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Chelsea Scott

@chelseascottbks.bsky.social

writer of mystery books with a bite 💀🩷💀

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Katie Brown @authorkatiebrown.bsky.social · 5mo ago

THE BEASTS WE BURY X TO KILL A KINGDOM A siren who can't sing must hunt her first soul by her 18th birthday or she'll die. When the thief she's meant to hunt steals her heart instead, she must choose whose soul to save: his or hers. #QuestPit #YA #F #DF #Q #agentguide

Pictures of three books describing comp titles
SING ME TO SLEEP
TO KILL A KINGDOM
THE BEASTS WE BURY

Angie is ✨querying✨@angie3tomatoes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

To escape her cursed town, Tayah must rewrite fate with a cursed carpenter and her sentient house or else become Ravensford’s next forgotten name 🏠Encanto + Crimson Peak vibes ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn Forbidden Romance 🏛️F*ck the Patriarchy 📜Religious Trauma #AgentsGuide #Q #FR #QuestPit

Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 5mo ago

DEADNAME With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #QuestPit #AG #YA #H

B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 5mo ago

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When one of them is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—& ball-busting puns—to solve the crime before they're all butchered like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #Q

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.”

Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 5mo 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 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

First Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman sprawled over a man lying on a chaise. Depiction of Romeo & Juliet.

Book Title: My Sweet Unbecoming
A Forbidden Gothic Romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Second Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman staring deeply into a canvas. The art on the canvas is a man in uniform standing as the muse.

Comps and Pitch
Jane Eyre
The Viscount Who Loved Me
The Phantom Of The Opera

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 once before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Third Graphic:

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.

Fourth Graphic:

Snippets:

His hunger transcends anything as simple as lust. A perfect replica of my own.
Our appetite goes beyond the physical. What we starve for is not the body, but the soul.
Spirits, which I'm certain, have known each other for millennia—longing and finding one another, again and again against all odds.
Nothing can come between what is immaterial.
Even less so when it is destined
A divine homecoming.
He is the vessel of my existence. The missing half that completes me. There is no him without me. And without him, there is no me.
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And how do I tell him I'd gladly crawl beneath his armor, inside his clothes and past his skin? Fight myself through sinews and bone, every ligament and essence that makes him him, and live on solely to keep his soul free of any pain?
Caretaker of his soul for eternity.
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A touch, as soft as a feather.
The dull edges of fingernails.
Deliberate and as exquisitely slow as molasses.
I arch into these luxuries like a cat wanting for more.
Hum at the whispery strokes as they comb through my scalp, down my hair, in pursuit of my jaw and finally my décolleté.
I know it's him.
Scent him like a vampire would sweet blood.

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

An agent's guide to Time's Signature. #agentguide #litagents #amquerying #writingcommunity #bluepit

Rae Law - author. The Curse of the Fart Witch 01/10/26 @realraelaw.bsky.social · 8mo ago

WimpyKid X Goosebumps Living in the shadow of his chaos-gremlin older brother, an 11yo finds his voice when a fart-powered, body-snatching witch kidnaps his Abuela & threatens to curse their town into oblivion. #QuestPit #Q #MG #F #SomethingWickedThisWaySmells #CinematicNotSilly

Mock-up book cover for The Curse of the Fart Witch by Rae Law. Tag line "Something Wicked This Way Smells". An evening street with lit up houses, green gas coiling upwards, there are a number of oversized alien-looking spiders (about the size of dogs - sentient barking spiders) throughout the image.
Flags: Reluctant hero, sibling redemption, spooky humour (cinematic, not silly), kids vs supernatural threat, sentient minions, Goonies style ensemble cast.

An excerpt from a sentient Barking Spider's journal - the spider is British gentry and pompously complains about the witch's promise of exquisite stink not being fulfilled and how the locals have spritzed him with a rosemary-mint abomination.

lia ☁️ is querying @brantleywrites.bsky.social · 8mo ago

LUCK AND OTHER CHOICES 🌊📷 SADIE x WE WERE LIARS - a kidnapped girl & a ticking clock - young adult contemporary thriller REVISED IN 2026 a new manuscript pitch/agent guide in comments ⬇️ #questpit #R #Q #YA #T

Demri Redmon @demri18.bsky.social · 8mo ago

WEYWARD x THE BEWITCHING When two witches in different eras find themselves battling the same ancient forest spirit, they must use magic to communicate through time and find a way to save their covens from total destruction. #questpit #H #S #Q

6 image moodboard with a rust red background
Top left: monster in a forest
Top right: yt girl with wavy hair & white Tshirt (representing the main FMC)
Middle: a hand with flames, a girl doing a tarot pull
Bottom left: 3 women dancing around a fire pit, forest scenery
The Witch of Gatlinburg | Demri Redmon

6 image moodboard with a rust red background
Top left: monster in forest
Top right: Romani woman with thick, curly hair & patterned head scarf (representing the second FMC)
Middle: hand with a flame, woman dancing in front of a large fire
Bottom left: covered caravan
Bottom right: forest scenery
The Witch of Gatlinburg | Demri Redmon

Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 8mo ago

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE When grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes. #questpit #SF #Q #D

Christina Adrian @christiemadrian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Taking of Jake Livingston X Undead Girl Gang X Breakup From Hell Chess is a reaper-in-training. Her boyfriend is possessed by death itself. Chess must embrace her powers or lose everything. #questpit #YA #Q #F #PR #Disability

@ashlynmriddle.bsky.social · 8mo ago

introducing a YA speculative mystery, LONG AFTER DARK! Declan Rhodes, a teenager with the ability to self-heal, must solve the case of a missing girl at summer camp, all while keeping his coveted abilities a secret. -professionally edited by former Big 5 editor #QuestPit #Q #YA #M #agentsguide

Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 8mo ago

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT

Maisie Bannion 🩷 writer @maisiebannion.bsky.social · 8mo ago

THE LAST UNICORN meets LOST A WIP Featuring: ❤️‍🔥 enemies to lovers 🐈‍⬛ shadow magic 💜 ace rep 🏝️ a mysterious island 🏴‍☠️ a cursed pirate captain 🆘 shipwrecked princesses ...and they're not alone 🧛🦄🧜‍♀️ #QuestPit #W #A #F #R

Moodboard images from left to right, top to bottom: Silhouetted hand controlling shadow magic, small waterfall in forest, dark stormy sea, unicorn, woman held down by hands, a pirate ship on the water in front of the sunrise, a man and woman embracing, ancient ruins, a mysterious island

JM Humboldt @jmhumboldt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

THE HAAR x SLEWFOOT In SHEDDING SKIN, two men forced into molds make a deal to fix them both. 🇩🇪 Germanic folklore inspired m/m romance 🩼 Disability rep ❤️‍🩹 Intimacy through healing #WIP #HR #FR #lgbtq #questpit

Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 8mo ago

After 500 years, Tal will do anything to revive his lover. But when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up with a human girl lost in his world. Tal must help her friends on their rescue mission if he wants a chance to make his wish. #QuestPit #YA portal #F #Q #LGBT

The upper two thirds of this moodboard feature a warm orange and black palette while the bottom third with more black and white with a close of on a fencing sabre’s guard, light shining down into a cave, and a crystal. The top two thirds have dice falling, an orange sub at sunset, abstract images that look like silhouettes casting magic, and in the center are three silhouettes backlit by an orange sunset, looking off into the distance.

Author Adlin K.T.@adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

☀️Sol's Plan for the Week: 🐺Visit best friend at the harbor 🧚🏽Practice flying 📖Have a chilling history lesson 👑Welcome father home before bed 🌑Unwanted guest kidnap my parents 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Find out I have a missing twin brother 🏰Save the queendom #QuestPit #MG #F #LGBT #Q

Cassie is drafting/(finally) editing 📚🖊️@cassjackson-22.bsky.social · 8mo ago

MLFI #QuestPit #YA #W #RF ANNE OF GREEN GABLES x ELEMENTAL Sometimes learning who you are can lead to your soulmate. Featuring 👀Dual POV 🧠Mental health struggles 🏫Boston University ♾️A twist on tutoring 🥰Friendship 🍜Asian representation 💛Platonic love

Jason L.@jasonlangford.bsky.social · 8mo ago

❤️LESS HUNTER x PRINCE OF FORTUNE 🏳️‍⚧️ ex-princess Finn is getting revenge on the empress who killed his family, & must NOT fall for her son, a boy w/ illegal magic. ft: - dual pov Yearning™️ - ghost magic! - oh u have a knife to my neck…are we about to kiss + WNDB Mentorship #questpit #YA #F #W

Catherine @catandherwips.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A spoiled heiress surrounded by carnivorous artist friends (who might be in love with her) meets an undeniably charming demon when she summons him to dodge a beloathed fiancé & claim her world. Except the demon refuses to obey, & omens surrounding him might spell their end. #questpit #P #R #A #LGBT

Things you'll find in bi4bi Edwardian era demon summoning romantasy book MERE FLESH by Catherine Labadie

"Even demons do not compare to you." - Laban, Mere Flesg

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES 16-y/o witch Haley Thorne teams up with her new friends to go on a quest through a monster-infested realm before: 💀 A nefarious witch comes back to life 🐉 Monsters overrun NYC 💥 Malicious spirits hunt and possess the city’s witches #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

Meet the nyc witches in In the Shadow of a Witch

Austin McKenzie @austinmckg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#questpit Soul In Two When the High Soul King dies unexpectedly, the traditional trials to select a new King and Queen are put in motion almost two decades early. Octavia never thought she’d have a chance to be High Queen. And she won’t let the cursed 2nd Born Prince stand in her way. #W #R #F

Samantha Lebans @samanthalebans.bsky.social · 8mo ago

DEFINITELY NOT A BUCKET LIST / contemporary romance After receiving a life-altering diagnosis, a woman teams up with her brother’s (irritatingly) charming boss to recreate her father’s road trip across Atlantic Canada—but it sparks a longing for a future that's out of her reach. #questpit #Q #A #R

Gus Ryer @gusryer.com · 8mo ago

ASHES…SUN ➕ HORIZON 0 DAWN When a machine god severs the world from ancient nanotech, two engineer priests, a blademaster & her warrior-poet twin must hunt it for a cure—and revenge. Failure will doom the world to divine wrath. Success will be deadly. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #F

A giant spaceship hovers over a dusty, walled fantasy cityscape. In the foreground, two figures stand in shadow looking out over the scene. The words "An Agent's Guide to CASCADE, by Gus Ryer" is along the top. His website, gusryer.com, is below.

A slide with metadata and story elements for CASCADE:

Genre: Science Fiction with Fantasy Elements
Wordcount: +-130,000

It shows the book covers for the following:
ASHES OF THE SUN, Django Wexler
THE ARCHIVE UNDYING, Emma Mieko Candon
ELDER RACE, Adrian Tchaikovsky
NOTES FROM THE BURNING AGE, Claire North
Ps5's Horizon Zero Dawn

Below that are the following phrases:
Found family
Failed terraforming
A vast, hidden history
Nanotech magic system
Epic fantasy quest in a sci-fi world
Ancient mechanical gods
Arachnid mammals & guard drones
Sword (1) vs. Railguns (lots)

$A warrior woman with a winged helmet, armor, cape, and spear is along the right side of the image, fractured into triangles. Part of the following pitch is along the left: Lendi never asked to be a God Keeper—one of the engineer-priests who command ancient nanotech. Abandoned on their temple doorstep and raised under their strict thumb, she longs to escape. She almost gets her chance when an ancient machine god crashes to the planet in a blaze of fire. But, instead, Lendi is dispatched far away—alongside her devout friend—to investigate the disappearance of a remote village’s Keeper. And she’ll be tracked. In that village, Sedna has no patience for their Keeper’s rules or mysticism, especially since the fool vanished. She’s more concerned with defending her people with her warrior-poet twin. But, when a flood of malfunctioning nanites devours her town, Sedna and her brother are left with nothing but each other—and vengeance. As the four converge...$

Chapter 1

THE RUSH IS ON! This Tuesday, Planetfall, Inc. announced it would join the rash of megacorps racing to deploy terraforming infrastructure through the newly stabilized Taurine Strait. Previously dominated by New World Corporation, the franchised development of pseudoterra worlds is slated to be the hot market sector of the twenty-fifth century.
-Excerpt from InvestSyder: Stellar Ed., June 15, 2398

The streets of Mahyan never fully slept. Night’s darkness, not yet broken by either the sun’s rise or the blinding, baleful Eye of Toros, wrapped Lendi more completely than her robes. Still, she couldn’t shake the feeling that eyes were on her. She wanted nothing more than to run.
An eager vendor barred her way with his stringy arm. “A fine morning calls for a fine meal, miss.” He smiled and fanned out a selection of skewered mutton and whalemeat wrapped in sea grass. Pungent, spiced oil dripped onto the dusty street.
Lendi glared at him, her legs practically vibrating with the..

Bee 🐝 has a BOOK DEAL!@beemorris.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🪦 ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE 🪦 #QuestPit #Q Reluctant medium Alice accidentally lands a job cleaning haunted houses & exorcising spirits... ...too bad 'chasing down a serial killer' wasn't part of the job spec 🔪 👻 paranormal mystery 🧠 autistic FMC 🌊 ghosts by the coast 🏡 found family (living & dead)

The image is of a fake book cover, mocked up for the novel ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE by Bee Morris. The background is a mish-mash of gothic, suburban houses, all layered over one another in chaos, in monochromatic shadows. The text, written at a slanted angle, reads: ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE, a novel.

Spencer Barnardo | Author @spencerbarnardo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

FLEABAG x ROMANTIC COMEDY WRITING HENNIE is also perfect for readers who love vivid settings (hello, London) and anyone looking for a romance featuring a plus-size woman where being fat is NOT something she needs to change. #Questpit #A #R #Q

Comps for WRITING HENNIE include ROMANTIC COMEDY, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, YOU, AGAIN, and HAPPY PLACE

MelonieWithAnO @meloniewithano.bsky.social · 8mo ago

When Mia's sent on a quest to Nashville, she's just happy to bring her bff and warm up her restricted music powers. But when a breakout novel exposes her secret life & magical community, Mia must chose between following Olympus' orders, or salvaging her secrets. #QuestPit #YA #F

The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Purple background with a tuning fork, magical wisps, and wisteria

Cast of characters. A smiling blonde girl: the BFF. An amused looking brunette: the hero. A dark haired boy: the boy. A fierce looking woman: the mom. A befuddled looking woman: the author.

Snippet: Why? That's always the question, isn't it? This one act of rebellion feels like pulling at a thread and watching everyhing unravel. Like maybe the wrold wouldn't come to an end if I didn't follow every single rule laid out in front of me. Like maybe these rules don't really make any sense.

Comps: "The Lost Hero"- Aged up Riordan. Quest with BFF. "Fire with Fire" by Destiny Soria- Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep. "The Truman Show"- Crumbling Worldview. Is my life real?