Speculative Fiction
I want a HORROR novel in my queries ASAP!! YA! ADULT! Contemporary! SPECULATIVE! FANTASY! SCI-Fi!
ANY KIND OF HORROR I WANT IT! #mswl
Brenna English-Loeb @benglishhh · Jun 3
In honor of reopening to queries, I thought I’d list a few things I’d love to see: a mystery series set on Hawaii, westerns (esp with some kind of twist), and speculative fiction set in the Pacific Northwest #MSWL
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · May 5
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
Honestly one of the best novels I’ve ever read. Pick up @pengshepherd’s book! twitter.com/pengshepherd/s…I talk a lot about how my favorite kind of literary fiction blends genres, pulling the speculative or a bit of magic into it.
And this one is a perfect, stunning example of that.
More books like @pengshepherd’s in my query box, please. #MSWL
Amy Elizabeth @amylizbishop · Apr 25
Finally got around to updating my #MSWL page! (#springcleaning)
You can find it here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/amy-…
Peter Knapp @petejknapp · Apr 21
I’d also LOVE a cool, cinematic spec novel or contained sci-fi. Something catchy, like “TITANIC but in a newly opened underwater resort” or FAST & FURIOUS meets I don’t know what... Basically, I love when the concept has a *wow* factor. #mswl
Kurestin Armada @kurestinarmada · Apr 17
Jill Gutowitz @jillboard
More people should be talking about this: 'Gentlemen Jack,' a lesbian period drama series, is out April 22 on HBO. It follows Anne Lister, a real lesbian landowner in the 1800s, in her pursuit of finding a wife when female queerness was simply unheard of. It's must-see gay TV.1. This is the first time I've heard of this!! Thank you for doing the Lord's work!
2. Make it at least a little bit magical/speculative and shove it in my inbox ASAP, thank you #MSWL
Hali Baumstein @halibaumstein · Apr 12
I'd also love to find mind-bendy, genre twisting stories that feel in the vein of my recent Netflix obsessions Black Mirror, Russian Doll, The OA, and Dark. That obviously includes a huge range, but they're all contemporary-rooted stories with speculative elements woven in. #MSWL
Contemporary MG novels with a speculative element, or touch of magic – very much up my alley. #MSWL
Ammi-Joan Paquette @joanpaq · Mar 19
Marisa DiNovis @dinovisms
Genre-bending, standalone YA spec fic that puts me in the mind of Jane, Unlimited—a book I read over a year ago and still think about on a weekly basis. Bonus points for a sweeping yet claustrophobic setting like Tu Reviens! #mswlOmg, this is my #mswl forever!!
Marisa DiNovis @dinovisms · Mar 18
Genre-bending, standalone YA spec fic that puts me in the mind of Jane, Unlimited—a book I read over a year ago and still think about on a weekly basis. Bonus points for a sweeping yet claustrophobic setting like Tu Reviens! #mswl
Heather Cashman @HeatherCashman · Feb 14
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim
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I’m so grateful for @jsinsheim and all she does to help authors, agents, and editors collaborate!
Andrea Somberg @andreasomberg · Feb 12
I would love to see some smart horror or speculative fiction that veers toward the literary #MSWL
Steven Salpeter @StiSal · Feb 8
(And for the search engines: that’s, yes; please send me adult or YA second-world fantasy with Jewish elements, or YA Jewish magical realism, Jewish Speculative fiction, literary Jewish fantasy novels, et cetera #mswl)
Autostraddle @autostraddle
Natasha Lyonne’s #RussianDoll is the darkest, funniest, most comforting show of 2019 so far. bit.ly/2RMqNi7 pic.twitter.com/w7z05HLpC3YES! THIS! Also, I really want to work on some speculative fiction that's as sharp, funny, and layered as #RussianDoll. Something that uses the speculative element to say something, not just as a cool hook #mswl
Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Feb 7
BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendslit
@wensday95 wants #Historicalfiction with a slight #speculative or #horror bent like Alma Katsu's THE HUNGER or Sarah Perry's THE ESSEX SERPENTBONUS: she also wants contemp mystery/thriller where setting is integral like Jane Harper's books or Attica Locke's BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD.
Evergreen #mswl.
Allie Levick @AllieLevick · Jan 23
That speculative book about a woman taking her power back? Using her power to effect change? Send it to me. #MSWL
Kat Enright @katenright · Jan 23
I am hungry for a good middle grade! For me, it’s all about the voice. Now, I do tend to lean spec, but I am open to a great heartfelt contemporary. #MSWL
