I am #opentoqueries until the end of June!
I am looking for:
-Romance (especially paranormal!)
-Coming-of-Age
-LGBT+
-Commercial fiction

A plus if any of the genres above feature Black protagonists, and I love characters that feel ALIVE.
querytracker.net/query/3684/
#amquerying #MSWL

You know what? I'm tweaking my #MSWL . You can send me fiction or nonfiction about cops if and only if they're depicted realistically, in all their lack of glory. Anti-copaganda, if you will.

Some #MSWL clarification: my QueryManager page is set up to accept queries categorized as "Fantasy: Magical Realism," but none labeled "Fantasy" in the more general sense, and that's intentional. If your book is more Tolkien than Ishiguro, more Frank Herbert than Erin Morgenstern, it's not for me.

Wait... I want this book. Someone send me this book. #MSWL

@ecniumata & I are open to queries! Particularly on the hunt for genre-blends (like hist/SFF) & sharp contemp w/ spec elements or inventive mixed-media. Anything comped to Grady Hendrix, Freya Marske, Mona Awad, Victor LaValle, T. Kingfisher, Carissa Orlando & Simone St. James

Creative twists on the classics (including folklore/myths + YA)
o MOST ARDENTLY YOURS
o A PHO LOVE STORY
o THE DEATH I GAVE HIM
o THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
o THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM

#MSWL

Messed-up locales (across genre + YA)
o THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE
o INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE
o DEAD SILENCE
o THE LUMINOUS DEAD
o A HAUNTING ON THE HILL
o SHE IS A HAUNTING
o DEAD OF WINTER

#MSWL

Queer and/or BIPOC fantasy (contemporary, urban, second world, etc.) with lush settings and intriguing magical systems (+YA)
o A MAGIC STEEPED IN POISON
o CEMETARY BOYS
o MIDNIGHT GIRLS
o DRAGONFRUIT
o A MARVELLOUS LIGHT

#MSWL

Just re-upping my #MSWL with a nice bite-sized version for MSWL Day 🩷 with a few new things

Non-police solving crimes (+YA)
o BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN
o BIANCA TORRES IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING
o DEADLY ANIMALS

Someone must've boosted the literary agents starter pack again because my follows are blowing up, so here's my
#MSWL : www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ro...

TL;DR: Send me literary & upmarket adult fiction and narrative nonfiction; closed to kidlit (inc YA) and unlikely to sign SFF right now

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)