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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

PITCH x THROW LIKE A GIRL

When a jeer-fearing quarterback is the first woman drafted to the NFL, she does everything she can to earn respect in the male-dominated sport she’s sacrificed everything for.

#QuestPit #Q #A #R

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

I cleaned up the end of a couple chapters. Feeling great!!

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to add more cliffhangers to the end of my chapters!

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Rebeccae @erinabecca.bsky.social · 2d

To free a girl who’s lost her memories to a ruthless duchess, Vreta must reveal her deepest secret: her mind magic. But she risks losing the trust of the man she’s come to love—and losing her identity to the duchess’s power.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

A dark-haired, pale-skinned girl looks up uncertainly at the viewer. She is dressed in a dark gray dress with a white collar and apron. “Stolen Magic” is written in white text across the image.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 2d

If Andy Weir and Ali Hazelwood co-wrote a book, it would be CHEMPORTAL. This scifi romcom with real chemistry features:
💥Explosions (real and figurative)
📻Science (mis)communication
🥰Enemies to lovers
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧Complex family dynamics
⚛️ #Steminist history
💪ND and LGBTQ rep

#QuestPit #A #Q #SF #R

Dark blue poster background with a cartoon of a pink and silver pressure cooker. Text:
ChemPortal
A romantic sci-fi

Two awkward scientists just want to be left alone to build a lawnmower. Instead, thy find themselves battling time, powerful corporations, and doomsday cults to save the world from starvation.

Fay Irwin

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Alyse likes to ✨️Query✨️ @itinerantginger.bsky.social · 2d

Sylvester Biskup: Hero, Mage, Greatest Wizard of His Age & Chronically Single

But who needs dates when you are on the edge of becoming the next Chancellor of Corvid’s Inlet University.

If he can secure a huge donation from the wealthiest man in town... who's also his ex...

#Q #A #F #RF

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SonnyZappa @sonnyzappa.bsky.social · 2d

AKIRA X PARADISE LOST
Blessed be the Rich, for Heaven has been privatized.
Sixteen-year-old Ollie has led an unlucky life. Now, dead and stuck in Hell with his little sister, he’ll do anything to protect her. Even be the catalyst for a revolution against Heaven.

#QuestPit #YA

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maggie 🌸 @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · 2d

In a world of potions threatening small businesses like her mom’s, and being dangerously used to cure diseases, a uni student’s use of a love potion backfires and to win back her friendship with her crush— an anti-potion witch— she must protest the govt’s legalization of potions. #questpit #w

the briarcliff crier
Campus News Since 1916
students protest witchcraft use at the idm
Students at Briarcliff College protested the Institute for Disease Mitigation’s use of witchcraft to cure diseases again this Friday outside of the gates. Carrington Frye, one of the organizers was arrested for refusing to move out of the intersection. His sister Cornelia refused to comment and told our reporters to ‘fuck off.’
heather mccaffrey comes out as a witch
Senior Heather McCaffrey publicly acknowledged she is a witch on social media. She has been selling homemade energy drinks to frat boys. Could they be potions?
vigil for prof. barnaby’s wife turns into anti-witch riot.
the witches of buckhead - speculative fiction with romance

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J.A. Ryder (is drafting)🍁 @jaryderwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Dark Song x Silver Silence

Each vision drags her deeper into the killer's dark obsession, and closer to the agent sworn to protect her heart.

WHERE THE ROSES DON'T GROW
❤️slow-burn
🌹Multi POV
🕯️Found family
🔥Trauma & trust
🌑Florida noir
💫Psychic tie

#QuestPit #A #PR #R #C

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Annalisa Luppe @annalisaluppe.bsky.social · 2d

It's #QuestPit, so here's an agent's guide to my dark retelling, BEARSKIN 🕯️✨ A tale of winter magic, tragic romance, and embracing the monsters within.

WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL X MY LADY JANE

#W #YA #RF

A cover page with a polar bear in the background. The text reads: An Agent's Guide to Bearskin, A Fairytale Retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon

The Pitch: There’s a troll in Freya Perin’s attic that only she can see, and it’s ruining her flawless reputation.

Arranged to wed Kolsevic’s most eligible bachelor, Freya is determined to keep her visions a secret and leave her family’s scandalous legacy of madness behind. But when dark magic freezes her sister’s heart, only Freya knows the truth: a mythical creature called the Frost King is waking. Her only hope for a cure lies deep in the northern mountains, a place steeped in the very magic she’s spent her life hiding from. The journey is treacherous, and desperation forces her to form a pact with Soren, a notorious thief with secrets of his own.

Freya and Soren must race to rescue her sister and stop the Frost King from unleashing an eternal winter . . . whilst resisting an attraction that threatens to destroy everything.

Comps, Themes & Tropes image. Includes the following comps: Where the Dark Stands Still, The Thirteenth Child, Spinning Silver, and My Lady Jane. Includes the following themes: Dark fairytale retelling, Wicked betrayals, Forced proximity, Yearning, Wintery Ambience, Magical plague, Morally grey FMC, Generational curses

The Opening:

Freya Perin pretended not to notice the troll lurking in the corner of the parlor. No one else saw the creature, of course, but its beady eyes bored into her skull all the same. It snapped its gnarled fingers once. Twice.

It hissed. “Look at me.”

Beneath a placid smile, Freya gritted her teeth and focused her attention on her future husband’s well-oiled moustache.

After their wedding, that would be the first thing to go.

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

THIS COLLAGE!!!! makes me want this book NOW

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds good- I'm so intrigued!!!

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ryan rae harbuck @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social · 2d

🦽A woman who can't remember the accident.
💭A mind she no longer trusts.
🇫🇷A deep-dive into Paris.
♌️A lioness.
👁️A blind man who helps her see the truth.

But only if she's brave enough to see herself for the first time again.
#questpit #Q #A #DIS

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

I need this

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Villimey Mist @villimeymist.bsky.social · 2d

Lore Talis, an exiled bard on a path of vengeance, strikes a bloody deal with the enemy elf to travel together across an Icelandic-inspired continent, where a deadly mist poisons the minds of whoever enters through it, so she can kill the mage who placed a violent curse on her

#Questpit #A #F

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Oooooooo this sounds so good

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Rachel Blaine @rachelblaine.bsky.social · 2d

ARE YOU THERE GOD IT’S ME MARGARET X TEEN WOLF

Her friends get Bat Mitzvah’s, Amara gets an uncontrollable hunger for blood.

🩸Tween vampire
🫆Dead bodies
👯‍♀️Mean girls

#questpit #MG #W #H #F

Blood; blood; blood oranges; crime scene; vampire; investigation; menstrual cup; tampons; pads

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

The vibes seem immaculate ✨

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Bruce Buchanan @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social · 2d

THE GOTH GIRL WHO SAVED THE WORLD
Witchy 1980s high school adventure: A goth music-obsessed teen unearths a secret coven’s plot to summon a demon king, Charlotte risks her life to save the people she loves, even as confronts uncomfortable truths about them.
#questpit #Q #YA #F

The Goth Girl Who Saved the World - a music-fueled YA contemporary fantasy set in the 1980s

Charlotte Sumner loves 1980s post-punk music - high school, not so much. But while working her after-school job, new classmate Ian Morris alt-rocks her world. Not only is Ian a good witch, but an evil coven operates at their school and plans to summon a demon king! The only thing standing between earth & apocalypse is a teenage girl in black lipstick and Doc Martens.

Meet the Characters: Charlotte - The lonely goth girl finds herself in an ancient rivalry between two covens of witches: one good and one evil. Ian - The mysterious new kid in the Depeche Mode t-shirt. Ms. Moore - Charlotte's mentor and after-school boss. Mrs. Allison - Charlotte's mean trigonometry teacher and Charlotte's anxiety fuel. The Grindylow Coven - the evil witches! Charlotte must discover what they are up to.

Tropes: Unlikely hero. Coming-of-age. High stakes. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Pretty in Pink. Supernatural Young Adult high school adventure with a 1980s post-punk soundtrack.

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Adrienne Trinity Reina @adriennereina.bsky.social · 2d

Witcher meets Whitten: The God of the Mists

A village witch teams up with the vampire she vowed to protect her village from in order to take down the child of a god who has been terrorizing them both.

🥀 Why-choose FFM
🦄 New England cryptids
🍷 Vampires!!
⚔️ Gothic romantasy

#WIP #A #F #RF #QuestPit

A mood board consisting of: a misty forest on a mountainside, a stained glass window with apothecary bottles in front of it, a tree bench reflected red against a dark sky, a hallway lined with gothic architecture windows, a red moon, a white rose stained with red, and a series of white candles half-melted.

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 (Updates Only) @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 2d

ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS

Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. With the (reluctant) help of her ex, her ex bff, & a devious half-vampire, she'll use memory magic to uncover the truth behind the murder that destroyed her life.🌙🦇⚔️

#QuestPit #OS #AG #F #R

A MEMORY OF MOONKISSED MALICE

Fantasy Dark Academia

Feminine Rage

Vampires

Corrupted Moon Magic

Villain Era Protag

Queendoms

Enemies to Lovers

Found Family

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 similar to...

A supernatural mystery like...

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Neѕѕα @nessamoulay.bsky.social · 2d

CITY OF BRASS x STRANGE THE DREAMER

A girl with dormant magic infiltrates a gilded empire to save her best friend—only to uncover a court built on ancient blood oaths, the boy she once mourned, and a lost heiress no one wants found.

#F #questpit

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 2d

MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #OS #AG #Editors
#A #YA #F #RF

*Art by Shibushio on fiverr*

The image shows a poster for the book "Mark of a Magpie"

Text in the image reads: Mark of a Magpie, Crossover fantasy by Emilia Young, On submission now (Rep Amanda Wooden at SBR Media), Thief x Assassin, Forced Proximity, Morally Gray, Women's Wrongs

Behind the text are two characters leaning over the side of a ship with beautiful skies in the background. The first character is a women, Ryn, who has brown hair in two braids, wearing leather armguards and a tunic, watching the land pass. The second character is a man, Seven, who has black hair and is wearing a tunic with a black turtleneck beneath it. He's watching Ryn with a small smile on his face.

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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 2d

An #editorsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲
This romantic fantasy has:
🐻‍❄️ A setting inspired by the Canadian subarctic
🌋Roots in animistic religion
⚡️A physics based magic system
👵🏽 Crotchety immortals
🏠 Complex family dynamics
🗺️ Neurodivergent MMC

#QuestPit #AG #A #F #R #FR

An Editor’s Guide To
The Land of Undying Summer
by Ivy T. Woods
Adult Romantic Fantasy
105,000 words

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With a picture of a mountain, forest, and a lake on the left and text on the right:

Pitch
When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with the wandering mage who nearly killed her, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust of the newcomer escalates into a full-scale uprising. His presence risks the lives of the only family she has left, leaving her to choose once and for all: is she beholden to the living, the dead, or herself?

With roots in animistic religion and a setting inspired by the Canadian sub-arctic, THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is a stand-alone romantic fantasy

Comps
The atmosphere and vibes of:
The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

The Humour of:
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Chapter One - The End of Darkness
No Guide could resist the Call of Return forever. But this time, when Tilaani pulled herself through the spiked rocks of the Wolf’s Fangs, trembling, the agonizing need for the missing part of herself had dulled to an aching throb. The Call would take her eventually. But not today. Today, she was already running late.
“Shit!” Tilaani snatched her cloak from the icy stalagmite she had been using as a hanger and staggered to a slim crack in the cliff face. It had been a century since the passage had opened in one of El’Drek’s rages but the frozen stone was still jagged, tugging at her shirt as she sidled through, thin cloak clutched in one hand. Wind whistled through the crevice, peppering her exposed skin with hard snow. It melted, steaming as it touched her.
Time within the cavern had always been malleable, misaligned with the world outside. Shinac had always claimed the shifts were random but Tilaani had her doubts. It always seemed to stretch whenever she was in a hurry. She wouldn’t put it past any of the dead—either blessed or Barred—to extend time merely to inconvenience her. And now, backing up this theory, the sun was high overhead and the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living.
Allak would be insufferable if she was late.

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jessa @jessawrites.bsky.social · 2d

As a former camp counsellor I'm obsessed with this

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maggie 🌸 @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Heartbroken summer camp staff start a casual fling with two rules. Sage can't talk to her fling at school and they can't discuss the future until the summer's over. When someone breaks the deal, they both risk ruining their summers with lifelong friendships caught in the crossfire. #questpit #q #r

An Agent’s Guide To
When the summer’s over
New Adult Romance. 83k words

After losing her mom as a child, Sage has only ever felt at home in one place: Camp Woodvale. She won’t let her unrequited crush back at university ruin her final summer.

When a devastating breakup derails Nico’s summer plans, he comes to Camp Woodvale. Amidst the unusual traditions and the staff drama, Nico finds comfort in Sage- the girl he’s certain his cousin is still in love with.

They’ll be each other’s rebounds with two rules to follow...

1. Sage can’t talk to her crush
2. No discussing their future until the last day at camp

When Nico can no longer hide his yearning for Sage, she must decide if she can finally close the door on unfinished business. And if she doesn’t, Nico will get hurt and Sage risks ruining her final summer-- with lifelong friendships caught in the crossfire.
PITCH

Tropes, comps & Themes
Found family
Closed setting
Love triangle
Casual-to-lovers
Jewish rep
Multi-pov
Just for the summer:
Short-term
Relationship dynamics
Deep end: It’s casual
But someone catches feelings
Wildfire: Atmospheric
Summer camp setting

meet the staff
Sage
office staff
Loves camp
Used to like Hugh
Wants to be Color War captain
Not over a guy at uni
Nico
sports instructor

New to camp and hates it
Hugh’s cousin
Not over his ex
Thinks Sage is cute
Mariah
sr. counselor
Sage’s co-staff and bff
Dating Hugh
The ultimate cool girl
Also wants to be Color War captain
hugh
sr. counselor

Probably in love with Sage
Worst counselor ever
Can’t cook or fold clothes
Corinne
jr. counselor
Mariah and Sage’s co-staff
Has the nicest clothes
Will steal your man

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