MANUSCRIPT WISH LIST

Evergreen

Fantasy for all audiences in the following subgenres: dark, epic, high, horror, science fiction, cozy, and low/urban (some of my favorites include Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland, Beyonders by Brandon Mull, and So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole)Horror novels for all audiences in the following subgenres: romance, gothic, fantasy, supernatural, historical, etc. (think What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher, The Curse Of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling, and Sawkill Girls by Claire LeGrand)Mystery and thriller novels for all audiences (think Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus, #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil, and Gaslit by Megan Davidhizar)Soft science fiction (comparable to Cinder by Merissa Meyer, Fable For The End Of The World by Ava Reid, and Scythe by Neal Shusterman)Dystopian fiction (with a special emphasis on apocalyptic settings caused by natural disasters or supernatural monsters: think comps like A Quiet Place, Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White, and The Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth)Novels written by marginalized authors, featuring marginalized characters

Top of Wish List

Original monsters
Original fantasy peoples
Main characters who have very specific, original, and niche occupations or skills
Lower YA narratives (for ages 12-15)
Hard magic systems with severe limitations and/or consequences
Unique magical weapons or artifacts
Interesting animal companions

Adult

Genres
Fantasy (especially Romantasy and BIPOC perspectives)
Science Fiction
Magical Realism
Historical Thrillers
Dark Academia
Cozy Mysteries
Contemporary Romance
RomComsTropes & Themes
Older main characters (think 40+)
Stories following established couples working through supernatural troubles
Hero-esque powers in urban settings with diabolical twists (think The Boys or Umbrella Academy)
Casts with less than five named characters
Pirates and sea-based settings
Unique fantasy gods and pantheons
Unique ruling classes in fantasy novels; unique class and societal divides
Poison, medicinal, and potion-based magic systems
Dark academia from a professor's POV
Main characters spanning multiple generations (multi-POV with characters of different ages)
Crazy or insane main characters
Unreliable narrators
Tragic endings

New Adult

Genres
Fantasy (especially Speculative, Gothic, Romantasy, and Historical)
Science Fiction (especially Cyberpunk)
Fairytale Retellings
Thrillers
Mysteries
Contemporary Romance
Romantic ComediesTropes & Themes
Doomed romances in a fantasy setting
Speculative fantasies (real world settings with a touch of the supernatural)
A unique twist on soul mates
Men who beg (for their women, for their women's safety, for freedom)
Strong or angry female characters (or both)
Ensemble casts, especially in heist narratives
Multi-POV casts
Steampunk settings
Cyberpunk settings
Dual or multi-timeline narratives
Community college settings (if this could be done with a dark academia twist, that'd be amazing!)
Isolated settings with uncanny undertones
Houses with personality
Intelligent, skillful main characters
Lush, lyrical prose

Young Adult

Genres
Fantasy (specifically Horror-Fantasy, Grounded Fantasy & Mystery-Fantasy)
Science Fiction
Lower YA Fiction
Thrillers
Mysteries
Contemporary FictionTropes & Themes
Fantasies set in festival, fair, circus, or carnival settings
Fantasies inspired by real-world history
Magical hotels! Magical bookstores! Magical shops of all kinds!
Butterfly-based horror stories
Plant-based settings, magic, and characters
Found family with dark secrets
Sentient settings, objects, or things
Grounded fantasy stories in secondary worlds like our own
Stories with folkloric inspiration
Contemporary fiction featuring disabled and mentally ill characters
Interesting, fresh character dynamics
Time loop stories
Stories that deal with dimensions and world-hopping
Unique settings

Middle Grade

Genres
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Cozy Mysteries
Fairytale Retellings
Mythology Retellings
Action/Adventure
Portal Fantasy
HorrorTropes & Themes
Chosen family
Camp-related settings (give me the forests, the cabins, the campfires!)
Unique animal companions
Portal fantasies
Narratives where the characters embark on physical journeys (think Adventurers Wanted by ML Forman, The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann, and Leven Thumps by Obert Skye)

Anti Wish List

DO NOT QUERY ME WITH THE FOLLOWING

Anything generated, brainstormed, outlined, written, or aided in any way by the use of Artificial Intelligence
Anything stolen, plagiarized, or copied from another writer
Westerns of any kind
Hard science fiction
Children's fiction, PBs, short stories, novellas, novelettes, poetry collections, or micro fiction
Zombie-based dystopian stories (I may be open to this from BIPOC authors)
Alien-based dystopian stories
Most genres of nonfiction (some self-help and writing craft books are okay)
Regency fiction
Graphic novels
Paranormal fiction
Satire or comedies
Women's fiction

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