Horror
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · 6h
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn
As the holidays approach, some news:I'll be closing to queries Dec. 1 - 31. I have a pile of queries & subs to catch up on, so please add yours to it before Dec. 1 if you wish!
#amquerying #amagenting #WritingCommunity
While I'm at it, a quick #MSWL of things I would love to see right now:
- Big-hearted contemporary MG
- MG horror
- A domestic thriller
- YA thriller/horror
- YA/A speculative/light sci-fi (think Black Mirror)
- MG/YA/A with a culinary theme
Can I have a horror novel about a young girl who carries around a doll (like a modern day American girl doll type doll - not old school creepy). And wherever she goes, bad things happenβbut is it the girl or the doll? #MSWL SCARE ME. MAKE ME QUESTION THINGS.
ππππππ π. π ππππππ @hwhittenwrites
someone write an f/f contemporary horror where someone falls in love with bloody mary#mswl WHOS GONNA DO IT
heck, proposal is fine too if youre established I HAVE A NEED
Beth Marshea @busybethm · Nov 13
I'd love a survivalist thriller with horror crossover (open to ghosts, but not required), particularly about women. #mswl
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Katie McGuire @katiemickgee · Nov 6
I know spooky season is technically over, but it never ends in my heart (and also I'm supposed to be acquiring for fall 2020...)βsend me horror movie nonfic! Histories, biographies, whatever you've got. (Agented only, sorry!) #MSWL
Kristin Temple π @_kristintemple · Oct 31
Give me that horrible, claustrophobic feeling of not being able to trust the people closest to you. Give me a story where the protagonist has to betray the people they love because theyβre not sure if the people they love can be trusted #MSWL
Kristin Temple π @_kristintemple · Oct 31
Contemporary horror set in NYC. Gimmie haunted apartments, office buildings, subways (can you imagine π±)! #MSWL
Kristin Temple π @_kristintemple · Oct 31
I want something like The Descentβfemale-centric, claustrophobic as hell, and full of creepy monsters #MSWL
Kristin Temple π @_kristintemple · Oct 31
Iβm from Florida so give me some spooky swamps. Something creeping beneath the water, the deafening sound of insects, that humid heat that makes it hard to breathe....#MSWL
Kristin Temple π @_kristintemple · Oct 31
I want smart horror protagonists. Iβm tired of watching protagonists make stupid decisions that get them killed. Itβs so much scarier when you do everything right, and bad stuff still happens to you! #MSWL
Kristin Temple π @_kristintemple · Oct 31
In celebration of Halloween, Iβm gonna be posting another #MSWL thread, since Iβm dying for more spooky things in my inbox!
General info: Iβm not currently accepting unagented submissions. My priority is adult horror for @TorNightfire, but I love YA horror too π»
Hilary Harwell @HilaryHarwell · Oct 25
The change of season has me hankering for a dark, twisty YA thriller or a chilling, atmospheric horror! Send me your goodies, writers! #MSWL #querytip #amquerying
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · Oct 24
I'd love to see MG you could comp to Mary Downing Hahn & in general, more middle grade horror of all kinds, including darker MG involving mysteries/puzzles/scavenger hunts.
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · Oct 24
(A slight exception to this is that I am a fan of gore & body horror like Ilsa Bick's Ashes trilogy & Wilder Girls. But even those are very character- & setting-driven.)
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · Oct 24
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn
Here's a specific list of the kind of darker lit I want to see. (I really, really love darker lit. It's my favorite.) If your MS fits this list, please query me! #MSWL #PitDarkFor adult & YA, I gravitate more toward character-driven horror/fantasy/sci-fi than plot-driven. I prefer dark lit to reflect truths about humanity through relationships & setting over tangible monsters. I don't really get excited about werewolves, vampires, zombies, demons, etc.
Lynnette Novak @Lynnette_Novak · Oct 24
If I missed your #PitDark pitch, paste query & 1st 5 pages in email. Adult: horror, thriller, SFF, cont. romance, & mystery. YA: thriller, SFF, horror, mystery, & cont. MG: SFF, mystery, cont., & horror. #diversity #MSWL #ownvoices querylynnette (@) theseymouragency (.) com
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller · Oct 19
Maggie Stiefvater @mstiefvater
To me, horror and fantasy are such wonderful siblings. They share parents: Broken Rules and Possibility. If you break the rules of the world, all kinds of things become possible, and if they are good, we call it magic, and if they're bad, we call it horror.Hi #mswl
Kiki Nguyen @kianangu · Oct 15
Kiki Nguyen @kianangu
The way RULES FOR VANISHING executes horror!!! Absolutely terrifying, creepy, and DELICIOUS!!!Haunted by this book. I love creepy town legends, games kids play that are rooted in scary stories! #mswl