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AT Plumm @atplummauthor.bsky.social · 8d
A nun who woved not to use magic, a highly skilled, but disillusioned maker of magica houses, and a cursed guard, team up to solve a crime and find out why waste magic is tearing their city apart.
#BluePit📖 #A #W #F #ND
_sisterhood/friendship
_doorways
_magic houses
_ancient magic/disposable spells
A collection of 9 images in tones of gold, yellow, brown, and white, representing: leather armour vest, old townscape, gold statue of archer, glass marble on ground, white overlapping doorways, stone round arches, hand with gold bracelet, gold metal wavy building facade, very tall bookcases full of books in dark library.
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aealexander.bsky.social
If you're querying fantasy, sci-fi, or horror and looking for comp titles, these databases are for you! www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-... #Writing #Querying
Comp-Finder Databases — Allison Alexander
Looking for comparative titles for your query letter? Access these databases of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror novels published in the last five years.
www.aealexander.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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smallpitch.org
For pitching authors, a quick update about what's new:

1) You will NOT receive a copy of your pitch submission via email. Last time, the feature wasn't reliable despite being enabled, and some people never received an email, leading to stress (understandably).
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
atplummauthor.bsky.social
Thank you everyone for comments, reposts, and ❤️ this #BluePit! Can't wait to read all the great stories I found 😁
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
atplummauthor.bsky.social
When Andi, a disenchanted maker of home spells, is accused of bringing dark magic into her city, she teams up with a magicless nun and a cursed outsider to clear her name.
But the dark is spreading.
They'll need help. They'll need a house of old magic. And its old lady.
#BluePit 📖 #A #W #F #ND #M
A collage of nine images: the back of an archer in grey clothes, two hands on a black background, inner arched courtyard with cream colored stones, medieval town street, arches of stone, tall bookcases, glowing embers, dark sunset reflection on water of a house, marbles hanging from a branch.
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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lilyshadbolt.bsky.social
THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI X
GODKILLER

After causing a magickal outburst that engulfs her home, Naomi flees aboard a pirate ship. She’s lured in with the chance at a new life, but malevolent gods and mortals seek to drag her back and use her magick for themselves.

#BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #LGBT
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social
SHERLOCK HOLMES with BEES
When a singer with ties to royalty vanishes, it's up to detective Arthur North to find her. As he digs, he uncovers a plot to place his people, the bee-like zizzun, in the crown's crosshairs. Can he uncover their connection before it's too late?
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #W #F #M
A collage consisting of various cut out images: - An illustration of Sherlock Holmes in his classic deerstalker cap and cloak smokes his pipe in the bottom left - A honey bee gathers nectar from a flower in the bottom middle. - Four macarons sit stacked in the bottom right corner. - Up the right side is a stalk of purple foxgloves. - The background is split between a pile of old newspapers and a dark alley lit by lamps and neon signs. - Red stage curtains frame the entire piece. - Five bee cut-outs (from two images of honey bees, flipped and rotated to various angles) fly around the top of the image.
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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viola-grace.bsky.social
An Agent’s Guide to WHAT ARE THE CHANCES- an adult historical mystery set in Chicago, 1929, where a math genius living in her crime family’s luxury hotel must ally with an investigative duo to solve a series of murders, all the while secretly pursuing her own revenge.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #M #A #Q
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES, 96,000 words, Adult Historical Mystery Chicago, 1929. Val’s life in her adoptive crime family’s hotel used to be nothing but bartending and calculating guests’ cards with her mathematical brilliance. But then her uncle Maximillian, the head of the syndicate, is killed before the hotel’s star-studded gala—and his death is identical to her secret suitor’s unsolved murder. With the chance for revenge in her grasp, Val allies with an infamous investigative duo to catch the killer. Comps Last Call at the Nightingale Katharine Schellman Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building Inspirations The Great Gatsby Agatha Christie The Tower of Terror (1997) Tropes: Roaring 20’s Jazz Age Speakeasies Settings Speakeasies Casinos Settings that are characters Diverse Cast Puzzles and secret codes High speed chases Whodunnit Locked room mystery Found Family Chicago, 1929 1:34 a.m. The man with the bowler hat was going to lose. He looked so confident, with his slightly unbuttoned white shirt and condescending smirk. He didn’t even bother putting up the mask of a poker face to hide his prediction of the outcome. In his mind, he had already won. All that was left was to play the game. Valentina had been watching the round for several minutes now. She twisted a rag inside a dirty glass, keeping a subtle eye on the match. She couldn’t see the man’s hand from behind the bar, but if she had calculated it correctly, there was a seventy-four percent chance that he was holding two kings and three different nine cards— a full house. With a hand like that, he was in the perfect position to win. But he was wrong. He was going to lose. Val didn’t know this because of mathematics, however. She knew this because the man sitting across from him never played fair. Why would he? He was the owner of the joint, and if there was anything that Maximillian Eulio liked more than playing a dirty game of poker, it was getting away with it.
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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sparrowgg.bsky.social
#BluePit 📖
#HelpDesk
#YA
#NA
#A
#M
#PN
#W
#OV
#LGBT
#ND
#TR

The Help Desk
Genre: Poorly lit academia

The Magic quietly pervades an unsuspecting campus. A squirrel might simply turn green. Some who witness magic simply Vanish, creating even larger holes in reality.
Graphic by Sharon Hoff: on a wooden desk, a leather book bag, dip pen and ink, and a copybook. Sharon has absolutely wonderfully made the same photo with different color filters for each year of the series!
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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mevanswrites.bsky.social
LIFE IS STRANGE x sapphic CEMETERY BOYS

When Addie discovers the ghost of Erin, a murdered girl tethered to a local lighthouse, the two must solve a decades old mystery before time runs out and Erin disappears… forever.

#W #M #LGBT #agented #BluePit 📖
A nine-block moodboard with overall dark, gritty vibes. I wanted her to kiss me on a white background, a girl sitting and staring out an open window at night, a tape player with modern day headphones attached, a hand reaching out of a dark ocean, "this isn't fucking over" against a fiery background, a lighthouse in the middle of a dark ocean, waves at night, a ghost standing in the forest, "I thought we'd have more time" in red font against a white background
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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jocelynegregory.bsky.social
Vikings x Derry Girls = Viking, Nun, Murder, Chicken.

A chance encounter between a Viking and a fake nun leads to murder, mystery, and romance. And chickens. The chickens are key to the plot. #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #H #R
A collage of Viking and medieval themed images including a goblet, warriors, and nuns, French lavender, a castle and Nunnery a random chicken and a very cold you woman wrapped in a grey blanket.
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social
JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

#Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F
moody, foggy mountain backdrop with a person in martial arts type clothing visible on a stone platform. text reads CONDUCT OF MAGES, adult fantasy, complete at 100K, now represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary THE PITCH on a moody green mountain backdrop: When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence. THE VIBES on a moody green mountain backdrop: energy magic heists & scheming found family research subplot sloooow burn female role models SE Asian setting THE COMPS on a moody green mountain backdrop: Blood Over Bright Haven Jade City Heartless Hunter
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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cynthiaailshie.bsky.social
EASTWARD SINGS THE WIND

In a land of song-based magic, a musician forges a friendship with an enigmatic foreigner and causes him to question his secret allegiance to the tyrannical god-king who plans to invade her land.

#Bluepit 📖 #YA #F #Q #DIS
January 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
Pagans x Strike

📖 Author wars
⚫️ Black humour
🔱 Romans vs Celts
🗿 Stonehenge Rules
🌞 Winter Solstice, baby
💰 Karens & Kevins
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Refined English snobbery
📵 21st Century Luddites

#BluePit #W #A #M #PN #T 📖 🦋
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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scarletvmitchell.bsky.social
The only place depressed goth-girl, Helena, feels at home on the cheery campus is the dark, haunted chapel. When the stones come alive to warn her of a demon invasion, she becomes entangled in a cosmic war.
And falls for a gargoyle.❤️
Don't Let the Forest In x City of Bones
#BluePit 📖
#YA #F #Q #LGBT
Moodboard for Rooted in Stone, sapphic gargoyle urban fantasy. Tagline”Somewhere away from this world, indistinct, infinite, and unknowable… What was beyond that veil?” 10 very dark, moody, grayish images around the edge include the hazy spires of Notre Dame with birds lying across, the Milky Way, a crow coming in the land, a gargoyle peeking over a ledge, a shadow crouching in a corner with piercing eyes, a young woman with black hair over her eye, a crow in front of a grave, a graveyard statue of an angel, and the interior of a church with a stained glass window. In the center of all this, is a bright painting of a natual landscape done in vivid sunset colors.
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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marysmorrison.bsky.social
NINTH HOUSE X BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN

Healing magic belongs to the rich. Until now.

When a healer turns up dead on their uni campus, fellow outsiders David & Zarrin must risk their lives & their friendship to protect an idea that could change magical medicine forever.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #LGTB
January 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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cobblewobbles.bsky.social
AN OWLBOUND SPARK. 🦉🔥❄️

The world is ravaged by a never-ending winter and the magic that can end it is dead, until Tyrus and Lyra embark on a fantastical journey of self-discovery to thaw the seasons with the help of an owl of legend. ✨

#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #F #LGBT
Two Comp titles are displayed over a blurry blue background. The Dragon Prince (Netflix) X Celestial Monsters (by Aiden Thomas) The "witty banter character dynamic" and "found family" of The Dragon Prince, meets the "fantastical creatures" and "queer cast" of Celestial Monsters, making for a "magical adventure". A boy with a woolly hat shrouded in the shadow of two lit full moons and an aurora borealis, with purple and blue flames hovering over his outstretched hands. It's snowing, and a magical blue owl is displayed, wings spread wide with those same flames inside its eyes. Art by @bauxxi.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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scarletvmitchell.bsky.social
Bayle, the butler, needs to help turn his employer's antique orbital into an academy. Nora is determined to protect her cottage from a corporate land-grab. If they put their heads together, they could solve each other's problems.🥰
Unfortunately, it may also tear them apart.💔
#BluePit 📖
#A #R #SF #W
A baroque sitting room, a butler' uniform, an apple tree, a couple of space stations over a planet, a grand imperial staircase, a cozy thatched room cottage, a well-dressed prim and proper secretary
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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tyburntree.bsky.social
Someone is killing the sorcerers of London.

Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned play-actor, has to dive into the arcane world of Elizabethan astrology & magic, hunting a vicious pair of killers intent on harnessing a weapon that threatens the throne itself.

3 Musketeers x Harry Bosch
#Q #BluePit 📖#A #HS
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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mknudtson.bsky.social
When a powerful enemy disrupts their lives and seeks to claim the throne, a prince and an assassin must work together to save their kingdom from dark plots and darker magic—and survive against all odds.

#BluePit 📖 #YA #F #Q #ND #LGBT #amquerying
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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cjleavitt.bsky.social
Squirrel’s bursting with excitement as he scurries to help the animals plan Porcupine’s surprise birthday party. Asked to be the lookout, Squirrel must show that his hyperactive antics are more than annoyances as he tries to be included.
How To Surprise A Porcupine #BluePit #PB #ND #Q #OS 📖
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
Stranded on a mist-filled island with half her soul stolen by a witch, a vampire starts a new life as bodyguard to a war leader.

- Can they survive betrayals, suspicion & a war?
- Will they be more than friends?
- Humans are the real monsters
- Morally gray characters

#F #H #A #Q #BluePit 📖
A drawing of a young woman in a white dress among pink flower blossoms. Behind her is a night sky. The drawing has bloodstains painted on. Image drawn by me, Clip Studio Paint.
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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bettebergeron.bsky.social
Loving the #BluePit📖 posts!

✨Preparing to query✨... SEA CURSER

Seeking solace at a retreat on a solitary Maine island, Nan instead must save her friends from ancient forces or be lost to the sea.

🌊Maine sea mythology
🌲Closed setting
🫂Loss & Redemption

#A #SP #W #amquerying #writesky #agentsguide
Photo of footsteps on a beach with the caption: What ancient evil awaits off Maine's iconic coastline.
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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dani-s-writes.bsky.social
Telepathic teacher Calypso has spent her life running from joy. A six-month rural reset becomes a chance to make herself anew.
When her new school risks closure and her magic causes chaos, she fights to claim friendship, romance, and a life that finally feels fulfilling.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #SP #WF
pink sky background behind a block of dark text A sunset photo background behind a visual playlist, a dark text quote and four comp novels shown Dark texted elements and tropes of the manuscript, over a sunset photo and a woman with her back turned A collage of photos and graphics to make a whimsy style scene of a young woman and teacher Miss Honey
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
An agent's guide to Time's Signature.

#agentguide #litagents #amquerying #writingcommunity #bluepit
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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adriennereina.bsky.social
Witcher meets Whitten: A village witch teams up with the vampire she vowed to protect her village from in order to take down the child of a god who has been terrorizing them both.

#DIS/#ND protagonist ⚔️
#POC/#TR vampire 🧛‍♀️
#LGBT love 🥀
#Gothic vibes 🌘
#KillGod plot ⚰️

#BluePit #Q #F #A #OV
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 AM