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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In HANK THE HOUND’S FIRST HALLOWEEN (330 words), Hank learns what this spooky holiday is really about. Treats and more treats! For the kids, at least. There's nothing tasty for him. But a fun surprise at the end of the night proves Halloween can also be a joy for pets. #DVPit #ND #PB 🐶 🎃 🍭 👻

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🤖 LEONARD VS THE IMPOSSIBLE - a humorous warning against AI. 🤖 When boy genius Leonard builds a robot to do his chores, it incites a chain reaction, throwing Leonard’s life into chaos. But saving the day is only half the battle, as Leonard faces his biggest challenge. Can he conquer it? #DVpit #PB

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🐥 "If you keep pouting, a bird is gonna poop on your lip." 🐥 Insulted by this odd human utterance, a bird sets out to disprove it. His avian friends are no help with their foul habits, but an embarrassing run-in with a birdwatcher finally clears things up. #DVpit #ND #Humor #PB

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GROSS, BUT GLORIOUS: A BIRD'S STORY (485 words) When a human says that birds are gross, Birdy the bluebird tries to prove otherwise. But Birdy’s avian friends don't help, with all their foul habits. A birdwatcher's praise gives Birdy hope, but will he blow his chance to shine? #DVPit #PB #Humor #ND

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

TEDDY BEARWOLF (560 words) = Spooky Scouts x Creepy Sheepy Teddy's a werewolf who isn’t scary, but to protect the forest he must be. When he fails werewolf training, he worries he's a misfit. By embracing who he is, he dispels a myth, changing his pack and the forest for the better. #DVPit #PB #ND

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HANK THE HOUND’S FIRST HALLOWEEN (330 words) = Murray’s Howl-o-Ween x Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat? When Hank’s family takes him trick-or-treating, he has low expectations. Sure, it's great for kids. What's in it for dogs? A fun surprise proves the night can be a joy for pets too! #DVPit #PB #ND

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LEONARD VS THE IMPOSSIBLE (530 words)= Bathe the Cat + Robo-Sauce + an AI warning When boy genius Leonard runs out of excuses to avoid his chores, he builds a robot to help. When the robot goes rogue and creates chaos, Leonard faces his biggest challenge. Can he overcome it? #DVPit #PB #Humor #ND

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you everyone who participated in #DVparty this week! See you all TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 at #DVPit!! Marginalized creators with completed unagented work come pitch your projects to literary agents and editors from 8AM - 8PM Eastern Time!!

#DVpit 2026
unagented marginalized creators can pitch their unpublished project in 300 characters on bluesky to participating literary agents & editors
Wednesday September 30th 2026
8:00AM - 8:00PM ET
go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info & rules

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Submitted my entry for the KidLit Chuckle Challenge. This is my first time participating. Such a fun idea! #KidLitChuckleChallenge www.juliehauswirth.com/post/2026-ki...

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

QUIGLEY AND THE CRANKIES = My Friend is Sad x Grumpy Monkey Quigley quokka and Kip koala never miss the Friendship Festival, but when cranky Kip won’t leave his tree, Quigley fears their tradition is ruined. By using empathy, he uplifts Kip, but can their day be saved too? #PB #Q #SEL #QuestPit

The hook: When a cranky koala won’t get out of bed, can his best friend cheer him up in time to enjoy the annual festival together?

The pitch: how do you turn someone’s frown upside down?

Comparative titles: My Friend is Sad, A Day So Gray, Grumpy Monkey, The Bad Mood, Jenny Mei is Sad

Vibes: Friendship, Patience, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Empathy

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

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.

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

📖 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day gets a contemporary twist in the style of The House That Jack Built! 📚 Part of a character-driven series! 🚸 Picture book, ages 4-8 😡 SEL ✔️ #Q #PB #writingcommunity #kidlit #questpit

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LEONARD VS THE IMPOSSIBLE = Bathe the Cat x Robo-Sauce When boy genius Leonard runs out of excuses to avoid cleaning his room, he builds a robot to help. But when the robot goes rogue and wreaks havoc across town, Leonard must overcome the impossible to save the day. #QuestPit #PB #Q #Humor

The premise: Leonard is a boy genius whose biggest challenge is cleaning his room.

The pitch: When boy genius Leonard’s cleaning robot goes rogue and wreaks havoc across town, he must overcome an impossible feat to save the day.

Comparative titles: Robot-Rumpus, Robo-Sauce, Bathe the Cat, The Mess Monster, Wendel and the Robots

Vibes: Chaos, Playfulness, Responsibility, Family Dynamics, Humor, Technology

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THIS IS A SERIOUS WORD BOOK = The Book With No Pictures x A Chest Full of Words Professor Knowitall is a porcupine giving a grammar lesson. But his dry tone clashes with the book’s interrupting illustrator whose fun art only distracts. Can serious words and silly pictures coexist? #PB #QuestPit #Q

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HE SAVED THE KINGDOM ONCE. MAYBE HE SHOULDN’T HAVE. Disgraced Grand Inquisitor Wynsten is hired to find a missing ambassador. Instead, he uncovers forbidden magic and a conspiracy rooted in the blood ritual that made him a legend and ruined his life. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #MY

INQUISITOR FOR HIRE

ADULT DARK FANTASY NOIR · 93,000 WORDS · MULTI-POV · STANDALONE

Once Rysia’s feared Grand Inquisitor, Wynsten now catches adulterers to make rent. When he is hired to find a missing ambassador before an uneasy peace collapses, the case leads him through forbidden magic, vanished daughters, and a conspiracy tied to the royal blood ritual that made him a legend, ruined his life, and fused the empire’s worst secrets to his chest.

A MISSING AMBASSADOR.
A DISGRACED LEGEND.
A KINGDOM ROTTING FROM WITHIN.

OPENING LINES

“The heretics had nowhere left to run. Wynsten had made sure of that.

Months of blood and smoke had led him beneath the Sovereign’s castle, into the old mines carved through the bedrock. A stronghold under the heart of the kingdom.

These apostates would face justice here or burn.”

Twenty years before he became an investigator for hire, Wynsten stopped a ritual fueled by Rysia’s own royal blood.

A FANTASY INVESTIGATION WITH TEETH

THREE TOUCHSTONES. ONE DECAYING EMPIRE.

The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan - Institutional rot and compromised justice

The Tainted Cup - a secondary-world mystery engine

Chinatown - slow-burn corruption and a poisoned victory

INSIDE THE CASE

A dark-fantasy noir for readers who want the mystery and the damage.

A post-conquest secondary world inspired by the Crusader states

Fallen hero / disgraced legend

Missing ambassador

Forbidden magic

Secrets beneath the city

Corruption at the highest level

Reluctant found family

Power no one understands

Morally gray choices

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

☕️ 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. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #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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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

TEDDY BEARWOLF is Creepy Sheepy x Wolfie the Bunny The hook: What if werewolves didn’t have to be scary? When Teddy can't be scary like his pack, he defies their expectations by choosing friendliness over fear, leading to a discovery that changes the forest for the better. #QuestPit #PB #Q

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Jillian Alderman @jillianalderman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

✨ Excited to pitch THE ISLAND IN HER BLOOD 🌴 A scientist and heir to an agricultural empire explores a mysteriously thriving Caribbean island amid a regional famine. Cue the… 🌊 Ancestral memories 🩸 Buried family secrets ❤️ Slow burn romance ☀️ Found family warmth #BluePit #DIS #ND #Q #A #M #WF #📖

An Agent’s Guide to The Island in Her Blood - Upmarket - Light Speculative - Book Club Appeal - Debut Novel - 76,000

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

17yo Zach’s plan to help his friend Stella get back with her ex: 😈 sabotage his teammate’s new crush 🦸‍♂️ dress as his favorite superhero 📝 leave secret notes in her locker (and no trace) 🎄 kiss her at the Christmas market … well, shit! #Q #R #YA #Bluepit

Photo collage: Spiderman mask; Batman comics ; girl with pumpkins; friends hug; boy reading comics; cookies and latte; skeletons

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, five dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #BluePit #A #H

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Deciphering puzzles? Solving equations? Finding an answer to world peace? Easy for boy genius Leonard. What’s not easy? Cleaning his room! He builds a robot to help, but one mistake renders replicating robots who only create chaos. To save the day, Leonard must face the impossible. #PB #BluePit #Q

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A dark, mythical forest can be a scary place. Especially for TEDDY BEARWOLF, a young werewolf who's too adorable to be scary, yet scared to be adorable. But when he finds the courage to buck the rules by choosing kindness, he makes a choice that changes his pack for the better. #PB #BluePit #Q

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Professor Knowitall is a precocious porcupine who loves talking about words. But his seriousness conflicts with the book's playful, interrupting illustrator. As the art continues to distract, Knowitall poses a challenge. Can serious words and silly pictures actually work together? #PB #BluePit #WIP

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A werewolf forest can be a scary place. Unless you’re TEDDY BEARWOLF, who's too adorable to be scary, yet scared to be adorable. But when he chooses: Friendliness > Fierceness Fun > Fear Inclusivity > Isolation Myths are busted and magic happens. *Full moon required* #Unhingedpit #PB #Q

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Dog Howls at Moon, Catches a Heart

ALT: Dog Howls at Moon, Catches a Heart

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Billy can run. Billy can hide. But Billy can’t escape his least favorite lunch food when it grows to gigantic proportions! HOLY BALONEY mixes magic + lunchtime gone wrong + a boy with food aversions to get Adam Rubin’s Dragons Love Tacos meets Oliver Jeffers’ Stuck. #unhingedpit #PB #Q

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Pure Bologna Meat Product

ALT: Pure Bologna Meat Product

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

WARNING: QUIGLEY AND THE CRANKIES is cuteness overload. Side effects may include watery eyes and a warm heart. ⚠️💓🥹 A happy-go-lucky quokka + his grumpy koala best friend + an impending friendship festival = a race against the clock to continue their shared annual tradition. #unhingedpit #PB #Q

Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

TEDDY BEARWOLF is Creepy Sheepy x Gustavo the Shy Ghost An adorable, friendly werewolf 🧸🐺 Challenged to be more like his pack ☠️ 😈 Toughness training gone awry 🥊 🚫 Full moon inspiration ✨ 🌕 ✨ Self-acceptance, truths revealed 🫶 🙌 Friendships formed 🧙‍♀️ 👻 🧛‍♂️ A forest changed for good 🌲💗 #QuestPit #PB #Q

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

QUIGLEY AND THE CRANKIES = Grumpy Monkey x My Friend is Sad A cheerful quokka and a grumpy koala 🐨 👬 An annual festival 🎪 🎊 Friendship troubles 💔 🥺 Empathy channeled, perspectives changed (SEL) ✨🫶 Frowns turned upside down ☹️ 🙃 Fireworks 🎆🎇 #QuestPit #PB #Q

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LEONARD vs THE IMPOSSIBLE = Robo-Sauce x Bathe the Cat When boy genius Leonard runs out of excuses to avoid cleaning his room, he builds a robot to do it. But when the robot goes rogue, creating chaos across town, Leonard uses his smarts to perform the impossible, saving the day. #QuestPit #Q #PB

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Shelbey @shelbeyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Teddy Bearwolf isn’t like the other werewolves. He’s too adorable! Try as he may, he just can't be scary. When he fails werewolf training, he worries he’ll never fit in. But when he embraces his true self, he unveils a truth that changes the ways of the werewolves for the better. #Q #PB #QuestPit

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