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Andrea Rigsby @arigsby.bsky.social · 21d

I love everything about this idea! Reposting every time I see it so maybe I’ll get to read it one day.

I hope the right agent sees this and the book has shenanigans abound!

Good luck, friend! 🫶

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 22d

On Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day, we honor those who've lost a loved one while serving our nation.

Their tremendous sacrifices—and the loss they continue to carry—will never be forgotten, and we can never stop working to provide them with the support they deserve.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 21d

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign.

#PreDV #A #H #M #Dis

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color.

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

Made with stock images and/or fair use license.

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Andrea Rigsby @arigsby.bsky.social · Aug 7

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GinaDobsonBAB @ginadobson.bsky.social · Aug 6

In 1998, I was arrested for murder after a miscarriage.
A plea bargain was my only way out.
A world where women can be punished for what goes on with their bodies is a very scary place.
#Questpit #Q #NF #M #OWN

Newspaper headline reads: Sederwall pleads guilty to concealing death

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Sam Peil 🧟😈 @sampeil.bsky.social · Aug 6

🏳️‍🌈3 bi disasters take on the end of the world

🧎‍♂️The Preacher = out for blood
🧟‍♀️The Horde = hunting for flesh
🥼The Dentist = can't stop smiling

THE Z WORD x THE WALKING DEAD

#questpit #q #lgbt #h #sf #a

image of Black Hills, amphitheater seats that are orange, cloudy sky. On a stage there is a horde of zombies (mostly sillhouettes). One zombie is crawling amongst the stadium seats. one zombie close up along the right side of the image. Blood splatter across the whole image starting from bottom left corner. white text: THE DENTIST WILL EAT YOU NOW.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Aug 6

More than agent and even publisher interest, getting the crew of @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social in on this would be all I need from life.

Maybe #QuestPit can help me get there!

Thank you everyone for all the support. You're amazing 😁

B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Aug 6

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × DUNGEONS & DADDIES

A #litagents and #editors guide to DAD BODIES!

Big 5 interest!

#QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

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Amy Pepin @appleseed-amy.bsky.social · Aug 6

EFF, MARRY, KILL — A YA supernatural slasher about choices you can’t take back.

90s slasher vibes of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD
Cursed game of TALK TO ME
Ensemble cast of ONE OF US IS LYING

Querying imminent.

#questpit #YA #H #C

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fabs is editing 🫣✨ @simplyfabs.bsky.social · Aug 6

#questpit #NA #A #POC #R #DR #W

title: THE VILLAIN'S MUSE.

KING OF SLOTH x GOD OF FURY x PERFECT ADDICTION

She's healing a heart wrapped in silk carrying scars like armour.
He's a broken monster with blood on his hands and a hunger for chaos.

the (new) dedication of the book that will HOPEFULLY stay as it is unless it goes through another change <3

the book features my bangladeshi fmc, mahira and my puerto rican mmc, valentino !!

the tropes of the book, not including the various microtropes throughout !!

the comps of the book, though the third comp is a movie comp and has a book by the original author itself—i prefer the movie more over the book of the same name, hence i'm comping the movie adaptation instead of the original book <33

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Emi Lou Lockett is ✨querying✨ @emiloulockett.bsky.social · Aug 6

When the Moon Hatched X Curious Tides X The Hurricane Wars
🌙 Moon-based magic
🌊 Stormy vibes
🗡️ Enemies-to-lovers
💜 Chronic pain rep
⚡️ Mythological retelling
She can read any mind but his. He can plants thoughts in any head but hers. Too bad they're in enemy triads. #Q #RF #A #Questpit

Yellow moon, blue moon, red moon
Man with tattoos, foggy canals with blue lanterns, A woman with tattoos
Yellow lanterns on water, lightning, a girl aiming a bow and arrow

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Racthoh @racthoh.bsky.social · Aug 6

#QuestPit #Q #A #F

Racthoh's Tale:

Racthoh, an exiled elf confronting profound loss, demands vengeance from those who destroyed his home and family. Alongside a compassionate Paladin and a struggling minotaur, they navigate a war-torn world of forgotten gods, necromancers, and dragons.

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · Jan 24

PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom~or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? #YouDeservepIt 📖 💙📚 #Q #R

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy Bartender

Comp Board

I Am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski

PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom, or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement?

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy, Bartender

COMP TITLES
Interview With The Vampire
A Blue Bloods Novel
Yakuza

I Am Chosen
By Dawn Berkoski
77,000 M/M Paranormal Romance
Dark and a little spicy meets silly-sweet

Think:
Blue Bloods (minus the angels and school) x Interview With The Vampire (add more humor) x Japanese Yakuza (cracking skulls in London)

Tropes
* Forbidden Love
* Fish Out of Water
* Forced Proximity
* Dark Secrets
* Unequal Power Structure
* High Action Chase Scenes
* Emotional Growth Arcs + Satisfying End

Quotes

"He was leaving. He was leaving New York for good. But instead of freedom, he wondered if he was headed toward greater danger."
~Jason Allard (Protagonist)

"Now that he has chosen you, Alexander has all but forsaken our protection!"
~Tristan De La Salle (Thwarted Lover)

"Alexander and I have unfinished business."
-Shigekazu (Japanese Business Rival)

MAIN CHARACTERS
Alexander Grant Jason Allard
CEO of M-Corp Bartender
Control Issues Anxiety/Clingy
Likes: Likes:
Power + Money. Video Games +Pizza

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a car speeding past a cemetery.View is from the driver’s perspective, looking out the side window.

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Iris Andersi @goodwords.bsky.social · Aug 6

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED

Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP

💜 Chronic Illness Rep
🌱 Plant Magic
💚 Bisexual Witches
🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar
😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company
☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance
☕ Cozy Vibes

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes

The Pitch is written on a lavender field background: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company

A garden of comps is written on a leaf. The background is brown soil with plants next to comp titles: Legends and Lattes, The Spellshop, Howl's Moving Castle, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Under The Whispering Door.

A snippet highlights the main character's relationship with her familiar, Toad. In the snippet they discuss Linatta's ex girlfriend and Toad's hatred of hats. A book is open below the image and has wildflowers growing out of the inside spine.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · Jun 16

Annnnnnnd Cover Reveal!!!

This is the final cover for #GrimPortents, an odyssey through heaven and hell with some laughs along the way!

Coming OCTOBER of THIS YEAR
#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #coverart

Final Grim Portents cover featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life…

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J.E. Ward @jeward.bsky.social · Aug 6

Now #agented
THE GIRL WITH BLOOD ON HER DRESS
Eliza Graves wakes up with amnesia and can only speak French, a language she has never spoken before. Afraid someone wants her dead, she must trust the complete stranger everyone says is her husband.
#questpit #AG #A #T #EditorsGuide #EditorGuide #mswl

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · Aug 6

The death of the God of Knowledge comes on silently, a whisper of old parchments crumbling to dust in the ever-so quiet Library of Yashay.

📚 Dark Academia
📚 Found Family
📚 Twisty Plot
📚 Eerie
📚 Sacred Artefacts
📚 Gods & Curses

#questpit #Q #A #F

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kks @ksskss.bsky.social · Aug 6

ATLA x Gregor The Overlander

Three teenagers learn that a star has blessed their souls, intertwining their destines with those of both the human and the hidden magical realm. As the threat of war looms, they uncover long-hidden secrets that could destroy both realms.

#QuestPit #Q #F #MG

Mood board of dark libraries, dark magic, shadow creatures, swords, misty dark forest, portals, a group of friends and Mumbai in the rain.

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Kanirthi is querying 🦋 @kanirthi.bsky.social · Aug 6

THE HENNA WARS X NEVER HAVE I EVER

My #agentsguide for DARED TO IGNORE YOU, a YA Contemporary featuring:

💖Sapphic enemies to lovers
🥻South Asian FMC
🦋Coming-of-age in the UK
🔪Revenge from outcast
🎤 Grammar school drama

#ownvoices #amquerying #questpit #Q #YA

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wott is querying! @wottenmoss.bsky.social · Aug 6

#agentguide for WHEN THE MAGPIE FLIES (81k queer fantasy)

When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition rather than leave her best friend behind—and brings the wrath of spirits and humans alike down upon the realm.

#questpit #Q #F

Text: An agent’s guide to When the Magpie Flies by M H Wottenmoss. Background of mountains, trees, and a giant mushroom. A magpie flies in the sky.

Pitch: Magpie of Lornwhen, hobbyist scholar and incurable troublemaker, dreams of becoming a Conduit. As the realm’s only defense against monstrous spirits, Conduits are beloved and privileged—and it’s Magpie’s best chance to escape the undertow of poverty. When a spirit chooses her for the honor, marking her with a cold, entrancing touch, her dream is suddenly within reach. To fully ascend as a Conduit, Magpie, alongside the other newly-chosen, must embark on a journey into the heart of the spiritwoods.
The only thing holding her back is her best friend, Calladonna.
There are rumors about how Conduits are changed by the mysterious journey, and Calla can’t shake the feeling that if Magpie leaves, she won’t come back. Determined to reassure her, Magpie convinces Calla to come along in secret, hidden from the other Conduits. For the first time, Magpie’s future is bright and shining—until one of the other Conduits turns up dead, and it seems like Calla may be to blame.

Comps: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft: clueless lesbians, murder and betrayal, journey of ascension. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher: found family, humor and darkness, perilous quest.

Also featuring undiscovered magic, monstrous spirits, chaotic academia, ill-advised rituals, haunted forest, queer & autistic ensemble cast, giant mushrooms, original music

Opening lines: The world went dark just after she jumped off the roof. In one moment she could see the clocktower before her, the ledge beneath its defunct face familiar and inviting, and in the next there was nothing. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, necessarily, but damn if that wasn't inconvenient timing.

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Jennifer Luce @jenniferluce.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hi #questpit! Here's GUMIHO, an Upmarket Horror Romance that was recently selected as a finalist in the horror/paranormal category for the 2025 PNWA Writers Contest.

Inspired by Korean folklore, it explores the gradual descent into grief, madness, & monstrous transformation.
#A #H #R #Q

Cursed with a vengeful gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feeding it souls to become a god—and now she needs just one. But when she falls for her final target, wicked whispers invade her mind, visions of loved ones haunt her, and her body begins to change. As the gumiho consumes her from the inside out, Mina must face her demons and sever the curse—or achieve godhood and lose herself to become something monstrous.

Based on Korean folklore & mythology

Told through the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho

Set in modern-day PNW

Dark, intimate PROSE

Psychological unraveling

Blends the dread of physical transformation and emotional vulnerability

Laced with a slow-burn romance

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Author - Maria Levato @islands-of-rune.com · Aug 6

Pitch Thread 1/4: The Fate of Angels and Demons

Logline:
A priestess sent to prevent a prophecy from unfolding falls in love with the demon king at the center of it all—and goes even more insane than he is.
#questpit #r #f #rf #wip #amediting #spicy #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚

Graphic 1 for The Fate of Angels and Demons

Graphic 2 for The Fate of Angels and Demons.

Blurb P1 for The Fate of Angels and Demons.

Blurb P2 for The Fate of Angels and Demons.

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Tiff @tiff-d.bsky.social · Aug 6

If you’re an agent who loved the twisting depths of the true crime Scamanda podcast and want that kind of suspense in fiction, Everything I Gave Her might be for you.
The deeper you go, the more it twists.
Currently has 2 full requests.

#QuestPit #T #Q #A

A 4-slide graphic titled “An Agent’s Guide to Everything I Gave Her”. Each slide features a foggy forest background with layered white text.

Slide 1:
Text reads: “An Agent’s Guide to Everything I Gave Her” followed by:
“89k words | Upmarket Psychological Suspense by Tiffany Darling.”

$Slide 2: Same foggy forest background. Text reads: Pitch “When eight-year-old Lacey Carson finds her mother dead on the kitchen floor, something inside her fractures. Uprooted to a new town with a grieving, distant father, she latches onto the first person who shows her warmth—Emily Harper, a precocious classmate with a big heart and an even bigger need to help. What begins as innocent friendship festers into decades of obsession, manipulation, and a love so warped it leaves one girl dead, and the other wondering if she even knows how to survive a life without her.”$ Slide 3:
Same background. Title: Comps
Left side shows the cover of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, with the words:
“Complex female relationships
Motherhood
Buried secrets
Slow burn
Emotional depth”
Right side shows the cover of The Push by Ashley Audrain, with the words:
“Unsettling
Emotionally charged
Navigates maternal instinct
Psychological unraveling
Fear”

Slide 3:
Same background. Title: Comps
Left side shows the cover of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, with the words:
“Complex female relationships
Motherhood
Buried secrets
Slow burn
Emotional depth”
Right side shows the cover of The Push by Ashley Audrain, with the words:
“Unsettling
Emotionally charged
Navigates maternal instinct
Psychological unraveling
Fear”

Slide 4:

Same back ground. Text that reads “Dual POV / Nonlinear
timeline
Character-driven psychological suspense
A slow burn that simmers... then detonates.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Aug 6

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × DUNGEONS & DADDIES

A #litagents and #editors guide to DAD BODIES!

Big 5 interest!

#QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

agents guide for DAD BODIES.

top left: moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

top right: PITCH & COMPS, CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT, when their detective friend is murdered during annual gaming retreat, 5 dads nust use their years of ttrpg experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like npcs in a badly-written campaign.

bottom left: "Fuck me, Troy."
“That’s a bit inappropriate, Dave, considering the situation.”
Dave averted his gaze from the bloodied corpse of their friend to face him.
“Really, Troy? Now?”
Troy shrugged. “Marv would’ve laughed.” The grin on his face faltered. Marv was lying in a pool of his own blood. The cause of death was clear, the hilt of the murder weapon protruding from his back. Since Marv was stiff as a board—not much different from his current state—they could rule out suicide. Marv was also more inclined to stab others in the back instead of himself.

bottom right: DAD FRIENDS, HORROR AND MYSTERY, DARK HUMOR, SECLUDED MANOR, TTRPG ELEMENTS, DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

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Andrea Rigsby @arigsby.bsky.social · Aug 6

When a ND rookie cop discovers a mute child witness at a vigilante’s latest grisly murder scene, she defies the order to drop the case-plunging her into a deadly conspiracy where the truth is worth killing for.

#Questpit #A #ND #C #T #Q

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Andrea Rigsby @arigsby.bsky.social · Aug 6

When a ND rookie cop discovers a mute child witness at a vigilante’s latest grisly murder scene, she defies the order to drop the case-plunging her into a deadly conspiracy where the truth is worth killing for.

#Questpit #A #ND #C #T #Q

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