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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#BVM When a reluctant partnership risks your secret memory-based powers and turns into the one thing you promised you’d never allow again. 🎼 musicians ❤️‍🔥 slow burn ✨ neurodivergent & anxiety rep 🏠 meddling family members (& cats!) 📷 family secrets & magical lineage #DVPIT #A #CR #ND #MH #WOC

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Magic doesn’t create emotional wounds—it exposes them. An #A #CR story blending the emotional warmth of Ashley Poston's The Dead Romantics, the intimate exploration of trauma and anxiety in Helen Hoang's The Heart Principle. #DVPIT #A #CR #ND #MH #WOC

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#BVM When pianist Lyra Monroe is invited to perform at a gala benefiting the charity her mother worked for, she sees an opportunity to do something meaningful. The catch? Collaborating with Maddox Wells, a successful cellist who’s made it his mission to break down her walls. #DVPIT #A #CR #ND #MH

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#BVM THE DEAD ROMANTICS X THE HEART PRINCIPLE Thematic mirrors ♬ music and artistic expression ♬ anxiety and mental health representation ♬ healing from childhood trauma ♬ emotionally vulnerable heroes ♬ slow-burn intimacy ♬ “love doesn't fix you, but helps you grow" #DVPIT #A #CR #ND #MH #WOC

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When love doesn’t heal you, but helps you grow What You Wish — 88k word speculative romance #BVM THE HEART PRINCIPLE x THE D*AD ROMANTICS 🎼 musicians ❤️‍🔥 slow burn ✨ neurodivergent & anxiety rep 🏠 meddling family members (& cats!) 📷 family secrets & magical lineage #DVPIT #A #CR #ND #MH #WOC

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#BVM A pianist who sees glimpses the past and future through touch falls for a guarded cellist hiding his own struggles. But as painful memories intrude on the life they’re building, she must decide whether she can let herself be loved without being consumed by the past. #DVPIT #A #CR #ND #MH #WOC

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Mursal @mursal23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An #agentsguide to The Weeping Willows Came Crawling, a YA Fantasy set in an Afghan inspired land I’m hoping to query soon and pitch for dvpit 👀 🐉 Mythical creatures drawn from afghan folklore 🔥 Female rage 💔 Enemies to lovers ⚡️ And subverting destiny’s expectations #ya #fantasy #writerscommunity

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A pianist whose psychometric powers pull her into the past and future falls for a cellist who understands struggle more than he lets on, but as her dangerous abilities destabilize her relationship and career, she must learn whether the real threat is her gift or the fear controlling it. #DVparty

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WHAT YOU WISH — 89k speculative romance ♬⊹ ࣪ ˖

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Author Annie Aksel @questiebestie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

KNIGHT AND CIRCUS 99K A role-reversed chivalric tale of a wallflower knight and the boisterous acrobat who will stop at nothing to make him blush. Aragorn coded MMC Jester coded FMC 👩‍❤️‍👨 Cozy Romantasy 🟢 Green Flag MMC 🫂 Character Driven 💟 Slow Burn 🎪 Whimsical Circus Setting #Questpit #A #RF #Q #F

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Kamela H is trying, okay @pamela-with-a-k.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A smartass cyborg, a deeply tired gangster, and a literal manufactured pop star walk into a wall of sand, called by a revolutionary musician who’s cheated death. But in the ruined city beyond is a power far greater. #questpit #W #SF #LGBT #hopepunk

On a background of a cracked desert with a solitary, gnarled tree float four pictures suggestive of the ensemble cast. Far left is Eden, a wide-eyed pouting beauty who recently found out that she was designed and created in a lab. Her picture is labeled "A literal manufactured pop star." Below her is Terrah, a butch-looking Black woman sitting at a computer in sunglasses. She is labeled, "A jaded security wrangler," as she has spent much of her career doing street-tough work in spite of her considerable tech skills. Up and to the right is a robot-looking fellow, representing Cid, an ex-military guy who chose to replace his body with a mech, and lost quite a few memories along the way. His caption says "A smart-ass full-conversion cyborg." Below is a skinny figure crouching in front of a laptop, wearing some kind of headset with glowing red "eyes." The prodigy hacker of the group, like all of them, is not what she seems. Her caption says, "And a cat-girl hacker." Two text boxes provide more context. The first says: "In this hollowed-out world, they thought that this was as alive as they would get." The second says, “But when they cross through the sand wall into the digital jungle, they'll learn more than they bargained for about the nature of life.” Finally, in the bottom right is a text box with the words: Working title: The Thorn. Under this, a bulleted list. First: “Cyberpunk but make it about people.” Second: “What if an Al was traumatized though.” Third: “What makes a person ‘real’?” Fourth: “What does it take to change the nature of humanity?” Last: “No irredeemable characters allowed.”

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Shelby Haisley, Author @shelbyhaisley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hello QuestPit! Meet WANTED, my YA thriller that blends the high stakes intrigue of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and the cinematic action on Mission: Impossible. Feral hurricane FMC Soft genius/cinnamon roll MMC Eternally exhausted mentor Found family forged under pressure #Q #YA #T #questpit

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

Hi #Quespit! 🔥When a Devout girl with untamed flame saves a cursed, soulless prince and unknowingly binds their fates, they must defy a deadly prophecy or watch the Gods destroy their empire.🔥 THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x FROM BLOOD AND ASH x CITY OF BRASS #QuestPit #A #Q #RF #DF #adultromantasy

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🌿✨beth✨🌿 @elizanane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🩸QUEERPLATONIC BEAUTY & THE BEAST x JENNIFER’S BODY🩸 In a forested town, a doomed codependency festers between a heart-eating monster desperate to become human and its vengeful, obsessive hunter. 🥩surrealism + madness 🪱plant-body horror 🥀ONE MUST DIE Querying SOON! #questpit #a #df #f #q

This title slide features two orchids on a black background as its backdrop image. Above it, the text reads FEED ME YOUR ORGANIC HEART in yellow and red text. In white text, below the title, it also reads, 'adult psych-horror contemporary fantasy, 85,000 words' in white lettering.

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The title of the slide reads, PITCH, in neon red lettering, on the same orchid background. The pitch text, in yellow and white letters, read: To become human, a genderfluid, eldritch monster in disguise must seek, charm, and devour the beating heart of one who truly loves them... but it gains the eyes of its vengeful, obsessive hunter instead. As bodies pile and madness takes hold, the two must either die in their struggle for survival or live the torment of finding themselves in the one they're destined to murder.

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The title of the slide reads, COMPS, in neon red lettering. The covers of 5 novels are shown. The novels included are: The Fox and the Devil, The Tainted Cup, The Eyes Are the Best Part, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Vicious.

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The title of this slide reads, TROPES, in neon red lettering. 10 tropes are listed on this slide in white and yellow lettering. The listed tropes read: surrealism + stalking + OBSESSION, nightmarish plant visions, descent into madness, genderfluid, ugly forest monster w/ beautiful guise, aro-ace vengeful hunter, doomed, all-consuming codependency, they're both 'monsters' that don't fit in, deadly game of cat & mouse, quiet, forested town setting, botanical body horror (allegory for twisted adoration).

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WHAT YOU WISH ♬ A pianist with psychometric abilities is thrust into a collaboration with an anxious, enigmatic cellist, forcing her to choose between vulnerability and security when her unstable power and their shared fear of loss threatens their future together #questpit #A #S #Q #R

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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

BEAUTY & THE BEAST x STAR TREK Roan, part of the last team of archaeologists sent to Earth, stumbles into an ancient bunker haunted by the synthetic mind of a trillionaire. She’s the only one who can fix his tech, but can she save him before Earth is swallowed by the Sun? #QuestPit #A #SF #R #Q

A pair of hands, one warm and one grayscale, reach towards each other over a NASA image of the Sun. Text at the top reads “She brought me back to life…and I don’t want to die.” Text at the bottom reads “BEAST OF EDEN”

An image of the Sun, with a wilting rose, a black and white robot, and an espresso in a glass mug in the corners. In front of it reads the text “LOGLINE” and more text below it reads, “In this adult 99k sci-fi “Beauty & The Beast” retelling, an archaeologist excavating long-abandoned Earth can only save one before the Sun explodes: her research or a repentant synthetic copy of the man who doomed the planet.”

An image of the Sun, with old records for a record played in the top left corner. The words “OPENING LINES” are in the right corner and text above the Sun reads, “Roan’s wrist buzzed with a notification. She pointedly ignored it.
She fidgeted against the wall of what would eventually be her first curated exhibit,
“Captured Sound: A Pre-Culture War Celebration of Musical Ingenuity.” Her family milled around the space, taking in the sad, mostly empty podiums.
Her moms insisted on a preview tour before it opened to the public, if it did at all. Roan
gripped her elbows, wishing she’d done more to stall, wishing she had more here to impress them. But what could she do when they wanted a private showing, especially when they made the trip all the way out to her station?

An image of the Sun. In front of it is the word “COMPS” and the covers or movie posters for “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” “Moss’d in Space,” “Volatile Memory,” “In the Lives of Puppets,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and “Beauty & The Beast.”

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Multiple POVs 🎲 A Bisexual Love Triangle 🃏 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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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#QuestPit 🐲 Guardian of the Sky🔥 ⛰️ Novella ⛰️ Queer Fantasy ⛰️ Dragons! ⛰️ A Mountain Temple ⛰️ A Tyrannical Empire ⛰️ Fighting Back Any Way You Can #W #A #F #RF

On a deep red background: Guardian of the Sky - Dragon Fantasy Novella
Trope List:
⛰️ Novella
⛰️ Queer Fantasy!
⛰️ Dragons!
⛰️ A Mountain Temple
⛰️ A Tyrannical Empire
⛰️ Fighting Back Any Way You Can
Blurb:
High in the mountains of Hulfa, the Temple of the Golden Scale has been conquered by Azerian knights. They have one goal: Kill every dragon and use their bodies as magical components in their weapons of war.
Fionn will not allow that to happen. He stands alone as the last defender of his faith against the invading forces of the Azerian Empire. The dragons are gods, the mighty guardians of the sky. He will do anything and everything in his power to keep the invaders from the dragons. Even when freeing a dragon caught in one of their traps may cost him his life.
Character art of MC, Fionn. A young man with braided brown hair and light tan skin wearing red robes and a golden pendant
A silhouette of a dragon

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Author Annie Aksel @questiebestie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

KNIGHT AND CIRCUS 99k Cozy Romantasy Querying 💜 slow burn 💚 green-flagged mmc 😍 friends to lovers ✌🏼 character driven 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 found family 🗡️ touch her and d!e 🎪 whimsical circus setting A broken knight on the run and the acrobat who became his new home. #questpit #q #a #rf

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Colleen Writes @colleenmoodyauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨THE WISHES WE MADE✨ Querying my 84k-word adult paranormal romance with a touch of magic & Irish folklore Childhood best friends turn enemies-to-lovers-and-back-again in the shadow of family secrets and an ancient curse! #Questpit #A #PR #Q

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N.Leblanc is....🪶querying @writernleblanc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SHADOW THE KNIGHT AND THE STONE OF GLASSED FORTUNES A Cursed Knight who wishes to break his curse A girl who wishes to right her mother's wrongs One thing can help The stone of Glassed Fortunes Dual POV👥 Childhood friends to lovers🩵 Adventure quest narrative🏞 Found family🧡 #Q #YA #F #Questpit

A quest pits guide to:
THE SHADOW THE KNIGHT AND THE STONE OF GLASSED FORTUNES
a dual pov 105,500k word YA Fantasy

When An Ancient Artifact In Control Of The Kingdoms Magic Goes Missing, Childhood Best Friends, Conscience And Anaru reunite on a mission to find and seek the stone of glassed fortunes.

Meet the protagonists:

Anaru Regahleah: A cursed non-magic user Royal Night.
Conscience Wayward: A pacifist who has death like magic.

Conscience Wayward graduation was ruined...

When she’s summoned to go back to her home-town under suspicion of conspiring with her mother to spite the kingdoms monarch, the Conductor. Confused more than anything she learns of an ancient artifact being missing; the one her mother stolen. Conscience, at the lead of an investigation due to her mother’s disappearance is doomed to suffer a severe punishment; a one-hundred year magically induced coma. Not wanting to be on trial for a crime she wasn’t even aware of-or even commit she swears to locate and return the stolen stone of glassed fortunes.
This mission will keep her busy, yet she cant keep her mind off the silent spirit who’s been following her every step.

Anaru Regahleah wants one thing..

To break his generational family curse. Thankfully when being captain of the Conductor knights, information can find it’s way to him easily.
those plans of breaking curses will have to wait; an order given to him makes Anaru return to his home-town to interrogate an old childhood friend.
Conscience.
To Anaru, he’d hate to have to question his longest known friend, but what a perfect opportunity it is to talk and get more information on person who knows how to break that little curse of his.
Not Conscience, but her mother.

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A butler and secretary would be side characters in anyone else's story... ...until they meet and the embers of a romance begin to glow. As they navigate their cozy sci-fi world of space stations and interplanetary commerce, can they find their way to a happy ending? #BluePit #📖 #A #R #SF #W

HermitageWIP Moodboard
A baroque sitting room, a butler' uniform, an apple tree, a couple of space stations over a planet, a grand imperial staircase, a cozy thatched room cottage, a well-dressed prim and proper secretary

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HAZELTHORN X YELLOWJACKETS Lucas, a sullen painter working at his local community theater, must cooperate with Mira, a self-absorbed seventeen-year-old, to save his best friend from the theater’s botanical horrors. #Bluepit #H #SP #Q #YA #Bluepit📖 #📖

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

When You Grow Up ~ the lullaby that inspired WHAT YOU WISH #amquerying #querying #romancebooks

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Marley @marleybwwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

When You Grow Up ~ the lullaby that inspired WHAT YOU WISH #amquerying #querying #romancebooks

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Maddie is querying! @maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

IN THE NAME OF YOU Saved! x Sarah Dessen Disillusioned purity-ring-wearing boy meets floundering rebel-with-a-cause girl “I’ve never thought about sex more than at church camp, and it’s all thanks to Sloane Miller.” #YA #R #Q #Writers #BluePit

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cjwrites477.bsky.social @cjwrites477.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Vidmyrkr collects men the way he collects treasure- including a Roman soldier, Viking warriors & a monk Sigrun has one month to convince him she's worth more than gold. 🐉🔥💗⚔️ THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS 93k word historical romantasy Slow-burn #bluepit #📖 #Q #A #F #R #HS #AmQuerying

Sigrun’s people are under attack. Desperate for protection, Sigrun’s uncle seeks the aid of a dragon. When the king fails to raise the dragon’s tribute and the negotiations crumble around them, Sigrun steps in with her own offer – she will serve as the dragon’s storyteller in exchange for her people’s protection.
The beautiful yet terrifying Lord of the Endless Darkness gives Sigrun one month to prove she’s worth more than gold. At night, the primordial beast hangs on her words, claiming there’s magic in her tongue. By day, she tends to his village, watched over by Audun, the dragon’s second-in-command. Audun is as fascinating as he is arrogant and Sigrun can’t suppress her growing hope that his attention is more than evaluating her on the dragon’s behalf.
But those burgeoning hopes come crashing down when ...
Historical Romantasy set in 9th Century Scandinavia
complete at 93k words
Stand alone with series potential
subverting the maiden and dragon trope
interwoven with mythology and folk tales
slow burn romance
competent heroine & respectful love interest
community and found family
Comp titles: Road of Bones by Demi Winters, The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

“If I’m not banished, then what am I supposed to do?” she asked, stirring the liquid.
“That is up to you. I’m just the chronicler, you’re the storyteller.”
“You know about that?” she asked, surprised.
He gestured to a shelf. “Bring me the red tome.”
Winfrid flipped to the last completed page while Sigrun watched over his shoulder. In the margin, entwined with ivy and gold leaf, he had painted a maiden in a crimson dress. She stood beneath a stone arch, her golden braid spiraling down into the jaws of a dragon curled at the bottom of the page. The little figure held her arms upward, the fine curve of her mouth open as though calling out.
Sigrun touched the little version of herself, tracing the braid. To think, she had spent the afternoon making the ink that might someday record her fate.
Illustrated manuscript with text:
n the seventh day of the fifth month in the 849th year of Our Lord, King Dagfall of Skarthbyr sent a missive offering a cart of gold for the dragon’s aide. When the dragon arrived to claim his due, the deceitful king offered his own niece
in the treasurer’s place. Th dragon refused, disgusted that the king would sell his flesh and blood.
But then the maiden spoke, and as she did fate yielded to her tongue. She begged one month to prove her worth. Intrigued the dragon allowed it. And thus did the storyteller enter the dragon’s service.

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Author Annie Aksel @questiebestie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

KNIGHT AND CIRCUS Role-reversed chivalric tale of a wallflower knight and the boisterous acrobat who will stop at nothing to make him blush. Aragorn coded MMC Jester coded FMC 👩‍❤️‍👨 Cozy Romantasy 🟢 Green Flag MMC 🫂 Character Driven 💟 Slow Burn 🎪 Whimsical Circus Set #bluepit #bluepit📖 #📖 #R #A #ND #Q

An inverted depiction of jinn woman and a knight, done playing card style.

A knight and a woman touching foreheads.

A man kissing a woman's cheek while she laughs.

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit 🪾THE WITCH OF THE WOOD🏚️ 🥀MM Fantasy Romance 🥀Breaking a Curse 🥀A Spooky Forest 🥀Search for a Witch 🥀Nervous X Confident 🥀Fast Burn 🥀Novella #📖 #A #F #R #LGBT #P (Releases October 6th, ARC Applications Open July 15th)

Over a dark forest:
The Witch of the Wood
- Novella
- MM Fantasy Romance
- Breaking a Curse
- A Spooky Forest
- A Search for a Witch
- Nervous x Confident

There was a witch hiding in the trees of Hatwick Wood. They were a steward of the wood, caring for the alders, maples, and cedar within, watching over the home of the beasts and birds. The witch ensured that villagers never took more than they gave, that they were never ravenous in their consumption of the gifts they were given. This was the witch’s sacred duty, and their magic had flown wild and free as they upheld their oath.
The people who survived on the generosity of Hatwick Wood—every denizen from Farbreak at the south edge to Northpost on the opposite side—respected the witch. Although they had never seen the steward of the wood, stories about the witch had been passed down through the families. Everyone knew the witch was the forest caretaker, and if anything ever went wrong, they needed to be found to mend it. No one knew this better than the Ashtons.
Milo Ashton came from a long line of people who made their living in the forest. His grandfather, and his grandfather’s grandfather, and every generation before that were hunters. It wasn’t work that would make them rich, or elevate them above common folk, but it was good, honest work that would always be needed. The Ashtons had always hunted in Hatwick Wood, respected it, and in turn, the wood gave them a bounty.
That all changed when Hatwick Wood was cursed.

A picture of a young man with tan skin and short dark hair wearing a green cloak and tan shirt. A bow is slung over his shoulder. He looks nervous. Next to him is a box that reads: Milo Ashton - A hunter tasked with breaking the curse on Hatwick Wood. Uncertain, nervous, but determined to do right.
A picture of a young man with shoulder-length dark-brown hair and brown skin wearing colorful clothes. He has a big smile on his face. Next to him is a box that reads: Cambium - An energetic young man who is living in Hatwick Wood. Unaffected by the curse that lingers in the forest. Outgoing, bold, but willing to help where he can.

Over a forest, Vibes in Song Form
"The Forest" by Mirah
"Into the Woods" by Phildel
"All Things Devour" by aeseaes
"In the Woods Somewhere" by Hozier

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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Born the ruthless eldest son of a prolific warlord, Auðunar Thrandsson must come to grips with a murderous past while fighting his brewing feelings for a runaway prince under his protection. The Butcher of Brømkhald: A standalone spinoff in my 🏳️‍🌈 dark fantasy series #BluePit #📖 #W #A #D #F #LGBT #ND

A square image set against a background photo of an axe with runic engravings lying on the ground. There is an overlay gradient from an image of the Aurora Borealis.
At the top, there is a title card: "The Butcher of Brømkhald [pronounced: brr-EUM-KHald"] | An Art of Malignance Novel"
In the center of the image background text that reads, in a runic font: "Megin | Styrkr | Hugr" (translation: "Power | Strength | Courage") in Old Norse).

Also in the center, on top of the lettering and obscuring it, there is a small blurb:
Born the eldest son of the most prolific warlord in all of Brømkhald, Auðunar [pronounced "OW-THoo-nARR"] Thrandsson gains a notorious reputation and must come to grips with it through trials, bloodshed, and heartbreak that he would never wish on his worst enemies.
How a bloodthirsty warrior turned mercenary leader ended up going on to win the heart of a runaway prince from a rival kingdom is anyone's guess. And for the life of him, he is not sure what he did to keep it.
A backstory spinoff for
Auðunar Thrandsson

Along the edges of the image, there are tropes/highlights to expect in the story!
On the left side:
Morally Ambiguous MC
Trust Issues
Daddy Issues to the Nth Degree
MC with PTSD
Queer Normative Country

On the right side:
Old Norse Inspired Setting
Polyamorous LI
AuDHD LI
Skeletons in the Closet
Big Brother Energy (Derogatory)
S L O W Burn
He Might Be A Demigod

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit 🌸The Need for Dandelions⚔️ MM Fantasy Romance Dislike to Lovers Queer Normative World Flower Symbolism Mysterious Plague Taking on Corrupt Government Cleric x Fighter #📖 #A #F #R #LGBT #P Books2Read: books2read.com/u/meYkPE Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur

he Need for Dandelions
MM Fantasy Romance
Dislike to Lovers
Queer Normative World
Flower Symbolism
A Mysterious Plague
Taking on a Corrupt Government
Cleric x Fighter

Available Now!
A picture of the cover.
The other half is artwork of the characters: Sasha (a tall man with light brown hair and pale skin wearing leather armor) and Galen (a shorter man with long red hair in a bun with darker hair and a burn scar on his face) - Galen is standing on a ladder while Sasha leans in, pressing his forehead against Galen's and rests his hand on his cheek as he smiles.

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Gabriel Morgan is querying @gabrielmorgan00.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

Covenant
Adult standalone
Gothic Gaslamp Romantasy
109,500 words

pitch and comps
After their one-night stand ends in hurt, Rowan, a hedonistic occultist, and Darshil, a repressed poet, vow to never see each other again. That is, until they begin sharing visions that herald the apocalypse. Forced together, Rowan and Darshil plunge into London's occult underbelly to try and save the world from eternal darkness. But as the Veil slowly thins and old passions reignite, Rowan realises the truth lies in memories he swore to forget, and that the past is a shallow grave, easily unearthed.
The Magpie Lord
A Marvellous Light
The Gentleman and his Vowsmith
Penny Dreadful

Themes and tropes:
dual POV
Achillean romance
second chance romance
forced proximity
only one bed
opposites attract
gothic decadence
big spooky house
bisexual awakening
exploration of grief
horror as a metaphor
dreams-based magic
the occult
alternate London setting

Extracts
It was a poet’s job to seek out beauty, to be mesmerised by it. Darshil wanted to transform Rowan into swirls of ink, to fit his hands into the slight dips where Rowan’s waist met his hips and write him a thousand times over.
The only thing more fascinating than death was the tormented living it left behind.
It helped to hate him. It was less painful than loving him.
The dead thing woke to the acrid stench of its own rot.
Rowan matched him tenderness for tenderness, giving everything he could and knowing that for once, his everything was enough.
Perhaps closing his eyes stopped it meaning anything. Darshil knew he should do the same. This was shame beyond anything else, a secret to take to the unloving grave.
He kept his eyes open anyway. With Rowan beneath him, as beautiful as the dawn, he couldn’t bear to look away.

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit 🌷Flower Fairy WIP 🧚 🪻 MM Fantasy Romance 🪻 Fairy x Gardener 🪻 Sweet Garden Setting 🪻 Healing and Growing 🪻 Grumpy Fairy 🪻 Patient Gardner 🪻 Love in Many Forms 🪻HEA #📖 #A #F #R #W #LGBT

Flower Fairy WIP - Vibes in Song Form
“Bloom” - The Paper Kites

“Wildflower and Barley” - Hozier

“Joy” - Sleeping At Last

“Solar Waltz” - Cosmo Sheldrake

“Rainbow” - Dodie

“He Woke Me Up Again” - Sufjan Stevens

“To Build a Home” - The Cinematic Orchestra

Flower Fairy WIP - Blurb
Chicory the Flower Fairy has lived in the garden all on his own for years. And his garden is perfectly fine, thank you very much! It may be a little overgrown, but it’s his home. His solitary existence is disrupted by the arrival of Silas Glenn, a human farmer who wants to “fix” Chicory’s garden. Chicory will have to learn to get along with Silas for the sake of the garden, and perhaps for the sake of his own heart.

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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A collage of photos with text in the middle saying “Archaeologists will date any old thing.” The other pictures include a circuit board, archaeology tools, a record player, a museum interior, an astronaut looking at San Francisco buried in sand, a man holding a dark rose, a person reaching out to a ghostly figure, and an espresso machine.

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James ~Yes Mum, I’m still doing “the writing bit”~ @jamesfinegan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ryan & Albert live 200 years apart - but once per day a time-slip lets them meet. Now they need to solve the mystery of Clarence Hall before they accidentally change history! Oh… and try not to fall for each other in the process! NOT TECHNICALLY GHOSTS #BluePit 📖 #W #R #F #YA #LGBT

Not Technically Ghosts moodboard with pictures
1- An abandoned ruinous hall
2- person on bicycle silhouetted against sunset
3- person from behind, red hoodie, in forest
4- two hands reaching for one another
5- person in night-time woodlands shining a torch
6- black and white person Victorian suit, sitting with book
7- Victorian library multiple high book filled shelves, arches through
8- Victorian school room, old wood desk, blackboard on a stand

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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE STARDUST GRAIL x MOSS’D IN SPACE The Sun is dying ahead of schedule. Roan, an expert in dead coding languages, finally has a chance to go to Earth and excavate artifacts before the Sun swallows anything of value. But is she truly alone on the doomed planet? #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #SF #ND #R

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A gif of the Earth getting engulfed by a burst of plasma from the Sun

Alt: A gif of the Earth getting engulfed by a burst of plasma from the Sun

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Kelsea Wolf 📚 ✨ @kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Gravity Falls X The Sunbearer Trials When the Society of Curse Breakers is cursed, Alice is accused and must follow a map of riddles to find the amulet that can break the curse before the traitors use it’s extraordinary magic to take over the world. ⛵️ 👻 🔮 ⚔️ 🗺️ #bluepit #q #ya #uf

A mood board containing the following text META DATA
YOUNG ADULT URBAN FANTASY
88K STAND- ALONE OR SERIES POTENTIAL (BOOK TWO COMPLETE)
Tropes
Found Family
Enemies to Friends
Weird Girl Friendships
THE SOCIETY OF CURSE BREAKERS
THE PITCH
Alice has been kicked out of seven schools in seven years. She's tired of taking the blame for disasters that can't possibly be her fault, or if they are, no one will explain why. When her aunt invites her to come live in their family home, and train to follow the family legacy, Alice hopes to understand who she is and what happened to her parents. For centuries her family has led The Society of Curse Breakers, but curse breaking is treacherous and there are enemies around every corner. A week into her new life the leaders of the society are cursed, and Alice is framed. To clear her name and save her people, she must sail south solving ancient riddles and battle cryptids and folktales to find the amulet that can break the curse, without leading the traitors to the key to conquering the magical world.
There is a phot of a sailing ship, the ocean a map and a swamp

A mood board with pictures from clockwise, a swamp, a capybara, a swamp, a map, a lighthouse, a sailing ship, a tunnel, a brick mansion, and a diver. The words clockwise say, betrayal, diverse magic systems, folklore, cryptids, strange villians, pirates, spirits, curses, urban fantasy, found family. With the society of curse breakers in the center.

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James ~Yes Mum, I’m still doing “the writing bit”~ @jamesfinegan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Gillimoney Quail opens a fake witching school to lure gullible children she can eat to restore her dwindling powers. But when smarmy Prince Wesley threatens to retake the castle she’s using for the school, she may have to work together with the very children she planned to eat! #BluePit 📖 #W #F #MG

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit 🌼Sweet & Wild🌼 💛MM Fantasy Romance ☀️A Sunshine MC 🍯A Cozy Adjacent Setting 🍃Forest Magic 🌳Spirits in the Woods 🐝Witches 🌻Healing and Growth #📖 #A #F #R #LGBT #P Books2Read: books2read.com/u/bzNng9 Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur

A picture of Terran, a tan man with brown and green hair and antlers, lifts up Micah, a light-skinned man with blonde hair and a straw hat, kissing him. To the right, a light yellow background with the text: Sweet & Wild
💛MM Fantasy Romance
☀️A Sunshine MC
🍯A Cozy Adjacent Setting
🍃Forest Magic
🌳Spirits in the Woods
🐝Witches
🌻Healing and Growth
Available now on Itch, Ko-Fi, and wherever books are sold!
The cover of Sweet & Wild

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cjwrites477.bsky.social @cjwrites477.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Behind every great dragon, there's a woman with claws. This headstrong maiden doesn't need rescuing. 🐉🔥💗 THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS is a 93k word historical romantasy set in 9th century Scandinavia Slow-burn mythical subverting damsel/dragon trope #bluepit #📖 #Q #A #F #R #HS #AmQuerying

Intelligent and headstrong, Sigrun chafes at the way she is dismissed by the men in her life. If she had her choice, she would travel the world as a seeress the way her grandmother once did. Unfortunately, she has no gift for divination. Besides, she knows her role, political marriage for her uncle’s gain.
But when raiders attack her people, everything changes. Instead of being married off, Sigrun pledges herself to a dragon to buy his protection for her village
Vidmyrkr is a 900-year-old dragon who has always been fascinated by humanity. The dragon collects men the way he collects treasure, including a Roman soldier who leads his army of immortal warriors and a Christian monk who chronicles his exploits.
And now he has a Freya-blessed maiden who tells him stories. He gives her one month to prove she’s worth more than the tribute her uncle failed to raise. But this time, he’s taken on more than he bargained for.
Complete at 93,000 words, THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS is a historical romantasy set in the Norse world of the 9th century. A standalone with series potential.
Slow-burn romance
subverts the maiden and the dragon trope
Incorporates norse mythological characters and Scandinavian folk tales
Will appeal to readers of The Road of Bones by Demi Winters and The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec.

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