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yellowed background with red blood splatter and top of zombie head in lower corner. George Washington head faintly visible (Mount Rushmore) along left. Text says: AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO DON'T NAME THE DEAD By Sami Peil 90 words Adult/NA HORROR

yellow background with light red blood splatter. Torn out page from a journal, along bottom of screen you can see rocks from mount rushmore text says: Reader Comments “Obsessed” “I'm hooked. so hooked on this book. I need it on my shelf.“ “Love this description. Impeccable delivery, so cinematic” “OMINOUS” “VICERAL” “I literally cackled” “I was not prepared” “Sharp, shocking, love it” “Seriously this is so fucking cinematic wth” “I love him” “IF YOU EVER CHANGE THIS FIRST LINE I WILL FIGHT YOU” Sami Peil @sampeil FROM THE JOURNAL OF STETSON JOHN MATTHEWS April 27, 2025 Donner party @ Black Hills bunkers, current population 280ish. don’t name the dead

yellow background with red blood splatter, along top right is a zombie with open mouth teeth growling 3 images of book covers: sister maiden monster has tentacles, orange, knife; the z word has an image of a brain, two femmes kissing, teal hands reaching up, a piece of pizza, an axe; the last of us has a man and a girl turned toward the camera as they walk toward ruins; along the right, text reads: If three queer 20-somethings manage to not get eaten by the pandemic zombies, they’ll still have to dodge a preacher bent on building his post-apocalyptic flock. Love triangle Survival shenanigans Headshots Hookups Busted bunker

close up of mount rushmore presidents with light red splatter across the image. text reads: Sami Peil @sampeil don’t name the dead Vivvi was getting wasted for her 21st until she woke up in a drunk tank, which was the only protection from the cop zombies trying to eat her brains. Stetson was painting his nails and avoiding his family's far right extremist bunker party, unaware that the virus they all ignored would mutate, and he’d have to fight his way out. Dove was home alone in a post-wisdom tooth coma, still dreaming about her hot dentist, while infected people turned and began to eat immune survivors. The Dentist was doing an after-hours call, where a patient bite transformed him into a flesh craving monster. They all want each other—but not in the same way. And they really need to stay the hell away from the Preacher.

DON'T NAME THE DEAD in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse.

#horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♂️🥼

#H #na #a #q #agentsguide #sf #questpit #lgbt

Title of my novel; blurred images of faces behind a veil

The pitch for my novel, with a moodboard featuring doors, a dark forest, an empty factory, and shadow figures lurking in doorways.

The covers for my comp titles: The Midnight Library, Under the Whispering Door, The Hollow Places, and Dark Matter

A snippet from my novel

The World of No: A little bit of Dark Matter and a soupcon of The Midnight Library, complete at 97k words.
It features:
🟢 coming of age (even for adults)
⚫️ second chance love
🟢 twisted realities
⚫️ Life is messy; jump the hell in already. #QuestPit #A #SPEC #Querying

A green gold & orange themed moodboard with 9 images representing the pitch. 1. A picture of an ornate palace doorway 2. A still from the movie Jodha Akbar 3. An el Doradoesque view 4. A golden chessboard 5. A woman experiencing power thru meditation 6. Sanskrit manuscripts 7. A magical staff in rock 8. Two royal ladies who "seem" like bffs 9. A lavish palace corridor

HotD × Raven Scholar

V swore to see her liege, Eka, as the queen of their divided island. But when enemies attack amid trial season, & Eka prioritizes politics over people, V's loyalty wavers—Then there's her ex, trying to seduce her back for his nefarious ends.

#questpit #Q #F #A #NA #PoC

Exclusive Cover Reveal: The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards Today on the site, I'm delighted to help reveal the cover of The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards, a debut Sapphic YA Historical Romance releasing from ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on April 7, 2026! Here's the story: Mr. Darcy got his happily ever after in Pride and Prejudice, and now it’s his sister’s turn in this swoony queer romance, perfect for fans of Bridgerton.

Exclusive Cover Reveal: The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards

Today on the site, I'm delighted to help reveal the cover of The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards, a debut Sapphic YA Historical Romance releasing from ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on April 7, 2026! Here's…

comic page where vampire contemplates feeding on compelled girl

Art school was tough before the vampire tried to kill Edie. Now? It sucks. Armed only with a makeshift vampire hunting kit, Edie must try to survive freshman year.

Oh, and… figure out if she can trust the hot Vampire Barista that got her into this mess.

#QuestPit #YA #GN #WIP

Black and white moodboard for my book, The Wasteland. Multiple images on black background, mountain top, cracked earth, a knife on a tree stump, two little girls walking hand in hand, shot from behind, barren tree, stair case.

Silo x Squid Game
Two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison at the end of the world.
#questpit #YA #Dystopian #W

green-themed moodboard. From left to right and up to down: a hand reaching through tree bark and foliage; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp some berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a green-lit tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse below a chandelier; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; stylised painting of many crows on a colourful branch; hands reaching through lily pads in pond water.

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE WRONG WAY HOME

🍇scared girls fight back
🪞sibling opposites
🎹what does a haunting hide?
🐊summer is an antagonist
♟️if I save him he might look at me
🧨surviving a puppetmaster when you’re his marionette

✨RevPit ‘25 winner & big 5 editor interest✨
#QuestPit #Q #MG

At Hotel Adair, doors lock themselves, spectral scenes play out in empty rooms, &Cody's friends die in ways her favorite slashers can’t script. If she wants to protect her bff &survive, she must become a Final Girl who doesn’t just fight monsters but herself.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

Two man holding hands in a desert landscape, overlaid with the title “The Gravity of Hope” in a movie poster style.

🌙 RISINGx4ALL MANKIND
In a contest for a job on the next coloniser, a dying engineer & his space pilot ex are sent back from Titan to the dead planet, Earth.
As the competition turns deadly, they must set aside past grievances (& unresolved feelings) to get back to Titan alive.
#QuestPit #Q #A #SF

A book cover of “Let Me Be Your Villain” with the tropes around it: grumpy ghost librarian, MM romance, asshole hero antagonist, sunshine villain protagonist, cozy fantasy, magic library, book characters escaping to the real world.

When Draven—the deleted villain of a fantasy book—finds himself in a library of forgotten stories, he teams up with the reluctant ghost librarian to travel to the real world, find his author, and convince them to rewrite his story before he fades out of existence.
#QuestPit #P #A #F #onlineserial

A photo collage of early 1900s images (all black and white) - a luxury liner, a mirror with a hand and face trapped inside, a woman in a straitjacket, a sitting room on a luxury liner, a woman reading a book, a ghostly ship

When their luxury liner sinks, Edith is rescued by a passing ship.

But one by one, the other survivors disappear...people the crew insist were never on board.

Terrified & unable to escape, Edith must hurry to unearth the ship's sinister secrets or become its latest victim…

#A #H #HF #QuestPit #W

mock-up of a book cover in black and white: At the center, a ship sits beached on a vast plain of sand, the dramatic clouds above breaking to let rays of light through to illuminate just the ship. Below in large blood-red font: The Ship. Beneath in smaller print: A YA HORROR NOVEL At the very top the words “This ship demands blood. At the very bottom, the pitch: Stuck on a ship, sucks to be you To get back out, you must spill blood Cut off a finger, or a toe And maybe the ship will let you go Or maybe … no

To get her friends back out of a bloodthirsty shipwreck, failing high school student Willa must ace the most important test of her life: figure out what the ship wants before everyone—her included—is dead.

#QuestPit #YA #NA #H #Q

Secrets are often liabilities

Sometimes they are power

When the Empire of Colours slaughters 17,000 of his silver-eyed kin, Lucas Rhine buries his hatred, hides his eyes behind coloured lenses, and vows to liberate his country through a diplomatic secession. Usurped prince Faye Phlorik escapes from prison and joins the revolutionaries. They need a silver-eyed champion to rally the people, and Faye needs their resources to reclaim his crown. Lucas and Faye must eliminate each other to achieve their goals. But when the empire's warships come again, they must unite their forces or there will be nothing left of the people they're both trying to liberate.

The Revenant of Surolifia A political fantasy Florence Chien

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨
belle époque vibes | so many schemes

🗡️ an imperial officer bent on revenge
🪽 a thief plotting scandals & revolution
🩸 they aim to kill each other
🔥 but must cooperate to stop another war

📅 07.07.26 #questpit #P #A #F

A fire background is behind images of a leaf, a building overrun with ivy, morel mushrooms with a variety of tiny faces, a woman's silhouette highlighted in a red hue, and a heart with vein like roots sticking out of it. The text says Morel Support. Featuring: A chaotic bisexual, sexy bandits, and a sentient mushroom with a vendetta against the government.

Introducing: MOREL SUPPORT

🍄 A Sentient Mushroom
❤️ Chronic Illness Rep
💰 Sexy Bandits
❤️‍🔥 Sapphic Romance
🔥 Anarchy
🫀 Literal Heartache

#QuestPit #A #Romantasy #R #F #OwnVoices #W #ChronicIllnessRep #SapphicRomance

Dark green background. On the left, a green-themed moodboard featuring weeping willows reaching pond water, a hand reaching from a tree trunk, a lake surrounded by trees, hands reaching for each other, a house surrounded by trees and a lake, someone running out of sight in a maze, a lake surrounded by trees, candlesticks on tree branches, and a pier jutting out into lake water. Around the moodboard, 4 arrows point to the following: RevPit 2025 winner, big 5 editor interest, 6 POVs, summer is an antagonist. On the right, three pictures of book covers. THE WRONG WAY HOME by Kate O’Shaughnessy has an arrow saying “internally-driven conflict & revelatory abuse”. NOT QUITE A GHOST by Anne Ursu has an arrow saying “psychological stakes”. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding has an arrow saying “adult-free environment & emergency hierarchy”.

Summer, 1920. Eight children must play 14-year-old Alistair’s dangerous games, where understanding him may be the only way to outpace him—and escape the summer alive.
ft:
🎹 haunted piano playing
☎️ cut phone cords
🐊 crocodiles that shouldn’t be there
#QuestPit #Q #MG #H

Black and gray background of the inside of a circuit board. Metal Bones, Plastic Heart. YA sci-fi, 85,000 words. White arrows point to the following: Slow-burn romance Dark cyberpunk vibes Fast-paced plot Grumpy x sunshine Cast of messy, loveable teens What does it mean to be human?

BLADE RUNNER x THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

Lonely hacker Renaya must help a kind android boy recover his memories so she can solve her father's murder - before those behind it get to her first.

#questpit #Q #YA #SF

A collage of images: A window to space, two man holding hands, a man walking a desert landscape, a spaceship flying, Earth from space, a sci-fi space station, more desert landscape. In the middle the title: “The Gravity of Hope”.

To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win the world’s most competitive job interview:

🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth

🚀 build a spaceship from scraps

💫 fly it back to Titan

💔 team up with his rival ex

🗡️ kill him before landing

🖤 I said kill, not kiss…

#QuestPit #Q #A #SF #LGBT

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

Cover of the book A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.

BLOOD IS LIFE. BONES ARE STRENGTH. FLESH IS CONTROL. SKIN IS DEATH.

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

Coming 10/21/2025, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue & dangerous magic.

#QuestPit #P #A #F #HF #R

A mood board highlights green images with occasional pops of purple. The photos are in a collage and include: a chest of potion vials, a spellbook and poitions, a bench in a quiet forest near water, a black cat with glowing golden eyes, purple petals on a board, lavender sprigs, a lavender field, ivy, and pink glowing mushrooms on a mossy branch.

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED:

A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company🌱🐈‍⬛💚

#QuestPit #Q #F #R #Cozy #OwnVoices #LGBTQ #ChronicIllness #RevPitWinner2025

Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes

The Pitch is written on a lavender field background: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company

A garden of comps is written on a leaf. The background is brown soil with plants next to comp titles: Legends and Lattes, The Spellshop, Howl's Moving Castle, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Under The Whispering Door.

A snippet highlights the main character's relationship with her familiar, Toad. In the snippet they discuss Linatta's ex girlfriend and Toad's hatred of hats. A book is open below the image and has wildflowers growing out of the inside spine.

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED

Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP

💜 Chronic Illness Rep
🌱 Plant Magic
💚 Bisexual Witches
🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar
😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company
☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance
☕ Cozy Vibes

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

This book is so good, everyone, you are not ready!

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News 'No More Copyright Protection For Anyone': Author David Baldacci Rips Big Tech Over AI Copyright

If I had to bet on which is more transformational (books vs AI), I’d bet on books, every time.
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Revision update!
I'm 20/44 chapters through the final revision of my #RevPit manuscript, The Gravity of Hope.
I aim to send out my first queries early next month 👀

Writing desk: It's RevPit showcase time! The Gravity of Hope showcase materials are live

🗞️ Newsletter update! 🗞️
My latest post is out on Substack where I talk about the RevPit showcase!
I have more to share about my #RevPit experience in an upcoming issue, so subscribe if you are interested. 💛
#RevPitClassof25
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Name: Avery Clark Occupation: space engineer Age: 29 Loves: street food, science, and puzzles Hates: social injustice and broccoli

Name: Silas Katona Occupation: military space pilot Age: 32 Loves: family, loyalty, flying Hates: dishonesty

Meet my characters!
I'd like to introduce Avery and Silas, the two main characters in The Gravity of Hope.
#RevPit #RevPitClassof25

Showcase: buff.ly/4Uq9Rdl

Today, I want to say thank you to Miranda Darrow for her amazing insights, and relentless support in the last few weeks. Your timeline pushed me to achieve things I didn’t know I was capable of. Your advice and ideas helped turn The Gravity of Hope from a rough draft into a manuscript I’m proud of. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you.

Very late reposting of my #RevPitClassof25 posts here!

I wanted to say a special thank you to @miranda-darrow.bsky.social for her amazing insights and continued support in the last few weeks! The Gravity of Hope has become a much better book with her guidance!
#RevPit

The #Showcase is open for #litagents to take a look at our stories.

Just to give a lil snippet at what to expect from SECOND CHANCES
#RevPit

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Ahhhhhh my little story is out in Apex! If anyone has a few minutes to spare, please consider giving my flash, “Things the Older Boy Understands” a read. I’m really proud of this one ✨