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jenn (is querying and writing)

@kotegentarri.bsky.social

28 | library worker and writer | chronically ill + endometriosis | gothic romance and horror + eldritch horror | 🖤cr: Demons by Dostoyevsky Website: https://jenniferkausewrites.my.canva.site/

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Nadine Flint @nadineflintbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

MYTH, MUSE, MAGICIAN A Forbidden Alchemy x The Night Circus x Peaky Blinders 💫1920s-tinted grit & glamor 💫Stage Magicians 💫Slow-burn, star-crossed 💫Magical Bootlegging 💫Mental Health Rep 💫Only one trunk👀 #revpit ‘25 Winner #Q #F #RF #QuestPit #agentguide

In the background, a black and white sketch portrait of a man with short dark hair. The text reads: An Agent’s Guide to Myth, Muse, Magician by Nadine Flint 99,000 word Adult Romantic Fantasy

A black and white sketch portrait of a woman with short, dark, curly hair and a 1920s style headband. The text reads: The Pitch. Star-crossed lovers—an anxious illusionist and a claustrophobic escape artist—enter a stage magicians competition to win their freedom from their rival crime families.

In the background, a black and white sketch portrait of a man wearing a pinstriped suit. The text reads: For fans of… with book covers of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan, and Peaky Blinders.

A black and white sketch portrait of a woman wearing a flapper dress with layers of necklaces. In her hand, she holds a microphone.

Caroline is always writing @carolinekwriting.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES X AGATHA ALL ALONG When a man awakens an ancient evil, a coven of immortal witches, who came together after surviving various witch trials, must decide if they want to save the world or let it burn. #QuestPit #WIP #F #A #H

Tamara ⛱️🎇🕶️🌊☀️@tamaratoday.bsky.social · 3mo ago

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.

Chantal Danieli — is editing! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 3mo 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.

Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🥀YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES X HAZELTHORN🥀 Lucas begrudgingly works at a haunted community theater and must cooperate with Mira, a first-year criminal justice student with a sour attitude, to investigate the theater’s botanical horrors. #Questpit #S #H #WIP

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

our writer: Katherine ࿔‧ ֶָ֢˚˖𐦍˖˚ֶָ֢ ‧࿔ 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 Her enthusiasm spreads like a disease, a threatening smile spilling from Arthur’s face. One could not resist themselves around Katherine, a woman notoriously beautiful and frighteningly destined for greatness. #questpit #W #A #H #S #R

a 25 frame moodboard with the middle column all black and white old cinema pictures; the rest are mostly maroon red with some gold and pearls.

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

our actor: Arthur Sinclair ✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚࣪ ִֶָ☾. 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 "There are five men within one; perhaps more linger in the shadows but it is the quintet that plague Arthur Sinclair into a midnight blend of dreams, fears, and the existence of mankind." #questpit #W #A #H #S #R

a moodboard of 25 frames, with all the middle column alight with colors of red, yellow and blue. The rest of the frame are black and white cinema of various images: distorted faces, screenshots of old cinema, quotes, stages, and darkness.

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

an #agentsguide to #Thoroughfare ♡ A western gothic horror in which a religious apostle & western outlaw must work together to stop an eldritch horror spreading across the desert. .°˖⋆ ℧ 𓃗 .°˖⋆ ♡ This is a novella! 26,500 words - interact and I'll query! #questpit #Q #A #H #Western

agents guide title page of "Thoroughfare" with four pictures of a golden doves, a blackened body, a vulture on a cross, and a western landscape with a cowgirl and a horse.

this section has text of the pitch of what the novella is about, along with copy/pasted text of a prayer from the novella. The pictures are warm-toned with horses, hands, western imagery.

This snippet page has a chunk of the novella as text in quotes; with blue toned pictures of the wild west and two characters.

this section is for comparables with blood meridian, vampries of el norte, red dead redemption II and what moves the dead. other texts invoke the themes and tropes of the novella; with blue toned western photos in the back

krista is writing like a maniac ❦@kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#W #A #H #PR #S #questpit THEM x DON’T WORRY, DARLING x STEPFORD WIVES x MAFIA II 🍷unreliable narrator 🍷set in mid-50s 🍷out of body experiences with a side of body horror 🍷did you just eat glass? 🍷a bipolar mobster husband 🍷being black in white dominated areas 🍷do not blink

hannah nagle :))@hannahnagle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Presenting my #agentguide for SUCH A FICKLE FATE, my 75k grounded fantasy featuring: 🤍Celtic mythology 🤍Seer FMC/Demigod MMC 🤍intertwined destinies 🤍anxiety & depression rep 🤍slow burn 🤍female friends/found fam 🤍real-world setting #questpit #NA #YA #Q #F

Carisa Dunn @carisadunn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ALL THE HOLLOW CURSES | Crossover | One Dark Window x Pandora's Box ⌛️FMC, who is slowly descending into madness, and the Monster in her head that is enabling her. 🖤Slow burn romance (so slowly because he is frightened of her, and he loves it) 🗝️ Dark Fairytale x Mythology #questpit #agentsguide #F #Q

Caroline is always writing @carolinekwriting.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SINNERS X THIS RAVENOUS FATE X IWTV When a strange white man approaches her with the power to set herself free, Angeline accepts... but she didn't understand the price she would have to pay or how much it would bite. #Questpit #Q #F #A #H #LGBT

Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pumped to pitch ETERNALLY DEAD - my 107k paranormal romantic fantasy that explores what happens when an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm 🧛‍♂️ 🩸🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q #amquerying

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 107k 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.

Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads: Celia Sharpe's life-long dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines. But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she abandons her job to follow him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm.

Stranded and vulnerable in a world of dangerous monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP. But the stranger she followed reveals that he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum (Eternally Dead), and he offers her a seductive opportunity: if Celia stays, the band's flirty guitarist Caliban will temporarily heal her hand so she can join Mortuus Aeternum. However, she must perform for audiences of blood-thirsty vampires, of course.

Trapped in the Vampire Realm with no way out, Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks death if she doesn't find a way home. Especially when blood shortages are announced across the Vampire Realm. How will she survive?

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

Red and black background with white text snd large red title that reds THE OPENING. Below the title is the opening of the book, which reads: Celia Sharpe slammed her palm against the closed subway doors, trying to pry open the cool metal with sweaty fingertips. The train had finally – finally – made it to the station, and she needed to get off. Now. When the doors opened at long last, she burst through them like a bat out of hell, charging towards the exit.
She couldn't miss the opening of this show, or it might be her last.

Below the opening is the word EXCERPT in large red letters, and below is text in white font. The following excerpt reads:
Caliban knelt beside her and took her hand, her breath hitching at his touch. A warm sensation transferred between his fingertips and her scar, a tingling feeling moving up her whole arm. She pulled back on instinct.
“What did you do?” she trembled, awestruck. The scar had vanished.
“It’s only temporary. Please play,” he said, his green eyes wanting.
The pain was gone. Gone. As if it had never been there at all. Her left hand curved around the guitar neck, hugging the strings. Overcome by the magic of it, Celia grinned.

Ayishah Hasni is ✨AGENTED✨@ayishahhasni.bsky.social · 3mo ago

✅Find a magical, moving island ✅Give a princess private lessons in piracy ✅Rescue her fiance ✅Avoid being eaten by monsters on the Indian Ocean ❌Fall in love ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOYAGES is a retelling of the Arabian Nights tale of Sinbad the Sailor if it were YA & enemies to lovers #questpit #Q

Kiraal character aesthetic with whales, pirate flags, pirate ships, treasure chests, telescopes, and maps.

Princess Jiya aesthetic with an island, mermaids, ships, an Indian palace, horses, and peacocks.

J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Maddie lets Justin help her w/ a customer's order, but has no idea of the emotional whirlwind it'll bring when she finds herself torn between following her dreams or her heart. 🧁 #questpit #R #YA #P

Culinary Confessions moodboard

Top row: black girl w/ curly hair in floral top and yellow jacket standing behind a flower field; silhouette of couple watching a starry sky; black guy wearing blue t-shirt and yellow beanie

Middle row: Flaky apple dessert sprinkled with powdered sugar; "just you and me... and that up against the wall, in the backseat, under the stars, lost in the moment while the rest of the world fades away, kind of kissing" quote; homemade blueberry crumble

Bottom row: anonymous person baking with flour and eggs; black couple baking together; silhouette of couple sharing a kiss

K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An #AgentsGuide to ASHMARKED for #QuestPit The first lie was calling it faith... #A #F #DF #Q

An Agent's Guide to Ashmarked
Netflix's Midnight Mass meets Shadow and Bone for corrupt faith breeding sanctioned violence and bound to dangerous power others seek.

The Comps- Blood over Bright Haven for power built on a buried, dangerous truth, and Godkiller for an unwelcome bond with a dangerous power

The pitch: When darkness incarnate breaks free from her fire-worshiping faith, a young woman discovers it's bound to her bloodline, making her the key to re-caging it. Now hunted, she must sever the tether before it consumes her.

Photo: burning mannequin.

The quotes:

"You were the light in my lifetime of darkness."

“The Flamebearer didn’t bear the darkness,” he said softly, as if he knew that what he said next would break her. “He was the darkness.”
And it did. She broke, entirely. Right down the middle of her heart. The words violated prayer she’d ever whispered, and every memory of every drop of blood she’d ever given.

Angie is ✨querying✨@angie3tomatoes.bsky.social · 3mo 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

paige is querying 🌿 a raven song 🌿@thewormwoods.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Introducing 🍃A RAVEN SONG 🍃 For eldest daughters and platonic soulmates. ⛩️portal fantasy 💫star crossed friendships 🍂nostalgia will kill her ❤️‍🔥touch her and you die, but they're best friends 🗡️reckless bargains and a tattooed elven soldier Querying today!! #QuestPit #Q #A #F

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A Mastery of Self ₊ ⊹ . 📽.ᐟ an actor is trapped in a nightmare of identity crises from his past acting roles ☾ speculative hollywood horror ☾ friends to lovers-how far into the darkness will love prevail? ☾ an eldritch horror wants to replace him #questpit #W #A #H #S #R

a nine picture moodboard of black and white frames that gives old cinema, a horror of empty faces, distorted faces, with pngs of a cinema reel, playing cards, etc.

🚀 Hadiyah 🍉@hadiyahsama.bsky.social · 6mo ago

TGUWG x Poppy War In a kingdom where necromancy is illegal, budding necromancer Sera fights her way to the top of the kingdom court. Discovery means death, but Sera has always wanted to make an impact and she won't let something like morals get in her way. #questpit #W #A #DF

Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Selected for 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #questpit #A #F #Q #amquerying

An agent's guide to THE HEART DEVOURER'S SONG, an adult asian-inspired romantic fantasy. Selected for the 2025 SmoochPit mentorship program.

Devious sunshine fox demon bard x Soft-hearted grump demon hunter. 🌈Asexual spec MC
🌦️reluctant alliance
🌱Found Family
❤️Slow burn romance
🪕Inspired by Chinese music and mythology
🌖Morally gray yet kind MC
🏔️Chinese demons, immortals, and magic

Pitch: THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a fox demon bard seeking to become human so she no longer has to devour hearts joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain but falls for a soft-hearted grump demon hunter—and with only one wish at the mountain’s peak, love is a weakness she can’t afford.

COMPS: Immortal, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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

Red and tan collage of images, a moodboard with sewing items and red beads reminiscent of blood. A beaded torso with red wound on the chest, silver storm scissors, chipped black nail polish, patches that say they/them and DIY or die, a dress form with tattoo patches and top surgery scars.

A.K. Knox | Querying @akknoxwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

DISCOVERY OF WITCHES x X FILES x RESIDENT EVIL WHERE THE VINES CLING CRIMSON is a contemporary romantic fantasy complete at 90,000 words. #questpit #Q #F #FR #amquerying

Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️@tylerstasi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#QuestPit #S #W #F The Shape of Water x LIGHTS ON THE SEA Who are you when there is no one to witness? 🌊mid-life crisis 🌊small town community 🌊redemption/soul transformation 🌊irony of the patriarchy 🌊maritime gothic art: vincenzo caprile

Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When Gio’s BFF Sky falls down a sinkhole into another world, Gio follows to save her, but after becoming stuck herself, Gio must rely on her wit and D&D knowledge to survive, rescue Sky, and get them both back home. #QuestPit #YA #Q portal #F #agentsguide

Bee 🐝 has a BOOK DEAL!@beemorris.bsky.social · 6mo 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.

Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️@tylerstasi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#QuestPit #S #H #Q #F PIRANESI x Severance x THE GARDEN When memory-erasing fruits begin to disappear, a woman in an endless Greenhouse will go to harrowing lengths to keep her past from resurfacing. ⚜️epistolary ⚜️territorial women ⚜️slow burn horror ✨with editor interest✨

fruitist moodboard by tyler stasi now querying!

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 6mo ago

the actor & the writer ♡✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡♡˚ Arthur + Kitty ♡︎ friends to lovers ♡︎ met as college students ♡︎ can the writer navigate the dream world of the actor's nightmares to save him, from something far worse than death? #questpit #W #H #S #R

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A MASTERY OF SELF ݁₊ ⊹ . 📽.ᐟ an actor is trapped in a nightmare of an identity crises from playing too many roles ☾ speculative hollywood horror ☾ friends to lovers ☾ eldritch horror that wants to take the actor's place #questpit #W #H #S #R

a nine frame moodboard (3x3x3) of black and white images: a man looking at a cracked mirror, muses with string, strange men with glowing eyes, trippy mazes, a crazed theatre audience, a woman with pearls; and pngs of a film reel, playing cards, and a strip of film

jenn (is querying and writing)@kotegentarri.bsky.social · 6mo ago

THOROUGHFARE ₊ ⊹ ˑ 𓂃 a religious apostle & western outlaw must work together to stop an eldritch horror spreading across the desert 𖤓 novella (26k) 𖤓 a sunshine MMC and grumpy FMC 𖤓 eldritch monsters but the true horror is humanity #questpit #Q #H #S #Western

a nine frame moodboard (3x3x3) of western iconography that is dark blue/black, red, yellow or orange. There are horses, cowboys, a church, sunrise doves, and icons above the frames of a snake, a western pistol, and gothic architecture.