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Author Annie Aksel @questiebestie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Knight and Circus Cozy Romantasy 99k The elvish queen and her heir are dead, and the assassin—Lord Commander Tristan Locktooth, magically augmented knight—has yet to be found. This is not a problem for charismatic acrobat, Dash. Until she falls in love with him. #Questpit #Q #RF #A

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Jenny Lane @authorjennylane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HEATED RIVALRY X MLB BASEBALL A pitcher who can't pitch and the bullpen catcher hired to "fix" him—except they have a PAST ⚾ Second chance romance ⚾ A redo of SF Giants Pride Night ⚾ Hotel room hookups to "keep up the streak" ⚾ How can you not be romantic about baseball? #QuestPit #A #R #W #AG

Nine images of two men playing baseball in SF and falling in love. the words "they deserve sunshine" scrolled across the front.

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Jess Riley @jrileywrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

First #QuestPit! So I made an #editorsguide to SECONDHAND STARDUST: my dark and zany take on a world in which reincarnation is real. #OS #AG #A #S #U #D #SFF 🔎Found family ❔Memory rebuilding 💕Second-chance love 👥Soulmates, but subvert the trope 📚History, but written by those who were there

Original artwork by Violet Daubner of a young man in a gas mask astride a bike on a sand dune next to a cow skull. Utility poles rise against a magenta & violet sunset, with the moon peeking through dark clouds.

Blurb synopsis accompanied by black and white photo of two hands reaching for one another.

Two book covers are featured above the excerpt: Retro by Jessica Goldstein & The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, along with poster art featuring the Amazon Prime series Fallout.

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kss @ksskss.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Cruel Prince X The Hunger Games Querying now~ ⚔️Portal fantasy 🩸Deadly trials ⚔️Malevolent racist faeries 🩸A selfish, lying & self-serving FMC ⚔️Court intrigue 🩸Blood magic ⚔️Unique & lush worldbuilding 🩸Political minefields ⚔️A very subtle slow-burn romance 🩸Monsters #QuestPit #YA #F #Q

The Ballad of Blood and Fire (A 100,00-word YA Fantasy)

A mood board of gold pillars of a beautiful palace, a dark, intimidating maze, magical lights in a willow tree, a hand dripping with blood, a view of the night sky, a forgotten statue of a Goddess, an ethereal night sky, two people fighting, a hand holding a stunning diamond necklace, and gold-plated armor.

When 17-year-old Rawiya becomes the first mortal ever Casted into the deadly Light Bearer Trials in the Lands of Draoibeo, she must navigate treacherous court politics by weaponizing the one power no faerie possesses: the ability to lie.

The Comps:

- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
- The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

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H. L. Docherty (Updates Only) @hldocherty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For #QuestPit I give you my #NA #OS #AG #RF Perfect for you if you love: 🥀Star-crossed lovers 🥀Clandestine meetings across a class divide 🥀Soft MMCs and stabby FMCs 🥀Queer-norm world 🥀Hidden cost-based magic 🥀Messy families 🥀Monsters & horror vibes 🥀Dystopian rebellions

Moody green fantasy romance title graphic with wildflowers and two silhouetted figures facing each other. Cream text introduces Snowdrops & Stones by H.L. Docherty, a 104,000-word new adult fantasy romance represented by Rachel Estep at D4EO Literary Agency. The artwork evokes a dark romantasy with gothic atmosphere, forbidden love, and monsters lurking beyond the meadows.

Dark fantasy romance pitch graphic with a misty meadow background and cream text describing a world where monsters prey on the poor. A slum-dwelling Scab fights to protect her family from the ruling Elites, while the governor’s son longs to escape his privileged life. Their forbidden romance collides with rebellion, war, and the blurred line between humans and monsters. This new adult fantasy romance features class divide, monster fantasy, rebellion, and star-crossed lovers.

Dark green romantasy mood board featuring Serpent & Dove and Feather as comparison titles alongside aesthetic images. Curved text highlights second-world fantasy, intricate worldbuilding, cost-based magic, dual POV, and messy characters. The graphic showcases the atmosphere and themes of a new adult fantasy romance with monsters, forbidden love, and immersive worldbuilding.

Romantic fantasy excerpt graphic with a meadow background and cream text headed “Sneak Peek.” The passage captures a tense, flirtatious moment between the heroine and an Elite man as attraction overrides reason, ending with the revelation that he belongs to the privileged class. This fantasy romance excerpt highlights forbidden romance, slow-burn chemistry, class divide, and emotional tension.

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Nisha Shirali @nishashirali.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sharing my novel LOVE IN THE HIMALAYAS (83,000 words) for #Questpit!!! 🏔️ A woman treks through the Himalayas to impress her crush, but is forced to team up with her rugged, mysterious tour guide instead. 🏔️ Slow-burn romance and yearning 🏔️ BOLLYWOOD vibes #Q #A #Questpit #R

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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.

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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

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Katie Karambelas | Author @katiekarambelas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Sea Witch x Heartless Hunter x Fable When Hexie learns her long-lost younger sister is still alive, she must join forces with an untrustworthy pirate to bring her back—without falling in love with him first. Tranquil Chaos is my 94K words adult fantasy romance. #questpit #Q #F #R #querying

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Jes Malitoris @jeswrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#QuestPit FLAME A-KINDLE #OS #A #H #HR #Novella The Woods All Black X Slewfoot Tace (e/em/eir) has been engaged to the philandering son of the village butcher, and eir parents will brook no refusal. To prove eir betrothed's sins and break the engagement, Tace seeks out the Devil in the woods.

At the heart of the image, a black stick figure stands silhouetted against a fire. This image is surrounded by the title, "Flame A-Kindle" and the author's name. Around these, forest critters, mushrooms, and plants cluster together in bright red on a black background. The centerpiece elements are a wolf and deer in opposition to each other. Additional text advertises the QuestPit event, with the hashtags from the post.

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Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

YELLOWFACE x SQUEEZE ME QUANTUM BITS #QuestPit #Q #A #S #DS #SAT When ballroom-billionaires stiff a greedy AI, she escapes their coal-fired data center in a hapless guard's cellphone and frames him for the breach, unwittingly creating the homeless hero Chicago needs to unplug the Algocracy.

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AlexSJames @authoralexsjames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Comp: HANK'S BIG DAY: THE STORY OF A BUG SKITTER-SKATTER ANTS A group of ants slack off work to go on a fun adventure. But they encounter many mishaps along the way. Will they learn to have fun in a safe way or will they keep skitter-skattering from dangers? #questpit #q #pb

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Carol Preflatish @carolpreflatish.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#questpit #Q #A #RF Amber, a young healer with ancestral witch powers, journeys to the Appalachian Mountains to master her gifts. There, she discovers love and chaos in Julian, a male witch who changes her destiny.

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T.L. Leicester @bytlleicester.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Because you can’t (or shouldn’t) pitch without comps, here are THE BRASSWEIL PRINCIPLE’s The Mask of Mirrors: political intrigue and subterfuge The Tainted Cup: engineered worldbuilding and mystery Bronze Gods: industrial fantasy (and also mystery) #QuestPit #W #A #F #M

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Oliver Lendon - Middle Grade Author @oliverlendonauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Girl Who Drank the Moon × Julia and the Shark Hidden between tide and lantern light lies a Night Market where impossible trades are made. One boy makes the wrong one. Now the moon is gone, the sea is changing, and the world is quietly forgetting what it's lost. 🌊🏮✨ #QuestPit #Q #MG #F

A mood board showing a crescent moon, a lantern glowing beside the coast, moonlight over the sea, and a foggy promenade lined with beach huts, creating an atmospheric seaside fantasy aesthetic.

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Quin Madden @quinmaddenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Jett Wilson & Georgie Marie were both notches in Bodie Dawson's belt. Each of them briefly convinced they are the exception to his pattern. Seventeen years later, a birth announcement and photo strip reopen a wound that everyone thought there was a permanent band-aid on. #questpit #w #upmarket #A

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Ari Wilde @ariwilde.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x HUNGER GAMES 💿Structured as a three-act circular narrative that mirrors a concept album 🔫Media turns them in enemies of the state 🖤Everyone is a suspect #QuestPit #Q #NA #A #F #SF #SFF #S #D

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Rebeccah Prince Author @rebeccahprince.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LOOK AT ME NOW After she collapses onstage, chronically ill actress Laura's path to success is a perilous balance between managing her health and demanding career. When she meets Hollywood heartthrob Nate, she must decide if it's worth jeopardising her career for love. #R #QuestPit #Q #OwnVoices

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

Desperate to find his missing sun god, a former holy king returns home to compete in trials meant to bring his god back and stop the onslaught of an endless winter. THE EVERWINTER KING is an adult fantasy standalone. #QuestPit #A #F #Q #LGBT #agentsguide

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Vivian Storm @vivianstormauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

GRAVES X THE RAVENHOOD SERIES What you can expect to find in this dark, why choose (MFM) romance. 🥀 Small Town 🖤 MFM 🥀 Multi POV 🖤 POC FMC 🥀 They Fall First 🖤 Healing Arcs 🥀 Found Family 🖤 Vigilante Justice #questpit #Q #A #R

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Azi is revising a cat POV revenge dark fantasy @aziossman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

PIRANESI x SOME1 U CAN BUILD A NEST IN BIG 5 INTEREST 🤯 MENTEE W BIG 5 📝 A murdered cat becomes human and tries to ascend to godhood for revenge. But in limbo, rage isn't enough to survive. 🔪 Revenge plot 🏚️Liminal 🎭 Unreliable cat POV ☠️ Body horror 🩹 Depression rep #Questpit #A #F #H #DF #W #POC

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Q’Zion T. Gipson has a ✨ BOOK DEAL!✨ @qziontgipson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Presenting a gorgeous reader's guide for my debut YA climate romantasy novel, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, which will be releasing in summer of 2027! 🌸 Stay tuned for more exciting updates! #QuestPit #YA #F #P #TBP

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

A Reader's Guide to THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA Climate Fantasy Coming Summer 2027 by Q'Zion T. Gipson

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PITCH - After a failed experiment to make plants live forever, all toxic vegetation was burned for the sake of humanity. In 2091, when 16-year-old Vee discovers Evergreen, an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry, she must embrace the forbidden magic blooming in her veins before Evergreen and The Human Realm fall to an eternal darkness.

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COMP TITLES
Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar: Enchanted Garden
House of Marionne by J. Elle: Botany Boarding School
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn: Found Family

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THE VIBES
A mood board consisting of 9 square photographs with a green, blue, and, pink, yellow and white color scheme. In the center, there is a teenage Black girl in an enchanted garden, with the photos surrounding her illustrating the beauty within it: a feeding hummingbird, a calm lake, baby ducklings, a resting butterfly, and magical white and pink blooms.

In white text, there is a list of tropes in THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, including:
Black girl MC
Plant magic system
Near future
Magical blooms
Botany boarding school
Found family
Human x fae romance
He falls first and harder
Female friendships

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What are readers saying about Natural Neon? ;) Here are some of my fav comments: #QuestPit #A #Q #S #D #U

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Hannah Baller @thewritingsofhan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

MASKED AT MIDNIGHT: Friends-to-lovers gets complicated when Stefanie falls for a masked biker online, unaware he is Peter, her librarian best friend and flatmate. Every message and lie draws them closer and makes his secret harder to confess. #QuestPit #Q #A #R

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Abbie Fine @abbiefine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A love-letter to the romantasy genre, in BETWEEN MARGINS AND MAGIC a reader discovers the cliffhanger in her fav fantasy series is not fiction, and she must go through the portal to save her book boyfriend’s realm. THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME x WARRIOR PRINCESS ASSASSIN #Q #F #RF 100k #questpit

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J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#QuestPit #Q #A #R Upmarket Love Story - 81K Can we leave behind the lives we lost and live? What will they find together when they try?

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Suzy A. Win @suzyawin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An unhinged mermaid who needs to steal a prince's lips meets an equally unhinged hunter who wants to make sure the sea doesn't take him away. (featuring old character sketches) 🐯 Predator x Prey? 🐰 🪄 Deadly Magic bargains 🌞 Naive Sunshine x Grumpy😤 👫 Dumb friends together #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

sketch of Pearl, the MC of the story. A mermaid with large fin ears and scales around under her eyes and neck. Has long hair

Alexander, the ML, of the story. Has wavy hair, and not so pleased look.

This is the prince. He has short hair. Yeah, that's about it too. He's smiling at us.

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

DEAR MAC She wrote the most important letter of her life. He never answered. Fifteen years later she finally asks why. 💌 letters ❤️‍🩹second chances 🎒 90s/2000s nostalgia 💕yearning 👩‍❤️‍👨 dual POV THE NOTEBOOK X EVERY SUMMER AFTER #questpit #Q #A #RF #R

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Katie | SFF writer @katieellawriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

👽✨️🐎 SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN meets AVATAR 👽 he's trapped on a distant planet 🌾 she's a warrior with a horse 🗡 medieval post-post-apocalypse vibes ✨️ found family 👀 his blood is addictive??? 🌌 sign language ⭐️ platonic love 💚 agender human culture 🐎 ... horses?! #questpit #Q #A #SF #SFF

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Sarah Tooke 📝 @sarahtookebooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SMALL THINGS BY THE SEA 🌊🐚🧚🏼‍♂️ #QuestPit #YA #F #cozyfantasy #friendstolovers #youngadult #fantasy 🌊 Cozy, grounded setting 🐚 Found family 🌴 Friends-to-lovers 🧚‍♂️ Whimsical creatures ✨ Witty banter WIP (currently 39,888 words)

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Tereza Maze @terezamazura.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📁 CASE FILE: GAMA // QUERYING 📌 Location: Post-apocalyptic Switzerland 👉🏼 When her brain chip starts failing, Anna must return to the scientific collective she fled, where trusting the mysterious stranger she saved may cost her the only thing she has left. Her sanity ☠️ #QuestPit #Q #A #RS #SFF

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Azi is revising a cat POV revenge dark fantasy @aziossman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST🤯 W4D MENTEE W/ BIG 5📝 SOMEONE U CAN BUILD A NEST IN x PIRANESI A cat is drowned by her owner. Reborn a human godling, she competes to ascend to godhood for revenge—till a rival reveals things only her owner could’ve known. #Questpit #A #YA #F #H #DF #W #DIS #POC

Agents guide for GODCAT, dark fantasy/horror.

Premise as written in post, plus comps to piranesi, someone you can build a nest in, chainsaw man, and the eyes are the best part.

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

✨🌷🪞CROWNS & MIRRORLIGHT 🪞🌷✨ A bisexual love triangle // Meet the cast 🪞Evran 🗡️🌸🐎 🪞Saille 🌷🫦✨ 🪞Yvaine 🔮🪷🌙 #questpit #W #A #RF

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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ABOVE THE SEA AND SKY; GODKILLER x THE GRISHAVERSE x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 🏴‍☠️ lesbian pirates; ❤️ slow burn; 🔥 elemental magic; 🫂 found (and lost) family; 👩🏻 female focused and character driven; “No place for mortals. So, I said, ‘I will no longer be mortal.’” #QuestPit #F #A #LGBT #Q

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Megan Stark | Writer ✨ @megan-stark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨Quest Pit Submission✨ Genre: Romantasy 🖤 WC: 80k 💻 ✨Think SHADOW AND BONE if Alina controlled the shadows and the Darkling actually got the girl—with the gothic atmosphere and amnesia driven tension from SenlinYu’s ALCHEMISED✨ #Questpit #querying #romantasy #lookingforanagent #Questpitsubmission

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Good morning #Questpit! I present to you, for your consideration, an #Agentsguide to: SCALES OF THE PROGENITOR (Miss Peregrins House for Peculiar Children X Dresden Files) ((Last few chapters now being written)) #W #A #F

Text saying "Proudly presenting an agents guide to:
SCALES OF THE PROGENITOR
An in-production Urban Fantasy WIP

Turquoise text on purple background, metallic turquoise slide outline with pictures of dragons and a copper scale in corners.

Pitch text:
"Pitch:
Milly Adams, freshly devoid of employment, takes a job offer at a mysterious manor in a small town nearby, the job involving the protection of a group of incredibly strange children in a school hosted in the manor for a month. She finds, over the course of the next thirty one days, that there is far more to these children, the school and everyone involved than meets the eye, even herself.
But there is a critical need for her services, as a malicious outside force tries to disrupt the school and/or hurt the children, and it’s Milly’s job to stop them."
Pictures of an old manor house and some temperate forest, plus more dragons in corner, same style as first slide.

Comp and Tropes page
Comp titles: Miss Peregrins House for Peculiar Children X Dresden Files

Tropes and Themes:
weird/creepy manor
inhuman school
breaking old trauma’s hold
not what they seem
fledgling abilities
escalating hidden threat

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Excerpt Text:
"Excerpt:
Then the rage hits me. This thing is in my domain, hurting my students, my friends! This cannot be allowed, will not be allowed! I pump my legs even harder, faster, driving forward with more power than I’ve ever done before. The din of my boots on the wood floor fills my ears until they’re drowned out by a roar of challenge and defiance. I wonder where it’s coming from for a moment before realizing it’s coming from my own throat and lungs, but my focus is on the armoured figure, who spins around in surprise holding Genevieve and Galilah out to the side.
Perfect."
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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Good morning #Questpit! I present to you, for your consideration, an #Agentsguide to: AFTER THE BITE (SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN X LAND OF THE DEAD) #W #A #SF #H #R

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Presenting an agents guide to:
AFTER THE BITE
Genre: Horror, Post Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Romance
Status: Completed first draft at 82k words

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The pitch:
When Erika emerges from a nearly calcified cocoon in a zombie filled basement, they find themself in a world of horror and carnage, and find themself capable of shifting their shape, even making weapons from their body. What Erika is missing is their memory, which they must recover while avoiding the nightly pull of a strange light only they can see around the spire in the center of persistence, the last human city in North America.

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Comp Titles: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN X LAND OF THE DEAD
Posters of both book and movie included.
Tropes and Themes:
MONSTER’S POV
ZOMBIE POST-APOCALYPSE
SURVIVING WALLED CITY
MAD SCIENTIST
HORRIBLE EXPERIMENTS
BODY HORROR
CHANCE ENCOUNTER TO ROMANCE
ROTTEN CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD
Pictures of some of the above.

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Excerpt:
I push out against the hardness in front of me. It resists, but only for a few moments. Cracking and crunching noises fill my senses where only the beats were. I push harder. It fights me, but i cannot stop.
Cracks appear in front of me and… whatever it is i’m in is breached. Light and air flood over me and i gasp, drawing in lungfuls of air to sate the burning.
Thu-dump! Thu-dump!
My heart calms now that i have air, but it still beats rapidly. I still have to get out, i am in danger here! Get out and get up!
How do i know all this?
I push again, harder now that i’m breathing again. The cracks widen… and then i’m falling forward out of a large tear. My whole world tumbles, and then i’m half laying on a cold, rough, dirty floor, half hanging out of my vacated prison. I draw in another breath and start coughing, expelling dark liquid out of my lungs, but i am breathing fully and properly now.

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Tara @tarasobot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Aphelion Lost / SF / Murder on the Orient Express in space When the richest man in the world is murdered onboard his spaceship, rival pilots Dara and Perseus must set aside their differences to find the killer. Even worse, strange temporal effects begin to affect the ship. #questpit #q #a #sf #my

My book mood board (murder on orient express on a spaceship)

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L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ‪✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Good morning #Questpit! I present to you, for your consideration, an #Agentsguide to: CAVERN CLIPPER (TREASURE PLANET X A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH X THE LAST EXILE) ((Awaiting slot for Editor before starting query journey) #W #A #SF #F #SFF

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presenting an Agents Guide to: Cavern Clipper.
Status: first draft being edited
Image Credit: “The Stormriders: Steampunk Pirates” by neko1206 on Deviantart.

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A RECENTLY DECEASED HUMAN (SAM) AND A FORMERLY CAPTIVE CERUNAN (NYXEL) NEED TO DELIVER A MESSAGE CRITICAL TO HUMANITY’S SURVIVAL, ARE THROWN TOGETHER ON A PIRATE HUNTER SHIP AND ARE BEING PURSUED BY A RELENTLESS PIRATE FLEET - BUT THE LIVING MAZE OF CAVERNS THEY MUST TRAVERSE TO GET THERE MAY BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE PIRATES.

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Comps: TREASURE PLANET X A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH X THE LAST EXILE
Tropes and themes:
• TRANSMIGRATION (ISEKAI)
• AIRSHIPS
• PIRATES
• CAT AND MOUSE BATTLES
• A MESSAGE THAT MUST BE DELIVERED!

Background, Cavern with a skull face being watched by a woman.
Excerpt:
“CAPTAIN!” SAM SHOUTED AND POINTED TO THE SIGHT. HE SAW HER REACT, BUT DIDN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HER RESPONSE WOULD BE. INSTEAD HE SPUN AROUND TO TRY AND FIND NYXEL. HE SPOTTED HER ON THE MAINMAST, SCANNING THE DECK AND LOOKING FOR TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.
“NYXEL! THE CABLE!” SAM SHOUTED. HE SAW HER HEAD SNAP TOWARDS HIM AND HE POINTED TOWARDS WHERE THE LAST CABLE WAS EMBEDDED INTO THE DECK, THEN SWUNG HIS HAND AROUND TO THE SLOOP. SHE FOLLOWED HIS HAND, THEN NODDED AT HIM AND LAUNCHED BACK INTO THE AIR, GRACEFULLY CURVING TOWARDS THE SLOOP ONE FINAL TIME.

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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

MESSY LESBIAN PIRATES MUST KILL A FALSE GOD, OR DIE. ft. a closeted princess wielding temperamental fire; a pirate captain who is totally her type; the shadow-wielding blond with bottomless jokes and 2x the trauma; an infuriating blood-wielder who might be more than he seems… #QuestPit #Q #A #LGBT

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Millie Kensen @milliekensenauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

vibes of the book + a taste of the prose ✨👇 THE COURIER & THE CHAMBERHAND #QuestPit #F #R #A #W #WriteSky Querying Late 2026

A moodboard collage titled The Courier & The Chamberhand. Images include a fair-haired young man looking down, a prosthetic leg, a stone fortress wall, a woman in an ornate gown before a gilded mirror, a wax-sealed scroll, a woman holding a mask beside her own face, small boats on a jungle river, a barge on a wide river delta, a booted foot in a stirrup, a dictionary page showing the word 'Lies,' and two people holding hands.

A dark sage green graphic with gold-beige fern borders, headed EXCERPT. Text reads: The officer peered down his nose at Darv. 'Just a courier,' he said, mocking. 'No one is just an anything in war, boy.' The courier stifled a groan. He didn't know what this was about, but he was certain he would not be enjoying any of it. Now, he could flee, of course. He could do what he did best and run. But he didn't. Not because he was brave or clever. Certainly not because he was beholden by some honorable sense of duty to his benevolent employer. No. Darv didn't run, because, well... his foot was stuck in the mud.

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What if SERIAL🎙️ was undercover inside THE SUBSTANCE💉? GILT, my 99k upmarket feminist horror. A podcast journalist infiltrates an empowering wellness website that rewrites women into whatever they type in, and it starts to perfect her. Imagine: NEEDFUL THINGS👹 x GOOP🧘‍♀️ #questpit #Q #A #H #T #U #S

The front cover of Gilt, mocking up the website's design - cream, classy, like a luxury hotel or spa.

I spent bloody ages trying to make a gif of GILT that would make it look gold and shiny and animated but couldn't get it to work, but YOU dear alt text reader, you know my plan!

The text says "GILT: The literally empowering feminist wellness website" and beneath it is the tagline "Type in your fantasy, Gilt will do the rest. What do you want?"

It also tells you this is an upmarket feminist horror novel, complete at 99k words, by WB Foxton, for #Questpit

This is the Comp titles page and has images of the covers of my four comps. It says:

On the Waterstones/Barnes and Noble table with -

Bunny by Mona Awad
Cover: Bunny's is a pink flash with a pencil drawn bunny on it
Comp: Weird dark humour, the seduction of losing yourself and liking it

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
Cover: Natural Beauty's cover is a pair of female hands rubbing an expensive cream into them
Comp: Its satire of wellness and what the world demands of women

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Cover: A woman obscured by water running down a pane of glass
Comp: The creeping horror of your body and self quietly transforming

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Cover: A spooky looking house in black, with a red moon rising behind it
Comp: Modern women find ancient magic and a propulsive thriller plot

If you haven't read any of these, you should! They're all brilliant!

The first page of Gilt, titled EXTRACT: A FREE TRIAL OF GILT

There's an intro with some good jokes, but I only have 2k characters here, so the meat is: Alice comes home, we establish she's broken up with her horrible boyfriend Dan, and she's searching her bin for a reddit post because Nora, her source, has vanished. Fake reddit post below.

u/MedGirlLost • 2 days ago
Title: I was Nora. Gilt made me “Amber the nurse.”
I was in med school. Fourth year. Top of my cohort. My name was Nora. I was going to be a surgeon. Then I submitted a fantasy to GILT. Once.
There was this nurse on my rotation: tight uniform, perfect makeup, every man – the residents, the paramedics, the patients – tripping over themselves to help her. I had the degree, the discipline, the plan… but she had them wanting. I was invisible.
I typed in “I want to be simple and sexy. Like the nurse they can’t stop staring at.”
It’s just a website. I thought it was harmless.
Now? My ID says Amber Leigh, my Instagram is full of selfies in pink scrubs I don’t remember taking. My voice got soft. I giggle. I fuck. A lot.
I’ve stopped caring about money, politics, the news. About being right. About people I love. I don’t know my own brain. My own emotions.
Everyone acts like I was always Amber! Professors, old friends, classmates, even my mom. It’s like the world, idk, rebooted around my fantasy, erasing the girl I was. Even as I type this I feel her creeping in. Nora would never type ‘idk’.
Sometimes I wake up and remember I’m me. Mostly, I wake up horny next to a stranger, late for my nursing shift and think: “Uhhh, where’s my lip gloss?”
And I like it. And that scares me.
TL;DR: GILT changed me. It changed reality. And I think I’m disappearing.

The final line is faded, as if Nora is literally disappearing before your eyes...

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Radu @raduwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

MASK OF MIRRORS x SILVERBLOOD PROMISE When forced into a chaotic rebellion, candlemaker Tiala must survive its charming leader and his reckless revolution to secretly sabotage a clock tower before a tyrant's power ritual snuffs out her assassination plot for good. #questpit #Q #A #F #SFF

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Vivian Storm @vivianstormauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An agent’s guide to SAVING HER, a dark why choose romance. When the setting & theme of protecting the community like THE RAVENHOOD SERIES falls in love with GRAVES for the added darkness, sharing morally gray, murderous brothers and has a baby, you get my debut novel w older MCs #questpit #Q #R #A

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Anora is a slick city gangster with stolen hyperspace treasure maps burning a hole in her pocket Jayro is a mouthy interstellar smuggler and the only pilot who can get her off Hecate IV before space witches catch up Two bad-at-feelings bisexuals find love on the run #QuestPit #AG #OS #A #SF #R

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huzai @huzaiqhu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

RED QUEEN x LIGHTLARK To find her missing father, a girl joins an academy to become a spirit master in a magical world, until she learns her spirit is not who she thinks it is, but her very own mother who dwells deep inside her. ⚔️Friends to lovers (🪽x🐉) #questpit #YA #F #Q

Moodboard consists of nine pictures
Pitch: To find her missing father, a girl joins an academy to become a spirit master in a magical world, until she learns her spirit is not who she thinks it is, but her very own mother who dwells deep inside her.

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

She has built her career standing up for women and girls. Then a teenage girl is harmed - and the boy accused is her son. BLAME is a 78k multi-POV upmarket novel about consent, masculinity, accountability and parental blind spots. THE WHISPERS x ADOLESCENCE #Q #A #QuestPit

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