Some very specific wants for the new year in ya & mg - bubblegum horror w/ romance | deaf/hoh rep | celiac disease rep | ensemble casts | queernormative | jewish rep | contemporary gothic | diverse characters | paranormal #MSWL

🕸 We are open to queries 🕸

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-Isolated thrillers. Give me your ocean settings

-Anything that comps to SADIE, GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER, VERA WONG, NO EXIT. THE WRITING RETREAT

I'd love to queer up the commercial horror and thriller space even more! Agents, let's talk!

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#Trans femme voices (all genres)! Even though this was at the top of my wishlist last year, I received very few...crossing my fingers universe.

Cozy romantasy with stakes.

Queer and BIPOC romances! Desperate for more representation in my inbox. I'd love:
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-contemporary with a speculative twist.

-Romances that feel like Talia Hibbert, Abby Jimenez, Emily Henry. Think delightful banter, big feels

-Monster F**er romances...

#MSWL Horror! I want all of it, but would especially love a hook-y slasher, psychological and body horror.

Horror I've enjoyed recently THE NIGHT GUEST, REST STOP, SO THIRSTY, Gretchen Felker-Martin, NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT. Reading: NESTLINGS and re-reading SHE IS A HAUNTING.

#Agents As the year opens, I'm excited to highlight a few
#MSWL submissions, I'd love to see in my inbox. I'm open to children's (esp YA) and adult submissions, so assume the below refers to either!

For the next two weeks we are open to adult upmarket/literary/commercial fiction (speculative elements including horror, etc. are OK!) and then we'll open to remaining genres like SFF

To query Erin and me, please follow this QM link:
querytracker.net/query/3237

#amquerying (10/10)

Recent 5-star reads:
· THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett
· THE MOST by Jessica Anthony
· THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando
· LITTLE MONSTERS by Adrienne Brodeur
· NICKED by M.T. Anderson
· A STUDY IN DROWNING by Ava Reid

#MSWL (9/10)

Other speculative faves:
· THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL SHIRAFI by S. A. Chakraborty
· ANNIE BOT by Sierra Greer
· THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio
· T. Kingfisher
· The Last Binding Trilogy by Freya Marske
· The Threads of Power Trilogy by V.E. Schwab

#MSWL (8/10)

Familiar stories told by unexpected protagonists
· THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES by Grady Hendrix
· INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman
· PORTRAIT OF A THIEF by Grace D. Li
· DIAL A FOR AUNTIES by Jesse Q. Sutanto

#MSWL (7/10)

Upmarket psych or domestic thrillers/mys; non-cozy, non-police solving crimes
· THE PUSH by Ashley Audrain
· THE WRITING RETREAT by Julia Bartz
· NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell
· WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME by Gillian McAllister
· BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN by Jessica Knoll

#MSWL (6/10)

· MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION by Ottessa Moshfegh
· SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid
· IF I HAD YOUR FACE by Frances Cha
· LUSTER by Raven Leilani
· BIG SWISS by Jen Beagin

#MSWL (5/10)

Messy women and/or Millennial/Gen Z drama, coming-of-age stories, campus novels—with a writing style that captivates and has something to say #MSWL (4/10)

Stories that play with form or medium
· NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell
· SUCH A BAD INFLUENCE by Olivia Muenter
· SEVERANCE by Ling Ma
· THE FUTURE by Naomi Alderman
· HAUNT SWEET HOME by Sarah Pinsker

#MSWL (3/10)

· BUNNY by Mona Awad
· EXHIBIT by R.O. Kwan
· THE GOD IN THE WOODS by Liz Moore
· THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES by A.K. Blakemore
· LONE WOMEN by Victor LaValle

#MSWL (2/10)

Very happy to share my #MSWL , working alongside @ecniumata !

Upmarket or book club fiction that blends genres, including speculative (always enjoy some spookiness!), fantasy/sci-fi, historical, mystery/thriller, etc. (1/10)

Now open for queries! Looking for commercial and upmarket mystery/thriller with a dash of horror, possible speculative elements. Think THE HOUSEMAID, THE WRITING RETREAT, THE PUSH. querytracker.net/query/3237 #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #MSWL #Mysterywriters #thrillers #booksky

I’d love to see some more propulsive thrillers with a feminist edge in my inbox #MSWL