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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tallitha has always tried to ignore her peculiarities but when she is called beneath the full moon & outlawed magic blooms within her, the time for denial is over. Betrayed, The Hunt are summoned to seize her & she must escape her home to begin an epic journey to a mysterious safe haven. #dvpit #f

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Lunaria Witch 🐦‍⬛🌙❤️‍🔥🍃✨ NA/A fantasy romance • Folk law meets fantasy • FMC with raging ADHD, unleashes outlawed elemental powers and internalised ableism • Snarky crow • Golden retriever best friend • Charismatic but elusive Poldark-looking MMC • self acceptance #DVpit #ownvoices #ND #F #R

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Making a right hash of this pitch event. I’ve gotten all the rules wrong 🫣

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Lunaria Witch 🌙🍃🐦‍⬛❤️‍🔥✨ 110k NA/ADULT FANTASY ROMANCE A RIVER ENCHANTED ❌ 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU An allegory for late diagnosed ND When powerful but outlawed magic blooms in outcast Tallitha, she must flee to a mysterious place of safety to escape the sadistic hunters. #dvpit #ownvoices

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nadeeshakst.bsky.social @nadeeshakst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1814. Inspired by SriLanka’s child hero, Madduma Bandara Ehelapola. As told by his older brother My family was sentenced to death after Dad was falsely accused of treason for betraying the island to an invading regime. I'll ally w/ the enemy to clear Dad's name...& catch the rat #DVpit #YA #SF #F🐦‍🔥

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Mila Marinova @mila-m-writes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Elsewhere Express x Spirited Away: Indie wakes on the back of a whale ferrying souls across the celestial sea. To enter the afterlife, she must save the dying whale and help the souls it carries. But she's falling for the grumpy hawk who guides it, and moving on means letting go. #DVPit #YA #F

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em. rowene @queerenigma.com · 30/09/2026

THE SILVER CHAIR x TGCF After giving his life to save his friends, Helio wakes miles away in a new body. Without hesitation, he hunts down the deep mage Riptide to finish their fight—only to find himself falling for the man, instead. It's too bad Riptide doesn't know who he is. #DVPit #A #F

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Anna Marie Evans @anna-marie-evans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I AM WE x STELLALUNA 🦇 #DVPit #PB #NF #DIS Welcome to Bracken Cave, a maternity colony of 20M+ bats—the world’s largest gathering of mammals. Soar over Texas Hill Country on the wings of brave Mother Bat, who must do whatever it takes for her one precious pup to survive. Lyrical + backmatter!

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yagirlcolleen @camorrison.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BLOOD OF THE BROADLANDS (98k): Grumpy x Slightly Less Grumpy ☀️😤 Appalachian Trail-Inspired Revenge Road Trip 🏔️ Feminine Rage 🔪 Violence-inclined demon cursed to not kill humans 🛑⚔️ Unavoidable training sequence sexual tension 🤠 One bed? No, one cave 🛏️🙅🪨✅ #A #R #F #LGBT #MH #ND #DVpit

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Part two of my non- traditional first pitch for #dvpit

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Would anyone be up for a query letter swap? I’ve gone over mine so many times I can’t tell what’s working anymore! 🫠🫠🫠 #querying #queryingauthors

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Temptation I wish that my mattress would eat me. Or perhaps you could Fold me into pieces, Make origami Of my bones And push them deep in soil. Or seal me beneath a glass, My noises muted. Slide an unopened letter underneath. Or simply let my mattress Have its way. #chronicpain

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thank you so much for the shares and likes for #questpit some of those visuals were absolutely gorgeous!! What a talented bunch of people!!

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Ophelia @ophelia-writes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I was so deep in Questpit books last night that this morning I forgot my feed isn't all books. Saw a political post and genuinely thought it was a dystopian novel for a second. #questpit #books #politics #pitch #dystopian #scary

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Carmen DaVinleam @carmendavinleam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#Q #questpit #F A dead woman with chronic pain is forced to reap killers, but when her daughter is nabbed by someone she's stalking-she’ll have to choose-follow Afterlife’s rules & discover the truth about her own death or save her daughter & never know why she’s the only Afterlifer who feels pain

A dark female figure stands before a dark gate, the words glimmer monster before her. Dark fantasy, slow burn, serial killers, lgbtqia+ rep, disabled FMC. Book comps surrounding- the girl from the whale darkly dreaming Dexter in the dark we forget they never learn. I am not a serial killer and all is well.

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Nicole Cutter - THE ORANGE PEEL GAME @nicolecutter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's 1949 Cincinnati. Everyone is unwrapping their war wounds, but the encryption games of WW2 are not quite over. Searching for a killer, Caroline is forced to solve puzzles laid out across the city... and she can taste the world 🍊 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 coming soon! #QuestPit #W #MY #NA #HF #U #WF

A collage of materials from the 1940s. Lines from The Orange Peel Game read: dangerous. Pith and pulp and orange peels. Everything means something in this game.

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hurricane-minded, Tallitha has always known to hide her oddness, locking away whatever she cannot explain inside. But when the moon begins calling her from sleep & memories that aren’t her own surface, she will have to learn to embrace who she truly is to survive #questpit #q

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Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

KNIGHT & MOTH x DREAMS LIE BENEATH Wolf steals his family’s prophetic dream magic to protect his illegitimate brother and himself from the new heir, but if he can’t uncover the magic’s secrets, it will kill him before he can save anyone. #QuestPit #W #YA #F

A black and white moodboard with highlights of red. The top right image shows a young man with long black hair messily tied back, leaning his chin on one hand. Below is an overhead shot of a spiraling wooden staircase. Below is the back of a young man with his hair messily tied back. In the middle above is a pair of hangers reaching down cast under red light with a black and white image of a pair of hands reaching up below it. In the top right, a girl blows smoke from her mouth, obscuring her face. Below is a vibrant photo of red poppies, slightly wrinkled. In the bottom corner, is a girl looking over her shoulder. She wears black, has a sleeve of tattooed, and long hair that obscures part of her face.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

KNIGHT & MOTH x GODKILLER x Renn "Italy" If they steal 7 angel hearts, a secret witch and angsty witchhunter can kill the gods who conquered their kingdom. Win: They free their countrymen. Lose: everyone dies and they never get the chance to nurture their newfound bond. #A #F #QuestPit #Q #LGBT

polaroids of florence, a bridge over a river, and two people kissing over a gray background of a river and the words "be my beautiful enemy"

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Tristin Clark 🥀 #QuestPit Pinned! @tristinclark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My #agentsguide to GODSPIRE ✨⚔️ Starside X The Hunger Games X Fourth Wing ⚔️Deadly Competition 🔥Vengeful FMC 💕Enemies to Lovers 😈Morally Grey Villain ✨Reincarnation #QuestPit #W #A #F #DF #R #DR

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Abra Larrabure | is querying ✨ @abralarrabure.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ATLANTIS x SIX OF CROWS 🏜️✨ A young tour guide must take wealthy tourists across the perilous desert to a mysterious haunted town, or her blackmailer will reveal her magical secret—making her an outlaw and dooming her family. #questpit #Q #YA #NA #F #MY #R

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Kassia Allea ✨ Now Querying! ✨ @kassieelle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Fallen Angel Dune x The Cruel Prince 🌌 tragic siblings bonds 🌌 slow burn 🌌 messy found family 🌌 a love beyond ages 🌌 female rage 🌌 failed chosen one 🌌 ..and the necessary sacrifices to preserve the greater good A thief and a monster, whatever could go wrong? Now querying #Q #A #F #Questpit

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Numb and depressed, Helena struggles just to get through her college courses. She didn't expect to fall in love with a gargoyle. When the stones begin to crumble and war bubbles out of Hell, she must make an impossible journey to save her friends. Sapphic Gargoyle Urban Fantasy #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Moodboard for Rooted in Stone, sapphic Gargoyle YA Urban Fantasy-
A stone face with its mouth open, like a fountain. A crow surrounded by twinkling stars. A stone angel in an attitude of contemplation, as on a grave. A stone hallway, like in a cathedral, leading to a pretty window. Colorful twinkling pastel lights, out of focus.

Words written over a dark black background with a crow motif-
Rumors say that St. Romain’s is haunted. That suits lonely, troubled goth-girl Helena, perfectly fine. Right away she is fascinated by the eerie sculptures on the campus chapel. Wounded by past rejections, she is reluctant to open up to anyone. All she wants to do is fool her therapist long enough to not get kicked out of another school. When she develops a crush on the mysterious and beautiful Kia, Helena learns her secret… Kia is a gargoyle. The statues are not just stone, but powerful guardians of a rift between worlds. These uncanny guardians quickly find a friend in Helena, but she hides a dark power of her own.
When war spills through the rift, the stones of their beloved chapel begin to crumble and Helena is drawn into the battle to protect the world. Trapped in a strange, technicolor netherworld, our goth-girl heroine must face the darkness within or risk the collapse of both worlds and the destruction of her newfound family of stone… and Kia with them.

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Rara Hope @rarahope.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE MUMMYxCITY OF DUSK Jeddeith is an exiled monster hunter but something stole most of his memories. All he has are tattoos that help cast familiar spells & his first dream (nightmare) in six years. In each dream that follows the same sea nymph tries to kill him &… he lets her. #QuestPit #A #F #P

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Suzanne Gorthwald @suzannegorthwald.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My moodboard for💫Spheres in the Afterglow💫 🏰rural alpine manor with adorable staff 🌓evil magic portal FBI is lurking 💔nobleman's guilt, but he actually has a good reason 💻she is not a chosen one, but helps with taxes and copes with sarcasm #QuestPit #W #A #RF

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ROBIN HOOD, but with DEATH MAGIC After being accused of inviting the plague into a royal summit, a necromancer priest has to work with his only alibi, a cagey nobleman, to clear his name. BONE KING'S BLUFF, coming to betas soon, and querying early 2027! #QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Lunaria Witch 🌙🍃❤️‍🔥🐦‍⬛ A River Enchanted ❌ Unmasked ❌ Practical Magic “A garden is a tale, yet to be told. The telling begins as the seasons unfold” #questpit #q #f #r #ownvoices

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Megan Watt @meganwattwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#QuestPit #Q #F #A GOD OF BEGINNINGS BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN x METAL SLINGER It was never their power to share, it was always hers to take… 🔮 Unique magic system 🌈 Queer, mental health, and disability rep 🛏️ One bed (but he owns the inn) 😈 Corrupt Gods in power

An agents guide to (book mockup) God of Beginnings; Adult Fantasy, 95K words

The Pitch: Magic is waning and war is on the horizon, so when Arden, a seemingly powerless guard, exhibits magic she shouldn’t have in front of the Gods--her days of protecting the city end and the hunt for
her life begins.

Female soldier is in corner of image

The Comps: Alchemised and Blood Over Bright Haven (Industrial World-Building), The Primal of Blood and Bone (Corrupt Gods in Power), and Metal Slinger (Hero to Villain Digression)

The Tropes:
Queer MC
Steampunk city
Unique magic system
Complicated family dynamics
One bed (but he owns the inn)
Unreliable narrator
Deadly trials
Why choose

Two fingers touch at the bottom of page

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A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Legends & Lattes x The Spellshop x David & Goliath twist When an unemployed mage starts her own magical (slightly illegal shh) business, she’s heralded as the face of a grass-roots revolution to decentralize magical access and must fight bureaucracy to save her only livelihood. #questpit #F #A

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Kelsea Wolf 📚 ✨ @kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Society of Curse Breakers The Odyssey X The Haunted Mansion Alice must break the curse plaguing her family by following a map of riddles on a nautical race against time and the traitors bent on cursing the rest of the world. ⛵️ 👻 🔮 🗺️ #questpit #q #ya #f

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 24/07/2026

Nia Moredi just wants to look out for her little brother. Miss Laval needs to attend a governess-teacher meeting. Baarsin Dorvierre's being watched. Pickpocket Wren needs to recharge her misdirection charm. If only Nia could remember which of them she's supposed to be today. #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT

A Pickpocket's Guide to High Society
(And Higher Mathematics)

YA Fantasy 80K words
Catherine Winters dot com

Against a subtly textured background of mathematical formulae and a hexagonal summoning grid feature a collection of intriguing objects:

The outstretched hand of some mechanical clockwork automaton made of white porcelain.
A purple and gold masquerade mask.
A set of brass architect's tools: a compass, a protractor, calipers.
A set of gears laid out, pulled from some kind of mechanism.

The Pitch
When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had and catches the attention of people she doesn't want to know. Blackmailed into stealing a mysterious box, Nia accidentally awakens a living clockwork doll—that promptly runs away.

Accused of betraying the blackmailers, Nia and her band of would-be thieves go on the run, pursued by magehunters, street gangs, and the secret police.

When the doll returns to make a deal, Nia turns to the man whose lucky coin unlocked her magic, only to find him missing. Caught in a lie, Nia’s soon posing as an heiress, in the clutches of the man’s elderly landlady—who's intent on introducing the girl she knows as “Baarsin” to high society.

As Nia finds herself disappearing into the role, she and her friends must race against time to track down the people behind it all: a secret society of mathematicians whose influence reaches all the way to the governor herself.

Excerpt
Caz tensed. “There’s someone following us,” she hissed.
“I know,” Nia said. The man had been tailing them through the crowd for almost six blocks now. “He won’t be the only one.” She tugged Caz into the empty foyer of a boarding house and pulled out her misdirection charm. “Take my hand and stay quiet!”
“That won’t work on me,” Caz protested.
“No,” Nia said, willing herself to believe. “I can do this.” With all her strength, she pushed more of herself into the charm, the equation unfolding in her mind’s eye. She reached out, and as the world darkened around them, turned the doorknob, Caz clutching her arm. Nia pulled the taller girl close as the man pushed past them, failing to notice the door was already opening.
On the busy sidewalk, Caz let out a breath. A small boy leaning against a nearby lamppost glanced in their direction, an uncertain expression on his young face.
Caz cringed. “Sorry!” she mouthed.

Comps & Tropes
Includes the covers of four books:

Never Ever After by Sue Lynn Tan
Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olsen
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo's
Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland

"Tropes" is loosely used here and includes:
Stealing is magical (literally)
Fish out of water (you probably guessed)
Working for the wrong people
Ancient magic (in over their heads)
The MacGuffin is blackmailing us
"Aren't you a little young to be a criminal?"
Metaphorically dyslexic LI (she's also dyslexic)
Creepy clockwork doll that complains all the time
Good at magic, as long as she has a compass & protractor
Grifter vs. con artist
Sword lesbian (in training)
Lying (a lot)
Found family of scoundrels
Ace protagonist (who hasn't had time to think about that)
One big job and then we can retire (oh no, somehow everything went wrong)
Let's break into a data centre!
No chosen ones, no choosing ceremonies, just hard work and practice.

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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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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LOSING YOU BACKWARD PRIDE & PREJUDICE X TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE When a woman falls for a man who’s been condemned to travel backward in time through their romance, she must defy the Time God to break the curse before the man she loves is erased from her life and time itself. #QuestPit #W #A #F

Mood board for the fantasy novel Losing You Backward: The interior of a Victorian era rail car; Victorians at a ball; an English street, gas lamps; a woman in a ball gown; clocks; an apothecary wall; a Victorian era seaside resort

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M.B.Taylor - Fantasy Author @mbolt89.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BRIDGERTON X PRACTICAL MAGIC with the mystery and amateur sleuth vibes of ENOLA HOLMES When witches start disappearing from the Ton, Seraphina must unravel the mystery before she looses her reputation, her magical tea parlour and her missing best friend Primrose, forever. #SFF #W #MY #A #questpit

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Multiple POVs 🎲 A Bisexual Love Triangle 🃏 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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Athena Lambrou @athena-lambrou.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An #AgentsGuide They Hate Each Other x Imogen, Obviously 💘Bi MC & Bi LI 🛏️Forced proximity (have to share a room) 🏀Basketball jocks ❤️‍🔥Rivals to lovers 😘He calls him pretty boy 💖Secretly yearning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Set in Cardiff, Wales ✨Big 5 imprint editor interest #QuestPit #YA #R #Q

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Neha Yazmin🍉Author | Reader | Dessert Person @nehayazmin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Aaryana is winning the contest that decides who will be the next Queen/King but her enemies at Court—which may include her sisters—are determined to change that 👸ambitious FMC with a soft❤️ 🫅brooding LI who’s protective of his siblings 💕slow🔥hate-to-love 🧜‍♀️ books2read.com/Aaryana1 #booksky #f #ya

Moodboard with seven images and title along the bottom: Heir to the Throne Series. Image 1 is of a young man who appears to have huge angel-wings and a fire burning in the background. Image 2 is a scene of a ship that seems to have crashed against the rocks edging the sea. Image 3 is of a young woman with her arms around a young man. Image 4 depicts a young woman wearing an elaborate gold headpiece studded with blue crystals. Image 5 is of a young woman holding a sword and plummeting in the ocean. Image 6 depicts the outside of a beautiful castle, a huge moon in the sky, and a young woman in a black gown staring at the stars in the sky. The final image is of two ships caught in a storm at sea.

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Kara (Questpit pinned) 🗡️ @karasiert.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST X CASTLE AND THE CLOISTER //Find the truth, even it if kills you.// 💀 Seven deadly sins x monsters 🗡️ Platonic best friends 🩸Chronic illness rep 🥀 Corruption vs. truth 🖤 Complicated families #Questpit #w #ya #f

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Athena Lambrou @athena-lambrou.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

They Hate Each Other X Imogen, Obviously Ares needs to do 3 things in life so he doesn’t let his family down: -Date a nice Cypriot girl -Get into a good university -NOT fall in love with his rival, his sister-in-law’s brother ✨Big 5 imprint editor interest #QuestPit #YA #R #Q

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HAZELTHORN X YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES Portrait of a Fawn- a Gothic, YA Speculative Horror 🦌 #revpit 2026 Winner 🥀botanical eco horror 🥀bickering ghost hunters 🥀a haunted, forest-infested theater 🥀found family & dysfunctional families #Q #YA #H #S #Questpit

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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LIGHT WIELDING & OTHER MORTAL MAGICS In a dark realm where light is toxic and steel is untouchable, a mortal woman with a flashlight and a cosplay sword must ally with a monster king to stop a vengeful demigod. #QuestPit #NA #F #ND #Q

Mood board for the fantasy novel "Light Wielding and Other Mortal Magics."The moon behind the clouds; bats in a cave; a death's head moth, fog in the redwood forest; a lighthouse, cracked earth; a sword. Moth and mushroom details.

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Kaye MC @mermaidkaye.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One Siren • One Curse • A Sea of Secrets The Curse of the Violent Moon 🧜🏾‍♀️ Folklore retelling 🏫 Upper Middle Grade 🐉 Fantasy 🏆 SCBWI WIP winner 📖 54,000 word count #questpit #MG #F #Q

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Sab is making FINAL EDITS ✨ @sabrinamars.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

INUYASHA x SAILOR MOON WHEN LIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH 🪄Portal fantasy 💖Anxious Midwest Magical Girl™️ 🧠 CPTSD rep ✨DBT-coded magic system 🔬women in STEM 💥Forbidden magic ❤️‍🔥Spicy angsty slowburn 🩵Found Family ⚔️Sexy sparring ✨D&D wild magic 🎨: @birdko.art #questpit 📖 #a #rf #w #writesky

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naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In a fantastical alternate 1920's where cowboys still reign and deal with dragons, the world populace fears the Realm of Djinn. Two cowboys in love must journey into the eerie, mythical realm to save a child, but one worries that his brother is after them from within. #QuestPit #W #A #HR #F #LGBT

Moodboard: A falling dark braid with flowers in it. Two men, one dark-skinned and one brown, holding hands. A statue of an elaborate dragon. The raging ocean. A cowboy amid a desert with horses surrounding. The Sahara Desert. A black or brown girl or woman by a New York City amusement park. A man breathing smoke with long falling hair and gaunt look. A black cat with golden eyes peers at the viewer, surrounded by sparkling greenery.

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FLEABAG X MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES When someone from her past finds her and threatens to expose her, she’s at risk of more than being known. 📚 librarian / camgirl 🖊️ buttoned up boss LI 🚫 book banning b plot 🔥 slow burn 🍬 gummy bears to cope 💄 lipgloss names = playlist #QuestPit #Q #A #LF #R

Scrapbook style with graph paper in the background, cut out letters, and doodles.

Photos include: strawberry shake, leopard print lingerie, a camera on a tripod, a microphone, a phone screen with a message, and a library book cart.

Text:

SHAMELESSLY WANTING

-strawberry = new fave / i don’t even like him like that. He’s my boss.

-yourcuck72 loves leopard print

-buy more gummy bears…and a multivitamin

-todo: cry out franklin / don’t do: laugh

-need coffee! Shit…did i text back Riley?

-miles’ pen cap / not weird

-another shift weeding and avoiding coworkers

-who even is Robert and why does he have rules?

-got you a candle boss (totally normal)

-fhman13…why is that name familiar?

-mimosas @11am / tell my cousin I’m a pornstar / she won’t hate me, right?

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Darian Rudderham @darianrudderham.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Desperate to save a rotting city, the caretaker of an incorruptible corpse and the traitor god of an ancient pantheon must find what is causing the destruction. #questpit #W #A #F

A stained glass window. RIpped paper that reads "an agents guide to what lingers between"

The pitch. Rachel Gillig's The Knight and The Moth, Caitlin Starling's The Starving Saints, Rebecca Ross' WIld Reverance. Desperate to save a rotting city, the only god remaining of an ancient pantheon and the caretaker of a sacred, incorruptible corpse must find what is causing the destruction.

A woman with dark curly hair in a simple dress turned away. A woman with brown curly hair in blue and red robes holding a book. A man with dark curly hair in a simple white shirt holding a dagger. The tropes list reads, "yearning, annoyance to lovers, magic as corruption, three POVs, death incarnate, gothic fantasy, rotting city, pristine church, incorruptible corpse, necromantic religion."

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Nicole Ward @authornicoleward.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

TWO CAN PLAY X TILL SUMMER DO US PART 🥊 rivals to lovers ⏳ slow burn 🔥 wicked hot banter 🛌 only one bed 💕 he falls first (and harder) 🙈 hidden identity 🌶️ open door spice 🤓 SLGs GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 is an 82K word contemporary romance set in collegiate esports #questpit #Q #A #R #querying #agentsguide

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Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📚College #CR 💜Aro-ace #LGBT rep 💢Twin rivalry Mia & Liya have never dated so when Liya gets her 1st gf Mia won't be left out, enlisting perfectionist classmate Jolene in a fake dating scheme. But if Mia can't let go of her sister, she'll lose Liya & Jolene #QuestPit #YA #Q

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