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Jamie Strube @jamiestrube.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Took my 9yo to see Hadestown (unrated, but recommended for 8 and up) and the preview was for Victorian Psycho. Super graphic and terrifying. She’s still talking about it and doesn’t want to be alone. Seriously, Cinemark?!

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🌿✨beth✨🌿 @elizanane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🩸QUEERPLATONIC BEAUTY & THE BEAST x JENNIFER’S BODY🩸 In a forested town, a doomed codependency festers between a heart-eating monster desperate to become human and its vengeful, obsessive hunter. 🥩surrealism + madness 🪱plant-body horror 🥀ONE MUST DIE Querying SOON! #questpit #a #df #f #q

This title slide features two orchids on a black background as its backdrop image. Above it, the text reads FEED ME YOUR ORGANIC HEART in yellow and red text. In white text, below the title, it also reads, 'adult psych-horror contemporary fantasy, 85,000 words' in white lettering.

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The title of the slide reads, PITCH, in neon red lettering, on the same orchid background. The pitch text, in yellow and white letters, read: To become human, a genderfluid, eldritch monster in disguise must seek, charm, and devour the beating heart of one who truly loves them... but it gains the eyes of its vengeful, obsessive hunter instead. As bodies pile and madness takes hold, the two must either die in their struggle for survival or live the torment of finding themselves in the one they're destined to murder.

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The title of the slide reads, COMPS, in neon red lettering. The covers of 5 novels are shown. The novels included are: The Fox and the Devil, The Tainted Cup, The Eyes Are the Best Part, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Vicious.

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The title of this slide reads, TROPES, in neon red lettering. 10 tropes are listed on this slide in white and yellow lettering. The listed tropes read: surrealism + stalking + OBSESSION, nightmarish plant visions, descent into madness, genderfluid, ugly forest monster w/ beautiful guise, aro-ace vengeful hunter, doomed, all-consuming codependency, they're both 'monsters' that don't fit in, deadly game of cat & mouse, quiet, forested town setting, botanical body horror (allegory for twisted adoration).

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Jamie Strube @jamiestrube.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Excited to see all the amazing pitches for #questpit today! Feel free to drop your x handle for mutual love over there too! @jamielstrube is mine!

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cjwrites477.bsky.social @cjwrites477.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#Profilepit #Q #F #H #R #A The Maiden and the Endless Darkness - a Norse Historical Romantacy set in 9th Century Scandinavia. A Norse maiden pledges herself to a dragon in exchange for the protection of her people.

Intelligent and headstrong, Sigrun chafes at the way she is dismissed by the men in her life. If she had her choice, she would travel the world as a seeress the way her grandmother once did. Unfortunately she has no gift for divination. Besides, she knows her role, political marriage for her uncle's gain. But when raiders attack her people, everything changes. Instead of being married off, Sigrun pledges herself to a dragon to buy his protection for her village.

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Jules @jules.northsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear. Talk about a midlife crisis.

Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper.

The Shadows: The Pitch

The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit.

Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once
supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target
of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive.

But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully
constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down.

The Shadows: Comp Titles
MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world).
Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job.
Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists.
Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it.

“Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word.
“It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k 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.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE HUNTING PARTY + KNIVES OUT, but make it haunted A reunion on the Irish coast. A 20-year-old murder. One angry entity out for justice - and revenge. 🖤 Toxic friendships 🖤 Enemies to lovers 🖤 Gothic vibes 🖤 Murder mystery 🖤 Isolated setting #Questpit #A #H #T #R #Q

a collage of dark photos including a beach, a ghost in a chair, women dancing, a Gothic window, a couple embracing, a woman looking scared and a woman in the water

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Here is my list for #QuestPit 1. Pearl's Road #W #A #Cozy #F 2. Paging Dr. Paige #W #A #RF 3. Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley #W #PB #F

Black background

At the top in tan neon is the title Pearl's Road and a sword and yarn with knitting needles to each side.

Top 2 pics are: an old woman walking with a wolf and an old woman walking in a meadow surrounded by trees.

Middle 2 pics are: a woman rowing a small boat and a woman gathering sticks with her cat.

Bottom 2 pics are: a pile of tarot cards on a table with a small silver old key on top and a dirt path surrounded by trees.

At the bottom is a quote: “May to wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

Blue background

Top 2 pics are: a doctor talking to a patient and writing notes and a momma and baby bear.

Below those is the title in white Paging Dr. Paige.

Bottom 2 pics are: a room filled with empty hospital beds and a mom taking care of her sick daughter.

Below that is a quote: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi

The background is rainbow mountains and valley with a rainbow in a rainbow sky. Standing on a hill is 2 cartoonized unicorns with white fur and rainbow manes and tails and gold horns and hooves, a panda with teal eyes and feet, rainbow butterflies, a pink fox, a green snake, and a purple elephant.

At the top in ombre purple and orange with a rainbow outline is the title Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley and under that is a quote: “The rainbow wouldn't exist without you.”

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hello! I'm Kat Devitt, and I'm an 🖤Author of Gothic Things🖤 Currently, I’m querying my queer gothic horror set in the Scottish Highlands, ONLY MONSTERS LIVE HERE. When I’m not writing, I’m ghost-hunting and reading dark (mostly) books. #querytrenches #amquerying #meettheauthor

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Priscilla Maytree @prismaytreewrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X BARBIE FAIRYTOPIA Introducing CROWNS & MIRRORLIGHT ✨🌷🌸 🪞A tragic romantasy 🪞Finding yourself outside of Toxic Relationship 🪞Bi representation 🪞Love Triangle 🪞Marriage Pact 🪞One Bed #questpit #W #A #RF

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A STUDY IN DROWNING X GILMORE GIRLS Atticus moved to Havenvale so he could attend the most prestigious knighthood academy in the kingdom, but there's a rose-scented ghost haunting his manor, & he's learning it's hard to focus while falling in love...👻🖤 #AG #YA #F #RF #QuestPit

A HAUNTING TO HOLD
Ghost Romance
𝙷̶𝚒̶𝚜̶ ̶𝙵̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ His Forever
Cozy Fantasy Town
Magical Lantern Festival
Star-Spinning Magic
Gothic Manor
Griffin Riding
Knighthood Academy

THE PITCH
COZY YA FANTASY 89,000 WORDS

After fleeing from his war-ravaged hometown, a timid boy enrolls in an elite knighthood academy while falling for the ghost haunting his rose-scented manor; but when enemy knights invade his cozy new town during a festival that allows the dead to live for a single night, he must learn how to rally his courage before the girl he loves is lost forever.

CHAPTER ONE
My ghost never hides in the shadows.
When the afternoon burns brightest, I’ll catch her silhouette in the sunshine. When night steals the sky I glimpse delicate blue eyes peeking out behind moonbeam curtains. It’s been five weeks since we've moved in, yet I've only ever found her in the light.
“She’s not your ghost,” reminds Olive. “I can see her, too!”
But my sister’s claim rattles out like a lie. Looking at her now, she’s scrunching her face up, squinting real tight, yet her eyes never seem to find the shimmering girl that runs through Rosefall Manor.
Not like mine do.

FOR FANS OF...
The sweeping, magical romance of…
A cozy fantasy town inspired by…
The lush prose and gothic atmosphere found in…

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000's setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

My Sweet Unbecoming
A forbidden gothic romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Comps & Pitch
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre
Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Tropes
Forbidden Romance
High Society Match Making
European Setting
Slow Burn
Love VS Duty
Black Swan-esque Awakening
Masquerade Ball
2000’s Setting
Obsessive yearning
Secret Lake Meetings

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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Q #A #F #Questpit ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power... "They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission." Querying now!

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cjwrites477.bsky.social @cjwrites477.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Behind every great dragon there's a woman with claws - this damsel doesn't need saving THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS 93k words standalone historical romantasy set in the 9th Century Norse world. Slow burn, mythology competent heroine ⚔️🔥🐉📖#questpit #Q #A #RF #HF #F

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Jamie Strube @jamiestrube.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

She is mortal in a realm where magic wielders are persecuted. He is a Fae lord who has hunted for her across the realms. Now she must find a way to unbind her power and her memories before darkness consumes the world — and before he loses her forever. #questpit #Q #A #F #RF

A silhouette of a nightingale on a crescent moon. Book title: THE LAST NIGHTINGALE 104 thousand words, adult romantic fantasy

Silhouette of a howling wolf with text: When a street-smart spy forms a dangerous alliance with a mysterious Fae lord, she uncovers a buried identity and a power that could save the realms from darkness— if she can survive the mad king hunting her, the magic threatening to consume her, and the would-be goddess who has been waiting for her for a very, very long time. THE LAST NIGHTINGALE is a story of self-discovery, unrequited love, and giving everything for a better world.

Silhouette of male lion head with text: Perfect for fans of: One-Bed Rooms, Shifting Immortals, Fated Mates, Found Family, Snarky Banter, Discovered Identity

Silhouette of Mockingbird on branch, behind three images of book covers. Text: Comps

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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Questpit #MG #F #Q

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Jamie Strube @jamiestrube.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Now that I know what #questpit is all about, I’m looking forward to prepping for next quarter!

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Jamie Strube @jamiestrube.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Princess Bride X From Blood and Ash EXCEPT Buttercup has lost her memories, Wesley is a fae wolf shifter, and King has teamed up with a dark goddess to destroy all magic wielders and TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Unless Caitriona (ahem, Buttercup) can stop him. 104k words #questpit #Q #A #RF #F

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Jamie Strube @jamiestrube.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ToG X Shadow and Bone 🗡️secret identities 🗡️fated mates 🗡️shifters 🗡️found family A street-smart spy forms an alliance with a mysterious Fae, uncovers her lost identity and a power that will save the world from darkness — if she can survive long enough 104k #questpit #Q #A #RF #F

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