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Taryn Christeen

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🎙️The Wannabe Author Podcast 💗Proud member of @hotgirlswhowrite 💌The Dearly Written Series | OUT NOW 🥀Querying: gothic fantasy linktr.ee/tarynchristeen

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ryan bresingham @ryanbresingham.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Introducing my #agentsguide to NOCTURNAL STAR! Darkness is death—and the sun is their sole salvation. ⭐️ elemental magic ⭐️ slow burn romance ⭐️ political tension ⭐️ empowered FMC ⭐️ grief representation #QuestPit #Q #F #YA
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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
FIRST LOOK at project Stupid Cupid 🪽a dark Psyche + Cupid retelling 🪽Perilous games (mafia🤝Among Us) 🪽She's hungry and he's the only available "food" source 🪽fantasy with dystopian vibes #A #F #RF #SFF #W #questpit
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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS X ONE DARK WINDOW An #agentsguide for my completed 90,000 word NA/A, dark, gothic fantasy PARALYSIS #questpit #Q#A #F #DF
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emilywrites92.bsky.social @emilywrites92.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#questpit Meet my WIP Weaver of the Nameless LOTR x The Dark Crystal x TheSilicon Mage Veiled Nameless Oracle ✨ Tortured Cultist 🗡️ Deadly Political Coup Serene Moon Temple-hiding a traitor Murderous Cult-hiding a god #W #RF #A
A shrouded figure stands against a dark cosmic backdrop with threads of light gathered in their handsThe top picture is on a girl with white hair whose eyes a shrouded in stars, the middle picture is of a sickle blade, the bottom is of a dark figure with shoulder length hair and pointy ears A picture of the covers of the books: nightshade god, the knight and the moth, and from blood and ash. And the posters of the tv show the nevers, and movie the dark crystal
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paige is querying 🌿 a raven song 🌿 @thewormwoods.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
For my last #QuestPit post of the day, a moment for the romance in A RAVEN SONG: 🗡️A disgraced queen and the tattooed elven soldier who strikes a bargain she can’t refuse. ❤️‍🔥A shipwright’s daughter and a rebel heiress she should keep her heart, and her veins, away from. #Q #A #F
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Jenni - Fantasy Romance Author ✨️ @authorjbecker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It's kill or be killed to graduate ⚔️🔥 🕯 secret identity x deadly stakes ❤️‍🔥 rivals-to-lovers 🔥 female rage x fierce but reckless heroine ❤️ found family ⚔️ misfits with mental powers 🕰 missing sister #QuestPit #F #A #NA #RF #Q
Violent Fates. 7 deadly sins x Fourth Wing
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Ashley Ratliff Author @ashratliffauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE DARKNESS AROUND US - an adult romantic fantasy about an energy wielder’s quest for revenge. 🥀From Blood and Ash meets The Serpent and The Wolf 🐺 👭 found family 🫶 forced proximity 🐎 one (winged) horse 😺 animal sidekicks 🪄 unique magic system 💥goddesses #questpit #Q #A #RF
The Darkness Around Us title page by Ashley Ratliff. Black background and wisps of smokeBackground image of sparks in a circle and fanning out to create a web. Text overlaid about the pitch for this story Background image of a hooded person in shadow with overlaid images of book covers and textA transparent background of a white horse with a blue eye with overlaid text with reader feedback on it
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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE MONSTER OF BLACKSTONE, 95k standalone adult gothic coming-of-age story If Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray had a baby in the Scottish Highlands, this would be it. 🖤An heir 🖤A monster 🖤An ancient curse 🖤Familial exploitation 🖤Dual POV 🖤Gay male lead #Q #A #Gothic #QuestPit
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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Scream Queens x Divergent in PROJECT GLITCH A dystopian romantic heist with 🕷️ Rival gangs 👾 Cyberpunk setting 🫆 Forced proximity 🖤 Morally grey characters 🕸️ A lethal, cult-like girl gang #questpit #W #NA #D Querying late summer/fall <3
List of tropes: 
Dystopian, romance, heist
Teenage lovers to unaccounted for for many years, to rival gang members actually trying to kill each other to reluctant allies to lovers again???
Idk, it’s complicated..
Cyberpunk 
Forced proximity 
is it a gang or is it a cult?
Anything can be a murder weapon if you try hard enough
tending to woundsPitch:
Project Glitch is about a gang member trying to earn her initiation by killing all her exes, when she's redirected to infiltrate a rival gang's heist—led by her last remaining ex-boyfriend—to steal information from an impenetrable city with the potential to save or obliterate their corrupt world.Opening lines: 
Eyes on the target. Awaiting orders to shoot." I tighten my grip on the rifle.
The breeze sweeps some brown stray hairs over my eyes as I follow the target through my scope—Raymond, 25, male, with dark shaggy hair and a bag slung over his shoulder. Also known as my second ex-boyfriend.
"Awaiting orders to shoot," I repeat. My trigger finger burns to move.
The traffic drums in the background—car horns ring through the dirty air between dilapidated skyscrapers. Raymond dabs up one of the bouncers across the street. I track his every move; when he steps back to let a group pass by, when he scratches the five o'clock shadow on his chin, when he nods towards the entrance door two steps ahead of them. All that stands between me and my official initiation into the Coven, is one bullet in his brain.Books similar to Project Glitch: 
Butcher and Blackbrid by Brynne Weaver
Coldwire & These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 
Scion by James Islington
To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast 
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Divergent by Veronica Roth
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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
House of the Dragon x The Bachelorette in THE SUITOR'S TRIAL A NA political fantasy with ✨ Enemies to lovers ⚔️ Deadly challenge 👁️ A lethal FMC (& MMC) 🌷Formal balls 👑 Low historical fantasy 🗡️ 1880's inspired, but daggers and swords #questpit #W #NA #F (currently editing)
The Suitor's Trial, tropes, by Elise Rustøen 

Enemies to lovers
Court politics
Reluctant allies 
Morally grey characters
Lethal main characters 
Dual POV 
Deadly trial
Knife to throat Ether way; this ends with a marriage or an execution.
You are hereby invited to THE SUITOR'S TRIAL
A princess who doesn't want to get married and share her throne, arranges trials to kill off her suitors, when suitor number 8 proposes with intentions of revenge whilst new dark forces loom in the background—threatening to destroy them both and take the throne for much darker purposes
By Elise Rustøen @eliserustoenSnippets of THE SUITOR'S TRIAL 
Two years, three weeks and five days since I swore I'd take revenge, and finally, my time has come. My pocket watch, amid the clutter on my desk, ticks as slowly as ever. Just five more minutes. Then a servant will lead me into the king's office to sign away the rest of my life—along with it, taking the first step towards retribution.

"Don't you look lovely this evening?" 
I twist around with my dagger ready to stab. Hayes stops it right beneath the hollow of his jaw. 
"Why that's not a very nice way to greet your future husband." He's paler than usual under the poor streetlight, a new cut across his temple.
"If I really thought you were to be my future husband I wouldn't have missed." 
"For all you know, I might be into that." 
"Clearly." I look him up and down. 
"Now, let's get to what we came here for, shall we?" He pries the dagger from my grip and shoves it back into my holster, gracing my thigh in the effort. "Did you bring the letter?"

My gaze stays stuck on her as she laughs—at the new cut on her cheek from my ring—as she stands up, spitting blood on the ground and smearing the residue across her face. 
"Look, we match." There's blood on her teeth as she grins. 
She adjusts the grip on her daggers in a millisecond, tossing another my way. A knee pounds into my gut as I duck. I catch it—pulling her out of balance. And suddenly we're both back on the ground. 
Securing her feet on both sides of me, she aims her daggers straight for my head. 
I shift over, but not enough to avoid the burn at the tip of my ear. Another punch reaches my lip before I grip her wrist, lock my foot around hers and shove her off to switch positions. Before she can get away, I strike her jaw—hoping he'll take the hint and pretend to lose already. 
With her free hand she snatches another dagger from my hip. I knock it out of her hand, catching it and bringing the tip to her throat. "I think that's enough." Books similar to THE SUITOR'S TRIAL

Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Selection by Kiera Cass 
The Will of the Many by James Islington
The Savior's Champion by Jenna Moreci
The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs 
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My #agentsguide for my NA/A dark, gothic fantasy PARALYSIS🥀🖤 #questpit #Q #A #F #DF
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huzai @huzaiqhu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A young queen must team up with a rival king to solve the moon goddess's resentment in a romantic fantasy of DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS X THE NIGHTBLOOD PRINCE 👑warrior queen x cheerful king ⚔️political intrigue 👫forced partner #questpit #YA #RF #agentsguide
Agent's guide for Moonlunar, 70k young adult fantasy
Tropes: rivals to lovers, warrior queen, siblings dynamic
Quote: Never grieve for me, never hesitate to forget me, don't be like the Queen MoonKaira Liya has just become the queen of Moonlunar—the land that has been secluding itself from the outside world for nearly one century. Committed to fulfilling her father’s wish to protect the land, Kaira needs to figure out a way to not dishonour the dead when a man claiming to be a missing child enters her land.

That man is Rayne Han, a young, quirky king of Sol Kingdom. Had he known his head would be at risk of being chopped off, he wouldn’t be stumbling inside the unknown land and making himself someone who Kaira can trust to avoid his identity being exposed. With his throne at risk from his uncle's rebels, he needs to seek solutions for his kingdom's water crisis after suffering from decades of drought—all without stealing the secluded land's artifact.

But when the moon begins absorbing the people's soul and threatens to end all of humanity, Kaira must travel to the moon to face the moon goddess’s resentment. Rayne, however, has his own agenda. Kaira may threaten him, but Rayne will still team up with her as a ladder for the moon goddess's blessing. 

As the bickering partners make their way to meet the moon goddess, Kaira and Rayne find themselves inescapably drawn to each other. But truth can hurt—no one would believe the only person they loved was the cause of everything. Despite it, Kaira and Rayne must make their decision: whether to stand together to prevent the catastrophe or let the secrets they each have tear them—and Moonlunar—apart.

First Line - Compared to any other eternal night in Moonlunar, this night is special

The Comps - Daughter of the Moon Goddess, The Nightblood Prince, When the demon brings you destiny, The Scorpion and The Night BlossomA snippet -  The king’s lips curl into a sneer. “Are you lecturing me?”

 “Your son,” Kaira grits her teeth, “is sick. Yet you struck him, worsening his state. How could a father do such things to his son?You did not respect his boundaries, forcing him into your political ways. He has done many things for your kingdom, taking care of your people so that one day, they would accept their crown prince as their next ruler. He allowed you to control all the things he loved, but he begged you for one thing—to not decide who he should love.”
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Luna 💫 @lunacwriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A morally grey Snow White reimagining where the "fairest of them all" is cursed with ice powers and snow blooming across her skin—vitiligo the world calls monstrous. A prophecy says only the Andes realm heir can stop her. Too bad their souls are bound. #QuestPit #F #R #Q #OWN
A poster/illustration made by me (LunaCWriting) of a hand holding a heart-shaped red apple dripping liquid against a black background, with the text “Bring Me His Heart.” and my manuscript title 'The Apricity Between Us.'
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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Your first glimpse into WEEKEND LOVERS 🛵🧡🍇🇮🇹🍷 LOVE, ROSIE x PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION ▫️If the song Purple Rain was a romance novel ▫️Situationship final boss ▫️Second chance romance ▫️Dual timeline ▫️Mamma Mia minus the baby ▫️Heartbreaking secrets #QuestPit #AG #W #R #WF
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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS X ONE DARK WINDOW My #agentsguide for my completed 90,000 word NA/A gothic fantasy, PARALYSIS is pinned to the top of my profile🥀🖤 #questpit #Q #A #F #DF
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Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
She's hiding her name, her past, her power. He sees through her every lie. SONG OF THE SICKLE, adult romantasy, 118k words #Questpit #Q #A #RF
An agent's guide for 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. Small picture of burning incense.The pitch, beside a picture 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 over the picture of wheatfield. The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem for hidden identity and forbidden magic. Blood & Steel by Helen Scheuerer for training ground romance. The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig for weaponized faith system.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 tracked 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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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS X ONE DARK WINDOW An #agentsguide for my completed 90,000 word NA/A, dark, gothic fantasy, PARALYSIS🥀🖤 #questpit #Q #A #F #DF
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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My newly-updated #editorsguide of BAND CAMP: a musical romcom full of nostalgia, angst, messy love, and a friend group you’ll give anything to be part of. 🎷 Editors, interact with this post if you’re interested! 🎸 #QuestPit #OS #AG #R
Title page for new bookPitch for new adult romcomComp titles for band camp Snippet of writing
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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Your first exclusive look at HIGHER POWER 🔮⚔️🪦🪡⚡️ IMMORTAL CONSEQUENCES meets Squid Game 🩸fatal tournament ♟️reincarnation with a twist 🩸multi pov ♟️historical trials 🩸star-crossed romance ♟️what defines power? #DF #QuestPit #AG #W
Collage for higher powerPitch for higher power
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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If “Dancing with the Fans” became a real show, it’d look a little something like this…✨ 💜Grumpy x Sunshine 🪩Slow burn romance 💜Mutual healing + grief journey 🪩Single dad x Nanny 💜Dancing as foreplay 🪩Reality TV romcom Editors, interact with this post if you’re interested! #QuestPit #OS #AG #R
Maksim chmerkovskiy and Meryl DavisPitch deck of the winner takes it allComp titles for my bookScreenshots of dwts cast reactions
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Rhiannon Purchon @rhiannonpurchon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE CINNAMON COVENANT / 108k NA Romantasy 🌊🏴‍☠️🩶🐈 ✔️ OUABH X Pirates of the Caribbean ✔️ Con-Woman Heroine + Devoted, Virgin Hero ✔️ Twisted True Love Prophecy ✔️ Feminist Morally Grey Pirates ✔️ Teach Me Romance ✔️ Cosy Romance + Deadly Stakes #Q #NA #A #RF #F #R #QuestPit
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Tracey @tajosephwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH X THE ADDAMS FAMILY Wicked sorceress Cora must ruin someone’s life before her eighteenth birthday or lose her magic forever, a task made tricky when she falls for her chosen victim. #questpit #YA #PR #Q
A book cover featuring a pretty, young Black woman with coily hair. Pink text for the title and white text for the tagline and my name.
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Angie is ✨querying✨ @angie3tomatoes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Mexican Gothic x TheKnight &The Moth When a woman relocates to a secluded, mist-cloaked town where creation magic is forbidden & women vanish from history, she, her sentient house & a cursed carpenter must uncover Ravensford’s dark secrets before she becomes its next forgotten name #QuestPit #RF #Q
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Rory | Author *₊˚☕୧ @rabauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Happy #QuestPit day! Here's my #agentsguide to THISTLE & BRIAR, a 93k adult romantasy 🦋 “Have you ever accidentally botched a spell that bound you to a fae man who hates your guts? Asking for a friend.” #Q #A #F #R #RF
An agent's guide to Thistle & Briar by R. A. Betzer. "Have you ever accidentally botched a spell that bound you to a fae man who hates your guts? Asking for a friend." 93k words. Editor interest and RevPit shortlist. Adult romantasy.The Pitch. A dream for freedom, a spell gone wrong, one year to fix it, and the only one who can help her is a hot fae she was accidentally bound to. The problem is he can't stand her. Themes & Tropes. Slow burn. Cranky fae x wild swamp girl. He bites, she wants him to. Wild, cruel faeries. One bed and one elk. Spell gone wrong (they have to do it or she'll die in a year).Comp Titles: The Knight & the Moth by Rachel Gillig. Aching devotion. The Princess Bride. Playful adventure romance. Swordheart by T. Kingfisher. Banter-driven slow burn. In the Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy. Lyircal angst.The Blurb. Dusky Poddock would do anything to be kidnapped by faeries. Unfortunately, the faeries would do anything to send her back. Facing an arranged marriage to a widower twice her age, Dusky attempts (and botches) a spell fueled by the scraps of magic her late mother left behind. Instead of escape, she binds herself to Percy—a surly faery noble determined to expose a traitor, secure his claim as the heir, and protect his younger brother from the brutal politics of faery court. If Dusky cannot win Percy’s favor within a year, the spell will kill her. Eager to stay and eager to survive, Dusky employs herself as Percy’s faithful servant, determined to help his mission succeed. Little does she know, the spell requires her to fulfill Percy’s deepest desire at the time the magic was set in motion: creating an heir of his own. When Dusky learns the truth, she’s far less daunted than she should be at the prospect of sharing a bed with a gorgeous (if infuriatingly surly) faery. Percy, however, wants nothing less. As threats close in and Percy's carefully guarded heart begins to crack, Dusky uncovers corruption woven deep into the faery realm and learns that magic alone may not be enough to undo her mistake. With time running out and dangerous faeries offering false hope, it all comes down to Dusky, Percy, and the spell that binds their clashing hearts.
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Kim 🪽| EDITING @k1mm1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
CRUEL PRINCE ⚔️ THE NINTH HOUSE ⚔️ FOURTH WING To save her dog from monsters ravaging her world, a cynical warrior is forced into a volatile alliance with an idealistic king—or risk losing the one thing she refuses to let go of. #Questpit #Q #F #R
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📚Meg Rosebrook✨ @megrosebrookwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
LIGHTLARK x THE SELECTION In a world of sirens, mermaids, witches, trolls, and more, only one can be the next ruler ⚔️ 👑 ✨️ UNQUEENLY is a standalone 120k New Adult fantasy with romantic subplots. #questpit #f #q #rf #A #NA
One paragraph pitch of the querying book 'UNQUEENLY'.
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brittney is agented!🔮✨ @brittneyjoan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE x CHARMED 🔮 When a tarot reader loses sight of her purpose, she’s taken on a Fool’s Journey by her spirit guides to challenge her selfish ways and finally see the otherworldly connection with her (very platonic) best friend💜 #QuestPit #A #R #PR #S #W
Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold at the top.  Small golden page break, with the book title in ombre yellow/orange DEATH TO THE LOVERS AND THE FOOL over top of clouds in the middle. Text under the title: 79k Speculative Romcom by Brittney Joan, Agent's Guide. Two deep plum tarot cards in the bottom left, one with a sun and one with an eye.Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold along the sides. THE PITCH at the top of the page in ombre yellow/orange text. Golden page break. One-paragraph pitch in a sans-serif font: Jade Lockwood is the Midwest’s most in-demand tarot reader, with a months-long waitlist and a reputation for channeling both the cards and the dead. She’s built a thriving business at Lunar Locke, but she’s also emotionally checked out, allergic to commitment, and quietly in love with her best friend, Elliot. When she blows off an unscheduled, desperate client for margaritas, a woman shows up the next day and refuses to leave until Jade reads for her—only to reveal herself as Jade’s spirit guide. Her ultimatum: complete a series of increasingly personal tasks to realign with her purpose or lose her gift.

As the lessons force Jade to confront the feelings she’s avoided for years, she’s faced with an impossible choice—her connection to the spirit realm or the person she loves.Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold along the sides. THE VIBES at the top of the page in ombre yellow/orange text. Two polaroid images of the TV shows “Charmed” and “Sabrina the Teenaged Witch” as comparative media at the top. Golden page break. Four crystal balls in the middle with star circles pointing to a specific comparative book title with the image. The first, Friends to Lovers, pointing to “This Spells Love” by Kate Robb. The second, Meddling Spirit Guides, pointing to “The Love of My Afterlife” by Kirsty Greenwood. The third, Raw Look at Grief, pointing to “The Seven Year Slip” by Ashley Poston. The fourth, Plus-Size FMC, pointing to “Zom Rom Com” by Olivia Dade.Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold along the sides and bottom. THE OPENING PAGE at the top of the page in ombre yellow/orange text. Two deep plum tarot cards in the top corners, one with a sun and one with an eye.  Golden page break. Then, the following text in Times New Roman inside of a white-colored, rounded-corner box: Death is staring at me.
     Rather, the Death card is staring at me. It’s the third time this reading it’s come up for my regular, Macie. She’s been on a journey of rebirth for a while and is at the precipice.
     I arrange the cards, taking in Death, The Tower, Eight of Pentacles in reverse. When I shift the spread, the navy celestial tablecloth snags on my nail, toppling over the labradorite curvy goddess carving. Biting my cheek, I flip another card. Five of Swords. Shit.
     “What? What’s wrong? Why are you making that face? That’s never a good face,” Macie rambles. Her round, hazel eyes are filled with what I’ve come to know as anticipatory terror.
     Poor thing is an anxious wreck. I’m trying to guide her, not send her into a doom spiral about her life. “You know these cards aren't omens or premonitions. They’re pillars of guidance, leading you along your path. This card…” I sigh, cracking my knuckles, rings scraping against my dry skin. I have got to restock my lotion. Eleven minutes left on the timer and twenty to my last client. Maybe I’ll stop by Sephora before dinner.
     “Jade?”
     Oh, right. The reading. I shake my head. “The Death card—”
     “Death? Please, no. Anything but Death.”
     “The Death card,” I repeat, “means your cycle is ready to renew. Paired with The Tower? Well, it’s time. Your spirit guides aren’t waiting for you to feel ready—they’re pushing you over the edge. This is rock bottom. Know that what’s on the other side is a brighter version of you.” [sample continues]
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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide
Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.A dark forest. Snippet.  She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
 The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
 “Magic should never return.”
 After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
 Sent him back to his body.A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.
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Rebecca I.O @rebeccaio.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
When extinction is imminent, Astrid wins the gods' favor by performing an immoral ritual to save their empire. But when magic fights back, she must decide whether to become their weapon, or defy the gods who soon reveal they will stop at nothing to survive. #Q #A #RF #QuestPit
Background with dark green vines. Text in white in the middle: “An agents guide to Wilted Fate, adult fantasy with romance, 108.000 words”
Background with dark green vines. Header: The Pitch, followed by two pictures. The first one of several women with white large bonnets and red capes, taken from the series The Handmaid’s Tale, and next to it is a picture of the myth The Wild Hunt from Norse mythology. On top of both pictures is text: The Handmaid’s Tale meets Norse mythology. Below is the pitchBackground with dark green vines. Header: First page.  “There was no doubt in my mind that if the force of fate was real, it was female.A male could never have this sense of humor.I would’ve laughed, at least, at my hesitation to mount the tense mare before me. I’d lost count of how many times I had lifted my knee, only to straighten it out again. But only fate was to blame for putting me in this position, no matter how much I tried to avoid the inevitable. “Just put your foot in the stirrup,” Natha coaxed. Sure. Only, it wasn’t just ‘just’ putting my foot in the stirrup. I glared at the iron, then up at the seat of the saddle, and back to Natha, who impatiently shifted on her feet. My fingers tightened around the stirrup leather, my other hand flexing on the pommel. “Want to switch places?” “Gods, no.” She pulled on Bejla’s reins to keep her still. I followed the mare’s movements, keeping my position close to her side. “But you’re running out of time.” I cast a glance at the stable and Arkyn’s office window. Gods help me if he was watching. I inhaled deeply, trying but failing to keep my limbs relaxed and hopefully transferring it to Bejla. I grew some grass in my hand with my powers and held it out to her muzzle. As always, she saw right through my bullshit. She clamped her large lips around the blades, hastily chewed, and went back to raising her tense neck.
Background with dark green vines. Header: Comparative titles: Gild, Servant of Earth, A fate inked in blood, Jasad Heir
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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC
Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.
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Via Luino @viathewordwitch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Six of Crows x Romeo & Juliet An imposter princess. A pretender prince. A vengeful plot that might just get them both killed. Because when monarchs play their political games, it can only end in blood. 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast #QuestPit #Q #YA #F
A black background edged with a design of silver leaves. In the center are two sketches, one of a young woman with a dagger and a fierce expression, and the other of a young man with a freckled face and a conflicted expression. (These sketches are from Pinterest and do not belong to me. All rights and credit to the creators.) 

Beneath the sketches is the title of the book: A SONG OF SILVER & SCARLET 

The text around these sketches reads: “To free the woman she loves, Viola must become a murderer. To save his little sister, Vasek must take another’s life. But when their fates collide, they soon realize they aren’t the only assassins on the prowl—and the paths they walk can only end in bloodshed.”
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Carisa Dunn @carisadunn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
ALL THE HOLLOW CURSES | Crossover | One Dark Window x Pandora's Box ⌛️FMC, who is slowly descending into madness, and the Monster in her head that is enabling her. 🖤Slow burn romance (so slowly because he is frightened of her, and he loves it) 🗝️ Dark Fairytale x Mythology #questpit #agentsguide #F #Q
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Jenni - Fantasy Romance Author ✨️ @authorjbecker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
NA Dark Romantasy ✨️ 7 deadly sins x Fourth Wing 🕯 secret identity x deadly stakes 🌑 dark academia - It's kill or be killed to graduate 🔥 Female rage ❤️‍🔥 rivals-to-lovers ♥️ found family ⚔️ misfits with mental powers 🪦 morally grey characters #QuestPit #F #A #NA #RF #Q
Violent Fates agent guideEmotion is your weaponFound family, female rage, secret identity, dark academia Your old self will be dead by gradation
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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
An #AgentsGuide to ASHMARKED for #QuestPit The first lie was calling it faith... "You were the light in my lifetime of darkness..." #A #F #DF #Q
An Agent's Guide to Ashmarked
A novel by K.M. Carlson
Netflix's Midnight Mass meets Shadow and Bone for corrupt faith breeding sanctioned violence and bound to dangerous power others seek.
The details: 107k words, Adult, Dark Fantasy, Standalone with series potential
The Comps- Blood over Bright Haven for Unwelcome bond with a dangerous power, and Godkiller for Exploration of faith-turned-weapon. The Tropes: Antagonist as Victim, Found Family, Comedic Best Friend, Forbidden Magic, Dangerous Bond with a Dark Power, Corrupt Religious Institution, Holy Lies, Weaponized Devotion, Subverted Chosen One

Hand with swirling black smoke around itThe pitch: When darkness incarnate breaks free from her fire-worshiping faith, a young woman discovers it's bound to her bloodline, making her the key to re-caging it. Now hunted, she must sever the tether before it consumes her.
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Via Luino @viathewordwitch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A SONG OF SILVER & SCARLET The prince he’s forbidden to love. The healer she’ll sacrifice anything to save. The curse that might end them all. 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast 💜 Gay panic 👀 Plot twists for days ❤️ Just kiss already! #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #LGBTQ
A 5x5 grid of squares. Taken together, the five of these 25 squares with text read: “He is no Romeo. She is no Juliet. And this is no love story. This is war.” 

Along the bottom are five comp titles: 
1. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
2. Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan
3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
4. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cold
5. So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

The squares with photos suggest a fantasy novel set in medieval times, featuring a dual POV. The FMC has magic in her veins, and is forced to take up arms to save the woman she loves. The MMC is best friends with his nation’s prince, and the beginning of love blossoms between them. Meanwhile, his little sister is ill, and he must do what it takes to save her. Both swords and assassins are featured prominently.
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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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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS X ONE DARK WINDOW An #agentsguide for my completed 90,000 word NA/A, dark, gothic fantasy, PARALYSIS🥀🖤 #questpit #Q #A #F #DF
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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Participating in my first #questpit tomorrow!! Anyone else?
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