted for, every Chosen One meticulously hand selected to save any world on the verge of collapse from a wayward balance—a breaking—when the scales have tipped too far for too long. When the current Chosen One is found murdered on Dahlia’s doorstep, the two friends must work together to prove Dahlia’s innocence before her life is forfeit to offset the balance that has tipped beyond what anyone has seen before, leaving the futures of all eight worlds in jeopardy. To save the worlds, rules must be broken, time will be upended, secrets will demand to be revealed, and friendships must be sacrificed.

Slide #3 - An Entirely Inconvenient Number of comps The whimsical bureaucracy of The House in the Cerulean Sea Unique townsfolk like Halloween Town Cozy small town vibes like Murder She Wrote For fans of cozy fantasies & coffee shops like Legends and Lattes, but with the higher stakes of murder. Metaphysical Fun like: Good Omens and The Good Place Humor of: The Eyre Affair and Mort

Slide 4: A socially acceptable boost to my ego features quotes from people who have read A Wayward Balance such as "When I tell you this story has me HOOKED" and "So fricken fun"

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