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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · May 7

IRON WIDOW X ARCANE #Questpit #Q #YA #SF

Enemies-to-lovers⚔️❤️
Opposites attract🤬
Endless angst💀
Rad bio-mods🧬
Futuristic Lagos setting🇳🇬
AI dictator & scary robot police🤖
Vibrant art 🎨
Prison break 🔥

Two women, split by a gate, united by tragedy, fighting for freedom

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Jun 15

Any chance you'd be interested in a sociopolitically relevant YA dystopian?

Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · May 7

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · May 6

Congratulations

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Daelyn Morgana 🥀 @daelynmorgana.bsky.social · Apr 19

THE GAMES GODS PLAY x NETTLE & BONE

Death might be a god, but he’s not like all the others. When a soul hangs inbetween, Death must reclaim his mortality to save her life & his home. The only problem? The rest of the gods have other plans for them.
#PosterPitW #A #F

Movie Poster: Shadowy, dark forest background in hues of blue with a silhouette of the Grim Reaper at the forefront. Titled, THE FORGOTTEN GOD. Tagline, One god. One witch. One journey of mortality. An adult mythological fantasy by Daelyn Morgana. Featuring, Greek deities, wilted purposes, lost souls, Salem persecution. Award like stamp with three interested agents. Release, Coming to the query trenches early 2026!

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Amazing!

Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Deserves so much love. Oh my

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · Apr 19

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a demon on his wedding day. 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

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #A #F #Hu #H

“Movie poster” for Grim Portents featuring the two main characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is in a suit and Sonny is a corpse in a cardigan. Behind them are characters in monotone. A girl with glowing eyes in front of a book, another woman with a shotgun, two shadow figures and the face of a large ugly demon

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Neo-Lagos, a world divided by class and color, ruled by one AI dictator with an iron grip.

One artist and a scientist lead the rebellion 🔥. But at the risk of being frozen to ice by robot police🤖❄️

Coming to your query boxes #litagents

#Posterpit #posterpitq #YA #SF #LGBT

Purple Tron style movie poster with the tagline "Enter the world of Neo-Lagos" and the title below, "City Without Rainbows."

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Chills. Love it!

Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Love this poster SM!!

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Love love the colors on this

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

So good!

Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

Love this!!

Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

CITY WITHOUT RAINBOWS is coming to a query inbox near you💌

The color of ARCANE meets the giant robots of IRON WIDOW.

Enter the world of Neo-Lagos, bring your neon and try not to get turned into ice.

#Posterpit #YA #SF #Q #LGBT

Neon colored moodboard with the tag line, "enter the world of Neo-Lagos", the title "City Without Rainbows." And genre, YA cyberpunk.

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you!!!!

Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Mar 10

My new Agent's guide to my YA sapphic Afrofuturistic Cyberpunk Dystopian book🔥🌈. #Litagents I've had a full mentorship done and ready to Yeet this into the trenches anytime soon✨📖. #agentsguide #writingcommunity

Bright colored background with the words "An Agent's guide to City Without Rainbows. YA cyberpunk dystopian - 90000 words in Neon color."

Another bright background. This time with the pitch-

"Teni, a rebel undercity artist and Leena, a scientist in the core city form an impossible alliance with one shared goal, free the undercity from the AI dictator's robot enforcers."

Tropes and Comps including:

Enemies to Lovers
Opposite attract
Rebel Gays
Dazzling art
Evil AI
Cool bio-mods
Divided City
Forbidden Romance
Found Family
Murderbots

Comps include - Arcane, GEARBREAKERS by Zoe Hana Mikuta and Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

My five snippets which are

–Teni being scared
–Teni painting gay people
–A kiss
–Leena declaring she has no father
–Teni not willing to lose her biomod

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Ray is revising Nigerian cyberpunk💥✅ @raywritesbooks.bsky.social · Feb 12

GEARBREAKERS X SKYHUNTER IN SPLIT LAGOS

Teni paints rebellion🖌️
Leena funds her in secret 💸
And indirectly causes a violent massacre🩸
Now they're enemies😡
But it's temporary❌
Because of deadly robot police🤖
They either fight together⚔️
Or burn alone🔥.

#Questpit #YA #SF #Q

A 3x3 grid moodboard with two snippets of Leena being guilty about her role in oppression and rejecting her father.

Other things include a scrambled face, a girl taking her mask off, a young engineer, codes, test tubes and the word why repeated over and over

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James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social · Feb 12

HERE WE GO AGAIN x It’s a Sin

While honouring an uncle's dying wish to reunite six drag queen activists, a young gay man learns the dark truth about his adoptive mother's past. When she turns on him, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

#QuestPit #A #Q

On the left, the title THE DRAGNIFICENT SEVEN is written, with the text angled vertically. To the right is a 9 square moodboard. In the four corners are images of drag queens. Top middle is an image of an LGBTQ+ rights protest in black and white. Bottom middle is a picture of a piece of colourful modern art. Middle left is a road map with a magnifying glass and set of car keys resting on top. Middle right is an image of a young man with medium length hair walking through a city at night. In the centre is a pile of newspaper cuttings with the words 'are the dragnificent seven back?" written over the top in a fake headline style. On the right hand side and acting as a background image, is a drag queen waiting in the wings.
If you use a screenreader or rely on alt text, I always aim to make picture posts as inclusive as possible. If I can improve in any way to make my posts more accessible to you, please do reach out and I will take your feedback on board for future posts.

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J Packer Samms • The Whisker Society @jpackersamms.bsky.social · Feb 12

A magical cat is swept into a hidden world of secret agents, underground cities, and strange allies, only to realize she must reclaim her power or watch her ruthless mentor destroy everything she loves.
✨🐈✨
#QuestPit #Q #MG #F
#amquerying #writingcommunity

An alley puddle, a cat eye, a bird on a post, a pensive dog, a cat silhouette, northern lights over a house, a magical swirl with secret mice.

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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · Feb 12

been a bit behind on my queries recently and haven’t had much time to read I’m afraid BUT I’m finally catching up and I’m absolutely ravenous for new projects to work. so a very happy #questpit and #mswl day to all! looking forward to seeing your fab books 💕

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Rachel Blaine @rachelblaine.bsky.social · Feb 12

16yo Candy has been hiding her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can't hide, her skin color.

🥵 climate fiction
🏳️‍🌈 queer friends to lovers
🫂 found family
🧬 her DNA will save humanity
#questpit #Q #SF #YA

Red sky, yellow sky, fire, red clouds, hot sun of Los Angeles, woman with red background

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.writes.fyi · Feb 12

ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN
🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad academia w/
⚛️engineering magic
🤌obsessive yearning
🚨unreliable narrator
📻corrupted magic tech
🩺ethical dilemmas
🩻body horror
🏆dangerous magic duels
🛠️blacksmith biceps
🌿strange plants
👤...& the strange man who ❤️s them
#questpit #Q #A #F #SF #H

A moodboard in dark tones, featuring a painting of a blond man with chin length hair in a green shirt at the center, with an X drawn across his face through which an xray of his skull can be seen. The images around him are of a university campus with gothic architecture, dark flowers and ferns, chemistry glassware, a ring of sparks, a river delta, machinery, anatomical images, and a smithy.

Text on it reads "THE BODY ABHORS A STRAIGHT LINE. FATE DOES NOT STRIKE IN A STRAIGHT LINE."

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char 𖤓 @charyoung.bsky.social · Feb 12

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Feb 12

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign.
#QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

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Megs is researching women’s history @megorra.bsky.social · Feb 12

Rediscover history’s young, forgotten female heroes in this educational and empowering standalone with series potential.
📜 Diverse histories
📜 Forgotten figures
📜 Inspiring women
#NF #Q #YA #QuestPit

Illustrated cover with designs of various women in historic cultural dress
A gold cover reads: An Agents Guide to: Remarkable Young Women

Illustrated full figures of young women from various cultures accompanied by text briefly describing their significance

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