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Natalie Brown @nattykbrown.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for your Enemy x Full Speed to a Crash Landing

🔥Fantasy Heist
🔥Venetian-inspired Mr & Mrs Smith
🔥Spicy slow burn
🔥Forced proximity
🔥Everyone is morally grey

#questpit #F #A #Heist #Q #RF

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Maya Rose @ohreallytheatre.bsky.social · Aug 6

SUPERNATURAL x GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW

👹(platonic) immortal lesbian nun x bird-woman classics professor
👹road trip across Spain slaying monsters to get nun’s lover back
👹 distilled water and VHS tapes of John Hughes films required
👹Heavy Catalan mythology feature

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT

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Kathy Woods @kathyvwoods.bsky.social · Aug 6

FIREFLY X UNDER UNFORTUNATE STARS

Nyra, a mercenary, lives by only one adage; she will always finish a fight. Her adage is tested when her captain’s and the rebel leader’s mysterious relationship threatens to drag their crew into a revolution.
#questpit #Q #SFF #A

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · Aug 6

ATLA X BRIDGERTON

A hero's side quest is a life-shattering experience for someone else. When a legendary hero crashes into a young lady's life, she finds herself questioning everything she ever knew as the two try to save her town from a mystical murderer.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F

A snowy forest. Steampunk gears. A shadowy hand. Steampunk tech. A woman in a gown. A full moon.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

They were made to be expendable. Obedient. To free the human worker forever.

They're not what they were made to be.

Adler, a human-dog hybrid, has lost all hope of escaping the retraining facility he calls home. Finn, a captured feral, may just change his mind.

#Bluepit📖 #A #SF #W #OV #LGBT #TR

a moodboard featuring images of: three people cuddling intimately, three people holding hands in the dark, a dimly lit hallway with illuminated eyes looking in from the darkness, someone sitting at the bottom of a stairwell in despair, sharp smiling teeth, someone's arm in medical restraints, bloodied hands, a paper sign saying "OPEN YOUR EYES THIS IS THE REVOLUTION" and an image of sharp teeth that says "LET ME BARE MY TEETH FOR YOU". The text on top of the images reads "THE MERCY OF GODS meets DOGS OF WAR". "HUMAN-ISH", "an adult sci-fi dystopia about oppression, passion, and letting people in so you can all break out"

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · Jul 13

NAUSICAÄ X FF7

Hana believes she is meant to save the world, Matthias wants it to end, Kalyn will cross lines to save everyone, and Prince Evan is just along for the ride. Chased by enemies who want them dead, they will either save everyone or destroy themselves.

#BluePit📖 #F #A #WIP

A foggy forest. A dark bird. Night sky. A fence. A person in a foggy forest. The back of someone.

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Kathy Woods @kathyvwoods.bsky.social · Jul 13

FINAL FANTASY X DRAGON AGE

In a world full of magick-eating monsters, a young woman with no memory of her childhood finds herself thrown into the apocalyptic conflict which had been brewing under the surface; carrying a millennia of power all others fear.

#BluePit📖 #F #A #W

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JP Spalding - #amQuerying SciFi 🪐 @jpspalding.com · Jul 13

They call it a Golden Age. The Colonial Wars of Attrition are over. The thousand worlds of the Sovereignty fly one flag under the godlike hivemind, Caretaker.

But this hard-won peace is not all it claims to be, & resurrection threatens to tear apart the fabric of society~

#BluePit📖 #Q #A #POC #SF

A man in an EVA suit approaches the glowing hologram of an AI mind

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fabs is editing 🫣✨ @simplyfabs.bsky.social · Jul 13

#bluepit 📖 #NA #A #POC #R #DR #W

TITLE: the villain's muse.
COMPS: god of fury x king of sloth x perfect addiction
GENRE: bipoc dark romance!
WORD COUNT: est. around 90k+ after dev edits!

She healed. He destructed.

- the fmc is bangladeshi, the mmc is puerto rican!
- the fmc is writing/bookish content creator + freelance editor, the mmc is a dj and illegal underground boxer!

these are the main tropes of the book *not* including the numerous microtropes that would've made this list TOO LONG otherwise !!

the comps of the book !!! i added silly little captions for just the vibes and with the current direction of the book as it undergoes heavy developmental edits and revisions—they honestly make the most sense !!! it felt right to have ONE movie comp here because i wanted to, hehe <33

spoiler alert: i came up with the dedication on the spot and it'll be a working dedication for now *unless* i'm not changing it! enjoy being delulu and kicking your feet besties <33

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Kathy Woods @kathyvwoods.bsky.social · Jul 13

Nyra, a mercenary, will always finish a fight. It's tested when her captain and the rebel leader’s mysterious relationship threatens to drag the disconnected crew into a revolution against the government that hired them to research a cure to a spreading virus.
#BluePIt📖 #SF #A #Q

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · May 23

NAUSICAÄ X FF7

A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world.

#WIPPIT #F #A

A foggy street. A vintage dress. A gas mask. Legs on a rocky ground. A silhouette of a man and woman. Flowers in sunlight.

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Emily Hoffman @ehoffmanfiction.bsky.social · May 7

~ Grathasmere ~

A slow burn romantic fantasy that will keep you up at night! 🌙

Let’s talk tropes + themes!
🌹Forbidden love
🌹”The Marked One”
🌹Challenging good vs. evil ideology
🌹Navigating self-trust & new magic
🌹Reclaiming autonomy of choice

#QuestPit #W #RF

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Abigail is ✨Agented✨ @abigailwadlington.bsky.social · May 7

ANASTASIA X TANGLED

A seamstress’ assistant unable to recall her past recruits a thief to help her win her memories back in a festival. As lost magic surges to oppose them, a dangerous attraction blooms, forcing them to choose between forgotten pasts and tantalizing futures.

#questpit #OS #YA #F

Art featuring a girl in a blue dress with braided black hair and a flower crown dancing with a ginger-haired boy in a leather vest and trousers, with mountains and forests in the background. Tropes include element magic, cozy setting, disability rep, Ghibli vibes, dislike to lovers, snarky banter, Swiss folklore, and found family.

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · May 7

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for.

#QuestPit #A #F #W #LGBT

Moodboard 3 by 3 grid of images:
A hand proffering a red apple with a snake coiling around both
A couple in the dark lit only by a match lighting a cigarette between them
A man in a business suit offering his hand
A long chain pulled taught seeming chained to the viewer
A crude pentagram drawn on asphalt with pink Disney Princess chalk and one dollar tea lights lit at each point
A businessman staring at his shadow which has horns and a tail
A man crouched in a cave weeping hiding from the light outside
A man in a white suit and a man in a black suit stand back to back and clasp hands
An hourglass rapidly running out of sand with a skull resting atop it

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James Keller @thekellerverse.bsky.social · May 7

In the Service of Gods and Admirals

Mass Effect x Treasure Planet

🎬 New Adult Scifi/fantasy
🚂 Steampunk
♀️ FMC
🚀Solar-Sail Spaceships
🔮 Crystal magic
🧠 PTSD
🦸‍♀️ Reluctant hero
🪐 Planet Hopping
👽 Many Alien species
⚖️ justice/redemption/revenge

#Questpit #W #SFF

#writingcommunity

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Kathy Woods @kathyvwoods.bsky.social · May 7

Firefly MEETS Cyberpunk

When a group of ragtag mercenaries are hired to help research a cure to the virus, they're caught in the middle of a conflict between their captain, and the leader of the rebels, fighting against the institution who hired them.

#Q #SF #Questpit #A

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Tyler is querying 👑🪲🌿 @tylerstasi.bsky.social · May 7

#QuestPit #W #F #agentguide #agentsguide

THE FAMILIAR x CRIMSON ROAD

introducing my whimsical steampunk gothic fantasy
🥀🕯️🫀🕷️🕰️ in which:

An impoverished enchantress subjects herself to the prince's service to keep her forbidden magic a secret.

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Kathy Woods @kathyvwoods.bsky.social · May 7

A young woman with no memory of her childhood finds herself thrown into an apocalyptic conflict. After defending herself from a strange beast bathed in shadows, an innocent man takes the fall for her defiant action, and the world is set aflame.

#Q #A #F #DF

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Anna Deh @annadehwrites.bsky.social · May 7

MONSTERS INC X NOSFERATU

YA Horror Romance

When a horror fan’s exorcism fails, she finds that the monsters aren’t just on the page—they’re real, and she must blend in their world while finding a way back to the world of the living before the monsters discover she isn’t one of them
#questpit #YA

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Author Alexis Veenendaal @alexisveenendaal.bsky.social · May 7

ON SUB! #questpit
The Reluctant Mentor: A Cozy, Comedic Adult Fantasy about a wizard who mentors "chosen ones" and is ready to retire off the magical grid--after one last trope-twisting quest with a gaggle of misfits.

LEGENDS & LATTES x DREADFUL x ORCONOMICS
#OS #AG #A #F #CZ

The Reluctant Mentor: Cozy Comedic Fantasy by Alexis Veenendaal

This Wizard’s had enough of “Chosen Ones”—but if he wants to retire, he’s going to have to deal with one more.

Unfortunately, Athragast’s chosen hero refuses the job, so he has to look toward alternative means. He finds a pickpocketing busboy named Jon who ought to do the trick.

Armed with his magical staff, a cigar-eating rodent companion, and the annoyingly optimistic Jon, Athragast must force his last quest back on the “hero’s journey” track before the academy finds out about his unconventional methods.

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Megan ✍️📖 @mlmayle.bsky.social · May 7

Two women make a secret pact to catch a killer. Only one knows she’s always been his target.

A detective 🕵️‍♀️. A CSI. A serial killer no one else believes is real.
When the CSI goes missing all the lies unravel.

Hunting Shadows is a psych crime thriller with dual POV.

#questpit #Q #A #T

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Amy | IS AGENTED @aekwordcrafter.bsky.social · May 7

Blood over Bright Haven x This Monster of Mine featuring:

🌟sapphics in STEM
🗻electricity-as-magic
🌟a multi-dimension prison break
🗻race against time
🌟villain gets the girl
🗻sentient pollution with a grudge

#questpit #F #LGBT #Q

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ElectricDC @electricdc.bsky.social · May 7

DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL x ELDER SCROLLS x NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST x PRINCESS BRIDE

It hasn't been Josh Keller's day for a couple years. What's a couple more?

Until he meets the woman who changes everything. The only obstacle? A dragon who wants to end their world.

#QuestPit #Q #NA #SFF #R

A punk and a princess must defeat a vicious dragon. And sugar, they're going down swinging

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Jennifer Luce @jenniferluce.bsky.social · May 7

SUCH SHARP TEETH X OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA

When a soul-devouring woman cursed with a sinister fox spirit falls in love with her final victim, she decides to end her killing spree; but the fox has plans of its own and it refuses to let one man stand in its way.

#QuestPit #A #H #R #PR #W

Background of Seattle alley with the following pictures: a woman with a red umbrella, a mouth with fangs, a silhouette of a woman, a korean woman, a couple about to kiss, a bloodied womans face

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.writes.fyi · May 7

ARCANE x BLD OVR BRIGHT HVN x DISCO ELYSIUM
🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad STEM academia w/
🩺corrupted magic tech/ethics
🩻body horror
🤌obsessive ace yearning
🧠neurodivergence as power
🚨unreliable narrator
🛠️blacksmith biceps
🏆dangerous duels
🌿strange plants
👤& the strange man growing them
#questpit #A #F #Q

Image from a medical textbook of a man with his arm extended, skeletal structure shown in part, with the text "an agent's guide to SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines," an #agentguide #agentsguide for an #amquerying manuscript.

PITCH: (dark STEM academic science fantasy, 107,000 words)
When Institute grad student Jim invents a device that could revolutionize medicine, his intoxicating suitemate Bash warns him it could be weaponized—and stops at nothing to prove his point. Are Jim's degree & the lives he could save worth staining his conscience?

For fans of: the grounded and ugly magical academia of BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, BABEL, and THE TWO DOCTORS GORSKI; the criticism of tech venture capitalism of RIPE; the obsessive acespec yearning, body horror, and unreliable narrator of DON'T LET THE FOREST IN, and the corruption of tech and its makers of ARCANE.

Image: a silhouette walking up the stairs, head haloed by a lit chandelier.

EXCERPT from SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines/@gwenvines

This time, though, it was not Six whose face was bathed and baptized by light. It was Bash’s, his lone gold hoop gleaming amidst his curls, the spindly shadows of his lashes stretching over his dark eyes, and the sleeve of his linen robe where it draped from his arm rendered translucent by the sun’s rays. It was Bash who sat atop his regal, woody throne and passed judgment upon Jim.

Jim, his blond hair set aflame not by Kontrolle or diffuser but by the sun’s fleeting gift, stared back, waiting. Unlike Etienne, the King Reluctant, Jim had never been told he was the best. Unlike Six, the King Desirous, Jim had never needed to be the best. Unlike Bash, the King Apparent, Jim had never been the best.

Jim’s calling, his compulsion, was to be of use. That is all he had ever needed, wanted, or been. And it was Bash, now, to whom he wished to be useful.

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