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nanci gilliver

@nancigilliver.bsky.social
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'21 CFWA winner, '21 Alpine Fellowship shortlisted. CBC scholarship alumna '22. Longlisted for the HWA short story competition '24 my first album, I Dreamed Last Night, is on Bandcamp.

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Angela Gilroy @angelharpmusic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A few sketches from my cycling holiday in Brecon last week #blueskyarts
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Doing a major rewrite on my wip and I am actually OBSESSED with this dark fantasy in a way I have never been with my other manuscripts. Like, I am in love!
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
thank you so much for the likes and shares of my #questpit post yesterday, and for the new follows. I'm excited to see where all out journeys take us. Today I wrote a new pitch for my #fantasywip and I'm feeling so enthused about it!!
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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 24/07/2026
Here we go: we're entering the last seven days to submit to our second anthology. We're looking for fantastical, wondrous, captivating and eerie tales of spellcasting and sorcery. Give us lyrical prose, experimental fiction, vibrantly imagined tales. In short, stories that reek of magic.
Last week to submit: Submissions close midnight 31st July for our sorcery anthology. Writers living in the North of England are invited to send us short stories of 2,000-8,000 words. Visit carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions to find out more.
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Jo @jodmello.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Utterly Unprepared for QuestPit, but here's a quick moodboard of my #RoyalsWIP #A #F #questpit
Palace, Praying Fire, Jungle, Bride, Journey on horses, Sea Dragon
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S.K. 📚 🐭 @thebookmouse.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE LOST STORY X THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA A fantasy novel aficionado discovers he’s the reincarnation of a revered Mage from another realm, and must uncover his past life memories to save his newfound home before it’s decimated by a horde of soul-devouring beasts. #QuestPit #Q #A #F
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PilotingSRN @pilotingsrn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When Esme uses her magic to transform nature into art & her love for writing poems to tell her story, the knight Colmon, will either choose to believe in her words or deny them & kill her A high stakes chase becomes magical across lush scenery Dual POV Hunted to loved #questpit #A #Cozy #RF #W
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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Natalia Wik is in her ✨querying✨ era @weavinguptales.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Beauty & the Beast x Indonesian gothic 🥀 MC with a beastly curse that needs to be broken 😈 If monster, then why lover-shaped? 👻🎪 gothic sprinkled with extra generational curses & spirits 🤝🏽✨A dark pact with an eldritch goddess 🍂 The horror of being forgotten #questpit #F #W
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Suzanne Gorthwald @suzannegorthwald.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy #questpit!☺️ 💫Spheres in the Afterglow💫 a slow-burn portal romantasy 💜Outlander meets His Dark Materials 💜she doesn't want a hand kiss, she wants a handshake and a salary #W #A #RF
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Kara (Questpit pinned) 🗡️ @karasiert.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST X CASTLE AND THE CLOISTER //Find the truth, even it if kills you.// 💀 Seven deadly sins x monsters 🗡️ Platonic best friends 🩸Chronic illness rep 🥀 Corruption vs. truth 🖤 Complicated families #Questpit #w #ya #f
ALT: Background is a dark moody photo with two hands reaching for each other. Title: Even Seints Fall - gothic fantasy duology. The rest of the text is divided into three sections. 

Left column, titled “Comps”, shows three book covers Alchemist: Brotherhood, The Castle and the Cloister, and the Witcher.

Right column, titled, “Themes” reads: Seven deadly sins as monsters, corruption vs. truth, disabled rep, personal identity, trust and loyalty.

Middle section, titled “Blurb” reads: In a world where monsters are drawn to mankind’s sinful desires, Seints have been blessed with the ability to fight back. As the war draws to an end, their triumph promises safety and peace. But when a simple investigation turns deadly, Seints Ren and Tori become embroiled in a broader conflict of corruption and deception within their own ranks. To find the truth, they must unearth the past, even it if it means unraveling everything they believe in.
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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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Karina - Fantasy Writer 📚 @k-storer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A FATE INKED IN BLOOD X STARSIDE Ameriel breaks every sacred vow to outrun her ticking clock. When war threatens her timeline, she must shatter the lies of her past & seize a power to preserve her future, but it demands a cost: a ❤️ for a ❤️—Will she pay it? #questpit #Q #A #FR
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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Desperate to find his missing sun god, a former holy king returns home to compete in trials meant to bring his god back and stop the onslaught of an endless winter. THE EVERWINTER KING is an adult fantasy standalone. #QuestPit #A #F #Q #LGBT #agentsguide
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Priscilla Maytree @prismaytreewrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X BARBIE FAIRYTOPIA Introducing CROWNS & MIRRORLIGHT ✨🌷🌸 🪞A tragic romantasy 🪞Finding yourself outside of Toxic Relationship 🪞Bi representation 🪞Love Triangle 🪞Marriage Pact 🪞One Bed #questpit #W #A #RF
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Vivian Storm @vivianstormauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
An agent’s guide to SAVING HER, a dark why choose romance. When the setting & theme of protecting the community like THE RAVENHOOD SERIES falls in love with GRAVES for the added darkness, sharing morally gray, murderous brothers and has a baby, you get my debut novel w older MCs #questpit #Q #R #A
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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Editors Heists, spice, and space, oh my! What do you do when: 🏳️‍🌈 You're a disaster bisexual 😱 Space witches want your hyperspace treasure maps 💫 You have to leave Hecate IV before you're caught You ALWAYS GET IN A SPACESHIP WITH A SCOUNDREL 🥵🚀 #QuestPit #AG #OS #A #R #SF
The first page of a pitch deck. A neon pink art deco border pulls words out of a romantic starry space background. This border and background repeat over the following images. The title page reads in art deco gold and neon pink: An editor's guide to -- Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel -- A Sci-fi Romance by Ellie Rhymer. Representation Christi Cardenas.Romantic pink and sci-fi neon and stars: Pitch. Good heists. Bad Decisions. Great Chemistry.

Anora is the quick-thinking manager of an illegal casino, fleeing the assassination of her gang's boss with the hyperspace treasure maps thrust into her hands as he died.

Jayro is a mouthy interstellar smuggler from the wrong side of the hyperspace lane with the only ship that can get Anora off Hecate IV before the emperor's relic-hunting space witches close a net around the planet.

The two bad-at-feelings bisexuals try to tamp down simmering, inconvenient attraction as they are forced to work together with the scrappy, tight-knit crew of the Helle Wanderer to survive in the criminal underworld and discover the secret at the end of the dangerous maps.

Their love story is a heist and they're stealing more than each other's hearts.

Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie RhymerRomantic neon pink and a starry background: Excerpt. “Those are pre-set…” Jayro warned as Anora toggled a series of switches at the nav computer and began actively moving data streams around the screen.
“Pre-set for scans for //stationary objects//. You pick out your nav programs like you pick out your paint schemes?”
Jayro felt annoyance rising up in him again. The cockpit was his domain. Never mind that he agreed with her about the deco. “It took Fish weeks to get those programs running!”
“Look, unless you want to meet an asteroid face to face, shut the hells up and let me work.” Anora frowned as she watched some data return from the program. “Call engineering.”
“Gladly.” Jayro opened the channel on his wrist communicator. 
“Yeah?” Fish’s voice responded.
“The new navigator is having trouble with her—” Jayro broke off as Anora grabbed his forearm and yanked his wrist in front of her own face, causing his chair to whirl towards her.
“What are your pre-sets accounting for?" [...]Romantic neon pink and a starry background. For fans of: Uncharted Hearts book series by Constance Fay (image of a three book series). Scum and Villainy (TTRPG) (An image of a book cover with a spaceship flying towards a jumpgate). Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. #AnnoyanceToLovers #FoundFamily #QueerStories #DisasterBisexuals #ForcedProximity #Scoundrel4Scoundrel #NeverTellMeTheOdds #DualPOV. Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer.
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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.

Image credit belongs to PinterestThe 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. 

Image credit belongs to PinterestThe 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. 

Background image belongs to Pinterest.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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Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝 @danielleippaso.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
STARLING HOUSE x ADDIE LARUE X MY COUSIN RACHEL A Gothic Fantasy Romance 📰 marriage of desperation 🏚️a secluded New Orleans estate 🥀mysterious, reclusive MMC 🕯️suspicious, determined FMC 🖤slow burn, forbidden obsession 🗝️a dark secret locked away #QuestPit #Q #A #F #H #R #Gothic #AmQuerying
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⭐️ enya is querying ⭐️ @enyao.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THREADS OF GOLD a queer adult romantic fantasy featuring: ⭐️ lovers to enemies ⭐️ family over everything ⭐️ bi rep (& other queer identities) ⭐️ complicated/messy relationships ⭐️ love triangle ⭐️ female rage 💫 grounded worldbuilding 🔥 elemental magic 🏰 set in medieval cornwall #questpit #Q #A #RF #SFF
Threads of Gold QuestPit summary page
Info - Queer adult romantic fantasy, 98k words
Comps - The Knight and the moth by Rachel Gillig, A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland, Godkiller by Hanah Kaner, A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Reasons for comps - gothic undertones, political intrigue, queer rep, mystery with deadly stakes, inspired by British folklore, elemental/nature based magic system, hidden identities, sibling dynamics, ancient all-powerful beingsPitch - Princess Cressida hides her forbidden magic, but when she is betrothed to an ageing king, the wedding guests bring with them a new kind of magic, one of desire and death. Cressida will have to confront the secrets of her past and embrace the wild magic she fears before the deadly magic comes for those closest to her.
Snippet - It wasn’t long before Helle was up and dancing; she picked up the bottom of her dress and waved it to the beat of the music. Cressida was impressed by Krios’ ability as he transitioned from song to song, some she was familiar with from her childhood and a couple more she recognised from the village. Then there was one that felt completely exotic, the discordant tune unlike any of the songs the townsfolk would play. It was the one that Helle responded to the strongest; she laughed and hummed along. The fire danced with her, rising in swirls and patterns, moving to the beat of the music. It could have been a trick of the light or the alcohol distorting her vision, but Cressida thought she saw the sand rise in front of Helle, becoming molten glass and twisting in the air around her. Cressida had become so used to expressing her magic that it took all the concentration she could muster in her inebriated state not to draw up the water before them to dance with the embers. Mood board - pile of gold coins, a man on his knees grovelling to a woman, two women dancing intimately on a beach, a woman standing on the edge of a cliff over the choppy water, a dark hidden staircase lit by a torch on the wall with a large ornate tapestry on the wall opposite, a woman's body on the ground, a glowing golden eye, hands moving across water, four shadowy figures stood together, a woman in the centre of a bonfire
Mood board is surrounded by tropes -
Sibling rescue/protection
Lovers to enemies
Family over everything
Bi rep (& other queer identities) 
Complicated/messy relationships
Love triangle (s)
Female rage
Grounded/accessible fantasy
Elemental magic
Inspired by Greek mythology & Cornish folklore
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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
✨ SIX OF CROWS X ARCANA ACADEMY✨ After an ancient prophecy resurfaces mid magic trial, six artists must uncover who is trying to enact calamity. This Adult Epic Fantasy features: 📜Deadly Deals 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets Best Left Unspoken 💔Rivals to Allies to 👀 #questpit #F #DF #R #A #Q
An Artistic Deception - An Adult Sapphic Epic Fantasy - A girl dancing in an abandoned church Enemies to lovers
Sapphic
Sentient Magic School 
Indigenous Diaspora 
Can Your Fate be Changed? 

Martyred by her people, a priestess awakens as a refugee displaced through time to find her sacrifice in vain. 

Agni attends a magical college to build a new life, but when the past resurfaces, she must either embrace martyrdom again or flee, leaving behind the life she’s built and the woman she loves. before fate claims another kingdom. Reads like Hozier’s Yell 

Putting the con in economy - The lies of locke lamora
a deadly education - my school is trying to kill me 
six of crows - ensemble cast x found family 
witch hat atelier - magic consequences for me like 💀
arcana academy - so you like pining? 
Character art of Agni and Fala 

“Can’t you ever do as you’re told?” Fala snaps. 
“No.” The word rolls off my lips, sweet as candy. 
“Impudent.” 
“Arrogant,” I bite back. 
We are toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, her amber irises trembling. 
“You know nothing.” Fala seethes. I laugh, drunk on her wild temper on I can ignite. That may have been true at the beginning of term but not now. 
I know all about the woman I’ve spent the year ruefully falling in love with.
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Gabriel Morgan is querying @gabrielmorgan00.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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. #questpit #Q #RF
Gothic Gaslamp Romantasy
Adult standalone
109,500 words

Pitch:
After their one-night stand ends in hurt, hedonistic occultist Rowan and repressed poet Darshil never want to see each other again. That plan is ruined when a being from beyond the grave heralds the apocalypse, and they are the only two witnesses.
Forced together, Rowan and Darshil plunge into London's occult underbelly in search of answers to the apocalypse. But as the Veil between life and death 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.
Comps:
The Magpie Lord: gaslamp world, occult magic, big spooky house
A Marvellous Light: opposites attract, magical bonds
The Gentleman and his Vowsmith: second chance, steamy romance
The Resurrectionist: historical setting, self discovery
Penny Dreadful: Victorian gothic, seduced by darkness

Black cat x golden retriever
Yearning
Bisexual awakening
Second chance romance
Forced proximity
Only one bed
Opposites attract
Gothic decadence
Big spooky house
Exploration of grief
Horror as a metaphor
Dreams-based magic
The occult
Alternate London setting
Art shows a thin white person with short black hair, blue eyes, and an unimpressed expression, and a plus-sized South Asian man with chin-length curly black hair, brown eyes, short facial hair, and a soft smile.

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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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 2026Comps & 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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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Q #A #F #Questpit ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power... "They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission." Querying now!
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M.B.Taylor - Fantasy Author @mbolt89.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BRIDGERTON X PRACTICAL MAGIC with the mystery and amateur sleuth vibes of ENOLA HOLMES When witches start disappearing from the Ton, Seraphina must unravel the mystery before she looses her reputation, her magical tea parlour and her missing best friend Primrose, forever. #SFF #W #MY #A #questpit
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Jodie Angell @jodieangellauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
UNDERWORLD x TAYLOR SWIFT'S GUILTY AS SIN? Hunted for her magical heart that could destroy the Veil dividing their lands, a ferromancer teams up with a shifter she hates to stay alive. ✨ Coming to query inboxes soon ✨ #QuestPit #NA #A #RF #Q
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A devout young woman is heir to a throne of god-chosen kings and must prove herself to her controlling father and the lords and priests who despise her, but she hides a dark power that brings death. Combines the romance of INNAMORATA with the female agency of THE UNICORN HUNTERS #questpit #W #A #F
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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 01/07/2026
Our second anthology is open for submissions! We're after short stories on the theme of sorcery, from writers living in the North of England. Take a look, send us a tale - and if you could help spread the word, that would be magical 🪄 🔮 carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/
Submissions are open until the 31st July for our sorcery anthology  We're looking for strange and lyrical stories from writers luving in the North of England.
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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
‼️Writers, don't forget - The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition closes on 1 JULY at midnight! We're looking for fresh voices and bold ideas. Up to 3,500 words, set all or mainly in the past. Full details and entry form at historicalwriters.org/awards/the-d... #HWADDSS26
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Applications for our Jen Eve Taylor Novel-Writing Scholarship for Disabled Writers are now open! 🌟 This scholarship, in memory of Jen Eve Taylor, will award one disabled writer a place on our three-month online Writing Your Novel course. Find out more: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/the-j...
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Attention historical fiction writers! 📜 The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Award is a competition for unpublished short stories of up to 3500 Words. The winning writer will receive £500 and be offered mentoring sessions from an author and agent. Enter by 1 July:
historicalwriters.org
The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Award 2026
The Historical Writers Association
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
making a moodboard/collage for my current fantasy wip. i don't think i've ever been more obsessed with something i'm writing before. it's dark, it's romantic, it's wild. #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The energy I am bringing to my new fantasy #wip #amwriting #writesky ##writingcommunity
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Hi, I’m Caitie @findmeinfairytales.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Sapphic Swan Lake x Cyrano de Bergerac SWAN SONG has: 🔥Slow-burn romance ☕️ Tea leaf reading magic system 💌 Letters exlporing grief 🕰️ Time as the enemy 🔮Witches 🦢A monstrous swan curse 🥀Dark fairytale elements #questpit #Q #YA #F
Hand with tea cup. Stack of letters. Rose. Hand. A grieving sister uses letters to manipulate the only girl who can break her brother’s curse using true love’s kiss, but the girls acidentally fall in love.
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Beth Holly @bethholly.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Actively querying my debut novel SHE CAME BY IT HONESTLY, a multi-generational story of mothers and daughters and the corrosive power of family secrets. #questpit #Q #U #WF
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Rebecca VanderVorste @rebeccamunderwood.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Two historians compete to be the first to publish a breakthrough discovery about civilizational collapse. The twist? One is studying the life of the other, hundreds of years in the future. And the civilization that collapsed? It’s ours. #questpit #W #A #S
3 stories, separated across time and space. Ancient Rome. Modern academia. Future studies of what remains from Ancient Earth.
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE HOUSE OF WORDS, complete at 84K, combines the translation themes of BABEL with the tight pacing and vibrant mythology of THE RAVEN SCHOLAR, with morally grey characters in the vein of SIX OF CROWS. #QuestPit #Q #F
Image 1: a teapot and teacup, Image 2: a snowy mountain, Image 3: The Raven Scholar cover, Image 4: Babel cover, Image 5: Six of Crows cover
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nanci gilliver @nancigilliver.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR x BABEL A translation assistant with a crippling fear of illness is thrust into the scheming royal court of the enemy when he is ordered to spy on the queen's translator. ⚔️ lethal all-female knights. ☠️ conniving courtiers. 🔥 a cat and mouse game of wits. #QuestPit #Q #A #F
Image 1: old writing, Image 2: fire, Image 3: snowy mountain, Image 4: icy grave, Image 5: gold dust, Image 6: green and brown ornate door, Image 7: teapot and cup, Image 8: medieval sword, Image 9: vintage chest of draws and green wallpaper with birds and flowers.
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R V Ellis | Agented Author @rvelliswriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
She curates history. He’s inside it. RESONANCE — an upmarket speculative novel exploring emotional avoidance, curated lives, and a connection that exists only across time. 🔥 Slow burn 💭 Introspective 🕰️ Time travel 🎭 Tragedy This is not a story about ❤️ #QuestPit #A #S #Q
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Casey P. StJohn @cpstjohn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Fiona, a Fate tasked with scheduling the lives & deaths of mortals to maintain the balance of light & dark, must track down a killer when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on her best friend's doorstep & the worlds begin to break. #questpit #F #Q #MY
Slide #1 A Wayward Balance, my adult Fantasy Mystery
What You’ll Find Inside:
•	Only one...human (she dies).
•	Fate and death are desk jobs (death is a family business complete with nepotism).
•	Chosen one...by application and interview (it’s a lengthy process).
•	Death is framed for murder.
•	A romantic slow burn so slow you might not even catch it!(i.e., an utter lack of romance despite the sparks my friend is absolutely determined she felt)
•	Karma is a cat...shifter.
•	Coffee, Mahjong, and cozy violence.
•	Someone who would sacrifice themselves for everyone, and their best friend who is determined to keep that from happening (it’s complicated).
Slide #2 - The dreaded, yet required, One Paragraph pitch Fiona and Dahlia work tirelessly each day to ensure the balance of eight worlds remains intact. Every rule must be followed, every life and every death scheduled and accounted for, every Chosen One meticulously hand selected to save any world on the verge of collapse from a wayward balance—a breaking—when the scales have tipped too far for too long. When the current Chosen One is found murdered on Dahlia’s doorstep, the two friends must work together to prove Dahlia’s innocence before her life is forfeit to offset the balance that has tipped beyond what anyone has seen before, leaving the futures of all eight worlds in jeopardy. To save the worlds, rules must be broken, time will be upended, secrets will demand to be revealed, and friendships must be sacrificed.Slide #3 - An Entirely Inconvenient Number of comps The whimsical bureaucracy of The House in the Cerulean Sea Unique townsfolk like Halloween Town Cozy small town vibes like Murder She Wrote For fans of cozy fantasies & coffee shops like Legends and Lattes, but with the higher stakes of murder. Metaphysical Fun like: Good Omens and The Good Place Humor of: The Eyre Affair and MortSlide 4: A socially acceptable boost to my ego features quotes from people who have read A Wayward Balance such as "When I tell you this story has me HOOKED" and "So fricken fun"
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Gabriella Lauren @gabriellalwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE BONES OF RENAVERE The Witcher X Game of Thrones ⚔️ Sword & Sorcery 🦴 Bone Based Magic 🐉 Dragon Lore 🌎 High Stakes 👥 Multi pov & timeline 🏠 Found Family #questpit #q #a #f #my
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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE STARLESS SEA x HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE “When the Sun disappeared, the Stars wept.” ☀️ romantic portal fantasy 🌿 nature themed magic ✨ strange world 🖋️ interwoven folktales 🌸 mental health/neurodivergent rep 🌙 queer rep Querying soon! #QuestPit #A #F #R #W #Q
What are dreams if not truth?

Between Fractures of LIGHT
A Romantic Portal Fantasy
Coming Soon tọ the Query Trenches
INTERTWINED STORIES
MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION
ALTERNATE WORLD
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Hi, I’m Caitie @findmeinfairytales.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Sapphic Swan Lake x Cyrano de Bergerac Sometimes trying to save someone you love results in their death sentence instead. 🔥Slow-burn romance ☕️ Tea leaf reading magic 💌 Letters exploring grief 🦢A monstrous swan curse 🕰️ Time is the enemy 🔮Witches 🥀 Dark fairytale #questpit #Q #YA #F
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Victoria L. Bilstein is ✨ ON SUB @victoriabilstein.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#editors, explore the five stages of grief on a fantastical, macabre quest through the afterlife in this Over the Garden Wall x Beetlejuice cozy fantasy horror🫀💐 #questpit #AG #A #F #H #R #LGBTQ
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✨Eliza Mares✨ @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#questpit #W #A #DF #R All her life, Selba's had smoky visions of the future, but they’re never useful. She can't predict weather or fate, & certainly not her BFF's tragic demise. But when her dead friend returns & asks her help to end a civil war, Selba's finicky Sight might just save the world.
A collage on a dark green background, featuring a lily-of-the-valley pendant and a ruby-and-skull mourning ring, a golden heart pierced by red arrows, a skull set in a golden sunburst plaque, a thorny rose vine, a flame-licked hand reaching for a ruby, an illustrated woman in a mourning veil, a rocky crag full of lava, a gravestone, an all-seeing eye, and a dried rose.
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Stella B James @stellabjames.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
SIX OF CROWS x THE MUMMY A time traveling bounty hunter with a debt to pay and knack for disaster needs to steal and return a time altering relic to Fate and her Council if he has any hope of buying back his freedom and saving the immortal he loves. #questpit #Q #YA #F
Moodboard collage with pictures of a couple in front of a large clock, a store of clocks, a couple kissing, a girl reaching for the stars, rusted clocks, a couple in historical clothing, a boy consoling a girl in a room, a sign that reads “I think we met before”, and a photo of an investigation board
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J. Sydney Zaruba ✨is querying ✨ @jsydneyzaruba.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
BEDUÄFAN Society told Moira to sit down and shut up, so she commandeered her own ship and life, joining the revolution. Now she must overcome betrayal, heartbreak and defy the odds. ⚔️ Swashbuckling Adventure 🧙‍♀️ Witches & Faeries & Pirates ⚔️ Overthrowing the Patriarchy 🧡 Love triangle #QuestPit #F #Q
dark moody and whimsical photos of Georgian era fantasy
girls dancing in nightclothes around a fire, grand Georgian staircases, a man drinking wine by a fire, a square rigged ship beyond a cave, a man and woman meeting at dusk with lanterns in fine clothing, a tavern with music playing, Elizabeth Swann from pirates  in her boy clothing, a coastal castle, a man and woman walking through a field holding hand Beduäfan
100,000 word high fantasy romance
💪 Strong Willed FMC 🧍‍♀️ 
⚔️ Swashbuckling adventure
🏴‍☠️ Pirates & Witches 🧙 
🧡 BFFS - Lovers - Enemies 💔 
🖤 Love triangle 🖤 
🫂 Strong Women Like-Sister Relationships 🫂 
🗡️War & Social Revolution - overthrowing the patriarchy 🗡️ 
📖 Historical Allegory for the war of 1812 📖 
🏰 Castles, taeverns & pubs 🍻 
🏕️ Running & Camping 🏃‍♂️ 
🌍 Unique fantasy 🗺️ 
✨ Magical Transformation ✨ She wished she could bottle the moment and return to it in the years to come. But no such power existed - or if it did, the gods didn’t share it with her.
 The night passed between them. None came to relieve them of their watch. Perhaps again, this was the hand the gods. Or perhaps their companions were simply tired.
 An easy silence fell, sparked only by the cracking of a log, the hiss of the fire. Alwyn never let go of her hand. 

Beduäfan Chapter 22 J Sydney Zaruba
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