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henna is drafting 🌿💐🐈‍⬛ @hennamarchives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE EVERLASTING x THE KNIGHT & THE MOTH featuring... 🪞 exiled heiress x lost prince 🪞 water goddess with a lil bit of a vendetta 🪞 exploration of agency in a collectivist society 🪞 are we more than our shame? #bluepit #📖 #W #A #F #OV #POC

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

NOW QUERYING A MARVELLOUS LIGHT X PENNY DREADFUL 💜 second chance romance 🛏 there's only one bed 🖤 opposites attract 🌑 gothic decadence 👻 big spooky house ✨️ dreamwalking magic 🏳️‍🌈 bisexual awakening 🥀 horror as a metaphor 🔮 alternate London setting 🕯Victorian occult #BluePit #📖 #Q #R #F #LGBT

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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Sab is making FINAL EDITS ✨ @sabrinamars.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

INUYASHA X SAILOR MOON Portal romantasy ❤️‍🔥 ft: ✨Midwestern college student becomes fated magical girl? ✅ ✨Arrogant (but hot?) daemon prince? ✅ ✨Forced proximity --> sexy sparring? ✅ ✨90s anime angst? ✅ ✨D&D wild magic? ✅ #bluepit #a #f #r #wip (Art by ginnystellart)

Two characters in an alley about to SMOOCH

Book tropes that say found family, portal fantasy, spicy slow burn, golden retriever bff and grumpy immortal guardian, CPTSD rep, SHE saves HIM, DBT coded magic system, power that just to hold, Midwest FMC x Disgraced prince MMC

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Lacey Olson @laceywithane.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

One cave. Two disappearances. Thirty years apart. Maggie Briggs inherits her aunt's final obsession—a decades-old missing persons case—and discovers a second disappearance has reopened a mystery someone in the Ozarks will kill to keep buried. #bluepit #📖 #a #querying #m #c #agentsguide #amquerying

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Juno @juno.luckyraven.cc · 13/07/2026

Rynelle is a struggling magic student until she infuses with the Viridian Sphere, an enchanted relic. Combined, Rynelle gains impressive magics, and Viri experiences life through her. But thieves and monsters abound... can they return the relic to their rightful champion? #bluepit #📖 #NA #F #W

A woman holding an enchanted sword, smiling confidently. The text reads:

The Viridian Sphere is a fantasy novel
narrated by the magic relic, Viridian.
The relic's unique perspectives gives
a different angle to a familiar fantasy
setting, and as Viridian's powers grow,
they gain new perspectives on the
champions they aid and those who
would oppose them.

Viridian knows only one thing for
sure: they are in control of their
own destiny.

The Viridian Sphere features:

* Aro/ace protagonist
* Magic shapeshifting relics
* Relics infusing with people
* Second first chances
* Fighting monsters
* Running away from monsters
* Searching for an identity

An aerial view of a magic city with the magic academy in the upper right corner. The text reads:

Stolen from their original champion, the
Viridian Sphere is taken to Berindal Academy,
the apex of magic study in the Central
Kingdoms.

In order for a chance to return
home, they agree to assist Rynelle, a
struggling elementalist, on a research project
deep into a dangerous swamp teeming with
monsters in search of the ruins of Llowyn.

Legend says there may be hints
to the origins of the Silvallan
Spheres kept there...

A view of the shore of a lake surrounded by trees in green and orange, with a crumbling stone structure partway in the water. The text reads:

All Rynelle wants is magic equal to her peers.
All Viridian thinks they want is to return home, until they experience life through Rynelle's eyes.
Maybe one more side quest together wouldn't hurt...

A woman with a serious expression holding an enchanted sword surrounded by green magic.

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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE BLESSÈD EVER-CHANGING MAP An autistic demi-girl nun and her golden retriever boyfriend track down God to demand They explain the invisible wall shoving her across their magical shifting world. Two disaster bisexuals, trapped in a sidescroller. Will they kiss? #BluePit #📖 #Q #F #A #LGBT #ND

Pitch: Remi's peaceful life as a nun is interrupted when an invisible wall appears, sweeping her across her magical, shifting world like a 3D sidescroller. To escape this curse, she’ll have to break her vow of silence, not fall in love with (or murder) the chatterbox traveling with her, and confront the Mapmaker Themself—the god who created her world.

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL X THE WIZARD OF OZ

FIRST LINE: The monastery's map had just gone out of date again when Remi found another crack in the world.

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Sidney Quinn - Author @sidneyquinn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE SECRET COURT, Bridgerton X RWRB, is in search of a new home! Rights reversion from Wattpad Originals in Nov. Morgan, a nobleman with a reputation problem, comes to court to find a bride. He's aided by Liam, who introduces him to the palace's hidden underground. #bluepit #a #r #HF #lgbt #q

A trope card for a queer regency romance called The Secret Court by Sidney Quinn. Forced proximity, slow burn, court intrigue, secret relationship, queer joy, grumpy/sunshine. Bridgerton x RWRB

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Victoria Jansen @vickiewrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

THRONE OF GLASS+SIX OF CROWS An apprentice assassin, training under the leader of a criminal syndicate, is dragged into a plot to overthrow her mentor. She must use her unique magic to stop his second-in-command or be killed…or worse. #YA #F #bluepit

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M. Leigh Author ✨NOW QUERYING✨ @mleighauthor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Supernatural x Critical Role x The Witcher x Constantine, with... -A post-apocalyptic 1980s setting 🎶 -An exiled human paladin with a shameful past ⚔️ -A chaotic half-elf rockstar 🎸 -Queer power ballads to save the world 🏳️‍🌈 SONGBOOK FOR THE APOCALYPSE #📖 #W #A #LGBT #OV #F #BluePit

Songbook for the Apocalypse, WIP adult romantic fantasy

Blair Kent from Songbook for the Apocalypse

Orion Arcadia from Songbook for the Apocalypse

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Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

BETTER THAN THE MOVIES X PLAYING FOR KEEPS After her kiss-cam accident with The Jerk became viral, 17yo Jess thought she’d reached rock bottom. But to make things worse, she sets up a fake-dating scheme with him. No way she’ll get lower than that and catch feelings, right? RIGHT? #Q #R #YA #Bluepit

Agent’s guide. Baseball background with hearts. sports YA romcom

Baseball background. the pitch: A kiss doesn’t mean anything… And certainly not the fact that they hate each other.

Characters: the only girl in her team photo montage. Childhood-best-friend-turned-pain-in-the-a**

Comps: Heartbreakers and fakers, Better than the movies, Playing for keeps, Throw like a girl

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

SILVER ELITE x TELL ME AN ENDING MEMORY DEVOURS HER 96k Adult Romantic Dystopian 🚫 Emotion as error 👾 The haunting is digital 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action 🖤 Love from complicit guilt RevPit Shortlist PosterPitAward 2nd #BluePit #A #Q #SF #SP #R #Dystopian

An Agent's Guide to
MEMORY
DEVOURS
HER
By Cassie Wallin
Adult Dystopian Sci-Fi + Central Love Story

The Pitch
She erased memories, until memory remembered her.
Nova excels at removing from citizens' memories what she hides in herself: excess feeling. Ordered to erase her mentor's whole mind, Nova's grief unleashes a phantom remembering all she's erased.
Haunted by its past and hunted by a devoted enforcer sent to bury it, Nova must forget for a shot to belong or remember and spark the fire that could burn her world down.
MEMORY DEVOURS HER

Hard-Won
LOve
Memory
Grief
COMPS
Corporate
Ritual
Menace
A TURA VINES BES
SILVER ELITE
DANI FRANCIS
Dystopian
Mission
Propulsion
TELL ME
AN
ENDING
JO HARKIN
tv+
Severance
Horror of Forgotten
Complicity -
Wounds
MEMORY DEVOURS HER
tv+
SILO
Lost
History

MOOD
White building tower man facing away, glitching man, dystopian supplies, fire, woods, woman
MEMORY DEVOURS HER

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #Bluepit #MG #F #Querying Art collab @giaphoc.bsky.social

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Anindo Zelle @anindozelle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit #A #F #Q #📖 African Folkloric Fantasy Star-Crossed Lovers Subplot As the Stone King’s reign crumbles, unexpected alliances form. But can they withstand the chaos that follows? 🎭 MultiPOV 👑 Court intrigue 🐉 Mythical beasts 🪄 Magic 🙏 Sinister faith 🇰🇪 Kenyan mythology 💔 Love vs duty

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Zoe Navas @magicbookworm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The unflappable Memo del Fuego is quite comfortable fighting his clients’ inner demons; but what’s a life coach to do when the demons are real? Haunted mansion, second chances, slow burn romance - THE BURNING CROWS OF MCDOWELL MANOR (87k). #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #H #T

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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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Annabeth @annabethwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ANASTASIA X THE SERPENT & THE WINGS OF NIGHT ❤️‍🔥93k Adult Romantasy ✨Light X Shadow ✨Strong but messy FMC ✨He falls first (and so much harder!) ✨Elemental magic ✨Slow burn ✨Deadly Trials ✨Forced proximity ✨Found family ✨Meddling gods ✨SO MUCH YEARNING #Bluepit #Q #A #F #R #📖

The moon also rises - 93k adult romantasy

Pitch: after thief Rorie discovers she’s the lost princess of a fallen light magic dynasty, lethal succession trials pit her against a shadow wielding rival— but as the conspiracy behind her bloodline’s slaughter pushes them together, their bond threatens both her heart and her claim for the crown.

Comps: Anastasia, servant of Earth, when the moon hatched and the serpent and the wings of night

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Ally Boyd @alboyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

DEATHBRINGER x SILVER ELITE x Netflix's WEDNESDAY (if it was produced by the early 2000s CW) ✏️forbidden student-professor relationship 😡forced proximity ❤️hate to love 🐈‍⬛two black cats 🙊unreliable narrators 🗡️murder mystery 🏰academy setting ☠️dystopian fantasy world #bluepit #Q #NA #A #F #R #M #DIS

An arched ceiling with the words, "Agent Guide, Dark Academia, Romantasy, 99k, NA/Adult, Unstitched, by Ally Boyd"

The Pitch, A spy-for-hire who can unstitch her soul from her body infiltrates a magical college and attempts to solve a string of gruesome murders while battling feelings for the main suspect, her attractive, off-limits professor.

The Comps: Nightshade by Autumn Woods, Netflix's Wednesday, Deathbringer by Sonia Tagliareni, and Silver Elite by Dani Francis

An Excerpt with a snake: What’s your name, ghost girl?” Carsten asks, his lips quirking up in a half-smile that feels like a challenge.

I try to seem unbothered as he takes his time, walking back to the leather loveseat across from mine. He sits down slowly, soaking in my attention, but I can’t take my eyes off him. His arms stretch out lazily on the back of the chair, a prince of darkness surveying his domain.

The room warms. So warm that sweat prickles the back of my neck. I glance at the clock over the fireplace again. Terror wraps around me like the snake dancing on his forearm. I need to get out of here.

He cocks his head to the side, waiting, and I debate lying. There are no benefits to a demon knowing your name. Except my mind is blank. I can’t remember any goddess-blessed name except my own.

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

BETWEEN FRACTURES OF LIGHT “When the Darkness ate the Sun, the Stars wept.” THE STARLESS SEA X HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE ☀️ romantic portal fantasy 🌿 nature-themed magic ✨ strange world 🖋️ interwoven folktales 🌸 mental health/neurodivergent rep 🌙 queer rep #BluePit #📖 #A #F #R #W #Q #ND #DIS

Between Fractures of Light
Adult Romantic Portal Fantasy

$PITCH The desolate world from Augusta’s dreams starts to blur into a chilling reality when a specter of swirling mist and shadows begins haunting her and kidnaps her childhood best friend, Theo. When the encroaching shadows come for her next, Augusta is rescued by an impossibly familiar stranger with eyes of fire, and together they journey into a world consumed by Darkness, an entity that feeds on despair and rot. There, the shadows hold Theo—and the world—captive. As she begins to fall for the man guiding her through the starless land, the line between the two realities starts to fracture. Augusta must face who she truly is and the choice carved into fate long ago: sacrifice the world she’s only just come to understand (along with her best friend) or the love she’s finally found. Before the Darkness consumes them both.$

SNIPPET

She blinked, and the figure was gone. Or maybe she was just seeing things again.

“Theo—” she started, but he wasn’t beside her anymore. “Theo?”

The movement returned. It grew into the shape of a person and then into something beyond. Long fingers, crooked spine, head warped. Panic rose in her throat.

Smell. Sound. Taste. Touch. Sight. Think, Augusta. Think. It’s not real.

What can you smell? Popcorn. What can you hear? The laughter of children, Christmas music. What can you taste? The cider in hand. What can you touch? The scarf around my neck. What can you see? The shadow in the shape of a person.

Augusta froze.

It hadn’t gone away. Instead, it only grew larger, more ominous. It rose in the night till it towered over the tents, the moon behind it blocked out by its mass.

A glimpse of tangled blond curls appeared in her periphery, light against the growing darkness. A hanging light exploded with a pop but no one reacted. Unease clawed at her insides.

“THEO!”

Theo turned, mouth agape. His green eyes met hers, and he pushed forward, towards her, his rainbow scarf flapping in the wind behind him.

Long black claws wrapped around his middle and yanked him back into the shadows.

COMPS

The Spear Cuts Through Water
Piranesi
The Starless Sea
Starling House
Howl's Moving Castle

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

✨THE APOTHECARY SISTERS✨ When a rival shop opens next door, cursed apothecary owners Viola and Clara resume their secret lives as hired assassins to make ends meet. PRACTICAL MAGIC x WEYWARD x THE HONEY WITCH x NETTLE & BONE #BluePit #A #F #Q #📖 #LGBTQIA+

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yagirlcolleen @camorrison.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Devera wants to destroy the Sacrifice—a deadly ritual that sends unmarried women into the dangerous, Appalachian-inspired wilderness to die—but the only being capable of helping her survive is a demon bound to the ritual itself. #bluepit #📖 #A #Q #R #F

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

❄️Project Winter-a holiday, paranormal romance With Jack Frost magic and a Christmas deadline, a murder.ed social worker must leverage her ex, the only man she’s ever loved, to solve her unfinished business. Second chance romance Sisters Fake dating ❄️❄️ magic #bluepit #A #R #PN #W art by mknzgmbn

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L.K. Chopin @lkchopin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HEARTLESS HUNTER X NEVER EVER AFTER 😴👑YA sleeping beauty reimagining w/ deaf rep 🗡️Zella's on a mission to kill the queen who cursed her 🏃Callum's hot on her heels 🎶Zella compels her enemies with her entrancing singing voice 🤟Callum can't hear her song #bluepit #Q #F #YA #📖 #R

"The Blood of Zellandine Agent's Guide" Background is a skull in wildflowers, a beach campfire, a set of medieval helmets and weapons, a cottage roof, hands bound with rope, dark leaves, a stag, and a castle window. This is the background of every picture in this post.

The Pitch: After waking from a century-long sleep, Zella sets out to overthrow the queen who cursed her, but her quest is interrupted when she is captured by a deaf soldier who is immune to her entrancing song magic.

The Details: a YA sleeping beauty reimagining 89,000 words: grumpy / sunshine, goblins, monsters, & fae, deaf MMC + ASL, Tangled-coded, themes of self-forgiveness & autonomy, light horror elements, animal companion, forced proximity, only one blanket, hope-filled

Comps: Heartless Hunter, Never Ever After, For the Wolf: forced proximity, dual-pov, enchanted forest, fairytale reimagining

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A.J. McCrae @ajmccrae.com · 13/07/2026

In the town of Clearwater, no one enters the wood, no one notices the dead, and no one good goes out after dark. When two witches accidentally awaken the beast of the wood, it's the town that pays the price. For the beast is out for revenge and only their blood can stop it.. #BluePit #📖 #W #A #H #F

A grid of nine images including: a human skeleton half buried in the ground, a forest of bare trees, a man sharpening a wooden stake with a knife, a graveyard, a woman holding a glass of dark liquid, a woman in a white dress lying in the first, the white flowers of snow drops, a horned figure silhouette against a sky of birds, and a skull nestled in the crook of a tree branch.

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

Pride & Prejudice x Howl's Moving Castle x Graceling In an alternate, magical Regency era, Lucy Korvas must hide her "improper" wings from high society while finding a cure for her curse, or she will be transformed into a crow forever. #bluepit #📖#Q #YA #HS #F #R #Historical #Fantasy #Romance

A woman with large black wings attached to her shoulder blades.
Text: Pluck by Sierra Moeykens. Pride & Prejudice x Howl's Moving Castle x Graceling

An illustrated lady in a Regency era dress with large black wings over a ballroom background.

Text: The Pitch
Nineteen-year-old Lucy Korvas has worse problems than complying with high society’s tedious etiquette — she must steal a diamond necklace from the Duchess of Thistal, or her cursed father will perish.
In an alternate, magical Regency era where ladies and gentlemen with improper magic are shunned from high society, Lucy Korvas has hidden a pair of giant, unladylike crow wings beneath her dresses for years, but tonight she risks exposing them to save her cursed father. She needs that diamond necklace to afford his cure. How dastardly it is, then, when she discovers soft-spoken Lord Simon pilfering his own mother’s jewelry first.
But when Lucy and Simon are cursed while trying to steal the necklace, Lucy slowly transforms into a crow and Simon starts dissolving into flower petals. Lucy must find a cure while posturing as the presentable, composed lady that she isn't before she loses her cursed father, the shy gentleman she's becoming smitten with, and her humanity.

Three transparent symbols, a heart, a scroll, and a banner, with lists in each symbol. The background is a photo of white feathers.

Text: Romance. Slow-burn & Yearning. Cinnamon Roll x Chaotic Flirt. Touch-Starved. He Falls First. Historical. Witty Regency banter. Literal Ladybird (she's transforming into a crow). Dukes, Duchesses, and Pirates. Fantasy. Repressed Magic. Curses. Magical flowers with restorative properties.

Three book covers with an arrow under each of them describing their properties. The background is a photo of a lotus.

Text: Comps. A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin. Dry humor and witty voice. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. Accessible, creative world-building & magic. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft. Regency romance with an abundance of yearning.

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #bluepit #q #a #f #p #r

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

Red and black background with red text that reads "the pitch." The text below reads:
After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious Vampire Realm by the bassist of an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rockstar dreams or her own survival.

Red and black background with red text that reads "the pitch." The text below reads:
After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious Vampire Realm by the bassist of an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rockstar dreams or her own survival.

Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads:
Celia Sharpe's dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines.
But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she follows him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm.
Stranded in a world of monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP.
But the stranger she followed reveals he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum, and he offers her a seductive opportunity: the band's flirty guitarist Caliban
will temporarily heal her hand and chronic illness, then help her home. . .
only if she joins Mortuus Aeternum for one performance with a full vampire audience.
Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks being trapped in the Vampire Realm for one year if she doesn't return home in 3 days. To make matters worse, a ruthless vampire lord has announced blood shortages across the Realm—making Celia the new primary food source.

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

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

BEAUTY & THE BEAST x INDIANA JONES x VOLATILE MEMORY 🏺Grumpy archaeologist 💸 Repentant trillionaire 🤖 Sassy robots 🥀 Race against time 🧠 Synthetic consciousness ❤️‍🩹 Doomed (or is it?) Romance 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Yearning 🚀 Stealing spaceships 👀 And they were (bunker)mates #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #SF #R #ND

A collection of nine images, starting from top lefts and moving to the right: a yellow astronomical image of a solar flare, a woman standing in a blue rain room, a close up on a record player, a hand reaching out against a white wall as a shadow reached back, a picture of a rose with the words “You Came Back” over it, a trowel on brown stones, a telescope image of Alpha Centauri, coffee beans, and a white droid

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Els🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

MASTER OF DJINN X THE LAST BINDING Tal is a necromancer in hiding until Daniel uncovers her secret. He'll keep it - if she helps him stop a mage murderer. Can she trust him before she becomes the next victim? Can she survive The Dissolution of Tal Stephens? #A #F #R #W #ND #BluePit #📖

A 19th c portrait of a woman in a red gown whose face is melting. It has a green frame And the title The Dissolution of Tal Stephens

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Veronica @littlecornerreads.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THIS TIME IT'S REAL x A PHO LOVE STORY When her all-American crush asks her out, a restaurant kid fake dates the son of her family's rivals to get her immigrant parents to rescind their "only date Asians" rule. But she’s not just fraternizing with the enemy, she’s falling for him. #BluePit #📖 #YA #R

Mood board with school supplies, a blond boy writing on a blackboard, a Chinese takeout container, an Asian boy and girl, macarons, a bowl of spicy instant ramen, and text boxes that read *covers up real feelings with aggressive sarcasm* and a text exchange: you're annoying/but you love me/doesn't make you less annoying

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE EVERWINTER KING is an adult fantasy standalone. It's a story of homecoming, second chances, and not succumbing to the voice in your head that says you aren’t good enough. #BluePit #📖 #A #F #Q #LGBT #DIS #OV Credit to caracastro on Insta for the format!

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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!
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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Nature is decaying, nobles are hoarding magic, and demons prey on everyone. A possible chosen one, a man who failed his destiny, and a woman rejected by fate must work together for one last chance to save the dying world. #BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #agentguide #BluePit

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
“Magic should never return.”
After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Chosen One(s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

PROJECT BONES After being accused of inviting the plague into a royal summit, a necromancer priest has to work with his only alibi, a cagey nobleman, to clear his name. 🦴 Death magic 🏰 Locked-castle mystery 🕯️ Medieval fantasy 🏹 Robin Hood trope 🏳️‍🌈 MM romance #BluePit #📖 #W #A #F #LGBT #DIS

A moodboard containing imagery of ghosts, bones, foxes, the night sky, and a palace. The title says "PROJECT BONES."

PITCH

Necromancer Nevell of Farlay cannot die, not since surviving the plague as a youth. Now he works as a priest to the god-king, summoned to protect His Majesty during the plague season. But when a mysterious spirit is sighted and nobleman is found dead, Nevell’s reputation gets called into question. His only alibi is the cagey, annoyingly handsome Lord Hargrave, whose reluctance to help Nevell clear his name threatens Nevell’s clergy rank—the only thing protecting his home from the horrors of the plague.

EXCERPT

“Have you no sense?” Nevell stepped between the man and the dying girl’s bed. His magic persisted, but the man carried a lantern that brought too much light into the room, threatening to wash out the spell. “A priest is at work. You should not be here.”

The man paid him no mind, instead peering over Nevell’s shoulder. “I’ve been called senseless before,” he said, speaking with the same grace his attire implied. “Is she…?”

“Dead? Nearly. The spirits are about her. You may have let them out.”

“Her mother has tended to her since this morn.” The man still didn’t look at Nevell. “The spirits will have fled already, if they intended to.”

“Spirits often lack intention.”

“You would know best.” The man took a few steps toward the bed, only stopping when Nevell grabbed his shoulder. He tried to shrug out of the grip, but Nevell held fast. “Father, we can save her—”

“Nay,” Nevell said. “She’s gone.”

INSPIRATION

This image contains inspirations for this WIP, including:

A serious of T. Kingfisher books ("A Sorceress Comes to Call," "Nettle & Bone," and "Hemlock & Silver) labeled "T. KIngfisher's horror-fantasy blend.

A picture of Robin Hood from Disney's Robin Hood, labeled as such.

An image of a necromancer with skeletons from Bioware 4 labeled as "The Country Nevarra from Dragon Age 4."

"The Tainted Cup" by Robert Jackson Bennett, "The Gentleman and his Vowsmith" by Rebecca Ide, and "Green & Deadly Things" by Jenn Lyons, all labeled as "potential comps."

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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!
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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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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WEDDING PEOPLE x MARGOS GOT MONEY TRBLS 📚 librarian / camgirl 🖊️ buttoned up boss LI 🚫 book banning b plot 🔥 slow burn 🍬 gummy bears to cope 💄 lipgloss names = playlist #bluepit📖 #📖 #A #R #Con #Q #bluepit

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SHAMELESSLY WANTING
90k words
Upmarket contemporary w/ romantic arc
By, Frankie Joy

Collage cutouts of a bee, lips, and flowers.

pitch
A LIBRARIAN MOONLIGHTS AS A CAMGIRL, BUT WHEN SOMEONE FROM HER PAST FINDS HER AND THREATENS TO EXPOSE HER, SHESATRISK AT MORE THAN BEING KNOWN; SHE COULD BE LABELED LIKE THE BANNED BOOKS KEPTFROM THE SHELVES.
DISCLAIMER: SLUT.

Collage cutouts of headphones, books, television, and music notes.

media comps
THE WEDDING PEOPLE
ALISON ESPACH
MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
RUFI THORPE
FLEABAG
STRUT
EMELINE
CINDERELLA PT 2
CHIKA
I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING
LILYISTHATYOU

Gosh paper and cutout of a flower. Sequence on the page.

favorite lines
HELP! IVE FALLEN INTO A REASONABLY
FORESEEABLE CRISIS OF MY OWN
MAKING...AND I CAN'T GET UP!

CONDORS, TO BE SPECIFIC. BIGGER, BADDER, WANTING ME TO DIE.

MANAGEMENT. MANAGE ME. MAN, FUCK ME

SOME GIRLS WOULD SAY THEY DIDNTKNOW WHAT THEY WERE WORTH -SHEDID. MOVIE NIGHT AND LINGERIE $25. MORNING O $10. BOUNCING IN SHEER$20.

SHE SAW HERSELF HOW HE MIGHT:
MELTED ICE CREAM, BURNT TOAST, SOMETHING SOURED ON THE COUNTER

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

FFXIV x TENSURA All Mick wants to do is be the ideal partner for his best friend Eleanor on their first outing as adventurers. But when an amulet turns him into a dragon, he's forced into divine destiny—as the gods' adversary. Can he save himself and Eleanor from a divine war? #Bluepit #📖 #F #YA #W

Moodboard of four images, all of which comes from various paintings by Alphonse Mucha:
Left: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer.
Middle top: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand.
Middle bottom: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies.
Right: Poster for the 6th Sokol Festival. A woman in red, wearing a crown, sits as she clutches flower rings in her right hand and up her right arm. A ghostly, green image of a woman glares behind her.

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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 #BluePit #📖 #A #H #W #DIS #OWN #ND

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

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Kate Gray is Querying ✨ @kategraycosplay.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #bluepit #q #a #f

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🎃🕸J.M. Weaver 🕷👻 @jmweaverauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#BluePit Savage as You - a 130k Portal Fantasy extravaganza. 🏳️‍⚧️ Transfem protagonist 🪄 Magic meets our world ⌛ Race against time 👻 Horror elements 👹 Befriending monsters ❤️ Love triangle 🐍 Eels 🧭 Setting off into the unknown #📖 #P (Well, out September 1st) #NA #F #LGBT #TR

Backdrop: illustration of a lavender field with a manor on the horizon, mushrooms as tall as the manor, and a Saturn-like planet in the sky.

Text: Savage as You

(Even the most beautiful dreams can be warped into nightmares)

Comps: Spirited Away, American McGee's Alice, The Neverending Story, The Dark Tower, Weaveworld.

Pitch: Hailey yearns for nothing more than to be a normal girl. Yet something out there knows about her, sending a gateway and letter telling her the world inside might be frightening.... but she's to be its Queen.

Excerpt: I watched the water pour forth as the cracks in the sky spread, wondering how much time we really had left. What did it even mean, that the sky started to crack?

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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

Over a background of chicory flowers: FLOWER FAIRY WIP - Cozy Fantasy Romance
SNIPPET: The human let out a long, low whistle, surveying the garden. Chicory felt a swell of pride for a moment. Yes, human, look upon his garden and see the beauty! See the wonder! Look at all the hard work Chicory put in! All the plants, bugs, and animals are so well cared for! The garden is a wonder! A masterpiece! A—
“What a mess!” The human laughed, running a gloved hand through his hair. “They weren’t kidding about it being a fixer-upper. Oh well, I wanted a project. The gods provide.”
Chicory was stunned for a moment, too shocked to do anything but watch as the human turned back towards the cottage. Then anger boiled through him, burning him up like he had been laying in the sun at the height of summer.
How dare he? How dare this interloper… this stranger… this… this… this human come to Chicory’s garden and insult it like that? The garden was not a mess! It was not as neat as some gardens, granted, but Chicory had been taking very good care of it. He was proud of this garden.
TROPES: 🪻 MM Fantasy Romance
🪻 Fairy x Gardener
🪻 Sweet Garden Setting
🪻 Healing and Growing
🪻 Grumpy Fairy
🪻 Patient Gardner
🪻 Love in Many Forms
🪻HEA
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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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 13/07/2026

JANE EYRE x STARLING HOUSE 🌹 Historical fantasy 🇫🇷 France, Belle Époque 🩸 Body-based magic system 🗡️ Family feuds 🗝️ Gothic vibes A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE offers a unique magic system and swooning sapphic romance. Available in ebook and audiobook 🎧 #BluePit #📖 #P #A #F #HS #LGBT

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #BluePit #H #Q #📖

'Hat' - 81K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon.
Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed.
Tropes: 2000's set
Spooky New ENgland
Amature Witchcraft
Nature, moon stuff, Stoner Goths
nu-Metal Playlist
Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. Backrooms

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE EVERWINTER KING 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. 🏳️‍🌈 Queer norm world ☀️ Light-based magic 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans love interest 👑 Hidden royalty #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT #DIS

Title page for an agent's guide to THE EVERWINTER KING. The title is placed over a moodboard featuring a Mediterranean inspired setting and royalty imagery. In addition to the title the page reads "Adult Fantasy Standalone. Queer normative world. MM romance subplot. 99,000 words."

THE EVERWINTER KING's pitch.

PITCH
A former holy king does the one thing he swore he’d never do in search of his missing god. He goes home.

Malachi was born with God’s voice in his head. When God vanishes in the midst of a decade-long winter, Mal breaks the oath he made to himself and returns to the home he abandoned—the city where he was raised to be king. There, he’s marked to compete in trials meant to select God’s new emissary. His replacement.

After succeeding in the first trial, Mal demands entry to the royal temple, where he learns the skies are empty. God has stopped speaking to his priests and Mal alike. With no other avenue for answers, Mal must win the competition for God’s favor and assume the throne he never wanted, or risk losing his oldest friend for good and damning the world to a worsening everwinter.

An excerpt from THE EVERWINTER KING. Next to the excerpt is character art of the main character. He has light bright skin, dark brown hair, facial hair, and a simple jerkin over white shirt. His eye is glowing like the sun.

EXCERPT STARTS BELOW

“My head hurts,” Malachi mumbled into his drink.

“They say King Ridaris’ eye glowed like this.”

Did they? Malachi shuffled through his memories for any mention of that from his mothers, or the history books, and found nothing.

“I think it means God knows who you are.” Sen lowered her voice, eyes shifting toward the surrounding priests. Kinder to pretend she did it out of concern for his headache. “You need to be careful.”

“Aye.”

“It hasn’t stopped glowing. Everyone else’s did.”

He raised a hand to cover his eye, pausing to marvel at the light pouring over his fingers and palm. It spilled into every crack, crevice, and scar his hand had to offer, like liquid pooled against his skin. Malachi closed his fist around the cold light and pressed it to his face. “Hurts.”

“Close your eyes,” Samara offered. “Rest. We’ll handle it from here.”

For once, he did just that.

A page listing comp titles.

Comp titles for THE EVERWINTER KING include: "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson, "The Raven Tower" by Ann Leckie, "WITCH KING" by Martha Wells, and "The Red Winter" by Cameron Sullivan.

Similarities include: godly shenanigans, political trials, queer-norm worlds, queer male leads, messy homecomings, and a second chance subplot.

Bonus comp! Dragon Age 2.

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

#BluePit 🏹THE BIRD AND THE BLADE🍃 🪶 MM Fantasy Romance 🪶 Bandit x Noble 🪶 Kidnapping! 🪶 Questioning Power Structures 🪶 Singing Bandits 🪶 Robin Hood Vibes 🪶 Certified Bird Guy #📖 #A #F #R #W #LGBT

Over a green background: THE BIRD AND THE BLADE: MM Fantasy Romance
Comps: Not For the Faint of Heart, The Scottish Boy, Greenwode
Tropes: 🪶 MM Fantasy Romance
🪶 Bandit x Noble
🪶 Kidnapping!
🪶 Questioning Power Structures
🪶 Singing Bandits
🪶 Robin Hood Vibes
🪶 Certified Bird Guy
A picture of an arrow, a feather, and a sword
Blurb: Callum Amberline is about to get married, but there is one small problem. He’s been kidnapped by bandits. Callum should be furious and indignant, but he’s not these bandits seem to understand him better than his family or betrothed ever have. Especially Wilder, the son of the bandit queen. But one shouldn’t be friendly with one’s kidnappers.
Wilder may have made an impulsive decision kidnapping the betrothed of his arch nemesis, but he’s having a hard time regretting it. He likes Callum, noble though he may be.
As the unfortunate circumstances of their meeting catch of with them, Callum and Wilder must ignore the simmering attraction between them. You can’t fall in love with your kidnapper.
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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 13/07/2026

When she picks the wrong pocket, Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from magehunters, mathematicians, and the governor herself. #BluePit #YA #F #LGBT #W #BluePit📖

A mood board of eight tiles and a centre square with lockpicking tools and ancient writing:
1. Always have an escape plan.
2. A swindler never lets herself feel like a fraud.
3. Don't look for the easy grab, look for the easy mark.
4. Never get involved with golems.

The pictures depict, clockwise from upper right:
A) A city of canals and towering footbridges. There are minarets and steeples and red-tiled roofs.
B) A market selling elaborate lanterns, all aglow.
C) A porcelain and gold hand, reaching upwards.
D) Two figures leaping across rooftops against the coming dawn.
E) A pocketwatch--or is it? Constellations and continents cover the front, the body of the watch engraved with runes. It's sitting on ancient parchment.
F) A wax stamp with removable chits that function as coins in a card game.
G) The lords of the city overlooking grand canals and issuing edicts. They are dressed in fine red robes and silks.
H) Assorted bones and shells used for divination and more.

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Heists, spice, and space! What do you do when: 🏳️‍🌈 You're a disaster bisexual 😱 Space witches want your illegal hyperspace treasure maps 💫 You must get off Hecate IV before you're caught You ALWAYS GET IN A SPACESHIP WITH A SCOUNDREL 🥵🚀 #BluePit #SF #R #A #📖 (Manuscript is #OS looking for an editor)

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 Rhymer

Romantic 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 on-boards are your pre-sets accounting for?” she asked into the communicator without a glance at him.
“The hyrdobeacon,” crackled Fish’s reply, “the fore and aft isotrope routers…and the gravitic drive buffer, I think.”
Jayro was frozen as Anora swiped at the nav one-handed. He could feel her warm breath on his palm as she spoke with Fish through his communicator, her hand gripping his forearm almost burning him through his flight jacket. She was close enough to smell the blaster emissions wafting off her, the sharp, citrus scent of the steam bath clinging to her skin. His fingertips were millimeters from her cheek and he wanted to cup her face in his hand and drag her around to look at him with those bright eyes. He wanted to play with the flyaway bit of hair that had missed her ponytail and brush his thumb over her lips until they parted.
What was wrong with him?
Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer

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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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Proudly presenting for #BluePit my trailer for ⚔️ THE DUEL IN 1660 ⚔️ A storybook romp through a colorful, heightened 17th century. It's the silliest historical you'll cry over this decade! #YA / #A #LGBT #TR #OV #HS #HU #Q #📖

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #BluePit #📖 #YA #R #M #AG #OS #LGBT #Dis #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

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