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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨
@saraduran.bsky.social
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hugger of trees / writer of books

#amquerying YA fantasy 🏴‍☠️👑🧜🏿‍♀️
#amdrafting sci-fi horromance 🪐🔭🫶

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 6d
Wouldn’t be #QuestPit without a shiny new agent guide ✨🌙

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, feat:

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

#SF #H #R #LGBT
Dark starfield background. Text reads: ‘a guide to BABEL ON CALLISTO a queer cosmic horrormance [wip].’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘THE PITCH.’ Under two movie posters, text on left reads: ‘encountering the unknowable’ and under Annihilation poster: ‘contact that warps and bends.’ On the right above Brokeback Mountain poster: ‘unlikely intimacy in isolation’ and below: ‘love that cannot last.’ Main body text reads: ‘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.’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘THE COMPS.’ Three book covers below. Above the first cover (The Mountain in the Sea): ‘isolated research station.’ Below it: ‘philosophical alien threat.’ Above the second cover (The Deep Sky): ‘psychological unraveling.’ Below it: ‘fracture under mission pressure.’ Above the third cover (The Salt Grows Heavy): ‘queer, visceral horror.’ Below it: ‘love as a consuming force.’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘SNIPPET.’ Large opening quotation mark. Text reads: ‘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—a 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.’ Large closing quotation mark. Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x
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saraduran.bsky.social
Wouldn’t be #QuestPit without a shiny new agent guide ✨🌙

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, feat:

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

#SF #H #R #LGBT
Dark starfield background. Text reads: ‘a guide to BABEL ON CALLISTO a queer cosmic horrormance [wip].’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘THE PITCH.’ Under two movie posters, text on left reads: ‘encountering the unknowable’ and under Annihilation poster: ‘contact that warps and bends.’ On the right above Brokeback Mountain poster: ‘unlikely intimacy in isolation’ and below: ‘love that cannot last.’ Main body text reads: ‘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.’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘THE COMPS.’ Three book covers below. Above the first cover (The Mountain in the Sea): ‘isolated research station.’ Below it: ‘philosophical alien threat.’ Above the second cover (The Deep Sky): ‘psychological unraveling.’ Below it: ‘fracture under mission pressure.’ Above the third cover (The Salt Grows Heavy): ‘queer, visceral horror.’ Below it: ‘love as a consuming force.’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘SNIPPET.’ Large opening quotation mark. Text reads: ‘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—a 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.’ Large closing quotation mark. Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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armaankhal.bsky.social
Imagine being struck by lightning only to wake up covered in tattoos and told you are the new king of an ancient race of djinn.

Currently On Submission
Agent: Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary Agency

#questpit #OS #YA #Fantasy #bipoc
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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notawizrd.bsky.social
Mallory thinks she's finally discovered why people have tried to kill her since she was three--a prophecy that predicts a Harbinger that has the power to bring down the empire, and a chosen one who is the only one with the power to stop it. Just one problem...she's the Harbinger.
#F #WIP #Questpit
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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lunacwriting.bsky.social
Reverse KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x THE BRIDGE KINGDOM
🏔️ Hidden Andes realm with duendes, brujas & sirens
❄️ Ice-cursed FMC with vitiligo
🌪️ Zonda Wind-wielding heir hiding demon blood
🔥 Cold FMC x Sunshine MMC
💫 A Prophecy binds their souls
⚔️ Her touch saves him; his death means hers
#Questpit #A #F #R #OWN
An illustration created by me (LunaCWriting) of a woman and a man sharing an apple. The woman touches his hair while he holds her waist. His skin shows magical ice patterns where their hands touch.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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bmfwriter.bsky.social
Tonight I become a killer. The sickle made for me sits on the table, its virgin blade sharper than my resolve, gleaming with a purpose I still lack. (1st line.)
🥀🖤

#QuestPit #YA #NA #H #F #R #Q
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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notawizrd.bsky.social
Sef is tasked by the local royal family to use his magic to find their missing prince. There's just one problem: Sef doesn't actually *have* any magic, and if anyone discovers he's a fraud, he'll be executed. This is fine.

#Questpit #Q #F #A
A moodboard with the following pictures: the blue and beige ceiling of a Mosque, the silhouette of two people walking with a yellow sky, a tree rising from a forest in front of a mountain, a blue flame, and a golden horse, with the words "Two frauds don't make a right."
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
"You’re always typing away, but never on that novel.” 📖

If the idea of someone reading your old fanfic out loud, while you're helpless to stop it, scares you...start writing before he comes.

#Questpit #H #Humor #P (pre-order now books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ) #TheLurker #Writesky
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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notawizrd.bsky.social
When Krista reads a reddit post by an estranged husband, she becomes convinced that his wife is in danger, and determined to find a way to save her. But the further down the rabbit hole she goes, the less certain she is of her own motives--or her own sanity.

#Questpit #T #A #WIP
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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giannagirone.bsky.social
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE x FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

🏛️Romantasy but make it a Miltonian tragedy
🌿Excommunicated FMC w/ "accursed creator!" energy
🌌Chaos magic, alchemical mythology and fallen angels
🤍 He yearns first
💫If Sleep Token songs were a book
#questpit #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social
Gravity Falls X The Owl House

Do you want to know a secret?

Alice doesn’t recommend it. Secrets lead to curses and accusations, quests and fighting for your life. Admittedly, they can also lead to unexpected friendships and a world of magic. Proceed with caution.
#questpit #mg #uf #q
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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philipavdey.bsky.social
SIX OF CROWS x HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

A drunk wizard, a shadowy assassin, a disgraced elf warrior, a scheming cowboy, and a hapless farm boy decide to steal and then sell the king's beloved pet dragon.

But how do you deal with the creature once you've stolen it?

#questpit #Q #SFF #F
Collage depicting gothic/medieval cities, Western environments, and dragons.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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mtmpitner.bsky.social
My Zombie Girlfriend Only Eats Tofu
A ton of witty fun?✔️
#LGBT themes/characters?✔️
A diorama of Highschool drama?✔️
Shady corpos doing shady corpo things?✔️
Cute zombie girls who’re more thot than rot?✔️
A love story that puts the romance back into necromancy?✔️✔️
#Questpit #YA #Romcom #PR
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social
THINGS RUINING GEMNA’S DAY:

💥 mages are outlawed (she’s a mage)
👵🏻 her mentor is missing (also a mage)
❤️‍🔥 Ren (a broody, grey eyed mage)
‼️ the disappearance of MORE mages
👑 a king that wants them all dead

An Asian inspired #A #Fantasy for fans of JADE CITY x HEARTLESS HUNTER x MISTBORN #questpit #Q
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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wren-h-writes.bsky.social
Riley and Amber haven’t spoken since one-sided feelings imploded their friendship. The reappearance of Amber’s childhood ghost sparks a hasty reunion. But digging into the hauntings around town unearths secrets, tying the two of them together with more than just heartbreak.

#questpit #W #A #H #RF
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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ecalice.bsky.social
Wild magic is a crime, those born with it killed the day it manifests. Only two have avoided the axe: a witch imprisoned in the forest, and a man haunted by shadows. But when both fall in love with someone forbidden to them, they must decide if love is worth their lives.

#Q #R #F #DR #Questpit
A mood board for the novel. The top left image is of a full moon against a dark blue sky, framed by dark branches the viewer is looking up through. The top right image features the hands of a fighter wrapping cloth around his hand. The center image is of a Victorian library of black wood and dark red curtains and couches, a fire glowing in the hearth. Superimposed text reads, “I would burn this city if it would keep you with me.” The bottom picture is of the feet of a wolf lowering to rest in snow, the whole image cast in a cerulean gleam. Artwork is not mine, all rights belong to their respective owners. No AI images (as far as I’m aware).
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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snlefebvre.bsky.social
A fangirl has to help her fave author finish her final manuscript post-mortem while a ghost from its pages threatens their theater.

📝Ghostwriter to a ghost
💗Pastel paranormal
👻Vengeful spirit
🎭Haunted theater
🖤Séance-gone-awry
🌴Florida summer vibes (but spooky)
💕One bed

#questpit #YA #PR #LGBT #Q
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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nehayazmin.bsky.social
The last thing Rujina expected a few weeks after her talaq is a marriage proposal from single dad Zakaria Islam

She’s known Zak since they were teens; he’ll definitely be a better husband than her ex ever was

Quickly she sees that marrying a widower comes with its own heartbreak
#QuestPit #A #R #W
Moodboard titled ‘A Most Improper Marriage’ with five images. 1: young woman in a floral white dress and hijab smiling at a young man standing next to her. 2: a gravestone with red flowers. 3: a young man sitting down, his face in his hands as if crying. 4: a close-up of a bride and groom’s entwined hands. 5: a close up of the faces of the man and woman from image 1. 6: a cafetiere, a glass cup of coffee, ans a rose-shaped spoon on a wooden tray.
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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writerofrowan.bsky.social
Rewind. Eject. Insert.
📼 Warning: This tape contains the yearning of Say Anything combined with small town politics, alt boys, queer awakenings, quirky side characters, and too much 90's nostalgia.

Press Play on Like the Movies.
#W #YA #QuestPit #writevember
A photo of a tattered vhs cover. Text overlay says The Movie Palace was Dustin's last refuge away from home. He refused to lost it because of a golden haired boy from Madison. A four picture collage Top row a body in blue jeans holds a skateboard, a snapshot of a room with band posters on the wall an old television shows a still of jurassic park Bottom row a snapshot of a video rental store, a stack of books with a pair of discarded converse next to them
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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dmcieran.bsky.social
ENCANTO VIBES IN A POST-MODERN SETTING

UNDER THE BRIGHT SUN is about a girl who must uncover the secret of a stranger's arrival to recover lost magic before everyone falls to an endless sleep from magic withdrawal.

#QuestPit #Q #MG #F #S
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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axelbaum.bsky.social
Jack’s anxiety has kept him on the sidelines for his entire life, until the very things he is most self-conscious about get him recruited to the MCC, where he must save mythical creatures from extinction before poachers cause their stories to vanish forever. #QuestPit #MG #F #Q
Jack's mood board with inspirational quotes
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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cassjackson-22.bsky.social
MLFI
#QuestPit #YA #W #RF
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES x TURNING RED
What if a chance encounter led you to your soulmate, but you didn't click right away? Aimee and Hunter are going to find out in this dual POV romcom filled with tutoring, self discovery, and platonic soulmates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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carolinekwriting.bsky.social
SINNERS x INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE

🩸Vampire marriage bonds
🖤Dark secrets
❤️Femmine rage
🖕🏾Black/African rage
❤️ Ancestral Magic
🩸Narrative that spans 200 years
🖤Forgotten memories
❤️Ride or die love

#QuestPit #W #A #F #R
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM