Editor
Tiffany Liao @Tiff_Liao
My Friday #mswl: a story with an "Arrival"-like twist that unfurls across many layers rather than pulls the rug out from under youHuzzah #MSWL day! I'm still yearning for this speculative, twisty YA, something ambitious in scope and structure that doesn't forsake emotions or characters.
Literary Agent
Literary Agent
I'm looking for genre-blending literary fiction, stories that give us something magical or speculative alongside prose that stirs up FEELINGS.
Perfect examples: The Night Circus by @erinmorgenstern, Here & Now & Then by @mikechenwriter, Station Eleven by @EmilyMandel. #MSWL
Literary Agent
Hillary Jacobson @hillaryjacobson
I am dying to find the next big speculative novel. Where is the next STATION ELEVEN? The next NEVER LET ME GO? 99% of editors I lunch with beg me to send them this! Authors, please send my way because my sub list is already ready to go!! ๐ #mswlI feel like I'm forever on the hunt for this. #MSWL
Literary Agency
Kimberley would like a mashup of AD ASTRA and THE MARTIAN. On the other end of speculative fiction, she'd love a book in tune with THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY #MSWL
Literary Agent
For YA, I love mysteries, historical, contemporary, magical realism, psychological/literary horror, contemporary w/ a very light speculative touch. I love funny books, I love serious books. #MSWL
Literary Agent
#MSWL - in YA, I'd love something really fun and soapy, maybe with a speculative twist, maybe not.
Literary Agent
I just finished WESTSIDE last night, and it has a lot of qualities I'm looking for: historical, noir, speculative element, gorgeous writing, great voice. #MSWL
Literary Agent
I want to see YA or adult horror/spec fic that's deeply rooted in character (We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Baby Teeth). A lyrical spec fic like The Dreamers. I am forever dying for something you could comp to Never Let Me Go. #MSWL
Literary Agent
Hillary Jacobson @hillaryjacobson
I am dying to find the next big speculative novel. Where is the next STATION ELEVEN? The next NEVER LET ME GO? 99% of editors I lunch with beg me to send them this! Authors, please send my way because my sub list is already ready to go!! ๐ #mswlready to fist fight over this one. (love u, @hillaryjacobson) #mswl
Literary Agent
And to round out my Middle Grade #MSWL with some speculative items: chilling horror is always my jam, and I want to read your luscious, weird, wow-this-worldbuilding-is-fantastic fantasies.
Literary Agent
I'd really love some speculative contemporary YA or MG. Creepy woods. Elemental powers. Out of body experiences. Alternative worlds.
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Editor
Finally saw ABOUT TIME this weekend and so loved it. Agents, just a reminder that lightly speculative projects grounded in our world are EXTREMELY my jam. #MSWL
Literary Agent
With SF, I'm still looking for my Black Mirror comp leaning towards creepy, literary speculative that plays more on technology than it does hard SF. For reference, my fav BM episodes: San Junipero, Entire History of You, Nosedive, Hang the DJ, and Black Museum. #mswl
Literary Agent
Melissa Danaczko @mad2034
What should I read on vacation? I have been craving speculative fiction lately but open to all recs!Should say this also applies for my #mswl ๐
Literary Agent
Aida @rxbbersoul
she was a punk he did ballet pic.twitter.com/7t09D7UIb8*trips over myself to hit the QT button* #MSWL!!! (but uh, make it at least a little spec fic somehow preferably)
Editor
Literary Agent
I want a HORROR novel in my queries ASAP!! YA! ADULT! Contemporary! SPECULATIVE! FANTASY! SCI-Fi!
ANY KIND OF HORROR I WANT IT! #mswl
Literary Agent
In honor of reopening to queries, I thought Iโd list a few things Iโd love to see: a mystery series set on Hawaii, westerns (esp with some kind of twist), and speculative fiction set in the Pacific Northwest #MSWL
Literary Agent
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
Honestly one of the best novels Iโve ever read. Pick up @pengshepherdโs book! twitter.com/pengshepherd/sโฆI talk a lot about how my favorite kind of literary fiction blends genres, pulling the speculative or a bit of magic into it.
And this one is a perfect, stunning example of that.
More books like @pengshepherdโs in my query box, please. #MSWL