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Beth Michaela...querying writer. @bmfwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Adult Paranormal Romance A preservationist studying a sealed manor discovers the house is alive because a man is bound within its walls. She must break his curse before the last heir dies or he becomes part of it forever. 🥀🖤✨️ #Questpit #PR #R #Q

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Courtney is querying @courtuitous.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a teen girl is swept to an underworld ruled by her long-absent father, she must navigate strange magic, a demon friend, and a rival trying to steal her title (and possibly her heart). 💜 Sapphic romance 👑 Secret royalty 💀 Ancient rituals that just might cost your soul #QuestPit #YA #F #Q

Title page: PENELOPE GRAY'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LOVE AND THE UNDERWORLD.

Pitch: When a teen girl is swept to an underworld ruled by her long-absent father, she must navigate strange magic, a demon friend, and a rival trying to steal her title (and possibly her heart).

Comps: covers of Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot, The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst, and Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee.

Excerpt: If you’re reading this, then the secrecy spell Baz gave me was total malarky. (That’s my Grandma Ruth’s favorite word. And no, she absolutely does NOT know about this Underworld stuff.)
Baz, if this IS you: You are so dead. I don’t care that demons can’t die. I WILL find a way.
For any mortals reading this: STOP! Trust me, you have no idea what you’re getting yourself into. Do you really want your entire understanding of reality to be turned upside down? Because that’s exactly what happened to me this summer, and I do NOT recommend it. Go back to your blissfully normal, demon-free life while you can.

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Shameless x Riverdale (s1) x AGGGTM ☕️ Drama-Mystery with Romance 📓 Runaway x Boy Next Door ☕️ 90s Small-Town Mystery 📓 Found Family ☕️ Genderfluid and Pan Rep 📓 Mental Health Rep ☕️ Fake Identity Turned Real Identity #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

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Dyamond_Writer @authorinspirations.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Any fans of James Bond? I have the book for you!

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Carisa Dunn @carisadunn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ONE DARK WINDOW x PANDORA’s BOX except the box is a mythical prison of damned souls 🏛️Magic system inspired by curses 🏛️ FMC with OCD (that is aggressively triggered by the monster in her head) 🏛️ MMC who can manipulate memory 🏛️ A deathless King with many secrets to keep #QuestPit #A #F #Q

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Courtney is querying @courtuitous.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

PENELOPE GRAY'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LOVE AND THE UNDERWORLD, a cozy young adult fantasy that's PRINCESS DIARIES X DISNEY'S THE OWL HOUSE. This is for you if you love: ✨ Whimsical fantasy 💜 Sapphic romance 👑 Secret royalty 💀 Ancient rituals that just might cost your soul #QuestPit #YA #F #Q

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A fake case file lays open. On the left side of the folder is a sketch of a girl with a sticky note beside it that reads: “Emma Bridge is believed to have cut her hair. Police sketch artists have taken a guess at what she may look like now.” Under it is a map of all US railroads with another sticky note that reads: “Last seen in California, current whereabouts unknown. An anonymous tip reports she has made it out of the state.” Under that, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out, replaced with the name Peyton Freys.

On the right side of the folder is a clipping of newspaper that reads: “Hollywood’s Beloved Missing” with the date 4/13/1996 below it. Text on the page reads: “What we know: YA Contemporary (with mystery and romance), 82k words” “Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media” “Runaway in hiding, fake identity (turned real identity), mental health rep, genderfluid and pan rep, found family, 90s small-town nostalgia.”  
A block of text reads: “Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.”

Finally, a stamp says “On sub soon”

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ShannonReault @shannonreault.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The day Rowan Wildes became a champion, her life fell apart. Facing a failing body, waning magic, and a bloodthirsty nemesis, she will stop at nothing to regain what she’s lost. Little does she know, her fate was woven long ago, and the threads reach farther than she ever imagined. #questpit #W #DF

A graphic with the novel title (fruit of spoiled seed by Shannon Reault) and a mini synopsis. The slide is purple with a forest background and a raven and witchcraft decoration.
Synopsis:
After concluding her first year of training at Typhon Academy with a record-breaking performance at the Spring Exhibition, Rowan Wildes is changing the perception of female Corpian Witches on Ouros Island. But when her magic inexplicably weakens, leaving relentless pain in its wake, she is forced to return for her second year at Typhon with physical and magical deficiencies which, if discovered, put her future in the High Priest’s Service at risk. Determined to stop her deterioration, she discovers her jaded training nemesis, Taran, has turned to forbidden sigil magic to seek his revenge.
Willing to stop at nothing to reverse the damage Taran inflicted, she embarks on a desperate search to uncover his dirty work, unearthing a buried history of malevolent witchcraft, and the unfortunate fate of the women who fell victim to it. When Rowan is forced to face the reality of her condition and decide between saving her reputation and exposing the ugly truth, she takes matters into her own hands, and it just might cost her her life.

A graphic with a background of wildflowers and tarot card decorations.

Text reads:

An academic dark fantasy where patriarchal society, government corruption, and internalized misogyny highlight the reality of living as a disabled woman through a speculative lens, and the grief, pain, and rage that come with it.

Featuring:
Disability representation
Diverse characters
Found family
Romance subplot
Magic system based on real pagan practices and the natural world

A graphic with comp titles, as follows:

The female rage of Weyward
The societal corruption of Blood Over Bright Haven
The nature and prose of Circe

The graphic is decorated with leaves, a spider, a snake, a raven, on a map background.

A graphic with quotes from the novel:

“The snap of the neck was soft and swift, like a peck on the lips.”

“How many more women must die before you learn no man can create divinity?”

“The most relentless hauntings were not fueled by love, but hate.”

“I wanted to tell Idris, but once I uncorked my mouth and let the wine spill, our friendship would be permanently stained, dark red and damning. That’s what scared me the most – damage only proved irreversible once it was done.”

“Our hips moved like rolling tides, a rhythmic stringed instrument pulled by the moon.”

“Arden’s beauty reflected the layers of the Earth. His dew-dipped olive skin pulled smooth across the ridges of his toned limbs, giving them the soft strength of worn wood. His eyes were emblazoned by the gleam from his iron core of pure elemental passion.”

“Blood ran down my forearm as I sat back from the flames rising higher and higher. The candle cackled with madness beside me.”

The graphic is decorated with a henbane flower over a background of a herbology textbook.

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vanessadoesntwrite.bsky.social @vanessadoesntwrite.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#QuestPit Broke, jaded, Andie Rivera lives the corporate dread in a vigilante-related insurance job. When paired with obsessive Ben Fenton, her world shifts: fraud, murder, conspiracy collide in a rain-soaked city where superpower hate is subtle, AI reigns and justice is not for all. #W #S #T #A

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Laney - Add The Song of the Void on Goodreads! @laneylauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

DISNEYLAND GONE WRONG + PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR Every other character actor at EverAfter Theme Park has disappeared after bizarre personality changes, and desperate princess performer Juliet discovers she’s next when the character she plays begins to take over her mind. #questpit #H #A #W

Too three images: a dark haired woman in a dress in a forest, a castle, a woman's hand reaching for a statue's hand.
Middle three images: a carousel, a silhouette of a princess, a Ferris wheel.
Bottom three images: a woman leaning in to kiss a statue, a hand wrapped in rose vines, a woman lying with her head hanging off a bed

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Hi, I’m Caitie @findmeinfairytales.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Sapphic Swan Lake x Cyrano de Bergerac Sometimes trying to save someone you love results in their death sentence instead. SWAN SONG has: 🔥Slow-burn romance ☕️ Tea leaf reading magic 💌 Letters exploring grief 🕰️Time is the enemy 🦢A monstrous swan curse 🥀 Dark fairytale #questpit #Q #YA #F

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ShannonReault @shannonreault.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Rowan wasn’t afraid of physical pain. Not before. Now that her every waking moment is agony, she’ll do anything to stop it, including delving into a world of forbidden magic for the antidote. But after unearthing a dark buried history, she learns the forbidden hasn’t been forgone. #QuestPit #W #DF

A graphic titled Fruit of Spoiled Seed by Shannon Reault with featured elements of the novel and a blurb. The background is an image of a pomegranate and seeds with a dagger decoration.

The text is as follows:

Featuring:
Disability/chronic pain representation
Diverse characters
Pagan inspired magic system
Found family
Yearninggggg

An academic dark fantasy where patriarchal society, government corruption, and internalized misogyny highlight the reality of living as a disabled woman through a speculative lens, and the grief, pain, and rage that come with it.

A graphic with the novel title (fruit of spoiled seed by Shannon Reault) and a snake peak of chapter 1. The graphic has a background of wood decorated with a stone cottage and a wooden sign that reads “Strega’s Apothecary”

The excerpt is as follows:

I spent every day of my life flanked by the ocean on all sides. Wrapped in its furious embrace, brewing storms and delivering sieges on the very same waves that pruned me as a child. At some indiscernible time between shedding my adolescence, and growing an armor of calloused skin, I’d come to fear it. A realm of unruly mystery connecting our shores to the hazy lands on the horizon – allies and enemies alike. It couldn’t be trusted.
This was why Ouros Island needed protection. My protection. It was my destiny, etched into my bones, I was sure of it. And yet, my feet remained firmly planted at the edge of the docks, wary to stray from the solid safety of land. But I didn’t have a choice. If I stood a chance of keeping this ailment a secret, I needed a cure. And there was only one place to get one.

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

'Hat' - 84K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon.
Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed.
Tropes: 2000's set
Spooky New ENgland
Amature Witchcraft
Nature
moon stuff
Stoner Goths
nu-Metal Playlist
Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. 13 Months Haunted

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Autumn Hooper Querying Author @authorautumnhooper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#questpit #A #Q #F DAWN OF THE CICADA adult fantasy 105,000 words After a restless hibernation spent cursing the darkness, the darkness in others is now hers to wield. Enchanted x Pan's Labyrinth

teeth, fantasy dress, mushrooms, night walk, dark forest, dagger, bear

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Autumn Hooper Querying Author @authorautumnhooper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Enchanted x Pan's Labyrinth 🔮 emotion-driven powers 💖 characters with depth 🎀 softness is her greatest strength ✨ light found in dark places 💋 slow-burn #Q #A #F

Dawn of the Cicada book cover idea with a woman in shadow in a dark forest lit by fireflies with the shadow of a monster lurking behind her.

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Wasphole Prince Robin's kingdom was almost flattened after getting caught in a war between two superpowers. Even as they scramble to rebuild, bandits and his ex-fiance threaten to provoke a fresh conflict. The hydra belongs to said-ex. #F #NA #LGBT #Dis (phys) #WSPit

LtR Aubrei, Robin and Ethan wearing tattered Owlmark Guard uniforms in front of a vicious looking hydra.

Art by Feriowind - comm in progress.

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N.C. Kay @nckayauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

TELL ME AN ENDING x THE ONE x STATION 11 #QuestPit #W #a #lf #t #s Hungry for money, 4 artists join a paid memory study. When the implant starts messing with their heads & the scientists behind it vanish, the 4 must untangle the case—or face permanent brain damage LLL Cheshire & Ascent Novel Prize

An evocative moodboard on a 3x3 grid depicting the following:
- first column: two drawings of human brains and an MRI machine
- second column: a starling among blossoms, a dramatic frog statuette, a hand grasping forget-me-nots
- third column: photos and a camera, art and brushes, a person holding a memory card

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE EVERWINTER KING Querying Soon! Desperate to find his oldest friend, the missing sun god, a former holy king returns to the home he abandoned and the people he betrayed to reunite with his god and prevent an endless winter. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #AgentsGuide

Title page for an agent's guide to THE EVERWINTER KING. The title is placed over a moodboard featuring a Mediterranean inspired setting and royalty imagery. In addition to the title the page reads "Adult Fantasy Standalone. Queer normative world. MM romance subplot. 95,000 words."

THE EVERWINTER KING's pitch.

PITCH
A former holy king does the one thing he swore he’d never do in search of his missing god. He goes home.

Malachi was born with God’s voice in his head. When God vanishes in the midst of a decade-long winter, Mal breaks the oath he made to himself and returns to the home he abandoned—the city where he was raised to be king. There, he’s marked to compete in trials meant to select God’s new emissary. His replacement.

After succeeding in the first trial, Mal demands entry to the royal temple, where he learns the skies are empty. God has stopped speaking to his priests and Mal alike. With no other avenue for answers, Mal must win the competition for God’s favor and assume the throne he never wanted, or risk losing his oldest friend for good and damning the world to a worsening everwinter.

An excerpt from THE EVERWINTER KING.

“My head hurts,” Malachi mumbled into his drink.

“They say King Ridaris’ eye glowed like this.”

Did they? Malachi shuffled through his memories for any mention of that from his mothers, or the history books, and found nothing.

“I think it means God knows who you are.” Sen lowered her voice, eyes shifting toward the surrounding priests. Kinder to pretend she did it out of concern for his headache. “You need to be careful.”

“Aye.”

“It hasn’t stopped glowing. Everyone else’s did.”

He raised a hand to cover his eye, pausing to marvel at the light pouring over his fingers and palm. It spilled into every crack, crevice, and scar his hand had to offer, like liquid pooled against his skin. Malachi closed his fist around the cold light and pressed it to his face. “Hurts.”

“Close your eyes,” Samara offered. “Rest. We’ll handle it from here.”

For once, he did just that.

A page listing comp titles.

Comp titles for THE EVERWINTER KING include: "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson, "The Raven Tower" by Ann Leckie, "WITCH KING" by Martha Wells, and "The Red Winter" by Cameron Sullivan.

Similarities include: godly shenanigans, political trials, queer-norm worlds, queer male leads, messy homecomings, and a second chance subplot.

Bonus comp! Dragon Age 2.

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Cail Rowan @cailrowan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bone Houses x House of Hollow Magic fades & Luna’s father vanishes into The Orade. With her friend Treasure, she crosses dangerous seas, survives ruthless sectors, & faces a dire magic-plague. The power inside her demands a choice: save him, save her best friend, or lose herself. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

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Cail Rowan @cailrowan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bone HousesXHouse of Hollow A delicate bloom holds a secret & threatens peace when Luna’s father vanishes into The Orade. She & Treasure search for him, but cruel sectors & a magic-plague force her to face untamed powers & a hard choice: save him, save Treasure, or lose herself. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

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Kyla Whitelock is querying ✨ @kylawhitelock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ARCANE X AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER In a city where innovation thrives on cruelty, human Industrialists experiment on animal hybrids to create the ultimate weapon ⚔😈 In the forests, druids command the elements—but their silence may destroy the balance they swore to protect 🍃🦊 #questpit #Q #A #F

On the left side is an industrial city with smoke stacks that turn the air black. On the right side is a green forest with sunlight coming through the trees. It is divided by black cracks.

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Kyla Whitelock is querying ✨ @kylawhitelock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Agent's Guide for MOLDED BY MALICE Druids go through the Inflection, where an element will bless them with power 🍃💨💧 Industrialists are subjected to the Test of Attunement, where crystals can enhance their speed, strength, or senses 🔮💪🏼😈 But what if you aren't chosen? #questpit #A #F #Q

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Cari (they/them) is querying 🏴‍☠️ @cvarras.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ONE PIECE IN SPACE A runaway must work with the infuriating partner of her unfortunate crush to rescue him and his breakthrough magic from becoming a weapon, even as her growing feelings clash with her history of running from everyone she’s ever loved. #questpit #Q #A #F #RF #SFF

A card with a starry background with the title Pirates and Planets. The subtitle says Opening Lines. Below is a paragraph. It says:
Romanza Glass. It’s a name many forgot and select few know.
If someone were not already familiar with the stinking back-alleys and smoggiest corners of Cytherean under-cities, they’d probably never heard of a little dive bar called “The Growler.” But if they had, they’d know the sweet, sticky smell of conditioning oil and spilled liquor, the lamps’ eerie green glow dripping over tabletops, and the intoxicating delight of their crown jewel: the illustrious performer known only as “Looking Glass.”

A card that says Pirates and Planets - Comps across the top. Below, there are two columns with covers of books. The first says By Me. Listed left to right, the comps listed are The Murderbot Diaries, One Piece; Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die; The Dispossessed, The Adventure Zone Balance (a podcast, not a book), and Six of Crows.
The second column says By Readers. From left to right, they are Arcane (the Netflix animated show), These Burning Stars, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and Gideon the Ninth.

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star is AGENTED !!! ☆ @starlettsky.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

reposting for #QuestPit #Q #R #A

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Ipcress File X Life on Mars 🔫 High-stakes thriller 🔫 Time travel shenanigans 🔫 Stale beer espionage 🔫 Weird science 🔫 Cold War subterfuge 🔫 Working class hero 🔫 Hunter to hunted 🔫 Antagonist from the future 🔫 Enemy turned ally 🔫 Proles vs privilege #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T #agentguide

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Cass @casshabs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#questpit #A #DF #Q In my world, magic isn't invisible. It lives in your hair, eyes, and color. And when the darkness takes it... it erases you.

A dark, atmospheric title slide featuring a black book cover framed with pale floral designs. The title reads “Born of Light, Cursed by Darkness” by Cassandra Habig. A glowing streak of multicolored light cuts through the title. Background is warm gold and shadowed, with text indicating “Adult Dark Academia Romantic Fantasy” and “120k words.”

A dark fantasy blurb slide with teal text on a smoky gold and black background. The header reads “BLURB” followed by the tagline “Magic lives in color. When it fades… so do you.” The paragraph describes Rihalyn Embers, her hidden magic, her sister’s execution, and her arrival at a deadly academy. Decorative images include glowing flowers and a glass-encased rose, reinforcing a magical, fragile atmosphere.

Text reads:
Magic lives in color. When it fades… so do you.
Twenty-year-old Rihalyn Embers lives on Runyan, where magic reveals itself in color, and she has none. Until her sister Mahdilyn is exposed as a rare illusionist, revealing she has been masking Rihalyn’s iridescent colors and altering her memories to keep her safe from Abel, the self-crowned ruler who siphons color to secure his throne. When Mahdilyn is executed for refusing to join Abel’s army, Rihalyn is sent to Wychlith, an academy that trains mages to serve Abel, where combat trials force magic to the surface, victories raise rank, and defeat costs pieces of a mage’s soul.

At Wychlith, light awakens. Darkness waits.
Rihalyn clings to one goal: survive long enough to reclaim her suppressed power, uncover what Mahdilyn hid, and learn why she died for it. But when Kieran, Abel’s son, takes her under his mentorship, she cannot tell whether he is shielding her from Abel or shaping her into something useful for his own rise. Kieran wields dark magic, the same force draining Runyan of its color, and every lesson awakens Rihalyn’s light while binding her more tightly to him.

If Abel finds her, he’ll drain her.
If Kieran loves her, he may destroy her.
Now she must decide who to trust before Abel senses the light waking inside her, Kieran’s darkness corrupts it, and what little color remains in Runyan vanishes forever.

A split slide showing “Tropes & Themes” on the left and “Comps” on the right. The left lists elements like color vs. darkness, shadow magic, dark academia, morally gray characters, slow burn romance, and found family, alongside romantic and symbolic imagery. The right lists comparison titles The Serpent & the Wings of Night and The Foxglove King, with brief descriptions of tone and themes. A short “Unique Appeal” section highlights a color-based magic system drained by darkness.

A dark, cinematic slide divided into two sections: “Snippet” and “The Atmosphere.” The snippet features a close, emotional interaction between two characters with intense eye contact and tension. Below and beside it is a collage of fantasy imagery including glowing magic, castles, books, shadowy forests, and magical hands, visually conveying the tone of a dark, magical academy setting.

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SEVERANCE x SILO On Apple TV+ #LiteraryAgents this is THE UNMAKING 🧠 A woman erasing emotionally volatile memories for the government 👾 The phantom unleashed by her grief, remembering everything 🔪 The devoted state enforcer sent to drag her back in line #QuestPit #Q #A #S #SF #SFF #U

Moodboard for the unmaking. Glitching man, blurred city, woods, supply shed, woman, man, fire, burned city

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Sarah Halter is querying @schalter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A FATE INKED IN BLOOD X THE CRIMSON CROWN 🥀A demon exiled for her magic 🪽A seraphim from a disgraced house ♟️Political pawns caught in a deadly game To free her love from an enemy court, Cariad must use her dark magic threatening to control her if she can’t control it first #QuestPit #Q #A #F

Grid style picture. Top left is of a woman holding dried flowers, top middle is of two people trying to grasp hands, top right is of a spooky forest, bottom left is of a rusty Celtic sword, bottom middle is of a person with white wings, bottom right is of a castle ruin on a cliff above the sea

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Allison Wall @awritingwall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bree assumes “joining the Dark Goddess" is a lesbian sex club hazing prank—until she kills an evil politician with a gush of menstrual blood. The Goddess has given Bree real power. Her intentions? Murky. Her appetite? Insatiable. Her contract? Binding. #questpit #Q #A #H #S #LF

Mood board in reds and blacks. Images include: woman laying in a bathtub full of blood, a woman crowned under a red moon, a hand dripping with black liquid, and text that reads, After You Make a Pact with the Dark Goddess, There’s No Going Back.

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🧚‍♀️ ALL THE TIME WE NEVER HAD 🍐 WIP #questpit #A #R #HF #H #L #Q 🌹Devine femininity 🫀Family sacrifice 👸Women’s roles in history 🏡Antique house 🧚‍♀️ Folklore and spirits 🤰Mother-daughter relationship

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Hi, I’m Caitie @findmeinfairytales.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Sapphic Swan Lake x Cyrano de Bergerac Sometimes trying to save someone you love results in their death sentence instead. 🔥Slow-burn romance ☕️ Tea leaf reading magic 💌 Letters exploring grief 🦢A monstrous swan curse 🕰️ Time is the enemy 🔮Witches 🥀 Dark fairytale #questpit #Q #YA #F

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Duke @jgduke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#QuestPit #A #F #Q LONG LIVE THE QUEEN #AStoryOfDainu Three hundred years after the rightful lineage is exiled, the heir returns to claim what is his. Taking Ral Palace was easy; keeping it is another story.

Picture is a (temporary) book cover. A golden crown is center on a black background. White text reads "Long Live the Queen, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble 🎲 TTRPG Nerds 😱 Co(s)mic Horror 🤔 But also Mystery 👻 Supernatural Folklore 🏰 Victorian Manor 🌙 Dark & Stormy Night 🤟 Final Dad #QuestPit #A #H #MY #Dis #Q #OS #AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

Top left: distressed title “DAD BODIES” with a dagger through the letters and red blood splatter on a black background.
Top right: blurb text describing five dads solving their detective friend’s murder during a gaming retreat using TTRPG experience and humor; includes “74K words,” “20+ requests,” and “Big 5 interest.”
Bottom left: thematic keywords in red and white—“dad friends,” “irreverent humor,” “dark & stormy night,” “cosmic horror,” and “final dad”—above silhouettes of figures with X-shaped eyes.
Bottom right: comparison panel referencing “John Dies at the End,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Jumanji,” with small images/posters and red splatter accents.

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

6 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, & not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted. Big 5 Editor Interest #QuestPit #NA #F #Q

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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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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.

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T. Diaz @t-diaz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE UNRAVELING Thank you again, @leonahwrites.bsky.social and @minaareis.bsky.social, for this opportunity! 🔁 YA SPECULATIVE FICTION 🧩 PUZZLE DRIVEN DARK FANTASY ⚡ TIME LOOPS 🌊 DUAL PROTAGONIST Image sources: Pexels / Personal photograph / Canva #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #S #DF #MY #amquerying

Two silhouettes of a young man and woman facing away from each other against a vivid orange sunset. Text reads: The Unraveling. Time resets. The damage does not. Seven days. Six puzzles. Every failure leaves Ethan damaged and closer to a reset he cannot survive. Verity has always trusted patterns. Now they are breaking

A dark clock tower at night with two illuminated clock faces glowing amber against a stormy sky. Text reads: The Unraveling. Briarwick was not built. It was designed. Every street. Every landmark. Every symbol. A pattern hidden in plain sight for two hundred years. And now it is counting down.

A stormy dark sky with Fibonacci spiral lamp posts visible in silhouette. Text reads: The Unraveling. Full pitch text describing Ethan and Verity facing an ancient pattern threatening their town. Ends with: Not everyone they love gets to follow.

A rain slicked amber lit street at night with warm glowing lamp posts. Text reads: The Unraveling. Early Reader Responses. Five reader quotes about the book.

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

✨ THE CRAFT x ONE DARK WINDOW ✨ When Lola’s deadly shadows escape, killing her best friend, she must seek control at an elite magical academy before they kill again—or lose her humanity. Perfect for agents who like: 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic BIPOC witches 🖤 Body horror 💫 Fantasy/Horror/Mystery #QuestPit #Q #A #F

An image of a school with multiple towers, in black on a grey sky, with multiple crescent moons hanging above. The text reads ‘an agents guide to The Bells of Le Fay, adult dark academia fantasy, 102k words.

A silhouette of a woman reaching up to the sky with a bright light between her hands. There is a shadowed tree next to her. The text reads: pitch, The price of magic is monstrous. Lola Knight expects to live a normal life, but when the deadly shadows beneath her skin escape, killing her best friend, she must attend Le Fay Academy for Higher Magics to seek control before they kill again. When she finds out the shadows are slowly turning her into a monster, she chases a cure through the ancient archives—but instead unearths a dangerous conspiracy, and must decide: keep digging to unmask the true monsters, or accept her fate and risk her humanity.

An open spell book surrounded by candles and a mirror. There are three book covers; for One Dark Window, Book of Night, and The Incandescent. The text reads: tropes and comps, witchy dark academia, monstrous magic, sapphic romance, ancient archives, body horror, unhelpful ghosts.

The silhouette of a woman with a huge dark shadow looming over her. The text reads: first lines. The shadows had teeth, and they hungered for blood. They shouldn’t exist here, amongst the weathered sandstone of Durham University. They shouldn’t exist at all, outside the confines of Lola’s mind. But the terrible scratching of claws against flagstone wasn’t a figment of her imagination, as she had first thought, strolling arm-in-arm with Sam on their way home from an end-of-exams party. She didn’t notice them straight away, her gaze sliding over the shadows cast by the faculty buildings. She didn’t notice them until they peeled away from the walls, their darkness thicker and more absolute than the others. Even then she pulled her gaze away, dismissing it. Inebriation hung over her like a thin veil, turning the glow of street lamps into a kaleidoscopic sky.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

EARTHLINGS! BODY SNATCHERS x THE RUNAWAYS When a 2nd generation alien sleeper cell is ordered to abduct her human friend, she saves her and goes rogue instead. Now her fellow operatives must track her down, but will the help her to sabotage the coming invasion instead? #questpit #W #YA #SF

A group of second generation aliens sleeper cells have spent their entire lives assimilating to human culture and gathering intelligence for the home world. To them, the eventual overthrow of farth has always been a distant goal meant for future generations.
Mow, when ordered to abduct and replace a human girl they have befriended, one of the alien operatives realizes that they have grown to care more for their found home and family than they do for their own people. She sabotages the abduction and goes on the run with the human girl.
Her friends are ordered to track her down, but now questioning their own mission, they find themselves wondering if the entire invasion is a mistake and if they have more in common with these Earthlings than they ever thought...

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Kelsea Wolf 📚 ✨ @kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Alice wants normal adventures, the kind she can have with her marine archeologist aunt. She doesn’t want anything to do with magic or curses or secrets societies. The sooner she can sail through the Bermuda Triangle and follow the riddles to break her aunt’s curse the better. #questpit #q #ya #f #mg

A map of the south eastern region of the United States, aged. Red writing from top to bottom. Can we trust the riddles? Charleston, SC (The Manor) Savannah GA (Bonevevnture Cemetery) Saint Augustine, Fl (The Lighthouse ) Isle of Tempus (?) Elliot Key, FL (?) Key West, FL ( The Fort)

A vision board for agents and editors describing the book The Society of curse breakers clockwise there is a picture of a swamp that says betrayal a picture of a capybara that says diverse magic systems a picture of a forest that says folklore and strange villains a picture of a Florida map that says cryptids a picture of a lighthouse and a ship that says pirates and a picture of of a tunnel that says sports, a picture of a brick mansion thag says curses and urban fantasy and a picture of a diver that says found family

A scroll that says The Society
Gravity Falls x The Sea of Monsters
The Perfect Recipe for a Bad Summer:
A pinch of Cryptids
A Dose of Magic
A Spoonful of Riddles
A Secret Society
One Life draining curse
Mix it all together and you get a crew of untrained magic wielders sailing south on a quest to break a deadly curse before their families are lost forever. At the the bottoms there is a picture of a sailing ship.

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT

A small four image moodboard on an orange background.

The first image is two men in suits, one in black and one in white, holding hands. The next image, a hand holding a red apple with a snake curling around it. The next image, a man in a business suit looking at his shadow, which has horns and a tail. The final image, a zoomed in image of someone holding their hands behind their back with their fingers crossed to indicate they are lying.

In large yellow print are the words "Hell Is Work" below that the words "Virgil Mora burns in hell. It's a pretty good job."

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
“Magic should never return.”
After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.

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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE LESSER SOUL 💰A Heist Gone Awry 🗣️Witty Banter 🧠Two Souls Sharing One Body ⏰A Protagonist Running Out of Time #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Elina has never been anything but a thief, certain that redemption is a fairy tale. But as death closes in, she can’t ignore the truth: if she’s going to die anyway, her soul replaced with a legendary hero's, wouldn’t it be better to let him take her place? Click for full image #QuestPit #Q #A #F

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🩸ETERNALLY DEAD🩸 🧛‍♂️Fang Fiction X Almost Famous 🎸When an injured guitarist is taken to the Vampire Realm by the bassist in a vampire rock band, she's given the chance to heal & fulfill her rockstar dreams--if she performs for monsters. And blood is running out in the Realm. #questpit #Q #A #F #PR #RF

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 107k 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.

Background features black and white photo of audience at concert. Title in red at top that reads THE PITCH. White text below reads: After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious vampire realm by the bassist if an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rock star dreams or her own survival. A red splash of blood is also seen in bottom right corner

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

Slide features title in red that reads THE VIBES. A collage of photos features several scary looking men with fangs and blood on their mouths, a cool-looking black woman smoking, the mouth if a white woman with fangs and blood on her mouth, a blonde person smashing a white guitar, a man in a mask playing guitar, the hands of an audience member at a concert, a collection of books, a record collections, mixtapes, a woman walking in a city with an umbrella, and two hands grasping at one another in a sexual way

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Margot Miller @margotmiller15.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN X WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE LET THE PLAYERS BLEED - 79K words * YA Speculative Thriller * Dark academia vibes * Neurodivergence rep * Coming-of-age * Found family #questpit #Q #YA #amquerying #agentsguide

Cover of the books The Girls I’ve Been and Where Sleeping Girls Lie

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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC Typhus strikes and brings a wealthy New Yorker intent on marrying the hardworking inn maid. To keep a promise to her sister, she accepts, despite warnings from a medical student who threatens her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF

cover photo for Finding Echinacea's Agent's Guide, a couple kissing in a field and the words "a literary historical romance by Clara Benson

Get to know the book!
Enemies to lovers
Medical history of typhus
The tension between duty and desire
Historical Fiction set in 1847
Reconciliation in the wake of broken promises
Complex family dynamics
Money can’t buy happiness
Small village isolated setting
Class tension and social mobility

a mood board for Finding Echinacea; a maid, echinaceas, a pocket watch, church steeple, romantic couples and medical textbook pages

Comps
Titanic for the love triangle, class disparity and overbearing fiance
Rebecca for the hasty proposal from a wealthy man with a secretive past
Dr. Quinn for the small town setting and medical tension

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Megan Metzger @meganmetzger.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

8 DATES OF HANUKKAH ❄️ 86,000k / Adult Holiday Rom Com! 👸 From the Co-Writer of The Princess Switch 1 and 2! 🐶 Full manuscript and photos of pets in costumes available on request! #AgentGuide #Q #R #A #QUESTPIT

Holiday blue images, photos of chefs and winter romance photos surround a blue box that reads with white writing: 8 Dates of Hanukkah

Over a blue background it reads in white text: GET READY FOR....

DISABLED! JEWISH! BISEXUAL! REP! 🌈

MULTIPLE P.O.Vs (including one from a dog’s perspective!!) 🐶

GRUMPY/SUNSHINE 😤😘

COMPETENCY P@RN (his hands... and what he can do with them) 👀

Tie him up to get answers 🪢🪢

Yes, Chef!

Holiday madness as a way of life 🙌

He’s wanted her his whole life 🥵

Therapy is awesome! 😎

Found Family 😇 ...and meddling family 😈

Over a blue background, it reads in white text: The journaling, whimsy,
and romance of Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Jewishness and real
moments of The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah, The banter and
holiday insanity of How My Neighbor Stole Christmas.

Over a blue background it reads in white text: THE BLURB

BETH has a problem, she has just been dumped by her boyfriend DYLAN for not being outgoing enough. Desperate to show that she can change her ways, Beth comes up with a plan - The 8 Dates of Hanukkah - to bring a new adventurous date to each night of her family’s annual Hanukkah Palooza. Totally normal solution, right? Right! But Beth thinks her plan will work as long as her ex-BFF Joel doesn’t cause too many problems.

Meanwhile, JOEL is keeping secrets. First of all, Beth’s dad is sick and refuses to tell anyone. Second of all, Joel is desperately in love with Beth.

As Hanukkah Palooza begins - amateur magicians, famous dogs, ice-skating medalists, Human Dreidel Fights, and a Passover-themed BDSM night of passion make things - literally - explode for Beth and Joel as they realize they just might be made for each other… if they can get over their past, problems, and secrets.

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS set in Paxos, Greece 𝑑𝑢 𝑀𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑅𝐸𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐶𝐴 x 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑥'𝑠 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇 𝐶𝑂𝑈𝑃𝐿𝐸 A PR exec risks her moral compass to help the people she loves when murder is suspected and they all have motive. Esp. the dead woman's husband. The man she's in love with. #Questpit #Q #A #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, 97k Bookclub
'She knew secrets. Now she's dead. Everyone has a motive.

PITCH - They're like family to her, but when murder is suspected a PR exec must decide how far to go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband. The man she's always loved.

Opening Lines -
As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon.
'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.'
'I have plenty to say.'
Her head whips round then. She smiles.

Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.'
Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.'
Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.'
'I want to. Tell me what happened.'

TROPES & THEMES - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Slow-burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder

COMPS - The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave, The Liars by Katherine Fleet, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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