Shannon Lechon

I’m only planning on staying open for about a month, so please get your submissions in if you feel like I might be a good fit for your work. I’m looking forward to reading!

I’m looking to bring back some classics: dystopian and steampunk settings like STATION ELEVEN and Arcane, respectively.

Literary novels with a singular, strange speculative element, like THE HUSBANDS.

I love all types and age ranges of horror, but I don’t get a lot of these submissions in YA! I’d love to see more of them.

And for some updated things I’m looking for, alongside the above:

High concept and YA/Adult mysteries/thrillers, like THE BLONDE DIES FIRST and THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

My past MSWL thread, all of which still applies:
x.com/smlechon/status/1642245332925919238

My updated MSWL on the Azantian website:
azantianlitagency.com/about-us/shannon-lechon

I'm happy to announce that I'm open to queries again!

You can use the link below to send your work my way, and find my #MSWL (s) in the 🧵. Thank you in advance to all who submit, and looking forward to reading!

QueryTracker.net/query/shannonl/shannonlechon

This isn’t an exhaustive list by any means. If you write in a genre and age range I represent, please send your work my way. I’m so looking forward to reading!

I am as always actively seeking manuscripts from queer, trans, disabled, and neurodivergent writers, BIPOC, and other marginalized populations.

I want more pathetic and/or unhinged women who are not interested in getting better and actively make others worse. I’m looking for IANTHE from THE LOCKED TOMB.

Gothics and dark academia!! Please!! Whether they’re speculative or not, whether they lean more into horror or into romance, I’m very flexible with these two subgenres and want to see them all.

I read very broadly in horror, but some of my recent fave reads have been LEECH, SUMMER SONS, MEXICAN GOTHIC, MANHUNT, & HOUSE OF HUNGER in adult, HOUSE OF HOLLOW & THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON in YA. Big fan of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE & WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS as well.

All types, ages, and subgenres of horror. Looking for the whole spectrum: quiet atmospheric stories, darkly funny horror comedies, and big, over the top slashers. This is the main genre I’m looking for in MG!

I’m really hunting for superhero stories in both YA and adult, especially ones that interrogate the hero vs. villain dynamic and deal with the systemic roots of villainy. Romance very welcome!

YA and adult fantasy books that deal with religion, both fictional faiths like SEVEN FACELESS SAINTS and real ones like WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY and ANGELS BEFORE MAN.

Fantasy romance, especially queer fantasy romance, like A MARVELLOUS LIGHT. Happy to receive both dark and cozy romances!

Really seeking artists as well in the YA and adult SFFH & memoir & contemporary space. I love the elegant look of LAURA DEAN KEEPS BREAKING UP WITH ME as well as the cartoonish realism of TWELFTH GRADE NIGHT.

I’d love a mystery with a framing device like SADIE: a podcast, documentary/mockumentary, or any other type of mixed media.

I’m REALLY looking for mystery/thrillers/suspense in both the YA and adult space, ESPECIALLY from marginalized populations. However, I am not the right fit for law enforcement protagonists or love interests.