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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

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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.
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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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HELLO WORLD?! important question is what language is the spell written in

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

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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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J. Sydney Zaruba ✨is querying ✨ @jsydneyzaruba.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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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

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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

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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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um, so when can i read this?! hello?!!!👀

i remember this from the unhinged pitch! it still sounds so fine 👌

i saw severance and just... 👀

hello??? the intrigue on this