⟡ Fantasy that comps Peaky Blinders or Harlots or both.

⟡ Fantasy with cultural roots like BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF by Marlon James.

⟡ Adult Asian-based or Asian-American fantasy.

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⟡ Time travel stories with strong characters at their heart, think 11/22/63 by Stephen King or KINDRED by Octavia Butler.

⟡ Black version of UTOPIA AVENUE featuring Magical Realism in Motown or the golden age of Rap.

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⟡ SF 'one room'–style mystery set in the future, where near-ageless conniving matriarch is the prime suspect in deaths of all her adult offspring. Like Speculative KNIVES OUT flipped on its head.

⟡ LGBTQIA+ Adult Fantasy or Sci-Fi.

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⟡ Rescue mission from poor/dying Earth upward through each distinct orbiting level of society to the uppermost/richest hardest-to-penetrate level. Think race/gender-flipped SENLIN ASCENDS meets Altered Carbon S1.

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⟡ Contemporary fantasy or magical realism like BIPOC ADDIE LARUE or THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY.

⟡ Anything that comps SPACE SWEEPERS, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, Maniac (Netflix), or Warrior (HBO Max).

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Okay, it's Saturday night and I'm feeling like there's no better time to drop these here. They're in no order whatsoever. I just kept writing things down. Here goes... #MSWL #A #F #SF #MR

#MSWL “Clean” (for lack of a better term) contemporary YA romance with all the yummy feels.

#MSWL from a Black or Inuit writer (or both) messynessychic.com/2020/02/28/the…

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For now, a more general #MSWL can be found at ErnieChiara.com/MSWL

Which is to say, a long-ass #MSWL thread will be coming as soon as I finish it. Watch this space. I'll thread it here.

Um, 8 hikers just went missing after heading out to pay tribute to the #DyatlovPass incident 62 years later... newsweek.com/dyatlov-pass-m… #MSWL

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"Non-fiction like Matthew Crawford's SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

I just... shit’s bleak out here y’all. Kids are struggling. The stress and trauma of the last X yrs has been a bigger proportion of their lives than ours. Let’s create books that give them hope, laughter, and strength, yes? Please? #mswl

I want ensemble casts, and caring parents, and supportive friends in these books. Less Chosen One, more teamwork, community, and we’re all in this together. And I’m getting sappy so it’s bedtime 😅

I love ROMANCE obviously so send me your swoony kissy stories (queer ones too)! But also send me books about best friends, and fiercely loving siblings, and all sorts of relationships.

I know everyone wants high concept books and yes they are easier to sell so keep writing that but if your book is just full of complicated feeeeeeeelings, send it to me 😬 #mswl

I’d love books about sports or other competitive team activities (debate club! Robotics!) as a frame. #mswl

I REALLY want chapter books (for age 6 - 8 ) about funny, clever, creative, mischievous, active kids getting into all manner of high kinks and shenanigans. #mswl