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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨

@jenhallsmith.bsky.social

Writing witchy,fantasy romance with strong neurodivergent rep. Now querying 🙃 ADHD & Multiple Chronic Ailments Mostly on the 🕰️ app

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Carmen DaVinleam@carmendavinleam.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Q #questpit #F A dead woman with chronic pain is forced to reap killers, but when her daughter is nabbed by someone she's stalking-she’ll have to choose-follow Afterlife’s rules & discover the truth about her own death or save her daughter & never know why she’s the only Afterlifer who feels pain

A dark female figure stands before a dark gate, the words glimmer monster before her. Dark fantasy, slow burn, serial killers, lgbtqia+ rep, disabled FMC. Book comps surrounding- the girl from the whale darkly dreaming Dexter in the dark we forget they never learn. I am not a serial killer and all is well.
Sarah Dorko@sarahdorko.bsky.social · 2w ago

KNIGHT & MOTH x DREAMS LIE BENEATH Wolf steals his family’s prophetic dream magic to protect his illegitimate brother and himself from the new heir, but if he can’t uncover the magic’s secrets, it will kill him before he can save anyone. #QuestPit #W #YA #F

A black and white moodboard with highlights of red. The top right image shows a young man with long black hair messily tied back, leaning his chin on one hand. Below is an overhead shot of a spiraling wooden staircase. Below is the back of a young man with his hair messily tied back. In the middle above is a pair of hangers reaching down cast under red light with a black and white image of a pair of hands reaching up below it. In the top right, a girl blows smoke from her mouth, obscuring her face. Below is a vibrant photo of red poppies, slightly wrinkled. In the bottom corner, is a girl looking over her shoulder. She wears black, has a sleeve of tattooed, and long hair that obscures part of her face.
C.J. Subko@cjsubko.bsky.social · 2w ago

KNIGHT & MOTH x GODKILLER x Renn "Italy" If they steal 7 angel hearts, a secret witch and angsty witchhunter can kill the gods who conquered their kingdom. Win: They free their countrymen. Lose: everyone dies and they never get the chance to nurture their newfound bond. #A #F #QuestPit #Q #LGBT

polaroids of florence, a bridge over a river, and two people kissing over a gray background of a river and the words "be my beautiful enemy"
Rara Hope@rarahope.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE MUMMYxCITY OF DUSK Jeddeith is an exiled monster hunter but something stole most of his memories. All he has are tattoos that help cast familiar spells & his first dream (nightmare) in six years. In each dream that follows the same sea nymph tries to kill him &… he lets her. #QuestPit #A #F #P

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Megan Watt@meganwattwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

#QuestPit #Q #F #A GOD OF BEGINNINGS BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN x METAL SLINGER It was never their power to share, it was always hers to take… 🔮 Unique magic system 🌈 Queer, mental health, and disability rep 🛏️ One bed (but he owns the inn) 😈 Corrupt Gods in power

An agents guide to (book mockup) God of Beginnings; Adult Fantasy, 95K wordsThe Pitch: Magic is waning and war is on the horizon, so when Arden, a seemingly powerless guard, exhibits magic she shouldn’t have in front of the Gods--her days of protecting the city end and the hunt for her life begins. Female soldier is in corner of imageThe Comps: Alchemised and Blood Over Bright Haven (Industrial World-Building), The Primal of Blood and Bone (Corrupt Gods in Power), and Metal Slinger (Hero to Villain Digression)The Tropes: Queer MC Steampunk city Unique magic system Complicated family dynamics One bed (but he owns the inn) Unreliable narrator Deadly trials Why choose Two fingers touch at the bottom of page
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

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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.
Adregem ཐིཋྀ@adregem.bsky.social · 2w ago

LOSING YOU BACKWARD PRIDE & PREJUDICE X TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE When a woman falls for a man who’s been condemned to travel backward in time through their romance, she must defy the Time God to break the curse before the man she loves is erased from her life and time itself. #QuestPit #W #A #F

Mood board for the fantasy novel Losing You Backward: The interior of a Victorian era rail car; Victorians at a ball; an English street, gas lamps; a woman in a ball gown; clocks; an apothecary wall; a Victorian era seaside resort
Athena Lambrou@athena-lambrou.bsky.social · 2w ago

They Hate Each Other X Imogen, Obviously Ares needs to do 3 things in life so he doesn’t let his family down: -Date a nice Cypriot girl -Get into a good university -NOT fall in love with his rival, his sister-in-law’s brother ✨Big 5 imprint editor interest #QuestPit #YA #R #Q

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