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𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 | 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤/𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫

@cbnovelist.bsky.social

Paranormal fantasy author writing smitten men & swoony romance. A HALLOWEEN HIT: October 20th, 2026 Sign up for my newsletter to stay in the loop! 👇 https://linktr.ee/cbrubaker

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𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 | 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤/𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 @cbnovelist.bsky.social · 2w ago

#QuestPit was so much fun! Thank you for all the love and support for P&P! I hope this project finds its home someday! 🩷🦄 #amquerying #romantasy #queryingauthor #cozyfantasy

𝐂𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 | 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤/𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫@cbnovelist.bsky.social · 2w ago

🦄 AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO PRETENSE AND PARCHMENT 🩷 Cinderella meets unicorn shifters in this tale of star-crossed lovers and magical secrets. PRETENSE AND PARCHMENT 95,000 words Adult Romantasy #questpit #Q #SFF #A #F #romantasy

samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social @samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social · 2w ago

💕fake relationship ❤️‍🔥forbidden romance ☀️sunshine FMC ⛰️elemental magic 👑cast aside Prince 🥀plot twists and banter ✨nonspeaking rep 👹Korean folk tales come to life 🌷bridgerton-esque high society ❤️‍🩹 autoimmune skin condition rep (as a girlie with psoriasis, this was a must) #questpit #q #romantasy

Senna Beau Lark @sennabeaulark.bsky.social · 2w ago

THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME X BLOOD & STEEL X CW's 'REIGN' ✨ Arranged marriage 💫 Reincarnation (á la Inuyasha 🤭) 🤺 Princess x Knight (Forbidden) 👑 Non-Eurocentric Empire 🌈 LGBTQ+ & BIPOC Rep 🗣️ Emphasis on Self Agency/Identity #Questpit #Q #A #F #RF

Victoria Jayne (they/them)@victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

#questpit #A #F #R #W I am proud to present YOU CHANGED IN SPRING, a F/NB best friends-to-lovers standalone cozy fantasy rom-com featuring a Siren with BPD and a half-devil who might be the most oblivious being alive. ON THE SAME PAGE meets THE EX HEX

they/ them
she/ her
Siren Kendra Starbrook is finally ready to declare her love for her lifelong best friend, half-devil Trixie. When
Trixie shows up to their outing with an annoyingly charming witch on their arm, Kendra must battle her over-the-top Sirenic jealousy and sudden, fleeing instincts to save her friendship with Trixie, even if it means breaking her own heart.

For
Readers of
BOOKSHOP
AND THE
BARBARIAN
MORGAN STANG
cozy fantasy
THE EX HEX
ERIN
"STERUNG
comedic melodrama
DELILAH GREEN
DOESN'T CARE
ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE
sapphic casts
TRON THE ALTHOR OF MOSE WHO WA HALEY CASS
On the
SAME PAGE
friends to lovers

best-friends to-lovers
love triangle (with a twist)
slow burn
femme falls first and falls down
AuDHD rep
BPD rep
Tropes

PJ (he/him) is querying...@pjwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE EVERWINTER KING Desperate to find his missing sun god, a former holy king returns home to compete in trials meant to bring his god back and stop the onslaught of an endless winter. 🏳️‍🌈 Queer norm world ☀️ Light-based magic 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans love interest 👑 Hidden royalty #QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT

Title page for an agent's guide to THE EVERWINTER KING. The title is placed over a moodboard featuring a Mediterranean inspired setting and royalty imagery. In addition to the title the page reads "Adult Fantasy Standalone. Queer normative world. MM romance subplot. 99,000 words."

THE EVERWINTER KING's pitch.

PITCH
A former holy king does the one thing he swore he’d never do in search of his missing god. He goes home.

Malachi was born with God’s voice in his head. When God vanishes in the midst of a decade-long winter, Mal breaks the oath he made to himself and returns to the home he abandoned—the city where he was raised to be king. There, he’s marked to compete in trials meant to select God’s new emissary. His replacement.

After succeeding in the first trial, Mal demands entry to the royal temple, where he learns the skies are empty. God has stopped speaking to his priests and Mal alike. With no other avenue for answers, Mal must win the competition for God’s favor and assume the throne he never wanted, or risk losing his oldest friend for good and damning the world to a worsening everwinter.

An excerpt from THE EVERWINTER KING. Next to the excerpt is character art of the main character. He has light bright skin, dark brown hair, facial hair, and a simple jerkin over white shirt. His eye is glowing like the sun.

EXCERPT STARTS BELOW

“My head hurts,” Malachi mumbled into his drink.

“They say King Ridaris’ eye glowed like this.”

Did they? Malachi shuffled through his memories for any mention of that from his mothers, or the history books, and found nothing.

“I think it means God knows who you are.” Sen lowered her voice, eyes shifting toward the surrounding priests. Kinder to pretend she did it out of concern for his headache. “You need to be careful.”

“Aye.”

“It hasn’t stopped glowing. Everyone else’s did.”

He raised a hand to cover his eye, pausing to marvel at the light pouring over his fingers and palm. It spilled into every crack, crevice, and scar his hand had to offer, like liquid pooled against his skin. Malachi closed his fist around the cold light and pressed it to his face. “Hurts.”

“Close your eyes,” Samara offered. “Rest. We’ll handle it from here.”

For once, he did just that.

A page listing comp titles.

Comp titles for THE EVERWINTER KING include: "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson, "The Raven Tower" by Ann Leckie, "WITCH KING" by Martha Wells, and "The Red Winter" by Cameron Sullivan.

Similarities include: godly shenanigans, political trials, queer-norm worlds, queer male leads, messy homecomings, and a second chance subplot.

Bonus comp! Dragon Age 2.

Chase Grayson is Agented🌙@adropofmagick.bsky.social · 2w ago

A STUDY IN DROWNING X GILMORE GIRLS Atticus moved to Havenvale so he could attend the most prestigious knighthood academy in the kingdom, but there's a rose-scented ghost haunting his manor, & he's learning it's hard to focus while falling in love...👻🖤 #AG #YA #F #RF #QuestPit

A HAUNTING TO HOLD
Ghost Romance
𝙷̶𝚒̶𝚜̶ ̶𝙵̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ His Forever
Cozy Fantasy Town
Magical Lantern Festival
Star-Spinning Magic
Gothic Manor
Griffin Riding
Knighthood Academy

THE PITCH
COZY YA FANTASY 89,000 WORDS

After fleeing from his war-ravaged hometown, a timid boy enrolls in an elite knighthood academy while falling for the ghost haunting his rose-scented manor; but when enemy knights invade his cozy new town during a festival that allows the dead to live for a single night, he must learn how to rally his courage before the girl he loves is lost forever.

CHAPTER ONE
My ghost never hides in the shadows.
When the afternoon burns brightest, I’ll catch her silhouette in the sunshine. When night steals the sky I glimpse delicate blue eyes peeking out behind moonbeam curtains. It’s been five weeks since we've moved in, yet I've only ever found her in the light.
“She’s not your ghost,” reminds Olive. “I can see her, too!”
But my sister’s claim rattles out like a lie. Looking at her now, she’s scrunching her face up, squinting real tight, yet her eyes never seem to find the shimmering girl that runs through Rosefall Manor.
Not like mine do.

FOR FANS OF...
The sweeping, magical romance of…
A cozy fantasy town inspired by…
The lush prose and gothic atmosphere found in…

Ruchi @ruchi-writes.bsky.social · 2w ago

💖 SHE’S THE MAN x ICEBREAKER, BUT MAKE IT E-SPORTS 🎮 To join her dream esports team, Cam let everyone assume she's a guy. Now all she has to do is survive the captain, who's sure she's the weak link — without falling for him first. #Q #R #A #questpit #agentsguide #amquerying

Last Pick by Ruchi Dave is an e-sports romance novel, complete at 75k words.

Cameron Day has always felt like a loser—except in the video game League of Champions, where she dominates. So when an esports team mistakes her for a guy and recruits her, she doesn’t correct them.

But to Jacob—their ruthless (and distractingly hot) captain who’s already seen one ex-teammate implode under pressure—she’s a risk they can’t afford. If she cracks, they all go down with her.

The only way forward is to prove she’s not a liability, but the key to pulling them out of freefall.

Contact the author at **@ruchi-writes on x or @ruchi-writes.bsky.social**

Moodboard for Last Pick. Professional esports gamer vibes.

Snippet for Last Pick

“The others got over it much sooner than you did.”

“I didn’t want to complicate things.”

“Why would I complicate things?”

“You know why.” He tucked a stray hair behind my ear, and my skin felt electric where his fingers brushed against me. I leaned into him as his hand slid to the nape of my neck, tilting my head toward his.

“What happened to keeping things professional?”

“This is professional,” he murmured. “Kevin and I do this all the time.”

Comps and Tropes

- **enemies-to-lovers**
- **woman in a male dominated field**
- **Chaos GOBLIN HEROINE**
- **forced proximity**
- **underdog story**
- **impostor syndrome**
- **good intentions, bad decisions**

She’s the Man - **WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE A MAN IN A MALE DOMINATED SPORT (E-Sports)**

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace - **team captain/mentor who is convinced she’s a liability**

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - **fake-it-till-you-make-it energy**

J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him)@jjwlovell.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Questpit #MG #F #Q

📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Editors Heists, spice, and space, oh my! What do you do when: 🏳️‍🌈 You're a disaster bisexual 😱 Space witches want your hyperspace treasure maps 💫 You have to leave Hecate IV before you're caught You ALWAYS GET IN A SPACESHIP WITH A SCOUNDREL 🥵🚀 #QuestPit #AG #OS #A #R #SF

The first page of a pitch deck. A neon pink art deco border pulls words out of a romantic starry space background. This border and background repeat over the following images. The title page reads in art deco gold and neon pink: An editor's guide to -- Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel -- A Sci-fi Romance by Ellie Rhymer. Representation Christi Cardenas.

Romantic pink and sci-fi neon and stars: Pitch. Good heists. Bad Decisions. Great Chemistry.

Anora is the quick-thinking manager of an illegal casino, fleeing the assassination of her gang's boss with the hyperspace treasure maps thrust into her hands as he died.

Jayro is a mouthy interstellar smuggler from the wrong side of the hyperspace lane with the only ship that can get Anora off Hecate IV before the emperor's relic-hunting space witches close a net around the planet.

The two bad-at-feelings bisexuals try to tamp down simmering, inconvenient attraction as they are forced to work together with the scrappy, tight-knit crew of the Helle Wanderer to survive in the criminal underworld and discover the secret at the end of the dangerous maps.

Their love story is a heist and they're stealing more than each other's hearts.

Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer

Romantic neon pink and a starry background: Excerpt. “Those are pre-set…” Jayro warned as Anora toggled a series of switches at the nav computer and began actively moving data streams around the screen.
“Pre-set for scans for //stationary objects//. You pick out your nav programs like you pick out your paint schemes?”
Jayro felt annoyance rising up in him again. The cockpit was his domain. Never mind that he agreed with her about the deco. “It took Fish weeks to get those programs running!”
“Look, unless you want to meet an asteroid face to face, shut the hells up and let me work.” Anora frowned as she watched some data return from the program. “Call engineering.”
“Gladly.” Jayro opened the channel on his wrist communicator.
“Yeah?” Fish’s voice responded.
“The new navigator is having trouble with her—” Jayro broke off as Anora grabbed his forearm and yanked his wrist in front of her own face, causing his chair to whirl towards her.
“What are your pre-sets accounting for?" [...]

Romantic neon pink and a starry background. For fans of: Uncharted Hearts book series by Constance Fay (image of a three book series). Scum and Villainy (TTRPG) (An image of a book cover with a spaceship flying towards a jumpgate). Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. #AnnoyanceToLovers #FoundFamily #QueerStories #DisasterBisexuals #ForcedProximity #Scoundrel4Scoundrel #NeverTellMeTheOdds #DualPOV. Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer.

Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

My Darling, Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society A fabled witch howled the Blackstone Curse and mired generations in madness, murder, and mayhem. Only a monster and an heir to an earldom may break the spell, but first they must find each other. #QuestPit #Q #Gothic #A #H #LGBT

B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 2w ago

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #AG

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

bettebergeron.bsky.social @bettebergeron.bsky.social · 2w ago

Loving all the creative #QuestPit posts today! Welcome to Rose Bluff Island, home of THE SEA CURSER. I dare you to stay awhile. 🌲Closed Setting 🌊Remote Island 👹Ancient Curses 🪸Folklore & Coastal Mythologies 👭Loss & Reconciliation #agentsgude #amquerying #amwriting #Q #A #F #S #WF

Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 2w ago

YELLOWFACE x SQUEEZE ME QUANTUM BITS #QuestPit #Q #A #S #DS #SAT When ballroom-billionaires stiff a greedy AI, she escapes their coal-fired data center in a hapless guard's cellphone and frames him for the breach, unwittingly creating the homeless hero Chicago needs to unplug the Algocracy.

Photos of data centers, dumpsters, and ballroom-billionaires in elegant attire

Alex, the Warrior of Write @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 2w ago

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"

followed by

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"

A.M.Sahu 🧚 SFF Author @amsahubooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Legends & Lattes x The Spellshop x David & Goliath twist When an unemployed mage starts her own magical (slightly illegal shh) business, she’s heralded as the face of a grass-roots revolution to decentralize magical access and must fight bureaucracy to save her only livelihood. #questpit #F #A

bettebergeron.bsky.social @bettebergeron.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy #QuestPit Day #writingcommunity! Sharing my #agentsgude for THE SEA CURSER, an adult speculative novel. 🌲🌊 Nan arrived on Maine's remote Rose Bluff Island to unite with her half-sister. Will both survive The Creature’s curse… #Q #F #A #S #WF #amquerying #amwriting

Agent’s Guide for The Sea Curser by Bette Bergeron (Speculative/Adult, 84,000 words).

Background photo of angry waves over dark rocks.

Themes and Tropes: Closed-Setting, Folklore, Contemporary, Mythical Creatures, Loss & Reconciliation, Remote Island, Maine, Women’s Retreat, Ancient Curses

Pitch: Compelled by a mysterious invitation from Celofaye, who claims to be her half-sister, Nan agrees to meet during a retreat held at an idyllic Maine inn. As she struggles to navigate her relationship with Celofaye—and the back-stabbing antics of the retreat’s other women—a series of sinister events turns her focus to one of survival. When guests vanish, and a beast brutally attacks Celofaye, Nan learns of a cursed Creature of the sea intent on destroying them all. But the Creature is not the only one on the island who is cursed…

Sarai Hernandez @saraihernandez.bsky.social · 2w ago

MEASURED BY TIME AND FRECKLES The hook: The ring’s wrong, the spark’s gone, and her fiance’s more interested in Slack than her, but when Yulissa discovers a deeply passionate poem by her best friend, she questions everything. #questpit #Q #A #R #OV

MEASURED BY TIME AND FRECKLES
Querying
Images of palm tree leaves and shells

Latine/Multicultural
Friends to lovers
Coastal setting
Yearning
Mental health

The hook:
The ring’s wrong, the spark’s gone, and her fiance’s more interested in Slack than her, but when Yulissa discovers a deeply passionate poem by her best friend, she questions everything.

Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻@crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here is my list for #QuestPit 1. Pearl's Road #W #A #Cozy #F 2. Paging Dr. Paige #W #A #RF 3. Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley #W #PB #F

Black background

At the top in tan neon is the title Pearl's Road and a sword and yarn with knitting needles to each side.

Top 2 pics are: an old woman walking with a wolf and an old woman walking in a meadow surrounded by trees.

Middle 2 pics are: a woman rowing a small boat and a woman gathering sticks with her cat.

Bottom 2 pics are: a pile of tarot cards on a table with a small silver old key on top and a dirt path surrounded by trees.

At the bottom is a quote: “May to wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

Blue background

Top 2 pics are: a doctor talking to a patient and writing notes and a momma and baby bear.

Below those is the title in white Paging Dr. Paige.

Bottom 2 pics are: a room filled with empty hospital beds and a mom taking care of her sick daughter.

Below that is a quote: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi

The background is rainbow mountains and valley with a rainbow in a rainbow sky. Standing on a hill is 2 cartoonized unicorns with white fur and rainbow manes and tails and gold horns and hooves, a panda with teal eyes and feet, rainbow butterflies, a pink fox, a green snake, and a purple elephant.

At the top in ombre purple and orange with a rainbow outline is the title Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley and under that is a quote: “The rainbow wouldn't exist without you.”

Victoria Jayne (they/them)@victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 2w ago

#questpit #A #F #R #Q THE HONEY WITCH x THE SPELLSHOP A slow-paced 78k cozy fantasy romance with mystery elements and the character focus of women’s fiction.

Faced with eviction in two months, Aline, a disabled witch, charms a business-savvy grocer into saving her failing apothecary, at least until Aline cures the mysterious produce blight ravaging the town. The problem is, Robin is distractingly beautiful, and watching Robin carry heavy boxes is much easier on Aline's buzzing mind than focused research.
Still, the blight is harming the townspeople, so as the town's only witch Aline must push through her pain and brain fog to cure the blight, even if it means Robin's time at the apothecary will come to an end.

For Readers Of:
Late
Bloomer
coworkers to lovers
magical mishaps
whimsical worldbuilding
the
sapphe
SPELLSHOP
yearning
SARAH BETH DURST
the VERY a
SECRET SOCIETY
• * IRREGULAR
Witches.
SANGU MANDANNA
HONEY WICH
SYDNEY ) SHIELDS

Robin
coworkers to lovers
love triangle (with a twist)
fat butch lead
witch x werewolf
hEDS & AuDHD rep
unreliable narrator
Aline

Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 2w ago

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBT #Dis #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

Adelaide Cabernet (is Querying✨️)@addiecabwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

MATE X TENTACLES & TRIATHLONS After Noah, a hard of hearing thief, moves in with siren Jasper, their accidental, corrupted mating bond must be severed before it kills them. 🧜‍♂️ Siren x The Surfer Immune to His Song 🌊 Fantasy Set in San Diego 🏄‍♂️ Standalone w/ Series Potential #QuestPit #Q #A #PR

A man on a surfboard turns away from the camera to look at a siren who is perched on rocks. Text reads: “The Deaf Man’s Guide to Seducing A Siren” and “An adult paranormal romance complete at 72k words”

The siren is back with a text block that reads: Determined to stay in affluent Sunset Cliffs, hard of hearing surfer Noah strikes a sugar agreement with standoffish siren Jasper,

The surfer returns with a text block that reads: “Tropes:billionaire/thief, Fast heat, slow burn, grumpy/sunshine, Reformed playboy, monster fucking, Touch him and die, He wears his sweater

Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 2w ago

Nia Moredi just wants to look out for her little brother. Miss Laval needs to attend a governess-teacher meeting. Baarsin Dorvierre's being watched. Pickpocket Wren needs to recharge her misdirection charm. If only Nia could remember which of them she's supposed to be today. #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT

A Pickpocket's Guide to High Society
(And Higher Mathematics)

YA Fantasy 80K words
Catherine Winters dot com

Against a subtly textured background of mathematical formulae and a hexagonal summoning grid feature a collection of intriguing objects:

The outstretched hand of some mechanical clockwork automaton made of white porcelain.
A purple and gold masquerade mask.
A set of brass architect's tools: a compass, a protractor, calipers.
A set of gears laid out, pulled from some kind of mechanism.

The Pitch
When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had and catches the attention of people she doesn't want to know. Blackmailed into stealing a mysterious box, Nia accidentally awakens a living clockwork doll—that promptly runs away.

Accused of betraying the blackmailers, Nia and her band of would-be thieves go on the run, pursued by magehunters, street gangs, and the secret police.

When the doll returns to make a deal, Nia turns to the man whose lucky coin unlocked her magic, only to find him missing. Caught in a lie, Nia’s soon posing as an heiress, in the clutches of the man’s elderly landlady—who's intent on introducing the girl she knows as “Baarsin” to high society.

As Nia finds herself disappearing into the role, she and her friends must race against time to track down the people behind it all: a secret society of mathematicians whose influence reaches all the way to the governor herself.

Excerpt
Caz tensed. “There’s someone following us,” she hissed.
“I know,” Nia said. The man had been tailing them through the crowd for almost six blocks now. “He won’t be the only one.” She tugged Caz into the empty foyer of a boarding house and pulled out her misdirection charm. “Take my hand and stay quiet!”
“That won’t work on me,” Caz protested.
“No,” Nia said, willing herself to believe. “I can do this.” With all her strength, she pushed more of herself into the charm, the equation unfolding in her mind’s eye. She reached out, and as the world darkened around them, turned the doorknob, Caz clutching her arm. Nia pulled the taller girl close as the man pushed past them, failing to notice the door was already opening.
On the busy sidewalk, Caz let out a breath. A small boy leaning against a nearby lamppost glanced in their direction, an uncertain expression on his young face.
Caz cringed. “Sorry!” she mouthed.

Comps & Tropes
Includes the covers of four books:

Never Ever After by Sue Lynn Tan
Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olsen
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo's
Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland

"Tropes" is loosely used here and includes:
Stealing is magical (literally)
Fish out of water (you probably guessed)
Working for the wrong people
Ancient magic (in over their heads)
The MacGuffin is blackmailing us
"Aren't you a little young to be a criminal?"
Metaphorically dyslexic LI (she's also dyslexic)
Creepy clockwork doll that complains all the time
Good at magic, as long as she has a compass & protractor
Grifter vs. con artist
Sword lesbian (in training)
Lying (a lot)
Found family of scoundrels
Ace protagonist (who hasn't had time to think about that)
One big job and then we can retire (oh no, somehow everything went wrong)
Let's break into a data centre!
No chosen ones, no choosing ceremonies, just hard work and practice.

Chantal Danieli — is editing! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 2w ago

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000's setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

My Sweet Unbecoming
A forbidden gothic romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Comps & Pitch
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre
Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Tropes
Forbidden Romance
High Society Match Making
European Setting
Slow Burn
Love VS Duty
Black Swan-esque Awakening
Masquerade Ball
2000’s Setting
Obsessive yearning
Secret Lake Meetings

Priscilla Maytree @prismaytreewrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X BARBIE FAIRYTOPIA Introducing CROWNS & MIRRORLIGHT ✨🌷🌸 🪞A tragic romantasy 🪞Finding yourself outside of Toxic Relationship 🪞Bi representation 🪞Love Triangle 🪞Marriage Pact 🪞One Bed #questpit #W #A #RF

AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 2w ago

*Natural Neon* // ALTERED CARBON x STATION 11 A nightclub dancer risks an illegal neural implant to pay for her brother's meds, but when it connects her to other lifetimes, she becomes the key to humanity's next evolution—and its extinction. #QuestPit #A #Q #S #D #U

Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE HURRICANE WARS X QUICKSILVER A long-dead demon slayer must work with the Goddess of Death's bodyguard to save a merit-based afterlife. spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5 rep: WEAVER LITERARY #QuestPit #OS #A #F #R

Olinda Brown @olindabrown.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stardew Valley x Howl’s Moving Castle. Just add more small dragons 🐉 #revpit 2026 winner #questpit #A #F #cozyfantasy

Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝@danielleippaso.bsky.social · 2w ago

STARLING HOUSE x ADDIE LARUE X MY COUSIN RACHEL A Gothic Fantasy Romance 📰 marriage of desperation 🏚️a secluded New Orleans estate 🥀mysterious, reclusive MMC 🕯️suspicious, determined FMC 🖤slow burn, forbidden obsession 🗝️a dark secret locked away #QuestPit #Q #A #F #H #R #Gothic #AmQuerying

Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 2w ago

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

Megan Stark | Writer ✨@megan-stark.bsky.social · 2w ago

✨Quest Pit Submission✨ Genre: Romantasy 🖤 WC: 80k 💻 ✨Think SHADOW AND BONE if Alina controlled the shadows and the Darkling actually got the girl—with the gothic atmosphere and amnesia driven tension from SenlinYu’s ALCHEMISED✨ #Questpit #querying #romantasy #lookingforanagent #Questpitsubmission