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DEMON CHEVALIER - 100k adult gothic PNR | #amwriting ReaperWIP | advocate of healthy masculinity, hard-earned HEAs & characters in their 30s | Filipino-German from 🇨🇭| 📸: author.vaughnroe | Rep: Tianna Kelly, Neighborhood Literary
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Vaughn Roe | on sub | adult PNRxRomantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 1d
🖤👹 #QuestPit thread 👹🖤
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | on sub | adult PNRxRomantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 1d
DEMON CHEVALIER ✨on sub✨ #QuestPit #OS #A #PR
[adult gothic paranormal romance]

PHANTASMA x NEON GODS

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden. To keep his muse safe, he'd betray every devil, burn down every throne...even sacrifice his very soul.
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ebthornwriter.bsky.social
Unveiling a new agent guide this #QuestPit for my 84k word WIP in the editing stage 🌿HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS🌿 feat:

👑royal drama
👑alphas, betas, and omegas
👑childhood friends to forbidden lovers
👑mates
👑queer rep

#W #A #NA #RF #LGBTQ #amquerying
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
Dear America x The Girl on the Carpathia

When Eva boarded the Carpathia for her honeymoon, she never imagined that she would walk into history, but that is exactly what happened when a call came from the sinking Titanic & they brought her Survivors aboard.

#W #A #HF #QuestPit
Periwinkle Background. Top: The title is in the middle Flight of the Carpathia. Below that is an art picture of the Titanic with the lifeboat rowing away. On each side are quotes: “We set foot on deck with very thankful hearts, grateful beyond the possibility of adequate expression to feel solid ship beneath us once more.” - Lawrence Beesley, Titanic Survivor (Reference to boarding the rescue ship Carpathia.) “Devoutly thankful I was that the long race was over…but with that feeling was the veritable ache which the now certain knowledge of the liner's loss brought. No sign of her - and below was the first boat containing survivors.” - Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia. Middle: picture of the survivors on the Carpathia. Picture of the Carpathia. Bottom: Picture from the Titanic movie of the lifeboat rowing toward the Carpathia.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
Dear America x When the World Fell Silent x Halifax & the Titanic

When a dispatch reaches Halifax the town races to help, but little did Haley Barton know that her slice of heaven would see the aftermath of a nightmare & forever solidify itself into history.

#W #A #HF #QuestPit
Brown/grey background. Top: Title: Unsinkable Duty Middle: A row of pictures: The sinking Titanic from the movie. The Titanic Sailing in an old photo. The memorial in Halifax. Under those is a quote: James Young (New Foundland resident reflecting on the Halifax Grave): “Fairview Lawn isn't just a cemetery; it's a memorial, a place of remembrance, a quiet testament to a tragedy that touched the world and left an indelible mark on our shores.” Bottom: A picture of a newspaper article about the Titanic and Halifax. A picture of the memorial service announcement for the Titanic Victims.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
I am Legend x The Silent Earth x The Legacy

In a dystopian future where humans disappeared, earth is found by another humanoid species who must learn to live in a new environment and figure out where the people went before they too disappear.

#W #A #Dys #T #QuestPit
Black Background. Top: A picture of a woman dressed as an alien. The title in white font: If We Disappeared Tomorrow. A picture of an apocalyptic New York. Middle: New York 9/11 Memorial. Golden Gate Bridge lit up at night and a quote, “Welcome to Earth. Population Zero. - Life After People. St. Louis Arch. Bottom: The Arc de Triomphe lit up. The Sydney Opera House lit up and a quote, “There was life before people, there will be life after people.” - Life After People. The Eiffel Tower lit up and a quote, “It's not the story of how we might vanish, it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind.” - Life After People.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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juliannejh.bsky.social
When a noblewoman helps a condemned pirate escape prison so his sentient ship can find her missing brother, she never expects to fall for the criminal—or to discover that he caused her brother’s disappearance in the first place.

#questpit #A #RF #litagents #writingcommunity #amquerying #romantasy
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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ashleyrugg.bsky.social
#YA horror romance • BRIDGERTON x DRACULA • #editors ❤️ if interested

👑a deadly royal court
🩸ceremonial hunts & balls
👑meet-cutes + murder-cutes
🩸there's only one haystack
👑Targaryan-esque family trees

Blood is thicker than water...but tastes may vary

#questpit #ag
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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chantaldanieli.bsky.social
THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

MY SWEET UNBECOMING, an adult gothic romance with:

🕯️Forbidden Romance
🕯️High Society matchmaking
🕯️Black Swan-esque awakening
🕯️Obsessive yearning
🕯️European setting
🕯️Secret lake meetings

#W #A #R #questpit
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Thank you all so much for the love & support 🤘🏼✨ the right editor will champion my homage to chivalry & healthy masculinity ✨ I know it.

Good luck to all of you 🖤 #Questpit
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | on sub | adult PNRxRomantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 1d
DEMON CHEVALIER ✨on sub✨
[adult gothic paranormal romance]

Crossroads demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden. To keep his muse safe, he’d burn every throne, betray every devil...even sacrifice his very soul.

#QuestPit #A #PR #OS #editorsguide
February 1, 2026 at 1:06 AM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
🖤👹 #QuestPit thread 👹🖤
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | on sub | adult PNRxRomantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 1d
DEMON CHEVALIER ✨on sub✨ #QuestPit #OS #A #PR
[adult gothic paranormal romance]

PHANTASMA x NEON GODS

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden. To keep his muse safe, he'd betray every devil, burn down every throne...even sacrifice his very soul.
February 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
PHANTASMA X NEON GODS
TERROR AT THE GATES

DEMON CHEVALIER, a paranormal romance steeped in gothic charm & poetic yearning ✨ON SUB✨

demon x exorcist | 30+
male lead | dual POV
Hades & Persephone vibes
star-crossed
monstrous dangers
court intrigues
hidden identities
hard-earned HEA
#QuestPit #PR #OS
February 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#QuestPit #A #F #DF #H #W
Book cover for "Mark of the Jester" by B. van Bodegom (author of Dad Bodies). Dark fantasy novel. Features a split jester mask in black and white halves with a red smile on the white half. 'The' runs vertically down the center, with decorative silhouettes of roses framing the mask. High-contrast graphic design in black, white, and red.
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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juliannejh.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to The Sea That Binds Us

🌊Adult Fantasy Romance
👥Dual POV
⚔️Prison Break
🏴‍☠️Sentient Ship
👫 Reluctant-Allies-to-Lovers
🩸Blood Bond = Forced Proximity
🤍Slow burn

#questpit #Q #A #F #R #litagents #literaryagents #writingcommunity #amquerying #fantasyromance #romantasy #mswl
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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aryazare.bsky.social
A DEVOTION SO RUINOUS is a 90K adult fantasy following Soraya, a young woman tormented by a jinn, a dictator, and her first love, as she fights for freedom

🏳️‍🌈 LGBT characters
🧠 Mental Health Rep
🌍 Middle Eastern Setting
✨ Gods Based Magic System
❤️ Lovers To Enemies
#️⃣ Own Voices

#QuestPit #Q #F #A
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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christianoxford.bsky.social
After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a vilified goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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tlcoughlin.bsky.social
TANGLED X PRINCESS BRIDE X STARDUST

💘 He fell first (literally), she fell harder
☀️Golden Retriever MMC meets 🌑Black Cat FMC
🐦‍🔥🐉 Mythological creatures ft. Chinese/Italian beasts
🗡️ Impossible quests
✨Intertwined curses & a trickster slug

#questpit #NA #YA #F #AG
Quote from T. L. Coughlin agented work: I have 2,925 days left of my curse and I’m not going to let one fool of a knight ruin my chances. A black and white image of a girl with long hair looking down at a sliced off marble head of a man with a bloodred “tear”. Behind them is a collage. A girl sunken in water with a white dress flowing. A pearl with fire swirling around it. A boy, up in a tree, laying on a branch. A hilt of a jeweled sword, a stone bridge across a small river in a forest. A curled, pink, rosebud. A stone carving of a qilin. An open book laying upon leaves. A vial of liquid in an enchanted forest.
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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fosterja8.bsky.social
--A HUMAN BURDEN--

A short story anthology that delves into a multitude of wide-ranging burdens. From the burden of obligation to the burden of tradition, each story brings a new complexity, a new weight to bear, and a distinct struggle to overcome.
#QuestPit #W #U #LF
A HUMAN BURDEN LANDSCAPE POSTER
January 31, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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wintersleep85.bsky.social
NAUSICAÄ X FF7

Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide
Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words. Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved. A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!” The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death. “Magic should never return.” After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended. Sent him back to his body. A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/Sunshine. LGBTQIA+. Multi POV.
January 31, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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authorrjwebb.bsky.social
HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH
Journals of a Familiar
Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape.
#questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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charscrawls.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. six suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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jenniferluce.bsky.social
Hi #Questpit! Nearly done w/ SmoochPit revisions, here's GUMIHO, my Korean folklore-inspired adult fantasy blended w/ horror & romance!

✨️ Selected for the 2025 Smoochpit Mentorship Program
✨️ Big 5 Editor Interest
✨️ Won 3rd in the horror category of the 2025 PNWA Writing Contest

#A #F #H #R
An Agent Guide to GUMIHO 86,000 word adult folklore fantasy blended with horror and romance By Jennifer Luce The pitch: Cursed with a vengeful gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feeding it souls to become a god—and now she needs just one more, but when she falls for her final target, she must choose: face her demons and sever the curse before the gumiho consumes her from the inside out, or achieve godhood and lose herself to become something truly monstrous. For fans of... SUCH SHARP TEETH by Rachel Harrison - physical transformation & emotional vulnerability THE FOX WIFE by Yangsze Choo - East Asian Folklore MY DEMON - Redemption through connection THE GLORY - Morally gray anti-hero First Lines Bright droplets of red bloomed against the crisp, white snow. A trail, unbeknownst to my victim, that would lead to his demise.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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maratearendel.bsky.social
Cover reveal for my queer gothic vampire novel Awaken, My Love.

He feels nothing. The vampire feels everything. The castle wants the rest.

Preorders are live.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6V8S6YQ

#coverreveal #transwriter #vampires
On a red and black background at the top it says cover reveal. The book cover for Awaken, My Love, written by Marat Earendel is underneath at the center. The illustrated cover shows a brown vampire with red eyes and shoulder length wavy black hair wearing antique black and white clothing while looking toward the viewer. He is holding a man in his hands. The man is pale with long beige hair wearing white and cream colored clothing. He is in profile, looking up and gripping the vampires shirt. There are split open pomegranates threaded through the burgundy title of the novel. In the background is a broken gothic window and at the bottom are chains. The cover is in shades of reds, browns, mauves and blacks. A red and black background with text that reads: He feels nothing. The vampire feels everything. The castle wants the rest. Astaire Bloom, an unfeeling man devoid of hope, takes a job in a remote castle under a mysterious employer. As sinister events unfold around him, he starts to feel things he thought himself incapable of. And the castle is hungry for it. To uncover the secrets buried within, he must endure more than he ever imagined. A black and red background with large read letters that say Awaken, My Love. Below it says: March 2026. Pre-order now. Bleed later.
January 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #MY #Q
The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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saraduran.bsky.social
Coming soon to agent inboxes!

• • •

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

💫two exiled men (and their secrets)
💫one lunar prison (and its horrors)
💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit
BABEL ON CALLISTO Querying February 2025 @saraduranauthor sara.duran@bsky.social COMPS The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled “isolated research station” and “philosophical alien threat.” The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled “queer, visceral horror” and “love as a consuming force.” The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled “psychological unraveling” and “fracture under mission pressure.” PITCH “On a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.” TASTE “Neither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Elias’s imagination, the gore thinned into something vaster—the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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crbarenza.bsky.social
An Agent's guide to: THE SHAPES WE TAKE IN THE FIRE!

✌️dual pov/dual timeline
🌶️ open door slow burn
🎶 moody and lyrical
❤️ he falls first
🫂 touch starved
LGBTQ friendly
BIPOC & minority voices

#questpit #Q #A #R #U
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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keltondavis.bsky.social
SINNERS x THE DEVILS

There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.

Corado's about to break all three.

BIG 5 EDITOR REQUEST!

🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities

Querying now!
#A #F #Q #questpit
Image: A man in a black cloak and a wide brim western style black hat, holding a revolver; only his eyes as yellow pinpricks are visible. Text: A Novel By Kelton Davis Blood from Stone 112000 Words Adult Gothic Western Fantasy Querying Now Art: Apocalypse by Oliver Odmark Title: Pitch Text: In the twenty years since the vampires rose up out of the earth, Corado hasn’t done too bad for himself. He’s still alive, for one, and he’s got a lucrative trade as a nightrunner smuggling people beneath the vampiric horde that blots out the sky each night. It's dangerous work, but enough to get a roof over his head and a bottle in his hand at the end of the day. That’s pretty good for life under the vampires. Then an attack from the horde leaves him stuck in the desert, alone with a newly-orphaned boy, and his luck finally dries up. He resolves to find what remains of the boy’s family and put it all behind him—but instead of taking him off Corado’s hands, his so-called “family” offers a new deal: escort them to the vampiric capital in exchange for a veritable fortune. Corado knows he shouldn’t. It’s a long, dangerous route, and the group has a smack of sedition to them that he knows firsthand to be a quick way to a bloody death. It is a hell of a lot of money, though. Background image: same as first slide. Title: Comparable Titles Images of the covers of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian. Text drawn with an arrow from each image: Found family (from the Devils) Reluctant parent figure (from Godkiller) Western-inspire Gothic setting (from Red Rabbit) Unlikely travel companions (from all). Background image: same as first slide.
January 31, 2026 at 5:45 AM