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K.L. Lempereur is Querying!

@kllempereur.bsky.social

SFF writer. Anti-AI. Currently querying: THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, a sapphic science fantasy about a god-king and the woman intent on destroying her. Lover of video games, books, my cats, and my wife.

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K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 15h ago

My two main characters and POVs of THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, the protagonist Calypso and antagonist Asteria 💜 Short version: Calypso: daughter of a hero who tried & failed to stop Asteria, tinkerer, spy Asteria: God-King of a cult, can consume life force, hot butch lesbian #DVParty #SFF #A

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · yesterday

THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY is my adult space fantasy full of toxic sapphics and other queers. Won't go into a pitch here, but these moodboards make me SO HAPPY. MAD MAX x BORDERLANDS (video game) x THE LOCKED TOMB x THE STARS ARE LEGION #DVParty #SFF #LGBTQ

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 4d ago

THE LOCKED TOMB x THE STARS ARE LEGION x Mad Max: Fury Road — in space, with #ownvoices sapphics! Asteria wants to bring the entire universe to its knees. Calypso wants to stop her. But their secrets and obsession with each other threaten to destroy everything. #amquerying #SFF #agentsguide

an agents guide to The Brightest Star in the Sky. adult sci-fi fantasy, lgbtq+

Twelve years ago, Asteria escaped from a research facility and became the God-King: the most powerful bitch in the galaxy.

Calypso Atticas, adopted daughter of the heroes who failed to stop Asteria, has spent the last twelve years hiding from the God-King and her cult.

When Calypso infiltrates Asteria’s spaceship temple as a prisoner, she must survive deadly “bloodgames” to prevent Asteria’s universe-consuming ascension. But her mission to save the galaxy might end up costing her her heart.

perfect for fans of THE STARS ARE LEGION (toxic, complex sapphic romance); SOME DESPERATE GLORY (queer, dark tones and spaceships); The Locked Tomb series (magic lesbians in space); Mad Max Fury Road (yes it's a cult but make it Aesthetic); Borderlands series (futuristic mayhem, space travel, and magic)

adult sapphic space fantasy / 99k words / first in a planned duology / dual-POV

First words:

The sooner Asteria accomplished what she'd come to the middle of fucking nowhere at the ass-end of the galaxy for, the sooner she could do something more interesting than overseeing her peons as they prepared for the live-streamed celebration. Like taunting her soon-to-be-prisoners.

Fate had handed her both the means to her ultimate ascension and a way to keep the fools who’d once tried to stop her out of the way. With any luck, they’d start begging for their lives soon.

And, of course, she was a merciful god. She’d give them their lives. She had their cage picked out, after all.

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 4d ago

The God-King Asteria will consume every living thing in the galaxy to never be a victim again, starting with the “heroes” in her way. Calypso will play an innocent prisoner to neutralize Asteria's power + save the heroes who raised her. TLT x THE STARS ARE LEGION x Mad Max #preDV #A #SFF #OWN #LGBT

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 5d ago

THE LOCKED TOMB x THE STARS ARE LEGION Trapped in a temple to the God-King Asteria, Calypso must survive deadly “bloodgames” to buy time & prevent Asteria from consuming everything in the universe to ascend. But her mission is compromised as she falls for who Asteria once was. #preDV #A #SFF #LGBT

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 5d ago

TLT x THE STARS ARE LEGION Calypso is a tinkerer raised by heroes. Asteria is a God-King with millions of fans & a vendetta for heroes. When Asteria's hunt for invincibility threatens her family, Calypso will trick and neutralize a god...if she doesn't lose her heart first. #preDV #A #SFF #LGBT

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 5d ago

THE LOCKED TOMB x THE STARS ARE LEGION This hero’s daughter must… ✨ Survive (& trick) a lesbian with a Mad Max-esque cult 💫 Protect her crewmates in deadly bloodgames 🌟 Prevent the God-King from consuming the universe And most importantly: ⭐ Never, ever fall for the God-King #preDV #A #SFF #LGBT

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 5d ago

TLT x STARS ARE LEGION x Mad Max When hero’s daughter Calypso is imprisoned on a spaceship temple, she must survive deadly “bloodgames” & charm her family's oldest enemy to buy time to prevent the God-King Asteria’s ascension, or the universe will suffer an invincible tyrant. #preDV #A #SFF #LGBT

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 5d ago

TLT+THE STARS ARE LEGION+Mad Max Trapped in a temple to the brutal God-King Asteria, a failed hero's daughter must survive deadly “bloodgames” to buy time & prevent Asteria’s ascension. But her mission to save the universe is compromised as she falls for who Asteria once was. #preDV #A #SFF #LGBT

rihdara klay 📖@rihdaraklay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WE HARVEST THE CARNAGE: AGENT GUIDE 🫀 Presenting my 90,000-word fantasy horror about a college freshman who joins a club of pre-meds to harvest the organs of the elite with body magic🩸 #agents - if you're looking for guts and gays, this is for you! #agentguide #querying

WE HARVEST THE CARNAGE - adult fantasy horror, 90,000 words - in which a college freshman joins a club of pre-meds to harvest the organs of the elite with body magic. dark academia x body x horror dual timeline - south asian rep x bi4bi x STEM - vengeance, moral ambiguity, and guts galore

blurb - please DM for text version due to character limit!

vibes - books: honey by imani thompson, ninth house by leigh bardugo, if we were villains by m.l. rio, and kill billionaire by anders lustgarten. songs - pictures of you by the cure, fireproof by mitski, them changes by thundercat, little dark age by mgmt

first 300 words - please DM for text version due to character limit!

Zoe is ✨querying✨@zgauthor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🗝️ sapphic princess x thief 🗡️ impossible heist ⚔️ only one horse 🌙 found family ☀️ sunshine x gremlin 🐦‍⬛ morally gray heroine ✨ disability rep 🤫 everyone has secrets 🏹 touch her and die 🧭 ragtag crew 💀 sprinkles of horror #QuestPit #W #YA #F #R #MY #H

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BURY OUR BONES X TLT X Mad Max: Fury Road — in space, with #ownvoices sapphics! Asteria wants to bring the entire universe to its knees. Calypso wants to stop her. But their secrets, ambitions, and obsession with each other threaten to unravel everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #F #LGBTQ

a purple and gold spacey sapphic moodboard and a pitch.

12 years ago, Asteria became a god—almost. a group of heroes hid the last bit of power she needed to consume, and they've been running since. the heroes and their daughter Calypso have spent that time building a weapon to kill a god.

when Asteria captures Calypso and her crewmates to keep the heroes from using the weapon, Calypso sees her chance to fix everything. she plays a dangerous game, drawing Asteria in to find out her plans, tip off the heroes, and guide the god-king into the weapons crosshairs.

and as long as the god-king doesn't consume her first, it'll work.

perfect for fans of BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL (toxic, obsessive sapphic romance); SOME DESPERATE GLORY (queer, dark tones and spaceships); TLT series (magic lesbians in space); Mad Max Fury Road (yes it's a cult but make it Aesthetic); Borderlands series (futuristic mayhem, space travel, and magic)

adult sapphic dark sci-fi fantasy / 100k words / first in a planned duology / dual-POV

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BURY OUR BONES x TLT x Mad Max: Fury Road ✨toxic sapphic romance ✨enemies *and* lovers ✨a series of livestreamed "bloodgames" ✨set on a spaceship-slash-temple ✨the fate of the universe vs. the fate of your heart ✨literally everyone is queer in some way ✨a masked god #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #F #LGBTQ

Siobhán is querying! 🏁@siobhandorr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HEATED RIVALRY x NASCAR When rival drivers-turned-teammates Grayson and Corey are forced to road trip the season together, their biggest challenge becomes their secret romance and deciding what they want more: standing in the winner's circle alone or hand-in-hand. #questpit #a #r #q

Grayson moodboard! Backdrop is a moodboard for Grayson featuring mullets, the car number 69, wine glasses, cardinals, checkered flags, and soft sunsets.

Moodboard for Corey featuring wind chimes, crickets, turning gears, dark lake water, and Polaroid’s of porch swings.

Tereza Maze @terezamazura.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📁 CASE FILE: GAMA // QUERYING 📌 Location: Post-apocalyptic Switzerland 👉🏼 When her brain chip starts failing, Anna must return to the scientific collective she fled, where trusting the mysterious stranger she saved may cost her the only thing she has left. Her sanity ☠️ #QuestPit #Q #A #RS #SFF

Kira Fierro @kirawritesbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

CRIMSON IDOL - my Science Fantasy reimagining of Julius Caesar through the eyes of Cleopatra! 🌌 Vibes + Inspirations ⤵️ Sci Fi/Fantasy Shakespeare 1940s Fashion/Art Deco Star Wars Rachel Zegler’s Evita x Coriolanus Snow coded relationship Influencer/Celebrity Culture #W #A #SFF #SF #questpit

Holly C | #QuestPit Pinned 📌@hlcauthor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Three friends descend into an abandoned Cornish mine. Two return. Police don’t believe Alyx’s story of their folkloric encounter — those who do belong to a covert force. Strong-arming her way into their ranks leads to answers, but they come at a cost, and loyalty can be fatal. #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

A mist-strewn Lake District landscape background. Centred is the title: TRINITY. Beneath, the subtitle: Contemporary Fantasy | 99,000 words.

The same misty Lake District backdrop. On the left, four vertically stacked images: a thin tunnel inside of a Cornish mine with bright blue copper staining. A Land Rover Defender with its fog lights blearing, making its way through a misty forest. A regal Lake District stone mansion, cropped to show the bay windows. An abandoned factory, empty, but bathed in an eerie green light. On the right, a white box featuring the following pitch text:

BRITAIN'S FOLKLORE IS ONLY THE COVER STORY.

When an urban exploration ends with her closest friend being dragged into the darkness by a creature of local myth, Alyx Delaney can't save him. Worse, nobody believes what she saw.
Refusing to accept Conor is gone, Alyx claws for evidence and uncovers
Trinity: a covert,
science-forward organisation that has quietly shaped Britain's response to the horrors hidden within its folklore.
Grief drives Alyx to unearth hidden truths that the powerful at Trinity kept buried for decades.

A misty Lake District background. In the foreground, three book covers: Adam Nevill’s The Ritual, Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House and Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season. Beneath, the title: SHELVED WITH.

lily is querying!📖🎭🎀@lilyshadbolt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

MESSY LESBIAN PIRATES MUST KILL A FALSE GOD, OR DIE. ft. a closeted princess wielding temperamental fire; a pirate captain who is totally her type; the shadow-wielding blond with bottomless jokes and 2x the trauma; an infuriating blood-wielder who might be more than he seems… #QuestPit #Q #A #LGBT

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

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And now for some of my absolute favorite quotes and character moments from Calypso and Asteria being toxic and queer. Find out the context for all of these in THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, a Bury Our Bones x TLT x Mad Max science fantasy extravaganza 💫 in a spaceship 💫. #ProfilePit #Q #A #SF #F

Quotes from Calypso:

1. There was one thing Asteria seemed to forget when it came to her "little trophy". The more the god-king warned her away from a course of action, the more Calypso wanted to do it.

2. A fork to Xanthos' neck, while fun, wasn't enough. Only one thing would perk her up—and it involved the Temple of the Brightest Star on fire.

Quotes from Asteria:

1. "I was talking. And you didn't even have the decency to taste good," Asteria said in disgust, flicking ash away from her impeccable coat.

Favorite Calypso x Asteria moments:

1. Asteria let another slow smile grow on her face. "A lady doesn't eat and tell."
"Then you should be able to answer just fine," Calypso said.

More Calypso x Asteria moments:

1. Asteria regarded her with warm, bright eyes. "You still hate me?"
"Completely," Calypso confirmed. She reached forward, tugging Asteria's shirt over her head.

K.L. Lempereur is Querying!@kllempereur.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sapphic (#ownvoices) sci-fi? ✅ Toxic protag/antag romance? ✅ A journey across the stars with a mad max-esque live-streaming cult? Also ✅ Meet Calypso and Asteria, the two POVs of THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. Bury Our Bones x TLT x Mad Max: Fury Road #ProfilePit #Q #A #SF #F #LGBT

Beth Michaela...querying writer.@bmfwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hildy's spent her life drawn to Bloodcliff Manor. She never expected the house was longing for her, too. 🖤 BLOODCLIFF MANOR Adult Paranormal Romance | 78k #ProfilePit #A #PR #Gothic #Romance #Q #weirdgirlfic

Q’Zion T. Gipson has a ✨ BOOK DEAL!✨@qziontgipson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My debut climate YA fantasy, The Roots of Destiny, features a quirky, adventurous Black girl MC who discovers: 🍃 an enchanted garden w/ ancestral ties 🌷 a secret society of fae who protect it ☀️her own plant-wielding magic 🌸 as many secrets as blooms #ProfilePit #TBP #YA #F

brittney is agented!🔮✨@brittneyjoan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DEATH TO THE LOVERS AND THE FOOL A psychic must complete a series of tarot-based tasks to confront her selfish behavior or lose her gift & the love of her life🔮 Speculative romcom feat. a bisexual, plus-size FMC & slow burn friends-to-lovers🪄🃏 #ProfilePit #Q #A #R #Spec

henna is drafting 🌿💐🐈‍⬛@hennamarchives.bsky.social · 3mo ago

THE ARCHIVIST AND THE MAGE from my dual POV adult romantic fantasy with mystery elements, pitched as PALADIN'S GRACE ⚔️ x EMILY WILDE 🪻 featuring... 🪶 contract-based magic 💐 complicated sibling dynamics 🧺 the diaspora experience 🌿 a bog-body murder mystery #profilepit #WIP #A #F

Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚@galenbunting.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#ProfilePit #Q #YA #NA #Spec #amquerying 💥 coming-of-rage 👽cults, aliens, the paranormal, pain as weapon 🔮a chosen one who refuses ❓you’ve always been different, haven’t you? ⚧️t4t road-trip through liminal Americana 💻high strangeness 😱othermothers 🛸yes, you’re different, just like me

Witnessers of the unknown 96k, SFF, YA/NA, t4t LGBT
A healing is not a lovely thing
Christophe
Wounded healer
on a starfield, an image of a boy with a shaved head in blue in a black hoodie, the image connects to an image of a blond boy with long hair

One of these stars loves him. It skims off fromt he rest and follows him. February, alien soul.
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Olivia Bey is Querying @be-tweenthepages.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A FACE SO LOVELY INSPIRSED BY ALICE IN WONDERLAND X TRIALS OF THE SUN QUEEN X THRONE OF THE FALLEN #ProfilePit #A #F #WIP