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Dua Ceren @duaceren.bsky.social · Nov 5
On an island quietly haunted by ghosts of grieving women, a depressed chocolatier teams up with five strangers—with scars of their own—to find their killer. Of the six, only five are really alive.

Spirited Away x Shutter Island

#QuestPit #W #A #F #T #PR
“She makes death taste like chocolate.” Picture of a girl in a white dress in a dark lake with her arm over her chest and white roses over her torso. “Grave of flowers by Dua Ceren Ay” Grave of Flowers by Dua Ceren Ay Opening Lines: Every sane person knows better than to paint their walls eggshell white, but electric blue? That had to be a crime. Like whoever decided on the color scheme of this place was avoiding the topic altogether; yes, we were all crazy in here, and yes, we all knew they wanted to avoid the clichés. So, no straitjackets, no padded rooms, no dull hospital gowns, just rooms and rooms and rooms of color until we bored ourselves to sleep or knocked ourselves out from the overstimulation. We had Kelsie the high schooler folks who had become regulars around here liked to call Iron Fist—to thank for that demonstration. It was just that the windows didn't open from the bottom, everything had a soft edge or lock, and the nurses had a way of always smiling at us as if we birthed their children. It was the little things that poked me. So it was even more ridiculous that the early morning hour made the place seem... peaceful. Comps. A Flicker in The Dark by Stacy Willingham: past repeats itself, small town, investigation. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: Depressed MC, Magical Realism, Healing and new beginnings. Anxious people by Fredrik Backman: dysfunctional group of friends, social isolation, hope Tropes: found family, unreliable narrator, treasure hunt/investigation, lost memories, small town. Themes: second coming-of-age, feminism, identity, overcoming trauma, friendship
duaceren.bsky.social
Yesterday was my first #questpit and so many pitches made me impatient to read more!! Thank you so much to everyone who showed support, means the world!! Wishing everyone luck, success, and a continued flow of never-ending ideas 🫶🏻
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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dhoedits.bsky.social
IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED x BELLADONNA

Hawk’s Mill looks like a normal New England town…
but it’s actually a deathtrap with a body count & a ticking clock ⏳
Annabelle’s gift might save the town… or destroy the boy she loves 💔

Check out my pinned post!

#QuestPit #YA #PR #Q #thisisfine
A quiet New England street in autumn. White houses and a church steeple line the road under bright red and gold trees. In the bottom right corner, a small cartoon dog sits calmly at a table with a coffee mug.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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jenknowsprose.bsky.social
ALCHEMY OF A BLOOD MOON 🌙
The dreams that once consoled wall-flower Selene have mutated into blood drenched nightmares. Now she must seek the guidance of her coven and forgive the man that betrayed her—or be swallowed alive in the dark. #questpit #q #pr #litagents #amquerying #WriteSky #agentguide
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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erinabecca.bsky.social
FRIEREN x HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS

When Kasetris discovers her husband is alive, she leaves her life as a pampered prisoner in the Court of Gods to rescue him from an underground labyrinth. But freeing him means rekindling a rebellion—and they already lost the first round.

#QuestPit #W #A #F #RF
The left side of the image says “Beneath the Valley” in white text. In the center of the image is a blonde woman in a gray dress playing a glowing lyre. On the right side of the image is a close-up of a bearded man’s face.
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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giannagirone.bsky.social
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE

When an outcast woman is cursed with chaos magic, she’s forced to join a treasonous noble and his war rebellion–only to discover that the condemning secret she’s been keeping is the key to stopping the war for good.

#questpit #RF #A #E
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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jordanmccaffrie.bsky.social
PERCY JACKSON X GIRL, INTERRUPTED
Fighting inner demons & lost memories, Ava & her group must unlock her past to save the realms.
❤️Slow-burn 🌶️🌶️
🐉Retelling myths & monsters
😡Angry gods and girls
🥰Found family

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF #SFF

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November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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rybryd.bsky.social
#agentsguide to 🩸OATHS OF THE DAMNED 🩸

Cursed knight.
Possessed girl.
Dying god.

Is.
Was.
Will.

All must end.
🦇magic as a plague
🐶sanctimonious animal companion
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒multiple POV

#questpit #Q #DF #F
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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chezza.bsky.social
IMMORTAL x A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS
A reincarnated immortal and an emotionally damaged cowherd must escape the heavenly forces intent on tearing them apart.

✨A love destined to fail
✨A jealous Celestial Empress
✨An underworld filled with both torture and hope

#questpit #AG #RF
Photo of a man and woman in hanfu holding a red string. A FATE WOVEN IN STARLIGHT. Quote: “I meant it when I said I feel a connection between us, Shizhi. Like we’re meant to be together, but the feeling has an edge of uncertainty. I can’t explain it.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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ftzahra.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x YOU'VE REACHED SAM

On the verge of death, Safa makes a desperate bargain with a mysterious jinn. Now she has 3 obscure clues, 0 memories and 1 month to win back her life.

🇵🇰-rep & folklore
💘allies to lovers
🔍amnesia with a twist
⏳ticking clock

#questpit #ya #f
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social
IT X THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD: Max finds 2 photos, taken years apart & quests to unravel the mystery of the girl in the pics & her link to 7 missing girls while tangling w/ the eldritch horror their crazed cult leader murderer unleashed on the world. #YA #H #T #questpit
Clockwise from top left: girl dancing in the woods, creepy house, fire monster, creepy woods, a black bird, an abandoned factory.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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dannyechase.bsky.social
For #QuestPit Queer romance FOREWARNING
❤️ NB/M Prince/Royal guard
🧡 Mutual pining
💛 Bodyguard romance
💚 Best friends to lovers
💙 Psychic powers
💜 Seeing gorgeous half-naked men in your future but also death omens :/
54k, on query, 5 agent RQ's
#Q #A #F #R #T
The pitch for Forewarning: Queer Romance FOREWARNING Prince Cole doesn't know why he psychically sees people's doppelgangers acting out the future, but it does come in handy. Cole's other secret not so much—he's desperately in love with his childhood best friend, royal guardsman Lucas, not least because Luc staunchly supports Cole being an openly nonbinary royal. Unfortunately, Cole can't marry a guardsman, and sweet, introverted Luc would never want to be a royal spouse anyway. But when a head of state is murdered and Cole's life is threatened, Luc steps in as Cole's 24/7 bodyguard. Together they must find a legendary weapon of mass destruction that threatens their own lives—and millions more. (And really, it would be easier for Cole to concentrate if his gorgeous bodyguard wasn't wandering around their room half-naked, but whatever. It's fine.) The first line of Forewarning: "Cole told himself it was absolutely fine to have his secret crush's hands in his hair right there in the hallway in front of everybody." Part of a mood board for Forewarning: A 3x3 grid of 9 squares Top L: a photo by Ana M. on Pexels of a woman's hand holding a crystal ball in the woods. The trees are reflected upside down in the ball. Top center: a photo by Ray Bilcliff on Pexels of a brown castle on a lake with pink and purple sunset hues Top R: a photo by Tide_trasher_x on Unsplash of the right side of a dark-haired man's face. He wears a broad stripe of glittery rainbow makeup from forehead to chin. Center L: a photo by Alexander Mass on Pexels of a glittering tiara nestled in dark hair. Center and bottom center: The first line of Forewarning: "Cole told himself it was absolutely fine to have his secret crush's hands in his hair right there in the hallway in front of everybody." Center R: a photo by Pixabay on Pexels of a royal guard's torso wearing a red and gold uniform, holding an upright sword. Bottom L: a photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels of two hands clasping in rainbow light Bottom R: a photo by Nadin Sh on Pexels of a blurred woman walking past a gold curtain
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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flcr24.bsky.social
ADULT SIX OF CROWS WITH GHOSTS

Jack’s sworn to protect the dead, so when a book on harvesting magic from ghosts falls into the wrong hands, he’ll stop at nothing to steal it back. His crew has a few more scruples. The masked serial killer offering to partner up? Less so.

#QuestPit #F #A #Q
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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wintersleep85.bsky.social
NAUSICAÄ X FF7

Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. But if it isn’t her destiny, then no one can save the world from poisonous dark magic, endless wars, and powerful demons.

#questpit #Q #F #A
A foggy forest. A raven. A night sky. A fence. Someone in a forest with an umbrella. A woman.
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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cnno.bsky.social
AMARI + CARIBBEAN Folklore🇹🇹

12yo accepts an invitation to a secret camp where magic & folklore creatures are real, but she's the only one without magic

To save her friends and island home from an evil magician & his minions she must choose to change into what she fears most

#Questpit #MG #Q #F
Underwater caves, a young Black girl, Kids with straw hats. A large tree trunk. A crown of shells, coconut trees at the beach. A colonial house
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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kristenbalesbooks.bsky.social
SNOW WHITE x THE BIRDS x THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH
* She commands a horde of feral, bloodthirsty birds.
* He is the son of the mad king, searching for the help of four winged patrons that rule the realm.
*Bound by a curse, the two must kill the four winged gods-or die trying.
#QuestPit #W #F #A
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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kai-terin.bsky.social
Dowry of Blood x The Death of Jane Lawrence x Saltburn

🩸1975 small English town
🩸cursed vampiric witches
🩸queer obsession
🩸everyone's guilty

(Original artwork by yours truly)
#QuestPit #F #A #Q #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity
Image: a white hare sleeping in a golden frame with a black snake coiled around it Title: The Dark Swan Blurb: the witches are hungry, but Eddie Sharpe is famished... Pitch: A cursed vampiric coven binds gentle, pliant Edmund Sharpe to lifelong servitude. He fights to keep his soul from the coven’s decay, but his shared obsession with their enforcer slowly erodes his morality. When his buried magic surfaces, Edmund wields the power to either destroy his captors or join their hunger to survive. Mood. Quote: “I want you to crack my ribs open and sink your teeth into my heart, wrap your fingers around it and tear it loose so you could always carry me with you. I want to see it beat in your mouth before you swallow it whole.” Comps: THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE by Caitlin Starling, THE DOWRY OF BLOOD by S.T. Gibson, THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS by Micah Nemerever, Saltburn (movie)
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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ariaigniata.bsky.social
Divine Flesh (forthcoming, Monstrous Angels anthology) x Neon Genesis Evangelion

Half-angel Iustivan lives a quiet life with his girlfriend until angel eaters devolve into unhinged savagery led by a vengeful angel he knows all too well.

#QuestPit #W #A #R #H #F
A 3 by 3 square moodboard First row: Two hands covered in what looks like oil or another dark substance, a female-appearing angel statue holding herself, a city against a purple and pink backdrop Second row: A red full moon above red clouds, a skull with pointed teeth and a hand reaching out from underneath, a dark sky filled with the blue Northern Lights Third row: Several pink and white trails traveling the length of a dark road with buildings behind them, a female-appearing angel statue looking down at the ground, two hands grasping the edge of a cliff with a dark ocean behind.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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livalcott.bsky.social
EVERYBODY SCREAM x EVERMORE if they were books.

🕯️reapers who kill
🕸️important friendships and history
🪦second chance romance
🕰️a government in the afterlife
🐈‍⬛ghosts that haunt

#questpit #A #YA #FA #PR #Q
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social
JADE CITY x HEARTLESS HUNTER

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

#A #F #Questpit #Q #querying
red movie poster style image that has the tagline “mages are disappearing…Gemna will risk everything to find out why” and the title CONDUCT OF MAGES. text below included the details “NOW QUERYING” and “An Adult Fantasy, complete at 102K words” title reads THE PITCH and detailed language says: 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. it then says FOR FANS OF and displays 3 book covers: Six of Crows, Blood Over Bright Haven, and Jade City page title says FROM EARLY READERS and lists the following quotes: You have such a talent for using small details to reveal large truths. their chemistry is still in its EARLY stages, but i love how clear their compatibility is. Even if i’d never seen them on the page together I would see how they could complement each OTHER. I read the first few chapters and it’s my favorite read of the year…(agents) pick this up so i can find out if they kiss pleasE!! The tension (of the plot) is insane. your scenes are very layered. it feels like poor gemna can’t catch a break. I am obsessed with this magic system & the subtle themes of tech vs. humanity.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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maximilliangruff.bsky.social
In We Cut Tongues For Ourselves the pastoral horror of Starve Acre meets the historic sweep of Outlander.

If you were torn away from your home, your way of life and your language could you do the same to somebody else?

#questpit #LF #OS #Q #H
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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breiswriting.bsky.social
RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME x FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE

💌 dual timeline
🍂 fall in upstate new york
👻 ghost of loves past
🍻 messy college drama resurfacing as adults
❤️‍🩹 grief and healing within

#questpit #W #S #PR
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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wren-h-writes.bsky.social
ALL THE THINGS THAT HAUNT US - A New Adult queer paranormal romance

#questpit #W #A #H #RF
Image of a dock at a lake with a dark green overlay. The title reads: ALL THE THINGS THAT HAUNT US. In the center of the image is notebook paper with a loon at the bottom right and text that reads: Second-chance romance, Dual POV, Non-binary MC, Neurodivergent MC, Queer friendships, Small town horror, Ghost hunting, Sister relationships, Family secrets
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM