12/ FUN FACTS: I enjoy tarot, gardening, pottery, swimming in springs, rivers, and the ocean, hiking, fishing/scalloping, urban exploring, architecture/design, fashion, sewing/crocheting, home renovation content, journalistic deep-dives into niche topics, antiquing/thrifting, and oddities aplenty.

#MSWL You can call it dystopian, near-future, 5 minutes in the future--whatever you like--but I'm looking for grounded speculative fiction in both YA and Adult with stellar prose, resonant and relevant themes, and deep character development.

More fantasy #MSWL : Adventure and magic with a badass female lead like Shannon Chakraborty’s The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi or V.E. Schwab’s Fragile Threads of Power (or anything like V.E. Schwab's books, for that matter)

Though I've been dipping my toes into younger children's books lately, the only children's genre I'm actively seeking out is YA. I love a funny contemporary YA novel, a twisty mystery, or a super dark horror novel. Basically, I'm looking for the same genres in adult and YA. #MSWL

11/ FYI: I'm someone who really appreciates a well-edited submission, so please triple check for typos and formatting errors before querying me. I'm averse to the overuse of adverbs, so Command+F "ly" is your friend! Also, if your debut is well over 100k words, it might not be the right fit for me.

I enjoy absurd, surreal books, whether they're funny or serious. Bring on the fabulism. #MSWL

In celebration of #MSWL day, I also updated my profile on the Manuscript Wishlist website: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/th...

This is what I'll be looking for when I open to queries later this month. 😊

10/ What not to send me: YA/MG, military thrillers, police procedurals, self-help or religious books. I'm less interested in hard sci-fi/fantasy than stories featuring lighter speculative elements.

I'm drawn to horror that's deeply emotional. I like subtle grounded internal monsters, rather than literal zombies and werewolves. #MSWL

Across all genres, I'm always look for:
-LGBTQIA+ authors
-diverse stories
-marginalized voices
-compelling writing
-dynamic characters
-subverting well-known tropes
-unexpected endings
-books with big emotions
-settings in the Midwest/South

#MSWL

Horror shows I love:
The Fall of the House of Usher
Them
The Haunting of Hill House
Squid Game
Black Mirror
Yellowjackets
American Horror Story
Hannibal
Midnight Mass

^^if these are your comps, try me! #MSWL

Horror movies I love:
Midsommar
Talk to Me
Get Out
The Lodge
Parasite
Imaginary
Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Substance
Renfield

^^if these are your comps, try me! #MSWL

Horror books I love:
Motherthing
Mexican Gothic
The Eyes Are the Best Part
The Only Good Indians
Just Like Home
The September House
Chlorine
My Darling Dreadful Thing
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
The Final Girl Support Group

^^if these are your comps, try me! #MSWL

I love horror with:
-haunted houses
-remote settings
-heavy use of dread
-found footage
-final girls
-cultural commentary
-new twists on classic tropes
-houses that come alive

Pretty much any kind of psychological horror (and select body horror but no gore for gore's sake)
#MSWL

✨ 2025 HORROR #MSWL ✨ I’m really excited to find some new horror authors this year, so here are some specifics about my favorite kinds of horror, including my favorite tropes, books, movies, and shows, as well as some things I’m always looking for across all genres.

One more #MSWL post. It's not enough for nonfiction authors to have a good idea and to write skillfully. I tell my clients they must quanifty themselves. Don't expect the publisher to build your platform; they seek to leverage yours!
youtube.com/watch?v=sGQNRyxmhhg

My bio: www.azantianlitagency.com/about-us/mar...

ALA submission guidelines: www.azantianlitagency.com/submissions

QueryManager: querytracker.net/query/bookma...

Looking forward to reading your work! ☺️

I would love to see more queer romance in my inbox. I’m a fan of authors like Alexis Hall, Kris Ripper, Cat Sebastian, Helen Hoang, Kennedy Ryan, Meryl Winsler…and bonus points for neurodivergence representation, as an autistic agent who speaks neuroatypical! :) #MSWL

In contemporary YA, I want weird. I want queer. I want earnestness unafraid of itself. I want wordplay. I want fun. Would love to see something contained within a unique setting—on set at a TV show, at sea, something about leap years… #MSWL

In everything, and especially in middle grade fiction, I gravitate toward a strong sense of humor. I’d love to find new work like Stand Up, Yumi Chung!, The Serpent’s Secret, or A Series of Unfortunate Events. #MSWL