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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's #DVpit month! #DVpit is a bluesky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities to pitch their projects to literary agents and editors! And we've prepared a month of pre-events to help you prepare for the main event on Sept 30, 2026! Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info!

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WOLF WORM x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN THE TREES HAVE TEETH - An Appalachian Folkhorror "Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her." 🌲 Nature and rot 💀 Death as an entity 🍄 Botanical Horror ⛰️ Set in the mountains 🐇 Eerie folklore 🍂 Isolated setting #QuestPit #A #H #W

PITCH

Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her. She’s nineteen the second time. And Olive knows Death always comes in threes.

In the heart of the Appalachian mountains, something wicked lingers in the woods. Olive grew up running barefoot through the trees without fear of what might be lurking. But when the woods begin to devour anything that encroaches with ruthless hunger, and a mysterious man who claims to know both the cause and the cure appears at Olive’s door, she may have to face Death for the third (and final) time. If she doesn’t, the town and the boy she loves will be eaten whole.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

COMPS
Wolf Worm, Don't Let the Forest In, Hazelthorn, Morsel, Hollow

Botanical Horror, Appalachian Mountain Setting, Nature & Rot, Isolated Setting, Eerie Folklore

moodboard featuring mountains, eerie woods, and trees

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#questpit #W #A #F #blackbooksky ACOTAR x LOTR x DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS x AVATAR: TWOW 🫐black fae, elven, and dragons 🫐all three are at war with each other 🫐half fae and half elven mc who is looking for her family 🫐gatekeeping warlocks 🫐'this society grows uglier by the day.'

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An agent's guide to BARGAINING OUR FATES🔥🗡️aimed for the fans of The Poet Empress & These Violent Delights A convicted palmist unites with a vindictive prince, who she is assigned to kill, to revive ancient magic else his father would kill them both #questpit #YA #Q #F

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

XO KITTY x NOT HERE TO BE LIKED A viral video claims that Meenal deceives her parents for dancing. The co-captain she hates now offers to fake-date to cause a distraction & suppress the hate. It might work if Meenal buries her past with him for the future. #questpit #Q #YA #R

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Q’Zion T. Gipson has a ✨ BOOK DEAL!✨ @qziontgipson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Presenting a gorgeous reader's guide for my debut YA climate romantasy novel, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, which will be releasing in summer of 2027! 🌸 Stay tuned for more exciting updates! #QuestPit #YA #F #P #TBP

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

A Reader's Guide to THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA Climate Fantasy Coming Summer 2027 by Q'Zion T. Gipson

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

PITCH - After a failed experiment to make plants live forever, all toxic vegetation was burned for the sake of humanity. In 2091, when 16-year-old Vee discovers Evergreen, an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry, she must embrace the forbidden magic blooming in her veins before Evergreen and The Human Realm fall to an eternal darkness.

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:
COMP TITLES
Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar: Enchanted Garden
House of Marionne by J. Elle: Botany Boarding School
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn: Found Family

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

THE VIBES
A mood board consisting of 9 square photographs with a green, blue, and, pink, yellow and white color scheme. In the center, there is a teenage Black girl in an enchanted garden, with the photos surrounding her illustrating the beauty within it: a feeding hummingbird, a calm lake, baby ducklings, a resting butterfly, and magical white and pink blooms.

In white text, there is a list of tropes in THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, including:
Black girl MC
Plant magic system
Near future
Magical blooms
Botany boarding school
Found family
Human x fae romance
He falls first and harder
Female friendships

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Florrie Auclair - Querying and Drafting @florrienne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ARRIVAL X PARKS & REC A burnt-out lawyer escapes Earth expecting to build humanity's future, only to discover first contact is just another office job—with stranger coworkers, messier politics, and exponentially more paperwork ✨ Monet Inspired Planet ✨ Flirty Bi Alien ML #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #R

An Agent’s Guide to MEETING OF HONESTY by Florrie Auclair

A 100K romantic science-fiction novel

Title slide shows two characters in a romantic dip: an angry human woman in modern clothes and an alien man with flowing, iridescent hair against a soft pink gradient

Pitch Slide:
First contact has more paperwork than Gloria ever imagined.

When aliens arrive on the same planet Gloria's crew intend to colonize, of course they want the same land: the Sunny Spot, the only area with enough light to grow crops with a unique biome. But their territory dispute is moot if a toxic moss ravages it first. Gloria must now facilitate first contact and work with Emeric, the charming alien leader, to manage their shared collaboration.

From alien strangers to bickering rivals, Gloria finds herself developing feelings for Emeric. Until secrets shatter their growing bond. Now she must weaponize bureaucratic red tape and enlist the help of her crew to negotiate—but it means coming clean about her own secrets. At the risk of losing the only people she cares about (including the alien causing her problems), Gloria must be honest with them—and herself—to ensure humanity has a home and its autonomy.

Comp Slide:
The Left Hand of Darkness
Arrival
Parks & Recreation
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Translation State
Overruled

With the text: diverse cast, examination of cultural values, alien diplomacy & communication, bureaucratic satire, lush colony planet, legal conflicts, workplace rivals-to-lovers, and prickly FMC

Excerpt Slide

Image of Gloria, a human woman wearing business clothes with a clipboard obscuring the bottom half of her face

Text:
His other hand pointed to their adjoined palms. Beginning at their pinkie fingers, he bounced to the next digit and enunciated a new, unintelligible word. Each finger anointed until reaching her thumb. This was the oddest difference between their hands; his was longer with an extra joint. Clarity crashed into her. Her inhale sharpened.

Five fingers.

Across the universe, she met a new lifeform and they both had five fingers on each hand.

"Oh my god," Gloria breathed. Ironically, it was their shared features that overwhelmed her. Comfort should accompany commonality, but instead, it made this fever dream of an experience harder to deny. It was tangible that she was standing here with a bipedal humanoid with five fingers, even if his skin was blue and he had rainbow hair and feathery moth antennae. Either she was going to start laughing hysterically or throw up.

Warble, the alien agreed (she had no idea if that was an affirmative).

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THIS TIME IT'S REAL x XO KITTY Minal uses lies to please the people she loves. When a viral video sabotages her reputation as the dance team’s captain, her rival offers to fake-date. This 1 lie rapidly becomes true & she can’t escape without heartbreak. #questpit #YA #R

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SUN DIAMOND PRINCESS & THE BLIND ASSASSIN #questpit #Q #A #RF 👸Bi-racial #BIPOC FMC 👨‍🦯Blind #Disabled MMC 🛌One bed at the shepherd's hut 💔Triangle between love and duty 🌲Pining, slow burn 🌶️Spice 💍HEA with a wedding

Moodboard.
Text in central square:
The Sun Diamond Princess & the Blind Assassin
106K Adult Dual POV Stand Alone Romantasy by Elise Betz

Images: Windswept tree by a grray rocky coast, character art of Myra and Arzhang standing face to face, Rocky coast of warm, eastern Mediterranean city by blue waters, Castle across a long bridge, a carriage followed by armed men on horseback, character art of Arzhang pinning the emperor down with a knife to his throat, character art of Princess Myra in a shredded white gown with a sword/cane, holding hands with Arzhang in court dress and the emperor standing behind them in formal military blue dress, character art of Princess Myra in her leather breastplate sword practice gear.

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paige is querying 🌿 a raven song 🌿 @thewormwoods.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

For my last #QuestPit post of the day, a moment for the romance in A RAVEN SONG: 🗡️A disgraced queen and the tattooed elven soldier who strikes a bargain she can’t refuse. ❤️‍🔥A shipwright’s daughter and a rebel heiress she should keep her heart, and her veins, away from. #Q #A #F

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x SIX CRIMSON CRANES A desperate palmist who must kill the vindictive prince to save her family instead unites with him to bring back the extinguished magic in their province. If they fail, her family dies & palmistry is banished. #questpit #YA #Q #F

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THE GILDED WOLVES A desperate palmist who must kill the vindictive prince to save her family instead unites with him to bring back the extinguished magic in their province. 🤍forbidden romance 🔥feminine rage ❓moral ambiguity #questpit #YA #F #Q

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a 17 y/o palmist is accused of treason & might lose her parents & palmistry to a tyrant, his son, who should have died as per her grandpa's prediction, offers her the crown in exchange for his life. If they fail, they die & magic never revives. #questpit #YA #Q #F

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Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Mulan x Avatar: The Last Airbender x Fourth Wing A woman rejected by the gods steals her brother’s place in war and manifests forbidden divine power while falling for her lethal commanding officer. SONG OF THE SICKLE Adult romantasy, 118k words #Questpit #Q #A #RF

An Agent's Guide to Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 118k words, First in a planned series. Background picture of wheat field. Big picture of amber ring and smaller picture of incense burning.

The Pitch, with small pictures of a military training camp and an old watchtower covered in moss. What if Mulan had magic, and instead of being rejected as a bride, she was rejected by the gods?

Comp titles include The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem for hidden identity and forbidden magic, Blood and Steel by Helen Scheuerer for training ground romance, and The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig for weaponized faith system.

the opening lines of the book, beside a picture of a sickle with wheat. Tomorrow the gods would judge me. Tonight, I pretended they didn't exist. I swung the scythe, blade slicing through wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts at bay.

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES Portrait of a Fawn- YA Speculative Horror 🦌 #revpit 2026 Winner 🥀folklore horror 🥀snarky ghost hunters 🥀a haunted, forest-infested theater 🥀dysfunctional family dynamics #questpit #WIP #YA #S #H

A moodboard containing 12 images, including painted flowers, candles, old photographs, and a bird.

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Luna 💫 @lunacwriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A woman cursed with ice powers and vitiligo discovers the heir sent to stop her hides demon blood she can cure. They bargain to save each other. But their souls are bound, she's falling in love, and his death means hers too... #questpit #F #R #Q #OWN

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

poppy war ended! lessgo for the dragon republic

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Wera @eggqueenwera.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

2026 Q1 #ARCreviews are up! Included: 🔹QUEEN OF STARS by Mariel Araya 🔹THE PRODIGAL TIGER by Samantha Chong 🔹THE SCALES OF LOST HARMONY by Jasmine Willis 🔹SEA BLOOMS by H. P. Lane 🔹AICHA by Soraya Bouazzaoui Read here ➡️ www.weraniyom.com/post/wera-s-... #jaderabbitreviews #booksky

weraniyom.com

Wera's 2026 Q1 Arc Reviews

Read Wera's ARC reviews for releases slated for January through March 2026!

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

poppy war is taking so long to finish but i am so determined to get through it because it is so good and i don't wanna give it injustice by not reading each line thoroughly😭😭😭

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

came on this app after a very long time

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

thanking my angels, got selected in this awesome event!!! so excited!!!! thank you #revpit for organizing such a wholesome event

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!!

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

loved #DVpit thank you to everyone who interacted, no agents like unfortunately, but enjoyed reading a lot of pitches <3 good luck to all of us

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THE JASMINE THRONE Praanvi & Ahsaan are destined to fall in love, the only problem is Praanvi's a goddess aiming to rescue her convicted mother, & Ahsaan can make it past 20 if he kills the goddess & changes his status quo from a rakshasa. #YA #F #DVpit #OWN #POC

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Introducing my THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THE JASMINE THRONE #YA for #DVpit featuring— 👿fashionable demon with a deadline to die 🗡️a goddess yearning to escape responsibility ♾ forbidden romance 💌reunion of sisters + revival of magic 🌙"The moon's beautiful." "Yes." *while staring at her* #F #POC #OWN

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

A dying Rakshasa. A rusticated healer. A convicted Vishkanya. A broke consultant. A desperate Rajkumari. An unskilled goddess. They must steal the crown—if they fail, their recruiter disowns them, the foes kill the goddess, and they have no home to return. #DVpit #YA #F #Asian #OWN #POC

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

An untrained goddess must steal the crown that summons the heir in exchange for her falsely accused guardian’s safety. If she reveals her identity, the foes might kill her & if she fails, the recruiter disowns her, & she’s left homeless. #DVpit #F #YA #OWN #POC #Asian

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

THE JASMINE THRONE x THE GILDED WOLVES A historian who’s a demon. A rusticated healer. A Vishkanya with nowhere to go. A broke consultant. A desperate Rajkumari. An unskilled goddess. They must restore the crown—if they don’t, there’s no home left. #preDV #YA #F #POC #Asian

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Introducing my THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS + THE JASMINE THRONE #YA for #preDV, featuring— 🫠traumatized exiled princess 👿fashionable demon with a deadline 🗡️hidden identities ♾ forbidden romance 💌reunion of sisters + revival of magic 🌙"the moon's beautiful" "yes" #F #POC #Asian

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Luna 💫 @lunacwriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Broke and drowning in maladaptive daydreams, Isabel wishes one could come true. It does. Now she's ghostwriting a summer play, the weather reacts to her emotions, and she must live with the man she's envied for years. But falling in love? That wasn't part of the wish. #preDV #A #CR #Latine #MH #MR

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

CHILDREN OF BLOOD & BONE x THE JASMINE THRONE Praanvi & Ahsaan fall in love while stealing the crown for the empire, only problem is Praanvi's a goddess & Ahsaan can make past 20 only if he kills the goddess and changes his status quo from a rakshasa. #preDV #YA #F #Asian #POC

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Excited to announce we've expanded the #preDV hours to mimic #DVpit It will now be Sept 29, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET We hope this will give everyone a true feel for what DVpit will be like & practice their pitches together! Plus, amazing agented/published authors have volunteered to give feedback!

#preDV
September 29th, 2025 8AM - 8PM ET
Join us for our practice event, #preDV on Bluesky!
Come with your bst pitches and receive feedback from agented authors.
All participants are welcome to also give feedback and make friends during the community event before October 8th's #DVpit.
More info at dvpit.carrd.co

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

my favorite animal is me while editing

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Dr Abolish ICE @pwr2dppl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

This is also about school.

2. Emotionally Limited Parents
Misread Neurodivergence as
Defiance

Neurocomplex traits often get pathologized in emotionally rigid households. Curiosity becomes backtalk. Sensory sensitivity is framed as overreacting. Executive dysfunction gets labeled as laziness.
These misinterpretations aren't just invalidating— they're identity-shaping. Over time, kids absorb the belief that being different equals being difficult.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🚨IMPORTANT DVPIT ALERT!🚨 Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse. All the official information for DVpit only comes from this account, our discord, or dvpit.carrd.co We implore you to be safe & protect your information

Important Alert! We are being impersonated

Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party which is claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse.
We are NOT affiliated with Cecil Butler or his payday loans.

At this time, please be advised that all the official information for DVpit only comes from @dvpit.bsky.social, dvpit.carrd.co, or our discord server.

We implore you to be safe and protect your information.

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

SIX OF CROWS x THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS In exchange for her guardian's release from prison, Praanvi must go on a bandit mission. With the help of her mates, she must steal the crown without exposing herself as a goddess; if she fails, everyone involved dies. #questpit #YA #Q #F

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Introducing my THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS + THE JASMINE THRONE #Q #YA #F for #questpit, featuring— 🫠traumatized exiled princess 👿fashionable demon with a deadline 🗡️hidden identities ♾ forbidden romance 💌reunion of sisters + revival of magic 🌙"the moon's beautiful" "yes"

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Katie Krohn @katiekrohnauthor.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

When a teen outcast discovers she's from a secret line of Irish plant magicians, she must harness newfound powers to protect herself from a vengeful, poison-wielding ancestor who hunts her family across time. 🍄 Elixirs + poisons + portals 💌 Romance subplot 🎂 Magical baking #questpit #q #amquerying

Door in the Fernwood, a Young Adult Fantasy novel, complete at 99,000 words. Currently querying. Tagline: In this magical Irish bloodline, poison runs deep.

Pitch: When fifteen-year-old Quinn puts on an ancient ancestral ring, it shatters the protective binding spell her family cast at birth—awakening clairvoyant powers she should have inherited from her Irish magical bloodline. But the ring also makes her visible to Neris, a Victorian sorceress who hunts Quinn to steal the ring. Hidden away in an Oregon enchanted forest with extended family, Quinn must master her powers before Neris destroys not only her, but their entire family tree. Website: KatieKrohn.com

Comp titles: The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I Lin.
Themes: Portal to another realm, plant magic, elixirs and poisons, romance subplot, magical artifacts, time travel, magical baking.

“Woo-ee! Who died?” Velma Taylor screeched, sniffing the air as she sat on her back deck.
“Nobody croaked, Vel,” her husband Artie grumbled as he sipped coffee from his John Deere mug. “It’s that young girl next door. You remember she invited us over to look at some big, stinky flower tonight?”
“Well, I’m not goin’. Bet you I’d pass out if I got any closer,” Velma said. “You know her mother keeps her locked up in that backyard doing the strangest things. It’s just not normal for a girl her age.”
From inside her greenhouse, Quinn could hear Velma and Artie, who were half deaf and regularly bellowed neighborhood gossip over the fence. Although the comment stung, small-town judgments like this only fueled her retreat into her own backyard utopia, where she propagated plants from all over the globe—the carnivorous, poisonous, endangered, the beautiful, the ugly, and the common. She sketched the rare or interesting ones—charcoal drawings lined the interior walls of her garden shed...

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L. N. Holmes (Updates, Mostly) @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE FLOATING CASTLE: In a world where demons control the supply of magic & dragons are both feared & sentient, three women combine forces to oppose an evil prince & escape his floating castle. Comps: PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE & THE WOMEN’S WAR #questpit #F #A #DF #EF (#P 11/1)

The image of the ebook cover for THE FLOATING CASTLE by L. N. Holmes shows a dark silhouette of a robed woman against a halo with a backdrop of red and gray trees on a black background.

Image reads:
She wants to control him.
He wants to kill her.

To secure her position as the emperor’s favorite daughter, Princess Fu Liling sails across a monster-infested sea to marry and subdue Elias of House Zartisval, crown prince of a rival kingdom. When she meets Elias, however, he unexpectedly refuses to marry her. At risk of being cut off from the imperial family, Liling tries to force the wedding, only to discover that Elias is a murderer and she is his disposable hostage. Liling resolves to expose this betrayal to her father and plots an escape, relying on a reluctant guard and a rebel witch to aid in her flight. Elias, who’d rather see them all dead than free, gives chase. The ensuing battle may cause the Floating Castle to literally fall, and Liling must decide: surrender and die to keep the peace or dishonor her father in exchange for her own life and liberty. The repercussions of her choice will ripple across a continent.

Image is of a dragon amidst a fiery explosion with the words THE DRAGON GATE SERIES superimposed across it.

Image is of a mood board: Knight with sword (top left), blue phoenix (bottom left), blue sea dragon (top middle), red roses (middle), autumn forest trail (bottom middle), castle with moat and bridge (top right), witch with red hair and amulet (bottom right)

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

PAST LIVES x BRIGHTER THAN SCALE, SWIFTER THAN FLAME Two teenage lovers reunite as adults in the secluded, magical kingdom that forced them to destroy who they once were ⛰ Second-Chance Romance ⛰ Culture and identity ⛰ Science vs. magic ⛰ 50 Shades of Morally Grey #questpit #Q #A #SFF

Moodboard with five cells. The two cells at the top are close-ups of a silver-haired woman wearing a brazen, speared crown and a bejeweled skeleton hand
The cell in the middle is a landscape view of a black-and-white picture of a mountain ring
The two cells at the bottom are close-ups of a man's uniform and a metal hand with claws instead of fingers.

Character renders of Aliza and Viktor. Aliza has bleached blonde hair, tied in a high bun surrounded by a five-speared crown. Her gown is white and with golden hemlines. She has a blue-jeweled bracelet on her wrist. Her face is painted white, she wears ashes as lipstick and eyeshadow, and a golden eyeliner. Viktor is a tall man of combed-back brown hair, dark eyes, and angled features. He wears a dark vest over a puffy white shirt with golden finishing. He has a dark, sleeveless cape of similar style.
A tweet at the bottom reads "apathetic dark-haired boy and insane blonde girl that's the dynamic"

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Sara M. Kapadia @sarakapadia.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

As Sonali grapples with newfound magic, a mission to save her Indian ancestor, academic chaos, her mother's hovering, and building attraction to Rav, she's completely and truly overwhelmed. Could her talking crow be the only one who truly understands her? Time will tell... #Questpit #Q #YA #BIPOC

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Kanirthi is querying 🦋 @kanirthi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE HENNA WARS X NEVER HAVE I EVER My #agentsguide for DARED TO IGNORE YOU, a YA Contemporary featuring: 💖Sapphic enemies to lovers 🥻South Asian FMC 🦋Coming-of-age in the UK 🔪Revenge from outcast 🎤 Grammar school drama #ownvoices #amquerying #questpit #Q #YA

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nandini: querying💌 @naaanwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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