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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

1874 London 🔪Ada - a fame-hungry medium turns to murder to create a ghost 👻 Harriet - terrified of spirits, cursed with the ability to hear them When Harriet’s best friend is brutally murdered, Harriet must face her fear & seek out the dead to hunt the killer 🩸 Dual POV #questpit #A #HFic #Q

A collage of Victorian-era images surrounding the words 'when the dead talk, secrets don't stay buried.' The images include: a woman holding a candle, a policeman finding a body, four images of seances, a woman stalking another woman in the street, and a slum.

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a luxury liner sinks, Edith & other survivors are rescued by a passing ship But one by one the survivors disappear...people the crew insist were never on board Terrified & unable to escape, Edith must hurry to unearth the ship's sinister secrets or become its latest victim… #A #H #QuestPit #W

A photo collage of early 1900s images (all black and white) - a luxury liner, a mirror with a hand and face trapped inside, a woman in a straitjacket, a sitting room on a luxury liner, a woman reading a book, a ghostly ship

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Bookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Sapphic Pining monstrous romance #ownvoices Queer and Indigenous rep cultish town in the prairies Bubblegum horror cannibalism as metaphor for love #MupPit #YA #AG #R

Moodboard with old church, girl running, old bible, girl with lighter, cassette with flowers, girl licking red off hands, fair at night, field, old church pews.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #MupPit #A #H #Q #OS

agents guide for DAD BODIES.

top left: moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

top right: PITCH & COMPS, CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT, when their detective friend is murdered during annual gaming retreat, 5 dads nust use their years of ttrpg experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like npcs in a badly-written campaign.

bottom left: "Fuck me, Troy."
“That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.”
Dave averted his gaze from the bloodied corpse of their friend to face him.
“Really, Troy? Now?”
Troy shrugged. “Marv would’ve laughed.” The grin on his face faltered. Marv was lying in a pool of his own blood. The cause of death was clear, the hilt of the murder weapon protruding from his back. Since Marv was stiff as a board—not much different from his current state—they could rule out suicide. Marv was also more inclined to stab others in the back instead of himself.

bottom right: DAD FRIENDS, HORROR AND MYSTERY, DARK HUMOR, SECLUDED MANOR, TTRPG ELEMENTS, DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

3 SQUARES next to each other. First contains silhouette of an old mansion, middle has TITLE DAD BODIES, third has a skull on a d20

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

When their luxury liner sinks, Edith is rescued by a passing ship. But one by one, the other survivors disappear...people the crew insist were never on board Terrified & unable to escape, Edith must hurry to unearth the ship's sinister secrets or become its latest victim… #A #H #MupPit #WIP #goth

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Another amazing #questpit full of so many good stories! Can’t wait for them to all be on my shelf one day! I was very lucky and came out of it with some agent likes 🤯🥳 so thank you to everyone who supported me! 💜 They were for my #wip - new motivation to get it finished!

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

1874 London 🔪Ada - a fame-hungry, fraudulent medium turns to murder to create a ghost 👻 Harriet - terrified of spirits, cursed with the ability to hear them When Harriet’s best friend is murdered, she must face her fear and seek out the dead to hunt the killer 🩸 ✨Dual POV #questpit #a #hf #q

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

When their luxury liner sinks, Edith is rescued by a passing ship. But one by one, the other survivors disappear...people the crew insist were never on board. Terrified & unable to escape, Edith must hurry to unearth the ship's sinister secrets or become its latest victim… #A #H #HF #QuestPit #W

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color.

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I am hooked! I need this in my life!

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Brayden Russell @braydenrwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

MIDSOMMAR X WHITE LOTUS A wrong plane landing traps a group of rich guests at an idyllic wellness resort where rituals replace spa treatments, confessions are mandatory & the staff already knows who won’t be leaving. Girl Dinner X The Compound #questpit #U #H #LF #W #A

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Natalia Wik is in her ✨querying✨ era @weavinguptales.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

BEAUTY & THE BEAST retelling x SEA fairytales 🇮🇩 x HEIR A village girl has three days to break her curse that turns her into a beast or death greets her. But on her quest, she accidentally awakens a long-forgotten goddess and this goddess is full of fury... #questpit #W #YA

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Sabeen | Upmarket & Fantasy Fiction Author @sabeenkhanwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

When Princess Inayah strikes a dalliance with the rebel Laith, she uncovers the bodies that power her modern kingdom. She must choose between justice that risks her head or loyalty that kills her soul. CHANDI: SouthAsian #A #F w/messy families, political drama, & second-chance romance. #Q #QUESTPIT

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is haunted by Shadows since almost dying. They are increasing in power. A Red Eyed God talks of change. A Shadow with a hat seeks to use him for his dark purposes. 🍂 New England set 💽 2000's nostalgia 🧹 Witchcraft 🌕️ Cosmic Horror #Questpit #H #W

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @elizabethtitus.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

When marauders menace her village, an empath-scholar leads an odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a rumored key to peace, before her people are obliterated. Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built 🔮 #EarthMagic #tarot 🌪️ #CliFi 🌷 #Hopepunk #F #S #Q #Questpit

Long after the dust settles, what will grow from the rubble?

Seven generations after collapse, oceans have reclaimed coasts and civilization’s remains are rotting back to the earth. Extreme climate and violent humans threaten a peaceful community hidden in the Green Mountains.
Niwa, a gifted yet timid young empath-scholar, is prompted by group vision to lead a perilous and mystical quest to retrieve a rumored key to peace. Using unique psychic gifts, archaic technology, and nature-based survival skills, Niwaju’s group traverses a depopulated but healing landscape to save their people from impending doom.
The travelers draw upon their survival skills, varying levels of control over their own unique psychic gifts, and residual tech artifacts, encountering diverse, unique characters on crumbling highways and swollen rivers through the mountains of Appalachia, moody swamplands of “New New Orleans”, and the Rocky Mountains.
As she finds her inner resilience, Niwa’s mission becomes about more than saving her People from destruction; it offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change.
Incorporating mindfulness, sustainability, earth based magic, and wilderness skills, this tarot-themed journey offers a vision of hope, transformation, and growth in a narrative adventure guide to thriving civilization’s aftermath, with surprising twists.

a hand drawn map of a route across a sea-risen US, superimposed over a background of hopeful leaves sprouting from trees in an sunset sky over the Earth

elemental magic
visions
survival skills
climate fiction
#clifi
indigenous futurism
plant medicine
meditation
wilderness
permaculture
neotribalism
community
backpacking
post-apocalyptic
hopepunk

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

GRIM PORTENTS HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of… 📖 #Q #A #P #F #M #D #Hu #QuestPit

Grim Portents cover featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life…

#writingcommunity

"I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow.
But now the monster had been given a name, an identity.
It was real."
BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK.
NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS.
FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE.

Black and white sketch of characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × DUNGEONS & DADDIES A #litagents and #editors guide to DAD BODIES! Big 5 interest! #QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

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wott 🌱 @wottenmoss.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

#agentguide for WHEN THE MAGPIE FLIES (81k queer fantasy) When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition rather than leave her best friend behind—and brings the wrath of spirits and humans alike down upon the realm. #questpit #Q #F

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

Pitch: Magpie of Lornwhen, hobbyist scholar and incurable troublemaker, dreams of becoming a Conduit. As the realm’s only defense against monstrous spirits, Conduits are beloved and privileged—and it’s Magpie’s best chance to escape the undertow of poverty. When a spirit chooses her for the honor, marking her with a cold, entrancing touch, her dream is suddenly within reach. To fully ascend as a Conduit, Magpie, alongside the other newly-chosen, must embark on a journey into the heart of the spiritwoods.
The only thing holding her back is her best friend, Calladonna.
There are rumors about how Conduits are changed by the mysterious journey, and Calla can’t shake the feeling that if Magpie leaves, she won’t come back. Determined to reassure her, Magpie convinces Calla to come along in secret, hidden from the other Conduits. For the first time, Magpie’s future is bright and shining—until one of the other Conduits turns up dead, and it seems like Calla may be to blame.

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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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

1. Be born tranſexual Anno 1645 2. Don 1000 yards of ribbon 3. ??? 4. Manhood In the case that further detail be required, pray consult: THE DUEL IN 1660, a swashbuckling farce #W #YA(?) #LGBT #histfic for #QuestPit

Infamous portrait of Duke Maximilian Philipp of Bavaria by Sebastiano Bombelli, 1666, in an elaborate golden Baroque frame. This mustachioed nobleman has very long curly brown hair (possibly a periwig), an open doublet with dozens of tiny silver buttons, massive petticoat breeches, voluminous sleeves and lacy cannons, and a truly terrifying quantity of blue and pink ribbon hanging from every part of his body. He wears shoes with high red heels.

17th century handwriting over the image reads:
This is the ideal male body.
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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A.M. Ruggirello @ashleyrugg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

YA Gothic romance • BRIDGERTON x DRACULA x PRINCE HARRY+MEGHAN DRAMA 👑a deadly royal court 🩸ceremonial hunts & balls 👑meet-cutes + murder-cutes 🩸there's only one haystack 👑Targaryan-esque family trees 🩸blood type tasting (respectfully) 🔥burning it all down (less respectfully) #QuestPit #YA #Q

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Marina Lucas | Author @authormarinalucas.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

When the mayor’s perfect daughter Lacey Bennet must ally with societal outcast Danira Keres to save her dying brother—the heir to their plague-ravaged world’s brutal patriarchy—her journey becomes one of monsters, impossible love and a fight for the key to humanity’s salvation. #questpit #Q #A

Faded dark blue background with the pitch for the Other Side of Eternity

Comps page with the same faded dark blue background, with pictures of the covers of Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Fable for The End of The World by Ava Reid

Faded dark blue background with drawings of an undead lady screaming and a skeletal monster crouching, with a list of tropes and themes in the center

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Pretty Witty Books @prettywittybooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The Lost Apothecary x Anita De Monte Laughs Last 🔍 A grieving woman finds solace investigating a 1930s mystery of a hidden wife that seemed to have jumped off an overnight ferry following the news of her Hollywood exec husband’s demise. Inspired by a true story, dual timeline. #questpit #Q #A #MY

Golden Gate Bridge, Couple Holding Hands, Opulent Ballroom, Black and White portrait of a 1930s woman, ferry boat on water at sunset, hollywood sign, hands being held to comfort, woman at library looking at a book shelf. Middle square reads Project Darling Vibes

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🔪 Ada - a medium & fraud, turns to murder, determined to create a ghost for her show 🪦 Harriet - terrified of spirits, cursed with the ability to hear them ☠️ When her best friend is murdered, Harriet must face her fear & seek out the dead to hunt the killer ✨Dual POV #questpit #a #hf #w #q soon

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Sam Peil 🧟😈🤡 @sampeil.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🏳️‍🌈3 bi disasters take on the end of the world 🧎‍♂️The Preacher = out for blood 🧟‍♀️The Horde = hunting for flesh 🥼The Dentist = can't stop smiling THE Z WORD x THE WALKING DEAD #questpit #q #lgbt #h #sf #a

image of Black Hills, amphitheater seats that are orange, cloudy sky. On a stage there is a horde of zombies (mostly sillhouettes). One zombie is crawling amongst the stadium seats. one zombie close up along the right side of the image. Blood splatter across the whole image starting from bottom left corner. white text: THE DENTIST WILL EAT YOU NOW.

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Author - Maria Levato @marialevato.com · 06/08/2025

Pitch Thread 1/4: The Fate of Angels and Demons Logline: A priestess sent to prevent a prophecy from unfolding falls in love with the demon king at the center of it all—and goes even more insane than he is. #questpit #r #f #rf #wip #amediting #spicy #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

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Tempest Teapot ❌ 👑 🐸 @tempestteapot.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

A bastard gentrywoman, Kahyla protects her siblings against assassins, demon-eaten mages, and rivals intent on the throne. She faces a DEMON’S BARGAIN where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life. #BluePit 📖 #F #R #YA #A #Q

Graphic shows silhouette of couple filled with courtyard, leather armor, and a structure consumed by flames. Six of Crows X Witch King Demon's Bargain A bastard gentrywoman, Kahyla struggles to protect her siblings against assassins, demon-eaten mages, and political rivals intent on the throne. She faces a demon's bargain: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life. 120k Epic Fantasy Novel. Tropes list: Deliberate values dissonance Feminist within patriarchy Heel-face turn Slow burn Forbidden love Powers via Possession Coming of Age Quiet girl finds her voice Target markets: adult fantasy for darker themes, detailed world-building, and a blend of magic and political intrigue. YA for coming-of-age story and slow burn romance, while skewing older for the consequences of difficult life choices. #F #R #YA #A #Q Body count 11, proposals 4, weddings 2

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing

Agent guide for I Am Chosen, M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle.
It reads: PITCH:

IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING
LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT?

Photo by Dawn Berkoski

Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story.

The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others.

The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel.

Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch.

Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski

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Jacob Foster (Querying) @fosterja8.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP: MY HUSBAND X ANNIHILATION 💔 Obsession 🌃 Subtle Dystopia 👀 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Dual Perspectives ☠️ Thanatophobia 👫 One Volatile Marriage #QuestPit #Q #A #T #agentsguide

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K.L. Lempereur is Querying! @kllempereur.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A brutal god who consumes the life-force of living things catches up to the heroes who tried to stop her, and takes their daughter as a trophy. Now trapped on the god's ship, Calypso must get close enough to find out her ultimate plans without being consumed in the process. #QuestPit #YA #A #SFF #W

An aesthetic collage for this story idea, featuring neons, sapphics, and space imagery.

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I woke up to such an amazing surprise - 2 agent likes (1 here and 1 on the other place) and so much support from my fellow writing community. You guys rock! Doing my best to catch up on all the incredible pitches! If I’ve missed your pitch and you want some extra love on it, let me know! #questpit

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF Ginevra was remade to be a weapon. But inside, something thorned and grieving is breaking free. #QuestPit #Df #Q #H

Veins of Calris title, hands with plants growing from stitches in the skin

Stained glass windows behind a woman in a veil, an overgrown window arch, a rose bouquet in a dagger sheath with the dagger on top, and a spiderweb

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Sammy Holden @holdencreates.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

GIDEON THE NINTH X THE FOXGLOVE KING A sapphic political intrigue fantasy that features: - a twisty murder mystery - sentient, decaying magic with a price - magical history lost to corruption - childhood friends-to-enemies-to-???? - women’s wrongs #QuestPit #AG #A #F

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Gemma Smith @gemma-smith.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Ohhh this sounds so good! I need this in my life!

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