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Kelton Davis is querying! 🏹⚔️🌠 @keltondavis.bsky.social · Jul 13

GODKILLER X BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

A desperate heir. A disgraced warrior. A deadly assassin.

🏹 Strong FMC
🏹 Rich Worldbuilding
🏹 Hunt for Redemption
🏹 Cyclical Trauma
🏹 Found Family

#BluePit 📖 #A #Q #AmQuerying

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees
Title Card
Text: An Agent's Guide To: The Daughter and the Nameless Son by Kelton Davis | Adult Fantasy | 100k Words | Querying Now!

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees | Six images surrounding a quote (from clockwise): A sunset, a hammer striking hot metal, a red-haired archer, a grizzled old man, red arrow fletching, a red forest.
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: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees
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: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees
Title: Pitch
Text: Niozene has never been good enough.

As daughter and crown heir to the Mother, a living goddess and ruler of her country, perfection is the only standard she’s ever known. Yet, despite her flawless scholar’s education and a polished career as a ranger, Niozene has failed to convince the Mother to look past her greatest flaw—she lacks the holy power to control the minds of others that ordains her family as living gods with divine right to rule.

When a shape-changing assassin nearly kills the Mother on Niozene’s watch, she is stripped of her titles and given an ultimatum: return with the assassin’s head, or face excommunication from both her homeland and the afterlife. Desperate, she accepts the task as a final chance to prove herself and show the Mother she deserves a place as her daughter.

Allowed only the help of Sonsan, a surly tracker and criminal also facing excommunication, Niozene dreads that she may have lost her chance at redemption before she has even left home. But when Sonsan reveals that he shares the same strange shape-changing power as the assassin, Niozene realizes his assignment to accompany her is more than coincidence. As they track the assassin deep into a forbidden land, confronting demons, ancient magic, and the ghosts that haunt their dreams and blood, they must uncover the truth behind their quest—and the buried history neither knew they shared—if they wish to live to see their promised redemption.

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Gabriela is querying a dystomance @gabriela-stluke.bsky.social · Jul 13

Dear Citizen of Calasca,
Pack your bags! I am happy to extend an invitation for you to join us on LAST CHANCE MATCH, a new reality holovision program where LOVE ISLAND meets SQUID GAME and BLACK MIRROR. We can promise you’ll find the one who’s to die for.

#bluepit📖 #bluepit #NA #R #H #SF #SP #W

Above view of paradise dock on a beach with words overtop.

Find the one who's to die for

An agent's guide to
LAST CHANCE MATCH
New adult dystopian romance thriller with horror elements

Above view of paradise dock on a beach, blurred, with words overtop.

Pitch:
Calasca’s government uses science to appoint soulmates, but the 0.6% of the population who don’t receive a match face extermination at thirty. A new reality show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change that and gives the matchless another shot at life. Down-trotted waitress, Cera accepts the invitation, but is quickly deflated when she’s paired with the cocky and entitled Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed after being eliminated, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

Above view of paradise dock on a beach, blurred, with words overtop.

Comps:
THE VILLA by Ruth Kelly - dating show setting, twisted games, desperation to win
HEART OF THE SUN by Mia Sheridan - 'enemies' to lovers, second chances, dystopian love story
THE KILL FACTOR by Ben Oliver - winning = freedom, life or death consequences, strong female protagonist

LOVE ISLAND - Love Island-inspired dating show
SQUID GAME - games created for a killer time
BLACK MIRROR - dystopian future with sci-fi twists

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you!! ❤️

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

Yay!!!

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

Tysm!!! 🥹

fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE ROSE BARGAIN X PERSUASION
🌷✨🌱💌
#bluepit #YA #F

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Letty Sharpe is Querying @lettysharpe.bsky.social · Jul 13

When provided with the opportunity to steal a necklace containing immeasurable magic, hedge witch Blake Delacroix must decide whether to accept the life society has laid out for her or steal the power she has always been denied.

#bluepit #Q #YA #LGBT #F

An image of a castle surrounded by forest. VEILED ENCHANTMENTS. YA FANTASY WITH DARK ACADEMIA AND SAPPHIC RIVALS TO LOVERS. COMLPETE AT 80,000 WORDS.

The blurb:

Seventeen-year-old Blake has spent her life studying magic at Holtsworth Academy with the hope of joining the ranks of the Royal Corps, an elite infantry comprised of divine witches descended from the gods. There’s only one problem: Blake isn’t a divine witch at all.

As niece of the headmistress, she is confined to the role of assistant and silent observer of the extraordinary lessons unfolding around her, her own negligible powers denying her full participation.

A spark of hope arrives when Blake learns that the Grandwitch has brought a secret necklace containing a volatile and immeasurable magic to the academy. Just as she finds a way to obtain it for herself, the necklace disappears and Blake believes she knows exactly who to blame: Maeve Moram, a powerful student who has always had it in for her.

What begins as a quest to recover the necklace results in Blake unearthing not only the hidden truth of her fellow hedge witches but also a deeper and darker power that she can’t begin to comprehend.

Comp Titles:

Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven (sapphic romance, rivals to lovers, generational trauma)

Wisteria by Adalyn Grace (familial relationships, lost deities, gothic-lite)

Snippet:

“It all comes so easy to you, and you don’t even deserve it.” I scoff. “Do you think the Corps would have selected you if your mother wasn’t Lady Death? I bet Adrien only sticks around to take the attention away from him being one of the Dregs.”

It can be hard to remember just how far down the gods’ bloodline he is when he’s lording it over me. But there is no forgetting just how close Maeve is to the power of Death herself.

“Where I get my magic from doesn’t matter.” She steps so close that I can feel her breath on my skin. Her eyes are slits, her teeth bared. “All that matters is that I have it – and if people want to make use of it, who are you to say otherwise? Just because you hate how small you are. How weak. You must drown in it.”

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · May 24

EXACTLY!!! 😭 ❤️

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you!! 🕷️🎀✨

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Morgan is Editing @morgan-writes.bsky.social · May 23

Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're extremely attracted to each other.

It's only natural that they become friends with benefits.

But all too soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything.

#WIPPit #R #Con

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · May 23

A STUDY IN DROWNING X BUNHEADS

A ballerina makes a deal with a spirit in exchange for a position at a prestigious company, uncovering far darker secrets than she bargained for —battling her body and growing feelings for the soft spoken pianist along the way.

🩰🕸️🎀✨

#WIPPIT

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · May 23

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

One lunar prison. Two condemned men.
Jack is a space cowboy with a blood-soaked past. Elias is an entomologist caught in a web of lies.
In isolation, affection blooms.
Beneath the surface, something ancient stirs.

#WIPPIT #SF #H #R #LGBT

A moodboard for my sci-fi horrormance WIP, BABEL ON CALLISTO. On the top left is a glowing humanoid figure with a planet and rings orbiting its head. In the center, white glitchy text reads: "NOT ALL ENDINGS ARE THE END. SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE BEGINNING," repeated multiple times. Beneath that, a figure walks into a starry void shaped like another person, reaching toward each other. Other elements include a flatworm floating in a grid-like space, a silhouetted couple reaching toward each other in a virtual tunnel, and hands weaving a glowing galaxy-like thread.

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · May 23

THE ROSE BARGAIN X THE MONSTROUS KIND

Her debut ruined, a magical heiress must work with the scowling gardener — once her childhood best friend — to unveil the secrets of her manor and save her family from scandal.
🌿✨🌷

#WIPPIT

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Kelton Davis is querying! 🏹⚔️🌠 @keltondavis.bsky.social · May 23

GODKILLER X BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

A desperate heir. A disgraced warrior. A deadly assassin.

🏹 Strong FMC
🏹 Rich Worldbuilding
🏹 Hunt for Redemption
🏹 Cyclical Trauma
🏹 Found Family

#F #A #WIPPIT

Background: Ferns
Title Card
Text: An Agent's Guide To: The Daughter and the Nameless Son by Kelton Davis | Adult Fantasy | WIP | Estimated at 109K words
Arriving in Query Inboxes August 2025

Background: Ferns | 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: Ferns
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: Ferns
Title: Pitch
Text: Niozene has never been good enough. As the crown heir to the Mother, the living goddess that rules her country, perfection is not merely a goal; it is the base expectation, and one she’s never been able to live up to. 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 grants her family 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 she has lost her chance to return home before she has even left. 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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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you so much!!

fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · May 7

THE ROSE BARGAIN X THE MONSTROUS KIND

Her debut ruined, a magical heiress must work with the scowling gardener — once her childhood best friend — to unveil the secrets of her manor and save her family from scandal.
🌿✨🌷
#questpit #AG #F
Stunning art by Laura Vidarte

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · Jan 27

When Larkin discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child.

#2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace

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Letty Sharpe is Querying @lettysharpe.bsky.social · Jan 25

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An Agent's Guide To: Veiled Enchantments by Letty Sharpe. YA Fantasy - Estimated at 77,000 words

Seventeen-year-old Blake has spent her life studying magic at Holtsworth Academy with the hopes of joining the ranks of the Royal Corps, an infantry comprised of divine witches descended from the gods. There’s only one problem: Blake isn’t a divine witch at all. As niece of the headmistress, she is confined to the role of assistant and silent observer of the extraordinary lessons unfolding around her, her own negligible powers denying her full participation.
A spark of hope arrives during the Corps’ annual visit to the academy, when Blake learns that the Grandwitch has brought along a secret necklace containing a volatile and immeasurable power. Finally, Blake has a chance of wielding the power she has always longed for. But just as she finds a way to obtain it, the necklace disappears and Blake believes she knows exactly who stole it: Maeve Moram, a powerful student who has always had it in for Blake.
What begins as a quest to recover the necklace results in Blake unearthing not only the hidden truth of her fellow hedge witches but also a deeper and darker power that she can’t begin to comprehend.

Images of comp titles. Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven; Wisteria by Adalyn Grace; One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Tropes and themes: dark academia setting, new immortals, gods are awful parents, low vs high magic, enemies to lovers, sapphic romance

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Lotte is querying @lottevansande.bsky.social · Jan 24

@youdeservepit.bsky.social

In hopes to score a modeling contract, famous influencer, Jasmine, has to volunteer at a cheetah conservation in South Africa. But cheetahs aren’t the only thing she’s chasing when she meets grumpy co-worker, James.
#YouDeservepIt #R #A #WIP (hoping to query in April)

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Nov 14

Turns out my sunshine mmc is the definition of #UnhingedPit
#amquerying #F #YA #R #Q

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Nov 14

Me too 😅 the moment she throws it across the room in frustration may or may not have been inspired by true events…

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CP Ashton - querying FOUNDRYSIDE x FIREFLY x Kuhn's THIEVES @cpashton.bsky.social · Nov 13

Put FIREFLY’s tight-knit crew on a rusty airship, in a world like ZELDA SKYWARD SWORD, and send them on a propulsive, banter-filled quest like DND HONOR AMONG THIEVES. Sibling MCs risk everything to halt the extermination of non-magical people like the FMC

Here’s your bingo card

#UnhingedPit #Q #F

Image shows a Transcendence bingo card. Squares are as follows, with “POS Airship” in the center: “I need a bomb” “sibling banter” “swashbuckling” “libraries!” “smells like cinnamon” “don’t have to wait for season two for the queer couple to finally kiss” “inside the volcano???” “soul-crushing abandonment” “adventure/intrigue” “sparkles” “elemental magic” “foot chases” “POD Airship” “villain looks like Paul Hollywood” “fire ninja” “sexy scars” “death and/or dismemberment” “prison escapes” swords.” “please dismount the apple stand immediately” “shenanigans” “ ‘engineering’?” “sk islands” “author’s search history includes ‘terminal velocity of a 50’ yacht’” “cathartic shouting matches” CPAshton is written on the bottom

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fergwrites.bsky.social @fergwrites.bsky.social · Nov 14

My sunshine artist and grumpy witch and their red flags 🚩
#UnhingedPit #amquerying #F #YA #R

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Ann Glimmer @annglimmer.bsky.social · Nov 13

Reverse the genders of 10 Things I Hate About You, but make it Vikings. With magic.

#UnhingedPit #Q #NA #Romantasy

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