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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨
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Historical Fiction Writer • Mother • Historical Fashion Enthusiast
I #amquerying my debut literary historical romance
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Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · Jun 21
I've created many covers for myself and others and wanted to start taking commissions from authors who are self-publishing their books.

Because I am just starting to build my portfolio, I want to work with your budget! Message me if you have any questions! #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #selfpublish
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I've created many covers for myself and others and wanted to start taking commissions from authors who are self-publishing their books.

Because I am just starting to build my portfolio, I want to work with your budget! Message me if you have any questions! #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #selfpublish
June 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC
(w/ small press interest)

Dear C.B,
Thank you for sending me FINDING ECHINACEA. Unfortunately, I didn't quite connect with your transportive descriptions, attention to historical details or small town slow-burn romance.

#IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP
May 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
The Selection Series x The Elements of Kamdaria x Elemental Blessings

In a world where the elements are life, a ball is held every century to find the new rulers of the elements. It is a game of politics and deceit that may just end in murder and heartbreak.

#W #A #RF #IndiePit
Top 2 left pics: girl with closed eyes looking up with flowers in her hair and red lipstick, a ball with flowering trees. Middle a crystal looking pastel rainbow shooting star (spirit) down with streams behind it. Top 2 right pics: Toph from the live action Avatar squatting down to the ground, 4 women of varying races in blue, red, white, and green dresses and two men one black one white in suits and they all have masks. Middle is the title in 2 parts The Rulers of Fawes in front of a line of fire, water, air, blowing leaves (earth). Below that are two quotes and a pic in the middle of them of a body hanging and a man walking away from the show Reign. Left quote is: "You alone are Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit." Dacha Avelin, Old World Witchcraft: Pathway to Effective Magic. Right quote is: "For the elements need each other to survive and together they create balance in all the worlds that they touch." Bottom 3 pics are of Zuko firebending, Aang airbending, and Katara waterbending from Avatar the Last Airbender live action.
May 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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starlettsky.bsky.social
Fast cars + bad decisions = a love story built to crash.

A burnt-out romance author dives into a gang-ruled street racing scene for inspiration, only to fall for a reckless driver with a death wish.

FAST AND FURIOUS X ROMEO + JULIET (1996)

#IndiePit #SSP #A #R
May 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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authorjbecker.bsky.social
NA Portal Romantasy Trilogy
✨Fae, witches, kickass humans
💫Multiple POVs, ships
🔥Slow burn tension, some spice
🌪️Elemental magic +more
👑Twisted rulers, corrupt politics
😈Evil plot twists
⚔️Deadly quest
🏹A brewing rebellion
❤️‍🩹Self discovery
#IndiePit #AN #SSP #NA #F #RF
Some lies are ruin 3 books with rose pedals
May 4, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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zombieirishgirl.bsky.social
The Death of Atticus Monroe
🖤
The Invocations x The Craft
🔥
#indiepit #YA #R #H #SSP
May 4, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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kasylongauthor.bsky.social
Who doesn’t love a good road trip book?

That’s what you find in OUR MOTHER, YOUR FRIEND. A trip to learn about a mom’s past leads to a SHOCKING plot twist. One road trip changes everything!

🚗 Road trip adventure
👫 Twins!
💔 Family drama
🤔 A surprise twist

#IndiePit #AN #YA #NA #C #S #indiebooks
A collage of road trip images with people driving, redwood trees, a highway, and letters. “Coming-of-age drama,” “Road trip,” and “Our Mother, Your Friend | Kasy Long” is in text on the image.
May 4, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
The Navigator who Crossed the Ice Walls × The Anunnaki Connection x Mythology

When Jenna comes across an injured giant man she finds out that the world she thought she knew was just the middle of a much larger one stuck in the middle of an ancient war.

#W #A #T #SFF #IndiePit
7 pics make up the background Top 2 pics are: an Icy shelf/wall with a quote “We sailed onward, and the passage widened, leading to clearer waters – a world previously unseen.” - The Navigator Who Crossed the Ice Walls and an artwork of a Norse Ice Giant with the title The War Around Us. Middle 2 pics are both maps of what is believed to be beyond the ice walls according to the theories and books about it. The left pic is the wider map with all the worlds, the right pic is closer to our world with a couple circles. Bottom 3 pics are: an artwork of Thor's fight with the giants, Hercules with his club, and the Easter Island Statues with a quote, “Myths carry a universal truth that is Lost when only examining a literal translation.” - Heather Lynn, The Anunnaki Connection: Summerland God's, Alien DNA, and the Fate of Humanity
May 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
Here's my list for #IndiePit

1. The Rulers of Fawes #W #A #RF
2. Evening of Roses #W #A #R #Cozy
3. The War Around Us #W #A #T #SFF

Feedback is welcome
Top 2 left pics: girl with closed eyes looking up with flowers in her hair and red lipstick, a ball with flowering trees. Middle a crystal looking pastel rainbow shooting star (spirit) down with streams behind it. Top 2 right pics: Toph from the live action Avatar squatting down to the ground, 4 women of varying races in blue, red, white, and green dresses and two men one black one white in suits and they all have masks. Middle is the title in 2 parts The Rulers of Fawes in front of a line of fire, water, air, blowing leaves (earth). Below that are two quotes and a pic in the middle of them of a body hanging and a man walking away from the show Reign. Left quote is: "You alone are Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit." Dacha Avelin, Old World Witchcraft: Pathway to Effective Magic. Right quote is: "For the elements need each other to survive and together they create balance in all the worlds that they touch." Bottom 3 pics are of Zuko firebending, Aang airbending, and Katara waterbending from Avatar the Last Airbender live action. Black background At the top in red elegant font is the title Evening of Roses and to each side of the title is a red rose. Top 2 pictures are a red rose and a waterfall with a red leafed tree to the right of it. Bottom 2 pics are a woman in red laying under a big willow tree reading with her head in her partner's lap beside a pond and an old couple standing together, the man holding the woman, the man in a suit and the woman covered by a red blanket with tree branches and a cloudy sky behind them. At the bottom between 2 red roses is a quote: “As we grow older together, as we continue to age, here is one thing that will never change…I will always keep falling in love with you.” - Karen Clodfelder 7 pics make up the background Top 2 pics are: an Icy shelf/wall with a quote “We sailed onward, and the passage widened, leading to clearer waters – a world previously unseen.” - The Navigator Who Crossed the Ice Walls and an artwork of a Norse Ice Giant with the title The War Around Us. Middle 2 pics are both maps of what is believed to be beyond the ice walls according to the theories and books about it. The left pic is the wider map with all the worlds, the right pic is closer to our world with a couple circles. Bottom 3 pics are: an artwork of Thor's fight with the giants, Hercules with his club, and the Easter Island Statues with a quote, “Myths carry a universal truth that is Lost when only examining a literal translation.” - Heather Lynn, The Anunnaki Connection: Summerland God's, Alien DNA, and the Fate of Humanity
May 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼

REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC
(w/ small press interest)

Typhus delivers a wealthy suitor to Florence’s door with an offer that would ensure her sister's safety. But warnings from a haunted medical student reveal cracks in her last hope for salvation.

#IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP
May 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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oliviariesling.bsky.social
When a notorious outlaw teams up with her immortal ex-lover to rob a train and avenge her mother, the last thing she expects is for a lost kingdom to call on her to slay a dragon. #QuestPit #AG #A #RF #OS (exclusive)
A trope map featuring art of a man and woman in simple late 19th century clothes. The woman has a gun held behind her back. The man is smitten with her. Tropes include train heist, second chance, he can't bluff, late sheriff's eldest daughter, and lost prince. The title is A Bird in Hand
April 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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FRUIT OF SPOILED SEED
CIRCE x BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN

Rowan’s dream of training at Typhon Academy is becoming a nightmare as her magic and body succumb to chronic pain. Desperate for a cure, every path she takes reveals darker clues & they lead closer to home than she ever imagined #QuestPit #W #DF
A graphic with the novel title (fruit of spoiled seed by Shannon Reault) and a mini synopsis, followed by a list of featured elements of the book. The background of the graphic is a red and white mushroom. The text is as follows: After concluding her first year of training at Typhon Academy with a record-breaking performance at the Spring Exhibition, Rowan Wildes is changing the perception of female Corpian Witches on Ouros Island. But when her magic inexplicably weakens, leaving relentless pain in its wake, she is forced to return for her second year at Typhon with physical and magical deficiencies which, if discovered, put her future in the High Priest’s Service at risk. Determined to stop her deterioration, she discovers her jaded training nemesis, Taran, has turned to forbidden sigil magic to seek his revenge. Willing to stop at nothing to reverse the damage Taran inflicted, she embarks on a desperate search to uncover his dirty work, unearthing a buried history of malevolent witchcraft, and the unfortunate fate of the women who fell victim to it. When Rowan is forced to face the reality of her condition and decide between saving her reputation and exposing the ugly truth, she takes matters into her own hands, and it just might cost her her life. Featuring: Disability representation Diverse characters Found family Romance subplot Magic system based on real pagan practices and the natural world A graphic with the title Fruit of Spoiled Seed, followed by a blurb and three comp titles. The graphic has a map background, with smoke and icons of a dagger, a potion, a feather, and a candle. The text is as follows: An academic dark fantasy where patriarchal society, government corruption, and internalized misogyny highlight the reality of living as a disabled woman through a speculative lens, and the grief, pain, and rage that come with it. For fans of… Wayward (female rage) Circe (nature based magic) Blood Over Bright Haven (flawed protagonist) A graphic titled Favorite Quotes with quotes from the novel. The graphic is on a map background decorated with a goat sketch and flower petals. The text reads as follows: “The snap of the neck was soft and swift, like a peck on the lips.” “How many more women must die before you learn no man can create divinity?” “Our hips moved like rolling tides, a rhythmic stringed instrument pulled by the moon.” “I knew what the ritual demanded of me. I could feel Hecate’s presence peering through the peep-hole stars, waiting for me to do something worth her while. I cradled the final petal in my blood stained palm. It looked so innocent with its baby soft skin, curling into a swaddle at the edges.” “He leaned against the desk with the nonchalance of the seasoned philosopher, his broad leather-worn hands fanning through the parchments with a dexterity they looked too strong for.” A graphic that says “Sounds like…” with six phone screenshots of songs on Spotify. The graphic has a background of marble with scrapbook style decoration. The songs include: “Hunter - the cacophony” Paris Paloma “Us and Pigs” Sofia Isella “Woman is a Tree” The Last Dinner Party “Monolith” Phidel “Everybody Scream” Florence and the Machine “the fruits” Paris Paloma
April 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
The final post re-enupment.

#QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T
rammwriter.bsky.social Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · Apr 29
Eddie Fletcher thinks he’s on the wrong end of a wind up, though MI5 isn’t prone to practical jokes, but it doesn’t take him long to realise a rift in time is no laughing matter - especially when the government thinks he's responsible and wants him dead.

#QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T
April 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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lauraiswriting.bsky.social
BEACH READ x GIRL ABROAD

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Study abroad romance
📚 Academic rivals-to-lovers
💅🏼 International found family
💁🏼‍♀️ Coming-of-age
👥 Forced proximity
🔥 Slow burn

Now querying AMERICAN PARTY GIRL.
#Questpit #NA #R #WF #Q
April 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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cvarras.bsky.social
ONE PIECE IN SPACE

A runaway with illegal powers must join a crew of space pirates to save the man whose magic might change the world, or destroy it. But she has three problems with that: she finds him intoxicating, his partner’s infuriating, and she hates pirates. #questpit #Q #A #F #RF #SFF
A card with a starry background with the title Pirates and Planets. The subtitle says Opening Lines. Below is a paragraph. It says: The hatch was open. In trembling hands, magic split the first delicate crack in Arnawan’s centuries-long isolation. The first true wormhole bloomed into existence. Tuvat had dreamed of this beautiful rainbow bridge all their life. Now, staring down the barrel of change, it looked like the open jaws of a half-finished hope. A card that says Pirates and Planets - Comps across the top. Below, there are two columns with covers of books. The first says By Me. Listed left to right, the comps listed are The Murderbot Diaries, One Piece; Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die; The Dispossessed, The Adventure Zone Balance (a podcast, not a book), and Six of Crows. The second column says By Readers. From left to right, they are Arcane (the Netflix animated show), These Burning Stars, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and Gideon the Ninth.
April 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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🌊🔥✨
callowromantic.bsky.social juliana (is querying) @callowromantic.bsky.social · Apr 29
The main trio in When Trees Dance:
Cyprus, Yewan, and Ori

#questpit #Q #A #F

if you enjoy:
• shape-changing monsters
• cannibal cults
• religious fanatics
• magical rituals
• angsty slow burn romance

this might be the book for you
April 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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callowromantic.bsky.social
#questpit if you missed it!
callowromantic.bsky.social juliana (is querying) @callowromantic.bsky.social · Apr 29
When Trees Dance is currently out querying!

#questpit #Q #A #F

💚slow burn friends to lovers
⛰️environmental commentary
🌀exploration of faith and identity
🌿motherhood in all its forms
🌞neurodivergent and disability rep
April 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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lauraiswriting.bsky.social
Happy #QuestPit to all who celebrate! 🎉🙌🏼

I’d like to introduce AMERICAN PARTY GIRL, my New-Adult Contemporary Romance complete at 82k words! Perfect for fans of Emily Henry’s BEACH READ, Elle Kennedy’s GIRL ABROAD, and Ali Hazelwood’s LOVE, THEORETICALLY.
#Q #NA #R #WF #AmQuerying
Summary and tags for AMERICAN PARTY GIRL—my New-Adult contemporary romance complete at 82k words. Now querying. Recently dumped and thousands of miles from home, college junior, Evelyn, must spend her semester abroad not only mending her broken heart but her declining GPA, which threatens her college career and academic scholarship. There’s only one thing standing in Evelyn’s way, her smart, frustrating, and very handsome classmate, Liam. Comp Titles include: BEACH READ by Emily Henry, GIRL ABROAD by Elle Kennedy, and LOVE, THEORETICALLY by Ali Hazelwood. Tropes and Tags include: rivals-to-lovers, coming-of-age, slow burn, light academia, yearning, banter, ensemble cast, strong female friendships.
April 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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angiearens.bsky.social
Rhiannon should be dead. Her chest is empty. Her heart? Locked in a box. She only has nine days to get it back.

HEART TO MANGLED HEART
🫧Romantasy 119K
🫧Horrormance + ghoulish gore
🫧Slow burn yearn + jealous ex
🫧Atmospheric setting featuring your favorite aurora
#questpit #Q #A #R #agentsguide
underwater woman reaching for something
April 29, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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cvarras.bsky.social
ONE PIECE IN SPACE

There's a space pirate hell bent on recruiting Romea on his quest to become King of the Stars. But she's more focused on the infuriating partner of her unfortunate crush, and saving him and his breakthrough magical discovery from becoming a weapon.
#questpit#Q#A#F#RF#SFF
A card with a starry background with the title Pirates and Planets. The subtitle says Opening Lines. Below is a paragraph. It says: The floating flotilla was a fortress of magic and science. Thousands of bubbles illuminated the marine night with buttery soft magic. Windows in cathedrals of crystal and glass glowed warm with the individual lights of lives. The whipping wind was petrichor rich and ozone bright, singing dreams from the city to the sea. The astral sea along the horizon glowed faint yellow with a new star’s dawn. A pirate leaping through the light speckled night was nothing new. But the wailing of Specs and Space Marines were an unwelcome annoyance for the late crowd. A card that says Pirates and Planets - Comps across the top. Below, there are two columns with covers of books. The first says By Me. Listed left to right, the comps listed are The Murderbot Diaries, One Piece; Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die; The Dispossessed, The Adventure Zone Balance (a podcast, not a book), and Six of Crows. The second column says By Readers. From left to right, they are Arcane (the Netflix animated show), These Burning Stars, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and Gideon the Ninth.
April 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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katgoestoshows.bsky.social
🩸🎸🧛‍♂️ETERNALLY DEAD🧛‍♂️🎸🩸

An injured musician discovers a secret world inhabited by vampires after failing to photograph the bassist of an all-vampire rock band. But when blood shortages hit the Vampire Realm, she wonders if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for. #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q
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 large red title that reads THE BAND. Beneath the title are six photos with character names and descriptions beside them. First is Celia, described with bullet points reading guitarist, human, chronically I'll, always late, fiesty. Her photo features a white woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a leather jacket. Next is caliban, described as guitarist, healing powers, super speed, super flirty, hiding something? His photo features a latino man in a white shirt with brown hair and some facial hair. Next is Leo, described as drummer, mind reader, angry and broody, quiet yearning, big trouble? His photo is of a Mediterranean looking man with a beard in a leather jacket. Next is Baz, described as a bass player, shape-shifter, golden retriever, mated to Amina, and too sweet. His photo is of a blonde white man with long hair. Next is Amina, described as band supporter, emotion channels, gets sh*t done, mated to Baz, tired of these men. Her photo is of a black woman with long dark braids. Lastly is Dorian, described as a singer, killer voice, big ego but funny, queer af, and might eat Celia?
April 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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WE USED TO LIVE HERE x MISERY
When a sentient house attacks a naive author and his stalker orchestrates an invasion, his badass sister and her disobedient dog race against an impending storm to save him, but they must face both monsters to survive the night.
#QuestPit #H #LGBTQ #agentsguide #Q #A
An agent and editor's guide for The Deadline, an 82,000-word Psychological horror Images from Pexels The Pitch An adventure-adverse novelist with a deadline and a peculiar type of imposter syndrome hikes to his isolated mountain estate. When he suffers the sentient house's attack and an invasion orchestrated by his pissed-off stalker, his underestimated sister doesn't hear from him. So, she and her disobedient dog race against time and an impending snowstorm to save him. But they must face both monsters to survive the night. COMPS Psychological Horror - We Used to Live Here, The Revenant - survival, Gothic LGBTQ - The Writing Retreat, None of this is True - Stalker obsession BIG 5 Interest Dual POV LGBTQ Family Secrets Siblings Coming-Of-Age Book Club Elevated Horror Pro-Edited David Lynch Vibes
April 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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callowromantic.bsky.social
When Trees Dance is currently out querying!

#questpit #Q #A #F

💚slow burn friends to lovers
⛰️environmental commentary
🌀exploration of faith and identity
🌿motherhood in all its forms
🌞neurodivergent and disability rep
April 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
clarabenson.org
🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼

REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC

Typhus delivers a wealthy suitor to Florence’s door with an offer that would ensure her sister's safety. But warnings from a haunted medical student reveal cracks in her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF
April 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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bmfwriter.bsky.social
A young preservationist is invited by its eccentric owner to study a sealed Gilded Age mansion to discover an heir bound to it. As the manor begins to respond to her, she becomes the only one who can break his curse before it claims him forever.

Starling House x Crimson Peak

#Questpit #PR #R #A #Q
April 29, 2026 at 1:39 PM