#MSWL this horror novel

Just wrote this in a bio for @SCBWI and thought I’d share #MSWL ✌️

#MSWL - Smart, commercial YA thrillers & mysteries! Think Tiffany Jackson, Karen McManus, E. Lockhart. Also, YA horror! I’d love something like MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, with a good speculative twist.

#MSWL - MIDDLE GRADE. Any and all middle grade! I am hungry for it: standalone contemporary, sweeping fantasy series, sci-fi, horror, you name it. I’d love something high concept, like CITY OF EMBER, NEVERMOOR, ARU SHAH & THE END OF TIME, etc.

Send us your books! A bit more about what we at @GreeneandHeaton are looking for at the moment. #MSWL #manuscriptwishlist

Idk how to wrap this up this is literally just me rambling and plastering my thoughts on the internet but

IDK JUST SEND ME EMOTIONAL ASS HORROR OKAY

IT’S AN AMAZING AND OFTEN UNDERUTILIZED GENRE AND I JUST WANT ALL OF IT

(#MSWL I guess??)

I'd also love more spooky/horror MG. Give me fantastic monsters, nature-based villains (like a forest or swamp), and something weird and twisty. I'll take it in YA too. #mswl

“I would love to see a horror graphic novel.” @msmariavicente #MSWL mariavicente.com/representation

#MSWL I am actively looking for YA or MG horror novels that are campy and full of tropes.

A few misc #MSWL items

-MG that's spooky and lovely
-YA LatinX RomCom
-Adult thriller with a BIG hook
-Adult space horror

FEED MY INBOX

“I’m always searching for books about the American South, especially romances, women’s fiction, horror and non-fiction.” @maureen_moretti #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Okay! One more to close out the night, and this one is YA horror. This one I love because it's definitely 1, Welcome to Night Vale vibes, which is completely #MSWL for me. And 2, it makes me LAUGH. My sense of humour is... a little shy... but this book nails it.

I'm barely scratching the surface... psychological horror! Character-driven literary fantasy! Someone stop me!

But I'm gonna take a break for now.

Can't wait to bring some amazing books into the world @DelacortePress!! ❤️

#mswl

I really REALLY want to see more spooky, dark, creepy #MG in my inbox. Horror! MONSTERS!! Where u at?

#mswl

#MSWL modern update of The Masque of the Red Death

can attest, nothing but a puddle of tears now

BUT FOR REALSIES

THIS is the kind of horror I want to see in my box. THIS level of character development and emotion

(also can we talk about MASTERFUL use of setting here bc JESUS CHRIST)

GIMME FEELS DAMMIT

#MSWL

now i'm really craving a really good period horror #mswl

I'd love to see some moody, character-driven horror like THE LITTLE STRANGER. #MSWL

Gimme dark Victorian mysteries and horror, not about Jack the Ripper. This goes for YA and adult. #MSWL

“I’d really love to get more YA horror in my inbox. Smart horror. I don’t want gore, I want a story that creeps me out, and asks questions I don’t want answers to.” @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl