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rewatching Flanagan's (incredible, jaw-dropping) Midnight Mass and if anyone can comp to this show ... I would like to see it, please #mswl (this is your October version of "Julie is once again on the hunt for literary vampire stories")
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BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS
Finland paints reindeer antlers with UV paint to prevent about 5 deaths a year on their roads.It also looks very cool. https://x.com/BladeoftheS/status/1845113212888334399/photo/1
idk this is kind of a #mswl vibe … liminal spaces … nineties neon coding … speculative horror … mmm yes
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Nosferatu @NosferatuFilm
Succumb to the darkness. NOSFERATU.Only in theaters this Christmas. x.com/i/status/1840768566301425828
screaming sobbing clawing at the walls ... #mswl in every way that matters !!!!!!!
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兔兒神 @chenchenwrites
love how important books are to witches and witchcraft. like you gotta have your spellbook, your grimoire, your book of shadows, etc. are there witch librarians btw? and who's writing/updating these books? just each witch or coven or are there dedicated writers? is there an mfa?Literary Assistant
#amquerying / #amwriting ? Here's my #MSWL !
🧠 A twisty psychological thriller ft. a unique setting
✨ Stories that explore moral dilemmas
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ romance
I'd especially like stories from underrepresented backgrounds and voices.
QueryManager.com/Saskia
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An imperfect metric, but when determining if your book is literary/upmarket speculative fiction or commercial genre fiction, the amount of jargon is usually an indicator. I love new or redefined words to describe original concepts but anything w/ a glossary, prob not for me #MSWL
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I've gotten a lot of SFF queries lately, so please keep in mind:
YES - near future, primary world, humans or mostly humans, plausible tech, the supernatural
NO - alien races, fantasy creatures, swords & sorcery, invented languages, magical kingdoms, intergalactic anything
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once again (the Interview with the Vampire rot is still rotting...) I am desperate for dark, gothic, literary takes on vampires in my inbox #mswl
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✨Exciting news! I'm open to CB's, MG & YA submissions!✨
*No PB's, sorry.
#MSWL - I'm open to anything, but I'm especially looking for funny, horror & romance. A mashup of the 3 in a YA sub would be perfect.💖
Submissions open 1st-21st of each month.
thegoodliteraryagency.org/submissions/
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when i reopen to queries i would very much like some fiction about soccer 👀⚽️ #mswl
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just watched the latest @JazzaStudios video and he dropped the word "Da Vinci-punk" and hello, #mswl in a big way
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I really really really *really* feel horrormance is about to be the next ✨big thing✨ in pub, so – my #mswl is looking hungry for any literary/upmarket versions of that, love stories with dark, twisted, tragic beats (someone comp me IWtV or so help me god!!!) 🖤🩸🦷
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @HaileyPiperSays
The market may not like it, but market is a separate beast from the art itself, and when you read both horror and romance, you see the shared carnal tissue between them. There's plenty of room to let these lovers intertwine.But you may have to let go of marketable and get messy. x.com/disasterhomo/s/disasterhomo/status/1803754143602901390
yes hi I would like some monstrous, yearning love stories please #mswl
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I'll add more as I go, but I want to highlight again how much VOICE, PROSE, + ATMOSPHERE are really the things that draw me into a story. I want to hear your character's voice ringing in my head. I want to feel the mist curling at my ankles. I want to live in your world!!
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- magical realism
- literary fiction that feels *playful* and *joyful* about the genre, rather than snobbish and gatekeep-y. I have no fear of the weird or wacky, so long as it has something intelligent and important to say.
- fiction about unconventional relationships
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- anything set in a part of the world different to the US, Canada, or the UK (or, if set in the UK, set in the north of England, northern Ireland, rural spaces, etc)
- fresh, different takes on monster stories (vampires!!!! pls) that explore aspects of humanity
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- folklore and mythological retellings, particularly non-Eurocentric/non-Greco-Roman/non-Christian traditions
- neo-western
- unconventional, unreliable, unlikeable narrators and central characters
- trans and queer joy, but also trans and queer rage
- diverse perspectives
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