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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · May 7

Grim Portents

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of

📖 #Q #A #DF #PR #Hu #H #QuestPit

Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand gripping a feather, emerging from a flaming book over a maze

Poster Cover for Grim Portents featuring Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan. Behind them are a girl with glowing eyes and a glowing book, a woman with a shotgun, two shadow creatures, and the face of a demon. The words GRIM PORTENTS are big and in a classic Indiana Jones Style font

"I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow.
But now the monster had been given a name, an identity.
It was real."
BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK.
NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS.
FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE.

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krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · May 7

Caught between two rivals—a domineering brute and a manipulative strategist—a Black teen coveted for her power must join one in a coup or risk a deadly escape before their infamous leader returns to end her. Assuming, of course, the brute's situationship doesn't kill her first. #Q #YA #F #Questpit

The Areynian Storm, a YA Fantasy w/crossover potential, 98k words

Power Grants Choices
17-year-old Art was given a power that only the Big Bad has, so when she is captured she has two options before her inevitable return: risk a deadly escape in defiance of beings who have already mastered what she does not, or join one of the two seeking an alliance to cement a new leadership, though any such pact is sure to be temporary.
Time is only running out.

Snippet:
Art took two steps to follow her.
“I have not dismissed you.”
Art paused and rocked on her heels. She felt the prickle of his gaze and tried to hide the clenching of her fists by stroking the palm of her hands with her fingers. “Dinner’s over,” she said without looking back at him.
“Stay. It is a night of celebration.” Art stood there debating if she would. Her mind buzzed. Was Myra okay? What if she really needed her—
“Your markings have grown.”
She turned then and didn’t bother to hide the irritation on her face.
Only, Galon wasn’t looking at her face. His gaze was lower, aimed at the curve of her hip.
“I prefer my woman in skirts.” His gaze lifted to her eyes. “They suit your form better.”

Two god-like rivals.
An emotional side-chick.
Death’s imminent return.

The Areynian Storm by Krys Plummer, a ya fantasy w/crossover potential 98k-words

Art’s power is feared, despised, and yet everyone wants it.

She possesses the oldest ability of the god-like beings who sought to dominate her world and will one day be able to control others and reality. So she was raised here, with us, in New York, shackled by expectations and condemned to play a pivotal role in a war she never wanted to fight.

But when she is captured and caught between two of these god-like rivals seeking an alliance to become the new HBIC, an emotional side chick, and Death’s imminent return, Art finally realizes a savage truth:
power grants choices.

Everyone expects her to save her world, but Art doesn’t have a savior complex.

She didn’t ask for this.

And we have no maids here.

Featuring: body-based magic system, strong BIPOC rep, action, romance, manipulation and twists, and a complex ensemble case who drive the plot forward.

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · May 7

CRIER'S WARxCITY OF DUSK

Politicians want one thing from them.

The Gods want another.

As Onesta and Aurelia find themselves in the squabbles of the powerful, they set out on a mission that they never agreed to: only to find that their true mission is much more consequential.

#QuestPit #W #A #F

Over a background of clouds in black and white are nice squares. From top left to bottom right, they are as follows:
A statue of a woman holding a bow, standing atop a fountain, with trees behind her.
A room with three arches windows.
A foggy, rocky beach.
A close up of a flowering tree.
A white square with Cursed Blessings written in it.
A black dragon in the fog.
Two horseback riders on a beach.
A black cat sitting on an iron fence with bare branches behind it.
A picture of redwood trees, angled up to look at their tops.

Black and white artwork of a dragon with its wings and tail fading into shadow, looking at a tuxedo cat and a gray and white fluffy cat.

Agent guide to Cursed Blessings, 100,000 word adult fantasy. The background image is a sun setting over the ocean. In front are three text blurbs.

Pitch: When a woman with a powerful Blessing of persuasion finds herself at the mercy of a corrupt politician, she finds connection in the most unexpected place: a vengeful woman from the enemy country. As they find themselves caught up in the schemings of those who'd use their gifts for evil, they are the only ones who can prevent a centuries-old tension from finally boiling over.

Comps: Crier's War by Nina Varela, The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Tropes & Themes: sapphic fantasy, dual POV, gods-based magic system, enemies to lovers to "it's complicated," Mediterranean landscape, magical creatures, lots of cats

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Jennifer Luce @jenniferluce.bsky.social · May 7

SUCH SHARP TEETH X OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA

When a soul-devouring woman cursed with a sinister fox spirit falls in love with her final victim, she decides to end her killing spree; but the fox has plans of its own and it refuses to let one man stand in its way.

#QuestPit #A #H #R #PR #W

Background of Seattle alley with the following pictures: a woman with a red umbrella, a mouth with fangs, a silhouette of a woman, a korean woman, a couple about to kiss, a bloodied womans face

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · May 7

Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying

An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie”
YA Romantic Fantasy
119k Words

Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water and gold flower outlines.

Blurb:

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy…
Ryn is a small-town thief with a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes.
Five for Silver, Six for Gold…
Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them.
Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told.

The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it.

The Atmosphere:
There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand.

Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · May 7

NAUSICAA X FF7

A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world.

#A #F #W #QuestPit

A foggy street. A vintage dress. A gas mask. Legs on rocky ground. A silhouette of a man and woman. Flowers in sunlight.

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Abigail is ✨Agented✨ @abigailwadlington.bsky.social · May 7

ANASTASIA X TANGLED

A seamstress’ assistant unable to recall her past recruits a thief to help her win her memories back in a festival. As lost magic surges to oppose them, a dangerous attraction blooms, forcing them to choose between forgotten pasts and tantalizing futures.

#questpit #OS #YA #F

Art featuring a girl in a blue dress with braided black hair and a flower crown dancing with a ginger-haired boy in a leather vest and trousers, with mountains and forests in the background. Tropes include element magic, cozy setting, disability rep, Ghibli vibes, dislike to lovers, snarky banter, Swiss folklore, and found family.

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Rissa Allen (is querying) @honeyscribbles.bsky.social · May 7

CATCH YOU IN THE TREES is a YA thriller set in the Pacific NorthWest where, in order to clear her name, a high school senior must team up with her XC co-captain and nemesis, the boyfriend of a missing girl—and the last person to see her alive.

#questpit #Q #YA #T #agentguide

An agent’s guide to Catch You In the Trees
YA thriller romance
Approximately 92k words

Comp Titles:
Nothing More to Tell, Karen McManus
AGGGTM, Holly Jackson
They’ll Never Catch Us, Jessica Goodman

Unconventional Comps
The Marauders Era
PLL (2010)
Cruel Summer (2021)
Tropes/Vibes
Rivals to lovers
Running culture
Private school
Chaotic academia
Dual timeline
Dual pov
Ride or die friendships
A good old murder board

It’s always the boyfriend, right? Mowich Bay can take one vanishing teen, but not two. Lennie Torres’s senior year captaining the XC team turns deadly when her ex-bff goes missing and she ends up a suspect. Her only way out? Team up with nemesis golden boy Lysander Hayes, the boyfriend of the missing girl—and the last person to see her alive. But Lysander’s not the only one keeping secrets, and if both Lennie and Lysander want to make it through XC season? They’re going to have to figure out how to trust each other or somebody’s going to end up dead.

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Hayes takes my hand, wrapping his fingers firmly around mine. “Deal.” His eyes glint an odd silver in the chrome and linoleum hallway and I think of people making deals with devils at cross roads. I wonder if they get the same storm of nerves I have swirling in my blood right now.
I don’t trust Hayes.
But I need him.
“Deal.”

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Catie Stroud ✨ @ladystroud.bsky.social · May 7

✨ dark NARNIA x MY LADY JANE ⚔️

A missing faerie. A forbidden elixir. A whole lot of missteps.

One reluctant princess’s quest to right her wrongs.

She craved freedom. What she found could cost her everything.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

1-paragraph pitch for YIELD, a 100k adult romantic fantasy debut novel.

Book comps for YIELD include Assistant to the Villain, Emily Wilde’s, One Dark Window, Nettle and Bone, the Cruel Prince. Media comps are My Lady Jane meets a dark, adult Narnia.

YIELD will appeal to fans of: queer characters, a golden retriever MMC (with teeth), one “horse,” cozy AND dark, women’s wrongs, romantic subplot (but still spicy), found family, knife to throat, slow burn(s), and reluctant allies to lovers.

A snippet from YIELD in which Thea, the main character and POV, threatens Brynn, her reluctant guide, with a knife to the throat.

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Elliot Rose @elliotrosea.bsky.social · May 7

She is having the BEST time #womenswrongs

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Ari(adne) @earthkids.bsky.social · May 7

DANNY PHANTOM x ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD

Well, Denny sure messed up this time. He accidentally released a serial killer ghost who drowns people.

To make things messier, he needs help from a medium who would rather let people die than help out strangers.

#QuestPit #W #YA #DF #F

A collage that says Ghost Story in the middle on crumpled black paper. It looks like someone cut the letters out of a magazine. Paper with miscellaneous words on it frame the image. To the left and right are tarot cards.

On the left from top to bottom: Death Card, there is a skeleton on a white horse with ghostly hands reaching up; The Fool with an individual in orange and red strips walking with a bag, The Hanged Man with a man hanging by the foot from a tree.

On the right: The Hermit but reversed has an old man with a big white beard and a blue outfit, he's holding a staff and a lantern with a star; Justice but reversed with a person holding a sword and touching their forehead to the flat of the blade; The Magician has a person with a beam of pink coming from their fingers causing cups, pentackles, wands, and swords to float

A shot of a busy scrapbook going from left to right. On the left there is a rheel of images starting at the top is someone's leg, they're wearing canvas shoes and hold a baseball bat; a woman with long hair with light shining through their somewhat blonde hair; A girl lies on a couch, her face is unseen; a girl waits alone at night at a bus stop with a red light on her; a girl climbs into an empty pool.
Next to the images is a piece of paper taped to a crumpled black paper background. It says "Where'd you go Lana Dragan?" this is in red and has a circle drawn around it with two red lines, one pointing at the images of the girl and then another arrow pointed at an image of a man in a yellow raincoat on. This image has tape and it says name? in red. Above that is a piece of paper taped and says "THE Man in Yellow? From Lana Tapes??"
Next to the two papers is a polaroid image of a telephone post with a missing sign. There is no image of someone. It says missing and pieces of paper ready to take. It's next to another taped paper that says "What Kind of monster was Lana hunting last?" in red with a line drawn towards taped paper that says:

"Quick Facts: Looking for a Beta Reader for only Act 1/Part 1

Aprox. Word Count: 35,640

Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Age: Young Adult"

The other red arrow points to a page that says: "Pitch: Well, Denny sure messed up this time. He had one goal. One goal! And failed. Somehow, rather than finding his missing sister, he released a serial killer ghost with a penchant for drowning people.

And if that wasn’t already a lot, the one person in town who can see ghosts would rather play the cello than save strangers. "
A shot of a busy scrapbook going from left to right. On the left there is a rheel of images starting at the top is someone's leg, they're wearing canvas shoes and hold a baseball bat; a woman with long hair with light shining through their somewhat blonde hair; A girl lies on a couch, her face is unseen; a girl waits alone at night…

A scrap book with magazine cut out work that says "Comps" at the top then has the following series of image from top left to right.

The book cover of Anna Dress in Blood by Kendare Blake in a polaroid. It's taped to old yellowing paper. The cover has a woman on it with black hair, she wears red; Dead Flip by Farah Farizan book cover with an arcade, the top letters are in red over a larger girl then several other individuals; This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab is ripped up with a violin and cursive letters over it; The Underwood Tapes by Amanda Dewitt book cover with a woman wrapped with casette tape and another person facing away without a face; The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnon book cover with the writing in blue there is then a faded blue scene that is all shadow.

A series of characters lines the bottom: There is the Mystery Gang from Mystery Inc; Both of the Dead Boy Detectives; The Losers Club from It 2017 movie; Danny Phantom with his friends and sister; the three characters from Lockwood & Co; and a cello leaning against the border. Behind this is random sheet music.

A collage with magazine cut out letters that says Memes? with doodles around it over a hamster, stars, and a dog. Then the following memes from left to right.

Ralph from The Simpsons sitting on a bus chuckling and saying "I'm in Danger" and above it says "Lesson Two: Ghosts, continued. If they can hurt us, we should be able to hurt them, but we can't; The dark time line meme from Community with one character above holding pizzas and it says "Sebastian: *seeing the future* then below is "Sebastian" watching the chaotic scene of "Denny starting fires" starting a fire that is labeled "Problems made worse by Denny" then in the kitchen someone "Guitar pining for Denny" watches the fire while "Dennny almost dying (again) is on the floor with gunshot wound; The Anakin and Padme meme with Anakin saying "So I burned the warehouse down." and Padme laughs saying "What? You solve all your problems with arson?" and Anakin stares and Padme says "Denny, do you solve all your problems with arson?"; the meme of the man looking back at woman who passes him as he holds hand of woman. The man is labeled "Guitar" while the jealous woman is labeled "Denny who needs Guitar's Ghost seeing skills to save lives" and the passing woman says "Guitar's cello"

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · May 7

Slow Horses x Dark Matter

When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed.

#A #S #T #QuestPit #Q

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maggie @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · May 7

After ten years of not speaking, exes (and pretentious New York transplants) Jasper and Brett return to Lac Étoile for a wedding, only to find they can't stay away from each other.

Brett has secrets. Jasper gets vicious when she's hurt. Is their love worth the pain of the journey?

#questpit #q

fake wedding website: photo of woman jumping on man by a lake

None of This
Was Real
Adult Contemporary Romance | 84,000 words

Jasper was 16 when Brett’s family bought the summer home next to hers. They fell in love and had two lovely summers together before tragedy struck, their families fought, and the relationship ended dramatically.

Ten years later, Jasper’s sister is getting married, and the two will be reunited for the first time. The week between Christmas and New Year’s in the mountains, they realize their feelings are still there, but the trust isn’t. He’s got secrets, and she’s vicious when she gets hurt.

Is getting back together a good idea or will disaster ensue with a wedding caught in the crossfire?
And they were neighbors.

photos of couples: man throwing woman playfully off dock, hugging in water, hugging and spinning around by a mountain with their respective captions
A summer to remember
A summer to forget
A love that never died,
but might not survive the winter

You're probably wondering...
What other books are similar?
Like Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, this novel is a second chance romance with two timelines set by a lake. Like Seven Summers by Paige Toon, this novel is an emotional love story with women’s fiction crossover potential. The characters have a turbulent, twin flame relationship like Connell and Marianne from Normal People.
What is unique about this story?
The setting! This book takes place in the Quebec Laurentian mountains, about 90 minutes north of Montreal, a great place to swim in the summer and ski in the winter.
What romance tropes are in this story?
Second chance romance
Forced proximity
He falls first
What is the first line?
“Guess who I saw last night at a bodega?” Cassie asked me as soon as our fruity holiday drinks arrived at our table.

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Melissa Burkart @mwithpen.bsky.social · May 7

...ever heard of a murder garden?

When Q leaves her garden to help steal a murderer's artifact, everything she thought she knew about herself begins to unravel. She must choose between the lie of peace and the lure of human connection.

THE WILD GARDEN

#QuestPit #Q #A upmarket #SFF novella

A worn wooden door in an age-stained wooden wall, overgrown with ivy and other plants. Photo by Viktor Mogilat

A wooden bookshelf of dark leather-bound books and a wooden ladder reaching up. Photo by Tim Van Cleef

Pears rotting on the ground. A yellowjacket is eating one. Photo by a-b

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Elliot Rose @elliotrosea.bsky.social · May 7

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The hero's quest:
💀Stop the apocalypse
🔮Save the seer he loves
The villain's quest:
🔥APOCALYPSE, BABY!
🎉Party!
👠Get new shoes
The narrator's quest:
❤️Kiss the hero
❤️Mock the hero
🍷Get drunk
❤️K̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶K̶i̶d̶n̶a̶p̶ ̶S̶l̶a̶p̶ Annoy the hero
🔪Destroy the seer
#questpit #Q

Elliot Rose @elliotrosea.bsky.social · May 7

The hero's quest:
💀Stop the apocalypse
🔮Save the seer he loves
The villain's quest:
🔥APOCALYPSE, BABY!
🎉Party!
👠Get new shoes
The narrator's quest:
❤️Kiss the hero
❤️Mock the hero
🍷Get drunk
❤️K̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶K̶i̶d̶n̶a̶p̶ ̶S̶l̶a̶p̶ Annoy the hero
🔪Destroy the seer
#questpit #Q

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Tamara 🍁👻🎃🧟‍♀️🌽 @tamaratoday.bsky.social · May 7

🌊 THE BAD ONES X DREDGE 🌊

After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it.

This YA Fantasy Horror features:
👥Dual POV
📜A Deadly Deal
😈Ravenous Monsters
🤫Secrets With Severe Consequences
💔Exes to Allies to [redacted]

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #H

Left to right. Top row: hands reaching out of the water. A doll head. Human hands with sharpened nails. Middle row: A lighthouse shining through fog. “Are you afraid?” An eerie figure standing beside a tree with a noose. Bottom row: Hands reaching towards each other in the water. A sea creature with glowing eyes and sharp teeth. Multiple hands reaching out of the forest brush.

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K.D. Lohr @kdlohr.bsky.social · May 7

A new #agentsguide to FEAR OF THE WEAVER ✨

Enter cursed sands and holy dreams in my 90k YA high fantasy 🏹 returning to the #amquerying trenches after extensive revisions!

#questpit #Q #YA #F #agentguide

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Kelton Davis is querying! 🏹⚔️🌠 @keltondavis.bsky.social · May 7

BONE SHARD DAUGHTER x GODKILLER

When an assassin nearly kills her mother, ruler of her people and living goddess, Niozene must chase redemption into a forbidden land to win back the throne...and her mother's love.

🏹 Strong FMC
🏹 Disgraced Heir
🏹 Cyclical Trauma

#F #W #A #questpit

Background: Amethyst Geode
Title Card
Text: An Agent's Guide To: The Daughter and the Nameless Son by Kelton Davis | Adult Fantasy | WIP | Estimated at 109K words

Background: Amethyst Geode | Six images surrounding a quote: A red forest, a sunset, hammer striking hot metal, red arrow fletching, an old, grizzle man, and a red-haired woman archer.
Text: "You might be too broken to help me yourself," she said, all pretense of courtesy gone, "but if you're a shadow of the man he said you were, you ought to still know something at least.
"Have you ever heard of an assassin who could change their shape?"

Background: Amethyst Geode
Title: Comps
Images: Covers of GODKILLER by Hannah Kaner, THE JUSTICE OF KINGS by Richard Swan, and THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrew Stewart. Arrows connect similarities between comps.
Text:
From GODKILLER: Cross-Country Quest to Forbidden Land, Surrogate Parenthood (shared with THE JUSTICE OF KINGS)
From BONE SHARD DAUGHTER: Disgraced Heir, Strong FMC (shared with both others)

Background: Amethyst Geode
Title: Pitch
Text: For Niozene, eldest daughter and crown heir to the Mother, the living goddess that rules her country, perfection is not a goal to strive toward; it is the base expectation. And despite her every effort to the contrary, Niozene is not perfect. Her flawless scholar’s education and polished career as a ranger have failed to convince the Mother to look past her greatest mistake: she was born without the holy power that marks her family as divinity and grants them their divine right to rule.

When a shape-changing assassin nearly kills the Mother on Niozene’s watch, she officially runs out of time to impress. She is stripped of her titles and given a choice: return with the assassin’s head, or face excommunication—banishment from both her homeland and the afterlife. Desperate, she accepts the task as her last chance to show the Mother she deserves a place as her daughter.

Allowed only the help of another excommunicated criminal, a surly, aged tracker named Sonsan, and facing an assassin who could be anyone, she dreads her chance is over before it starts. But when Sonsan reveals the same shape-changing power as the assassin, she realizes there is more to her quest than she has been told. As they chase the assassin deep into a forbidden land, they must confront the buried history they discover they share, as well as the ghosts that haunt their dreams and blood, if they are to return alive.

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Emily is QUERYING a romantic fantasy and writing romantasy 🐉 @emhenn921.bsky.social · May 7

Torn between the rekindling romance with the only man she’s ever loved and the need to protect her heart, Raegan must choose: lean into her magic and fight, or flee the kingdom that’s stolen so much from her.

#questpit #W #romantasy

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danny is ✨querying✨ @dainathomps.bsky.social · May 7

THE BONE SEASON x SERPENT AND DOVE

#agentguide for A BALLAD OF ICE & BLOOD, a dark romantasy novel with:

⚔️series potential
🗝️bards & ballads
🔗heavy foreshadowing
🥀blood & death magic
🕯️slow burn romance
🕷️gods & monsters

#questpit #Q #F #A

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · May 7

Captain Amir would do anything to appease her toxic sea witch lover—even betray her crew. When they curse her to possess a teen princess in love with her own witch, Amir must decide which hearts to guard—and which to break. 🏴‍☠️🫀🗡️

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT

A moodboard for Captain Amir, showing a crying eye, a sultry pirate captain, a bottle of mysterious elixir, leather boots kicked up on a treasure chest, wooden barrels and dusty glass bottles of rum, a treasure chest, a face wiping blood from their lower lip, and a pirate ship with a joyful crew sailing into the sunset. A pirate flag is subtly superimposed over the image.

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Elliot Rose @elliotrosea.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you! ❤️ I love making things like this on Canva!

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Emily is QUERYING a romantic fantasy and writing romantasy 🐉 @emhenn921.bsky.social · May 7

If you love:

🐉accessible magic
🐉friends to enemies to lovers
🐉palace intrigue
🐉feminine rage
🐉Viking vibes
🐉one dragon

this is for you!

#questpit #W #romantasy

Raegan, an aspiring mage, is forced to give up her dream of protecting the realm after the king betroths her to Prince Arlon, the boy who broke her heart the night her mother perished. As Arlon’s icy exterior thaws, Raegan learns the true nature of his cold shoulder, and with time the walls around her heart begin to crumble. But with war looming across the sea and secrets around every palace corner, Raegan must choose between trusting the boy she loved, and protecting her heart and fleeing for good.

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Elliot Rose @elliotrosea.bsky.social · May 7

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Elliot Rose @elliotrosea.bsky.social · May 7

GODKILLER X BOOK EATERS
For Charles, the easy parts of his quest are:
🗡 Fight the ditzy Devil
🪽 Save the murdered gods
🔮 Defy an apocalyptic prophecy
The hard parts:
❤️ Save a doomed prophet resigned to his fate (don't fall in love with him)
🦋 AVOID THE NARRATOR
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