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@lilyshadbolt.bsky.social
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23 y/o author she/her 🏳️‍🌈 🚫AI🚫 i write: fantasy; science-fiction; horror; historical; and more preparing: gothic dark academia historical🎭 wip: steampunk science-fantasy🚊 linktr.ee/lilyshadbolt

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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
IF WE WERE VILLAINS X VICIOUS Vance has always known he was the smartest person in the room. But when he starts hallucinating his dead lover, Vance’s grip on reality begins to slip as he falls into a tragedy of his own making. #DVpit #A #HF #LGBT #DarkAcademia
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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MALEDICTION As the ward of the king, Vance has always been afforded certain privileges. But when the king’s son—and Vance’s lover—is found dead, and he starts seeing his ghost, Vance must survive his last year of college, as well as the betrayal of his own mind. #DVpit #A #HF #DarkAcademia #LGBT
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Refusing to use AI isn’t a recalcitrant position. It’s the moral one. There is too much wrong with how this is happening to just “if you can’t beat em join em” this. It’s a lack of consent machine. An environmental destruction machine. An emotional and cognitive numbing machine.
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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ABOVE THE SEA AND SKY; GODKILLER x THE GRISHAVERSE x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 🏴‍☠️ lesbian pirates; ❤️ slow burn; 🔥 elemental magic; 🫂 found (and lost) family; 👩🏻 female focused and character driven; “No place for mortals. So, I said, ‘I will no longer be mortal.’” #QuestPit #F #A #LGBT #Q
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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
MESSY LESBIAN PIRATES MUST KILL A FALSE GOD, OR DIE. ft. a closeted princess wielding temperamental fire; a pirate captain who is totally her type; the shadow-wielding blond with bottomless jokes and 2x the trauma; an infuriating blood-wielder who might be more than he seems… #QuestPit #Q #A #LGBT
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brellom @brellom.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I don't like that larper has become a new insult, considering larping is an actual cool and niche hobby, and we already had words like poser or performative loser.
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QueerPit @queerpit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy International Non-Binary People's Day!!! We send love to all our non-binary writers, agents, editors and publishing professionals today 💛🤍💜🖤
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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN x ONE PIECE —Epic Fantasy Duology —Pirate sailing adventure —3 povs with their own paths to take —Caribbean/Puerto Rican coded —Queer casted —Magic based on the 4 elements —2 colonizing empires to fight against #QueerPit #YA #F #W
Aesthetic board for protagonist 1, Lorena Anacaona Kay.Aesthetic board for protagonist 2, Gideon Mercer.Aesthetic board for protagonist 3, Salvador Calavera Salinas.
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Calenn Lithgow Writes 🌊🌲 @calennlithgow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Character yellow flags: 🌘LYR Not picky about her ale Disgusted by large bugs Wave magnet 🌕THALIA Clumsy (when did that rock get there?) TOO helpful Redhead 🌒DARA Can do one-armed pushups Miscommunication (as a lifestyle) 🌕HALLE Chronically offline Toxic positivity #A #SF #QueerPit #OnSubmission
Picture of a sailboat sailing against a sea and a starry sky with the manuscript title, BRIGHTER THAN TWO MOONS. Author: Calenn Lithgow. Agent: Kim Carson at Susan Schulman Literary Agency. On submission: Adult Sapphic Sci Fi at 104,000 words. Comparable books for Brighter than Two Moons: A Closed and Common Orbit, Some Desperate Glory, and The Blighted Stars. Common tropes include found family; AI sentience; aliens!!; mysterious interstellar threats; and headstrong female protagonists. A slide that provides a short pitch accompanied by atmospheric images, including asteroids, characters, and crumbling cities. 
The Pitch: 
Lyr delivers goods to the last of humanity on an asteroid-wrecked planet. When her sentient sailboat glitches, Lyr sets sail in search of the last scientists to save her. With the aid of unwelcome allies, and obstruction from unexpected enemies, Lyr discovers yet another asteroid headed for her planet—and uncovers what doomed humanity in the first place.
Love, lies, and asteroids collide in this slow-burn sapphic sci-fi mystery.
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Calenn Lithgow Writes 🌊🌲 @calennlithgow.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Captain Lyr is her dying planet's favorite punching bag. Her ship is malfunctioning, and the only one willing to hire her is her ex's new girlfriend. Between pirates, tsunamis, and catching feelings, saving the world from another asteroid might be the easiest task yet. #A #SF #QueerPit #OnSubmission
Picture of a sailboat sailing against a sea and a starry sky with the manuscript title, BRIGHTER THAN TWO MOONS. Author: Calenn Lithgow. Agent: Kim Carson at Susan Schulman Literary Agency. On submission: Adult Sapphic Sci Fi at 104,000 words. Comparable books for Brighter than Two Moons: A Closed and Common Orbit, Some Desperate Glory, and The Blighted Stars. Common tropes include found family; AI sentience; aliens!!; mysterious interstellar threats; and headstrong female protagonists.
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lily is querying!📖🎭🎀 @lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
ABOVE THE SEA AND SKY; GODKILLER x THE GRISHAVERSE x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 🏴‍☠️ lesbian pirates; ❤️ slow burn; 🔥 elemental magic; 🫂 found (and lost) family; 👩🏻 female focused and character driven; “No place for mortals. So, I said, ‘I will no longer be mortal.’” #QueerPit #EF #F #A #AmQuerying
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Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Dean likes men. So does his girlfriend. Finding a man they both like? Surprisingly easy. Keeping Dean in the closet when their new man lives with someone in his acting class? One night can’t hurt. But one night isn’t enough, and secrets have a way of getting out. #QueerPit #NA #R
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Text in the middle reads NA romance by Michelle Ogilvy. The Great Throuple. 

Image at bottom of a man being silenced with tagline: If their secret comes out, so does he.
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Sidney Quinn - Author @sidneyquinn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
THE SECRET COURT, a queer Regency romance is in search of a new home! Rights reversion from Wattpad Originals in Nov. Morgan, the second-born son of a prominent family, ventures to court to find a bride. He's aided by Liam, a charming rake who may not be what he seems. #queerpit #r #HF #mm #A
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Suzy A. Win @suzyawin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
SHREK x A FORGERY OF FATE x PONYO When a thieving mermaid meets her match against a seafolk hunter, she must elude his suspicions as she tries to kiss his cousin, uncover her ancestors' connection with the land, and resist falling in love with the hunter's storytelling voice. #QueerPit #YA #F
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Mazie @sillyartcollector.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#QueerPit #GN #earlyreader DUNGEON SCOUTS It’s Olave’s first day of Dungeon Scouts, and she’s determined to earn every badge to become a great adventurer. Everything goes smoothly until her Scout Leader is scooped up by a dragon.
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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When Danica feels the touch of her deceased gf Alma, hope for their happily ever after reignites. As the end of Death comes closer, the lovers must decide if they want to sacrifice their happiness to save the world where their love must remain hidden. #queerpit #A #F #UF
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Hugh Blackthorne @hughblackthorne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In a wicked tale of desire and deception, when a gay archaeologist falls under suspicion for his lover’s death at an ancient tomb, he must clear his name before he’s charged with murder. #QueerPit #A #GN #STEM #Con #LGBTQ #darkacademia
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Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📚College #CR 💕Fake dating 💜Aro-Ace #LGBT rep 💢Twin rivalry 🎒Philosophical existential crises 🖤One-sided pining 💔Afraid of growing up + growing apart #QueerPit #YA
A moodboard with four photos. Upper left is a girl with dark hair. There are line darings of hearts by her. Top right is blue with line drawings of flowers. A quote says “people are fundamentally selfish.” Bottom left is pink with line drawings of flowers and a fish with a quote that says “so I guess that makes you pretty exceptional.” Bottom right is a girl with pink hair wearing a black jacket, back turned. A line drawing of a crow is over her head and a lipstick kiss mark is in the corner.
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rihdara klay 📖 @rihdaraklay.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
a dystopian epic fantasy about an uprising against a fascist queen whose touch turns bodies into sugar, led by a grieving royal translator who finds solace in outlawed books 🍰 french revolution x THG x babel 🍰 politics, found family, love triangle 🍰 POC cast #queerpit #F #D #A
a four-picture moodboard with a red and pink theme. in the top left corner sits a two-tiered cake with cherries placed along its edges. in the top right corner is the bodice of a noble woman; her dress is made from red and white lace. in the bottom left corner is a woman holding a sword, standing on a beach with her back towards the audience. in the right bottom corner is the interior of a chapel in Versailles with white columns, arched windows, and frescos of various paintings.
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stella 🦢 @etherealdior.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NEVER THOUGHT I’D END UP HERE X A BANH MI FOR TWO 20-year-old Olivia Zhou, feeling disconnected from her Chinese heritage, goes on a summer exchange in Shanghai, but the most important lessons are learned outside the classroom. #queerpit #YA #R #COA
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R. E. McManus @earthkids.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
13 GOING ON 30 x ANNA KARENINA Kitty wakes up 10 years in the future learning she's miserable despite now living in outer space. She decides to better her life w/ a scheme to win her ex back from the woman who stole him only to realize he wasn't the one she was interested in. #QueerPit #A #SF #R
A background featuring the moon looking at earth with a retrofuturistic space station in the background. The main character from 13 Going on 30 is skipping in her pink pajamas with a little moon habitat at her feet to the left and then to the right there are people dressed in 1960s clothes while a woman is in space above them. The top says:10 Years Time
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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray (16yo) battles brooding Jack Frost (17yo) to inherit her powers. With Jack's frozen heart melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to lose the contest to save the boy he loves #QueerPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #CliFi
A m picture of crocuses covered in the snow. At the top it says "Summer's Cruel Warmth," in a yellowish font, and "Winter's Gentle Chill" in a glow white font.

At the top of the pic, it says:
In the competition for Mother Nature's powers
Fair's just a weather condition

In purple it says, "M/M Romance," "Grumpy x Sunshine" and "Friends -->Enemies-->Lovers"

Below the pic it says "Now Querying" in purple. Below that it says "A 70K YA Fantasy Novel by Sage Collins" in a fading gray font
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Kiya Nicoll @kiyanicoll.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#QueerPit #COA #H #R #A Trans men often have anxieties about transition making them into monsters; a trans boy's metamorphosis may not be as much about gender as he thought it was, but becoming a monster may be what it takes to escape an abusive parent and find love in the queerphobic 90s.
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Eri Victoria | "The Fangirl Diaries" Author @scarlet-rhapsody.com · 01/07/2026
Careful how you handle a girl's heart, she might be writing and singing songs about you! Celine and her new friends start a pop idol group, the Midnight Angelz. But Celine's not the only teen idol at her school... LOVE LIVE x SOMETHING MORE #YA #COA #RC #QueerPit #amquerying
Image - three Asian American girls in school uniforms

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An agent’s guide to
MIDNIGHT ANGELZ
by erica victoria espejo
YA coming-of-age romantic comedy
86,000 Wordsthe pitch

Moving to the Los Angeles suburbs, 16-year-old Celine is desperate to make new friends and find a place where she belongs. When she is sent to detention for standing up against a bully, she befriends two outcast girls.  They form a pop group, the Midnight Angelz.  As a last minute addition at the talent show, they turn from “the weird girls” to their school’s resident pop idols.

But Celine and The Midnight Angelz aren’t the only teen idols at school. Celine’s first kiss and known womanizer, Vincent Falco, is determined to 
win Celine’s heart again. When Vincent learns he is the subject of her songs about break ups, Celine notices he wants to help the Midnight Angelz succeed. 

Celine is torn between giving him another chance or risk being another romantic conquest. As Celine is discovering her voice and confidence, she must choose between pursuing a life of music where  she can truly be herself on stage or 
keep her talents  forever hidden.
the comps

Something More
Austistic rep
Theatre kids
Immigrant family
Catholic High School setting

XOXO
Asian American rep
She’s a musician
He’s a celebrity
Relationship status: Complicated

Kimi ni Todoke
Weird girl rep
Shoujo romcom vibes
Mental health rep
Friendship is familywhat it sounds like
It’s Fall 2000. What’s in your Discman?

Madonna's Immaculate Collection - dance the drama away
Hikaru Utada - never forget first love
DDR 3rd Mix - Gonna make you sweat
LInkin Park's Hybrid Theory - lyrics that get YOU! (and no one else) 
Pink's Can't Take Me Home - Feminine rage in pink
BoA's ID Peace B - found it on Napster
N Sync's No Strings Attached - Millennial Mall POp
Britney Spear's Baby One More Time - Glitter Gel Pen Pop
Taylor Swift's Speak Now - Long Live the memories
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Sophie Lamzik @sophielam.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
THE WEDDING PEOPLE X SEARCH PARTY: a destination wedding in Hawaii, an ensemble of misguided wedding guests, TWO BRIDES—each with serious undisclosed doubts about the marriage—and one BEACH GIRL who holds a secret that could unravel it all. 77k word #CON #WF #A #QueerPit
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Nick Wenderski @nickwenderski.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
THIRTEEN YEARS (71k, Adult Southern Gothic Folk Horror) The Devil kept his promise. Fame, fortune, sold-out crowds. Thirteen years later, the debt comes due. To save her soul, a musician must convince others to surrender theirs before the Hat Man comes to collect. #A #H #QueerPit
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Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The First Lesbian Book Club asks "What happens if Ann Bannon got fed up with industry publishing standards of the time, got her friends together, and started vandalizing books to give them happy endings?" #QueerPit #HF #HR #HA #UP #WF #A #FLBC #QueerWriters 🌈✒️ #sapphicwriteres #writingcommunity
1954. Toronto, Canada loves its pulp fiction—as long as the lesbians don’t get a happy ending.

Cèilidh Reid, a journalist by day and a lesbian pulp writer by night, is frustrated. Censorship laws and social conventions demand her books end unhappily, and she has a pile of rejection notices to prove it.
Beverly Hendricks, an avid reader turned hobby writer, is equally fed up with the absence of H.E.As in books. Neither woman has found a happily-ever-after on the page—or in real life.
And since they cannot stand each other, they definitely won’t find it with each other.
When Cèilidh catches Beverly—armed with a utility knife, glue, and a stack of typewritten papers—tampering with one of her books in a local bookstore, it sparks an uneasy alliance and an audacious plan: rewrite the endings. Not just one book, but all of them.
With the help of a handful of not-quite authors they befriend along the way, Cèilidh and Beverly embark on a spree of literary sabotage. What follows is an adventure filled with road trips, hijinks, one truly terrible misuse of a thesaurus, and the very real possibility of a happily-ever-after for everyone.“So, this one time,” a woman with a thick Norwegian accent said, “my brother and I found a little dynamitt in an old bunker left by tyskere—”
There was another shout from behind the door. A man’s voice, low and growling, reverberated through the bar and into the storage room.
“Tyskere?” Cèilidh interrupted.
The Norwegian looked at her. “Ja, Germans. Dynamitt left by Nazi in Norway.”
“Oh.” Cèilidh nodded as if she understood, though her rapid blinking betrayed that she was just as confused as everyone else.
“That seemed like fun, so we took the båt out to a scarry and put it in the cracks.”
Beverly, Cèilidh, and a third woman merely blinked at the Norwegian as she went on. Beverly stifled a sneeze. Their perfumes collided in the confined space—old flowers warring for dominance—entangled with panic-induced sweat and the tang of drinks whose effects were wearing off. It smelled like a tropical forest decomposing in a storage closet expressly for the torment of a hyperosmic flower hater. The pungency stung the backs of Beverly’s eyes, bringing with it the certainty of a headache later.
Just wonderful.
The Norwegian continued, unaware or unbothered by their confusion. “My brother thought we should just light it on fire.”
“The scarry?”
“Nei da, the dynamitt,” the Norwegian corrected, shaking her head. “But I knew better. We used the battery from the båt, ja?”
Beverly stared at the Norwegian. “Bo-ah-t?”
“I think it means boat,” the fourth woman said quietly.
“Ja, båt. B-oa-t,” the Norwegian said, overpronouncing the word in her best Canadian English accent. “I used the battery to connect to the dynamitt. Click, click”—her hands acted out connecting the positive and negative parts of the battery to something.
“And?” Beverly asked, impatience and amusement equal in her tone.
“Boom!” The Norwegian laughed.
Cèilidh cleared her throat quietly. “What did you say your name was?”
“I’m Liv,” she replied plainly.
Cèilidh nodded. “Well, Liv, have you gone mad?”The First Lesbian Book Club. What happens if Ann Bannon got fed up with industry publishing standards of the time, got her friends together, and started vandalizing books to give them happy endings?

Spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️ sloth burn, low angst, comedy, multi POV, friends to lovers & found family, queer women doing crime, certified H.E.A, forced proximity

A queer romance. Draft one completed 123 000Collage photo of seven actors for the First Lesbian Book Club fan casting.
Gillian Anderson as Stella
Hannah Einbinder as Liv
Alice Braga as Margaret
Kate McKinnon as Cèilidh
Tatiana Maslany as Beverly
Lucille Ball as Lucy
Janelle Monae as Clara
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Melanie is querying @melanielocke.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🧙 The Era of Mages, where magic kills its wielders. A dying mage and his lover seek an alternative. 🔬 The Era of Thaumaturgy, where magic PhDs must end a Blight A tragic romance binds these eras. To save the world, the PhDs must understand what happened long ago #queerpit #A #F
Digital art, by me. A plant filled greenhouse as background, with a table and several shimmering stones laying atop it. A man with long brown hair and light brown skin sits against the table, reading a notebook titled "Notes of Ash Carpenter". He wears purple floorlength robes baring one shoulder, and beneath his colarbone sits a shimmering stone. Beside him stands a taller, bulkier man with black hair, a bear and a fair skin. He wars a green tunic, brown pants and boots, and holds several books against his chest. He has his free arm wrapped around the other man.
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Athena Lambrou @athena-lambrou.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
They Hate Each Other X Imogen, Obviously Ares needs to do 3 things in life so he doesn’t let his family down: -Date a nice Cypriot girl -Get into a good university -NOT fall in love with his rival, the brother of his sister-in-law ✨Big 5 imprint editor interest #QueerPit #YA #CR #Q
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Leon T. @leont.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
DISHONOREDxJASMINE THRONE 20 years ago, a saint—an unwilling vessel for magic—usurped the throne he was bound to. Now, the rightful heir wants vengeance—and has to face the rot at the core of their power. To fix it, they must join forces with the man who murdered their family. #QueerPit #F #FR #A
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Jake Epstine @jakeepstine.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Out of the belly of 2008’s economic collapse, a culture of meanness and nasty edges roars. An aching tooth beckons bankruptcy while jobs disappear, rents go crazy and cars run on empty. In this new world, Levi fights to rebuild his finances and broken spirit. #QueerPit #LF #A
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Knack wants to draw Halloween books🦇 @mxwhittle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🔥⛪HELL IS EMPTY (And All The Devils Are Here) is a graphic novel set shortly after a demonic-possession-based apocalypse. ⛪🔥 How can you live freely when the world sees you as a ticking time bomb? And how can you live with what you've done outside of your own control? #QueerPit #GN #SN #YA
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Maddie is querying! @maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
IN THE NAME OF YOU - YA ROMANCE Noah Kahan x Saved! 🌲 make boys yearn again 🌊 support girls rights (and wrongs) 🌲 dismantle the patriarchy 🌊 deconstruct indoctrination #QueerPit #UpperYA #R #C #YA #NowQuerying
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Kate 🍄 @k8writes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA x THE TAINTED CUP | #QueerPit #A #F #DF A conman grows entangled in a deadly battle of schemes to protect a priest of fungi from the forces seeking to turn him into a mindless puppet—including the mushrooms infesting him. Art by my lovely wife, daintycapybara on IG
A watercolor illustration of a distressed man in red robes sitting on a tree stump. Two people dressed in golden uniforms and carrying platters are carving mushrooms off the man's body.A watercolor illustration of a foggy, rocky beach. Squiggly, worm-like black lines rise from the ocean. A man dressed in red robes stands facing the beach with his arms outstretched.A watercolor illustration of a distressed man in red robes sitting on a tree stump. Two people dressed in golden uniforms and carrying platters are carving mushrooms off the man's body.

Text is overlaid that says:
Lucanus looked like he'd been carved from a tree. No, Stefek realized, he's what's being carved. The knife slid along the edges of him, tracing the shape of the human and cutting away the fungus. It never drew blood. The attendant was careful, and Lucanus more so. Obediently, he'd hold his body in whatever shape the attendant nudged him into. One slice of mushroom at a time, the platter filled.A watercolor illustration of a foggy, rocky beach. Squiggly, worm-like black lines rise from the ocean. A man dressed in red robes stands facing the beach with his arms outstretched. 

Text is overlaid that says:
Six widow-wires rose from the beach like garden eels on the sea floor. Wiggling, waving, lashing out to whip at the boulders. Searching for prey. Stefek bunched his limbs into a ball as the one behind him's shadow danced across the orange algae.

[…]

The wires straightened with a snap, half a dozen perfect lines drawn in the fog. They hissed as Lucanus whispered inaudible words. Then all at once, they collapsed, and the waves began to pull the five spirals out to sea—a crab claimed the sixth in its pincers.

Lucanus unburied his feet and smiled. "There. See? I'm nothing to worry about."
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Holly Baldwin @hollyollybeeee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
✨WE EXPECTED MORE✨ Sup #editors ! Queer and trans found family, first contact (and love) with an alien species, and dat gently done political commentary we all adore! Step aside, vamps. Giant nonbinary bug aliens are the studs of the future! #queerpit #d #up #spf #cli #a
Giant wall, cool kids up top chilling, it's kinda orange sky wise? Title in neon orange "WE EXPECTED MORE"

Underneath is "found family" and "gals being pals (and also not)" and "aliens & more"

Finally, bottom text: (Optimistic Dystopia at its Queerest)
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Via Luino @viathewordwitch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Six of Crows meets Teach the Torches to Burn in A SONG OF SILVER AND SCARLET, a queer subversion of Romeo & Juliet. In a world full of witches and dark magic, Viola and Vašek are assassins sent to kill the other, and they don’t fall in love—at least, not with each other. 😏 #QueerPit #YA #F #FR
A black background with a gold border at the edges, and two character sketches in the middle. One shows Viola, a girl with dark skin and hair, holding a sword. The other is of Vašek, a boy bloodied and exhausted from battle. Gold lettering across the top reads, "A Song of Silver & Scarlet: Trope Map" and the following tropes are listed around the character art. 

Viola: asexual, demiromantic, bi/pan, & poly; touch her & die but make it Sapphic; reluctant assassin x healer; grumpy x sunshine but gay (F/F); Girls Just Want to Have Swords; dangerous magic. 

Vašek: Achillean & demi; a royal guard x his prince; clueless besties both believing they're the only one catastrophically in love; This Cuddling Is Totally Platonic (TM); just kiss already! 

Both: Dual POV, political scheming, imposter royalty.

Character art is from Pinterest and belongs to the artists. A black background with a gold border at the edges, and the character art of Viola to the right. The text reads:

“A Song of Silver & Scarlet: Viola

A girl caged by magic, longing to be free. A boy desperate to save his dying sister. The political plot that forces them to masquerade as royalty to assassinate each other—and the river of dark magic waiting to be unleashed.

Viola is not a princess, but to save the woman she loves, she must become one. Bound by blood magic to a life of misery, Viola is offered freedom for herself and her partner if she poses as her queendom’s heir and assassinates the prince of a rival nation. But Viola is already one secret away from death—her silver blood marks her as a bone witch, one of the illegal magic wielders blamed for creating the Rift, a river of dark magic that bisects the world, sucking the life from everything it touches.”

Along the bottom are the comp titles Six of Crows, Teach the Torches to Burn, The Sunbearer Trials, and A Prince Among PiratesA black background with a gold border at the edges, and the character art of Vašek to the left. The text reads:

“A Song of Silver & Scarlet: Vašek 

 Vašek is not a prince, but to save his dying sister, he will wear a false crown. The king offers Vašek the only known cure for his sister’s illness, and in exchange, Vašek agrees to impersonate the prince to murder the heir of the neighboring queendom. If he fails, his sister will die, but if he succeeds, Vašek will become the very monster he most fears.

Neither Viola nor Vašek knows the other is also an imposter, and their plans soon unravel when assassins attack both parties. Viola and Vašek find themselves fighting together to survive, even as they struggle to decide whether to kill the enemy they were sent to destroy, or trust the only person who understands what it means to be used as a weapon. And time is running out—if Viola and Vašek fail in their missions, their loved ones will suffer the consequences, but if they succeed, it will unravel the magic holding the Rift in check and doom not just their nations, but the entire world.”
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Zoe is ✨querying✨ @zgauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Framed for the murder of the father who once ordered her to the plank, a cursed, cold-hearted pirate is forced into an uneasy alliance with a sly, beautiful captain to carve out the truth behind the death before the pirate lords carve her down. #QueerPit #YA #F #DF #FR #H #M #AC
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M. Leigh Author ✨NOW QUERYING✨ @mleighauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
SCHITT'S CREEK X SOMETHING WILD & WONDERFUL x THE GUNCLE... in a rural Texas town... about a widower who falls for his mysterious roommate... #queerpit SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN (73K, adult LGBTQ+ fiction) is: 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #queerjoy 👀 omg they were roommates 💖 sloooow burn 🌙 chaotic chosen family ✨ sooo many y'alls
Sounds Like A Plan 73k adult LGBTQ+ novel now queryingThe pitch for Sounds Like A PlanThe vibes and characters for Sounds Like A PlanThe comps and lines from Sounds Like A Plan
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Jesterbells @jesterbellart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
YA Toby Daye Halloween traditions become a matter of life and death when a teenage lesbian medium must use them to protect an aroace Faerie warrior princess from assassins. Failure means death, or worse, moving back in with her mother. #QueerPit #YA #F
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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
UPROOTED x NAUSICAÄ 🪲 A naïve natural historian in desperate need of a guide through the cursed forest. 🌌 A non-binary rogue who will do anything to rescue their family. 👀 A plot to trap the rogue brings them together. ❤️ Their hearts will draw them closer. #QueerPit #A #F
A collage of images, going from top left clockwise: a bouquet of colorful berries, swooping white towers with spiral balconies, a shiny purple beetle, a colorful shop full of knick-knacks, a blooming crocus in a dark forest, a drawing of a woman reaching out to the night sky as if to pluck a star, a crumbling castle on a moor, and mushrooms growing on a tree. In the center is a quote by Virginia Woolf: “I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists, the reality of everything.”
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Krithika and Maheshwari Rajesh (are querying 🥰) @rajeshtwins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@queerpit.bsky.social AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER but make it South Asian and queer. 🪷 🏳️‍🌈 Twin warrior princesses. One best friend with kidnapping tendencies. Now they all have to master their elemental powers before their kingdom kills them for it and starts a war. #QueerPit #F #YA #Asian
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stella 🦢 @etherealdior.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I HOPE THIS DOESN’T FIND YOU X HEATED RIVALRY Two elite rival Chinese ballerinas compete for one spot at a prestigious ballet company. 🩰OwnVoices 💗Found family 🩰Coming of age 💗Fake friendship #queerpit #YA #R #COA
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Ayman Eckford @aymaneckford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🩸Vampires in Modern New Orleans ⚜️A vampire queen pretending to be a congresswoman 🩸Autistic,🏳️‍⚧️, bi, PoC representation ⚜️Pregnancy as body horror 🩸Modern World VS Ansient Vamps ⚜️Enemies to Lovers+love triangle 🩸Legacy of Slavery ⚜️Femgore+🏳️‍⚧️ rage 🩸Found families ⚜️Southern Gothic #Queerpit #H #A
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Panda 🖤🩶🤍💜 @celticxpanda.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
KING ARTHUR X SAILOR MOON Once and Future King’ were words Morgan McArthur often heard in her childhood and academic career, but she never thought they might apply to her. Reincarnation pulls no punches, and neither so the armies of the Aesir when Mordred’s at the helm. #QueerPit #NA #UF #F
A quick guide to SHE IS KING featuring art by tacticiankateopening scene from She is Kingtropes and themes from she is kingcomps for she is king, including silver in the bone by alexandra bracken
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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS, two awkward scientists must overcome their mutual dislike to save the world. #QueerPit #A #RC #SF - Mistaken identities - Enemies to lovers - Fake dating - Black cat and porcupine - Explosive chemistry (both kinds)
Poster of a silhouetted man and woman facing away from each other, looking annoyed. Behind them is an Erlenmeyer flask leaking a pink liquid that turns into a heart. The background fades from blue through pink to orange. To the right, a wreath contains the words "2026 RevPit winner"

Title: Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts
Author: F. Irwin
Logline: a sci-fi rom-com with real chemistry
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R. E. McManus @earthkids.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
13 GOING ON 30 x ANNA KARENINA Kitty is ready to make a series of compromises to find happiness, but when a magic meteorite launches her 10 years into the future, she has a chance to fix her life. 🚀 Space Age 💜 Chaotic Bi FMC 🌌 Space Walk Date 🧡 Friends to Lovers 🤷 Why Choose #QueerPit #A #SF #R
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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is gifted magic that could restore life to her dying world, but the power might destroy her. Allied with a broken mentor, a ruthless noble, and a beguiling prince, she must learn if she is meant to save the world or if it is even worth saving. #Queerpit #F #CLI #A
A foggy street. Legs on rocky ground. A woman. A woman with dark hair. A man. A gas mask. A bird. A fence. Flowers in sunlight.
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