Dorian Maffei

I'm always wanting books with characters and/or premises that have a Tim Burton kind of flair #MSWL

#mswl !

A world where something we take for granted is flipped upside down. Think SMOKE! #mswl

A fantastical world with creatures inspired by Ellen Jewett’s sculptures #mswl

Unique magical realism with a tint of mystery a la BONE GAP #mswl

Literary horror involving a flower shop or greenhouse #mswl

Looking for lesser-known fairy tales reimagined and mythology, folklore, or fables from different parts of the world! #mswl

Young female protagonists that will always put their own needs before a boy (think FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS) #mswl

Give me a novel as grim as Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" #mswl

#MSWL Finally watched SUPER DARK TIMES! Give me a twisty horror! That was the most unsettling movie I've watched in a long time and I definitely did not see that ending coming...

Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey!

#MSWL A horror novel with lots of reveals inspired by Gorey's work (without the sarcasm)

#MSWL A very poignant @nytimes read

mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/wor…

#MSWL Re-imagined landscapes (somewhere other than North America)

#MSWL Upmarket, historical, SF, or speculative featuring a florist, botanist, or any flower/plant oddity

#MSWL A fantastical &/or historical that breaks gender binaries (& features these experiences as the norm)

#MSWL If any of your comp titles are THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh or THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey, please query me

#MSWL Magical realism please! Especially those that have diversity of any form

#MSWL Mysticism around place or object of intrigue—abandoned building, keys, mysterious garden, map, old books, forgotten door, secret well

#MSWL More LGBTQIA characters doing extraordinary things (esp. in space or in an alternate reality)

#MSWL A ms that evokes an unsettled feeling. Think Shirley Jackson and CORALINE