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Jyo has a new WIP @jyodmello.bsky.social · Jul 24
Utterly Unprepared for QuestPit, but here's a quick moodboard of my #RoyalsWIP #A #F #questpit
Palace, Praying Fire, Jungle, Bride, Journey on horses, Sea Dragon
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HAPPY PUB DAY to me and brfontenotwrites.bsky.social !

Our stories "The Servant of Brass" (Me) and "The Oasis" (B.R.) are loose in the universe.

Stay Spooky.

#Writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting #Writerlife #horror #booksky #readers #crookedspinepress

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Last Exit · Crooked Spine Press
Last Exit is coming at a breakneck speed. In the third issue of Crooked Spine, the road stretches past empty towns, forgotten motels, and exits that do not appear on any map. These twelve stories of A...
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September 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Reveal Day! My short story "The Servant of Brass" will be featured in the new Crooked Spine Issue: Last Exit.
Excited to be pubbed with brookbwrites.bsky.social
Stay Spooky

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#Horror #CrookedSpine #HorrorTree #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Writesky #AuthorSky
Cover of Crooked Spine Magazine issue 3: Last Exit. Art featured four skeletons driving a red classic car with the license plate DEDEND through the American Southwestern desert on route 666 past an old gas station.
August 28, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Join us for #AskDV on SEPT 17, 2026 @ 4-5PM ET on Bluesky for a Q&A before #DVpit with agents @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @allielevick.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social !

Post your questions on bsky with #AskDV on 9/17 @ 4-5PM ET

For rules: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv
Thursday, September 17 2026 @ 1pm - 2pm Pacific / 4pm - 5pm Eastern #AskDV Join us on Bluesky for a Q&A with agents before #DVpit! To participate, post your questions on Bluesky with the #AskDV hashtag between 1-2PM Pacific/4-5PM Eastern on September 17, 2026. Agents will be looking through the hashtag for questions to answer. for rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv Alexandra Levick Eric Smith Paula Weiman Michaela What’ll
August 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Join us for #AskDV on SEPT 24, 2026 @ 1-2PM ET on Bluesky for a Q&A before #DVpit with agents @jimmccarthydgb.bsky.social @laurenabramo.bsky.social @stutitelidevara.bsky.social @rebeccaw04.bsky.social @sandraproudman.bsky.social

For rules: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv
Thursday, September 24 2026 @ 10am - 11am Pacific / 1pm - 2pm Eastern Join us on Bluesky for a Q&A with agents before #DVpit! To participate, post your questions on Bluesky with the #AskDV hashtag between 10-11AM Pacific/1-2PM Eastern on September 24, 2026. Agents will be looking through the hashtag for questions to answer. for rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv Lauren Abramo Jim McCarthy Rebecca Podos Sandra Proudman Stuti Telidevara Rebecca Williamson
August 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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jundlife.bsky.social
So, I sent my first queries ever. I'm not gonna post my 'journey' or anything like that. I want to keep things mellow on socials.

This is an accountability post to keep me focused/driven.

Anyhow, if anyone wants something for spooky season, I got you.

#Writingcommunity #Writesky #amquerying
August 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Romance writers, this one is for you!

#LoveAtFirstPitch brings together 24 literary agents looking for romance manuscripts in one romance-only pitch event.

Free for writers. Pitch Aug 24–31. Give your love story its moment.

Details: litconnect.net/romance-pitc...

#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
July 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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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 6:03 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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jjphillipsyo.bsky.social
AMARI X ANDOR
➥Magic+Spycraft

Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.

#QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit
July 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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dhstrange.bsky.social
THE FIFTH ELEMENT x HOT FUZZ

After a job gone wrong, data thief Enmity and space cop Mirek end up handcuffed together, at the center of a political coup, and on the run from space thugs, disco-dancing assassins...and catching feelings for one another. #questpit #OS #AG #A #SF #R
8 images total, first column of 3: image of man’s profile in pink and purple lighting, image of a moon against the backdrop of Jupiter, image of neon lights that say “love is action”, second column of 2 images: two hands reaching for each other against the backdrop of a desert, an alleyway at night; third column of 3 images: an explosion in space, image of a finger pushing a button labeled “help me”, image of the profile of a woman in pink and red light.
July 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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nancigilliver.bsky.social
A devout young woman is heir to a throne of god-chosen kings and must prove herself to her controlling father and the lords and priests who despise her, but she hides a dark power that brings death. Combines the romance of INNAMORATA with the female agency of THE UNICORN HUNTERS #questpit #W #A #F
July 24, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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katgoestoshows.bsky.social
ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm.

When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront 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, 103k 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.
July 24, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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ksskss.bsky.social
The Cruel Prince X The Hunger Games

Querying now~

⚔️Portal fantasy
🩸Deadly trials
⚔️Malevolent racist faeries
🩸A selfish, lying & self-serving FMC
⚔️Court intrigue
🩸Blood magic
⚔️Unique & lush worldbuilding
🩸Political minefields
⚔️A very subtle slow-burn romance
🩸Monsters

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q
The Ballad of Blood and Fire (A 100,00-word YA Fantasy) A mood board of gold pillars of a beautiful palace, a dark, intimidating maze, magical lights in a willow tree, a hand dripping with blood, a view of the night sky, a forgotten statue of a Goddess, an ethereal night sky, two people fighting, a hand holding a stunning diamond necklace, and gold-plated armor. When 17-year-old Rawiya becomes the first mortal ever Casted into the deadly Light Bearer Trials in the Lands of Draoibeo, she must navigate treacherous court politics by weaponizing the one power no faerie possesses: the ability to lie. The Comps: - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan - The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
July 24, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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elenimoros.bsky.social
⚽ BLIND TO YOU ⚽

👨‍❤️‍👨 MM Sports Romance
🥰 Slowburn: Teammates to Soulmates
😻 Black Cat x Golden Retriever
😰 Trauma + Therapy: Anxiety & PTSD Rep
🏳️‍🌈 Queernorm World

#questpit #Q #A #R #lgbt
July 24, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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mytherea.bsky.social
Starfall: a queer space opera heavy on the intimate-stakes character drama, elfy science-fantasy, and swashbuckling starship adventure about a telepathic space elf who joins off-brand Starfleet. He's a stabby cinnamon roll who doesn't want any friends! (This is a lie.)

#Questpit #Q #A #SF #SFF
Title slide that reads "Starfall, Queer Space Opera Adventure, 139,000 words, R. J. Howell." Slide that reads: "Pitch: Erendesirel was raised for two things: political marriage and political skirmishes. Sadly, the galaxy doesn’t have much call for a well-trained ornamental husband or sword-wielding duelist. Banished from his technologically-hostile homeworld, unskilled, and entirely broke, he applies to the Galactic Survey and Security Fleet, a company of space-faring scientific contractors. He just has to somehow pass a basic competency exam he is woefully unprepared for. And agree to a 10-year debt contract to pay for his tuition. And avoid being driven insane by the thoughts and feelings of a crew of a hundred and twenty souls serving on a very small starship. And navigate all the well-meaning people trying to be his friend. Oh, and not get kidnapped by pirates." There is another section below it that reads "Comps" and show the covers of Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell, Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, Slow Gods by Claire North, and Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold. There is also an illustration of a space elf named Eren. This slide reads: "Excerpt: Erendesirel—the nameless, the houseless, the planetless—had tracked his quarry down to a victuals shop on the outskirts of the space station’s medical district. From his hunter’s hide on a public bench opposite the establishment, he glowered at the incongruously-wooden door, breathed in the smell of roasted nuttiness and sticky sugar wafting out through the open bay window, and fought for equanimity. His hand tightened on the hilt of his family sword, the blade pressed against his leg to accommodate the rather unfriendly design of the bench. Galactic architecture was, as always, crafted for comfort and unobtrusiveness but singularly failed to take into account a full-length sword at one’s hip. It didn’t matter that of all the peoples of the galaxy, there was only one that insisted on carrying true steel swords instead of some technological marvel that, oh, made the sword shrink or disappear or be constructed entirely out of light. He would never stoop to touch such a thing. No, the sword and dagger set of his clan would serve him for this purpose just fine. No matter that they were considered contraband. By both his people and station security, if for rather different reasons." This slide reads "The Trope Nebula" and contains a series of trope-related terms: All the feels, found family, to boldly go (but contractually), swords but space, touch-adverse telepathic space elves, starships!, stabby cinnamon roll, disaster bisexuals, qu3eer, student debt?, lesbians with laser canons, and friendship! (whether you want it or not).
July 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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sabrinamars.bsky.social
INUYASHA x SAILOR MOON

WHEN LIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH
🪄Portal fantasy
💖Anxious Midwest Magical Girl™️
🧠 CPTSD rep
✨DBT-coded magic system
🔬women in STEM
💥Forbidden magic
❤️‍🔥Spicy angsty slowburn
🩵Found Family
⚔️Sexy sparring
✨D&D wild magic

🎨: @birdko.art
#questpit 📖 #a #rf #w #writesky
July 24, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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mermaidkaye.bsky.social
One Siren • One Curse • A Sea of Secrets

The Curse of the Violent Moon
🧜🏾‍♀️ Folklore retelling
🏫 Upper Middle Grade
🐉 Fantasy
🏆 SCBWI WIP winner
📖 54,000 word count

#questpit #MG #F #Q
Mermaid Jalpari
ALT: Mermaid Jalpari
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July 24, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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❝When seventeen-year-old Sammy starts seeing his mother’s ghost, he’s convinced she’s determined to drag him into the afterlife with her.❞

✖️Hallucinations
✖️M/M romance
✖️Trapped loyalty
✖️Small town PNW vibes
#QuestPit #YA #H #LGBT
July 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
jyodmello.bsky.social
Utterly Unprepared for QuestPit, but here's a quick moodboard of my #RoyalsWIP #A #F #questpit
Palace, Praying Fire, Jungle, Bride, Journey on horses, Sea Dragon
July 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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joyshaw.bsky.social
What if trauma became coded runes on your skin?

And an authoritarian regime hunted the marked, harvesting your grief to fuel its power?

JESSICA JONES × ARCANE

They call her SCARella. She’s the only one who gives a damn about post-Collapse Manhattan’s disappearing girls.

🧵

#QuestPit #A #SFF
Cyberpunk fantasy poster featuring the vigilante SCARell standing in a flooded tunnel, gripping a flaming machete. A glowing sigil appears on her chest and along her arm. Title reads SCARELLA: THE MACHETE MARAUDERESS with the tagline: “Some things don’t just break you. They remake you.”
July 24, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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Nia Moredi just wants to look out for her little brother. Miss Laval needs to attend a governess-teacher meeting. Baarsin Dorvierre's being watched. Pickpocket Wren needs to recharge her misdirection charm. If only Nia could remember which of them she's supposed to be today. #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT
A Pickpocket's Guide to High Society (And Higher Mathematics) YA Fantasy 80K words Catherine Winters dot com Against a subtly textured background of mathematical formulae and a hexagonal summoning grid feature a collection of intriguing objects: The outstretched hand of some mechanical clockwork automaton made of white porcelain. A purple and gold masquerade mask. A set of brass architect's tools: a compass, a protractor, calipers. A set of gears laid out, pulled from some kind of mechanism. The Pitch When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had and catches the attention of people she doesn't want to know. Blackmailed into stealing a mysterious box, Nia accidentally awakens a living clockwork doll—that promptly runs away. Accused of betraying the blackmailers, Nia and her band of would-be thieves go on the run, pursued by magehunters, street gangs, and the secret police. When the doll returns to make a deal, Nia turns to the man whose lucky coin unlocked her magic, only to find him missing. Caught in a lie, Nia’s soon posing as an heiress, in the clutches of the man’s elderly landlady—who's intent on introducing the girl she knows as “Baarsin” to high society. As Nia finds herself disappearing into the role, she and her friends must race against time to track down the people behind it all: a secret society of mathematicians whose influence reaches all the way to the governor herself. Excerpt Caz tensed. “There’s someone following us,” she hissed. “I know,” Nia said. The man had been tailing them through the crowd for almost six blocks now. “He won’t be the only one.” She tugged Caz into the empty foyer of a boarding house and pulled out her misdirection charm. “Take my hand and stay quiet!” “That won’t work on me,” Caz protested. “No,” Nia said, willing herself to believe. “I can do this.” With all her strength, she pushed more of herself into the charm, the equation unfolding in her mind’s eye. She reached out, and as the world darkened around them, turned the doorknob, Caz clutching her arm. Nia pulled the taller girl close as the man pushed past them, failing to notice the door was already opening. On the busy sidewalk, Caz let out a breath. A small boy leaning against a nearby lamppost glanced in their direction, an uncertain expression on his young face. Caz cringed. “Sorry!” she mouthed. Comps & Tropes Includes the covers of four books: Never Ever After by Sue Lynn Tan Den of Liars by Jessica S. Olsen Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo's Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland "Tropes" is loosely used here and includes: Stealing is magical (literally) Fish out of water (you probably guessed) Working for the wrong people Ancient magic (in over their heads) The MacGuffin is blackmailing us "Aren't you a little young to be a criminal?" Metaphorically dyslexic LI (she's also dyslexic) Creepy clockwork doll that complains all the time Good at magic, as long as she has a compass & protractor Grifter vs. con artist Sword lesbian (in training) Lying (a lot) Found family of scoundrels Ace protagonist (who hasn't had time to think about that) One big job and then we can retire (oh no, somehow everything went wrong) Let's break into a data centre! No chosen ones, no choosing ceremonies, just hard work and practice.
July 24, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit

A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear.

Talk about a midlife crisis.
Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper. The Shadows: The Pitch The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit. Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive. But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down. The Shadows: Comp Titles MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world). Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job. Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists. Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it. “Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word. “It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”
July 24, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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n-a-writes.bsky.social
💥CULLING Agent's guide💥

They pretended her homeworld destruction was an accident, not knowing that the entire galaxy is next on the chopping block.

🌌Queernorm world
🌌Chaos Crew
🌌A secret older than the galaxy
🌌And an impossible enemy

#QuestPit #A #SF #Q
July 24, 2026 at 5:09 AM