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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CAMPUS MYSTERY THRILLER After her best friend is murdered, the only Black member of an elite sorority risks destroying her sisterhood to uncover the killer before an innocent Black student takes the fall for the crime. 💋Messy girlhood 👀Juicy secrets 🤎BIPOC & LGBT rep ⚖️Justice vs power #DVPit #YA

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As the only Black member of her new sorority, Mara navigates rooms not built with her in mind. After her best friend is murdered & an innocent POC is blamed for the crime, she sets out to find the real killer, uncovering secrets that make her question if her sorority’s where she belongs. #DVPit #YA

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ACE OF SPADES X AGGGTM 🏛️An elite sorority running on privilege and power ⚖️The sorority's only Black member, torn between belonging and justice 🔪Her closest sorority sister suddenly murdered 💔An innocent POC falsely accused 👀A dark hazing scandal that may be the key to solving the crime #DVPit #YA

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On the night of her sorority formal, Mara never expects to find one of her best friends dead in the hotel pool—or the other nearby, her hands covered in blood. To find the killer, she digs into her sisters' shaky alibis. Everyone knows beautiful girls keep the ugliest secrets. #DVPit #BVM #Mys #YA

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ACE OF SPADES X PRETTY LITTLE LIARS The only Black member of a sorority investigates her friend's murder to clear an innocent Black student's name—but behind the sorority's curated facade is a dark hazing scandal that the killer will do anything to keep hidden. #DVPit #BVM #Mys #Thriller #YA

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LEGALLY BLONDE X AGGGTM After her best friend is murdered, the only Black member of a prestigious college sorority breaks her silence and risks destroying her sisterhood to uncover who in her inner circle is the killer before an innocent Black student is blamed for the crime. #DVPit #Mys #YA #BVM

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Yay for #questpit and getting to connect with so many lovely writers! I had a great time and hope to continue connecting with all of y’all! Also saw so many amazing pitches today…it was SO validating to see others wading through the query trenches or slogging through WIPs; makes me feel less alone!💕

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

Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with: 🤍second chance romance 💀murd.er 🤍fake dating ❄️frosty magic 👯‍♀️sister bonds 🐶a cute pet sidekick 🎄Christmas festivities 🔼love triangle Would you read it? Art by @mknzgmbn #questpit #wip #P #R #A

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Olivia Bey is Querying @be-tweenthepages.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What you'll find in SEVEN CROWNS: 🐺Monster in her mind ⛓️ Prison built to break magic wielders 👹 Devil on her shoulder ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden romance 👑 Corrupt immortal queens ⚔️ Found family 🔮 Blood magic 🔥 "Who is the real monster?" #QuestPit #F #A #D #Q #Agentsguide

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L Herman @gohermanator.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Jake, a closeted NFL quarterback who doesn’t know how to be himself, falls for Victor, the NHL veteran who hides his heart too well. 🏈 MM Sports Romance 🏒 football/hockey 🏈 Meet Cute #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Collage of black and white photos, a Polaroid photo of the beach, candy and a photo of a chihuahua

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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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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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Olivia Bey is Querying @be-tweenthepages.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ALICE IN WONDERLAND with deadly competitions 👑Every Queen wears a crown. ❤️‍🔥The Queen of Hearts wears her victims. 🥀 Alice enters the Heart Rite to save her family, only to discover the greatest danger isn't losing—it's winning. #questpit #W #RF

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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨ SIX OF CROWS X ARCANA ACADEMY✨ After an ancient prophecy resurfaces mid magic trial, six artists must uncover who is trying to enact calamity. This Adult Epic Fantasy features: 📜Deadly Deals 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets Best Left Unspoken 💔Rivals to Allies to 👀 #questpit #F #DF #R #A #Q

An Artistic Deception - An Adult Sapphic Epic Fantasy - A girl dancing in an abandoned church

Enemies to lovers
Sapphic
Sentient Magic School
Indigenous Diaspora
Can Your Fate be Changed?

Martyred by her people, a priestess awakens as a refugee displaced through time to find her sacrifice in vain.

Agni attends a magical college to build a new life, but when the past resurfaces, she must either embrace martyrdom again or flee, leaving behind the life she’s built and the woman she loves. before fate claims another kingdom.

Reads like Hozier’s Yell

Putting the con in economy - The lies of locke lamora
a deadly education - my school is trying to kill me
six of crows - ensemble cast x found family
witch hat atelier - magic consequences for me like 💀
arcana academy - so you like pining?

Character art of Agni and Fala

“Can’t you ever do as you’re told?” Fala snaps.
“No.” The word rolls off my lips, sweet as candy.
“Impudent.”
“Arrogant,” I bite back.
We are toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, her amber irises trembling.
“You know nothing.” Fala seethes. I laugh, drunk on her wild temper on I can ignite. That may have been true at the beginning of term but not now.
I know all about the woman I’ve spent the year ruefully falling in love with.

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

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

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

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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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Kendall Rae @authorkendallrae.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A bubbly wedding planner meets her match when her client’s stubborn older brother vows to stop the wedding. Rivals to lovers Type A/Type A pairing Slow burn YEARNING New England setting Vision boards, bouquets, and color-coded checklists #BluePit #📖 #A #R #Q #romcom #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Mood board with vision board, oysters, Italian greyhound, champagne, New England beach, and princess diaries 2 fountain scene

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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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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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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LEGALLY BLONDE X TELL ME LIES After her best friend is murdered, the only Black member of an elite Southern sorority must break her silence and risk destroying her sisterhood to uncover who within her inner circle is the killer before an innocent Black student takes the fall. #Q #A #MY #T #Questpit

Book mood board featuring a girl with a finger held to her lips, a close-up of a locket in a person's hand, a silhouette of a long-haired girl holding a knife, a close-up of an eye with mascara running down it, a newspaper that says "corpse likely student," a close up of two people kissing, a photo of a girl floating in a pool, and a photo of a young Black woman looking pensive. Also includes a manuscript excerpt: "That's the thing about a beautiful, young white girl dying. Once it happens, she turns into a myth, a martyr, a fixation, an obsession. And the whole world goes into a frenzy trying to prove their proximity to her retroactively."

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Pierre Sylvestre @psylvestre.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

♠️ACE OF SPADES X THE HOUSEMAID🏠 NO LOVE IN THIS CITY is a fast-paced YA Thriller featuring: 👩A morally gray female protagonist 🤯Shocking twists 🏡Elements of domestic suspense 🌆 A gritty fictional city setting 💕Romance 🔪Intense action #Questpit #Q #YA #T #M

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @elizabethtitus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💫 Light After the Fall 💫 a tarot-themed odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace coming this October 🧙 Feedback requested: Which cover/what elements of each cover do you prefer? All feedback welcome & appreciated! #W #YA #S #hopepunk #CliFi #Questpit

Title: "Light After the Fall"
by Iza Krendl Titus

colorful background of orange & purple abstract desert scene with river path into horizon, a figure standing on a cliff holding sunflower

An empath leads a hopeful tarot themed odyssey across climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace, using meditation powers, survival skills, and archaic tech in the race to save her people.
elemental magic
visions
survival skills
climate fiction
#clifi
indigenous futurism
plant medicine
meditation
wilderness
permaculture
neotribalism
community
backpacking
post-apocalyptic
hopepunk
#hopepunk
#tarot

Title: "Light After the Fall"
/an adventure guide to thriving teh post-apocalypse
by Iza Krendl Titus

colorful background of orange & purple abstract desert scene with river path into horizon, a meditating figure glowing

An empath leads a hopeful tarot themed odyssey across climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace, using meditation powers, survival skills, and archaic tech in the race to save her people.
elemental magic
visions
survival skills
climate fiction
#clifi
indigenous futurism
plant medicine
meditation
wilderness
permaculture
neotribalism
community
backpacking
post-apocalyptic
hopepunk
#hopepunk
#tarot

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Kasy Long @kasylongauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE NOTEBOOK x ETERNITY Lillian joined the USO while her husband fought overseas. Then, she received *the* telegram. Henry never came home. Years later, she's remarried and happy...until she sees a man who looks *just* like Henry. Could it be...? #QuestPit #W #A #R #HF #HR #RF

A collage of WWII photos showing couples dancing and USO dancers. Text: “WWII Historical Fiction,” “High School Sweethearts,” “Second Chance Romance,” and “Widow’s Journey.”

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Kirsten | Fantasy Author @kirstenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A DEADLY EDUCATION x NANCY DREW What if the chosen one failed, and the only one who could save him was a magic school reject? NOT A WITCH / YA Fantasy with dark academia and dystopian elements #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #DF #MY #D

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Holly C | #QuestPit Pinned 📌 @hlcauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Three friends descend into an abandoned Cornish mine. Two return. Police don’t believe Alyx’s story of their folkloric encounter — those who do belong to a covert force. Strong-arming her way into their ranks leads to answers, but they come at a cost, and loyalty can be fatal. #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

A mist-strewn Lake District landscape background. Centred is the title: TRINITY. Beneath, the subtitle: Contemporary Fantasy | 99,000 words.

The same misty Lake District backdrop. On the left, four vertically stacked images: a thin tunnel inside of a Cornish mine with bright blue copper staining. A Land Rover Defender with its fog lights blearing, making its way through a misty forest. A regal Lake District stone mansion, cropped to show the bay windows. An abandoned factory, empty, but bathed in an eerie green light. On the right, a white box featuring the following pitch text:

BRITAIN'S FOLKLORE IS ONLY THE COVER STORY.

When an urban exploration ends with her closest friend being dragged into the darkness by a creature of local myth, Alyx Delaney can't save him. Worse, nobody believes what she saw.
Refusing to accept Conor is gone, Alyx claws for evidence and uncovers
Trinity: a covert,
science-forward organisation that has quietly shaped Britain's response to the horrors hidden within its folklore.
Grief drives Alyx to unearth hidden truths that the powerful at Trinity kept buried for decades.

A misty Lake District background. In the foreground, three book covers: Adam Nevill’s The Ritual, Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House and Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season. Beneath, the title: SHELVED WITH.

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit

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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days x Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses in A DUTIFUL PRINCESS’S HANDBOOK A Cozy Medieval Romantasy 🍰 Barbie for adults 🌸 Arranged marriage 👑 Princess x Prince 🕯️ Dual POV 🩷 Lovable family chaos #questpit #W #NA #A #RF

A DUTIFUL PRINCESS’S HANDBOOK

A Cozy Medieval Romantasy

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days x Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses x The Princess Knight

The Pitch:
No one likes an arranged marriage, but when Prince Alaric is grounded from his adventures until he can find a bride, he accepts his fate and puts a ring on the first princess he can find. Princess Genevieve would rather marry a plant than a prince, so in a desperate attempt to make him call it off, she must become the most insufferable princess Alaric has ever had the displeasure of meeting. Yet as the wedding inches closer, and devious mental games are played, perhaps not all arrangements are as bad as they initially seem.

The last rays of sunshine still linger over the garden as I clutch onto my skirts and haste across the lawn. And just as the sun sets I sink onto my knees before the statue of Inessa, folding my hands as I throw a last glance over my shoulder for any of my sisters. Then I purse my lips as I wait for the words to come, my head bowed in prayer.
“Dear Inessa,” I start, and shudder at the sound of my own voice in the empty air. “Please don’t send me into a loveless marriage. I don’t want a life at court and I don’t want to meet a supposed soulmate today, so if you could just call it off an make sure it doesn’t—”
“I knew I saw someone lurking around the corner.”
I yelp as I spin around, fall over and scrape my palms on the cobblestone.
A masculine chuckle chimes as I push away the curtain of hair before my eyes, my face heating with every note.
“My apologies, I never meant to scare you, I simply saw someone rush by and had to know if I was missing out on anything.” His cerulean doublet becomes unmistakable as he offers his hand and pulls me up before I can protest, or run away, or fall into an endless hole somewhere in the the earth.
“You’re here with the Cordellian prince, aren’t you?” The words stumble out of my mouth. He looks even better up close—sea blue eyes with a circle of green near the pupils that sparkle with life and firm hands around mine, speckled with sunspots and veins.
His eyebrows knit together for a moment. “I guess you could say that.”
I pull my hands from his and tuck them away behind my back. Manicured hedges shield us from spectators, but with him here who knows where the prince might follow.
“Now what are you doing here, alone on the ground?” he says with a boyish grin.
I bob my mouth open and closed like a fish, stepping in front of the statue of Inessa like it’ll shield the tall marble from view. “Touching the grass?”
“Touching the grass?” His brows furrow in disbelief.

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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My MC got a teeeeext! SCREAM QUEENS X TELL ME LIES The vibes: 🤎A Black MC navigating a PWI 👀Messy girlhood, juicy secrets 💖Campus thriller set in an elite sorority 🔪A murder tied to a dark hazing scandal 💋A dash of romance...but can her love interest be trusted? #Questpit #Q #A #MY #T

Hi. So, do I finally get to learn your name now?

hmm…I dunno. wouldn’t it be more fun if you had to guess it first? then say it three times in a row and summon a poltergeist?

Ah, like in Goodwill Hunting, right? One of my favorites.

lol okay, fine. you win. my name’s mara.

Mara. Got it. Just said it three times in a row. Now I guess I’ll wait and see how long it takes for that poltergeist to show up?

well, don’t hold your breath. so, jack bartlett, what does a sophisticated ghost hunter like yourself normally get up to on a night like this?

You mean besides the exorcisms? I just got home from my night class. I’ll probably throw on some Hulu and spend a few hours aimlessly scrolling the internet. If I’m feeling really wild, I might even make some microwave popcorn. I’m kind of a daredevil, if you hadn’t noticed.

ha. I had a feeling.

What about you? Up to anything interesting? Maybe plotting how you’re going to get out of this date with me on Friday? I wouldn’t blame you for cutting your losses early.

nope, no plotting. trust me, you’re doing ME a favor. though I should probably warn you in advance, these things are kind of a drag. just think of everything you hated about your high school dances and multiply it by ten.

Actually, I was pretty lame in high school. I never even went to a dance. I think I spent my prom night alphabetizing my record collection…which didn’t take very long, considering I only had twelve.

lol. that’s kind of adorable.

So, what should I wear to this formal thing? I’m assuming my finest tuxedo t-shirt will do, but you can never be too sure…

as much as I would LOVE to see that, I don’t think a tux tee falls within the constraints of the dress code. you don’t need to wear anything too fancy, though. most guys do a suit or separates, if that’s cool with you.

Easy enough. Any specific color I should match? Is that still a thing people do? What color’s your dress?

It’s blue. navy blue. but don’t worry about it, you don’t have to match me if you don’t want to.

By all means, let’s match. Plus, blue’s my favorite color. I bet it looks great on you.

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝒙 𝑮𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑺 𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑶𝑵 Mistaken for her fashion model friend, a reporter plays along. But the story - a killer hiding their past - is perilous enough without her falling for the infuriating man she's fake-dating. He has reason to hate reporters. Especially her. #Questpit #W #A #MY #R

An AGENT'S GUIDE TO MISS CONGENIALITY X GLASS ONION WIP
AGENT INTEREST - BOOKCLUB MYSTERY
Image of Mont St Michel. TAGLINE - IT'S A FULL MOON. THE TIDE IS IN. SOMEONE HAS A SCORE TO SETTLE.
Locations - London, Greece, France

PITCH - Mistaken for her fashion model friend, a reporter plays along. But the story - a killer hiding their past - is perilous enough without her falling for the infuriating man she's fake-dating. He has reason to hate reporters. Especially her.
Photos of a woman working on a laptop. And fashion model in a red dress.
COMPS - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, the movie Glass Onion and movie Miss Congeniality

TROPES & THEMES: Mistaken Identity, Deception, Fake-Dating, Character-driven Banter, Forced Proximity, Slow-Burn Romance, Deadly Ambition, Murder
VIBES - A moodboard with selection of pictures including Mont St Michel

OPENING LINES
Until she stoops to turn him over, she isn't scared. She feels nothing but anger because he's done this once too often and enough is enough.

SNIPPETS
Natalie flings Sterling a cold look. 'And I suggest you mind your own business.'
'Fine.'
'Fine. And stop calling me Nat!'
Oh bloody hell. As Natalie sinks back into the sulks, dragging on her cigarette, Kate glances at O'Neill but he appears to have discovered something of enormous interest in a seascape on the far wall.

Remembering, she moves to the archway leading to the beach and peers down.
'Quite a drop, isn't it?' Sterling is beside her, looking down into the tumbled undergrowth. 'I must admit,' he says dryly, 'that the notion of being my girlfriend has never quite driven a woman to wanting to fling herself off a cliff before.'
She smiles sweetly. 'You should get out more,' she says, and as that gleam lights his eyes again, turns quickly away. 'No, it's my other shoe. It's down there.'
An eyebrow wings up. 'You are a curious cat, aren't you?’

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Victoria Lurie is querying @vic-and-twisted.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE FRONTMAN (She’s the Man x Almost Famous) Lolly's lying to the nation, and it may kill her twin brother. She's finishing his 1983 tour. He's secretly in rehab. When rehab fails, Lolly must choose: save her twin or save his legacy, even if the truth ruins both their lives. #questpit #Q #A #U

A mood board of 1983, featuring Walkmans, jeans tucked into socks, cassette tapes, Jon Bongiovi, Peter Wabbit via The Guardian, and photos by Bruno Guerrero and Sebastian Ervi. The board promotes THE FRONTMAN, a work of upmarket fiction by Victoria Lurie, 100k words, where a rock band replaces their lead singer with his twin sister so they can finish their tour while he’s in rehab.

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LauraBWrites @laurabwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A girl, dog, & octopus ghost navigate interpersonal drama, corrupted warbots, headhunter drones, deadly art projects, flash floods, crumbling infrastructure, disassembler swarms, & did they mention the interpersonal drama? Treasure hunting is such a pain in the ass. #questpit #Q #SFF #A

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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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alexis @k-alexisadams.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

TELL ME LIES X THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE The only Black member of an elite sorority investigates her friend’s murder to clear an innocent student’s name, uncovering secrets that make her question if her sisters can be trusted—and if her sorority is where she belongs. #QuestPit #A #MY #T #Q

Book mood board with Southern campus luxury and eerie mystery aesthetics: a close-up of a bloody hand wearing a pearl bracelet, an elegant stained glass window, a girl posing in a glamorous evening gown, a party table cluttered with Solo cups and bottles of liquor, a mansion surrounded by lush trees and an iron fence, an overhead shot of two girls with their hair in rollers, applying makeup, a photo of a Black girl wearing a sweater and collared shirt, her expression pensive, a close-up of a tiara on a girl's head, a blurry photo of a group of people preparing to take shots of liquor, the dark silhouette of a woman holding a knife, a photo of two girls dancing under moody violet party lights, and an elaborate brunch spread at a whimsical outdoor table setting.

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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Scream Queens x Divergent in PROJECT GLITCH A romantic dystopian heist with 🕷️ Rival gangs 👾 Cyberpunk setting 🫆 Forced proximity 🖤 Morally grey characters 🕸️ A lethal, cult-like girl gang #QuestPit #W #NA #A #D Querying this fall <3

List of tropes:
Dystopian, romance, heist
Teenage lovers to unaccounted for for many years, to rival gang members actually trying to kill each other to reluctant allies to lovers again???
Idk, it’s complicated..
Cyberpunk
Forced proximity
is it a gang or is it a cult?
Anything can be a murder weapon if you try hard enough
tending to wounds

All that stands between Aranea and her initiation into the Coven—the gang of women notorious for killing corrupt men and their own ex-boyfriends—is a bullet in her own ex's brain. Only, when her first boyfriend suddenly turns up alive after seven years with no trace, killing him doesn't prove entirely as easy as the rest. But when it's revealed that he's part of a rival gang and leading a heist to steal vital information from a famously impenetrable city–with the potential to save or obliterate their corrupt world–she must first infiltrate the heist and take the information for her own gang. Without letting old resurfacing feelings threaten the mission.

Opening lines:
Eyes on the target. Awaiting orders to shoot." I tighten my grip on the rifle.
The breeze sweeps some brown stray hairs over my eyes as I follow the target through my scope—Raymond, 25, male, with dark shaggy hair and a bag slung over his shoulder. Also known as my second ex-boyfriend.
"Awaiting orders to shoot," I repeat. My trigger finger burns to move.
The traffic drums in the background—car horns ring through the dirty air between dilapidated skyscrapers. Raymond dabs up one of the bouncers across the street. I track his every move; when he steps back to let a group pass by, when he scratches the five o'clock shadow on his chin, when he nods towards the entrance door two steps ahead of them. All that stands between me and my official initiation into the Coven, is one bullet in his brain.

"I fear the withdraw of us will be worse than any drug."

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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Divergent by Veronica Roth

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Emmaline Evans-Querying Author & Illustator @talesfromknotwood.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🍼QuestPit Submission CURSE THESE SKINNY WITCHES 75k Cozy Fantasy x New Motherhood x Wellness Satire Think WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, but it’s about two postpartum witches counting curses instead of kicks. 🌿 Plant Magic ✨Fantasy Ozempic 📚Witch HOA from hell #questpit #A #F #S #CozyFantasy

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

SHREK x PONYO Bargaining her life for legs, a mermaid must kiss the prince she's stalked to survive and falls in love with the tales retold by his sea-folk-hunting cousin, where becoming human forever may be the only way to save her from his grudge against the sea. #questpit #Q #YA #F

First - Picture of a girl with blonde and purple dress looking at the ocean.
Second- Picture of a mermaid and a king under the water looking at each other
Third - An open book on a table with some leaves
Fourth - A man on the shore looking at the water.
Fifth - A mermaid resting on a rock in the middle of the sea
Sixth - A mermaid playing with glowing jellyfish
Seventh - A castle near the beach
Eighth - A girl trapped under a foggy water
Ninth - Fierce golden-hazel eyes of a guy

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

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Julie Thompson-Adolf @juliethompsonadolf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE INTERNS Commercial | Suspense 95K Words An idealistic American law intern escaping her past uncovers corruption in the Geneva-based NGO founded by her mentor and must discover the depths of deceit before it’s too late to save her mentor, her friends…and herself. #QuestPit #Q #A #NA #MY #C #BC

Comp title covers: Coded Justice, My Oxford Year, Writers & Lovers, Slow Burn

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Gabriel Morgan is querying @gabrielmorgan00.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A MARVELLOUS LIGHT X PENNY DREADFUL When a mysterious being heralds the apocalypse, there are only two witnesses: Rowan and Darshil, bitter exes who must brave London’s occult underbelly and save the world from eternal darkness, all while grappling with their unresolved feelings. #questpit #Q #RF

Gothic Gaslamp Romantasy
Adult standalone
109,500 words

Pitch:
After their one-night stand ends in hurt, hedonistic occultist Rowan and repressed poet Darshil never want to see each other again. That plan is ruined when a being from beyond the grave heralds the apocalypse, and they are the only two witnesses.
Forced together, Rowan and Darshil plunge into London's occult underbelly in search of answers to the apocalypse. But as the Veil between life and death slowly thins, and old passions reignite, Rowan realises the truth lies in memories he swore to forget, and that the past is a shallow grave, easily unearthed.
Comps:
The Magpie Lord: gaslamp world, occult magic, big spooky house
A Marvellous Light: opposites attract, magical bonds
The Gentleman and his Vowsmith: second chance, steamy romance
The Resurrectionist: historical setting, self discovery
Penny Dreadful: Victorian gothic, seduced by darkness

Black cat x golden retriever
Yearning
Bisexual awakening
Second chance romance
Forced proximity
Only one bed
Opposites attract
Gothic decadence
Big spooky house
Exploration of grief
Horror as a metaphor
Dreams-based magic
The occult
Alternate London setting
Art shows a thin white person with short black hair, blue eyes, and an unimpressed expression, and a plus-sized South Asian man with chin-length curly black hair, brown eyes, short facial hair, and a soft smile.

It was a poet’s job to seek out beauty, to be mesmerised by it. Darshil wanted to transform Rowan into swirls of ink, to fit his hands into the slight dips where Rowan’s waist met his hips and write him a thousand times over.

The only thing more fascinating than death was the tormented living it left behind.
It helped to hate him. It was less painful than loving him.
The dead thing woke to the acrid stench of its own rot.
Rowan matched him tenderness for tenderness, giving everything he could and knowing that for once, his everything was enough.
Perhaps closing his eyes stopped it meaning anything. Darshil knew he should do the same. This was shame beyond anything else, a secret to take to the unloving grave.
He kept his eyes open anyway. With Rowan beneath him, as beautiful as the dawn, he couldn’t bear to look away.

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My Darling, Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society A fabled witch howled the Blackstone Curse and mired generations in madness, murder, and mayhem. Only a monster and an heir to an earldom may break the spell, but first they must find each other. #QuestPit #Q #Gothic #A #H #LGBT

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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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Kasy Long @kasylongauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Would you read your mom’s diary? Faye’s mom tragically died 25 years ago. Just before her wedding, Faye discovers her mom’s diary and reads it…and can’t stop. What’s in the diary? 🤩 '90s vibes 🥰 Young love 📔 Diary entries with doodles! 🥺 Coming-of-age drama #QuestPit #YA #P #LF #HR #R

A collage of photos from the 1990s and text: “Something Borrowed, Something True,” and a description of the book. It features fun doodles with the ‘90s aesthetic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WONDER WALKERS X HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FLOWER X MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD Bored by traditional cloud-watching, a girl brings her younger brother outside to see if he can see some funny shapes in the clouds (he's still learning shapes) but then they start seeing stories in the clouds. #questpit #q #pb

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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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