🚨 Excited to announce that I’ve joined The Caldwell Agency as a literary agent primarily repping adult sci-fi and fantasy!

You can find my #mswl and query instructions at the link below. I’m looking forward to seeing what amazing projects come my way!
querytracker.net/query/darryloliver

yearning for a historical horror/fantasy/romantasy featuring pirates. please. give me an Elizabeth Swann-coded heroine. give me the Jack x Elizabeth x Will OT3 we all deserved. give me sea battles and flintlocks. I beg for the swashbuckle #mswl

Fantasy
Where shadow magic and moral ambiguity meet
· Dark Fantasy
· Urban Fantasy
· Mythology retellings
· Dark fairytales
· Cursed bloodlines
· Dark prophecies

"Send me inventive middle grade fantasy novels. Ex: THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON, WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER, THE LAND OF STORIES, and THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL."
mariavicente.com #MSWL

"I'm on the lookout for cozy fantasy, especially if it deals with big emotions and themes in a cozy setting."
Rose Ferrao #MSWL

desperately looking for a speculative upmarket circus novel, maybe with some fantasy elements – The Night Circus vibes, pls! I have wanted this for years 😭 #mswl

I’m really obsessed with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (no spoilers, please!)

And I’d love to see unique worlds or premises like this in my fantasy #mswl

I’m open for queries until the 15th and my #MSWL has changed.
I also included some recent reads that I’ve enjoyed this summer so you can get a feel for my reading tastes (I do not represent these titles).
note— I am NOT open to manuscripts written using AI.
querytracker.net/query/3674

I’m open to queries through the 7th!

I am on the hunt for mysteries/thrillers, gothic horror, and intricate, inventive fantasy!

I’m especially looking for stories from BIPOC and queer writers.

Check out my updated wishlist here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al...

#mswl

Along the same lines, I'd love to see shorter SFF (under 100K words). #MSWL

I'd like to see more standalone fantasy. Not standalone with series potential. A true standalone. #MSWL

"Send me romantasy with strong fantasy and romance elements – it needs to have solid worldbuilding and plot as well as off-the-charts chemistry."
Rose Ferrao #MSWL

More #MSWL :

- Cozy romantasy

-A fun Halloween fantasy romp

- Puzzles and riddle heavy books for adults!

#amagenting #amquerying #writingcommunity

**Please make sure to attach the 40,000 words in a Word doc.

I’m open to queries! Looking for New Adult and adult fiction and nonfiction in the genres listed below. Send your query and the first 40,000 words to jonathan@olswangerliterary.com. Use this subject line: Query – [Reader Category] / [Genre].
#MSWL #queries

"Send me upmarket genre fiction: fantasy, grounded science fiction, magical realism, and horror."
mariavicente.com
#MSWL

"I am dreaming of fantasies that feel like a pre-Raphaelite painting or even a Hayao Miyazaki film."
Marina Green #MSWL

#Mswl : literary voice-driven middle grade w/a high-concept hook; speculative/fantasy or slice-of-life but I want to see gorgeous, engaging prose or verse; profound coming-of-age themes; and beautifully drawn characters. If it’s a heavier story, there should be love and hope reverberating throughout

For a YA/crossover readership (my initial focus), I'd particularly love to see original, immersive speculative and fantasy novels (especially if inspired by an unusual setting or underrepresented history, mythology or culture), horror, dystopian, romance and thrillers.

Here are some other random #mswl :

- Fantasy with heavy mystery elements. (If someone wants to give me a locked-door mystery-fantasy combo, that would be amazing 👀)

- Christmassy/wintry magic

- Sentient buildings (cottages, mansions, museums…)

- OCD rep

And more to come!