Cortney Radocaj
Literary Agent
Belcastro Agency
literary agent @belcastr • she/they • queer • neurodivergent • query me at QueryManager.com/CortneyRadocaj
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for graphic novels, i’m looking for contemporary, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror in a wide variety; both ends of the spectrum are wanted! sweet contemporaries, cozy fantasy—but also dark, twisty SFF and horror that delves into navigating trauma
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overall, i will be accepting:
ADULT:
•fantasy
•horror
•contemporary
•romance
•novels-in-verse
•graphic novels
YA:
•fantasy
•horror
•sci-fi
•thriller
•contemporary
•novels-in-verse
•graphic novels
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i’ve been listening to old gods of appalachia and reading an arc of SUMMER SONS by @leemandelo and y’all
i need more lush, atmospheric horror in my box stat pls and thank you #mswl
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when i tell you i am dying for an atmospheric gritty horror set in the appalachian hills I AM LITERALLY DYING I WANT IT #MSWL
youtu.be/_QzcrflqDCg
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Horror that delves deep into human psyche and is particularly horrifying for the MC (slashers are not my fav; book horror has GOT to get under my skin to work for me)
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Quick reminder that I ✅DO✅ represent:
• YA
• Adult
• Fantasy
• Sci-fi
• Horror
• Contemporary
• Paranormal
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so I’m not nor have I ever been a dancer but like
I adored the body horror in BLACK SWAN or SUSPIRIA
there’s just something about the beauty of dancing woven with horror that gets to me
and I would be THRILLED to see dance horror in my box?????
PLEASE
#amquerying #MSWL
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Cortney Radocaj 🏳️🌈💖💜💙 @CortneyRadocaj
As I typed this thread I realize this sounds slightly masochistic bc who the FUCK wants to live in extremely painful emotion all the time rightBUT
It’s also a way to process our own hurts. To have them, even briefly, outside of ourselves. To have them be tangible.
Idk how to wrap this up this is literally just me rambling and plastering my thoughts on the internet but
IDK JUST SEND ME EMOTIONAL ASS HORROR OKAY
IT’S AN AMAZING AND OFTEN UNDERUTILIZED GENRE AND I JUST WANT ALL OF IT
(#MSWL I guess??)
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Briston Brooks @briston_brooks
.@CortneyRadocaj: wanna watch a movie i need a pick me up this week suckedus: choose train to busan
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us, after: incoherent sobbig
can attest, nothing but a puddle of tears now
BUT FOR REALSIES
THIS is the kind of horror I want to see in my box. THIS level of character development and emotion
(also can we talk about MASTERFUL use of setting here bc JESUS CHRIST)
GIMME FEELS DAMMIT
#MSWL
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AHHH Y'ALL MY #MSWL IS FINALLY LIVE
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/cort…
If you're thinking about querying me, check it out!!
#writing #writingcommunity #amquerying #amediting #amwriting
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Still DYING for horror—give me Haunting of Hill House vibes. Give me trauma. Give me deep dark black emotions. Give me anger. Give me layered relationships and feelings.
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Diane Doniol-Valcroze @ddoniolvalcroze
Swamp creatures in a French nature reserve by Sculptor Sophie Prestigiacomo pic.twitter.com/wyR4emUTeD....can I have a YA southern gothic or horror inspired by these please #MSWL
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𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔯𝔢 @clairewenze
I want horror-fantasy media about parasocial online relationships as vampirism, about unwritten-but-known arcane rules of social media interaction as fae dealings, about millennial/ gen Z loneliness and existential terror and executive dysfunction as a literal curse@briston_brooks tweet brought this to my attention and just
::slams #MSWL button::
WANTWANTWANTWANT
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Okay I started watching Haunting of Hill House yesterday and can I just??? #MSWL??????
If y’all are going to send me horror THAT IS THE NEW STANDARD. Scary shit is SO MUCH more terrifying when it’s PERSONAL to the characters.
So—GIVE ME PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR