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in terms of GENRES and NARRATIVES, I love:
- dark academia
- horror
- gothic, esp. regional gothic
- character-led literary fiction
- historical + alternate history, particularly 19th and 20th century and particularly focused on international, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ stories
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Julie Gourinchas @literaryfey
hello! it's been a minute — so here's a quick #mswl for any #amquerying authors. 🧵♥️first, I'm someone who's always been gripped first by VOICE, WRITING STYLE, and PROSE. so I'm looking for:
- anything in the book club, upmarket, literary spaces
- lush, poetic writing – or sparse, bare prose
- deep and intricate world/lore-building (when applicable)
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Lella Yasmine • لِلآ يَاسمِين 🍊🇳🇨🇵🇸 @YasmineJibril
Someone write me a sweeping fantasy inspired by the arab rebellion against the Romans led by Queen Mavia (Mawiyya) with an enemies to lovers trope & featuring the Christian desert monks. https://x.com/YasmineJibril/status/1793704317662236881#mswl PLEASE AND THANK YOU !!!
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vampires in the 90s with all the hazy, summery nostalgia that comes with the pre-digital age. vampires locked away in remote mountain ranges. vampires haunting small villages, but people haunting back. vampires!!!
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in honour of IWtV day, a humble #mswl request for lush, gothic, deliciously literary takes on vampires. comp me Woman, Eating or Let the Right One In or Carmilla or Certain Dark Things. the grittier, darker, and more grotesque the better. as we know:
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SPEAKING OF WHICH: if anyone can comp me the sheer religious delirium and exultation and sacrifice felt in the opening chorus of Bach's Matthäus-Passion I fall to your knees tbh #mswl
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Film Updates @FilmUpdates
Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac to star in vampire thriller ‘FLESH OF THE GODS’ from Panos CosmatosIt follows a married couple, Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart), who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm of 80’s LA. twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1786056890423599603/photo/1
hi yes hello #mswl
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has anyone played the game Darkwood because goodness me those are #mswl vibes
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the challengers is my #MSWL for when I open to queries btw. give it to ME
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge
I was genuinely shocked to find out that people were treating this like gossip and not the jaw-dropping investigation and portrayal of psychological manipulation and duplicity that it is nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-huberman-podcast-stanford-joe-rogan.html#MSWL John Tucker Must Die-esque novel centered around a Andrew Huberman-y character
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Nerd Girl Says @Rachael_Conrad
Would pay good money to read a book that is like Hell or High Water but with high fantasy elements. I want like rust bucket cars and big ass swords. Mermaids that look like they live in a swamp. Cowboys that are protecting their livestock from mountain trolls.#mswl vibes
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WordsWithoutBorders @wwborders
How can we include speculative fiction in global lit conversations? How can sci-fi/fantasy publishers and prizes bring more global voices to readers? In an essay from the archives, @Rcordasmakes the case for speculative fiction in translation: https://buff.ly/47TAsKQ
Send me speculative fiction in translation!!! #MSWL
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And to finish it off, I'm not a fit for: military/police novels, “return to hometown” Hallmark-esque romances, fantasy, science fiction, most young adult, and WWI/WWII historical fiction.
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In book club fiction I'd love to see women who gaslight, girlboss, and gatekeep, historical fiction similar to Taylor Jenkins Reid, and/or female-led retellings.
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I'm still on the lookout for great rom-coms: enemies-to-lovers is my *favorite* trope, and I'm also more open to historical romance these days (and historical fiction in general).
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Since it's still January, time for an updated 2024 #MSWL ! I'm currently really on the lookout for psychological thriller (a la Riley Sager), mysteries (cozy and whodunnits please), and light horror (nothing too gory, I want to sleep at night). Dark academia a plus as well!
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#amquerying authors: Anyone querying upmarket historical fiction with a crime/thriller element? Comping to Laura Shepherd-Robinson, C. S. Harris, or C. J. Sansom?
Make sure to include my colleague Stephanie Cabot @SLANYC on your list!
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