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Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Lia's position in the Lord's Guard represents everything she's ever worked for: an opportunity to prove her worth to herself + society despite her lack of magic powers. But when the Lord whom Lia's sworn to protect is poisoned, she must quest for an ancient grail to save his life. #bluepit #Q #F #📖

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Jenni - Fantasy Romance Author ✨️ @authorjbecker.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NA Dark Fantasy ✨️ 7 deadly sins x Fourth Wing 🕯 secret identity x deadly stakes 🌑 dark academia - It's kill or be killed to graduate 🔥 Female rage MC ❤️‍🔥 rivals-to-lovers ♥️ found family ⚔️ misfits with mental powers 🪦 morally grey characters #BluePit #F #A #NA #RF #Q

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Lunaria Witch A RIVER ENCHANTED ❌ PRACTICAL MAGIC ✨ ND REP ❤️ Yearning over spice 🧙‍♀️ Character driven fantasy 👄 Lush prose & world building 👯‍♀️ Found family & sisterhood 💃🏻 Journey to self acceptance #bluepit #f #r #Q #na #a #ownvoices

Background- Night sky, full moon, ferns, herbs, feathers
The title of the book is “The Lunaria Witch”

The blurb
In a land where rumours of magic can have fatal consequences, hurricane minded Tallitha has always sought to hide her differences and deny whatever she cannot explain. But when the moon begins calling e from sleep and memories surface that do not belong to her, the time for denial is over and Tallitha’s life will change is ways she never could have predicted

Meta data
110k - NA/A - Fantasy romance - ND rep
When magic blooms in outcast Tallitha she must flee to a mysterious place of safety to escape the wrath of witchkind hunter Skara Draegar. Led by a charismatic yet secretive guide, Tallitha’s is thrust into a world of deadly secrets, ancient power and covert rebellion. But who take up her place within it and conquer those who seek to destroy her, she must first face her own demons to unlock her power and her potential

Themes
Internalised ableism, found family, yearning, he falls first, prejudice, elemental magic, self acceptance & slow burn romance

The comps

Lush prose and world building - A river enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Blend of fantasy and folklore - Now she is Witch by Kirsty Logan
ND rep and enchanting magic - Emily Wildes encyclopaedia of faeries - Heather Fawcett
Deep connection and yearning - A discovery of witches - Deborah Harkness

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Kate Gray is Querying ✨ @kategraycosplay.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #bluepit #q #a #f

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Annabeth @annabethwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ANASTASIA X THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT ❤️‍🔥93k Adult Romantasy ✨Light X Shadow ✨Strong but messy FMC ✨He falls first (and so much harder!) ✨Elemental magic ✨Slow burn ✨Deadly Trials ✨Forced proximity ✨Found family ✨Meddling gods ✨SO MUCH YEARNING #Bluepit #Q #A #F #R #📖

The moon also rises - 93k adult romantasy

Pitch: after thief Rorie discovers she’s the lost princess of a fallen light magic dynasty, lethal succession trials pit her against a shadow wielding rival— but as the conspiracy behind her bloodline’s slaughter pushes them together, their bond threatens both her heart and her claim for the crown.

Comps: Anastasia, servant of Earth, when the moon hatched and the serpent and the wings of night

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Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If you like: 🔮unique magic systems 🔥Slow burn romance ❤️‍🔥Strangers➡️lovers➡️enemies ⚔️Fierce female protagonists 🍃BG3 Rivington-esque setting 💖LGBTQIA rep on the page 🤪All the banter Then this one’s for you! COVENANT OF THE DAMNED is a 116k rom. fantasy querying now #📖 #bluepit #A #F #Q

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Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is INCREDIBLE!!! I need it right now

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Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What my witchy NYC-based book would look like as a movie poster! 16-yr-old Haley has the stigmatized death magic, but when she receives warnings from dead witches about a coming threat, she’ll have to use that very magic to save all the witches in NYC. NINTH HOUSE x LEGENDBORN #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch if it was a movie poster

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Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Ró always found eating hearts to be vile, even if it grants humans magical powers. But her town’s leader craves the heart of a seductive water spirit, and Ró yearns to impress. Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀 #YA #F #Q #W #QuestPit

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Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

If you like: 🔮Elemental magic 🔥Slow burn romance ❤️‍🔥Strangers➡️lovers➡️enemies ⚔️Fierce female protagonists 💖LGBTQIA rep on the page 🤪All the banter Then this one’s for you! COVENANT OF THE DAMNED is a 119k rom. fantasy querying now #Q #RF #A #F #QuestPit

The title “covenant of the damned” is laid over a painting of a man being knighted by a queen. The text indicates that it is a dual point of view 119k word holy grail romantic fantasy book

Painting of a hand holding a sword in the background. The text indicates that this book is perfect for fans of [Lady] Knights of the Round Table retellings and every Gilmore Girls stan who was rooting for Rory to end up with Jess Mariano. The image also includes the following text pitch: When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers.

Photos of different comps are on this slide. This book comps Bridgerton season 2 and the Princess Bride movie for slow burn romance. It compares the elemental magic system to the one in Stacey McEwan’s “A forbidden alchemy” and draws a comparison to Rachel Gillig’s “The Knight and the Moth” for Lady Knight elements. It also compares National Treasure and “The Will of the Many” as comps for epic quests

moodboard depicting the vibes of the book including: a coastal landscape, medieval architecture, swords, a couple dancing in a ballroom, a blonde woman, green silk, stained glass windows, a coronation, and knight armor

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Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Agent’s guide for SADDLE UP, a cowgirl/cowboy romance novel complete at 76k words. Roadtrips, rodeos, and SO much yearning. #questpit #W #A #R

man and woman holding hands staring at a mountain range in the distance. text: an agent’s guide to SADDLE UP a contemporary romance complete at 76k words

background image: rodeo arena with a crowd, woman standing on a horse with her food in the air. text: THE PITCH “When trick rider Scottie Elwood tries to turn down the tour of a lifetime after learning her grandmother is sick, her family recruits her former best friend and current ranch hand Finn Tate to escort her on the road — but when secrets, old wounds, and new feelings get in the way, Scottie has to decide if it’s worth leaving home to chase her dreams. “

text: Comps: You with a View by Jessica Joyce, Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage, Powerless by Elsie Silver, and Homebound by Meredith Trapp. Tropes: friends to lovers, rodeo and roadtrip settings, only one bed (a lot), found family, chasing dreams, grief and losing a family member.

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Suzanne Gorthwald @suzannegorthwald.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My agent's guide to #questpit ✨Spheres in the Afterglow✨ a dual pov slowburn portal romantasy priorities of my main characters: advanced physics, mathematics or translating ancient languages📚 >>> rodent jokes🐁 >>> expressing feelings like a normal human 👀 #W #A #RF#questpit

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Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If the main characters from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, my adult romantasy murder mystery novel, had access to the Notes app. #QuestPit #W #A #RF

An imagining of the Notes app for Fallon Mercer, the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in Fall 2026. Her most recent five notes would be:

Lies I’ve told recently (where to even begin)
Things I hate about Reynor (no additional text)
What to wear to coronation (pink dress? Lace?)
Spell ideas (bridge to sneak across to R…)
Doom prophecy (oh gods no one can know a…)

An imagining of the Notes app for Reynor Ambrose, the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in Fall 2026. His most recent five notes would be:

New morning routine (cold shower)
Reasons not to trust my wife (smells too good)
Murder suspects (1. Fallon)
Fallon’s favorite things (hot coffee, grapes, books)
Questions to ask Fallon (what are your hopes and dr…)

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

the vibes of THE CELESTIAL RING, my #YA dystopian #SFF To defy the memory-devouring machine god who wants to claim her as sacrifice, Vega must: ⚔️Find her lost brother 💔Ally w/ her first heartbreak 🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget #questpit #Q #F #D #amquerying

A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column:
1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky
2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights
3. Two hands reaching towards one another
4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar
5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up
6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky
7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog
8. A hand covered in glitter
9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance
10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile
11. A black woman screaming
12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds
13. An eye turned to show only the whites
14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air
15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle

None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest

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Nina Castle @castlemantra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

UGLIES X 50 SHADES 🛌frenemies w/ benefits 💔sexy & traumatized 👊"touch him, & you...well, it won’t be good." 💸disinherited billionaire romance 🌎soft love in a harsh world #Questpit #Q #A #D #R #agentguide "I seriously think about [the characters] daily." -agent w/ my full

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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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Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE LAMB x MATILDA #questpit When Lucky’s parents starve her of both food and love, it turns Lucky’s hunger into something that yearns for more than she can suppress, which forces her to become dangerously ravenous. 🍽️ 🥀 SWALLOWED SINS #OS #DR #LF #U #A #AG

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Angie is ✨querying✨ @angie3tomatoes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Mexican Gothic x TheKnight &The Moth When a woman relocates to a secluded, mist-cloaked town where creation magic is forbidden & women vanish from history, she, her sentient house & a cursed carpenter must uncover Ravensford’s dark secrets before she becomes its next forgotten name #QuestPit #RF #Q

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Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

IF FEED ME YOUR HEART HAD A MOVIE POSTER! 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH Agent’s guide pinned to profile. WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #DF #H #Q #W #QuestPit

A film poster for Feed Me Your Heart, a YA fantasy/romance/horror novel about a girl addicted to magical hearts who has to hunt a water spirit

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Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An #agentsguide to Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, my adult romantasy murder mystery 🌱 plant-based magic 🔮 witch prophecy 🖤 morally grey FMC 🕵️ flirting by finding murder clues ☕️ magical excellence as a love language #QuestPit #W #A #RF

An agent’s guide with an image of a girl in a pink dress running into a forest. The guide is for Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, an adult, dual-POV, romantasy murder mystery novel, drafted at 92k words. It is querying in fall 2026.

A green forest background with pink text that is titled “The Pitch”:

To escape her cruel father, Fallon Mercer manipulates a prophecy to be chosen as the wife of a witch prince.

But when a spree of murders threatens her new crown, Fallon must find a killer, hide her con from her annoyingly attractive husband, and cheat Fate once more....or watch everything she’s worked for unravel

A green forest background with pink text titled “For Fans Of” with comps for the novel.

- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig for its lush, moody world and unique magic system
- Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett for its unapologetically ambitious FMC
- the Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley for its wit and banter
- the TV series Bones for its romantically charged investigation

A green forest background with pink text titled “The First Lines”.

Hers: Fallon stares at the slab, attempting, for what is hopefully the last time, not to scowl at a corpse.

His: Prince Reynor Ambrose has not a care in the world. After all, when one has no agency over one’s future, why bother?

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Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Convincing you to read COTD using my MC's top 5 nightmare scenarios! When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers. #Q #A #RF #F #questpit

This photo is an enumerated list of what Sebastian's "Top 5 horror movies" or nightmares would be. They are as follows:
1. Forgetting his journal at home
2. Commitment
3. Blondes with sharp tongues and even sharper swords
4. Enemy kingdoms
5. Eternity

The graphic is text laid over a dark background. In the foreground, there is a muscular, shirtless man with dark hair.

This photo depicts a list of what main character Lia's "Top 5 horror movies" or nightmares would be. There is a photo of a woman with curly blonde hair holding a sword in front of a dark background. There is also an enumerated list of her top 5 horror movie situations, which are:

1. Her cousin Maks playing the harp
2. Being the literal chosen one
3. Falling in love with her bff
4. Sebastian Armetta
5. Riddles

This photo depicts a list of what main character Tristan's "Top 5 horror movies" or nightmare scenarios would be. There is a photo of a man with curly light brown/dity blonde hair in front of a dark background.

There is also an enumerated list of his top 5 horror movie situations, which are:
1. Responsibility
2. Being set up on a date by his mother
3. Handsome bartenders from art class
4. A game of cards
5. Picking an outfit for the pub

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Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What my NYC teen witches are googling as they prepare to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop a nefarious long-dead witch from coming back to life. Percy Jackson-but-with-witches! #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch - Haley’s google searches

In the Shadow of a Witch - Alanna’s google searches

In the Shadow of a Witch - August’s Google searches

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Annabeth @annabethwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ANASTASIA X THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT A lost celestial princess enters mythical trials for the crown, only to fall for the shadow rival who threatens her claim. VIBES🖤 ✨Light X Dark ✨Elemental magic ✨Slow burn ✨Trials ✨Found family ✨Murder conspiracy ✨YEARNING #QuestPit #Q #A #RF

First image of agents guide for romantasy The Moon Also Rises

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

✨ THE CRAFT x ONE DARK WINDOW ✨ When Lola’s deadly shadows escape, killing her best friend, she must seek control at an elite magical academy before they kill again—or lose her humanity. Perfect for agents who like: 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic BIPOC witches 🖤 Body horror 💫 Fantasy/Horror/Mystery #QuestPit #Q #A #F

An image of a school with multiple towers, in black on a grey sky, with multiple crescent moons hanging above. The text reads ‘an agents guide to The Bells of Le Fay, adult dark academia fantasy, 102k words.

A silhouette of a woman reaching up to the sky with a bright light between her hands. There is a shadowed tree next to her. The text reads: pitch, The price of magic is monstrous. Lola Knight expects to live a normal life, but when the deadly shadows beneath her skin escape, killing her best friend, she must attend Le Fay Academy for Higher Magics to seek control before they kill again. When she finds out the shadows are slowly turning her into a monster, she chases a cure through the ancient archives—but instead unearths a dangerous conspiracy, and must decide: keep digging to unmask the true monsters, or accept her fate and risk her humanity.

An open spell book surrounded by candles and a mirror. There are three book covers; for One Dark Window, Book of Night, and The Incandescent. The text reads: tropes and comps, witchy dark academia, monstrous magic, sapphic romance, ancient archives, body horror, unhelpful ghosts.

The silhouette of a woman with a huge dark shadow looming over her. The text reads: first lines. The shadows had teeth, and they hungered for blood. They shouldn’t exist here, amongst the weathered sandstone of Durham University. They shouldn’t exist at all, outside the confines of Lola’s mind. But the terrible scratching of claws against flagstone wasn’t a figment of her imagination, as she had first thought, strolling arm-in-arm with Sam on their way home from an end-of-exams party. She didn’t notice them straight away, her gaze sliding over the shadows cast by the faculty buildings. She didn’t notice them until they peeled away from the walls, their darkness thicker and more absolute than the others. Even then she pulled her gaze away, dismissing it. Inebriation hung over her like a thin veil, turning the glow of street lamps into a kaleidoscopic sky.

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Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #R #H #Q #W #QuestPit

Feed Me Your Heart intro page colored red with a black and white image of a young woman

Themes for Feed Me Your Heart i.e. norse mythology and deadly personality tests

Comps for Feed Me Your Heart ranging from folklore fantasy to cultish horror

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Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-year-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch comps: Percy Jackson, Legendborn, Little Thieves

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Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My new editors guide for SWALLOWED SINS #questpit For people who are hungry for: -an insatiable appetite for love 🖤 -dark romance 🥀 -obsessive protagonist 👀 - traumatic therapy sessions 📝 #OS #DR #A #LF #U #AG

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trang ☆ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SIX OF CROWS x JADE CITY When her mentor goes missing Gemna joins forces w/ fellow mage Ren to unravel the connection b/w the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages aren’t just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #QuestPit #AG #F art by nathcreare

a blue and yellow toned sketch of a woman and a man standing back to back. she is looking towards the front and he’s gazing off to the side. the characters have Asian features and look serious / unsmiling. over the images is the text CONDUCT OF MAGES, Adult Fantasy, Complete at 99K, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, a navy blue rectangle contains the text “When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.”

the words THE PITCH, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, a navy blue rectangle contains the text “energy magic, heists & scheming, found family, research subplot, slow burn, female role models, SE Asian setting”

the words THE VIBES, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, six book covers are shown: Blood Over Bright Haven, Jade City, Six of Crows, Jasad Heir, Foundryside, an Heartless Hunter

the words THE COMPA, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An #agentsguide for my LEGENDBORN x DUNE #YA #SFF On a planet where humanity survives by sacrificing memories to a machine god, a girl who can burn her own memories into magic must expose the truth behind the rite—before it claims her the way it took her brother. #questpit #Q #F #D #amquerying

Text reads: an agent's guide to THE CELESTIAL RING YA DYSTOPIAN FANTASY BY H.K.SMITH

Image: a Black girl with a strand of curly hair blowing across her face and a dotted texture like a veil covering her face except for her eye, which glows bright purple

Text: THE PITCH: On a planet where humanity survives by sacrificing memories to a machine god, a girl who can burn her own memories into magic must expose the truth behind the rite—before it claims her the way it took her brother.

THE CELESTIAL RING BY H.K.SMITH

In the background there's a faint image of a Black girl with purple eyes

All text is on top of a dark, perforated background:
FOR FANS OF:
A cover of Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Text: Ancestral Black girl magic & elite academia setting
A cover of Coldwire by Chloe Gong
Text: A divided dystopian world built on access
A cover of Dune by Frank Herbert
Text: Lineage tied to planetary stakes
A cover of Netflix's TV Show Arcane
Text: Conflict over a rare, magic-tech resource

THE CELESTIAL RING BY H.K.SMITH

THE OPENING of THE CELESTIAL RING BY H.K. SMITH

The promise of imminent death feels briefly distant as I cut through the canyon of glass and steel toward Her. I match Orion's pace, stride for stride. For tradition's sake, we've been walking since dawn but we're still five long blocks away from the nearest checkpoint. By the time the sun's white disc clears those towers, She'll have already cast Her judgment.

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Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Covenant of the Damned (119k rom. fantasy) in microtropes! When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers. #Q #RF #F #A #QuestPit

Cover slide to introduce the microtropes that you can expect to see in "Covenant of the Damned," a 119k romantic fantasy that is now querying. The background is an ethereal oil painting

the microtropes listed are: reluctant allies, only one horse, he's been thirty for the last 230 years, elemental-based magic systems, lady knights, she's the chosen one, and he tends to her wounds. There's an icon of a computer cursor hovering over a box that says "select all," to indicate that all microtropes are present in "Covenant of the Damned"

On this slide there is a painted hand holding a sword and a repetition of the pitch. The image also states that this book is perfect for fans of [Lady] Knights of the Round Table retellings and every Gilmore Girls stan who was rooting for Rory to end up with Jess Mariano.

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