Phoenix Eliott
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book-lover, writer, suffering from wanderlust home: the forest of NC
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A GOOD GIRLāS GUIDE TO MURDER meets THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW when 15yo Zuma uses old photographs to travel back in time and solve her auntās disappearance. štime travel š¼90s nostalgia šļøsmall town vibes šromantic sub-plot šµļøteen sleuth šall the plot twists
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A GOOD GIRLāS GUIDE TO MURDER meets THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW when 15yo Zuma uses old photographs to travel back in time and solve her auntās disappearance.
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To solve her auntās disappearance, 15yo Zuma must: 1. Track down suspects (ALL the stakeouts) 2. Not get caught by the bad guy 3. Oh yeah, travel back in time
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Chelsie Derman
7 months ago
Theo only exists for one hour a day. The rest belongs to "Theodore." But when he learns his condition isnāt neurologicalāheās hosting a lost human consciousnessāhe must fight for his right to exist⦠before heās erased for good.
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Melting back into the crowd, I watch as the mayor pulls back a velvet sheet to reveal a bench in the courtyard, complete with a plaque in Adelaideās honor. Well-wishers decorate the bench and its surrounding area with flowers, signs, and stuffed animals. It may as well be her tombstone.
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Making chocolate chip banana bread and watching the snow āŗļø
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Sheās sounding more hysterical with every word. Screw it. If you canāt beat āem, join āem. āIām going back in time to save Adelaide. I know that doesnāt make sense to you, Mom, but this is really happening and I need you to chill for a minute while I take care of things.ā
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āI do not have a boyfriend,ā I blurt out. āNot even close.ā āDespite your best intentions,ā Avery singsongs. Momās spoon clinks on her bowl. āIs that true, Zu-Zu?ā āNo! Thereās no one.ā āJayden Lundberg is not a āno one,āā Avery muses. āHeās actually semi-popular.ā
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"Whatās the worst thing youāve ever done?ā He grimaces. āSo much for beating around the bush. Hmm...well, I stole a candy bar when I was like four.ā I hold up my index finger. āThat doesnāt count. Every kid does that. Itās like a rite of passage.ā
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āIām serious.ā āSo am I,ā he insists, tugging the sweatshirt drawstrings so the hood cinches. He may as well be pulling on my heartstrings. Ugh, this is so messy. Even if I didnāt have the strictest mom known to man, I canāt start a relationship just to up and leave the state.
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His hand covers mine, pressing it to his chest, while he leans in for a kiss. Itās sweet and playful, filling my mouth with the taste of dark chocolate. I tangle my free hand in his curls, trapping him in place while his fingers tease the skin along my lower back.
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I flip the light switch, plunging the room into pitch darkness before painting it red with the safe light. The printing process is easier this time around, now that I've done it twice. Developer, stop bath, fix, rinse.
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Bookishbabeiswriting
8 months ago
Jennifer's Body x This Delicious Death Boys start to disappear in Lyricās backwards backwoods hometown and her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate if something is monstrously wrong with her friend.
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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author
8 months ago
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her motherās book signing. She needs to get her life back & not get killed in the process. šSapphic crush š§Amateur investigation šHalloween āļøCozy small-town šIndie bookstore šShop cat šPansexual FMC
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Christy
8 months ago
Four 1920s teenage girls go on a grave-robbing spree in search of a mystical artifact. Things turn deadly when they catch the attention of a secret society hell-bent on keeping the artifact buried. Dark Academia Found Family Multi-POV Diverse race, physical ability, ND
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Margot Moore āļø
8 months ago
FOR A FORTNIGHT Contemporary Romcom Querying Summer 2025 š«Immersive Regency resort š«Historian MC undercover for job interview š«Brooding suitor actor knows sheās not a real guest š«Real feelings or all part of the act? š«Fake courtship š«Real swooning š«BRIDGERTON meets WESTWORLD
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Need to solve your aunt's decades-old disappearance? -Easy! Just travel back in time and stop her from disappearing Not so easy? -Identifying the bad guy -Keeping your boyfriend a secret -Getting home before curfew -Making sure you aren't the next missing person
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Alexis ā is querying
8 months ago
FIVE SURVIVE X ONE OF US IS LYING The Show Must Go On: šŖ Murder mystery-thriller set at a circus arts academy šŖ Found family; girls support girls šŖ New England setting šŖ Friends suspected of murder šŖ Crime-obsessed teen who wants to defend her friend
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Samantha is QUERYING š¤šÆļø
8 months ago
AN EMBER IN THE ASHES x SCORPIO RACES A moon-blessed wilding girl must compete in the kingdom's horseball tournament to awaken her magical counterpart--the only way to stop her darkness-plagued brother from poisoning the realm āļøšš
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John Zeleznik
8 months ago
THE FORT X STRANGER THINGS Kids on bikes. 1988 Setting. A crashed UFO. Mysterious millionaire. Duplicate neighborhood. Creepy mansion with a hedge maze. Both dangerous & bumbling henchmen. First crushes. Old D&D references. Ever seen the Bobās Burgers ep Stand by Gene? Same idea.
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Debby ⨠is AGENTED & VAGUEāØ šš»š¤
8 months ago
ANNABEL LEE x GOTHIC BRIDGERTON. Annabel Lee & Lenore Evermore must uncover the truth behind their familyās curse when their castleās ghosts are brought back to life during their weeklong ballāor risk joining them in their tomb by the sea.
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Zumaās heard all about her Aunt Adelaide, whoās been missing for thirty years. She never imagined theyād have the chance to meetāuntil she travels back in time to 1993. If 15yo Zuma can solve the case, she could change history, or else sheāll be forced to assume Adelaideās fate.
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Abigail is āØAgentedāØ
8 months ago
TANGLED x ANASTASIA In a realm where people go to forget their worst memories, an orphan with Touretteās recruits an infuriating pickpocket to help her win her own memories back, hoping to recall her lost family.
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Jessie Chang š©ā”šŖ
8 months ago
LA LA LAND x ASAP A rising pop star is on to her next move in Hollywood after a glistening year filled with record-breaking songs and a sold out world tour: starring in a romantic movie. The catch: the main lead is her ex-boyfriend.
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To solve her auntās disappearance, 15yo Zuma must: 1. Track down suspects (ALL the stakeouts) 2. Not get caught by the bad guy 3. Oh yeah, travel back in time
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Millie Sun
8 months ago
A witty schemer plots against her husband and ends up saving the kingdom in a fantasy romcom blend of A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS ā¤ļø Multicultural w/ POC leads ā¤ļø Unlikeable heroine ā¤ļø Enemies-to-lovers ā¤ļø Marriage of convenience ā¤ļø Political intrigue
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"And the Contax T2?" "Also hers." Like this makeshift darkroom and the bedroom upstairs and the rusting truck in the barn outside. Adelaide Walker may be deadāor just goneābut I can't even look out the window or at my mother's face without seeing her.
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Ceci Li
8 months ago
šItās Only Me ā¤ļøYA contemporary romance āØļø 70k words Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her momās rules.
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FT Zahra
8 months ago
A town with missing memories. A snowstorm that never happened. A dark figure playing a fatal game behind the scenes. And a dead girl walking with the answers. The only problem? She doesn't remember them and she has 30 days to figure it all out before she dies again.
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Jackie š¦šŗšµšš²š¾š
8 months ago
CRAZY RICH ASIANS x GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER Forced to move from Australia and attend an uber-wealthy international school, Izzy finds herself in a life-or-death game of wits with Manilaās rich and famous. š
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Rachel Blaine
8 months ago
16yo Candy has been hiding her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can't hide, her skin color. š„µ climate fiction š³ļøāš queer friends to lovers š« found family 𧬠her DNA will save humanity
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A GOOD GIRLāS GUIDE TO MURDER meets THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW when 15yo Zuma uses old photographs to travel back in time and solve her auntās disappearance. štime travel š¼90s nostalgia šļøsmall town vibes šromantic sub-plot šµļøteen sleuth šall the plot twists
#QuestPit
#YA
#My
#Q
#Agentguide
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The interior of the barn is almost as dark as it is outside, save for the string lights hung haphazardly around the perimeter. High above us, rows of tobacco leaves are strung on poles that crisscross the rafters.
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Jayden kisses my cheek, but holds me an armās length away. āIām super sweaty. I wouldnāt want to ruin my hoodie.ā āMY hoodie,ā I snap back.
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I wish I could print out a list of all the worst things that are going to happen in Micahās next thirty years, including details like names, dates, times. What if he could stop the Oklahoma City bombing? Or pass on the hijackersā names to the FAA to save thousands of lives?
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I pull his hand back and kiss the tops of his knuckles. āIām not going anywhere.ā And itās true. This is home now. Even if I win the reward money, I wouldnāt want to move back to California. If I can survive being killedātwiceāI can survive living in North Carolina.
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I started writing a new
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yesterday and every sentence felt like a step through wet concrete. Why are first drafts so hard? Like, I'm just getting to know these people and I need some time to get in their heads. How do you get out of the sludge,
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Momās gaze bounces back and forth, like sheās been on a merry-go-round and sheās trying to find solid ground. Ultimately, they focus on me. āWhy didnāt you tell me?ā But before I can respond, she answers her own question. āYou tried to, but I didnāt listen.ā
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My teenage daughter has to write a sonnet for her creative writing class. Little does she know I've written a few in my time for various boys, one in the style of 10 Things I Hate About You. Can't wait to see what she comes up with.
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In one week, it will be the thirtieth anniversary of Adelaide Walker's disappearance. Standing here in her room, in the shadow of the rusted billboard with her face, her absence has never felt so close.
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Iām sprawled on top of the air mattress, wrestling with the fitted sheet, when I hear a tap on my window. Then another. I shove the window open and smile out at Jayden, whoās pretending to aim a pebble at my face.
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8 months ago
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The girl greeted me this morning with a box of doughnut holes from her grandparentsā bakery, which energized me through the first half of school. I canāt exactly blow her off. I guess weāre doing this āfriendā thing.
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They've doubled down and hired a Billy Bucks lookalike, too. Tall and lanky, with dirty-blond hair that brushes his shoulders. His face is striking in that male model way, but his clothes and vibe are grungy enough to fit in with the skaters/rockstar wannabe table he came from.
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"Dorothy from Walmart? How is she?" "Charming," I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. His eyes widen. "I know, right? Which reminds me, I still owe her for our last game of pinochle." I ignore the urge to ask him if he makes a habit of playing old lady card games.
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Ceci Li
8 months ago
ā¤ļøYA contemporary romance āØļø 70k words Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her momās rules.
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#CON#poc
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We drink Cheerwine through licorice straws, alternating Pearl Jam and Taylor Swift vinyls on the record player. We dream up itineraries for all the exotic trips weāll take, listing cities for each letter of the alphabetā Osaka, Petra, Queenstown, Reykjavik, SĆ£o Paulo.
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Zumaās heard all about her Aunt Adelaide, whoās been missing for thirty years. She never imagined theyād meetāuntil she travels back in time to 1993. If Zuma can solve the case, she could change history, or else sheāll be forced to assume Adelaideās fate.
#YouDeservePit
#YA
#Mystery
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A GOOD GIRLāS GUIDE TO MURDER meets THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW when 15yo Zuma uses old photographs to travel back in time and solve her auntās disappearance.
#YouDeservePit
#Q
#YA
#Mystery
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Amelia Savage
8 months ago
17yo Zachās plan to help his friend Stella get back with her ex: š sabotage his best friendās crush š¦øāāļø dress as his favorite superhero š leave secrets notes in her locker (and no trace) š kiss her at the Christmas market ⦠well, shit!
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Ava is āØrepād!āØššš
8 months ago
Opulent parties on the ghost ship carrying her to the afterlife arenāt enough to make Evelyn forget her murderer is there with her. Evelyn wants nothing more than revenge, but it might just cost her her soul.
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