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Megan A. Saraceno | Author
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Currently querying epic romantic fantasy SONG OF THE SICKLE. If you like fierce women, forbidden magic, and slow-burn tension, you're in the right place!
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Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · Jul 24
✨ What if Mulan had magic… and instead of being rejected as a bride, she was rejected by the gods?

🌪️ Forbidden elemental magic
🎭 A stolen identity
❤️‍🔥 A dangerously perceptive commanding officer

⚔️SONG OF THE SICKLE⚔️

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #R
Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 115,000 words, first in a planned series by Megan A. Saraceno The pitch: She’s hiding her name, her past, her power. He sees through her every lie. Rejected by the gods, Tessa Whitaker brands a false divine seal into her flesh and steals her brother’s identity to save him from a war he won’t survive. But when her emotions manifest unblessed elemental magic, she catches the attention of her dangerously perceptive commanding officer. If he uncovers her secrets, execution will be the least of her problems. She can survive the war. She’s not sure she can survive him. Comps A Fate Inked in Blood, Silver Elite, The Knight and the Moth Opening lines: Tomorrow, the gods would judge me. Tonight, I pretended they didn’t exist. I swung the scythe through another row of wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. More honest than twenty years of prayers that had earned me nothing but silence. Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts off tomorrow and the bare stretch of skin on my forearm waiting to be claimed., pictures include: military training camp, earth magic, amber ring, abandoned watchtower, and incense
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KEEPERS OF MY SOUL

💔 Manipulated bonds
🎭 Hidden identities
❤️‍🩹 Unrequited love
🔮 Fated mates
✨ Gods, Fates, and mortals
🙏🏼 Path to redemption

On track to query spring 2027
#W #A #RF #MY #QuestPit #Agentsguide #Agentguide
July 25, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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For fans of deception like The Knight and the Moth, with an MMC like Gavin Smyth, but sprinkle inspiration from Inkheart…

KEEPERS OF MY SOUL
Set to be 100k

Cross genre #RF #MY
#A #W

Tropes:
✨ Fated Mates
🔮 Gods, Fates, and Mortals
🎭 Hidden Identities
❤️‍🩹 Manipulated Bonds
❣️ Unmatched Yearning
July 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Fate and Honey- A romantic fantasy
💰Every mother has a past. Every past had a price. Every price must be paid
👑Ginny and Georgia meets the Wolf King
🩸Red Riding Hood Reimagining from the mother's POV.
#questpit #q #a #f #r
July 24, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Fate and Honey
91K romantic fantasy

Ginny and Georgia meets the Wolf King:
Every Mother has a past. Every past has a price. Every price must be paid.

Reverse grumpy/ sunshine
FMC in her 30s
Multi-shifter species
May 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Daughter of Bleeding Gods

🖤Everybody’s morally grey
☠️Dead gods
🐉Dragon deities
⛓️Tattoo-based magic system
🏍️ Cyberpunk meets fantasy
💎Gang politics
💞 Military found family
❤️‍🔥Will they/won’t they slow burn
💪🏼FMC built like a brickhouse

Currently editing draft 2!
#W #Questpit #SFF #agentguide
July 24, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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An #agentsguide to COVENANT, my gothic gaslamp romantasy!

Post is pinned to my profile 🥰

#questpit #A #RF #Q #agentguide ##amquerying

💜👻🌑✨️🕯🥀
gabrielmorgan00.bsky.social Gabriel Morgan is querying @gabrielmorgan00.bsky.social · Jul 24
A MARVELLOUS LIGHT X PENNY DREADFUL

When a mysterious being heralds the apocalypse, there are only two witnesses: Rowan and Darshil, bitter exes who must brave London’s occult underbelly and save the world from eternal darkness, all while grappling with their unresolved feelings.

#questpit #Q #RF
Gothic Gaslamp Romantasy Adult standalone 109,500 words Pitch: After their one-night stand ends in hurt, hedonistic occultist Rowan and repressed poet Darshil never want to see each other again. That plan is ruined when a being from beyond the grave heralds the apocalypse, and they are the only two witnesses. Forced together, Rowan and Darshil plunge into London's occult underbelly in search of answers to the apocalypse. But as the Veil between life and death slowly thins, and old passions reignite, Rowan realises the truth lies in memories he swore to forget, and that the past is a shallow grave, easily unearthed. Comps: The Magpie Lord: gaslamp world, occult magic, big spooky house A Marvellous Light: opposites attract, magical bonds The Gentleman and his Vowsmith: second chance, steamy romance The Resurrectionist: historical setting, self discovery Penny Dreadful: Victorian gothic, seduced by darkness Black cat x golden retriever Yearning Bisexual awakening Second chance romance Forced proximity Only one bed Opposites attract Gothic decadence Big spooky house Exploration of grief Horror as a metaphor Dreams-based magic The occult Alternate London setting Art shows a thin white person with short black hair, blue eyes, and an unimpressed expression, and a plus-sized South Asian man with chin-length curly black hair, brown eyes, short facial hair, and a soft smile. It was a poet’s job to seek out beauty, to be mesmerised by it. Darshil wanted to transform Rowan into swirls of ink, to fit his hands into the slight dips where Rowan’s waist met his hips and write him a thousand times over. The only thing more fascinating than death was the tormented living it left behind. It helped to hate him. It was less painful than loving him. The dead thing woke to the acrid stench of its own rot. Rowan matched him tenderness for tenderness, giving everything he could and knowing that for once, his everything was enough. Perhaps closing his eyes stopped it meaning anything. Darshil knew he should do the same. This was shame beyond anything else, a secret to take to the unloving grave. He kept his eyes open anyway. With Rowan beneath him, as beautiful as the dawn, he couldn’t bear to look away.
July 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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🌊 ALL THE SEAS AND SHADOWS 🌊

A privileged girl uncovers the secrets behind a magical smuggling ring in exchange for help escaping an enforced engagement.

🤍 Young Adult Fantasy
🤍 Folklore-faithful Irish Lore
🤍 Sapphic Longing
🤍 Found Family

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #amquerying
July 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Born into a brutal world, Lyra risks everything to disguise herself as a man and compete in the skywolf tournaments, where she must decide if glory is worth risking not only her life, but the life of the man she secretly loves. For a war is coming, and not everyone will survive ⚔️❤️‍🔥
#QuestPit #Q #A #F
July 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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STARLING HOUSE x ADDIE LARUE X MY COUSIN RACHEL

A Gothic Fantasy Romance

📰 marriage of desperation
🏚️a secluded New Orleans estate
🥀mysterious, reclusive MMC
🕯️suspicious, determined FMC
🖤slow burn, forbidden obsession
🗝️a dark secret locked away

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #H #R #Gothic #AmQuerying
July 24, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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Every lie has a cost.

A woman whose forgotten iridescent magic could save her color-draining world may instead become the very weapon its siphoning ruler has been waiting for.

Slow-burn romance
Political intrigue
Color-based magic
Soul-costing trials

#QuestPit #A #DF #F (agents guide 📌to profile)
Text: Every lie has a cost. A woman whose forgotten iridescent magic could save her color-draining world may instead become the very weapon its siphoning ruler has been waiting for. Slow-burn romance Political intrigue Color-based magic Soul-costing trials #QuestPit #A #DF #F (agents guide 📌to profile) Image: Mood board for the adult romantic fantasy novel BORN OF LIGHT, CURSED BY DARKNESS. A collage of dark fantasy imagery including mist-covered gothic castles, a spiral library, storm clouds over ancient ruins, stone bridges, crashing ocean waves, a black sand beach at sunrise, the northern lights, a moon and sun symbol, and two figures beneath a star-filled sky. The title appears beneath the quote, ‘it’s all lies, darling,’ evoking a moody, gothic atmosphere of magic, mystery, and romance. 119,000 words Comps: The Serpent & the Wings of Night X The Foxglove King.
July 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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POV: you're the worst witch in your family and you inherit your grandma's house, but it's haunted by her ghost AND she's dead-set on matchmaking you with the guy that broke your heart in high school. Ooops.

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH x Taylor Swift's MARJORIE

#QuestPit #A #R #S #AG #W
July 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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A STUDY IN DROWNING X GILMORE GIRLS

Atticus moved to Havenvale so he could attend the most prestigious knighthood academy in the kingdom, but there's a rose-scented ghost haunting his manor, & he's learning it's hard to focus while falling in love...👻🖤
#AG #YA #F #RF #QuestPit
A HAUNTING TO HOLD Ghost Romance 𝙷̶𝚒̶𝚜̶ ̶𝙵̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ His Forever Cozy Fantasy Town Magical Lantern Festival Star-Spinning Magic Gothic Manor Griffin Riding Knighthood Academy THE PITCH COZY YA FANTASY 89,000 WORDS After fleeing from his war-ravaged hometown, a timid boy enrolls in an elite knighthood academy while falling for the ghost haunting his rose-scented manor; but when enemy knights invade his cozy new town during a festival that allows the dead to live for a single night, he must learn how to rally his courage before the girl he loves is lost forever. CHAPTER ONE My ghost never hides in the shadows. When the afternoon burns brightest, I’ll catch her silhouette in the sunshine. When night steals the sky I glimpse delicate blue eyes peeking out behind moonbeam curtains. It’s been five weeks since we've moved in, yet I've only ever found her in the light. “She’s not your ghost,” reminds Olive. “I can see her, too!” But my sister’s claim rattles out like a lie. Looking at her now, she’s scrunching her face up, squinting real tight, yet her eyes never seem to find the shimmering girl that runs through Rosefall Manor. Not like mine do. FOR FANS OF... The sweeping, magical romance of… A cozy fantasy town inspired by… The lush prose and gothic atmosphere found in…
July 24, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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♣️♦️ 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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JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

🕯️forbidden gothic romance
🕯️slow burn
🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton
🕯️black swan-esque awakening
🕯️2000's setting
🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual
🕯️secret lake meetings

— coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂

#questpit #W #A #NA #R
My Sweet Unbecoming A forbidden gothic romance Coming to agent inboxes September 2026 Comps & Pitch The Phantom of the Opera Jane Eyre Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another. But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all. Tropes Forbidden Romance High Society Match Making European Setting Slow Burn Love VS Duty Black Swan-esque Awakening Masquerade Ball 2000’s Setting Obsessive yearning Secret Lake Meetings
July 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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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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THE LOST STORY X THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA

A fantasy novel aficionado discovers he’s the reincarnation of a revered Mage from another realm, and must uncover his past life memories to save his newfound home before it’s decimated by a horde of soul-devouring beasts.
#QuestPit #Q #A #F
July 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama

YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with:
🤍second chance romance
💀murd.er
🤍fake dating
❄️frosty magic
👯‍♀️sister bonds
🐶a cute pet sidekick
🎄Christmas festivities
🔼love triangle

Would you read it?
Art by @mknzgmbn

#questpit #wip #P #R #A
July 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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🌊🔥Mulan meets Avatar: The Last Airbender… but make it an adult romantasy.

🌪️ Forbidden elemental magic
🎭 Hidden identity
⚔️ Military training
❤️‍🔥 Slow-burn romance
👀 A dangerously perceptive commanding officer

✨ SONG OF THE SICKLE ✨

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #R
Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 115,000 words, first in a planned series by Megan A. Saraceno The pitch: She’s hiding her name, her past, her power. He sees through her every lie. Rejected by the gods, Tessa Whitaker brands a false divine seal into her flesh and steals her brother’s identity to save him from a war he won’t survive. But when her emotions manifest unblessed elemental magic, she catches the attention of her dangerously perceptive commanding officer. If he uncovers her secrets, execution will be the least of her problems. She can survive the war. She’s not sure she can survive him. Comps A Fate Inked in Blood, Silver Elite, The Knight and the Moth Opening lines: Tomorrow, the gods would judge me. Tonight, I pretended they didn’t exist. I swung the scythe through another row of wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. More honest than twenty years of prayers that had earned me nothing but silence. Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts off tomorrow and the bare stretch of skin on my forearm waiting to be claimed., pictures include: military training camp, earth magic, amber ring, abandoned watchtower, and incense
July 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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#querying DO NO HARM, a 75k urban fantasy about medical justice!

When a healer with a secret turns up dead on their uni campus, two unlikely heroes make a discovery that could revolutionize magical medicine—but first they must unmask the killer trying to bury them with it.

#Questpit #Q #A #F
July 24, 2026 at 5:00 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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Magic is power, and Alorah is done living under a system intent on deciding her worth.

🌙Elemental x Runic magic
🥵 Forced proximity
🔺Twisted love triangle
🫠 Black cat (& curvy) FMC
🐕 Golden Retriever MMC
🔥He'd burn the world for her (If she doesn't beat him to it)
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF #R
July 24, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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A broken god.
A relentless beauty.
A betrayal forged by lies.

Flawed among gods who measure worth in perfection, Hephaestus learned early that love was something to survive—not trust.

🦝A gods best friend is a raccoon
🪄Underrepresented Greek retelling
🎊1930s NOLA
#Questpit #Q #A #F #R #HF #HR #RF
July 24, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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THE WITCHER x SUPERNATURAL x D&D x CONSTANTINE

An exiled human paladin + a chaotic half-elf rockstar take a road trip across a post-apocalyptic, 1980s-inspired hellscape to save their gods-abandoned world... and maybe each other... 🎸💖⚔️✨

SONGBOOK FOR THE APOCALYPSE #questpit #W #F #A #LGBT
Songbook for the Apocalypse is a dual-POV queer romantic fantasy novel coming to the query trenches in Fall 2026 The pitch for Songbook for the Apocalypse, it's The Witcher but post-apocalyptic and inspired by D&D and Supernatural... and it's gay and full of 80s power ballads The MCs from Songbook for the Apocalypse: Blair Kent The MCs from Songbook for the Apocalypse: Orion Arcadia
July 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X SILVER ELITE

The gods rejected her. So naturally, she:

✅ Stole her brother's identity
✅ Joined the army
✅ Developed forbidden magic
✅ Fell for the man who could expose her

✨ SONG OF THE SICKLE, adult romantic fantasy ✨

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #R
Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 115,000 words, first in a planned series by Megan A. Saraceno The pitch: She’s hiding her name, her past, her power. He sees through her every lie. Rejected by the gods, Tessa Whitaker brands a false divine seal into her flesh and steals her brother’s identity to save him from a war he won’t survive. But when her emotions manifest unblessed elemental magic, she catches the attention of her dangerously perceptive commanding officer. If he uncovers her secrets, execution will be the least of her problems. She can survive the war. She’s not sure she can survive him. The comps: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L Jensen for weaponized faith and dangerous attraction; Silver Elite by Dani Francis for undercover military training and forced proximity; The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig for divine deception and forbidden truths Opening Lines: Tomorrow, the gods would judge me. Tonight, I pretended they didn’t exist. I swung the scythe through another row of wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. More honest than twenty years of prayers that had earned me nothing but silence. Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts off tomorrow and the bare stretch of skin on my forearm waiting to be claimed. Pictures of military training camp, earth magic, glowing amber ring, abandoned watchtower, and incense
July 24, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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🥀THE ROSE BARGAIN X HADESTOWN 💀

The goddess of love’s daughter must win the prize of immortality in her mother’s divine matchmaking contest or else succumb to a death curse.

2026 RevPit Winner!

#QuestPit #YA #Romantasy #YARomantasy #F
July 24, 2026 at 2:12 PM