I won second place for most original concept for #posterpit. I’m so honored 🥹🫶 thank you to yeh wonderful hard working hosts of this event as well as the community. #writercommunity

I’m now at 7️⃣ ✨ requests #Litagents, if you’re still looking thru #PosterPit and are hungry for a spooky, speculative fantasy with a Beetlejuice like villain, a sweet sapphic romance between two witches, and a haunted island resort, check this out ⬇️

After Elizabeth inherits two oil paintings from her wild grandmother, a phantom begins haunting her, guiding her closer to the truth about her family--one that lies behind the sanatorium of your worst nightmare in the Canadian woods. #PosterPit #A #PH #S #R Multi-POV

#PosterPit #F #Q Amidst twisted magic and waxen leaves, a new moth queen rises... But does she have what it takes to rule? a 91,000 word adult fantasy featuring a tragic romance subplot, a lush treescape setting, and shapeshifting moth royalty 👑🪲🌿💫🌋

Thread of #PosterPit pitches for my querying novel: bsky.app/profile/melj...

SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES x HYSTERIA 💋middle-aged feminist rage 🛼campy 80s setting 💋body horror 🛼the darkest of deals 💋satanic panic backdrop 🛼dark humor 💋bubblegum horror #PosterPitA #A #H #PosterPit #WIP

Each of my #posterpit posts has a different vibe, and this one is pure creature-feature energy 🦇🌲|| A deadly secret. A heist gone wrong. Now, a cyborg assassin with stolen wings is on her heels. And she can't outrun him forever. 📩➡️ skylaranthony.com #SFF #indieauthor #booksky #comingsoon 💙 📚

JASAD HEIR/THE LAST VIGILANT If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #PosterPit #F #Q #A

Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing. #posterpit #q #wf w/ #r #amquerying #filipinorep

When people-pleaser Jay gains guardianship of a curious tree spirit, she must find the joy in being human. But if Jay can't confront the lies and insecurities eroding her oldest friendship, she risks teaching the birch that life is about hiding who you really are. #PosterPit #Q #YA #F

introducing my NA queer gothic horrormance wip: 🥀teaching the wrong student dark magic 🥀starting a cult to get attention from your favourite teacher 🥀angel summoning is an OCD metaphor #PosterPit #W #NA #H #R

Yeah, vampires aren’t what or who you think they are. Det Karis has solved a murder in her fiancé’s small town. But he’s sabotaging her case, and a seductive local is trying to suede her beliefs in the supernatural. Now she must choose: ‘justice’ or truth. #QueerPit #A #AC #DF #MR #M #R #S #SN #T

THE SONG OF ACHILLES x HUNGER GAMES Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga A boy with blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom #QueerPit #Vague #YA

When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition to keep her best friend by her side, risking her only chance at her greatest dream–and the deadly consequences that follow. #PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA

thread of my pitches for #posterpit! #amquerying: bsky.app/profile/magg...

❤️ BEFORE SUNRISE x 🌶️ HEARTLESS '97 Berlin. Shaking off its Cold War slumber to the beat of techno. Clocks on street corners and lakeside beaches. And her larger-than-life yet adrift host… whose touch makes her wish this summer would last. But it can't. #PosterPit #Q #R #A

Bastalar—the resident demon at an island resort—has kidnapped Brisa’s mother. He wants to play a twisted game: if Brisa can find her mother in 4 days, he’ll safely return her. If she fails, her mother dies and Brisa must marry him for a miserable eternity. #PosterPit #A #F #H #R

This is so random, but if you are the author of A WOMAN NOBLE, please find your QM submission to me and send me a message? I'm trying to read manuscripts that have offers on them and I cannot find this on in my queue ANYWHERE, yet I added a reminder that a decision is due soon. I feel so stupid!

When a vampire cult comes out of hiding to hunt down an escapee, a journalist and the mysterious late-night coffee shop owner team up to take them down for good. 🕷️horror writer with cats 🍒comedic found family 🦇slow burn sapphic romance 📓stealing faces #QueerPit #agented

-CONAN THE BARBARIAN BUT LESBIANS -CENTRAL ASIAN FANTASY -BIG STRONG LADY x SHY SMART LADY -D&D PARTY IN THE DESERT VIBES Zenosheh is a feared crime lady looking to get on the right side of the law. Julia is the shy priestess she saves from slavers. Their quest? Treasure. #queerpit #amquerying

ENCHANTING ROLES A fae and a half-demon fated to be together before either even realize it ✌️Dual POV 🌈Sapphic Romance 🌠Star Crossed Lovers 🍬Sweet Moments 🌶️Extra spicy moments too 💀Dubious Consent 🧚‍♀️Fae Aristocrats 🪄Enchanting magic 😈Demonic twists 🗡️Nefarious Plots #QueerPit #A #F #R #Q #LGBT #ND

A mistaken identity leads to pranks, a bad luck hex and an unexpected romance in a lookout tower. You Deserve Each Other + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 🛏️ Only One Bed 🐕 Dog Companion ⚔️ Rivals to Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Bi FMC 🌲 Forced Proximity 🧙‍♀️ She’s a Witch 🤠 He’s a Cowboy #Queerpit #RC #A

FELIX EVER AFTER X SHE’S ALL THAT 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️ FTM trans lead 🥀 Fake dating trope 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 Queer joy 🍻 Messy friendship ❤️ Rom-com feels 📚 ☕️ College setting 🏄 NorCal beach vibes 🕺 Early 2000s nostalgia #QueerPit #YA #NA #RC #UP #Transgender

Air 🌬 x Fire 🔥 🗡 F/F & M/M scenes 🛡 Brother 2. POV 🌈 Queer awakening ⚘️ Universe similar to GOT ♊️ Zodiac signs After Gemina runs from her arranged marriage, she falls in love with the fire queen Sagittaria. Will she choose her duty over her freedom? #QueerPit #A #FR #N #WIP #BiAuthor #LGBTQ

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER Join Olive as she journeys to find her daughter through the realms of earth, air, fire, water... and death. 🌿 Dual POV mum/daughter 🌿 Reluctant allies to lovers 🌿 Coming-of-age queer romance 🌿 Everyone's morally grey #queerpit #df #a

18yo Selwyn collides w/ an eerily familiar girl made of paper who bleeds ink. Now a story is cut loose; & they must outrun the plot before it devours them. 🏳️‍🌈bi4bi 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒found family 🩼disability rep 💗slow burn 🪾dark forests 🕷️nightmare monsters ☀️summer vibes #QueerPit #YA #DF #NA

THE SCHOLOMANCE x RAVEN CYCLE 🖤Love interest with character arc inspired by Zuko 🦸🏻'Messiah'-like "Chosen One" figure, like The Avatar or Muad Dib ❤️demisexual homoromantic MC x gay love interest 🏇🏻Contemporary but perfect for the medieval y2k vibes #QueerPit #YA #F

The Handyman Method x Scream 2 When a canceled flight strands Cody & friends in Wales, she must find a hotel w/vacancy before the storm hits. But a surprise engagement and 10 days worth of tension lead to a rising body count. Hotel Adair has been waiting. #Queerpit #A #H

The earthquakes are getting worse. The next one could shatter the world, again. Now each surviving land has sent their Chosen One to stop the quake. Can the four kids learn to work together before it’s too late #QueerPit #MG #F #Q

A young gay man learns dark truths about his adoptive mother whilst finding love on a road trip to find members of his estranged uncle's 80's drag collective. With her past set to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him. #QueerPit #CON #A

#QueerPit Three gay witches—a transfemme autist, an abused music witch, and a burnt out prodigy—team up to supply magic to a sentient ancient flower for three months. The problem? The flower’s not supposed to be sentient. MC must learn to regulate her emotions to fix her mistake.

AN EDUCATION IN MALICE x SO THIRSTY 22yo Casey thought death by vampire bite was a fitting end, until she doesn’t actually die and the vamp uses his sweet talk to woo her into submission. Surviving isn’t enough anymore, now she has to fight to reclaim her agency. #QueerPit #A #H

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company🌱🐈‍⬛💚 💜 Bisexual Romance 💙 Chronic Illness Rep Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X THE SPELLSHOP #QueerPit #A #FR #Cozy #OwnVoices

It's 1996 & Betsy is a pissed off old starlet stuck inside a moldy mannequin doing time in Vintaged, an antique store in small town America. 18 yo closeted lesbian Roxy is about to find out exactly how vengeful Betsy is. And how badly she wants a new body. #QueerPit #Q #F #H #A

EVELYN HUGO x TWISTED GAMES #queerpit #WF #HF #R #A #ownvoices 🇵🇰🇺🇸 soc is determined to prove to her arrogant celeb brother women deserve proper places in Hollywood, but when he thrusts her with a 🇬🇧 bodyguard it serves to be revolutionary—& everything she didn’t ask for

YELLOWSTONE X PAS DE DEUX Major Gemini, equestrian/radio host wants her stolen filly back. Dad wants his station's star @ work. Mom wants grandkids. Lil Bro wants her equine empire. She's NOT running away—it’s a sabbatical! Is There No Place Like Home? #A #LGBT #CON #W #UP #GF #QueerPit

to break the curse binding her to the ghost of a vengeful pirate, princess mira must fall in love with her best friend, john there’s just one problem: mira’s heart already belongs to princess dorothea 🩷🧡🤍 #queerpit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying

Tropes/Themes: 🪲 Endearing gay panic 🕷️ Challenges female stereotypes 🪲 Toxic mean mommies 🕷️ Witch coven politics 🪲 Hispanic, lesbian FMC 🕷️ Spooky island resort 🪲 Villain in vain of Beetlejuice 🕷️ Only one bed 👀 #QueerPit #A #F #H #R #Q

A mediocre witch competes in a trial for a spot in North America’s top coven at a sinister island resort. Amidst spirits and demons, she must avoid possession and disqualification while investigating her mother’s disappearance. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #H #R #LGBQ

POLDARK/SHOGUN Stealing a relic might make enough 💰 to lift his sister out of poverty, but he must turn a blind eye to the crimes of empire. When the lies unravel, learning he's not the good guy is the biggest betrayal. But would he risk it all to save magic if he knew the truth? #QuestPit #A #Q #F

✨Boys disappearing in Lyric's backwards backwoods town 🎀 her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last to see them ✨Eleanor's cultish town nearby may be to blame 🎀 gives maneater a whole new meaning ✨more than just their friendship may be changing... #questpit #YA #H #R #AG

An #EditorsGuide to TRUE HATE'S KISS She must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family. ⚔️Age-old clan feud 🐉Scandinavian folklore 🧪Unique magic & world ❤️‍🔥Enemies-To-Forbidden-Lovers 🛡️"Who did this to you?" / "You did! #QuestPit #OS #Romantasy

ATLA x WICKED Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies. Villain FMC Hero MMC Hate at first sight Destroy the world, dont save it #questpit #Q #YA #F

#QuestPit #Spec #WIP Jaded 29yo telepath Cal seizes a fresh start working in a rural special education school to hide from her magical failures. When the school risks being shut down, she unites with her students, community and a charming farmer to save it, and discovers another type of magic—hope.

#questpit #W #A #H #R 🩸THE HEART YET BLEEDS🩸 A summer storm forces Anne inside Bellflower House, a manor owned by the hauntingly beautiful Sabine. Anne is enchanted by her hostess — but when the rain won’t stop & dark things lurk the halls, she can’t help but wonder if Sabine will ever let her go.

MOANA x SHADOW AND BONE A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey. Featuring: 🌊 Native Hawaiian Rep 🌊 Cultural Identity 🌊 Setting as a Character #QuestPit #YA #F #W #OwnVoices #AgentsGuide

JASAD HEIR/GODKILLER If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #QuestPit #F #Q #A

She’s not chosen. She’s trapped. 🌿THE EMERALD KINGDOM is a romantic fantasy inspired by The Wizard of Oz, where the not-chosen-one lies to her found family, takes control of her magical bond and rescues a prince.🌿 #questpit #Q #SFF #R #RF