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Tali Shammas

@talishammas.bsky.social
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JD/MBA | Associate Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | rep: Marilyn Biderman & Brenna English-Loeb at Transatlantic Agency

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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A bit late, but I'll be browsing #DVPit and look forward to reading your pitches! If I like your post, please use my event form (querytracker.net/query/talish...) to query me. Good luck all!
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚨 NEW CLIENT ALERT 🚨 I am delighted to welcome Ayishah Hasni to my @stormliterary.bsky.social team! From the moment I read her YA retelling of the Arabian Nights tale of Sinbad the Sailor, I just knew we had to work together. Thank you for trusting me with your work, Ayishah ❤️
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨 CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I am just thrilled to welcome @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social to my @stormliterary.bsky.social team! I can't wait to get her story of a child making sense of the reunion between an estranged grandmother and her moms into children's hands! 🤩🎉
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I have joined @stormliterary.bsky.social as an Associate Literary Agent. I will open to queries Thursday, June 11. I’ll be putting my legal background to work and fiercely advocating for my clients. As an editorial agent, I aim to help career writers share their stories.
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Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'm opening to queries from June 16-19th! Please check my guidelines at my website, but I'm looking for projects for the adult market in the genres of fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery and thriller.
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Thrilled and honoured to be mentoring two ultra-talented writers, and working with a fantastic co-mentor!
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Absolutely thrilled to be working with Katherine on ROT & RUIN!
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
MEXICAN GOTHIC X BOBH X SINNERS Stasi, a gifted painter, enters a competition in which blood magic makes art come alive. But when she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate magical women, she risks her life to stop those running the show. #GhostPit #A #G #F #H #Agented #LGBT
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Beth “B.R” Smith @brsmithbooks.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A girl. Her dog. A whole lot of trouble. When Kit Raglan takes a quick job staying a night in a haunted house to make a few bucks, she expects a quiet night, maybe a ghost if she's really lucky. Instead, she finds a body with her name carved into it. HERE COMES TROUBLE. #GhostPit #A #W #T 👻
An illustration of a ghost overlaid on an oil painting of an old house in the mountains. Text reads: Here Comes Trouble.
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
✨Announcement✨ Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year! I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization. Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates! @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor #WriteHive
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Thrilled to announce that I'll be mentoring with #HiveMentor this year! I cannot wait to read all of your fantastic pitches.
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I could not have envisioned better champions for my work ❤️
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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Here it is! The #RevPit2025 Showcase is LIVE!!! Congratulations to all of our authors and editors! reviseresub.com/showcase
reviseresub.com
Showcase
Showcase
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Amy | Fantasy Author @aekwordcrafter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Blood Over Bright Haven x This Monster of Mine An engineer determined to save her sister's life. An energy project on the brink of meltdown. And a woman in a verdant prison, whose lost memories sing to the void—spelling absolution, or doom. #QuestPit #Q #F #A #LGBTQ
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
Agent guide for I Am Chosen, M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski 
Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn BerkoskiPhoto of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. 
It reads: PITCH:

IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING
LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT?

Photo by Dawn Berkoski Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. 

The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others.

The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. 

Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. 

Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski
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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 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 campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. 

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
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Alissa is Querying ✨🔥🧪 @alissalindemann.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Queen's Shadow X Shadow & Bone "Ballad realized he wasn't the symbol of this revolution. He was the conduit, but that fire was hope. The symbol was always hope." 🌟Chronic Illness Rep ✨LGBTQ+ 🌑Friends to Lovers 🪐Celestial Magic 🔥Alchemy #questpit #q #sff #ya
Photo collage including: an image of snowy mountains with a clear view of the milky way above, a close up of flames and smoke, an image of a young white woman holding fire, an image of a young man with brown skin and long dark brown hair looking off in the distance, an image of a young white man with glasses writing at an antique desk, an image of old apothecary jars of varying sizes, and an image of someone's hands as they burn pieces of paper
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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 06/08/2025
WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QuestPit #A #Q #R #SF #OV #lgbtq
“Did you hear? There’s a human on board.”

A mood board for my manuscript: "SF heist meets F/NB romance: queer aliens rob the TED conference and complain about their human."

The mood board is a spaceship wall with a single looking out over a planet. There are hexagon-shaped polaroid photos taped to the wall and a string of Christmas lights for cheer. On the right is a diagram of a spaceship on a post-it note with alien writing.	

There is overlaid text:
Priorities:
Make dinner
Remain cozy
Haul cargo
Go for drinks
Pull off one last score
Try not to fall in love

Problems: Gun-happy pirates, nosy crewmates, terrible translator software, cultural misunderstandings, and a ticking clock.

Found family of dropouts and runaways:
terrifying monster (ordinary human)
agender ship’s cook (fussy)
sweet little old lady (giant bug)
loudmouth nudibranch (adorable)
grumpy single dad (with a secret)
autistic tween (with a bigger secret)
renegade lesbian nun (big player)
the mastermind (in over his head)
Frank the cat (sleepy)
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Gizelle @gizellemoney.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
She was born to save the realm. He was created to destroy her. Their souls remember a love that the prophecy was meant to erase. For fans of The Song of Achilles & Fourth Wing #questpit #F #A #Q
Collage of NYC scenes: a stressed man at a laptop, “Members Only” plaque, shadows, elevator panel, empty subway, rooftop views, and cocktails. Dark, elite, and mysterious.
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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
CRIER'S WAR x PRIORY OF THE 🍊 TREE Sometimes you just need some magic cats and a shadow dragon to help you sort through the mess of your life. 🤼dual POV ✨gods-based magic 🌈sapphic fantasy ❤️‍🩹enemies to lovers to "it's complicated" 🏛️political intrigue 🐉shadow dragons 😼magic cats #QuestPit #Q #A #F
Artwork of a four-legged dragon with its wings and tail fading into shadow, looking at a tuxedo cat and a gray and white fluffy cat.
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Caroline is always writing @carolinekwriting.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
SINNERS x INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE Angeline wakes up with a taste for blood and a two hundred years of missing memories. As visions reveal flashes of her past— a lover, a family, and something chasing her— she must uncover the truth before danger crosses her doorway. #QuestPit #W #S #T #A
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Debby ✨ A MOST DECADENT CURSE (Jan. ‘27)✨ 🌊👻🖤 @aventurinedebby.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
ONE DARK WINDOW x NINTH HOUSE x NOSFERATU 🩸 When symptoms of a deadly disease w/ vampiric origins manifest on Ligeia Mortem’s 21st birthday, she joins BLOOD & DEATH, a secret society searching for the key to immortality—except to defy death, one must first pay with blood #questpit #a #df #ag
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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
THOROUGHFARE ₊ ⊹ ˑ 𓂃 a religious apostle & western outlaw must work together to stop an eldritch horror spreading across the desert - novella (26k) - a sunshine MMC and grumpy FMC ☀️ - eldritch monsters but the true horror is humanity #questpit #Q #A #H #S #amquerying
red and yellow moodboard of 9 western themed photos; (right to left) a horse, a hand with flames, a creepy cowboy, a western gothic church, artwork of a coffin, flying doves, a body and a crow, a yellow cross, and a woman riding a horsea pastel moodboard (right to left); a cross with a vulture on top, horses in the desert, a hand with a dove; a velvet background with a finger gun, a person training a horse, a woman resting with a horse in the plains; sculptured hands reaching from the ground; a man and a dark horse, many crosses staked into the ground
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Psych. (they/she) @bloodydevotion.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
ninth house x sinners x jordan peele🧠🔬👁️🩸 #QuestPit #YA #H #DR ~ horror academic fantasy ~ eat the rich…literally ~ abandoned by God trauma support group ~ insomniac eldritch horrors inside queer Black vessels (human meatsuits) ~ morbid miracle magic ~ a prayer a day keeps the hunger away(?)
a moodboard collage in a dark brown academic palette featuring hands in the air, gold grillz fangs, a purse full of of diet coke, a creepy stoplight, angel wings, a door that says hell, open books on a desk, and a sign that says there will be no miracles here
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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com · 06/08/2025
✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ belle époque vibes | so many schemes 🗡️ an imperial officer bent on revenge 🪽 a thief plotting scandals & revolution 🩸 they aim to kill each other 🔥 but must cooperate to stop another war 📅 07.07.26 #questpit #P #A #F
Secrets are often liabilitiesSometimes they are powerWhen the Empire of Colours slaughters 17,000 of his silver-eyed kin, Lucas Rhine buries his hatred, hides his eyes behind coloured lenses, and vows to liberate his country through a diplomatic secession.

Usurped prince Faye Phlorik escapes from prison and joins the revolutionaries. They need a silver-eyed champion to rally the people, and Faye needs their resources to reclaim his crown.

Lucas and Faye must eliminate each other to achieve their goals. But when the empire's warships come again, they must unite their forces or there will be nothing left of the people they're both trying to liberate.The Revenant of Surolifia
A political fantasy
Florence Chien
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Lily Wzy is drafting a mysterious new wip @lilywzy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Priory🍊Tree x She Who Bcame☀️ 🪭Manchu+Mongol+Han inspired 🏹God blood as ink for tattoo magic 🪭An eldritch craving familial love 🏹A failing chosen one 🪭A saboteur of her own rebellion 🏹An heir w/ perfect life until the facade rips 🪭Queernorm ancient Asia #questpit #Q #F #A #agentguide #agentsguide
An agent's guide to: when ink swallows the sun, a 108k-word adult imperial-asia epic fantasy by @lilywzy_Illegitimate child Ning Liyue must navigate the palace to chase clues about her long-lost mother’s foreign origins. When her quest collides with a failing chosen one trying to revive his tribe’s tattoo magic, they must uncover ugly truths and survive a budding rebellion to achieve their goals—and choose their loyalties in a crumbling empire.The released moonlight casts an ethereal glow on the Empress, darkening the surrounding night. Liyue can’t tell who started it, but hundreds of guests crumble to the ground, pressing their foreheads to the ground in uneven worship. Ten thousand years to my Empress! Their chants rise and fall and rise again until no other sound exists in the world.

Like a crane among chickens, Liyue alone remains standing, unable to remove her gaze from the Empress while others fix theirs to the floor. The star dims, liquid shadows seem to swish within it like ink as the Empress lowers the scepter. Her low-lidded gaze sweeps over her subjects and lingers on Liyue. It’s not out of curiosity toward Liyue’s unique appearance nor offense from her standing, but a disturbing satisfaction.

Who is the Jinyu Empress?

Should the heavens hear this thought and convey it to Her Majesty, Liyue’s head would roll on the ground. Bathed in the pallid moonlight that basks the feast in an inhuman coldness, she decidthemes and elements: inspired by manchu, mongol, and than. God blood as ink for tattoo magic. creation vs destruction with a twist. Duty vs desire. kindness vs ambition. 4-pov. riches to rags. failing chosen one
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wott 🌱 @wottenmoss.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#agentguide for WHEN THE MAGPIE FLIES (81k queer fantasy) When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition rather than leave her best friend behind—and brings the wrath of spirits and humans alike down upon the realm. #questpit #Q #F
Text: An agent’s guide to When the Magpie Flies by M H Wottenmoss. Background of mountains, trees, and a giant mushroom. A magpie flies in the sky.Pitch: Magpie of Lornwhen, hobbyist scholar and incurable troublemaker, dreams of becoming a Conduit. As the realm’s only defense against monstrous spirits, Conduits are beloved and privileged—and it’s Magpie’s best chance to escape the undertow of poverty. When a spirit chooses her for the honor, marking her with a cold, entrancing touch, her dream is suddenly within reach. To fully ascend as a Conduit, Magpie, alongside the other newly-chosen, must embark on a journey into the heart of the spiritwoods.
The only thing holding her back is her best friend, Calladonna.
There are rumors about how Conduits are changed by the mysterious journey, and Calla can’t shake the feeling that if Magpie leaves, she won’t come back. Determined to reassure her, Magpie convinces Calla to come along in secret, hidden from the other Conduits. For the first time, Magpie’s future is bright and shining—until one of the other Conduits turns up dead, and it seems like Calla may be to blame.
Comps: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft: clueless lesbians, murder and betrayal, journey of ascension. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher: found family, humor and darkness, perilous quest. 

Also featuring undiscovered magic, monstrous spirits, chaotic academia, ill-advised rituals, haunted forest, queer & autistic ensemble cast, giant mushrooms, original music
Opening lines: The world went dark just after she jumped off the roof. In one moment she could see the clocktower before her, the ledge beneath its defunct face familiar and inviting, and in the next there was nothing. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, necessarily, but damn if that wasn't inconvenient timing.
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Mazie @sillyartcollector.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
ADVENTURE SCOUTS #1 is the first in an illustrated chapter book series. Olave knows it is her destiny to be a great hero, and Adventure Scouts is the first step in that journey, but her first day goes awry when the Scout Leader is scooped up by a dragon. #MG #F #Q #QuestPit
A black and white drawing of a young girl, covered in soot, standing at a fireplace, and looking over her shoulder innocently.
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alyssa @alyssaarcher.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My novel has a… 👁️Seer who lives a nightmare twice—her visions & reality 📚Prince who shares his feelings through poems 👑King who poisons his court w/ lethal plants from his garden 🗡️Rebellion who uses the MC’s desperation to fulfill their goal #QuestPit #YA #F #Q #DIS #OWN #AgentsGuide #LitAgents
Cream background with gray lines curving across it. Brown outlines of flowers border the top left and bottom right corners. “An Agent’s Guide To,” “A Crown of Poison,” “YA Fantasy - 95k words,” and “Alyssa Archer” mark the center of the page in brown.Cream background with gray lines curving across it. Brown outlines of flowers border the top left and bottom right corners. “Pitch” marks the center of the page in brown. “When the King’s lethal plans to eradicate magic threatens to expose a young noble’s seer abilities, she exploits her engagement with the King’s son to uncover the Crown’s secrets, but her fiancé’s fascination with poison could make her his next test subject if she’s caught” lies below “pitch” in brown text.Three graphics of amber jars with white labels sit on a brown wooden shelf. “Craft Your Poison” marks the front of the shelf in black cursive. 
First jar: A yellow flower with green stems sits inside the jar. “Ingredient,” “Enemies to Lovers,” and “‘If you’re going to threaten to poison me, you should understand what you’re trying to poison me with’” mark the label. 
Second jar: Dark indigo berries with lime green leaves fill the jar. “Ingredient,” “Involuntary visions of the future,” and “Blue, unseeing eyes bore into me. Their emptiness seizes my consciousness, twisting it awake. When I blink, the woman’s eyes close, and she disappears into the darkness” marks the label. 
Third jar: A green leaf sits inside the jar. “Ingredient,” “Lessons in poison,” and “]I thought you couldn’t digest information from just reading.’ His chin dips, waiting to see if I uphold the lie I forgot about. I shrug. ‘It had drawings’” marks the label.
A collage with 12 photos.
First photo is of yellow daffodils. Second photo is the book cover of “Violet Made of Thorns” by Gina Chen. Gold roses on green vines curve up the purple cover. Third photo is of a wine glass filled with a crimson liquid and dried flowers. Fourth photo is of a golden crown on a stool covered by a tan sheet. Fifth photo is of purple foxglove in a blurred field. Sixth photo is of a blond woman wearing a blue gown in front of a wall of red flowers. Seventh photo is of a blond man lying on the floor with a necklace dangling over his head. Eighth photo is a close-up of a light blue eye beside white flowers on the grass. Ninth photo is of a cliff with the sea at its bottom. Tenth photo is of the black pommel of a rusty sword. Eleventh photo is the book cover of “Defy the Night” by Brigid Kemmerer. Purple flowers surround a far away shot of a castle on the purple book cover. Twelfth photo is of purple calla lilies.
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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections:

1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads:
"How much would you pay to die with a smile?"
The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background.


2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word.


3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says:
"A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"
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avery✨ @averytimmonsauthor.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
WELL PLAYED: a trope playlist 💛childhood rivals to lovers 🎺fake dating 💛sabotage scheme 🎺letting go of old friends #questpit #AG #YA #R
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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I’m excited to share this #pitchcard for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, and JOHN, the YA fantasy novel I #amquerying, feat: 🏴‍☠️ LGBTQIA+ rep 👑 non-western setting 🌸 anti-colonial lens 🏴‍☠️ girls w/ swords 👑 besties-to-lovers 🌸 friendship > everything #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q
A pitch card for YA fantasy The Pirate, The Princess, and John by @saraduranauthor, marked “Now Querying” with a gold star noting “5 full requests and counting.” The book is a standalone, complete at 82,000 words.
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your pal finn @attorneytrash.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
disgraced actor formerly known as America's Boyfriend VS. serial reality TV villain. three weeks, three fan conventions, and a whole lot of antics. ❤️romcom (com heavy) 📺celebrity hijinks 😈characters behaving badly 🌈mlm enemies to lovers #questpit #W #R #LGBT
an illustration of two boys, pictured from the shoulders up. One is blonde with an annoyed expression, the other is dark haired and grinning, making a peace sign with one hand and poking the blonde's cheek with the other. below, superimposed over a smartphone, are the words THE VILLAIN EDIT (attorneytrash)At twenty-six, Max Reilly is already ex a lot of things. Ex-star of Affinity, the TV drama he led for three seasons. Ex-fiancé of Holly Aveline, his costar, who hasn’t spoken to him since the scandal that tanked his career. And ex-darling of the show’s fan base, who went from love letters to death threats faster than the speed of cable. 
Most of all, Max is exhausted. The last thing he wants is to be back in the public eye. But when offered a deal to get out of his contract for good, it’s hard to resist—even if the catch is a pre-season publicity tour with Affinity’s current cast. Even if that means weeks on the road with not only his former castmates, but also the show’s newest cast member: Nico Mariani, a scandal-happy reality TV transplant known for exclusively playing villains. 
It’s only a few weeks. A few weeks facing crowds of people who actively hate him, of being hounded by gossip columnists, of being trapped on-and-offstage with Nico, who Max can’t shake to save his life.  
Because as it turns out, Nico has his own deal with the producers—and soon angry fans and nosy reporters will be the least of Max’s problems.EXCERPT:
	Nico’s first thought on seeing Max Reilly in the flesh had been, damn, this dude’s tall. 
	He wasn’t sure what he’d expected. Rory Harper, maybe, that archetypal boy-next-door who’d bit the dust at the end of Affinity season three. There was this one publicity still of him—white t-shirt, jeans, flannel tied around the waist, artistically placed smudges of grease—that was pinned to the vision boards of church-and-chevy girls nationwide. Oh my god, so dreamy, fuck me in a hayloft, etc.
	Max Reilly was a very different creature. Nico had him cataloged in one go. Indoorsy, sleepy eyes, hair unfortunately cut with the roots grown in. Skittish. Bad posture. Cargo pants (seriously). He didn’t dress like America’s Boyfriend, or anyone’s boyfriend, honestly, if we were being totally honest here, if we were being candid. He was, to put it nicely, nothing to write in your diary about. 
	Tall, though, damn. And those freckles. But that was the devil talking.
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Iris Andersi | POTIONS UNINCORPORATED @goodwords.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
POTIONS UNINCORPORATED Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP 💜 Chronic Illness Rep 🌱 Plant Magic 💚 Bisexual Witches 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance ☕ Cozy Vibes #QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy
Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy VibesThe Pitch is written on a lavender field background: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical companyA garden of comps is written on a leaf. The background is brown soil with plants next to comp titles: Legends and Lattes, The Spellshop, Howl's Moving Castle, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Under The Whispering Door.A snippet highlights the main character's relationship with her familiar, Toad. In the snippet they discuss Linatta's ex girlfriend and Toad's hatred of hats. A book is open below the image and has wildflowers growing out of the inside spine.
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Kanani O’Kelly @kananiokelly.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
MOANA x SHADOW AND BONE A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey. Featuring: 🌊 Native Hawaiian Rep 🌊 Cultural Identity 🌊 Setting as a Character #QuestPit #YA #F #W #OwnVoices #AgentsGuide
A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey.

Featuring:
Native Hawaiian Rep
Cultural Identity
Setting as a CharacterThe second slide showcases the pitch:

WHISPERS OF THE SEA follows the story of a teenage girl who embarks on a journey to rescue her uncle after he was mysteriously captured by a group of uniformed men sailing under the royal flags of a faraway kingdom. 

Keahi must voyage across the seas to this distant isle where she’ll team up with a boy to track her uncle’s whereabouts. But in order to understand the dangers that lurk ahead, she’ll be forced to uncover a lifetime worth of secrets—and she must do so before it’s too late. The third slide indicates that WHISPERS OF THE SEA might appeal to fans of: Disney’s Moana, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, and Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle.

The book includes the following tropes/themes: found family, self-discovery within cultural identity, Hawaiian-inspired mythology, and adventure.The final slide includes a snippet from the book that reads:

“Keahi’s legs were immobilized as her body tried to make the decision her mind could not. The feeling was strange for she had dreamt countless of times about leaving the island, only to seize the opportunity and awaken to find that she had been sold a nightmare instead.”
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Trinity🪞is querying🪞 @trinitywrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
BLADE RUNNER x THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Lonely hacker Renaya must help a kind android boy recover his memories so she can solve her father's murder - before those behind it get to her first. #questpit #Q #YA #SF
Black and gray background of the inside of a circuit board. Metal Bones, Plastic Heart. YA sci-fi, 85,000 words. 
White arrows point to the following:
Slow-burn romance
Dark cyberpunk vibes
Fast-paced plot
Grumpy x sunshine
Cast of messy, loveable teens
What does it mean to be human?
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Diamond Fore is ✨querying✨ @diamondf.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
ATLA x WICKED Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies. Villain FMC Hero MMC Hate at first sight Destroy the world, dont save it #questpit #Q #YA #F
Collage of images, zodiac wheel, solar system planets in a straight line, scorpio constellation, virgo constellation, text saying the villain and text saying the hero
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Kelly Beck @kellylbeck.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie! She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape. What could go wrong? (a pet possum) #questpit #editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
THE COLOUR OF BLOOD: Stasi enters a deadly art contest, wealthy elites kill magical women, & survival is paid in blood HOUSE OF HUNGER x MEXICAN GOTHIC x A DOWRY OF BLOOD 🇱🇻 Latvian myths 🔥 Feminist coming-of-rage 🩸 Art-based blood magic 🖤 Sapphic rivals-to-lovers #questpit [ 💜😱 ] [ 🧡🦄📚 ]
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
In THE COLOUR OF BLOOD, a gifted artist enters a deadly competition where the cost of survival is blood. HOUSE OF HUNGER x MEXICAN GOTHIC x A DOWRY OF BLOOD 🇱🇻 Latvian mythology/folklore 🔥 Feminist coming-of-rage 🩸 Art-based blood magic 🖤 Sapphic rivals-to-lovers [ 💜😱 ] [ 🧡🦄📚 ]
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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Servants drift through the chamber like wraiths, the porcelain teacups they balance atop silver platters rattling softly with each step. They gather around the ornate samovar, the vessel’s polished belly catching the low light as steam unfurls in thin ribbons from the vent. #writesky #writingprompts
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