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Behind every great dragon there's a woman with claws - this damsel doesn't need saving THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS 93k words standalone historical romantasy set in the 9th Century Norse world. Slow burn, mythology competent heroine ⚔️🔥🐉📖#questpit #Q #A #RF #HF #F

Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with: 🤍second chance romance 💀murd.er 🤍fake dating ❄️frosty magic 👯‍♀️sister bonds 🐶a cute pet sidekick 🎄Christmas festivities 🔼love triangle Would you read it? Art by @mknzgmbn #questpit #wip #P #R #A

ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS A headstrong maid falls for the pirate Captain heading a mission for a mythical Stone, but when he plans to sacrifice her friend to evade his past, betraying him first may be the only way to save her friend. #QuestPit #Q #NA #RF

@questpit.bsky.social Rhiannon should be dead. Her chest is empty. Her heart? Locked in a box. She only has nine days to get it back. HEART TO MANGLED HEART 🫧Currently out on full requests 🫧Slow burn yearn + jealous ex 🫧Icy setting featuring your favorite aurora #questpit #Q #A #R #agentsguide

THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS historical Norse romantasy. Of the many side characters Winfrid is 1 of my faves. Christian monk who chronicles for the dragon Sigrun's friend and mentor even though she's bound to the Norse gods #Questpit #Q #A #RF #HF #F (Art by me on procreate- no AI)

Anxious Letyf has no place on a world-saving quest, but when his elf-supremacist cousin declares war, Letyf joins the world's champions to protect their only hope—a child who can quell magic. In their way? World-hopping demon Lia, unwilling servant to the enemy. #Q #A #F #SFF #QuestPit #AgentsGuide

#QuestPit #W #F #A The Deceived is the first book in The Blessed Trilogy. Expect: 🏞 a journey through a treacherous, magical forest 👩‍❤️‍👩 a sapphic slow burn romance 👑 a king with his sights set on glory 🪾 Slavic elements 🔮 magic

Stardew Valley x Howl’s Moving Castle. Just add more small dragons 🐉 #revpit 2026 winner #questpit #A #F #cozyfantasy

Fate and Honey- A romantic fantasy 💰Every mother has a past. Every past had a price. Every price must be paid 👑Ginny and Georgia meets the Wolf King 🩸Red Riding Hood Reimagining from the mother's POV. #questpit #q #a #f #r

SKULLSCAPE 87k Dark Academia Ninth House X Blood Over Bright Haven 🏛️Elite Academy 🌱Botany ❓Missing Brother 🔎 Rookie Sleuth 🦴Forbidden Magic This project has received 4 full requests and 12 invitations to query. #questpit #q #a #my #f

She is mortal in a realm where magic wielders are persecuted. He is a Fae lord who has hunted for her across the realms. Now she must find a way to unbind her power and her memories before darkness consumes the world — and before he loses her forever. #questpit #Q #A #F #RF

BENEATH THE WAYWARD TIDES 80k Paranormal Thrillermance Fool's Gold (2008) meets Tidelands (2018) A mermaid and an archeologist team up to find a treasure, but she's harboring a terrible secret: she will die if she doesn't kill him first. #Questpit #W #A #F #PR #T

Sigrun stood behind her uncle’s throne, chin held high. Her hands longed to wring her skirt, but she forced them into obedience. When the time came to play her part, she must be poised. THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS historical romantasy 9th century Scandinavia. #questpit #Q #A #RF #HF #F

The only member of the long-hidden Tuatha De Danann to carry a cell phone and keep a condo in Manhattan, Will Jones trusts no one. He must choose: let 8 billion people burn, or let his own civilization be destroyed. And he would NEVER be dramatic about it 🗡️😉 #A #F #AG #OS #questpit

FOR METTLE & MOSS is a gender-swapped A Knight’s Tale set on a sky island where tournaments are replaced with ruthless, Survivor-style trials. A cynical lady knight and an anxious lord must stop their world from falling… while resisting falling for each other. 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕 #questpit #A #RF #Q

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Questpit #MG #F #Q

ROT & RUIN: AN ADULT FANTASY NOVEL. COMPLETE AT 100K. NOW QUERYING. TANGLED X ANNIHILATION A failed revolutionary cons a party of heroes into hiring her as their guide through monster-infested woods where she’ll leave them for dead. Then she inconveniently grows a conscience. #questpit #q #a #f

A THOUSAND THREADS is a twisted, adult retelling of “The Princess and the Pea” in which she’s not a princess but a reclusive fugitive in disguise on a probably-doomed quest to clear her name & return to her plants. Plus, there’s pirates. Querying late 2026 🤞 #questpit #W #A #F #RF #HF #fairytale

Doing all those slides for #bluepit really made me think about how to market my story. As the author, it's hard to break it down. Maybe for future works I'll start with pitch slides before querying to really refine. Has anyone done that and found it helpful? #querying

THE SECRET GARDEN X PIRANESI Silas unwittingly enters a magic garden and becomes entangled in an ancient power struggle between the being who controls all life in the garden and the garden itself. Silas is increasingly desperate to escape as his mind slowly turns against him. #bluepit #YA #F #H #Q

A Roman senator obsessed with his wife. The bizarre sister-in-law with a penchant for blueberries. The all too observant slave. And an ancient Goddess who just wants to be remembered. #BluePit📖 #W #A #LGBT

If you like: 🔮unique magic systems 🔥Slow burn romance ❤️‍🔥Strangers➡️lovers➡️enemies ⚔️Fierce female protagonists 🍃BG3 Rivington-esque setting 💖LGBTQIA rep on the page 🤪All the banter Then this one’s for you! COVENANT OF THE DAMNED is a 116k rom. fantasy querying now #📖 #bluepit #A #F #Q

KNIGHT AND CIRCUS Role-reversed chivalric tale of a wallflower knight and the boisterous acrobat who will stop at nothing to make him blush. Aragorn coded MMC Jester coded FMC 👩‍❤️‍👨 Cozy Romantasy 🟢 Green Flag MMC 🫂 Character Driven 💟 Slow Burn 🎪 Whimsical Circus Set #bluepit #bluepit📖 #📖 #R #A #ND #Q

#BluePit #A #F #Q #📖 African Folkloric Fantasy Star-Crossed Lovers Subplot As the Stone King’s reign crumbles, unexpected alliances form. But can they withstand the chaos that follows? 🎭 MultiPOV 👑 Court intrigue 🐉 Mythical beasts 🪄 Magic 🙏 Sinister faith 🇰🇪 Kenyan mythology 💔 Love vs duty

MAL is the former holy king. AGAPIOS is the sun god who lives in his head. When Agapios vanishes, Mal returns to the home he abandoned to find him before his disappearance rids the world of its chance to break free from an endless winter. CH.1 of THE EVERWINTER KING #BluePit #📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT #DIS

When you're in the mood for a non-magical fantasy romance between two ordinary people just trying to survive a very inconvenient attraction. 🌾 🛶 📜 #BluePit #📖 #F #R #A #W Querying Late 2026

#BluePit An Extraordinary Geography is the true story of Captain James Hook as told by the woman who stows away aboard his ship—because everything Peter Pan tells us is a lie. Vivien finds an ally and more in James, but betrayal threatens the future they are building. #📖 #Q #A #R #F #HS #writesky

Vidmyrkr collects men the way he collects treasure- including a Roman soldier, Viking warriors & a monk Sigrun has one month to convince him she's worth more than gold. 🐉🔥💗⚔️ THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS 93k word historical romantasy Slow-burn #bluepit #📖 #Q #A #F #R #HS #AmQuerying

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED After Arthur Oak discovers he’s a Druid, he enters a portal to a dying magical world. To save it, he must forge an unlikely friendship, before the true threat destroys everything he’s discovered. 🐻 Shapeshifting ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy #Bluepit #📖 #MG #F #Q

WINGS OF BLOOD Captain Tess Night was raised to fear the Lord of Blood, and he made a sport of brutally killing soldiers like her, but when a cursed prince returns from the dead, the two are forced to ally. ⚔️ FMC with a sword 🩸 MMC with blood magic 🫶 Found family #A #F #📖 #Q #BluePit

Behind every great dragon, there's a woman with claws. This headstrong maiden doesn't need rescuing. 🐉🔥💗 THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS is a 93k word historical romantasy set in 9th century Scandinavia Slow-burn mythical subverting damsel/dragon trope #bluepit #📖 #Q #A #F #R #HS #AmQuerying

PALADIN'S GRACE x EMILY WILDE a reclusive archivist running from a shame-ridden past and a mage knight with failing magic must team up to solve an arcane bog-body mystery in a small town #bluepit #📖 #W #A #F #OV #POC

The Maiden and the Endless Darkness - 93k Romantasy set in 9th Century Scandinavia. When her uncle fails to raise the tribute to buy a dragon's protection, Sigrun, a Norse maiden pledges herself instead and must prove she's worth more than treasure. #blupit #📖 #Q #A #F #R #HS #AmQuerying

#BluPitHype My undergrad degree is in anthropology, so I love historical fiction and fantasy stories that explore the role of cultural systems on characters and plot. That's why I love well-done historical fantasy and straight historical fiction.

#BluePitHype #amquerying Fun research books: The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, Peter T. Leeson The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire, Jack Weatherford Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages. Frances Gies, Joseph Gies

#Profilepit #Q #F #H #R #A The Maiden and the Endless Darkness - a Norse Historical Romantacy set in 9th Century Scandinavia. Sigrun, a Norse maiden, pledges herself to a dragon in exchange for the protection of her people. 93k words, slow-burn, competent heroine, supportive love interest

#Profilepit #Q #F #H #R #A The Maiden and the Endless Darkness - a Norse Historical Romantacy set in 9th Century Scandinavia. A Norse maiden pledges herself to a dragon in exchange for the protection of her people.

Sigrun's arc is growth into leadership. She is initially underestimated but slowly takes over as the story progresses until she is undoubtedly an equal to those who previously dismissed her. #BluePitHype #AmQuerying THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS Norse Historical Romantasy 93k pages

Can't say much here - some of the antagonists are revealed in plot twists. But none of them are evil, they all have their own rational agendas that conflict with Sigrun's goals. #BluePitHype #AmQuerying - THE MAIDEN AND THE ENDLESS DARKNESS Norse historical romantacy 93k words

I'm a romantasy author from the Pacific Northwest. I write love stories with magic, but I read an eclectic variety of genres. I've had a handful of short stories published, but this is the first novel I've queried. #bluepithype