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🇺🇸🇭🇰🇻🇳 Asian American, Aspiring Author, Cat Lover


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crystal @snailpails.bsky.social · 18h
BESIDE YOU

No matter how hard you try, some things are already too far gone.

🩸 murder and monsters
🍁 new england vibes
🖤 dark romance
🫠 overworked protagonist

Dark Fantasy. Neo-gothic vibes. New England setting.

#questpit #w #h #df #dr #rf
snailpails.bsky.social
Off to my best start of any year when it comes to number of books read. Finished it off with The Gashlycrumb Tinies after seeing an Edward Gorey exhibit. 💖

💙📚 #booksky
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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sarahjberke.bsky.social
A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother assaulted by her daughter’s American father.
💪🏼vigilante justice
❤️love story
🧊anti-ICE
🧠neurodiverseMC
🌈end=hope
👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit
⌨️pgs www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide
#questpit #Q #A #T #WF #U
February 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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laurelgrantfantasy.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky & #QuestPit!

🌊 What if it wasn’t curiosity that pulled the little mermaid out of the sea, but guilt?

Adult crossover fantasy ⚓️ BEYOND THE MIST 🗡️ is a dark twist on the original Little Mermaid tale & is out for querying! ✨

#agentsguide #Q #A #F #amquerying
Side 1: Images surrounding “an agent’s guide to BEYOND THE MIST, Laurel Grant, adult fantasy 105k words”: female mermaid, bridge over a river, glowing hands on a tree trunk, cavern, male sailor aboard a ship, a girl running to the sea, a medallion, and a fishing shack. Side 2: coastal background. The Pitch - When fisherwoman Nerissa’s best friend is kidnapped by immortal Fae after she failed to warn her people that the kingdom’s warded Mists were evaporating, she must learn to face her guilt and fight to save her, or climb the mast herself. Side 1: ocean waves background. The Comps - THE VOICE- A fiery tempered, iron willed female protagonist who will stop at nothing to deliver justice to her people, however different she is from them – or how much pain she carries (pictured: The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent); THE POLITICS- Class elitism, prejudice, political infighting, coups, betrayals, conspiracies, rebellious royalty – and lies, lies, lies (pictured: The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen); THE CAST- A multi-POV ensemble cast of unlikely friends, reluctant allies, magic wielders and wannabes, and converging paths that you won’t want to see parted (pictured: Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard; THE STAKES- The protagonist is fighting for a noble goal – but once it is achieved, she’ll realize the true rot is under the surface (pictured: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas). Side 2: coastal background. The Blurb: What if it wasn’t curiosity that pulled the Little Mermaid out of the sea, but guilt? With a cynical eye to all but the fisherfolk who raised her, Nerissa lives in a sea-glass prison of her own making. She did nothing when she suspected the Mists were failing – so now, Nerissa must abandon her home to rescue her best friend, Alicen. The royal knights dismiss Alicen’s abduction as a peasant’s delusion, and their rejection propels Nerissa desperately forward to the kingdom’s criminal underbelly, where a violent outlaw fresh out of the dungeons is in the mood to make a deal. The conditions of securing his supposed militia? Murder the knight who locked him in chains. Nerissa harbors no loyalty for the knighthood that has neglected her people, but the closer she gets to delivering the poison promising Alicen’s survival, the more Nerissa doubts the righteousness of her bargain. The Fae grow impatient with a prisoner whose value wanes each day, and before her assassination plot is exposed, Nerissa must decide with whom she will place her faith: the bandit, the knight, or herself. N… Side 1: coastal city road background. The Opening: The slick burn of wine rolled down my throat as another strike of lightning flashed outside, the spark illuminating just enough to confirm what I already knew. The dark figure in the corner of the tavern was staring back. It was the senselessness of a waking dream: for an evening promising a quickening storm, the tavern was reasonably sparse … and far too quiet. Others should have noticed him. And yet, only I seemed to know that he was watching us – had been watching us. Side 2: cavern background. The Tropes: lovers betrayal, stages of grief, father & daughter bond, abandonment issues, morally grey protagonist, found family/sisterhood, he sails to save her, knight academy, the Quest, mythical creature sidekick, discovery of power, runes & ancient magic, decoding messages, healing magic Side 1: apothecary desk background with scrolls, herbs, flowers, journals, and burlap. The Style: I yearned for that intoxication, not to save me from the nausea, but to numb the torment that relentlessly pinched my heart with every moment of Alicen’s absence. I knew I couldn’t feel anything more. It was unfamiliar. For all my life, I’d noted the absence of my mother, but I’d had no tangible sensations, no vivid memories to attach to her. Her absence was a constant; the origin. Missing her was to miss something that had never been there . . . to love a phantom, to long for the touch of nothing. When Andris had decided to leave for Fjordan, I’d feared that the same curse would befall us, and he’d join my mother in being utterly lost to me, as if he’d never been there. Though, the morning after Alicen disappeared was so much more horrifying than that. So much more vivid and surreal than I could’ve ever imagined. Suddenly, the grief over my mother that had always consumed me, that had likely been the genesis of the melancholy that had become inherently part of me, seemed merely more than a passing wind. What I felt now was a storm. Side 2: map of the Glynea continent; an island with 5 offshoot bluffs joined by bridges.
February 1, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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hannahnagle.bsky.social
SUCH A FICKLE FATE 🖤

NA grounded fantasy!

PERCY JACKSON x SECRET CIRCLE

⌛️working against the clock
⌛️celtic mythology
⌛️academic settings
⌛️roadtrips
⌛️female rage
⌛️slow burn romance
⌛️elemental magic + curses
⌛️fleetwood mac references!

#questpit #Q #F #R #S #crossover
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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attackoftherach.bsky.social
💯 fumbling through this as a newb:

THROUGH THE PINES

🎨 foster kid whose drawings open portals
🏫 island boarding school hiding secrets
💫 quantum physics equals magic
🏰 visions of a boy in another world
🌉 one girl connecting two universes
🍰 layered mystery

#Q #YA #F #writingcommunity #questpit
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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lennwrites.bsky.social
Civilization is built upon fault lines—some well-mapped and others undefined.

Sachial thinks the whole world is out to get him; he may well be right. Caleb doesn't believe a word Sachial says, but he always listens.

#QuestPit #W #sf #lgbt
a moodboard for Fault Lines upper left: the upper portion of a sword leaning against a stone wall middle left: flickering flame against a black background lower left: a slab of stone underwater; the water appears disturbed, bubbly upper middle: a spacious stone cavern with water at the bottom true middle: "The Fault in the Lines" lower middle: a pipe against a background of stone upper right: a cloud-shrouded mountaintop middle right: a closeup of blue scales lower right: a closeup of a person walking across the surface of water
February 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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vickiewrites.bsky.social
The Mummy × Bridgerton × Gods of Jade & Shadow

A teen linguistics prodigy deciphers ancient glyphs & resurrects a queen erased from history. Now the gods are hunting them both, determined to drag the queen back to the underworld & silence the girl who dared to wake her.

#YA #F #QuestPit #W
February 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social
THE UNMAKING — 95k Upmarket Speculative Fiction

The Memory Police x Chain-Gang All-Stars

🧠 A memory technician that makes people forget.
📺 A glitching stranger who remembers.
🧪 A system that calls emotion error.

Some things cannot be erased.
#QuestPit #A #Q #LF #S
An agents guide to the unmaking an upmarket speculative novel querying now The pitch: nova makes people forget what pains or impassions them, but her own grief unleashes a glitching witness who remembers everything she’s erased. And he won’t let her forget. The comps: with the haunting erasure of the memory police, the escalating momentum of chain-gang all-stars and the corporate ritual menace of Severance in Apple TV+ The opening: nova once wondered in the memories she’d cut out followed her around, waiting for their moment to tear out her own.
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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abbyschiano.bsky.social
🌊 SALTWATER SAINTS | 75k words | Upmarket Fiction

Set against the backdrop of an idealistic beach town, SALTWATER SAINTS explores friendship, love in all its stages, and the consequences of living your entire life for other people—and what happens when you finally decide to stop.

#questpit #q #a
Stylized movie poster of saltwater saints
February 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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rdohertywrites.bsky.social
NOWHERE TO RUN: A black cat homicide DA and a wolf shifter crime boss with Rip and Beth vibes, a missing grandmother, an offer she can't refuse, and the family she always wanted.

Except she has to prosecute him for a crime he didn't commit.

Dark paranormal mafia romance
#questpit #dr #pr #r #q #a
February 1, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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snackswrites.bsky.social
KARBA VALLEY

🤠 Gothic western vibes
☠️ bleak fantasy setting
🖤 twisted tragic romance

Vampires and gunslingers are gonna be the next grumpy and grumpier let me tell ya...

#questpit #W #A #H #F #DF #RF #DR
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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kpnguyenwrites.bsky.social
There’s a miscommunication crisis in The Great Republic. Foreign languages are the culprit. To sever connections to their mother tongue, multilingual children must undergo tongue removal surgery at age 4.

🩸Vietnamese MC
⚕️Immigrant family dynamics
🩸Explores systems of power

#questpit #NA #SFF #W
January 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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kellyywritess.bsky.social
SILVER ELITE X RINGS OF FATE

Kiaara has been hiding all her life. And you know what? She’s comfortable. Now, that’s changed. In order to take back the throne she has to put her life, and heart, on the line.

😘 Rivals to Lovers
🪾Quest
✨Chosen One
🪄 Hidden Magic

#questpit #F #Q #R
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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alibarwrites.bsky.social
MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER X SUCH A FUN AGE 🔪💪🏾

Who’d ever think that motherhood would awaken your homicidal tendencies?

Milly is loving. Rational.
A new mom doing her best.
She’s also planning to murder her ex-boss in his Chelsea mansion.

Nothing could go wrong, right?

#QuestPit #W #A #T
Mood board with images for the book title A slide with the pitch A slide with a quote A slide with comp book titles
January 31, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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beesmahclouds.bsky.social
Revisions are finally complete!! I am seeking a #literaryagent for this spicy romantic horror featuring:

🩸 Dracula, but immoral gods
💀 Find you in every lifetime
🫀 Exploring trauma via body horror
🩶 You came, you called

(More slides—and art—in comments👀)

#amquerying #agentsguide #questpit
February 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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goodrenwrites.bsky.social
SHE-RA x TALES OF PELL

Ota and Alder have been destined enemies for countless reincarnations. And frankly, they’re sick of it.

⚔Enemies to divorced
🖤Unchosen Ones
🤬Fuck destiny, let’s kill god
🪢Soul bonds
🌱Genderfluid dryad
🏳‍🌈Sapphic subplot

#QuestPit #Q #NA #F #Comedy
A pinboard with an assortment of images and notes pinned or taped in place. There is a subtle branching mycellium pattern on the board. In the top right a note is taped that says "Make me a hero." In the bottom left corner is a sticker that says "You can do it" but can is scratched out in red. Attached to the board are the following images: a sandy horse, with a speech bubble coming off it that says "Hi! I mean... uh neigh." A crystal ball with a tree at sunset. A smoking volcano. A photo of a broken red clay pot. A calendar with the month labeled Seguster. A man in an ominous black cloak standing in a field. A castle with a dragon flying near it. A black kitten being held. A raven. A meteor approaching a planet. A highland cow whose photo has tape with the lesbian flag pattern. A red string loops in a heart to a picture of the shadow of a gorgon. An alder branch with catkins. The photo has a gold star sticker and blue thread connecting it to a photo of mushrooms.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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amsullivanwrites.bsky.social
YOU WERE HAPPIER BEFORE THE BABY. Psychological Horror. Lit Fic.

She would offer rest and take only what was already being pushed away.
She was the woman in the mirror.
She did not deceive.
She did not trick.
She waited.
And eventually, she replaced.

#questpit #q #a #h #lf
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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auroraridgefield.bsky.social
📖 IT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU 📖
#WF #LF #RF #A / 89k / #Q

After twelve years of marriage built on stability, a thirty-something woman secretly reconnects with her first love—forcing her to confront whether safety is enough when desire and identity have quietly eroded.

#QuestPit
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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srperez04.bsky.social
WIP (Draft #5)
Adult Fantasy | 106k words
Pitch: when a shunned earl issues a bounty for a stolen heirloom, a cat and mouse game ensues with a reluctant bounty hunter and an ambitious alchemist prodigy both set on changing their fate.
#QuestPit #F #W
Vibes of my FYP, all photos are from Pinterest and not my own work!
January 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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lindamaleh.bsky.social
LITTLE THIEVES x NINTH HOUSE

When a nefarious witch schemes to come back to life, 16-y/o Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a realm of dead witches and monsters to stop her.

🎃Halloween deadline
🏙️NYC-setting
❤️‍🔥Slow-burn romance subplot
💀Spooky graveyards

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
Haley and August - slowburn romance introduction Haley & August - the love interest Haley & August - the love interest Haley & August - the love interest
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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carinabombina.bsky.social
A STUDY IN DROWNING x THIS POISON HEART
 
First ever #questpit for
🌿Cultivated Magic🌱

A wrongfully-disgraced track star discovers a school for plant magic. She works to earn an official acceptance before her past catches up.

It’s a work in progress #W but I’m going to query soon! 🤞

#YA #F #SFF
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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authorajs.bsky.social
A DEADLY EDUCATION x KATABASIS

The price of magic is monstrous—literally 😈

Lola Knight was a regular person until her magic sparked, killing her best friend. Now it’s a race to control her violent magic before it kills again…or consumes her.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F
A shadowy school building, stars in the sky, and the text: an agents guide to the bells of le fay, adult dark academia fantasy, A. J. Sable The silhouette of a woman holding a ball of light in front of trees. The text reads: pitch, The price of magic is monstrous-literally. Lola Knight didn’t mean to murder her best friend. When her violent and volatile magic spirals out of control, instead of punishment, she’s enrolled in an elite magical academy to seek control before it kills again. But there she finds herself at the centre of a monstrous mystery; one that threatens the future of the entire witching world. A spell book lying open amongst candles and a mirror. The text reads: tropes, sapphic enemies to lovers, female rage, elite magical university, secret society, body horror, underworld realm. The shadow of a woman standing before a giant misty creature. The text reads: with the cathedral-like academy behind her, the gothic towers soaring above the treetops, it felt like she was in a fairy-tale. But if that were true, she was no princess. She was the monster they had to defeat.
January 31, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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authoryolandatang.bsky.social
🧸Childhood Rivals to Lovers
🧵No Strings Attached Arrangement
🩷Asian Romance
🏢Forced Proximity
🔥Slow-Burn Trust

Two lifelong fashion heir rivals enter a no strings collaboration. Can they keep pride and legacy neatly tailored—or will they unravel for love?
#QuestPit #W
A 3×3 mood board collage. Includes two fashion-style character illustrations, two fashion sketches, text reading "I want to ki_ you (answers may vary)" and "Are you flirting or starting a fight?", two black-and-white and softly lit photos of couples leaning in close, and drawings of a stylish man and woman facing each other at night.
January 31, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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stephmarsh.bsky.social
When her family loses all standing in court after her father’s embezzlement, first year academ Octavia vows to finish top of her class to earn a seat on the council to restore them.
But can she stay on track academically when her new boyfriend tricks her into raising a great demon? #QuestPit #W #F
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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carolinebeuley.bsky.social
The twisted trials and tangled love triangle of POWERLESS X the dark, fairy-tale world of THE HAZEL WOOD.

🖋️Three cutthroat Huntsman trials
🖋️A family of rebel tale-tellers
🖋️Full-length fairy tales
🖋️Wolves, witches, and snowy woods

#Q #YA #F #QuestPit #amquerying
January 31, 2026 at 11:18 PM