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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

THE CRAFT x MIDSOMMAR A cursed witch must steal a magical herb from her ex-girlfriend’s orchard before her coven sacrifices her to an ancient, power hungry forest deity 🍂appalachian folklore 🍄sentient orchard 🪱body & plant horror 🩸magic has a cost #PosterPit #W #A #F #R

THE ORCHARD

96k Adult Romantic Fantasy

Beautifully dark, whimsical and very very weird - beta feedback

Please keep me in mind when you query this! - agent feedback

Starring: Chris Monroe, Gwendolyn Alderman, Oliver Pacquet

Trope list:
Fake dating, messy sapphics, diverse queer cast, magic has a price, Virginian countryside, Appalachian folklore, curly covens, dark cottagecore, rotten fruit metaphors, everyone’s a bit unhinged

COMING SOON THIS FALL

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

82k sapphic horrormance with ✨ X3 Big 5 editor interest ✨ 🪦 cryptid folklore from the Southern U.S 💋 queer coming-of-age 🗝️ atmospheric LA setting as a character 🫀 girls becoming monsters 🔪 socio-political commentary 🩸 body horror #PosterPit #Q #YA #H #R

Movie poster that reads:

HEART OF THE BAYOU—The deadly legends prowling the bayous of Louisiana eat more than just sinful souls, and one wants Elle’s heart for her own . . . 🫀

Starring: Elle Tillet, Rhea Duran, Grace Wilson, and Olivia Miller

Pitch:
Deadly cryptids roam the swamps of Louisiana, but when their bloodthirsty hunting sprees corner the paranormal clinic 17yo Elle works at, she must finally accept her own monstrosity, or have her soul stolen in the process . . . 🫀

NOW in an inbox near you!

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

WILDER GIRLS x THE COVEN TENDENCY x THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT When bloodthirsty cryptids corner the paranormal clinic 17yo Elle works at, she must finally accept her own monstrosity in order to save her family—or have her soul stolen in the process . . . 🫀 #PosterPit #Q #YA #H #R

Movie poster that reads:
HEART OF THE BAYOU—Cryptids aren’t the only monsters stealing hearts in this swamp

With x3 Big 5 Editor interest, Longlisted in RevPit 2026, and 10+ requests.

HEART OF THE BAYOU is an absolutely smashing concept, and we can’t wait to see where it lands! - agent feedback

Now in inboxes!

(Fine print below)
A24 and Horrorfilms present HEARTOF THE BAYOU Starring: ELLE TILLET RHEA DURAN and GRACE WILSON
Music by: Sounds of the Swamp Editor(s): Thanks to my Beta Readers <3 Filming Locations: New Roads, LA.
& Mobile, AL. Reviews: this book has both grossed people out with the body horror, and made them cry with the monstrous self-discovery arc-HEART OF THE BAYOU contains multitudes which may induce hysterics and the theft of your soul. For brave monster-loving audiences only.
It you are still reading the fine print down here, then not only do you have better eyesight than me, but you also have my unwavering gratitude for being so incredibly interested in this book. Truly, thank you <3

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FT Zahra @ftzahra.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

After a crazy few weeks, I'm thrilled to announce that I'm now represented by Lucy Balfour at WME Books! Her vision and enthusiasm for THE DEATH AND DIFFRACTION OF SAFA RIZWAN blew me away. I'm so excited to work with her and so keen to take this next step into my writing journey!

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Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Coming now to the query trenches! My We Need Diverse Books mentorship project, THE VENGEANCE OF SONS, is ready to send out! Here's the #agentsguide #writingcommunity #amquerying

A brown background with white text that reads: The Vengeance of Sons by Jason L. an agent's guide

A trope list that steadily gets more unhinged, starting with "YA romantasy" and going to "If you've ever looked at the girl disguises as a boy trope and thought it was trans, this is the book for you" and "The trauma didn't make him kind, it made him a bit of an a-hole". There is also a pitch, that reads: Ten years after an empress slaughtered his family and conquered his country, trans male former princess Finn has returned home with one goal, to take it all back. Prince Rory, on the other hand, is just trying to survive in an empire where discovery of his illegal magic could get him killed. When the boys cross paths, sparks fly, even as Finn starts leaving bodies for the empress to find. After Rory is assigned by his mother to find the mystery killer, a game of deadly cat-and-mouse begins, and the boys must make a choice: cling to each other and risk their lives, or cling to revenge and lose a chance at love.

Four comp titles are listed: Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi, Queen of Faces by Petra Lord, and Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno. There is an excerpt of a scene where Prince Rory is talking to Finn, and Finn says, "I'm not good with this." "With what?" Rory crossed his arms. "Feelings." Finn said the word like it was gross. "Life would be so much easier if no one cared about anyone." He threw the knife again. "Why do you say that?" Rory asked. "Because," Finn said, yanking the knife from the post. "Maybe we're not so different. Your sister. My family." He talked like he was uncomfortable. "Is that bad?" Rory raised an eyebrow. He couldn't see why similarity wasn't a good thing. "No. Yes. I don't know." This last, said by Finn.

Three memes in a mood board: One is a text message conversation that reads: can you come collect your freak of a man please, he's doing things. The reply is: No I set him loose on purpose. He needs enrichment. Another is a Tumblr post that reads: love when a dynamic is like. this would be deeply toxic for anyone else but considering the people involved this is actually far and away the healthiest option. The final post reads: First off through unimaginable violence all things are possible so jot that down.

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉 This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here! You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕

manuscriptwishlist.com

The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

#RevPit was one of my very first mentorships I submitted to last year, and I was thrilled to be selected in the 10queries and have since learned so much because of it!! I can’t wait to submit again with a new project—if I can manage to narrow down my editor choices from 6 to 3! 👀

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Azi is revising a cat POV revenge dark fantasy @aziossman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

An #agentsguide to STARSENT, my MISTBORN x HOUSE OF THE BEAST friends-to-enemies YA secondary world Fantasy, or “Friendtasy”, complete at 106k words, already with Big 5 Editor interest! I’m now officially #amquerying so if you’d like to see this, lemme know! 💫

An agent's guide to STARSENT, by azi ossman

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Read the beginning of this and it was absolute 🔥🔥🔥 Deliciously creepy prose, paired with a hooky premise and SUCH a relatable FMC ‼️

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Laura Wilding @laurawilding.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAERIES X DIVINE RIVALS 📖 Cozy, light academia 🌿 Soft FMC studying nature-based magic 🌸 Hidden garden steeped in secrets 🏛️ Academic rivals-to-lovers 💌 Slow-burn romance 🍃 Legacy, ambition, and belonging #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF

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Bookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🌲Spooky mountainside town 📷 missing hikers 🌲 aloof and mysterious bartender with plenty of secrets to hide 📷 suspicious locals 🌲#ownvoice Indigenous, Queer, and Autistic rep #Questpit #A #AG #PR #H #W

Water dripping off leaf, old motel sign, mountainside river, girl in leather jacket, wild howling, girl on computer, hand and wild print, foggy forest, missing posters, full moon

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted. #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist

Left to right.

Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building.

Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down.

Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.

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Natalie is ✨ writing a new thing✨ @natalielouise83.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before his own budding romance ends in tragedy. #questpit #A #G #T #Q

Image of a woman’s face half displayed and cut away to reveal a skull. Floral vines frame the central image. The text reads ‘Woodbine’ with the d and b forming a heart.

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trang ☆ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Sharing my #agentsguide for CONDUCT OF MAGES, an #A #F for fans of JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS When her mentor goes missing Gemma teams up with fellow mage, Ren, to uncover a plot to eradicate mages…one that involves the emergence of a mysterious stone that mimics their powers. #questpit #Q #querying

cover page that says CONDUCT OF MAGES, an adult fantasy complete at 102K words on a moody dark background showing a brown building and orange and yellow paper lanterns

text reads THE VIBES and lists: energy magic, heists & scheming, found family, research subplot, slooow burn, female role models, SE Asian setting. placed on a moody dark background showing a brown building and orange and yellow paper lanterns

text reads FOR FANS OF and then six book covers are displayed, from top left to bottom right: JADE CITY, JASAD HEIR, MISTBORN, HEARTLESS HUNTER, BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, and SIX OF CROWS

text reads EXCERPTS. the first is labeled FIRST LINE, and reads “Gemna was sorting through a basket of sparrowberries when she found out that her existence had been outlawed.” the second text bid is labeled CHAPTER 4 and reads: “In all fairness, Yala had never specified just how flammable elderfire was.

The heat was instantaneous and overwhelming. Gemna felt it scorch the edges of her sleeves before she pulled in the energy from the flames and, when she was nearly bursting with it, diverted it towards the two Hands at the front of the shop. The fire died harmlessly at her feet before it could eat its way into the hidden cellar below.”

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Isabelle 🫀 editing @qqueenlyart.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A Certain Hunger X Diavola Critical Position's first #Agentguide 🫀Why choose love triangle 🫀Misogyny in chess 🫀Eat the rich like that one Dutch minister 🫀Too many beds and using none of them #H #R #A #W #Questpit

Title "Critical positions" with subtitle "a horror novel (with romance)" over a background of a filled dinner table

On the left is a brown and red moodboard and on the right is a pitch for the novel critical positions

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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

celebrating #questpit with a new #agentguide !! Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive. 🐊 RevPit 25 winner 🐊 big 5 editor interest #Q #MG #H

green tree grove in the background. At the top, Green on black, it says KNOWING THE TWINS with an agent’s guide right underneath. lower left black paint swipe with green writing says: Upper MG Horror, multiple POVs, 1920s setting. lower right black paint swipe with green writing says: #RevPit 2025 winner, big 5 editor interest.

dark green background, title says THE PITCH. on the left are two green moodboards. the top one has weeping willows reaching water, a hand reaching from a tree trunk, a lake surrounded by trees, hands reaching for each other, a house surrounded by trees and a lake, someone running out of sight in a maze, a lake surrounded by trees, candlesticks on tree branches, and a pier jutting out into water. The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads. on the left, over a white drawing of a crocodile: Summer, 1920. Eight children must play 14-year-old Alistair’s dangerous games, where understanding him may be the only way to outpace him—and escape the summer alive. How do you survive a puppet master when you’re his marionette?

light green background, title at the bottom centre says THE COMPS with tree drawings on either side. at the top centre are three pictures of three book covers. THE WRONG WAY HOME by Kate O’Shaughnessy has an arrow saying “internally-driven conflict & revelatory abuse”. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding has an arrow saying “adult-free environment & emergency hierarchy”. NOT QUITE A GHOST by Anne Ursu has an arrow saying “psychological stakes”.

dark green background. title in the top centre is THE THEMES. underneath is a list: abandonment, sibling opposites, parentification, reclaiming girlhood, dangers of a saviour complex, wanting to be closer to the monster, how to survive abuse, the ways fear transforms you, puberty a loss of freedom. behind the list is a drawing of a weeping willow. on the right is a drawing of a Manor House. on the left are drawings of an old 1920s phone, some berries and fire.

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Melanie is querying @melanielocke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x THE RAVEN SCHOLAR 👁️ a gay seer determined to fake it till he makes it 🚒 a butch lesbian firefighter who thinks she's the Chosen One 😱 a Fear based apocalypse set to end the world Without a real Chosen One, what could possibly go wrong? #Questpit #A #F #LGBT #ND #Q

Opening page to agent's guide. Text: Agent's guide to You are Not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke. Placed at the center of an artdeco frame with black and golden coloring

Part two of the agent's guide. Artdeco background with black and gold. Pitch: When Seer Cass learns there's no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she's the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. Comps on the right with covers and a poster. The Umbrella Academy season 1 poster, the Last Hour between World, the Raven Scholar, Dark Rise.

Snippet. Same background as previous picture, with messy paper on top. Text: “How did it feel?” she asked, voice soft. Careful.
For a moment he looked at her, eyes like broken glass. He sat up, fists clenched. “Bad! It feels fucking bad, okay? But it doesn’t matter. If I have to kill one man to save a village then that is what I will do. You can’t save the world without getting blood on your hands. And the worst thing is, it didn’t even work.”
Esti didn’t know what to say. Cass stared into the distance, arms wrapped tight around his body. He’d never looked so small before. And yet Esti knew what he was capable of. It mattered little how he felt, his sorrow didn’t bring the mayor back. And perhaps he would have died no matter what. Perhaps Cass had done the best he could in impossible circumstances. But Esti couldn’t forget he’d murdered a man in cold blood.
“I didn’t ask for this, you know.” Bitterness spilled out like a basilisk’s venom. “Being the seer meant to stop the Fear, having only one year left.”

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Excitedly presenting an #agentguide for HEART OF THE BAYOU, my sapphic horror-romance—now in an inbox near you!! 🫀Deep Southern cryptids 🫀sapphic pining 🫀coming of rage 🫀monsters as a metaphor for queerness & disability 🫀 ✨Big 5✨ editor interest x2 #questpit #YA #Q #H #R #LGBT

An agent’s guide to: HEART OF THE BAYOU
A YA Horror-Romance

The pitch:

The deadly legends that prowl the bayou eat more than just souls— and one wants Elle's heart for her own ...

When a paranormal migration brings a slew of deadly soul-eating cryptids to the quiet swamps of Louisiana, subsequently cornering the paranormal clinic 17-year-old Elle works at—she must find out why the bloodthirsty monsters are migrating before BOLT, a paranormal branch of the FBI, threatens to shut down the clinic and arrest its supernatural patients.
But when she discovers her crush is hiding some monsters of her own, the kind of cryptid that might just take down the clinic and Elle's heart—she'll have to decide if she's ready to take the girl's advice and finally risk letting her own inner monsters out of the closet ...

Comps:
They Bloom at Night, I Feed Her to the Beast, A Feast for the Eyes, This Ravenous Fate, Hear Her Howl, The Coven Tendency

Snippet from HEART OF THE BAYOU:

I'd heard of the brutality of how these cryptids killed. How the survivors were lucky if you managed to escape with only an arm lost. How they enjoyed ripping people from flesh to tendons and finally bone, before they dove for the final kill and snapped their prey's neck, the tell-tale halo of blood flowering above their victims' heads

I only hoped there was something I could salvage once the beast finished.
The man's shrieks didn't cease until the monster's eyes glowed brighter, rubies sparkling in the center of a dangerous black mass. His body stilled, transfixed in terror. A silent scream began to pry his lips apart as if drawn by an invisible force. I winced, the sounds of bones clicking, dislocating, and popping as the man's eyes rolled to the back of his head. A fleshy lump burst through his shirt, pulsating and twisting like worms had taken ahold of his skin.

Tropes & Vibes:
“Only one bed”
Abandoned houses & creepy dockyards
Sociopolitical commentary
Neurodivergent, queer & anxiety rep
Lesbian MC’s
Cryptids & legends from the Deep South
Small town horror
The monster wins in the end . . .
Sassy x Stabby FMC’s

Central moodboard:
Swamp pictures, an orange moon, flannels, heart-shaped carabiners, a “don’t go into the woods” sign, girls kissing, a religious sign, a truck in a field

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

When the line between friendly and deadly cryptids begins to blur, Elle discovers her crush is hiding some monsters of her own. One that might just take the clinic, and Elle’s heart, down with her if she doesn’t finally risk letting her own inner monsters out of the closet. #DVpit #YA #H #R #LGBT

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

👻 EIGHT ghosts 🕵️ FOUR suspects 🌸 ONE monstrous flower The Greer Estate used to be revered for its rare botanicals, but now guests leave with tales of horror, missing limbs, and sometimes not at all . . . 🥀 Can two girls unravel this Iris-istibly deadly mystery?? #DVpit #MG #H #Mys #ND #LGBT

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

THE COVEN TENDENCY x THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT A #YA horrormance featuring: 🫀body horror 🪦Southern Gothic setting 💋 lesbian angst + ”she falls first but *she* falls harder” 🗝️ neurodivergent, queer & anxiety rep 🩸cryptids, witches, & skin walkers, oh my! ⚜️ ✨Big 5✨ editor interest #DVpit #H #R #LGBT

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . . 🥀 Victorian high society 🥀 cottageGORE & botanical horror 🥀 spooky séances 🥀 ✨Big 5✨ editor interest x2 #DVpit #MG #H #Mys #ND #LGBT

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Deadly cryptids roam the swamps of Louisiana, but when their bloodthirsty hunting sprees corner the paranormal clinic 17 yo Elle works at, she must challenge her beliefs of what truly makes a monster once she learns the girl she likes is one of the same monsters destroying her home #DVpit #YA #H #R

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

13 yo Maggie teams up with Adelaide, the morbid heir of Greer Manor, to solve a deadly murder mystery. But as more people disappear, they soon discover the rare botanical specimens in the Manor's greenhouse may have a taste for more than just bugs— Beware the plants you trod on…🥀 #DVpit #MG #H #Mys

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

THIS RAVENOUS FATE x MEN IN BLACK The deadly legends that prowl the bayou eat more than just souls—and one wants Elle’s heart for her own . . . 🫀Deep Southern cryptids 🫀sapphic pining 🫀coming of rage 🫀monsters as a metaphor for queerness & disability #DVpit #YA #H #R #LGBT #ND #MH

Moodboard from left to right: swampy road, a person in a flannel, an orange moon, a sign that reads: don’t go into the woods, a house sinking into a river, an ac unit in a window, a blue truck in a field at night, two girls kissing, a religious sign reads: are you going to heaven?

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

If your hashtag searching is not working for #DVpit we created a feed for the hashtag. Please always try to search the hashtag first, but this feed includes all posts under the hashtag as well. We will update during the day as we learn more from bsky bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds—but in Greer Manor, so will the flowers . . . 🥀 🔍 whodunnit mystery 🥀 deadly botanicals 🗝️ “Everyone in this manor has secrets” 🍃 searching the lake at night 🕷️ creepy crawlies & ghosts #DVpit #MG #Mys #H #LGBT #ND #MH

Moodboard images from left to right:
an abandoned greenhouse, a fancy staircase in an English manor, a black and white photo of a Victorian girl, a picture of purple belladonna, a Venus flytrap eating a fly, a indoor conservatory with ferns, a Victorian woman holding a skull, an abandoned mansion, a person drowning beneath water lilies.

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#DVparty Day 3: opening lines from my sapphic horrormance I didn’t enjoy starting my Saturday morning with blood already under my nails. The cryptid’s thin lips curled into a wicked grin, revealing rotten teeth, before its stubby lichen-covered legs scurried deeper into the flea market. #YA #H #R

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#DVparty Day 3: Opening lines from WLBTG The scent of flowers lingered in the air as she strode down the hall. Roses maybe . . . ? No. This was lighter, a touch more exotic. This was the scent of vanilla cookies, and finely crystallized sugar cakes which were served during tea. #MG #H #Mys

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Some FAQs that have come up in 2025 for the new #DVpit on Bluesky! We Discourage the use of Agent Guides, Pitches or Excerpts as attached graphics to pitches. It bogs down the feed & doesn't allow agents to get through as many pitches. We'd like to allow everyone a fair shot at making an impression

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Sometimes I find queries waiting in QT that I don’t even remember sending and I’m starting to think that maybe sleep-querying is a thing . . . 🫡 😂

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Anna Hirsch @annahirsch.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

it's a beautiful day for a #fullrequestfriday... 👀

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James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

My new YA novel HALF THE WORLD AWAY is out 11th November! It's an LGBTQ+ book set during Section 28. Pre-order now at linktree.com/jamesalyons Published by @srlpublishing.bsky.social

A book cover featuring the title HALF THE WORLD AWAY in handwriting on top of a globe. Underneath is a fireplace with a plant, a letter and a flamingo statue. Surrounding the picture is a yellow border, plus the release date of 11th November 2025.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

📣Announcing #PreDV and #DVParty!📣 Excited to bring back #PreDV & #DVParty leading up to #DVPit! Practice your pitches during #PreDV on Mon, Sept 29, 2025! Get to know your fellow participants during #DVParty from Oct 2-Oct 7! Follow this account or dvpit.carrd.co for all official announcements!

#preDV September 29th, 2025 12PM - 5PM ET

Join us for our practice vent, #preDV on Bluesky!
Come with your best pitches and receive4 feedback from agented authors.

All participants are welcome to also give feedback and make friends during the community event before Oct 8th's #DVpit.
More info at dvpit.carrd.co

#DVparty
October 2nd - October 7th 2025

October 2nd (Day 1): Post a moodboard/art

October 3rd (Day 2): Introduce your main character

October 4th (Day 3): Opening LInes

October 5th (Day 4): Your Story as a meme/gif

October 6th (Day 5): Your Story's theme song/playlist

October 7th (Day 6): Hype your next project

Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag. Open all day. Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed. Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit! More info at dvpit.carrd.co

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I take long enough between writing projects that by the time I finish them I always feel like I’ve forgotten how to write a query letter 😭😂

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Sierra Branham @sierrabranham.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning! Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

#PosterPit with ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest & 10+ full requests 🥀 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN x WEDNESDAY As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . . #Q #MG #M #H

From the creators that brought you "JUMANJI " and "Clue"

Featuring:
Adelaide Greer & Maggie Thornton

Reviews:
"VERY GOOD & VERY WEIRD" ~ my mother
“ECO HORROR, COTTAGE GORE WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT!"
"I WILL NEVER LOOK AT FLOWERS THE SAME! [WANT A SEQUEL!!"

The pitch:
EIGHT ghosts
FOUR suspects
ONE monstrous flower
Can two girls unravel this Iris-istibly deadly mystery??

Title (In large decorative print):
What Lurks Beneath the Glass

The Greer Estate used to be revered for its rare botanicals, but now guests leave with tales of horror, missing limbs, and sometimes not at all.

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R. E. McManus @earthkids.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

WEDNESDAY x IT (2017) Denny super messed up. In his quest to find his missing sister, he burned down some houses to kill some monsters, which released a serial killer ghost. To make things worse, the only medium who can help would rather play the cello than save strangers. #QueerPit #YA #M #H

A collage image that says An Agent's Guide to Reach Out a 85,000 word YA horror/fantasy with mystery elements. The collage is made up ripped papers that are black or have words on them then in the top right corner is a polaroid of a girl in a hoodie climbing into an empty pool then in the bottom right are colorful tarot cards of death on a white horse, the fool walking off a cliff and wolves howling at the moon, in the bottom left is a cassette tape labeled "In case I disappear"

Lined paper with a polaroid of a mauseleum in the top left corner. The top says "The Pitch" and it is circled in red with the following words: Well, Denny sure messed up this time. He had one goal. One goal! And failed. Somehow, rather than finding his missing sister, he released a serial killer ghost with a penchant for drowning people.

And if that wasn’t already a lot, the one person in town who can see ghosts would rather play the cello than save strangers.

Lined paper that is split into two sections the first says Tropes/Rep and is circled in red then a torn out note page is taped to the paper that says the following: Found Family
Epistolary Interludes
Rewind, Replay, Repeat
Witchcraft
Meddling Kids
Missing Person
Unsolved Mysteries & Urban Legends
Ghostly Goals
90s Vibes

Underneath is another taped ripped page featuring the following pride pins: Trans, Asexual, Lesbian, Progress Pride

The other side says Comps at the top and is circled in red then there are photo booth style images hanging. The left from top to bottom: A random image of a maseleum and then Enid and Wednesday from Wednesday over the image; A building with an old sign out front with the Mystery Gang from Scooby-Doo; A cemetery photograph with the cast from IT (2017) standing there; a long white hallway of a bomb shelter and the two characters from Dead Boy Detectives.

The right from top to bottom: The Underwood Tapes by Amanda Dewitt book cover wih two people facing opposite ways and tape around them from a cassette; The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson book cover which is a blue and white with a faded scene of a street; Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake book cover with a woman's back as she stands in fog looking at a building; Dead Flip by Sara Farizan book cover with several characters looming over an arcade

Lined paper that says a snippet at the top and is cirlced in red and beside it is a destroyed casette tape then the following words: Dear listener who is probably just Denny.

I bet you’re chuckling now ‘cause I’m right, aren’t I?
Anyway, this is my ‘in case I disappear’ tape but the rest is a real treat for you.

It’s some impressive project I’ve been working on.
Though if I am missing, tell mom it wasn’t the monsters, but I’m, like, studying archeology at some college where I’m on some research trip with the professor to find the amulet. Then really buckle down and be all like ‘You know, the amulet? How do you not know about the amulet? What kind of mom are you?’ until she cries or something then you can tell the truth. I want her to feel bad for always being ‘too busy.’ "

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Hayden ✨ is querying! @haydendreaming.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

NETTLE & BONE x ANATHEMA Fen hungers for Lenore’s beating heart. That’s love, right? Lenore is haunted by Fen’s fanged grin. Clearly the cure is to murder her. But with 2 lost siblings—1 long gone, 1 newly taken—those desires must wait. The bog plans to devour them all. #QueerPit #NA #DF #FR #F #R

My drawing of Fen bowing with her arms outstretched. She has grey-brown hair and gray-ish eyes. She's wearing a jester's motley of blue, red, and yellow. Lightning flashes outside the windows in the background, while orange torchlight glows from above.

My drawing of Lenore standing in the rain, holding a bunch of heather. She is pale with long wavy reddish brown hair and dark brown eyes, looking solemn. She's wearing a long white dress. The background is misty and dark in the rain, with a shaft of sunlight illuminating the ground in front of Lenore.

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

What Lurks Beneath the Glass, a MG Botanical Horror

Pitch:
The gardens at Greer Manor used to be the pinnacle of botanical pursuits, until the gardeners tending the rare flowers started rapidly disappearing around the estate.
When two girls discover it's the bloodthirsty plants lurking around the manor that are causing the disappearances, they must quickly nip this deadly case in the bud, before they become playthings for the monstrous flowers that have more than just sharp thorns . . .

Completed at 49k words w/ Big 5+ editor interest

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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Summer, 1920. Eight children must play 14-year-old Alistair’s dangerous games, where understanding him may be the only way to outpace him—and escape the summer alive. ft: 🎹 haunted piano playing ☎️ cut phone cords 🐊 crocodiles that shouldn’t be there #QuestPit #Q #MG #H

Dark green background. On the left, a green-themed moodboard featuring weeping willows reaching pond water, a hand reaching from a tree trunk, a lake surrounded by trees, hands reaching for each other, a house surrounded by trees and a lake, someone running out of sight in a maze, a lake surrounded by trees, candlesticks on tree branches, and a pier jutting out into lake water. Around the moodboard, 4 arrows point to the following: RevPit 2025 winner, big 5 editor interest, 6 POVs, summer is an antagonist. On the right, three pictures of book covers. THE WRONG WAY HOME by Kate O’Shaughnessy has an arrow saying “internally-driven conflict & revelatory abuse”. NOT QUITE A GHOST by Anne Ursu has an arrow saying “psychological stakes”. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding has an arrow saying “adult-free environment & emergency hierarchy”.

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THIS RAVENOUS FATE x MEN IN BLACK The deadly legends that prowl the bayou eat more than just souls—and one wants Elle’s heart for her own. 🫀Deep Southern cryptids 🫀sapphic pining 🫀coming of rage 🫀monsters as a metaphor for queerness & disability #questpit #W #YA #H #R

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Proudly presenting my new guide for my revised manuscript w/ ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest! In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds. But in this Iris-istibly deadly mystery, so will the flowers that lurk around Greer Manor. . . 🥀 #questpit #MG #Q #H #MY

An agents guide to: What Lurks Beneath the Glass
By Joy Culp

Pitch: 13-year-old Maggie must team up with Adelaide, the morbid and lonely heir of Greer Manor, to solve a deadly mystery and prove her father's innocence in a recent fire after Mr. Greer blames him for planting explosive bushes. But as the mystery turns paranormal, and people start disappearing, the girls realize there may be something scarier lurking than just specters, and the rare botanical specimens that inhabit the Manor's greenhouses may have a taste for more than just bugs—
Beware the plants you trod on . . .

Comps: The Swifts, Don’t Let the Forest In, Serafina and the Black Cloak, Little Shop of Horrors, Aggie Morton: Mystery Queen, The Haunting of Aveline Jones

49,000k Historical MG Garden Horror

Snippet:
She gently brushed her hand over one of the fat triangular petals, its leathery surface rough like the skin of an exotic reptile. She rose on her toes, disrupting several flies before peeking over the center. A gaping circular hole was in place of where the pollen should've been, and crawling in the center of the flower was a horde of shiny black beetles. The creepy little insects climbed over each other rapidly, thousands of legs rolling and rippling like the tides of the ocean. While their curved pincers chomped away at the gooey inner flesh of the flower.
She shivered, quickly backpedaling away from the foul sight as she fell. She landed roughly on the ground, her hands hitting something strangely squishy, almost like a delicate cake. She lifted her hand in horror, as slimy red hunks clung to her fingers. A thin line of mucous connected the lumps, the sap dripping from her fingers.

Carnivorous flowers & hungry plants, Inspired by Alnwick Poison Garden, Haunted teaparties & spooky seances, Victorian Horticultural society, cottageGORE & botanical horror, subterranean greenhouses

Moodboard from left to right: abandoned greenhouse, fancy manor, Victorian girl, poisonous flower, Venus flytrap, a conservatory, a historical woman with a skull, an abandoned estate, a person drowning.

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Sapphic vampires, secret societies, AND dark academia vibes??? These flirty lesbians stole my heart! 4.5 🌟

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Joy is ✨querying✨ @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

If the cast of ✨What Lurks Beneath the Glass✨ were a bunch of cats🥀 #UnhingedPit #Q #MG #H #MY

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