Chelsey Emmelhainz, Editor

Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · Apr 15

Um... #mswl: Why Are So Many Fictional Teens Entering Cults? lithub.com/why-are-so-man… via @lithub

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · Mar 18

New #MSWL: adult suspense novel featuring a pregnant protagonist

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · Jan 16

Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz

My current #MSWL:
- toxic female friendships
- spooky suspense (maybe w/ supernatural/horror bent)
- suspense featuring cults and witches (a la, THE CRAFT)
- family dysfunction + messed up secrets
- female serial killers

It appears my #MSWL list is evergreen, because I'm definitely still hunting for all these elements in my mystery/suspense/women's fiction submissions...

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · Jan 12

Okay so The Descent has everything on my #MSWL for 2019: complicated, dark female friendships, survival, suspense, and a dash of the supernatural. *grabby hands*

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 19 Dec 2018

Kim @blitherbabble

I'd love to read a crime fiction book that has a serial killer tracking down and painfully murdering all the frenetic, following-to-followers-ratio twitter people who followed him on twitter just to unfollow him as soon as he followed them back.

#MSWL 😂

Crime

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 27 Nov 2018

Doing title research led me to this amazing #MSWL tidbit. Who's gonna write me a mystery with "the perfect murder weapon"? curiosity.com/topics/the-tox…

Mystery

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 19 Oct 2018

You know what I want to see in a mystery series? TWISTER. I want a storm-chaser mystery series minus the weird love triangle. #MSWL

Also I saw this gif and my brain IMMEDIATELY started playing the "chase" music from the movie. Guess what I'm watching this weekend.

Mystery

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 8 Oct 2018

Unlikeable Female Characters @UnlikeableFCPod

🔪 COMING SOON 🔪

Unlikeable Female Characters is a new podcast where feminist thriller writers talk about female characters who don't give a damn if you like them.

Launching in a few weeks, follow this account for updates!

#MSWL forever:
"Female characters who don't give a damn if you like them."

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 18 Sep 2018

Quressa Robinson (she/her/queen) @qnrisawesome

For the love of my dark, evil, magical heart, please send me witch books--bitchy witches, selfish witches, selfless witches, kind witches, amoral witches, angry witches. ALL THE WITCHES!!! #MSWL

SAME! #WhereMyWitchesAt #MSWL

Witch

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 13 Sep 2018

Emily Rodmell @EmilyRodmell

The key to catching the attention of an editor or agent is to make us want to read more. We're busy and have a million things that we could stop reading to do. Don't give us a reason to stop reading. Make us be desperate to turn each page.

#MSWL

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018

Hannah Fergesen @HannahFergesen

YES PLEASE twitter.com/thebookmechani…

Replying to @HannahFergesen

I love how we're ALL looking for this. Take heed #MSWL-ers

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018

Oh, and did you know @crookedlanebks accepts unagented submissions? For details, visit: crookedlanebooks.com/contact/ #MSWL

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018

#MSWL cont
+ magical realism (set in known world), spec fic
+ horror, supernatural elements
+ witches (a la The Craft)
+ serial killers
+ cults
+ black magic (set in the known world)
+ twins/siblings
+ legends, myths, folklore-inspired
+ female protags
2/2

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018

Happy #MSWL day! I acquire *only* adult fiction w mystery, suspense, & crime elements, but in those categories, I'm looking for concepts featuring:
+ Domestic susp w *fresh* hook
+ Small-town mysteries w series potential
+ Dark, twisted, macabre
+ diverse voices, own voices
1/2

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 10 Sep 2018

Victor LaValle @victorlavalle

The Purge: Academia.

For one night undergraduate and graduate students may hunt predatory faculty members.

#MSWL #MSWL #MSWL

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Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 4 Sep 2018

Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz

My latest suspense/mystery #MSWL:
+Domestic suspense with a fresh commercial hook
+Small-town mysteries with series potential, female protags
+magical realism (set in known world), spec fic, horror, supernatural elements
+WHERE MY WITCHES AT

Adding a few things to my ongoing *MYSTERY/SUSPENSE* #MSWL:
+ cults cults CULTS
+ voodoo dolls and/or black magic (set in the known world)
+ twins
+ legends, folklore-inspired concepts