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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Fadilah leads the funeral procession for her father before the completion of the final rites at the funeral pyre.

The temple doors opened, and the air hit us – cool, dry, high. Ahead, the long staircase spiraled up the mountain to the Torchspire. Wind rustled the prayer cloths overhead, making them whisper against the stone, but no one spoke.
The procession began.
Not even the youngest child wailed. The congregation lined the path in silence, some bowing their heads, others pressing fingertips to their brows or chests in reverence. One by one, they faded behind us as we ascended.
The only sound was the wind.
Step by step we climbed. The stone beneath us was worn smooth from centuries of footsteps, a polished path of grief and faith. Gold ash drifted behind us in the air like a soft trail of light.
I felt the strain in my arms. I felt the sting in my chest. But I didn’t make a sound. None of us did.

H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

DAUGHTER OF SKY AND SORROW In the matriarchal Raeesan Empire, legacy is law and pain is performance. Trapped between the expectations of her foremothers and the wreckage of war, Fadilah Mahdi must choose: stay human—or become the weapon they raised her to be. #DVpit #SFF #Asian #LGBT #WOC

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

DAUGHTER OF SKY AND SORROW Torn between war and the home front, best friends Fadilah and Hadassah search for the truth behind Fadilah’s father’s death. But when grief and ideology collide, will their friendship be the cost? #DVpit #SFF #WOC #LGBT #Asian

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

In the matriarchal Raeesan Empire, heir Fadilah must uncover her father’s suspicious death before the secret destroys her. A story about legacy, loyalty, and survival in a world ruled by women. A DAUGHTER OF SKY AND SORROW, querying now. #DVpit #SFF #Asian #LGBT #WOC

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I found something greater than I could ever imagine.

Image: korean city scape at night with pink cherry blossoms
Text: Sexualize your life

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Hadassah comments on the political feud between the most powerful houses in the Empire (some might argue more powerful than the royals themselves). #writesky #writingcommunity #amediting

Adesina Mahdi, Fadilah’s mother, had spent the better part of her career clashing with their matriarch: Laithah Niazi.
Despite their political battles, they were, in some ways, two sides of the same coin.
Conviction met conviction. Fire met fire.
But it was a respectful rivalry – at least on the surface.
Waliyah Laithah Niazi, a dignified provincial governor, had lost her father to war. A Samake warrior, she understood sacrifice – and, perhaps, even empathized with Chancellor Mahdi.
The Samake and Zuberi – the house of Fadilah’s maternal grandfather – had once been one house before a bitter split. Their rivalry lived on in both bloodlines – in the Chancellor and the Waliyah.
Every time the two most powerful women in our Empire interacted, blood met blood and wits clashed.

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Working my way through DMC 3 and loving it 😃

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Lara Willard @larathelark.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

LADYBIRD x LAURA DEAN KEEPS BREAKING UP WITH ME Cleopatra’s eldest daughter, Selene, navigates growing up in a patriarchy while haunted by her mother’s spirit, who is not impressed when Selene’s new romantic interest, the young poet Ovid, starts spitting verses #YA #HF #GN #PosterPit #Q

Book pitch as a movie poster. A light-skinned Black girl’s face framed by large green leaves. The title is Cleopatra Selene, with several taglines: a graphic novel by Lara Willard, Autism representation, Mother trauma, Ladybird vibes. Photo by Bave Pictures on Unsplash.

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

DUNE X THE LIBRARY AT MT.CHAR In a city of psychics under constant duress, those born with lethal abilities are drafted into the Guild sworn to protect their home. Even if this means turning them into monsters... Now, visions of Strangers threaten to bring them ruin. #PosterPit #Q #A #F

The Strangers' War. We paid for these stars in blood

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wott 🌱 @wottenmoss.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen is thrilled about it. #PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA #YA

A movie poster featuring a misty forest, a magpie flying over the blue mountains rising into the sky.
Text: Enter the spiritwoods. When the Magpie Flies, a book by M H Wottenmoss. Undiscovered magic, queer fantasy, chaotic academia. Querying now.

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Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

ARCANE x FMA x CRIERS WAR 🦾metal-based magic system 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨queer romance 😱anxiety rep 💀anti-colonialism 🤖the dangers of propaganda #queerpit #YA

An Agent’s Guide to This Metal War - YA Science Fantasy LGBTQ+

The pitch: When an anxious mechanic named Circuit is recruited into the war between science and magic, he uncovers the truth about the war and his own abilities that puts him at risk of execution by the hands of the very army that conscripted him. To survive, he makes a pact: help the volatile and frustratingly handsome bot Asher get revenge on his creator.

For fans of Crier’s War, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gear Breakers, Iron Widow, Cinder, anxiety rep, queer romance, boy/girl friendship, challenging the government, bi rep, reluctant allies to friends to ????, m/m pining

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · 15/08/2025

IRON WIDOW + song magic When the Chosen One lets a giant rift monster kill mech-pilot Aria's adoptive family, she swears to destroy the Chosen's position in the coven. But if Aria succeeds, she could lose her squad or worse. She could become the next Chosen. Demi & Disabled rep. #QueerPit #SF #F #A

Pictures clockwise from 12 o'clock: A thunderstorm. Clear crystals. The face of a machine against a desert. Someone walking in a desert. A desolate red landscape. Background: A desert. Reads: Aria Unsung. Everything beautiful is accompanied by something deadly.

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

☕️ In a dystopian megapolis, an underground café run by the enigmatic Barista serves karmic espressos, illicit tomato sandwiches, and the occasional life epiphany. But when her ex walks in, the past she buried threatens to unravel everything she’s built. #QueerPit #D #SF #A

Tropes and comps: cozy dystopia, found family, redemption, queer rep, Legends and Lattes, Midnight Diner

Quote: Life is bittersweet. Like a good coffee. Like the same family of plants that can give you golden fruit or deadly poison. And sometimes, it surprises you.

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Kanirthi is querying 🦋 @kanirthi.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE HENNA WARS X NEVER HAVE I EVER My #agentsguide for DARED TO IGNORE YOU, a YA Contemporary featuring: 💖Sapphic enemies to lovers 🥻South Asian FMC 🦋Coming-of-age in the UK 🔪Revenge from outcast 🎤 Grammar school drama #Litagent #amquerying #ownvoices #QueerPit #Q #YA #COA

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Aaron Cole has a Book Deal! @theaaroncole.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE SONG OF ACHILLES x HUNGER GAMES Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga A boy with blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom #QueerPit #Vague #YA

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SherBear Stare @sheristen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

LINEAGE OF LIGHT 88,000wc: 💅🔥 Immortal villain in his "Soft Girl Era" 📚Upmarket/bookclub 🦋Laini Taylor-like Lyricism 😂Humor of Sophie Kinsella 🏃🏾‍♀️ Plot Pace of V.E. Schwab 👵🏿 Multi-generational 🪄 Literal Black girl magic 🏳️‍🌈 pan MC 👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏿 Interracial Dual POV #queerpit #F #SF #UF #UP #NA #Ownvoices #BIPOC

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft. 👑 flirty thief MC / grumpy prince LI 🌌 a sentient maze 💀 an underground cult 🐍 a giant snake 🌎 cli-fi themes 💎 forget healing crystals—these crystals will mess up your vibes so bad #QueerPit #YA #SF #D #MYTH

A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the plannet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images.

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Jeannie (Jay) Marschall 🍇🫐🍏🍋🍊🍓 @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST❌UNDEAD FOLK Witch. Widow. Peaceful garden tamer. When Tilly Reinicke then finds herself forced into the role of Guardian of the Ancient Pacts by her unkenning new neighbours, will she manage to stop them before disaster—and old magic—strikes? #A #F #H #MYTH #N #QueerPit

mood board, background is a green, backlit forest vista, mushrooms included. The images of the collage are, widdershins from the top left: a long-haired woman's silhouette out in nature, striding purposefully away from the camera, holding a dagger/wand; a fae forest creature made of bark, wood, and antlers; a mesh basket full of fresh plums; two women arm in arm by a fire; a rustic cottage with lead-lined windows, amidst a wildflower garden; a metal fence at sunset. A shadowy hand is reaching towards the women.

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Sidney Quinn - Author @sidneyquinn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Have you ever read/watched Bond or Bourne and thought: this is great, but what if it was gay? THE AUGUSTINE AFFAIR A spy undercover as a socialite is targeted by an assassin. Instead of killing each other, they're thrown together after their agencies betray them. #queerpit #ac #rs #r #a

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Super happy to see interest for all the talented people in my feed for #queerpit.

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wott 🌱 @wottenmoss.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE x NETTLE & BONE 🌀monstrous spirits 💕slow-burn sapphic romance ☠️murder & betrayal ✨ill-advised rituals 🌈queer & autistic characters 📚chaotic academia 🌲an ancient mystery 🎶original music 🍄mushroom forest #agentguide pinned to profile! #queerpit #na #ya #f

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THOROUGHFARE ₊ ⊹ ˑ 𓂃 a religious apostle & western outlaw must work together to stop an eldritch horror spreading across the desert - novella (26k) - a sunshine MMC and grumpy FMC - eldritch monsters but the true horror is humanity #QueerPit #A #H #W #SPF #AmQuerying

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Miss Moonlight @sadisticaurthor.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

SINNERS X HANNIBAL X I FEED HER TO THE BEAST When Virginia Bulle kills her ex-boyfriend, she decides to open a restaurant to serve his remains. This leads her to Calypso Raines' doorstep, which opens up a new recipe of the prices we pay to protect family. #QueerPit #H #A #Q

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE BRIDE OF THE KING IN YELLOW ☠︎︎ ⋆₊ ♱ two lovers struggle against class and religion to be together- but can a play that turns all readers mad be their freedom? -novelette (17k) -eldritch horrors or insanity -existential purpose/fate #QueerPit #A #H #SPF #R #DF

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Christina Adrian @christiemadrian.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

When Chess becomes the Midwest's newest reaper, she must learn to control her power or risk losing the veil between the living & the dead along with the soul of the only person she's ever loved. #QueerPit #YA #SN #F *Disability rep *Pet ghost dog *Enemies to love interests *Rekindled friendship

Several pictures making up a mood board in dark shades of blues and greys.

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Lizzy S. Briggs @lizzybriggs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

How to make ALIGNMENT: - 1 scrappy barista w/gift for enchanting - 2 old flames (1 MUST be evil) - 1 total solar eclipse - 2 forms of illegal magic - 1 pkg Sharpies Shake together with 2 large scoops of romance. Garnish with faerie dust. Makes 1 chance to save the world. #QueerPit #A #UF

Nine images in a grid, from left to right.
First row: black and white vintage coffee shop sign; half-shadowed image of a young man’s upper face with tan skin, tousled dark hair, and eyes downcast; a purple night sky with a silhouette of a house with one orange window partially obscured by a bare tree branch string with white fairy lights.
Second row: Photo of a hand curling around a bright green glowing orb; a color shot of a solar eclipse surrounded by clouds; a black and white photo of two hands, both male, one with fingers lightly brushing the back of the other hand.
Third row: a purple Ferris wheel at night; a wall of Sharpies for sale at a store; a photo of a broken cathedral window covered in green ivy.

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Natascha @socalledyalife.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I want yearning and longing in my romantasy and romances #MSWL

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Writing Day Workshops @writingdaywksp.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

New Agent Alert! Rachel Estep of D4EO Literary Agency is looking for MG, YA, and Adult fiction, as well as literary fiction, gothic fiction, and queer romcoms! Discover the full #mswl and how to query on our blog: www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog #literaryagent #writingcommunity

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Meagan Burgad @meaganburgad.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I believe in manuscripts. I believe in writers. And I believe that one of you has the story that’ll knock my socks off. Query me, y’all. #WritingCommunity #MSWL #AmQuerying #Believe

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a man pointing to a sign that says believe

ALT: a man pointing to a sign that says believe

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Rebecca Angus (UPDATES ONLY) @bookfairyangus.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I’m open for queries until the 15th and my #MSWL has changed. I also included some recent reads that I’ve enjoyed this summer so you can get a feel for my reading tastes (I do not represent these titles). note— I am NOT open to manuscripts written using AI. QueryTracker.net/query/3674

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

More for the folks querying! Have fun!

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Not a romantasy writer myself, but for any in the trenches. Here's an option.

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Today's writing thought. We shouldn't romanticize writing. Writing is messy and difficult much like love. We need to approach writing the same way we should approach love. We shouldn't love the idea of writing and instead actually love the act of writing. So don't romanticize it, romance it.

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Tamasha! @tamasha-rpg.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Tamasha! Is a Tabletop Role Playing Game and Setting inspired by my childhood growing up in LA as an Indian transplant. I wanted to make a RPG that I could play with my friends that were moving away, but as I was making it the desire for something different started to grow...(1/3)

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Okay writing update for the day: Struggling to start reading the penultimate chapter of this draft, because I'M NOT READY for how this ends. Every time I read this ending, I am ruined in the best way possible. That isn't to say the lead up has been torture. #amediting #writesky #writingcommunity

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

ICYMI: The latest of my pitches for DAUGHTER OF SKY AND SORROW

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This was my first time participating in #questpit! Great to see how supportive and talented this community is. Thank you to everyone who liked and supported DAUGHTER OF SKY AND SORROW today!

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

"The Empire always claimed peace was their greatest gift. My father’s blood proved otherwise." DAUGHTER OF SKY AND SORROW is a myth-drenched epic fantasy about girlhood, grief, and choosing to burn the world that made you. HOUSE OF THE DRAGON × THE SWORD OF KAIGEN #QuestPit #R #A #SFF #DF #MY

Collage: (top row, left to right) red clouds, skeletons burning in red fire, gold embroidery on red fabric, red letter with gold seal stamp, red interior of a cathedral, painting of a young woman blindfolded and bleeding, (middle row, left to right) man screaming, red stained glass, red cloaked figures ascending a staircase covered in blood, a lit match producing red smoke, (bottom row, left to right, red strings, red desert with gray sky, "at least being an instrument means being held.", red eye, "you made your choice, do you regret it yet?", woman veiled in red
Text: "Daughter of Sky and Sorrow", "H.S. Chaman"

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JLWrites @jlwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

CANTICLE is 95k words of adult epic fantasy featuring: ⚔️ political intrigue ⚔️ 👸🏽sibling rivalry👸🏽 💘 doomed sapphic romance 💘 🪴 moss goddess + messy bard 🎶 ✨ divine grudge match ✨ 📖 poetry and pain 📖 #questpit #A #F #Q

Saeori “Ori” Togami, moss goddess extraordinaire and primary love interest. A woman with midnight blue hair, jade eyes and lips, with jade horns holding a mysterious wooden mask. The mask is an exaggerated smiling face, with one eye containing a smaller, frowning face.

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Kanirthi is querying 🦋 @kanirthi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

#questpit #F #A #W #SF #SFF #blackbooksky HIGH ON LIFE ❦ CYBERPUNK ❦ OVERWATCH 👽blue-haired bounty hunter mc who is very chaotic 👽killer alien creatures who feed off of emotion and chaos 👽democratic and republican politics 👽blue-skinned alien princesses 👽mad scientists everywhere

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE × VOICE OF WAR Hadassah Nuri once escaped the Undercity. Now, she's a scholar of healing. The heretics call her something else. Prophet. Symbol. Weapon. For fans of divine rot, sacred rebellion, and soft hands stained red. #QuestPit #W #A #DF #MY #LGBT

Collage: (top row, left to right) bookshelf in misty greenhouse, angel of death statue, woman kneeling statue, hand outstretched with green fire, (middle row, left to right) excerpt reading "'I won't keep you long.' 'You can keep me as long as you want.'" , cloaked man walking in dilapidated church, middle eastern woman wearing dark green, green book with gold details on a desk, (bottom row, left to right) gold mirror on forest floor, a lightly sparkled hand reaching out to a hand painted black and heavily sparkled, a work station with medicinal herbs.
Text: "Daughter of Sky and Sorrow" "H.S. Chaman"

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H.S. Chaman @hschaman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE POPPY WAR x WITCH KING Grieving heir Fadilah Mahdi wants nothing more than to mourn. But when her father's will sends her to war, she suspects foul play. Torn between filial duty and truth, Fadilah must ask: what does it mean to serve an empire whose currency is blood? #questpit #W #A #DF #MY

Series of images in a collage over a black background (from top row, left to right): lightning strike, brown woman wearing bangles while touching a pond with lily pads; (middle row, left to right) silver leaves, blue Himalayan poppy, brown woman wearing blue and gold traditional clothing, black spider lily (i think), image of excerpt reading "You want battle? I'll give you war."; (bottom row, left to right) black calla lilies, funeral pyre at night, South Asian architecture, abandoned battlefield
Text: Daughter of Sky and Sorrow, H.S. Chaman

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