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gabby is now ✨elle reed✨

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black girl in stem cosplaying as a writer | ya & adult contemporary and fantasy romance | she/her

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gabby is now ✨elle reed✨@gabbywrites.bsky.social · last yr.

“Sometimes it takes two tries to get it right.” #PosterPitW #YA #R

H. L. Docherty (Updates Only)@hldocherty.bsky.social · last yr.

New name because after removing 67k words, it's basically a new book! ROMEO & JULIET meets THE HUNGER GAMES when a fiery rebel and shy aristocrat find forbidden love amid a brutal uprising, hidden magic, and deadly monsters that could destroy them both. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #NA #FR #Q

ROMEO AND JULIET meets THE HUNGER GAMES in:
SNOWDROPS AND STONES
A 110k New Adult dystopian romantasy by H. L. Docherty

The fire snarled as it chewed the wood of my home.
Heat singed my face, winter's bite contrasting with sweat soaking through my ragged hoodie. I gagged on smoke curling in my throat but swallowed the cough. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction. If they wanted me scared, they should've used explosives.
Mum's eyes flashed at the burnt college entrance sign in our garden. Harroworth Central College was still visible beneath the scorch marks with Scabs not welcome scrawled across it.
Like we were nothing but dead skin, picked at until we bled.

gabby is now ✨elle reed✨@gabbywrites.bsky.social · last yr.

Fan of the childhood friends to lovers, years of yearning, and angst in THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY? Genny + Aiden are perfect for you 🫶🏽 #questpit #Q #YA #R

Fiona G Otsu @otsu-books.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you bow to tradition or burn it all down? Don't anger the forest. And yet Vivi does just that when her little sister is taken. Facing ancient monsters and uncovering the terrifying truth that lies at the heart of it all, Vivi discovers just how powerful her rage can be. #QuestPit #YA #Q #DF

A collage of images. One woman with her skin cracking and light shining through. A ghostly girl with her back to you. A girl sinking through water. A mossy lake. snowdrops. A girl in a misty forest. Mushrooms

Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #My #F (60k words) A dark & whimsical retelling of a holiday favorite: The Nutcracker. After someone is found dead at the annual Yule Ball, Clara, a young adult witch, must recover the dark gift stolen from her before any more harm can be done to her magical kingdom. #W #QuestPit

Lexi Heathermoor @lexiheathermoor.bsky.social · last yr.

Daphne & Remy hated each other at first sight, but dating his BFF meant no escape. When she & Jax split, the two admit their lust & agree to a sex contact. But a secret looms & Daphne must decide to protect her heart or risk it all for the one who makes her world burn. #Questpit #Q #A #DR #R

Lexi Heathermoor@lexiheathermoor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Day 4 of Snippets and Sleep Token 🖤 Everything I Once Had: an enemies to lovers contemporary dark romance. 🔥 #writingcommunity #amquerying #darkromance #writing #romance #romancebooks #booksky

R. K. Washburn - on sub!@beccawashburn.bsky.social · last yr.

Hey, editors! SORCERY OF THORNS x A MARVELLOUS LIGHT When an academic cult unleashes a blood-hungry paper magic on their city, a historian, a mage soldier, and a tantrum-throwing demon are forced to work together (and maybe get together) to stop them. #QuestPit #A #F #OS #AG

V.L. Lanius 🏺 is writing, again.@vl-lanius.bsky.social · last yr.

ROYAL MAGPIE'S OATH When your sidequest turns into saving the world. ✨ high magic, epic fantasy, poly romance ✨ PTSD, trauma, healing ✨ dragon POV ✨ cool ship ✨ shapeshifters, paladins, and dragons, oh my! #QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF #LGBTQ Pica art by Moustawott Bronze Dragon art by Allie Briggs

Mock newspaper page with several snippets.

Nuntii Gethki

Crown Prince Leaves Legion
Regillvs Pica, heir apparent, departs VIII Gethki after a heated conversation with his uncle, Regillvs Monedvla. Pica, whose royal name means Magpie, has grown increasingly vocal of late, calling for an end to the glorious conquest in Fetocia. Sources state he is discharged with full honors despite the dispute.
It is not the first time the prince has butted heads with his family. Trusted palace sources state that his relationship with his father, Aqvilla Pavo, is non-existent.
Pica was last seen re-joining the Celestial Shield and boarding a ship in Curia. His destination is unknown.
Dragon Activity on Sparkling Coast
There is increased dragon activity on the Sparkling Coast, between Cvria and Caltava. Residents report seeing the territory master, Levnys, on patrol for the first time in ten years. Reports of a strange dragon spotted around the area have not been confirmed.
Travelers Beware!
An increase in shady activity plagues Geth's harbors of late. Travelers purchasing passage in good faith have been abducted and sold into servitude. Be cautious especially if looking for employment, as these pirates prey especially on the impoverished.

Vaughn Roe | seeking new rep | PNRxRomantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · last yr.

HER SOUL TO TAKE X NEON GODS DEMON CHEVALIER I 89k romantasy A crossroads demon falls for an exorcist & risks a death penalty when he takes her to Hell. But exposure brings a punishment crueler than death: either sacrifice her soul or she's sent into slavery. hard-earned HEA #QuestPit #Q #A #RF

Ilana Kelley @ilanakelleyauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

THE BARGAINER x SIX OF CROWS x THE LOST APOTHECARY A Reader’s & #LitAgents Guide for NIGHT BIRD, an adult romantic fantasy ft: 🕰️dual timeline ✴️invisibility & intangibility magic 🔪FMC vigilante for wronged women 💞friend or foe? ☠️poison & female rage 🫂found family #QuestPit #Q #RF #F #A #AgentGuide

A Guide to Night Bird
An adult romantic fantasy novel

The Pitch
Ava can become invisible and walk through walls but can’t escape her warded cage. Destined to follow in her dead mother’s footsteps as a courtesan and spy, she’s trained to get close to—and betray—those in the highest levels of society. But alone at night in her room, she listens to the steam engine’s whistle, plays her cello to the night birds, and dreams of escaping her prison. Until one stormy evening, a boy, Zev, breaks through her window and gives her a taste of life beyond the bars.
Their chance meeting spawns two years of secret friendship until her eighteenth birthday, when her seduction training will begin. Instead, she wakes up to a grisly scene—a bloody trail, dead guardians, and broken wards. Given what she knows of Zev’s powerful abilities, she assumes her freedom came at his hand. She waits for his return, which never comes.
Eight years later, Ava has reinvented herself as Night Bird, a vigilante for wronged women. She’s assisted by a group of former street kids who’ve matured into a misfit gang. A botched mission finds them in the crosshairs of a shadowy man known as a high-powered fixer. That man turns out to be the boy who’d disappeared years earlier. It’s unclear if he’s friend or foe. However, when she takes on her biggest target—the last man to see her mother alive—Zev may be the only person keeping her from going up in flames.

For Fans of:
Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa—dual timeline & lost love
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner—female rage & poison
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo—found family & misfit crew

Chapter One
Only the night birds provided company in my caged existence. They sang for me after the sun dipped, gliding beyond my window’s metal bars as their trilling tunes wove through the moon’s light. They were my link to the outside world, a fragile tether to life beyond my warded room. My self-given name—Ava—was an homage to them, the beautiful creatures that kept me sane.
During the day, when I was granted time away from lessons, the noise and bustle of the street scared them beneath the eaves, into the holes and crannies of buildings. I’d sit, fists clenched, ears straining for their hopeful notes. But I was alone. The lectas didn’t count. They were caretakers, not company.
When streetlamps glowed in the satiny darkness, the night birds’ warbles piercing the quiet, I’d pull out my cello. My bow swept the strings like a feathered wing, and the resonant chords danced with the birdsong. They’d swoop and dive, triumphant in their freedom—something I’d never known and never would.

SM BUSH 🇨🇦📚@smbushwriter.bsky.social · last yr.

When wealthy socialite Beatrice Calloway’s birthday comes to an abrupt end by the arrogant demon, Charysyllon, the unlikely duo unwillingly set out on a road trip from Hell to save her soul. #questpit #Q #NA #R

Catherine Ford @catherinewford.bsky.social · last yr.

UPROOTED X FIDDLER ON ROOF 🌳Mesopotamian, edge-of-desert world 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Multi-gen family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Multi-POV 🪄Symbiotic family & god & farmland 🌳Farm magic vs land reform ❤️Slow burn subplot 👨‍🦱Seduction & betrayal 👨‍👦Meaning of sacrifice 🏜️Slow unraveling #questpit #F #A #W

Dagger, person holding soil & seedling, bare feet walking on fallen tree, cloaked figure with bow & arrow looking around side of house, peasant with sword, married couple holding sword, peasant woman looking behind her in fog, mysterious underground burrow, tree turning into a hand, burrow under tree.

Morgan Wodring 🦑 NEW WEIRD NATION @morkalmarrh.bsky.social · last yr.

🌊 THEY TOOK SOMETHING FROM YOU // THEY PUT SOMETHING IN YOU 🌊 CYANOSIS, where pagan gods move through human souls in the shadow of a city that grasps the sky. You probably need it like a hole in the head. #QuestPit #SF #H #A #Q #AgentsGuide

Verinn, a monstrous conurbation home to bird folk, shapeshifters and immortals. Five years ago, all data was wiped from cyberspace by devastating blackouts.
Kioki thinks she knows the truth about what happened that day. That’s why she shut down the laboratory in the sea beneath the city’s superstructure.
Trigger, though, doesn’t think he knows anything. Not his past, not what he wants, and not about the infection changing him into a species unknown to the scientists in that same laboratory.
Like a lot of things in Verinn, that lab won’t stay dead. Not when there’s work to do.

Agent's guide to cyanosis, 98k sci-fi, standalone with series potential. THE SEA IS RISING

For fans of Midnight water city, perdido street station, annihilation or our wives under the sea.

John W Treviño @johnwtrevino.bsky.social · last yr.

🏀 Catalina Corazón 🏀 Hates: Quinn Likes: Sofie Loves: Basketball, Xanax, & Quinn 💕 Quinn Carter 💕 Hates: Herself Loves: Music & Catalina Murdered: ??? 🔥 FIX YOU 🔥 The story of a totally healthy Catholic high school romance. #questpit #YA #Q

Brandon Love @blovewrites.bsky.social · last yr.

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

Dystopian, manipulation, hidden knowledge, The Alpha Project

AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · last yr.

‘The idea of a woman ruling is so terrible to powerful men, they’ll do anything to stop it from happening.’ THE JASMINE THRONE x SIX OF CROWS • Sapphic slowburn 🌈 • Forbidden magic 🖤 • Enemies to allies to lovers ⚔️ • Band of misfits-turned-heroes 🥷 • All female POVs ✨ #QuestPit #Q #A #F

Bookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · last yr.

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Lyric's best friend/crush Eleanor swears she isn't in a cult but as the boys Eleanor was chasing start to disappear from their backwoods town, Lyric must investigate the cultish town and if there is something monstrously with her friend. #Questpit #Q #YA #H #R

Creepy moodboard with Ferris wheel, bar, cowboy hat, church, stained glass window, girls shadow, girl with match between teeth, eart, broken her necklace all with a pinkish haze.

gabby is now ✨elle reed✨@gabbywrites.bsky.social · last yr.

AN ACADEMY FOR LIARS X NINTH HOUSE To get her dad a new kidney, Ryan needs to master her illusions, but when her classmates' memories start to shift with false ones replacing the real, Ryan wonders if her dad's transplant is all she needs to worry about. #questpit #W #NA #F

Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️@tylerstasi.bsky.social · last yr.

#QuestPit #Q #F #R #agentguide for TOG x ODW x OUABH A dangerous rot is spreading—and Daphne must find a way to stop it before her world plunges into ruin. 👑epic garden fantasy 🌷dash of botanical horror 🐝slow burn romance 🌱 insect/floral imagery 👀editor interest👀

black spring original fantasy novel with romance subplot by tyler stasi

a young woman braves her kingdoms hidden dangers to stop a mysterious rot from spreading.

moodboard with tropes and unique features of original fantasy novel

Abigail is Agented @abigailwadlington.bsky.social · last yr.

TANGLED x ANASTASIA In a realm where people go to forget their worst memories, an orphan with Tourette’s recruits an infuriating pickpocket to help her win her own memories back, hoping to recall her lost family. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Casey P. StJohn @cpstjohn.bsky.social · last yr.

A Fate tasked with scheduling the lives & deaths of mortals to maintain the balance of light & dark, must track down a killer to restore the fractured balance when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on the doorstep of her best friend, Death. #A #F #MY #questpit #Q

Fake job ad for my Adult fantasy mystery, A Wayward Balance. Pale blue background with black text on the left 2/3 of the photo. On the right is the picture of a hand holding a pen hovering over a piece of paper.

Text says:
Tired of the same old life and looking for a change?
Want to make a difference in the lives of others?
Apply at Kismet today for our Chosen One program and be rewarded with your every desire.

Requirements:
Clean past lives record.
Willing to sacrifice for the greater good.
Not squeamish at the sight of blood.
Not highly sensitive to motion (Portal travel may be necessary)
Tragic backstory preferred, but not required.

There is a fake disclaimer at the bottom that says: *Disclaimer* Kismet is not legally responsible for any accidental death or dismemberment. Any and all complaints must be filed by next of kin with Dahlia at Departed Corps within three decades.

amarie is ✨ON SUB✨@amariewrites.bsky.social · last yr.

After a huge falling out as teens, Theo disappears from Amara’s life overnight. Eight years later, he comes back into town with a life-changing secret, and offers to renovate her new plus-size boutique if she gives their friendship a second chance✨ *will be on sub soon!🤭 #questpit #r #agented

Chase Grayson is Agented🌙@adropofmagick.bsky.social · last yr.

ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK Nocturne's halls hold secrets darker than Alyss ever imagined. With sinister professors & corrupted moon magic, she'll need to work with her ex, his new girl, & an infuriately charming vampire to avenge her sister's murder. #QuestPit #Q #YA #DF

A Memory of Moonkissed Malice
Villain Era Protag
Frenemies to Lovers
Queendoms
Found Family
Fantasy Dark Academia
Vampires
Feminine Rage
Corrupted Moon Magic

The Pitch
18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school’s guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic, and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.

Chapter One
The rain made it easier to rob his grave.
My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night’s whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us.
Us.
As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth.

For Fans Of...
The lush, gothic prose of...
A fantasy academia setting like...
A murder mystery similar to...

Rachel @raeblainewrites.bsky.social · last yr.

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

Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · last yr.

PITCH: Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone. Blue Bloods x Yakuza #PR #Q #questpit 💙📚📖

Photo is of a dead end path, in a mold-infested dungeon. One side of the tunnel leads to prison bars; the other side leads to darkness. But, in the middle of the path, a ray of light shines from an unseen doorway, illuminating the stone floor, and showing a possible escape route. Photography by Dawn Berkoski.

C. Warde Lee @librarianofthunder.bsky.social · last yr.

A centaur cheats at jousting, until the fake horse head goes KERPLOP! 🌈Mythology X SPOP 🗡️Betrayed by the man he loves 🗡️Betrayed by his father 🐈‍⬛Cat Si from Irish folklore 🐐Snarky/greedy satyr 🐎Badass centaur 🧚‍♀️Tricky pixies can't lie ☀️Gods from many pantheons #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #writing

The Title Page of the Agents Guide. The title of the book is THE STOLEN IDOL by Christopher Lee. It is a 86K word YA Fantasy. An image drawn and colored digitally by the author is in the center of the page. The image shows a broken opal colored disk in front of the Cat Si's golden eye.

The Pitch:
Winning a jousting tournament should be easy for a centaur, and it is, until the false horse head falls off Fotini’s shoddy disguise. She quickly steals the tournament prize, a golden idol, and gallops toward the forest ripping off her heavy jousting armor to outrun the tournament guards. When she arrives home to fulfill her contract, she discovers she accidentally ditched the idol with her disguise. Along with two fellow thieves, she retraces her steps praying the idol is still there. Hopefully it wasn’t cracked, or worse, found by a disgusting human.
Seventeen-year-old Jaimie Whitfield is accused of being a fae changeling, a creature who kidnaps children and assumes their form. If he does not escape, he will be executed for impersonating himself. His father will then invade the fae kingdom to rescue a son who hasn’t actually been kidnapped, all because he saw Jaimie kiss another young man and would rather believe his son has been kidnapped than accept his sexuality. As he awaits his demise, Jaimie turns to the broken idol he found by the roadside with a quiet prayer. He doesn’t expect an answer, but is shocked when a mysterious black cat slips through his high tower window.
Jaimie joins the shapeshifting cat known as the Cat Sí and the not fully human trio of thieves who dropped the idol to begin with. These outcasts race to warn the fae of the coming invasion. Along the way, Jaimie and his new friends learn long-forgotten secrets of how the Irish fae, the Cat Sí, and the Celtic gods are involved in an ancient feud with pantheons across the sea.

Tropes and Themes:

Found Family
Generational Trauma
Unrequited Love
Betrayal
Acceptance
LGBTQIA+ Representation
Celtic Mythology
Greek Mythology
Norse Mythology
Egyptian Mythology
Heroes Journey
Small Trickster Fae
Magical Girl Transformation

For Fans of:

Daughter of Sparta series by Claire M. Andrews
New take on several ancient myths
Mentions of gods from other lands
Ancient setting

Lore by Alexandra Bracken
Original story with mythical characters
Intense fight scenes

She-Ra (Netflix)
Lighthearted
LGBTQIA+ representation
Found family
Scary cat lady

Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · last yr.

A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #QuestPit #YA #H #T

This is a moodboard of orange and green images with a spooky, woodsy vibe including a hand with a vine, and deer at night, an eye reflecting fire, a set of pill bottles, top surgery scars with a barbed wire tattoo, and a black woman covered in ivy

Trinity🪞is querying🪞@trinitywrites.bsky.social · last yr.

BLADE RUNNER x THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER 👩‍💻Lonely teenage hacker 🤖Mysterious android boy ❤️‍🔥Slow-burn romance 🩸Powerful mega-corporations 🌃A sprawling city 🔎Scavenger hunt for computer chips that hold the answer to a murder… and maybe immortality, too. #questpit #Q #YA #SF #MY

A father and a daughter split by a tear in the paper. A foreboding alley in a red-tinted city. Piles of cash. A dark-haired girl with her eyes crossed out. A hand holding a key. A boy with an empty photo strip covering his eyes. A dark green eye.

Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · last yr.

LEGENDBORN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Either she fulfills her family's legacy, or she dies with it. 🤸‍♀️ Badass female protagonist 💧🪨🔥🌪️ Elemental magic system 🌆 Urban fantasy in NYC 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Magic competition 🌈 Diverse ensemble cast #Q #YA #F #Jewish #QuestPit

A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to THE WINDWALKER - Katie Collan - young adult urban fantasy 105,000 words" over a person with a red cloak standing in the middle of a grassy field.

Pitch: "When fighters start disappearing from an underground tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament's secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate."

A mood board featuring eight panels with a corresponding color palette in the center, as well as the caption, "Believe in the wind and you'll prevail." From left to right, top to bottom: fire burning down a building; ocean water; the sky above the clouds; a cracked, rocky ground; a red-haired girl in a red cloak with glowing white eyes, holding a dagger hilt with a transparent blade made of air; a skyline view of nighttime Manhattan; a NYC subway track; a boxing ring that depicts two people practicing punches beyond the ropes.

Remarkable Young Women Project @megorra.bsky.social · last yr.

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