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crystal @snailpails.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

been forever since i lasted posted since i'm knee deep in drafting TWO wips 🫠 my edits/revision had me changing everything up, but i think they're so much stronger now

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Ossei Odontidae @filitadraws.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

When the human of a vampire-hating werewolf family turns into a vampire, he must hide his new fangs from his nosy sister all while suppressing his hunger for blood and deflecting the suspicion of his sister’s (very hot) 🐺 bodyguard. That and to avoid a 🧛 vs 🐺 war #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q 🌈 filo mc

moodboard composed of 10 images (left to right) silhouette of a hand with claws, outside restaurant during the evening, vampire red eyes, wolf necklace, random alleyway in Puglia, silhouette of two men staring at each other longingly, golden eyes, a bucket of garlic and herbs, Fangs Out in Italy with a red background. Silhouette of bats going across the moodboard

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crystal @snailpails.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Starting AANHPI month strong with Bad Asians and Bad Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng from my local library! (Rosemary's Baby is there because I'm on a horror kick.) Really excited for those tow. #booksky

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l-mnan.bsky.social @l-mnan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A hidden continent that protects the gate between our world and the demon world risks discovery if the people living on it can't get along. One of its generals has died, and his widow must train his successor as her grief destabilizes her magic. 129k multi-POV #Q #questpit #A #F #R #BIPOC #neurodiv

a picture of a man kissing a woman on the cheek as she smiles
Childhood friends to lovers
Haunting the Narrative
He fell first and harder.
Deconstructing Racism
Chinese demonology
Choose between staying out of harm's way or standing up for what's right
For women going through loss, women who wonder if they're allowed to be happy and selfish at the same time

a woman transforming into a dragon fly. a man cast in a white light.

Anda, the Widow
She needed him. She needed him the way lovers needed secrets. The way moons needed night skies. The way leaves needed green, blood needed red, and disease needed children.

Longzi, the Traitor
Twenty-seven years. He’d lived twenty-seven years, and he’d been promised a thousand more. A millennium of Anda, and now, he’d never see her again. She might see him, yes. In his portraits, in her memories, in her dreams, but whatever awaited him after life, whether existence simply darkened or he turned his head skyward forevermore, he’d never see her again.

a woman in red chases after her husband as he goes off to war, presumably to die.

General Anda Uunangon leads a divided continent with magical artifacts in one hand and her charismatic husband in the other. The day he died derailed her destiny. Still, Anda continues her duties of protecting their hidden continent from the rest of the known world while struggling to contain her grief-stricken magic, which provides the perfect opportunity for her enemies. As political powers move against her, Anda slowly transforms into a weeping Omen, a corporeal and vengeful memento of whom she lost. Her fellow generals step in. Against her wishes, they release her husband's artifact, that it may choose a new wielder and give Anda a fresh purpose. The new wielder is all enthusiasm and no discernment. Not only must she train him in magic, but she must also inspire him to join her people's fight for self-actualization. Unfortunately, his personal interests of bringing his family to their continent might lead him to align with her enemies and use her husband's artifact against her.

vBookcovers for THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR, BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, and THE GOD AND THE GUMIHO.

Comp reasons. Forbidden love, enemies but not really, anti-colonialism, magic system as a tool of oppression, historical C-drama instead of K-drama

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harmalarm.bsky.social @harmalarm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Fame-hungry influencer blackmails a grocery empire into a brand deal, then is trapped inside its flagship store. As a shadowy demon eats them, she must confront her hunger before the store consumes the customers. 🍧Haunted grocery store 🍓Liminal space 🍴Hungry influencer #questpit #q #t #s

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crystal @snailpails.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

seeing all of these sapphic pitches is going to make my sis, who has read over 200 sapphics and only ever reads sapphics, extremely happy once these are pubbed 🥹

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Sam Peil 🧟😈🤡 @sampeil.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a bi-disaster demon blacksmith is released from his shackles at the bottom of the lake, a perimenopausal single mom and her former prom date must find a way to lock the demon up before he chooses a new vessel. Hangry, horny, and possibly possessed. 😈🏳️‍🌈🪓 #questpit #lgbtq #h #r #w #nd

They say blood is thicker than water, but my family was built at the bottom of a lake.
@sampeil

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🍃sage nightmare owen 👻 @sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lark is at rock bottom. Betrayed, career in ruins, lying to everyone she loves… and the holiday market she’s working keeps running her into a man who smiles like he’s never met a problem. 🔥 slow burn romance 🤫 secrets 😒🤠 grumpy/sunshine 🏘 small town 🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry #QuestPit #w #a #r

Mood board for Sage owen’s STILL untitled small town holiday/Christmas romance novel. Includes a dark haired woman, a man in a cowboy hat, snowy small town countryside scenes, a holiday market, a piano and acoustic guitar, a woman cuddling a golden retriever, and a close up of a man and a woman’s hands loosely entwined.

Excerpt from an opening chapter of a sage owen WIP, text as follows:

The enormity washed over her again. Lark pressed palms to her
face. "What did you do, Neil?"
"I just told a reporter friend-under condition of anonymity," he winked like that should fucking matter, "—that there was a story there!
There's no way it'll come back to you."
"It already has! I got a call from Marshall promising me legal action
for breaking my NDA!"
"But you didn't do it." He sounded smug, like he'd found a magic
loophole.
"Guess what! If my boyfriend knew it, then I obviously did break my NDA!" which was frustrating because she'd never told Neil or anyone else, but he was smart enough to realize songs he'd heard her practicing in the apartment eventually became international hits over the last year, and she'd been singing them before the album came out.
The problem wasn't that she thought he wouldn't notice. The problem was she'd thought he loved her enough to keep his mouth shut.
The problem was she'd been stupid and trusting.

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is a stock illustration of a microphone, and the user’s account name is “no comment, @burnermicrophone26”

Post reads: My (26f) boyfriend (27m) discovered my biggest secret and sold it to a tabloid, and now I’m unemployed, getting sued, dragged on the internet, and hiding from it all in my childhood bedroom in my small hometown

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is an anonymous photo of a man in a black Stetson cowboy hat, and the user’s account name is “Billy @runmercerrun”

Post reads: I (23m) have a comfortable, quiet life in my smal hometown. I work hard, love reading, and go dancing with friends.

2 years ago I got my heart broken by my childhood crush (worth it). Now I’m ready to fall in love for real, and I can’t find the right woman. Am I just unlucky in love?

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Snacks Writes @snackswrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MONTREAL PEN JOB 🐺 Subverted Omegaverse tropes 👔 Classic CEO romance beats 👏 He falls first 🛌 One bed believer ✌️ Dual POV 🌶️ high heat #Questpit #A #R #PR #W

Two people sitting opposite in office attire; one in suit one in hose. "R.H. SNACKS, MONTREAL PEN JOB".

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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hello firefly✨ Welcome to An Artistic Deception🏰✨🪄 Complete at 108k words, a new adult romantasy six of crows x a deadly education 😘 Welcome to our #LiteraryAgentGuide for #QuestPit All design is by @aeipathea & character art by @h4mm.iee #Q #R #F #A #QuestPit2026

hello firefly a photo of a the author literary agent guide

When the six kingdoms prestigious magic school announces a formidable trial promising freedom and noble status, Tehtte’s most notorious assassin Agni enters an uneasy alliance with her second worst nightmare: her childhood bane and the city’s Lionheart Knight—Fala.

Now, surviving her penultimate year is the least of her worries. Agni is still drowning in her failure of an ancient prophecy, running from the monsters her people became, and trying to hide from a king hell bent on finding her. As the realms brace for the perilous trials, Agni is confronted with a haunting question: is her prophecy’s fulfillment still yet to come, and is her heart truly hers to lose?

agni ain’t no war like the class war

fala women want me fish fear me showing character art

romantasy - arcana academy
ensemble cast - six of crows
deadly magic school - a deadly education
visual world inspiration - witch hat atelier
right person wrong time - frown
reimagined fantasy races - dungeon meshi

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Georgia Patterson is querying! @georgiapatterson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE MAD WIFE x DON’T WORRY DARLING with a southern gothic twist What if your sleep paralysis demon is more grounded in reality than you ever thought before? (P.S. this is my first ever Bluesky post!) #questpit #A #T #amquerying #PsychologicalThriller @questpit.bsky.social

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EvelynHail, PhD @evelynhail.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

HEARTLESS HUNTER X SLAVIC FOURTH WING 🎭 She, a humble servant posing as Duchess, is his executioner-to-be. 🐉 He, the arrogant Dragon Prince, must save a kingdom from the encroaching Ever-Dark. 🖤 Neither anticipated falling for the one destined to be their undoing. #questpit #NA #R #F #DF #Q

A gothic-style book cover titled "Root and Ruin." Centered is a glowing, cyan-blue dragon coiled into a circle, its scales etched with faint, runic symbols. Golden, gnarled roots extend downward from the dragon like branching veins against the pitch-black background. Text at the top reads "Enemies to Lovers," "Fated Mates," and "Fake Identity," with "An Agent’s Guide" in the top right. Subtitle reads "80k • NA Slavic Romantasy," and the bottom logline says, "She is sent to kill the dragon. Instead, she might become his only salvation."

A graphic titled "The Comps" in golden lettering. It displays four book covers arranged in a grid: "Heartless Hunter" by Kristen Ciccarelli, "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros, "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo, and "The Witcher: The Last Wish" by Andrzej Sapkowski.

A self-made fantasy illustration showing a halfway transformed, dark-haired man, Prince Konstantin Veliki, with a silver crown and dragon wings. He is carrying a woman, a humble servant Iva, masquerading as a Duchess Zora, in a long, flowing cream-colored gown as they fly through the air. She is his guest but unbeknownst to him, she is plotting to poison him. In the background, a sprawling forest surrounds a magic academy, Kolegium with colorful, traditional Slavic-style onion domes—gold, silver, bronze and green. Each of the domes represents air, water, fire and earth magic respectively. Snippet text at the bottom reads: "Do you always sequester your guests and take flight with them?"

A self-made illustration set in the catacombs under the magic academy, Kolegium, featuring classical-style statues on the walls. Iva, in dark armor, rides a bright, light blue-scaled dragon; it is Prince Konstantin Veliki in his dragon form.
They face off against a monstrous, ethereal shadow dragon composed of wispy, black smoke and glowing eyes — this is Konstantin’s fallen father Tibor Veliki. A brilliant golden sphere of light, relic of the Slavic god of light, Belobog, called Spark of Creation, floats on a pedestal between them. Text at the bottom of the snippet reads: "Let us dance, little one," the Shadow Dragon hisses in a dry whisper of the fallen. "A worthy foe," Konstantin responds. We take to the air to meet the darkness. Two gargantuan winged silhouettes hover in the abyss, suspended in a precarious balance. They mirror one another; two sides of the same coin, champions of Belobog and Chernobog.

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE MONSTER OF BLACKSTONE, 95k gothic coming-of-age story with a dual POV My Darling Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society 🖤An heir 🖤A monster 🖤An ancient curse 🖤Scottish Highlands 🖤Familial exploitation 🖤Emotional & physical isolation 🖤 Gay male lead #Q #A #Gothic #HF #PR #QuestPit

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Josie Lickteig Is Querying! @josie-hundt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

IN THE SHADOWS OF HIGHCLIFFE - dual timeline adult thriller - 75k words Some say Georgia Alderidge ran away. Some say she was killed, and deserved it. 🔥high school party gone wrong 💋toxic friendships 🗝️generational secrets 🤫old money conspiracy #questpit #Q #T #A

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Alexandra Alafair @sangrescribe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

POV your fated mate is the heir to the enemy throne #questpit #DF #RF #NA #Q 🖤 Enemies x Lovers ⛓️ Forced Proximity 🐺 Shifters/Magic Families 📖 Dark Academia ✒️ Psych Thriller X Dark Romantasy Comps: Den of Vipers, Psycho Shifters, Unhinged First 3: tinyurl.com/4ecd4y37

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T. Diaz @t-diaz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE UNRAVELING Thank you again, @leonahwrites.bsky.social and @minaareis.bsky.social, for this opportunity! 🔁 YA SPECULATIVE FICTION 🧩 PUZZLE DRIVEN DARK FANTASY ⚡ TIME LOOPS 🌊 DUAL PROTAGONIST Image sources: Pexels / Personal photograph / Canva #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #S #DF #MY #amquerying

Two silhouettes of a young man and woman facing away from each other against a vivid orange sunset. Text reads: The Unraveling. Time resets. The damage does not. Seven days. Six puzzles. Every failure leaves Ethan damaged and closer to a reset he cannot survive. Verity has always trusted patterns. Now they are breaking

A dark clock tower at night with two illuminated clock faces glowing amber against a stormy sky. Text reads: The Unraveling. Briarwick was not built. It was designed. Every street. Every landmark. Every symbol. A pattern hidden in plain sight for two hundred years. And now it is counting down.

A stormy dark sky with Fibonacci spiral lamp posts visible in silhouette. Text reads: The Unraveling. Full pitch text describing Ethan and Verity facing an ancient pattern threatening their town. Ends with: Not everyone they love gets to follow.

A rain slicked amber lit street at night with warm glowing lamp posts. Text reads: The Unraveling. Early Reader Responses. Five reader quotes about the book.

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Mabel Haller Author @mabelhaller.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

BENEATH THE WAYWARD TIDES Paranormal romance One part treasure hunt, one part gothic mermaid identity crisis 🧜🏼‍♀️ a dying mermaid 🩵 a love she must sacrifice 👑 a treasure they must find 🍊 Sevilla, Spain 🛥️ and a missing boyfriend #questpit #W #sff #PR #amquerying #amwriting #writesky

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crystal @snailpails.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When people around her vanish from existence, Cassandra is the only one who seems to notice—and everything seems intent on making her believe otherwise. 🫣 Psychological/Cosmic Horror Romance 🗽 NYC Setting 🖤 He falls first 🇭🇰 #OwnVoices #QuestPit #H #R #PR #A #W

Mood board of feather graves young woman standing at window, cracks, subway, void, and help me

On nights like these, she watched and allowed the grandeur to settle; the lights of the city blocked out the stars in the sky, the skyline lit brightly like a beacon to the universe, flashing, “I exist,” to no reply.

And she—one of eight million in a city so large, but meaningless to the void—goes unheard.

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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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Rhiannon Purchon @rhiannonpurchon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Unsung Ballad of Blume THE CRIMSON MOTH X THE SOUND OF MUSIC A traitor bard hiding in a convent is forced to accept a position as the governess for a widower and his seven children. Only to discover the father is the Captain hunting her for treason. #W #A #RF #questpit #WIP

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE BELLS OF LE FAY Sapphic THE CRAFT x ONE DARK WINDOW 🌈 🖤A witch with ‘control or be consumed’ magic 🖤A monstrous mystery and a secret society (cult) 🖤A combative love interest with too many secrets 🖤A magical academy with too many libraries 🖤 Touch her and die (literally) #QuestPit #Q #A #F

A nine image collage. From left to right, rows top to bottom. Image one is a black background with the text ‘Pariah, pur-rayh-uh. Image two is a beige background with a hand holding a puff of black smoke. Image three is a white background with the text ‘she was made of destructive magic’. Image four is a black background with a piece of paper on fire. Image five is the lower half of a mixed race girl’s face, with curly black hair falling over her cheek. Image six is a spellbook surrounded by lit candles and a mirror. Image seven is a black background with the text ‘I will not apologise for being born.’ Image eight is a white background with the silhouette of a woman and a massive cloud of smoke looming over her. Image nine is a black background with the text ‘Am I the villain’.

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🌱 When a disgraced food influencer lands a SE London allotment as a last shot at rebuilding her life, she has to share it with the grumpy French chef whose career she accidentally destroyed. 🥕 A PATCH OF TROUBLE is a dual POV #r with enemies to lovers and grumpy sunshine #questpit #q #a

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS set in Paxos, Greece 𝑑𝑢 𝑀𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑅𝐸𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐶𝐴 x 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑥'𝑠 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇 𝐶𝑂𝑈𝑃𝐿𝐸 A PR exec risks her moral compass to help the people she loves when murder is suspected and they all have motive. Esp. the dead woman's husband. The man she's in love with. #Questpit #Q #A #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, 97k Bookclub
'She knew secrets. Now she's dead. Everyone has a motive.

PITCH - They're like family to her, but when murder is suspected a PR exec must decide how far to go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband. The man she's always loved.

Opening Lines -
As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon.
'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.'
'I have plenty to say.'
Her head whips round then. She smiles.

Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.'
Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.'
Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.'
'I want to. Tell me what happened.'

TROPES & THEMES - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Slow-burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder

COMPS - The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave, The Liars by Katherine Fleet, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL x THE SOUND OF STARS 🏳️‍🌈 pan MC, trans LI, ace BFF 🎭 teens stream their own show 🎶 music connects us all ✨ space opera, but MC's terrified of stars 🧑🏾‍🔧 competent MC (usually) 😍 Romeo's got no game 🕵🏾 search for saboteur 👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏻 crush-to-friends/found family #QuestPit #YA #SF #LGBT #Q

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 29/04/2026

When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old 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 gangs, magehunters, and the governor herself. #QuestPit #W #F #LGBT #YA

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 pocket orrery engraved with runes.
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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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray (16yo) battles brooding Jack Frost (17yo) to inherit her powers. W/ Jack's frozen 🩵 melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to lose the contest to save the boy he loves #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #LGBT #CliFi

A layer of snow tries to bury crocuses, but they peek their purple buds out anyway

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE LUNARIA WITCH To escape The High Hunt, Tallitha must flee after discovering she possesses magic. Following a hand drawn map to safety she encounters a charming yet secretive guide who opens her eyes to a world of strange power, secret rebellion and tangled attraction. #questpit #q #na #f #r

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Snacks Writes @snackswrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MONTREAL PEN JOB A paranormal werewolf-CEO romance for lovers of BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood, and Kings of Sin series by Ana Huang. #Questpit #W #A #R #PR

Collage of office attire, food, fashion, wolf fur and eyes. "MONTREAL PEN JOB" in center.

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Stacee @staceemagee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Missing Socks, Damp Cats, Rainstorms, and Other Ways to End Up Naked in Space Stacee Magee | YA SFF | WIP The universe is ending and Sally just wants her life and her socks back. #W #YA #SFF #questpit

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J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Maddie lets Justin help her w/ a customer's order, but has no idea of the emotional whirlwind it'll bring when she finds herself torn between following her dreams or her heart. 🧁 #questpit #R #YA #P

Culinary Confessions moodboard

Top row: black girl w/ curly hair in floral top and yellow jacket standing behind a flower field; silhouette of couple watching a starry sky; black guy wearing blue t-shirt and yellow beanie

Middle row: Flaky apple dessert sprinkled with powdered sugar; "just you and me... and that up against the wall, in the backseat, under the stars, lost in the moment while the rest of the world fades away, kind of kissing" quote; homemade blueberry crumble

Bottom row: anonymous person baking with flour and eggs; black couple baking together; silhouette of couple sharing a kiss

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EvaA @evacharya.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What if Medusa returned to find the world is still the same as it had once been. For one, freedom means everything. For another, her child. Yet, neither is ready for the truth. A daughter. A mother. And a woman caught in between. One unbelievable story. #Questpit #A #Dystopian #WIP

A mockup poster or book cover for a Medusa reimagining in a dystopian setting. An agent’s guide to—Title of the story: Stone 2 Stone.

An elevator pitch: three lines describing what each character wants and needs.

Description of the book. When young men go missing and turn up at statues in a future not too far from us, a detective and mother will do everything she can to find her missing son before he too turns up as a statue.

Comp titles for the story: Promising Young Woman, Law & Order: SVU, and Split.

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A.B. Koga @abkoga.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

FIRE SAFE & BRIMSTONE SOUND At a magic seminary in the sky, a troubled student joins forces with a repentant demon to face his religious trauma and stop the dark version of himself determined to drag him into hell. On sub soon! #QuestPit #AG #A #DF #ownvoices

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Rhyan Wilson is querying 🫶✨ @rhywrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LINKED 🔗 a YA Dystopian Romance about a girl with a boy stuck in her head. Literally. SEVERANCE X CONFORM 🔗 love triangle 🧠 technological control 💜 forced proximity 🔪exploration of our growing reliance on tech/ai #QuestPit #Q #YA #R #D

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

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

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

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

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

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

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#W #A #H #WritingCommunity #blackbooksky #questpit BLACULA x THE INVITATION x NOSFERATU 🐞set in 1976 🐞runaway black girl 🐞vampire lord with hidden motives 🐞manor haunted with restless spirits 🐞supernatural found family protecting their token human 🐞 you would put your god before me, lover?

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Angie is ✨querying✨ @angie3tomatoes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

To escape her cursed town, Tayah must rewrite fate with a cursed carpenter and her sentient house or else become Ravensford’s next forgotten name 🏠Encanto + Crimson Peak vibes ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn Forbidden Romance 🏛️F*ck the Patriarchy 📜Religious Trauma #AgentsGuide #Q #FR #QuestPit

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Cass @casshabs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#questpit #A #DF #Q In my world, magic isn't invisible. It lives in your hair, eyes, and color. And when the darkness takes it... it erases you.

A dark, atmospheric title slide featuring a black book cover framed with pale floral designs. The title reads “Born of Light, Cursed by Darkness” by Cassandra Habig. A glowing streak of multicolored light cuts through the title. Background is warm gold and shadowed, with text indicating “Adult Dark Academia Romantic Fantasy” and “120k words.”

A dark fantasy blurb slide with teal text on a smoky gold and black background. The header reads “BLURB” followed by the tagline “Magic lives in color. When it fades… so do you.” The paragraph describes Rihalyn Embers, her hidden magic, her sister’s execution, and her arrival at a deadly academy. Decorative images include glowing flowers and a glass-encased rose, reinforcing a magical, fragile atmosphere.

Text reads:
Magic lives in color. When it fades… so do you.
Twenty-year-old Rihalyn Embers lives on Runyan, where magic reveals itself in color, and she has none. Until her sister Mahdilyn is exposed as a rare illusionist, revealing she has been masking Rihalyn’s iridescent colors and altering her memories to keep her safe from Abel, the self-crowned ruler who siphons color to secure his throne. When Mahdilyn is executed for refusing to join Abel’s army, Rihalyn is sent to Wychlith, an academy that trains mages to serve Abel, where combat trials force magic to the surface, victories raise rank, and defeat costs pieces of a mage’s soul.

At Wychlith, light awakens. Darkness waits.
Rihalyn clings to one goal: survive long enough to reclaim her suppressed power, uncover what Mahdilyn hid, and learn why she died for it. But when Kieran, Abel’s son, takes her under his mentorship, she cannot tell whether he is shielding her from Abel or shaping her into something useful for his own rise. Kieran wields dark magic, the same force draining Runyan of its color, and every lesson awakens Rihalyn’s light while binding her more tightly to him.

If Abel finds her, he’ll drain her.
If Kieran loves her, he may destroy her.
Now she must decide who to trust before Abel senses the light waking inside her, Kieran’s darkness corrupts it, and what little color remains in Runyan vanishes forever.

A split slide showing “Tropes & Themes” on the left and “Comps” on the right. The left lists elements like color vs. darkness, shadow magic, dark academia, morally gray characters, slow burn romance, and found family, alongside romantic and symbolic imagery. The right lists comparison titles The Serpent & the Wings of Night and The Foxglove King, with brief descriptions of tone and themes. A short “Unique Appeal” section highlights a color-based magic system drained by darkness.

A dark, cinematic slide divided into two sections: “Snippet” and “The Atmosphere.” The snippet features a close, emotional interaction between two characters with intense eye contact and tension. Below and beside it is a collage of fantasy imagery including glowing magic, castles, books, shadowy forests, and magical hands, visually conveying the tone of a dark, magical academy setting.

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liz difranco @lizdifranco.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An agent's guide to INSPIRED BY YOU. Perfect for agents looking for: ❤️A NEW TWIST ON A ROMCOM 🧬A VERY LITERAL GENRE BLEND ❤️‍🩹THE HEALING ART OF STORYTELLING ⚔️ACCESSIBLE FANTASY 💌EPISTOLARY ELEMENTS #questpit #w #a #r #f

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT

A small four image moodboard on an orange background.

The first image is two men in suits, one in black and one in white, holding hands. The next image, a hand holding a red apple with a snake curling around it. The next image, a man in a business suit looking at his shadow, which has horns and a tail. The final image, a zoomed in image of someone holding their hands behind their back with their fingers crossed to indicate they are lying.

In large yellow print are the words "Hell Is Work" below that the words "Virgil Mora burns in hell. It's a pretty good job."

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R V Ellis | Agented Author @rvelliswriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

She lives now. He lives then. RESONANCE is about a woman who can step into the past through objects—and the man she meets there who isn’t bound by time. For lovers of literary, atmospheric, slow-burn fiction where tension is emotional, not physical. #QuestPit #Q #A #S

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Ayishah Hasni is ✨AGENTED✨ @ayishahhasni.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What if the swashbuckling, enemies-to-lovers vibes of Dreamworks' SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS was in a YA novel with: 🌙muslim mc's 🏴‍☠️pirate x princess 🌊17th-century indian ocean setting 🐲beasts from islamic folklore ✨interest from 2 big 5 editors #questpit #YA #HF #Q

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a cartoon of a woman yelling at a man with the words ugh men

ALT: a cartoon of a woman yelling at a man with the words ugh men

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Allie Francis is querying @authoralliefrancis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A burlesque dancer is hired to choreograph a socialite’s wedding, falling for the enigmatic brother, but ends up in the spotlight of a revenge plot where she’ll have to put on her best act yet: save the man she loves or lose him like she lost her brother. 82K w/ suspense elements #QuestPit #Q #A #R

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Ayishah Hasni is ✨AGENTED✨ @ayishahhasni.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What if the rich Islamic folklore of Tahereh Mafi's THIS WOVEN KINGDOM met the comedic, swashbuckling adventure of OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH? #questpit #Q #YA #HF 🌙muslim pirates 🔥enemies to lovers 🐲mystical beasts ⚔️pirate x princess 🌊17th-century indian ocean ✨interest from 2 big 5 editors

An Agent's Guide to ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOYAGES by Ayishah Hasni.

Pitch: In a YA retelling of the Arabian Nights tale of SINBAD THE SAILOR, a snarky pirate must accompany a happy-go-lucky princess on a journey across the monster-filled Indian Ocean to rescue her fiancé from a mysteriously moving island.

Comp titles: THIS WOVEN KINGDOM, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and SPICE ROAD.

First line: Though Kiraal had grown used to the wonders and perils of the Indian Ocean, he couldn't say he'd ever been chased by an island before.

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Amy Dehaas @amywrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A true-crime producer returns home to film a series on an unsolved serial killer case. When a new body turns up and threats hit her doorstep, she uncovers secrets linking the murders to her own past. What began as a docuseries is now a fight to survive her own story. #Questpit #Q #A #T #MY

Collage of six images. Image, one scattered police files and crime scene photos, image two, a White House with a red roof beside a lake with pine trees behind it, a Ouija board and tarot cards, and an overgrown cemetery with old headstones, crime scene tape. Text overlay reads: “She built a career unearthing other people’s secrets. Her own wouldn’t stay buried.”

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L.K. Chopin @lkchopin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

👑🩸The Blood of Zellandine🩸👑 dark YA sleeping beauty reimagining After 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. ~querying in June~ #questpit #w #rf #ya

"The Blood of Zellandine Agent's Guide" written in cream against a starry sky surrounded by treetops

"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." written in navy on a cream background against a starry sky surrounded by treetops

"The Details a YA sleeping beauty reimagining 98000 words grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, goblins, monsters, and fae, deaf MCC + ASL, animal companion, Tangled-coded, themes of self-forgiveness and autonomy, horror elements" written in navy on a cream background against a starry sky surrounded by treetops

"Comps" written in cream against a starry sky surrounded by treetops with the covers of Heartless Hunter, Never Ever After, and For the Wolf with arrows pointing from the words dual-pov romance, forced proximity, magical creatures, fairytale reimagining, enchanted forest

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Talya Klein @talyaklein.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Now querying my upmarket suspense, BLOOD OF THE LAMB (93K words.) Check out the agent’s guide below! 🎬cinematic, propulsive plot 🪾atmospheric, gothic vibes ⛪️ religious trauma, mental health, family secrets 🌿Like THE GOD OF THE WOODS but set in a cult. #questpit #a #u #q #amquerying

A sepia image of the cross on top of an old church and hands reaching toward the sky. The text reads: “an agents guide to Blood of the Lamb by Talya Klein. Upmarket Suspense, 93K words. Coming of age, smash the patriarchy, cult escape.”

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Laney - Add The Song of the Void on Goodreads! @laneylauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

BLACK SWAN + DISNEYLAND GONE WRONG Every other character actor at EverAfter Theme Park has disappeared after bizarre personality changes, and desperate princess performer Juliet discovers she’s next when the character she plays begins to take over her mind. #questpit #H #A #W

A hand reflected in a mirror.
Text reads: Between Joy & Shadow. Adult psychological horror. Laney Lopez. 85k words

Pitch: Character actors at EverAfter Theme Park disappear after having bizarre personality transformations, and desperate princess performer Juliet discovers she's next when the character she plays begins to take over her mind. The park is alive. Magic is real. And something sinister lurks at the heart of EverAfter.

Themes and comps: Sinister fairytale lore, Disneyland-inspired setting, sentient statues, romantic subplot, identity vs performance anxiety rep. Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay, Hide by Kiersten White, Black Swan

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