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Chelsea Scott @chelseascottbks.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A dark, blue themed collage. Is says: An Agent's Guide to The Earth-Shattering God. A 87,000 word adult fantasy novel by Lucia Judinova. In the middle is a veiled, mysterious woman, the sea angry behind her. Then a cropped picture of angry eyes, a clipart of a dagger and a vial. A quote that says: The feminine is not dead. Nor is she sleeping. Angry, yes. Seething, yes.

The background is dark and blue, a hallway, some pillars. There are comps: The Knight and the Moth, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Sweet & Bitter Magic, Godkiller, Six of Crows, A Dark and Drowning Tide. There is also a snippet fron the novel: Her vision tunneled. Moments before Danny passed out, the woman finally hurried closer. "So sorry!" she called, getting nearer. The pain receded and Danny collapsed to the ground, scraping her elbow. "I wanted to see if it worked. Terribly sorry about that. I'm Bianca." "Don't... care," Danny pushed through gritted teeth. Aftershocks of pain rocked her body, muscles tensing and unclenching
"I had no other choice, Im afraid." Bianca knelt at her side. The rage channeled in Danny's gaze did not scare her off.She had the nerve to smile down at her. "You are a Link. A true, living and breathing Link. How wonderful to meet you." A blinding grin spread, showing incisors bent slightly to the sides. "We'll do great things together. Divine things, Daniela, absolutely divine."

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TRAIN FROM PLATFORM 2 X WE USED TO LIVE HERE X TELL-TALE HEART Hamlet, flipped on its head Dual POV (sibs Ophelia & Laertes) A private train to a will reading 2 snowed-in murders & a haunting F/F enemies to lovers to— ❄️Querying soon❄️ #questpit #agentsguide #A #T #H #W

Moodboard for ALL ABOARD: a shadowed knife, a train with headlights on in the snow, a screaming, indistinct face, a skull in a palm, mist-capped mountains

Features: forced proximity, unreliable narration, f/f enemies to lovers, power and influence, survival, identity and paranoia.

Pitch: When Sam Hambrook, heir to the Hambrook potato chip fortune, is found poisoned and stabbed aboard his family's snowed-in train, his ex-fiancee, Poppy, scrambles to solve the crime despite interference from her brother, Lars—whose desperation to cover up that he stabbed Sam is merging with a haunting only he can see.

Snippet for ALL ABOARD:

The lamp flickers and a strange energy thrums through the train. Panic claws at my insides. I sense it before I see it: a hooded figure gliding through the closed gangway door. It leeches the forest green from the wallpaper and the gleam from the mahogany hardwoods as it drifts toward me, leaving a drab gray in its wake, and why oh why is no one else so much as flinching? Why is Poppy still asking investigative questions over Sam’s dead body?

I’m the only one who can see it.

The only one it can terrorize.

Comp books: "We Used to Live Here," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Train from Platform 2," "Hamlet"

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CosmiCaity 💫 @cosmicaity.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Accursed Moon Soul 🏴‍☠️😈🗡️ The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi x One Dark Window An ex-pirate searches for a cure to a strange mark left by the crew she betrayed, but her past will catch up and consume her mind and soul, no matter how far she runs. ~ #agentsguide #agentguide #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

'Evelyn Farrow is an infamous ex-pirate who is haunted by the night she murdered her crew. The same night she was branded with a strange mark when she wanted no part in her crew’s dealings with a devil.
Determined to put her pirate days behind her and find a cure, Evelyn has lied her way into a new crew of faithful and upbeat treasure hunters. Whilst chasing a rumour of a hidden artefact, the mark finally awakens, and an otherworldly voice makes home in her mind. An alteration to the strings of fate has bound them together, and in order for this entity to reignite a centuries-long grudge with the gods, it needs Evelyn to obtain this artefact by any means necessary.

Unending nightmares of that fateful massacre serve as a reminder of what she’s running from, and as the mystery surrounding the mark and this entity unfold, her lies begin to unravel. Freedom lies in finding the courage to face her past, or she risks losing the crew that would sail to the end of the world to save her.'

Graphic to display comp titles and tropes, the three include The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, and Baldurs Gate 3 by Larian Studios.
The text reads from left to right:
Dark pasts, pirate/sailor fmc, psychological horror, found family, 'own voices' mental health rep, queer cast, alter-ego, high stakes treasure hunt, battling internal monsters, 'bantering misfits' group dynamic

On top of a dark underwater background, the text reads:

'Waves crashed against the lone pier as the sea waited to drown me.
I had no recollection of how I got there, teetering like I was on the edge of a great precipice. The dense fog and heavy stench of brine disorientated what little of myself I still had some control over. I stared out into the nothingness. The nothingness stared back.
This was how the Manta Ray and her terrible legacy would finally come to an end.
I’d had one tattooed across my back, in commemoration of the title. Its white markings were intentionally skeletal, with a wingspan that wrapped around my shoulder blades. Now, the ink prickled, wanting to remove itself as much as I was desperate for it to. The name had meant something once, before it became an ironic joke. The creature’s alternative name of devilfish was a dull ringing in my ears. Every waking moment, the reason why haunted me. I’d had enough. - Chapter 1'

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the hook is insane!! 🔥💯

Charlotte Hayward ✨ @thatchazza.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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A BRUSH WITH LOVE x DO YOUR WORST 🩺An anxious (and cursed) med student 🗞️The sunshiney journalist determined to learn his secret 🎆Fake dating in the Highlands for New Year's Eve 🤙🏻Meddling flatmates 💕Unspoken feelings 🥃Quite a lot of whisky What could go wrong? #QuestPit #A #R #W

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

the actor & the writer ♡✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡♡˚ Arthur + Kitty ♡︎ friends to lovers ♡︎ met as college students ♡︎ can the writer navigate the dream world of the actor's nightmares to save him, from something far worse than death? #questpit #W #H #S #R

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Millie Sun @milliesun.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS x A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS She planned to be the terror in his life. He planned to ignore her. Neither planned on saving a crumbling empire from a tyrant—or falling in love. 91K-word adult fantasy romcom / Smoochpit '25 mentee #questpit #A #RF #Q

moodboard for Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem showing plum blossoms; a man fighting in bamboo forest; a view of a Chinese palace through red gates; a woman with a death stare; a man with a serious displeased look; moon-gate looking into a Chinese garden with a pavillion on the pond; a man kissing a woman's neck intimately; Chinese calligraphy and brush pen

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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY X IMOGEN OBVIOUSLY… F IS FOR FALLING (YA Contemporary-Romance) 🏳️‍🌈lesbian romance ❤️ ex-best friends to lovers 🤝 forced proximity 🏳️‍⚧️nonbinary rep 🪩prom night confessions #questpit #YA #R #Q #WritingCommunity

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Julianne @authorjulianne.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

okay, yeah, need this asap!

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In honour of #QuestPit and the upcoming #SmoochPit showcase, here's an updated #agentsguide for THE BOG PRINCE, my upper #YA #RF about a necromancer who reanimates the bog body of her kingdom's long-lost prince. 💀👑 Maybe some secrets are better left buried... 🖤 #agentguide #Q

"An agent's guide to THE BOG PRINCE by Julianne M, a 99k word YA fantasy romance."

The pitch...

Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army,
doomed never to see her family again.

Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last hope of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of
falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim.

Pictures of book and album covers in ornate antique frames. The text reads:

For fans of...

Yearning and bog bodies (Hozier's debut album)
Dark academia and lyrical prose (A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides)
Haunting gothic atmosphere (One Dark Window and Florence + the Machine's Lungs album)
Slow-burn romance (Divine Rivals)

Snippet...

A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud.
Another crack of lightning.
And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light—

A single grasping hand,
clawing its way out of the earth towards me.

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Kelly Young @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Introducing an Editors Guide to: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF CALLIOPE LECLAIRE 🧡 YA romantic fantasy standalone 🌌 dual-POV ⏳ grumpy x sunshine 🌠 sister-story 💌 gods based on human psyche 💫 whimsical island in the sky 🕰️ identity & self-acceptance #questpit #F #YA #RF #AG #OS

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the aita is genius 💯👏

had me at the sapphic retelling tbh 🔥

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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Hi, #questpit, here’s my latest #WIP SAPPHIC ALICE IN WONDERLAND RETELLING 🐇🥀♣️🃏 #NA “I will always wait for you. Even when you forget me. Especially then.” #WritingCommunity

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all your tropes 👏👏👏💯

Alissa is Querying ✨🔥🧪 @alissalindemann.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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SCHOOL SPIRITS X THE DEAD OF SUMMER 💀An Immersive Second World 💀Ace FMC and Queer Ensemble 💀Dual POV from Long Lost Demigod Twins 💀The Power of Friendship ✨ 💀Found Family X1000 #questpit #ya #f #q Archer-Core (my beta group's fan favorite sad boy):

A mood board with an off-white parchment top section bearing the text: "'Does it happen now?' His soft voice echoed through the emptiness. The raven blinked at him. This was an ancient bird in an ancient cave. Archer could feel his youth like a dagger, piercing through something which previously lay unmarked. He both did and didn’t belong there, and everything in the space reverberated that same sentiment of liminality. 'No,' came the bird’s tinny voice. Archer let out a breath. 'Not yet.'"

Photographs below the excerpt include an image of a pier with a ferris wheel, an old illustration of a man in a coffin next to a skeleton in a coffin, a hand descending into water, a raven, the Book of Shadows from Charmed and a stack of antique books.

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Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️ @tylerstasi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#QuestPit #W #F #R an adult pirate x knight fantasy: A FATE INKED IN BLOOD x A Knight's Tale 🌊immersive worldbuilding ⚔️stone cold knight FMC 🏴‍☠️bloodthirsty pirate lord MMC ⚓️deadly bargain + mineral magic 🏰high stakes political intrigue

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YOU'VE GOT MORE!! AMAZING!!

🚀 Hadiyah 🍉 @hadiyahsama.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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Assassin's Creed x The Louvre heist (iykyk) When a heist goes wrong, 2 members of opposing secret societies find themselves pursued by a jinn bent on the subjugation of human & jinn-kind. With Seen and Unseen on their tail, can they thwart the jinn's plans? #questpit #Q #YA #UF

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Hello??? STUNNING? the premise, the art, everything

🚀 Hadiyah 🍉 @hadiyahsama.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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this sounds amazing!! Good luck with quering (just so i can get my hands on this one day hihi)

oona @oonarosewrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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i am seeking representation for TOWARDS THE SKY I OFFER IT, my dark academia novel inspired by t.s. eliot's "the wasteland", arthurian legends and celtic mythology 🕯️academic rivals to ?? 🍂 first in a series ⚔️ multi-POV agents, please ❤️ for a query/sub! #questpit #Q #A #F

Towards the Sky I Offer It, an adult dark academia complete at 131k words

The Pitch:

Four students are thrown into a quest for answers after witnessing the professor in charge of a prestigious academic fellowship hold a ritual sacrifice in the woods

The ambitious scholarship student, the heir to the Aelfric fortune, the boy whose grandfather believed in magic and the poisonous plant expert/tarot card reader

the vibes:
⟡ an isolated university in the Scottish Highlands
⟡ academic rivals who are one more disagreement about poetry away from ending each other
⟡ a found family that’s just four traumatized uni students
⟡ far too much time spent in drafty libraries
⟡ feeling a deep connection to that one weird lake on campus
⟡ tarot card symbolism
⟡ spending so much time studying myths, you start to become one

The Secret History x The Raven Boys X BBC Merlin

The Fellowship is the key to a whole new world...but only if you're willing to make the sacrifices required to get in

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind. #QuestPit #AG #YA

Red and tan collage of images, a moodboard with sewing items and red beads reminiscent of blood. A beaded torso with red wound on the chest, silver storm scissors, chipped black nail polish, patches that say they/them and DIY or die, a dress form with tattoo patches and top surgery scars.

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you know what.. hell yeah!!

queer 👏 found 👏 family

this sounds so good!! Need to read this one day!

Kayla Herrera @kaylaherrera.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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Calling all agents! 🥀Pinocchio retelling 🥀PENELOPE w/ EVER AFTER vibes 🥀vanity magic system 🥀disability rep 🥀star-crossed friends-to-lovers 🥀morally-gray rebel vs. loyal best friend 🥀masquerade balls & fantasy couture 👗✨ 🥀otherness & belonging #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF #agentsguide | Now querying!

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A gay seer? A BUTCH LESBIAN? you got me immediately