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I Am Not A Toy #Questpit 👨‍🦽 #PB #W #DIS #A Kids at Tommy's new school push his wheelchair without asking. His teacher helps him see this is unintentional bullying and teaches him self-advocacy by talking to his class. I hope this PB will help kids & adults learn about this very real issue. #KidLit

#QuestPit Stuck baby-sitting AGAIN, 12-y.o. Frankie Abagnale sneaks off to Pom Squad auditions w/ her immunocompromised, recovering-from-heart-surgery baby sis in tow. It's no big deal...until a teammate is diagnosed with measles. *First draft done! *Currently revising. #MG #CON #W

A loner girl named Rowen who works as a reaper must keep her latest assignment, a popular classmate named Jahmir, from falling for her (and keep herself from doing the same 👀) before she’s set to collect his soul in 30 days. #QuestPit #Drafting #YA #R #F

The Tale of Twoshirts is a humorous cozy fantasy about a goblin boy who befriended a genie and wished he could grant wishes. Shenanigans ensue when a new friend makes an accidental wish, and mysterious woman in black captures the genie. #Questpit #Q #YA #NA #F #TheTaleofTwoshirts

Movies. Monsters. Mobsters. Murder. A lone wolf P.I and a museum curator dodge cops and mobsters in 30’s Hollywood, after she finds a recently dead crook in a box that should contain an ancient princess. The Mummy (1999) X Bringing Up Baby #QuestPit #M #HS #F #W #C

DROWNING IN FLAMES - YA Mystery (85k words) 💜sapphic romance 📚secret society at girls boarding school 👠feral girls 💔friends to lovers to enemies 🧩passageways #questpit #Q #YA #M

F IS FOR FALLING YA sapphic romance (55k words) 💔 ex-best friends to lovers 🏫 teenage self-discovery 🪩 prom night confessions 💬 snappy banter #questpit #Q #YA #R #witingcommunity #amquerying

#questpit #W #A #F #DF #blackbooksky BERSERK x THRONE OF GLASS x TSDS 🔮 black fmc is the heiress of an elite sorceress line 🔮 fmc evil sorceressed so hard she resurrected a dead tyrant 🔮 magic system is jacked up and you may be the cause — congrats 🔮 magical politics between who deserves magic

THE ATLAS SIX meets NINTH HOUSE A summer research cohort turns into a horrifying experiment when six students find documents about a secret society's attempts to conquer death--and the beast they found on the other side. #questpit #w #a #sff

#QuestPit #S #F #W an adult speculative literary-leaning standalone: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus x THE DOLL PEOPLE x LAPVONA A rare wind-up doll in a traveling oddities show uncovers a dark truth about her troupe's origins. 🚂🗝🫖🕯🎭

All sinners bleed&You A queer autistic journalist hides his secret life as a serial killer, while a trans autistic detective hunts the Ritualist, unaware their lives are fatally entwined by a cult that hates them both. #Questpit #A #T #Q

When Southern Living chooses her big sister’s wedding to feature for a yearlong spread, Mercy regrets the last four hours she’s spent at the engagement party pretending to be in a head-over-heels relationship with a guy she just met. Lyla Sage X Emily Henry #Questpit #R #A #RomCom #OCD

A queer sci-fi reimagining of the Greek labyrinth myth ft. 🌌 a sentient, bioluminescent maze 😈 evil AI 💎 crystal-bending powers ❤️🔥 rivals-to-lovers romance between a thief and a prince 💀 an underground cult 🐍 a giant snake 🐺 wolf-rider girls 🌎 cli-fi themes #QuestPit #YA #SF #SFF #LGBT

DRAGONS LOVE TACOS X STUCK Billy’s scheme to ditch his baloney sandwich in favor of cookies backfires, miraculously leaving him with an even bigger sandwich! Driven by his sweet tooth, Billy hatches a plan to dig himself out of trouble, but he gets his just desserts instead. #QuestPit #PB #Q

SCHOOL SPIRITS x WE WERE LIARS Lexie vanished while on the senior trip. Now only her ex-crush turned high school dropout, Jeremy, can see her. Everyone close to Lexie hides secrets, but exposing the dangerous one linking them could bring her home—or end them both. #Q #YA #R #M #Spec #Questpit

To save her aunt's dog rescue, Emma teams up with her ex, Ryan, to find the truth about a witch from the 40s said to be summoned to a dance in the 90s. She didn't mean to fall for him again and activate the curse. Now, losing the contest means losing the rescue and Ryan. #YA #Q #R #M #Spec #Questpit

In the glitzy high society of 1950s NY, a model turned wealthy socialite plots the perfect murder to escape her abusive husband. But when she discovers his mob ties, she must stop a killer far more dangerous than the one she hired. #questpit #A #HF #S #T #Q Cheshire Novel Prize Highly Commended

🇸🇻 PRECOLONIAL (INDIGENOUS) EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻 Itotia’s a healer’s apprentice struggling to meet her mentor’s expectations. Metztli's a worship-hating deity. When Itotia binds them together, Metztli grapples with mortality & Itotia learns the gods aren’t as benevolent as she thought #QuestPit #Q #RF

It’s #questpit #A #OS A dark book for dark times that screams fem rage Sometimes our fate is repeated history Or used as a statement for the world Where good and evil mean different things to different people A body. Missing teen. A mass shooting. Is Abuelo real? Griselda X Zero Saints X AHS

THE SLOW BURN (82k words) She’s an event planner up for a promotion. He’s a firefighter and her dad is his chief. They’re planning the fire dept’s holiday gala and agree to a no-strings fling. Small town Holiday romance Found family MMC in uniform Slow burn #amquerying #questpit #a #r #q

ide and seeker x Mayan myths Ixtab, Mayan goddess of Death, haunts a little Mexican town, dragging people to Xibalbá, the land of the dead. She's got Gustavo, and his sister Alondra would do anything to save him... even descending to hell #questpit #YA #H #OWN #POC #Querying

🕯️Reapers, rituals, and necessary evils. In a government in the afterlife, two reapers kill instead of guide, haunted by the ghosts of their victims. When they’re forced to perform rituals to end the haunting, rotted secrets raise. #Questpit #A #YA #FA #Q

It started with an ancient stone knife. Talia thought the case would be her big break as a PI, but she wasn't prepared for the dead body. Now she and an old enemy must find out where a series of artifacts came from before the killer strikes again. 😡Grumpy x Sunshine🌞 (platonic) #QuestPit #Q #A #MY

#QuestPit, #A, #Q, #T YOU x Dexter Quiet teacher, Ella, is not a psychopath – she’s just very committed to her anti-bullying policies. The kind that involve zip ties, knives and plastic sheeting. And if you stay cruel and remorseless as an adult, she’ll teach you one final, bloody lesson. 🔪

This is a tongue in cheek dark comedy thriller that will keep you smiling and cringing in equal measures until it reaches its climax. Lola is a serial killer on a murder spree who takes advantage of Ernie, a hapless loser with questionable morals. amzn.eu/d/80FvkjH

A little snippet from my horromantasy LYDIA IS DEAD 💀 #GhostPit #Q #H #RF #NA After returning home to solve her best friend’s murder, Charlie soon uncovers the supernatural secrets lurking beneath her hometown, as well as a deadly love that will consume her whole…

MEXICAN GOTHIC X BOBH X SINNERS Stasi, a gifted painter, enters a competition in which blood magic makes art come alive. But when she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate magical women, she risks her life to stop those running the show. #GhostPit #A #G #F #H #Agented #LGBT

SCHOOL SPIRITS x THE IN BETWEEN Lexie had it all: boyfriend, best friend, popularity... She thought. But someone took everything from her and now only HS dropout Jeremy can see her in the park. They must find out who and why before they get to him too or she fades forever. #Ghostpit #Q #YA #R #Spec

Like THE BENT NECK LADY: The Drowning Girl haunted Simone's dreams long before Nina was murdered She feared her cousin's spirit was stuck in a trauma loop, reliving her violent death—but one should never summon the dead Now they call her vengeful ghost #TheEastRiverWraith #GhostPit #YA #SPEC #H

Mabel is afraid... 👹The best gadgets from The Monster Buster Shop aren't stopping the monsters 🗝The Monster Buster Master shares a secret, but Mabel is too afraid 😱 Be brave Mabel! Use the secret! GROBBLECHOPS x ORION AND THE DARK #ghostpit #Q #PB #MH #POC

On an ordinary evening, an ordinary commuter steps onto a train. As the stops fly by, he notices more and more people in costume. Wait, are they really costumes? 😬 What extraordinary world is this train taking him to... and when can he get off? 💀 "The Discarded" #GhostPit 👻 #A #SS #IP #U #H

A single dad -- who has a Kpop obsession -- is determined for his daughter to have the best costume, and show the other dads who's boss. Even if he has to make the costume himself. It may or may not involve stealing a mummy. And falling in love with the head of the PTA. #GhostPit 👻 #A #R #C

After a missile explodes near San Francisco, killing thousands, 16-year-old Zuriah Laguerre and her 7-year-old twin siblings begin a dangerous journey to the military base they call home and discover an enemy not of this world. #GhostPit #Q #YA #SF #DR

WOOLERS When her parents take temporary jobs at a remote living history museum, 13-year-old Effie is thrilled about skipping the start of eighth grade—until she discovers the museum’s actors aren’t living at all, and she must save her family from becoming permanent exhibits. #GhostPit #Q #MG #PNH

#ghostpit A supply run turns deadly when the starship Tartarus is diverted to rescue survivors of a viral outbreak in deep space. With a secret order empowering the ship's AI to take charge, Elara and her crew must solve the mystery behind the virus and whatever their AI is becoming. #A #W #SF

A queer autistic journalist hides his secret life as a serial killer, while a trans autistic detective hunts the Ritualist, unaware their lives are fatally entwined by a cult that hates them both. On Halloween night, secrets will be revealed… 👻 #GhostPit #A #C #Q #MM #T #LGBT

#ghostpit #MG #Q #PN #M Ghost Conductor When 12yo Scout moves into an old mansion with his dad, he’s finally able to look forward to a new beginning after losing his mom. But the ghost girl stalking him has other plans. Now, he must race to help her before whatever is chasing her comes for him.

Teddy’s first letter to Santa is perfect! Until it’s not. Just how honesty does Teddy need to be? DEAR SANTA celebrates the true meaning of Christmas and compassion for others. #ghostpit #PB #C #Q #OS #heartfelt

Angry over Grandma’s death a month ago, Charly is gifted a key shaped necklace on her birthday. A knock comes from a door only she can see. Inside she meets characters of the stages of grief helping her find acceptance and her legacy as a Grief Keeper. #GhostPit #MG #Q

#AgentsGuide to SAINTFIRE, an adult dark fantasy inspired by Berserk, Poppy War, Starving Saints, and The Salt Grows Heavy. Blood-stained action. Plus-sized, morally-gray witch x sweetheart, scarred transmasc knight turned assassin. Enemies to doomed lovers. Lots more! #GhostPit #A #C #F

DRAGON'S FLAME (a #GhostPit guide) what happens when the person who killed your parents turns out to be your long-lost best friend? - childhood friends to enemies to lovers - stolen memories/brainwashing - dragon (yes, singular) - "i think i know you." / "you used to." #W #F #RF #YA #LGBT

#GhostPit #MG #Q #PN #MM #H CITY OF GHOSTS V GOOSEBUMPS 👩‍👧Sibling rivalry 💘First crush 🪦Psychic tweens 👀Restless ghosts 🚪Disappearing doors 😱Haunted corridors 🛳️Family cruise ship vacay

BOURNE x MR & MRS SMITH (but make it gay) Kai Tanner is an assassin sent to seduce and kill fashion mogul Jack Starling (an undercover MI6 agent.) After a (literally) explosive first meeting, they team up to unravel a conspiracy at the heart of the fashion world. #A #Q #T #R #LGBT #Ghostpit

#GhostPit #A #C #Q #LF #T #SF #H #M #SFF #Moonium Am I the Asshole if I locked the DMI miners out of their base, leaving them out there without oxygen, so the crew and I can load our rich cargo and save Earth? YOU BET I AM... Here comes the Savior! - Major Scopes

Mae never meant to take a life, only a name. Now, trapped in a space-bound program, she must survive deadly trials, fight alternate versions of herself, and keep her secret hidden. But Nexxus is watching. And reality itself unravels. #GhostPit #YA #SFF #Q #WNDB #enemiestolovers