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Jasper Miller 🐦‍⬛ @jaspermillerart.com · 05/09/2026

Recent TTRPG commish for @tonateosoup.bsky.social of Imari! As always Nate has the coolest vision. Really enjoyed rendering Imari's jade skin! [ #jasperdraws #ttrpg #dnd #dndart ]

Illustration of Imari (he/they) - an earth genasi with chin-length airy white hair and green jade skin. They wield a rope dart that has a gold circular handle and blue-green glowing blade. He is posed with one knee raised and the glowing rope of the weapon wound around his thigh. Their expression is a confident smirk.

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Lucy Mason @lucymason217.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WOUND UP LGBTQIA+ Romance Ownvoices neurodivergent, ace, and genderqueer rep 50k words When a high strung asexual yarn shop owner gets a zoning violation, he must team up with his frustrating, flirty trans rival to pull off the annual yarn crawl and prove his shop’s value. #Q #A #R #questpit

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Sab is making FINAL EDITS ✨ @sabrinamars.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

WHEN LIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH 124k adult portal romantasy featuring: ✨Midwestern college student becomes fated magical girl? ✅ ✨Arrogant (but hot?) daemon prince? ✅ ✨Forced proximity --> sexy sparring? ✅ ✨90s anime angst? ✅ ✨D&D wild magic? ✅ #questpit #a #fr #w #writesky (Art by ginnystellart)

Two characters in an alley about to SMOOCH

Book tropes that say found family, portal fantasy, spicy slow burn, golden retriever bff and grumpy immortal guardian, CPTSD rep, SHE saves HIM, DBT coded magic system, power that just to hold, Midwest FMC x Disgraced prince MMC

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Catherine @catandherwips.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Elden Ring x Twisted Biblical Lore Saint Bettina will stop at nothing to gain immortality for her mortal son...& save both her adult children from the gluttony of her Goddess. 🦢Fabled beauty x eldritch Grand Archivist 🍇Primordial vineyard x garden of eden elements 🔗 in bio! #questpit #p #a #df

Trope map for queer dark romantic fantasy novel GARNER FOR GOLD by Catherine Labadie

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Theo @theozukowski.com · 24/07/2026

THE FLAME UPON US — Returning to his old boarding school as a teacher, Francis finds companionship (and more) with his former Latin instructor. Haunted by the tragic death of his twin, he soon he finds that something more than regret stalks the halls of St. Sebastian Academy. #QuestPit #W #A #DR

A grid of nine monochrome images. From the top left, clockwise, they are:
1. crossed fingers
2. a nearly transparent silhouette of a young man
3. a man wearing a messenger bag
4. the unfocused image of a man leaning over a desk
5. a man browsing a bookshelf
6. two blurred people running in front of a brick building
7. a man in a suit with a cane
8. a hand over a man whose chest is glowing
9. a man kissing another man's neck, holding his throat

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Merge x Rules For Ghosting When Melody's sister is abducted from their shared body, she'll do anything to get her back. Including subjecting herself to an uncomfortable road trip with an angel inhabiting a corpse and her sister's very confused girlfriend. [ #QuestPit #Q #A #F #S #LGBT ]

A mood board that is a collection of 12 images: breakfast at a diner, women in the front seat of a car, a gas station at night, a cabin in a snowy forest at night, women holding hands, a road at sunset, an angel statue, a car in the dark with its headlights on, a car mirror with a sunset, a snowy forest at sunset, a paper map, a blonde woman holding a paper map, a purple orb, an eye with a purple iris, hands holding a rainbow flag, and a sheet of music.

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Theo @theozukowski.com · 24/07/2026

GHOSTED — Moving back to his childhood home after his abusive father's sudden death, Sebastian West expects the nightmares. What he doesn't expect are the dark, bloody visions of his old 'imaginary friend' haunting his waking hours. Are they hallucinations? Or something worse? #QuestPit #W #A #DR

A grid of nine images. From the top left, clockwise, they are:
1. red-tinted man holds his own throat
2. man with a white cloth covering his head and face
3. red-tinted image of a man's hand over his bare back
4. burning church
5. red-tinted image of a shirtless man wearing a necklace
6. bare back of a man with three hands reaching around him
7. red-tinted image of a man with a rosary in his mouth
8. broken reflection of a shirtless man
9. hands held up by strings

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Theo @theozukowski.com · 24/07/2026

AND HELL FOLLOWED — Malcolm doesn't remember who he was before this, but he remembers Adrian. Escaping from the cult that brainwashed him, Mal has one goal; find him, and protect him with his life. Unfortunately for Adrian, Mal's idea of protection looks a lot like kidnapping. #QuestPit #W #A #DR

A grid of nine images. From the top left, they are:
1. blindfolded man, crying
2. a hand holding a pair of wrists
3. hands grasping prison bars
4. a hand holding a shard of glass, reflecting a man's face
5. the flame of a zippo lighter
6. do not cross police tape
7. hands with a leather strap wrapped around them
8. an iphone reading 'unknown' as the caller ID
9. text reading, "I think I am dangerous now"

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Alex, the Hero of Write @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FINAL FANTASY XIII x PRIORY OF THE 🍊 TREE Four women are intertwined across a surface world rebuilding after 300 years and the sky empire responsible for its destruction when the result of centuries of unfathomable greed comes home to roost. Serializing August 7th! #QuestPit #F #A #W

A square graphic with a pale green background. It is titled "FROM UNDER A POISONED BOUGH: A sapphic epic eco-fantasy serial coming August 7th". Below, the image is split into two columns.

The left column from top to bottom is as follows: a dark brown rectangle with a circle image of an overhead shot of a forest and a circle image of a stone corridor; "A woman out of time. A soldier longing for home. A peasant fighting for her life. A savior entombed in stone."; a shot of the elbow and rib/waist of a suit of armor with yellow detailing.

The right column from top to bottom is as follows: a close-up of a tree stump in the woods with a whole mushroom colony growing from it; a suit of black armor beside a stone archway carrying an apple-sized object; a brown rectangle containing the story's color palette, which includes the same pale green as the background, a sage green, a stone grey, and a pale pink.

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Loren 🦇 FORMERLY CIRCUSLOLLIPOP @vesperanth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ANATHEMA x EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE A fledgling vampire. A dark forest. Vampires and monster hunters at each other's throats, and a sinister plot in the shadows. A story of finding community in a world that deems you an Other. #QuestPit #W #A #DF #LGBT

Title slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Text reads The Night Terrors, by Loren Finch. An agent’s guide. 104k word gothic fantasy

Second slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Features an illustration of a black haired vampire man looking quizzically towards the camera. The text is a synopsis of the book and a brief blurb about the main character.

Third slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Features comparisons to many comp titles: The Spirit Bares its Teeth, Empire of the Vampire, Frankenstein 2025, Witch Hat Atelier, and Anathema.

Fourth slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Features the opening lines to the first book.

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Alex, the Hero of Write @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NINTH HOUSE x STRIXHAVEN 📖 Disabled baddies experiencing Horrors™️ 📖 Toxic wlw / mlm solidarity 📖 Kink as homework motivation 📖 Gifted kid-to-autistic burnout 20s pipeline 📖 Whydunnit 📖 Art gay, Divination lesbian, Nerd nonbinary holy trinity Out wherever you buy books! #QuestPit #F #A #P

A graphic with a cream banner over a background image of statues. "A Sharper, More Lasting Pain, a Novel by Alex Harvey-Rivas" is the title, followed by the book cover off to the right. In the bottom left corner, it reads in red text, "Sapphic (FX) Adult Fantasy Dark Academia"

A graphic with a cream banner over a background image of statues. It is headlined "Summary", with the summary below reading as follows:

After their girlfriend’s best friend is wounded in a monster attack, Simone Allard stumbles across a plot much deeper than they anticipated. As they work to find a cure to their own forming illness and find out the truth, one question remains: how was Nadia involved in this?

Nadia DuPont doesn’t know how much time she has or even what is ailing her, but it all gets more complex after meeting Simone on a field trip. As they both work to find a cure to her ailment, all Nadia is certain of is she's on the path to ruin.

A graphic with a cream banner over a background image of statues. The banner is split in half. On the left, "Tropes & Themes" headlines a series of tropes reading as follows:

-Betrayal
-Codependency
-Coping with bad news in terrible ways
-Hookup to lovers
-Magic college
-Mind-melding drugs
-Monstrosity (literal and metaphorical)
-Moon x Sun (with a twist)
Nonbinary x Sapphic
-Sapphic love and tragedy
-Toxic wlw/mlm solidarity
-Vaguely magic cats
-Whydunnit

Over kn tbe right, "Comp Titles" headlines a series of four covers with short writeups beside them. The covers and writeups read as follows:

-Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (College setting, complex characters with sordid pasts, before and after narrative framing)
-Strixhaven by Wizards of the Coast (magic school, D&D-inspired magic system, students split into different focuses)
-The Magicians tv series(College setting, Eliot and Margo if they were even worse, toxic relationships)
-An Education in Malice by ST Gibson (Toxic relationships, complex characters with sordid pasts, historical setting)

A graphic with a cream banner over a background image of statues. Below that, a series of excerpts screenshot from the ebook, white text on black backgrounds

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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive. 🐊 RevPit 25 winner 🐊 big 5 editor interest ✉️ in your inbox 👀 #QuestPit #Q #MG #H

The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads.

Black quote on white background: “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you.” Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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hali hyland 💋 @haliwriteswords.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE WALL OF WINNIPEG & ME x YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY 🏳️‍🌈 bi4bi + plus size rep 🏈 birdwatching, chess playing, history obsessed nerd mmc 🩷 confident, smartmouthed fmc ✨ she hates him (he’s secretly obsessed with her) 🌶️ subverted dom/sub undertones #questpit #Q #A #R

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Get your summer horror fix! 🌲🔪☀️📷👾 A cryptid-hunting YouTuber chases a video of his presumed-dead mom to an isolated island in the Canadian wilderness that may house the monsters he swears aren't real: books2read.com/u/boB9YL steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... #Questpit #P #A #H #SFF

Poster for The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle. Indie Ink Award Finalist. Cryptid0hunting YouTuber investigates weird small town. DNFed in basically all other contests.

Starring characters who look vaguely like Ben Whishaw, Amanda Seyfried, Steven Yeun, and Giancarlo Esposito. "It Doesn't Matter If You Believe in Monsters When They Believe in You." Reviews: “Hypnotising and lyrical prose . . . a sort of fever dream-like reading experience.” - Esmay Rosalyne, Before We Go Blog , “It's a crime this book doesn't have more exposure.” - Al Hess, author of Key Lime Sky, and “If there were Oscars for books, this one would win ‘Best Ensemble Cast’ as well as a host of others.” - Paul, Queen’s Book Asylum. Rated R for Course language, graphic violence, graphic sex, and that one scene*

*you know the one

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naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In a fantastical alternate 1920's where cowboys still reign and deal with dragons, the world populace fears the Realm of Djinn. Two cowboys in love must journey into the eerie, mythical realm to save a child, but one worries that his brother is after them from within. #QuestPit #W #A #HR #F #LGBT

Moodboard: A falling dark braid with flowers in it. Two men, one dark-skinned and one brown, holding hands. A statue of an elaborate dragon. The raging ocean. A cowboy amid a desert with horses surrounding. The Sahara Desert. A black or brown girl or woman by a New York City amusement park. A man breathing smoke with long falling hair and gaunt look. A black cat with golden eyes peers at the viewer, surrounded by sparkling greenery.

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Blu (is querying soon!!) @bluwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Unruly flight risk Lyric is bound by medical debt to his sponsor. Along with childhood friend Y, now a perplexingly obedient corp soldier, he’s assigned to track down a killer. But the killer offers a tempting bargain: freedom in exchange for help with her revenge. #W #A #SF #lgbt #queer #questpit

title: LLL WIP
quote 1: "“Let the record show,” I dictate, kicking my bike back into gear, “that everyone here was fully aware of my proclivity for absconding before we ever touched down on this planet.”"
topics: rage & revenge, trans + bi MC, autistic LI, romance with a messy history, bionics + gender dysphoria, corporate investor villain
meta data: genre: adult sci-fi, word count: 41k of 110k goal, vibes: chaotic, romance: unapologetically queer
quote 2: "She opens a binder on the desk right in front of her. A physical copy. I have a covetous respect for her drama. “It’s been two years since your last successful job. The partner assigned to you described you, in her report, as intentionally difficult, frequently petulant, indifferent to hierarchy, insufficiently prepared, given to chasing booze and locals, and, I quote, a bit of a dick.”"

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Catherine @catandherwips.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE STARVING SAINTS x HUNGERSTONE In a haze of stunted transformation, apocalypse cultist S returns to the ancestral manor she left behind to choose a successor for her dying bloodline. 🌕 Gothic winter set in a medieval manor 🩸 Sapphic love triangle COMING JANUARY 2027 #questpit #W #df

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Lia Lao @thelialao.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

wrapping up edits so here's an updated agent's guide for #questpit! :)) [BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN #A #Litfic #SF #LGBT #OV #Q

slide that reads "an agent's guide to FACELESS". line under reads "literary speculative fiction / 95,000 words @thelialao)

background is a blurry photo of an asian woman with a blue tint

Pitch

[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN

the opulence of CRAZY RICH ASIANS
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the futuristic atmosphere of LOCAL HEAVENS & THE BOOK OF RECORDS
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the socio-satirical tone of THE IMMORTAL KING RAO

set in a floating city owned by tech conglomerates, in a world ravaged by climate change

inspired by Silicon Valley & East/Southeast Asia

@thelialao

Background picture is a black robot in a glass box

First Page

It’s a beautiful night to die.

From the balcony, Fay Soon stares down at the celebration: the silken gowns, the crystal chalices, the laughter resounding like shattered glass. It’s the end of semester which means yet another overpriced soirée for Chang’E National University’s elite. After seven years here, the scene is hardly unfamiliar. She studies the expanse of the university gardens.

There’s a cyclical nature to it. Young and eager minds unfurling: the undergraduates, loquacious in their attempts to impress one another, each conversation, each gesture, carefully selected like the finest blossoms in a greenhouse.

There are those on the other end of the cycle too. Senescence. The doctoral candidates wilting in the shadows. Hoping for their ideas to be transfigured by wind or water or even the sorghum wine they’re cradling in their hands.

But no matter how many times Fay experiences it, she doesn’t think she’ll ever get used to the spectacle.

No one in the outer circle speaks like that, not in those sprawling, unmanicured streets. It’s opulent; it’s hypnotizing. It’s—

—a complete and utter waste of funds.

@thelialao

Background is a chandelier in dim lighting

Epigraph

As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,
Blooms in its day and may not last forever

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We must prepare for parting and leave-taking
Or else remain the slaves of permanence.

– Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game

@thelialao

Background is a white wall with the shadows of leaves

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J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🍰 She's a prickly pastry chef 🧁 He's a charismatic baker w/ his heart on his sleeve ❤️‍🔥 When their rivalry reaches an all-time high & sweet lies turn to bitter truths, will they achieve their desires unscathed or will all they've worked for go up in flames? #questpit #R #A #W

Project Sugar and Spice moodboard

Top row: Black woman in yellow sweater listening to music while studying; an asortment of desserts in a display case in a cafe or bakery; black man wearing glasses in red sweater writing notes in a book

Middle row: peanut butter cookies with a spoon of peanut butter laying beside it; quote that says, "This was the boy I loved. A little bit messy. A little bit ruined. A beautiful disaster. Just like me."; cheesecake with caramel drizzle beside a dollop of whipped cream on a white plate

Bottom row: peanut butter brownies on brown crinkled paper; black couple sharing a moment; interior look of kitchen

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cassiopeia (cath) ☀️ @lagunabayfables.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Harrow the Ninth x A Dowry of Blood In the shadows of Gilded Age Manila, an artist’s muse wakes up from death and must solve her own murder feat. 🫀 anticolonial revenge narratives ✨monstrous men & divine abominations 🫀 tropical gothic ✨ doomed siblings #QuestPit #Q #HF #H

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Paris Vivian @parisvivian.myatproto.social · 24/07/2026

Forest in a Shadow Box 🦋 When Machaon’s mother gets radicalized into an anti-forest conservation group, even his wings may not provide him with a good way out. Meanwhile, Taryn grapples with her own unlikely, secret place in the country’s worsening political climate. #QuestPit #F #SF #Dis #LGBT

A moodboard for a story. Top left: A red peacock butterfly sitting on magenta flowers. Top centre: A protest sign with a drawing of the Earth and the words “One World”. Top right: Tree branches with orange and yellow leaves. Centre left: The outdoor dining area of a beachside restaurant. Everything is white, except the chairs which are brown wood. Centre: The title of the story, "Forest in a Shadow Box", on a red background. Centre right: A cup of tea with painted yellow flowers around the rim and a bunch of tiny white flowers floating in the tea. Bottom left: A near-infrared photo of a derelict boat resting beneath a bush; the bush appears red and the sky appears cyan. Bottom centre: An assortment of pinned butterflies and moths. Bottom right: A train travelling through a forest. The trees around it are still green, but the fallen leaves on the tracks are orange.
(All images from Unsplash and Pexels.)

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Paris Vivian @parisvivian.myatproto.social · 24/07/2026

The Gift of Gloves 🧤 When Taigex discovers a way for her kind to protect their tentacled tongues, the sudden selfishness of her valley’s ruler might ruin everything. • Alien POV 👽 • Stone Age setting 🪨 • Tree worm slime tech 🪱 • Anti-bioessentialism • The harm of silence 😶 #QuestPit #SF #A #LGBT

A digital drawing of an alien with an emu-ish body shape, purple fur with white spots on the back, and gold eyes with rectangular pupils. She is rearing up and smiling triumphantly, her long multiply-split tongue sticking out of her mouth. Her tongue has a translucent glove on it. Behind her is a dark sky with a flash of lightning.

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Paris Vivian @parisvivian.myatproto.social · 24/07/2026

The world of Harenocus is very old, and its Sun very radiant... but there remain many shadows where secrets can hide. • Runaway precog MC 👁️ • Her gambler father 🎰 • Her suspicious sister 🪡 • Dependent friendship 🦪 • Beastly demigods 🐺🦅 • Heretical sects ☀️ • Multiple disability rep ♿️ #WIPPit #F #A

Underneath two palm trees on a pale beach, a young white woman with a dusty pink shag haircut looks out at the ocean. She is leaning forward slightly. The sky is deep blue with a brilliant white-and-yellow star visible between the two trees. Underneath the palm leaves are five large pods, each one a different shade of brown and with a lettuce leaf-like structure protruding from it.

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hali hyland 💋 @haliwriteswords.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

an #agentsguide to THE LOVE INTERCEPTION, an adult sports romcom for fans of ali hazelwood and cat sebastian 🩷 🏈 quarterback x sports reporter 🏳️‍🌈 BI4BI ✨ plus size FMC 🔥 forced proximity 💋 witty banter 🫨 …blackmail? #questpit #Q #A #R

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J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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. 🧁 a.co/d/06I91ugR #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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J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My secret book project I’d like to call Project Cozy Chaos 💛 Ride-or-die friendships 😵‍💫 Navigating adulthood in your 20s 🧁 Lush dessert descriptions ✨ Messy characters for the win #questpit #WF #W

Project Cozy Chaos Moodboard

Top row: Black girl with brown hair talking to friends; pair of friends roller skating; girl doing another’s hair while one eats a lollipop

Middle row: campfire agains backdrop of the sky; “You and I are more than friends. We’re like a really small gang” quote; an array of s’more’s on brown paper

Bottom row: Group of friends walking to class in a university; canton containing a red A+ on it; pair of friends studying together

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hali hyland 💋 @haliwriteswords.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When Farrah is approached with the promotion to senior reporter on a silver platter, she’ll do anything to secure it—which includes writing the coveted tell-all feature article on Jack Winters, America’s star quarterback and the sharpest thorn in Farrah’s side. #QuestPit #Q #A #R

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( ♡ ) ( 🌙 miraculous witch of fate ) @basicbaka.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Growing up in an anti-witch town, and being homeless during the summer, Maritza Garcia is unsure she can handle all the sudden changes in her life. Best friends are made, crushes are developed, and worst of all, she might be a witch after all. #questpit #W #MG #F

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Blu (is querying soon!!) @bluwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Cursed with uncanny luck, asset and flight risk L is partnered with childhood crush Y to solve a massacre. Sick of violence, trapped by medical debt and Y’s perplexing obedience to corporate overlords, L’s only way out might be helping the killer in her vengeful rampage. #W #A #SF #lgbt #questpit

Mood board for questpit LLL wip with various images of space, spaceships, a river, trees, two people being tender towards one another, a scalpel, an injection, pills, and sharks. quotes include:
"even luck like yours will run out eventually." - "I have a penchant for running away." "Yes, we're aware that you are prone to … flightiness." - "You're asking me to help you become a fugitive." - "You're a killer." "You're surrounded by killers. I can help you." "I don't believe you.' - "You're not a charity case. You're an investment." - "Do you actually care if you were my first kiss?" - "at least part of me is still human."
science fiction/fantasy, lgbtq, queer romance, trans MC, autistic LI :)

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Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Multiple POVs 🎲 A Bisexual Love Triangle 🃏 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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Alex, the Hero of Write @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NAUSICÄA x PRIORY OF THE 🍊 TREE 🌳 Sapphic Epic Eco-Fantasy 🌳 Solarpunk ideology 🌳 Polyam endgame 🌳 Unlearning imperialism 🌳 Sky empire vs rebuilt surface world 🌳 Slow & sprawling storyline 🌳 Travelogue across multiple biomes 🌳 Kaiju magic system FREE serial coming August 7th! #questpit #f #a #w

A pitch deck with a forest background. The slide says "From Under a Poisoned Bough, a serial by Alex Harvey-Rivas"

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Sapphic ecological epic fantasy
Weekly serial starting August 17th

A pitch deck with a forest background. On the left side, it lists tropes and themes. On the right side, it lists four pieces of media and how they inspired the book. The media starting from top left and moving right are: Final Fantasy 13, Naucisaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, and Hollow Knight.

A pitch deck over a forest background. On the left is the summary. On the right is a series of excerpts from the work.

A pitch deck over a forest background. It's titled "The Characters" and shows four characters with a grayscale picrew picture to accompany them. From top left and moving right then down:

Lili, a woman with long hair that goes down her back and billows out. She wears a mesh top and has several piercings. Her entry is titled "A Woman Out of Time"

Myrtle, a woman with long hair that goes down her back and is fairly narrow. She wears a low cut shirt and sweater and is holding a knife. Her entry is titled "A Peasant Fighting for Her Life"

Ahelicia, a woman with long hair in twin braids. She wears a lace up tunic and is carrying a sword. Her entry is titled "A Soldier Longing for Home"

Sorrel, a woman with short dark hair. She wears a button up shirt and has her eyes closed. Her entry is titled "A Savior Entombed in Stone"

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The book two draft is striking a particular cord today, send help

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chris☀️ @arcanegold.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

art blocked to hell but i can still draw this guy #wha

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naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

💀 A girl is marked for death, but which? ⚔️ Twin sisters in opposing factions, so was it betrayal? 🧩 Pilots of magical mech must escape for the truth 🤝 They can only do so while dancing together, but can childhood friends Nadiya and Amalea connect before it's too late? #W #📖 #LGBT #YA #F #BluePit

9 moodboard concepts for "sisters of the light upon the moon, unsung." nadiya with ocean-like water surrounding her in the first square, spilt red roses on concrete on the second, a fencer with a mask and a sword swishing right toward the roses on the third, a meteor shower with the words 'something unspoken' on the fourth, an asian girl with staring at a rainbowy red light arc by the river while at a higher part of the town on the fifth, red lamps in the sixth, a dark shadowed silhoutte flinging back and looking up toward the red evening's moon in the seventh, a sunset-lit ocean on the eigth, and an emo or gothic asian girl staring with a haunted gaze and eerie pillars with rainbow static and large purple flower petals on the eight.

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Lucy Mason @lucymason217.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WOUND UP: When high strung asexual yarn shop owner Noah Wakefield gets a zoning violation notice, he must team up with frustrating, flirty trans rival yarn shop owner Benjamin Tasch to pull off the yarn crawl and prove his shop’s worth. #bluepit #📖 #Q #A #LGBT #OV #ND #R

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Roan | S&T Rewrite: 142.8/150k @faindriart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

After his best friend is murdered, a holy monster hunter teams up with a disguised princess to uncover the culprit, all while trying not to fall for her. 🐺 epic worldbuilding 🔮 slow burn 🐺 talking sword 🔮 reluctant allies-to-what are we 🐺 trans rage 🔮 found family #BluePit #A #F #W #TR #LGBT

Nine paneled moodboard showcasing my dark fantasy novel, SHRIKE & THORN. Starting from the upper left corner and moving clockwise: a misty purple forest, paw prints in mossy ground, a shrike perched on branches, stacked human skulls, a sunburst carving, a lone wolf silhouette, crossed swords, and tall evergreen trees.

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el🦋 | drafting🌿 @thatfunkylilfey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

as I'm relatively absent from socmed these days, I'm not participating in bluepit. but! I'll be popping on periodically to interact with posts from moots🩵

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Alex, the Hero of Write @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A woman out of time. A soldier longing for home. A peasant fighting for her life. A savior entombed in stone. Four women at the epicenter of a conflict that will reshape their earth and sky, and all of life as they know it. A sapphic epic fantasy serializing August 7th! #BluePit #📖 #A #F #W #LGBT

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

SHERLOCK HOLMES with BEES When a singer with ties to royalty vanishes, it's up to detective Arthur North to find her. As he digs, he uncovers a plot to place his people, the bee-like zizzun, in the crown's crosshairs. Can he uncover their connection before it's too late? #BluePit #📖 #W #F #M #YA

A collage consisting of various cut out images:
- An illustration of Sherlock Holmes in his classic deerstalker cap and cloak smokes his pipe in the bottom left
- A honey bee gathers nectar from a flower in the bottom middle.
- Four macarons sit stacked in the bottom right corner.
- Up the right side is a stalk of purple foxgloves.
- The background is split between a pile of old newspapers and a dark alley lit by lamps and neon signs.
- Red stage curtains frame the entire piece.
- Five bee cut-outs (from two images of honey bees, flipped and rotated to various angles) fly around the top of the image.

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

You know I love one of these

Rough sketch of Jude in grayscale, she is sitting on the ground, casually with on arm on her knee, in badly drawn armor with a sword over her back. She has a braid with an undercut and a long scar over her nose. She’s much more slimmed down than she ended up being in her final design.

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Roan | S&T Rewrite: 142.8/150k @faindriart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🐺 A trans monster hunter running from his past. 🔮 A disguised princess desperate to escape her arranged marriage. ⚔️ They’re from rival religious orders & forced to work together to solve a murder. 💘 Their budding romance might cause the end of the world. No pressure. #BluePit #A #W #F #TR #LGBT

A Reader's Guide to SHRIKE & THORN. The Canic Chronicles: Book 1. Queer, Adult Epic Fantasy by J. R. Silverman

Graphic titled "FOR FANS OF..." showing seven covers. Godkiller; The Shadow of the Gods; Empire of the Vampire; The Witcher: The Last Wish; EPIC the musical; The Faithful Dark; Heir by Sabaa Tahir.

"What to expect" graphic

low heat/no spice (not romantasy), epic worldbuilding, two magic systems, three POVs, found family, trans rage, religious trauma, talking sword, meddling gods, a f*cked-up world tree, shown beside two fantasy characters.

Romance Expectations graphic

2 character portraits showing common tropes.

left, a demisexual trans man labeled "virgin/no romantic experience" and "slow burn".

right, a dark‑haired bisexual woman labeled "menace" and "cannot remember all her exes"

center tags: "chosen soulmates," "forbidden romance," "reluctant allies to what are we"

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

FIREFLY x A BUG'S LIFE When their queen is bee-knapped, a swarm of bee-like zizzun send their best to find help. What she finds is an all-girl posse of gunslingers who specialize in taking down rogue mages. But is that enough to stop a tyrant with mind-control magic? #BluePit #📖 #F #LGBT #YA #W

A moodboard consisting of several images in/around a line of honeycomb.

Top: The sun sets over the buttes of Monument Valley.

In the honeycomb grid, from left to right:
- A figure in a long coat and cowboy hat stands, feet apart, with a gun at their side.
- A cowgirl sits on a white horse as she tips her hat.
- A bee gathers pollen from a pink flower.
- A woman in thick, blue fog holds up an orange, diamond-shaped lantern.
- A group of four bees exchange nectar with each other as they stand on honeycomb.
- A woman surrounded by mining equipment sits cross-legged as she tilts her head up. She's wearing a pair of large goggles.

Bottom: A row of wooden buildings from the Old West stand below a clear, blue sky.

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

FFXIV x TENSURA All Mick wants to do is be the ideal partner for his best friend Eleanor on their first outing as adventurers. But when an amulet turns him into a dragon, he's forced into divine destiny—as the gods' adversary. Can he save himself and Eleanor from a divine war? #Bluepit #📖 #F #YA #W

Moodboard of four images, all of which comes from various paintings by Alphonse Mucha:
Left: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer.
Middle top: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand.
Middle bottom: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies.
Right: Poster for the 6th Sokol Festival. A woman in red, wearing a crown, sits as she clutches flower rings in her right hand and up her right arm. A ghostly, green image of a woman glares behind her.

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Merge x Alice Isn't Dead My Sister's Stolen Soul features: 💚 An aro/ace MC 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 A badass lesbian girlfriend 🏳️‍🌈 Actually, everybody is queer 🪽 A guardian angel willing to commit crimes 👀 The ability to see souls, ghosts, and more 🚗 An epic road trip [ #BluePit #📖 #F #PN #SP #Q #OV #LGBT ]

An Agent's Guide for My Sister's Stolen Soul Adult Contemporary Fantasy * 78k words aro/ace flag, pansexual flag, disability flag, Sapphic flag, agender flag

For fans of The River has Roots (sisterly love transcending death) When the Angels left the Old Country (it/its angel goes on an adventure) Rules for Ghosting (mortician who sees ghosts) Here We Go Again (drama filled road trip) What's Left of Me (sharing a body with a sister)

Playlist Unity - Alan Walker Take My Soul - ZHU Girlfriend - Icona Pop Anything for You - Ludo Memento Mori - Will Wood Even In Death - Evanescence Lonely Day - System of a Down Back From The Dead - Halestorm You’re Somebody Else - Flora Cash I Don’t Wanna Die - Hollywood Undead Let Me Be Your Armor - Assemblage 23 Anthem of the Angels - Breaking Benjamin

Excerpt “Who are you?” she asks. “My name is Melody, I’m Lyra’s younger sister,” I say. “You two are identical.” I wish I could ask Lyra if she’s okay with Annie knowing everything. Better yet, I wish I could make her explain it. Her girlfriend, her problem. But I’m here alone, Annie is the one who saw Lyra last, and I want any information she can give me. It’s not like I could pretend I’m Lyra and ask why she ran out last night. I kind of need to tell her. I’ve never had to explain us. I don’t know where to start. It’ll be easier since she can already sense Lyra and I are different people. Somehow. But it’s still going to sound insane to a normal person. “I’m six years younger than Lyra. She died when we were kids, and I… I don’t know what I did but I saved her soul. I kept it.” I press my hand against my chest, careful to avoid the burn. “We’ve shared this body—my body—for over twenty years.”

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Loren 🦇 FORMERLY CIRCUSLOLLIPOP @vesperanth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE x ANATHEMA Renwick Crawford is no stranger to being Othered. Autistic, a trans man, and now a vampire in a world that accepts none of these, he seeks belonging in a land of eternal night called the Everdark...and now he needs to save it. #BluePit #W #A #F #LGBT #TR

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Sab is making FINAL EDITS ✨ @sabrinamars.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

INUYASHA X SAILOR MOON X D&D Ohio wasn't great to begin with but it certainly didn't have magic and monsters. Thrust into the Realm, Kassidy will have to harness her new deity powers quickly...and then risk that very magic to save those shes beginning to love. #bluepit 📖 #a #f #r #w #writesky

A move like poster with the title WHEN LIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH, a silhouette of a woman with long hair, fiery scene of a castle and an unknown figure inside the silhouette.

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Roan | S&T Rewrite: 142.8/150k @faindriart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

After his closest friend is murdered, a holy monster hunter teams up with a disguised princess from a rival religious order to uncover the culprit, only to find himself caught in the crosshairs of a far greater political scheme. John Gwynne x Empire of the Vampire #BluePit #📖 #F #A #W #TR #LGBT