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Fighting the erasure of bisexual and autistic women, one anti-hero at a time.
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🇪🇸 1935. A widowed arms dealer partners with the British spy sent to bring her to justice, to defend against Italian SIM agents seeking control of her weapons. Their growing intimacy might not survive one final revelation: he’s responsible for her husband’s death.

#DVPit #LGBT #Bi+ #ND
September 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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kllempereur.bsky.social
BURY OUR BONES X TLT X Mad Max: Fury Road — in space, with #ownvoices sapphics!

Asteria wants to bring the entire universe to its knees. Calypso wants to stop her. But their secrets, ambitions, and obsession with each other threaten to unravel everything.

#QuestPit #Q #A #SF #F #LGBTQ
an agents guide to The Brightest Star in the Sky. adult sci-fi fantasy, lgbtq+ a purple and gold spacey sapphic moodboard and a pitch. 12 years ago, Asteria became a god—almost. a group of heroes hid the last bit of power she needed to consume, and they've been running since. the heroes and their daughter Calypso have spent that time building a weapon to kill a god. when Asteria captures Calypso and her crewmates to keep the heroes from using the weapon, Calypso sees her chance to fix everything. she plays a dangerous game, drawing Asteria in to find out her plans, tip off the heroes, and guide the god-king into the weapons crosshairs. and as long as the god-king doesn't consume her first, it'll work. perfect for fans of BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL (toxic, obsessive sapphic romance); SOME DESPERATE GLORY (queer, dark tones and spaceships); TLT series (magic lesbians in space); Mad Max Fury Road (yes it's a cult but make it Aesthetic); Borderlands series (futuristic mayhem, space travel, and magic) adult sapphic dark sci-fi fantasy / 100k words / first in a planned duology / dual-POV
July 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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scarletvmitchell.bsky.social Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 24
The gargoyles of St. Romain's have a job to do; hold the demons of Hell at bay.
But there's a secret on campus that is drawing more and more of these creatures through the portal... one lonely human student.

Will her dark magic be the savior or the downfall of the guardians?

#QuestPit
#Q #YA #F
Moodboard for Rooted in Stone. Tagline: She thought her heart was stone… it would take a gargoyle to prove her wrong… Large central image is a doorway in a very dark, arched hallway of an old stone building. The huge, heavy oaken door is cracked halfway open to the outside. Outside, we see a very bright, vividly colored rainbow of sparkling light starbursting to halo the door, clearly a strange and wondrous land beyond, which contrasts with the moody shadows of the interior. Around the edge of this image, as a backdrop, are, the buckles of a lesther jacket, crows flocking around the steeples of a misty church, statue of an angel clasing hands over heart and peering at the sky, a dark-skinned mermaid with a turquoise tail, a girl in half-shadow glaring out at the viewer, a crow perched on a fencepost.
July 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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tamaratoday.bsky.social
♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️

This New Adult Fantasy Features:
🃏 Multiple POVs
🎲 A Bisexual Love Triangle
🃏 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.
July 24, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything.

#QuestPit #Q #A #SF
July 24, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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danielleippaso.bsky.social
STARLING HOUSE x ADDIE LARUE x MY COUSIN RACHEL

🖤a marriage of desperation
🏚️a secluded New Orleans mansion
🥀a creeping obsession with her husband's reclusive cousin
🔑his dark secret she was never meant to find

🕯️a gothic fantasy romance, complete at 75k words

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #H #R #Gothic
July 24, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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THE FRONTMAN (She’s the Man x Almost Famous)

Lolly's lying to the nation, and it may kill her twin brother.

She's finishing his 1983 tour. He's secretly in rehab. When rehab fails, Lolly must choose: save her twin or save his legacy, even if the truth ruins both their lives.

#questpit #Q #A #U
A mood board of 1983, featuring Walkmans, jeans tucked into socks, cassette tapes, Jon Bongiovi, Peter Wabbit via The Guardian, and photos by Bruno Guerrero and Sebastian Ervi. The board promotes THE FRONTMAN, a work of upmarket fiction by Victoria Lurie, 100k words, where a rock band replaces their lead singer with his twin sister so they can finish their tour while he’s in rehab.
July 24, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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ruchi-writes.bsky.social
💖 SHE’S THE MAN x ICEBREAKER, BUT MAKE IT E-SPORTS 🎮

To join her dream esports team, Cam let everyone assume she's a guy. Now all she has to do is survive the captain, who's sure she's the weak link — without falling for him first.

#Q #R #A #questpit #agentsguide #amquerying
Last Pick by Ruchi Dave is an e-sports romance novel, complete at 75k words. Cameron Day has always felt like a loser—except in the video game League of Champions, where she dominates. So when an esports team mistakes her for a guy and recruits her, she doesn’t correct them. But to Jacob—their ruthless (and distractingly hot) captain who’s already seen one ex-teammate implode under pressure—she’s a risk they can’t afford. If she cracks, they all go down with her. The only way forward is to prove she’s not a liability, but the key to pulling them out of freefall. Contact the author at **@ruchi-writes on x or @ruchi-writes.bsky.social** Moodboard for Last Pick. Professional esports gamer vibes. Snippet for Last Pick “The others got over it much sooner than you did.” “I didn’t want to complicate things.” “Why would I complicate things?” “You know why.” He tucked a stray hair behind my ear, and my skin felt electric where his fingers brushed against me. I leaned into him as his hand slid to the nape of my neck, tilting my head toward his. “What happened to keeping things professional?” “This is professional,” he murmured. “Kevin and I do this all the time.” Comps and Tropes - **enemies-to-lovers** - **woman in a male dominated field** - **Chaos GOBLIN HEROINE** - **forced proximity** - **underdog story** - **impostor syndrome** - **good intentions, bad decisions** She’s the Man - **WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE A MAN IN A MALE DOMINATED SPORT (E-Sports)** Icebreaker by Hannah Grace - **team captain/mentor who is convinced she’s a liability** The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - **fake-it-till-you-make-it energy**
July 24, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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katdevittwrites.bsky.social
My Darling, Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society

A fabled witch howled the Blackstone Curse and mired generations in madness, murder, and mayhem. Only a monster and an heir to an earldom may break the spell, but first they must find each other.

#QuestPit #Q
#Gothic #A #H #LGBT
July 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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#Q #A #F #Questpit
ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power...

"They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission."

Querying now!
July 24, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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July 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Real person? Joe Kenda
Fictional? Hercule Poirot
scarletvmitchell.bsky.social Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 17
You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

Cliche perhaps.
Ive never even seen a John Wick film, but if someone ever takes me out and you give me my druthers, Im gonna need someone to go scorched earth on vengeance.

Make 'em afraid. Make 'em suffer.

Im a sweetheart, wtf is wrong with you?
July 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
mbsteel.bsky.social
A memory of that "rush" from secret kisses in the back of a Swiss finishing school classroom in 1912.
The Lies That Shadows Tell. Chapter 25. Helena’s eyes narrowed. Social exile. Professional ruin. She may not have faced imprisonment, but she was well acquainted with this line of consequences. It had been worth it, of course. The taste of Cassia’s lips pressed to hers in the shadowed alcoves of the school chapel. The way her fingers had trembled against Cassia’s cheek. The sudden rush of blood at the sound of a door closing nearby. The cool eyes of Madame Fontaine when she judged the distance between them as too close. Too comfortable. Too... dangerous. She had learned, then, how much desire could cost a woman.
July 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
mbsteel.bsky.social
Attacked by monsters from hell, hospitalized for magic withdrawal, returns to her new apartment to find her abusive father standing in the mess from a burglary. So what does she do when he leaves? Masturbates in the shower. Book had other problems, but that was the instant DNF.
susansavagelee.bsky.social Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · Jul 14
What makes you instantly quit reading a book? If I can’t connect to the characters, then I can’t finish a story #writingq #WritingCommunity
July 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Neori asks a Central African river for truth. The spirit inside it answers with hunger, a child, and a haunting her bloodline will carry for generations

🌊 elemental horror
🩸 bloodline haunting
🌍 Central African folklore
🖤 Black historical horror
🕯️ ancestral memory

#BluePit #Q #A #POC #H #HS #D
Moodboard for SEDIMENT, a mythic historical horror novel. A collage of Black and African figures near water: men with instruments and river poles, women standing, bowing, or submerged in water, hands touching a stream, white garments, shells, ritual-like river scenes, a golden river at sunset, and a foggy blue forest. The images evoke elemental water, Central African folklore, spiritual inheritance, ancestral memory, and a bloodline haunting that travels from one river toward the Mississippi.
July 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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A THOUSAND THREADS
#BluePit #📖 #F #A #W

“Princess & the Pea” retelling—but what if she’s not a princess? What if she’s a fugitive in disguise just trying to clear her name & get back to her plants? And there’s pirates.

💚 ND FMC
🇸🇪 Swedish folklore
📜 1790s vibe
⚔️ Reluctant allies
🌱 Plant-based magic
A collage of photos set on a dark teal and black background. There are photos of a red castle, a late 18th century male royal outfit, a small old-fashioned ship, an 18th century aristocratic woman with a fan, a fancy bed, and a cliff overlooking the ocean. There is also a white rose, scattered dandelions, torn book pages, and a spool of gold thread. In the corner is the title, “A Thousand Threads.” In the center there is a parchment scrap with the text “a twisted retelling of The Princess and the Pea.”
July 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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JANE EYRE x STARLING HOUSE

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 France, Belle Époque
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE offers a unique magic system and swooning sapphic romance. Available in ebook and audiobook 🎧

#BluePit #📖 #P #A #F #HS #LGBT
Cover of the audiobook version of A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE by Millie Abecassis, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.
July 13, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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A new-age priest and an atheist adrenaline-junkie walk into a bar...

... to follow a lead on their latest paranormal investigation.

People are drowning in London far from water. Is it a medical epidemic, or does the Thames itself have a score to settle?

#BluePit #📖
#A #PN #W
Moodboard for Child of the Thames, a Mudlarks Paranormal Investigation. Two women viewed from behind holding hands, as one pulls ahead of the other. A London manhole cover. An overhead view of the Thames. A woman's face just under the surface of water. In the corner is a man dressed sharply in a tweed suit and a pinup drawing of a laughing blonde woman.
July 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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A bubbly wedding planner meets her match when her client’s stubborn older brother vows to stop the wedding.

Rivals to lovers
Type A/Type A pairing
Slow burn YEARNING
New England setting
Vision boards, bouquets, and color-coded checklists

#BluePit #📖 #A #R #Q #romcom #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Mood board with vision board, oysters, Italian greyhound, champagne, New England beach, and princess diaries 2 fountain scene
July 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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The UK government frames intelligence agent Eddie Fletcher for its role in a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift - or a Russian spy will use it to start a war that destroys the future.

#BluePit #Q #A #SF #📖
July 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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scarletvmitchell.bsky.social
It's hard being a disgraced archaeologist turned PI. When a dream gig appears, you have to grab it and hold on, even if it means working with someone who did you dirty years ago.

Even if the person who hired you is murdered before they can sign your check.

#BluePit #📖
#A #M #P #LGBT

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Moodboard for The Gerzean Blade, Adult Mystery "A mysterious artifact... a web of secrets and lies..." A pickaxe and other tools lying in the dirt, a hand tracing over a stone wall marked with glyphs, a piece of broken glass, a map of Illinois, a series of beautiful arrowheads, a silhouette of a woman running in heals, a long road, the St Louis Arch.
July 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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What if saving your mother means diving into her worst nightmares?

16-year-old Emi Yamaguchi must team up with a dream-eater and three ghost women to hunt down her mother’s fragmented heart—before a soul-devouring demon consumes them all.

#BluePit #📖 #Q #YA #H #POC
July 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
mbsteel.bsky.social
In honor of #bluepit, I'd like to offer my dueling blurbs. Any #concrit from the #writesky community is always welcome, but I'm mostly hoping to hear which perspective has the most hook for you as a reader.
The Lies That Shadows Tell Historical Spy Romance Vigo, Spain. 1935. Widowed mother of two, Helena Santos, operates the largest illicit arms network in the Mediterranean to protect her daughters from becoming political pawns in a country on the brink of civil war. When a British saboteur attempts to infiltrate her business, she must decide if his charm and respect to her intellect will overcome the need to eliminate the threat he poses. But Italian agents are circling closer, seeking to subjugate Helena’s weapons to Mussolini’s colonial ambitions. This British saboteur could become her greatest ally against a mutual enemy, but his presence has already made Helena more vulnerable than she realizes. If he can’t guard his secret about his role in the death of Helena’s husband, it could leave them both vulnerable to Italian assassination. The Lies That Shadows Tell Historical Spy Romance British intelligence officer Sicarius believes one death is a small price to stop an infamous arms dealer from destabilizing the Mediterranean—until his investigation points to Helena Santos, the widow whose husband was killed because of his own flawed intelligence. Now, Helena has transformed into El Águila, a ruthless broker who supplies all factions equally to shield her daughters from Spain’s escalating violence. What begins as mutual surveillance becomes a charged connection built on mutual respect and a shared understanding of the moral cost of survival. But as Italian agents seek to subjugate Helena’s network to Mussolini’s colonial ambitions, they must confront a dark truth: each is complicit in violence that has threatened the other’s life. Both must decide whether trust is possible when the one you love is as likely to kill you as kiss you.
July 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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amberleighwrites.bsky.social
Hey #bluepit check out my latest work, The Submerged. 🌊Currently Querying. #q #sf #ya
July 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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jundlife.bsky.social
THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO

Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself.
#BluePit #H #Q #📖
'Hat' - 81K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon. Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed. Tropes: 2000's set Spooky New ENgland Amature Witchcraft Nature, moon stuff, Stoner Goths nu-Metal Playlist Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. Backrooms
July 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM