Ultimately, the Sword picks the Scribe — but I think @shannonlechon.bsky.social and I work better as partners, wouldn’t you say? After the most stressful month of my life, I thought I'd want rest, but no. We have so many more queer, cutting, and unflinchingly Filipino stories to talk about ~ 🪶

I'm incredibly excited to be able to share some news about the Quiet Horror Anthology project! First: The title has been updated to SILENT SCREAMS😱 Second: I can finally reveal our stunning cover art by @ewbstuff.bsky.social Third: Table of Contents attached Tagging the incredible authors below👇

DANTE'S INFERNO X CONSTANTINE 😈An exorcist trapped in a demon's game of cat and mouse 🔥A Dante's Inferno-esque journey where the only way up is down ✝️Themes of religious trauma and queer identity 🥀"How I hate to want you." #WSPitW #A #H #OWN #LGBT

Jennifer's Body x The River Has Teeth It's going to be a Killer Summer. 😍Sapphic pining ❤️Friends to lovers 👀Cannibalism as metaphor for love 💖Monstrous romance 🎀Bubblegum horror vibes 🌽Cult town in Canadian Prairies 🎡Ferris wheel confessions #WSPitQ #YA #H #R #LGBT #BIOC #Own

HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X BLOODBORNE 🏳️‍⚧️Transmasc MC ❤️‍🔥Poly monster romance 🥩Cannibalism 🩸Religious horror 🫀Body horror 🔥Trans rage #WSPitQ #A #F #LGBT #Own #AgentsGuide

in 1977, ash st. jude was drowned by a whale-shaped ocean god. he was dead for two minutes. he's been seeing glimpses of a future where the ocean has flooded the world ever since. only he and the girl with the golden eyes, who he's only ever met in his dreams, will survive. #WSPitW #NA #H #R #LGBT

Here is an updated agent guide for my #ownvoices YA Horror Romance I am going to be #amquerying after the SmoochPit showcase in a couple weeks. If you are interested in seeing this in your inbox, let me know!

When ghost-hunter Blair's partner Georgie is brutally murdered mid-case, Blair takes the blame. Now a fugitive, she must team up with rival paranormal investigator Rowan to find and destroy the spirit that actually killed Georgie before it kills again. #YouDeservePit #WIP #A

HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X BLOODBORNE As the lies of his religious order begin to unravel, Thay must rely on a stranger to find a cure to the curse that will turn him into a Beast. 🫀Transmasc MC 🫀Monster Romance 🫀Spicy Cannibalism 🫀Body Horror #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #H #RF

HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X BLOODBORNE 🏳️‍⚧️Closeted trans mc ❤️‍🔥Polycule monster romance 🐺Werewolves as a metaphor for transitioning 🫀Spicy cannibalism 🩸Bloodborne inspired world 🔥And a healthy dose of trans rage #youdeservepit #Q #A #H #RF #agentsguide

CYANOSIS is a genre-defiant sci-fi featuring: 🦑 scientists studying an eldritch entity 🏳️‍🌈 #OWN queernormative setting and ND lead 🌊 oceanic dread 🌎 climate themes 🌃 cyberpunk city, fantasy world 👁 sci-fi by an IRL molecular biologist #YouDeservePit #A #Q #SF

It’s 1840, and Lu doesn’t have time for gothic horror. Managing a hotel at 14 is hard enough without flights of fancy taking over! That’s all his suspicions are: fancies. The blond boy in his basement is far too sweet to be digging up corpses— much less reanimating them. #YouDeservepIt #MG #WIP

EVOCATIONxJANE LAWRENCE 🥀teaching dark magic to the wrong student 🥀starting a cult to get attention from your well-meaning teacher 🥀misbehaving dreams& trailing touches 🥀he died in my arms? not if i have anything to say about it 🥀corruption& redemption arc 🥀what’s in an angel #YouDeservepIt #A #WIP

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Boys are disappearing and all signs point to Lyric's friend/crush. It's going to be a killer summer. Sapphic pining Cannibalism as a metaphor for love Cult town in Canadian prairies Bubblegum horror vibes #YouDeservepIt #Q (after SmoochPit) #YA #H #R

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE ASH HOUSE contains: 🎹 haunted piano playing 🫐 suspicious berries 🐊 crocodiles that shouldn’t be there 🔥 burning portraits ⚖️ unwise use of a scalpel ⏳ an endless summer 👁️ a 14yo puppet master 🤲🏼 8 children who don’t yet know they’re his to play with #YouDeservepIt #MG #Q

Medieval Comedy PHANTOM Three PhD students decide to translate and stage a lost medieval play. But the finale is a summoning ritual--and the hero-playwright? A demon. If the curtains don't rise on the DEMON PLAY, the consequences won't just be academic. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #NA

PERDIDO STREET STATION x ANNIHILATION Rescued at sea with no memory, Trigger’s body is changing into an unknown species. When a sunken lab's forbidden prayer protocol promises him answers, he risks tearing a hole in his head to find out who, or what, he is. #YouDeservePit #SF #A #Q #LGBT #ND

here's the main trio of my ecohorror novella VIVARIUM for #MeetMyMCs !! bearer of the curse and his childhood friends <3 if they were ice cream, they'd be a scoop of coffee, a scoop of blueberry chocolate, and a scoop of strawberry lemon :)

21-year-old botany student, Axel Fischer, is haunted by the whispering woods, and the malevolent lake spirit who led his father to an early grave. Will he experience his first kiss while summering on this haunted lake? Or will poor judgement lead him astray? #meetmymcs #YA #thriller #Q

Al-The Dying Religion A brainwashed veteran, he seeks revenge on the Gods who got his family killed, but doesn’t realise he’s a pawn. And he’s in love with the hero. “Your first mistake was thinking people like you and I were ever born to do anything but burn.” #meetmymcs #writingcommunity

#MeetMyMCs A ghost-hunter with a stubborn streak and a failing memory, desperate to find and destroy the ghost that killed her partner before it kills again, Blair Martin is the Jonathan Sims kinnie of your dreams; a fugitive who wonders, every time she looks in the mirror: "did I do it?"

🩰🖤BLACK SWAN X HILL HOUSE HORROMANCE w/ Big 5(& more!) editor interest If Eden wants the solo, she just has to survive the freak accidents that keep killing the other ballerinas, a forbidden attraction to her idol, and her chronic illness. Oh, and the haunted house she brought to life. Oops.

#meetmyMCs Stubborn beyond all reason and chronically ill, Eden made it to the ballet audition of a lifetime. Now she just has to survive long enough to win it—a task complicated by her totally minor obsession-crush on her idol and the shifting, deadly architecture of a haunted house.

this is frances, my newborn vampire with an odd appetite. she's childhood best friends with a hunter and has to navigate the afterlife with the church hellbent on staking her! #meetmymcs #WritingCommunity

this is sam, my cursed vampire with a tragic backstory. he has a scar traversing half of his face (picrew not illustrative!), a grumpy demeanor, and is incapable of not helping people in need, much to his own detriment. #meetmymcs #WritingCommunity

Saint Bettina is beloved by Goddess. Yet she was a mother before Goddess ever chose her. Her grown mortal son has not been granted eternal life, & her divine daughter by Goddess is caught in a web of her own. With the help of a constructed Archivist, Bettina plans to save them both. #meetmyMCs

Bastien🐍 A trans man mercenary captain who’s missing memories of his childhood. When his search brings him back to Aeramis, he joins in their quest; the promise of both answers and having them near too much to ignore. [ #MeetMyMCs ; #writer ; #LGBTQ ; #Mothlight ]

𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗛, consultant in the Theoretical Division at Catherine Quay. a working-class prodigy whose early research led to the creation of a devastating war tool. now dealing with PTSD, he is polite, studious, quiet. our long-suffering autistic king. #MeetMyMCs #cipherwip

Meet Sorcha Lennox - Heavy Lies the Head What remains of the royal family of Galwin is blood on a ballroom floor. From Princess to murderer, to General, to something all together unnatural, Sorcha finds herself lost in a world she no longer recognizes, and can shape with her bare hands. #MeetMyMCs

#meetmgmcs #circuswip Deemed a monster by the French nuns who raised her, Aurore is the former star & proprietor of England’s finest circus establishment. Cunning, byronic, & fiercely loyal to her troupe; she’s as sharp as the knifepoint she uses to slit the throats of robber barons & imperialists

#meetmymcs #circuswip A Spanish-Maghrebi acrobat with schizophrenia, Nabil runs away from more than his demons when he joins a British circus infamous for a terrifying Freakshow & a slew of unproven murders. He must distinguish between fact & falsity as he navigates Britain’s festering underbelly.

𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦 [𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗], head of the Experimental Division at Catherine Quay. a libertine, renegade, and genius arithmantist; Byronic in her bearing and demeanour. drafted into the war effort for her brilliance – and then consumed by it. #MeetMyMCs #cipherwip

Aeramis 🦋 A NB shapeshifter desperately searching for answers surrounding their sister’s disappearance. This part-time thief takes matters into their own hands when revenge becomes their only option. [ #MeetMyMCs ; #writer ; #LGBTQ ; #Mothlight ]

Sierra Branham loves her family something fierce, but dreads becoming them. She’s determined not to inherit their backward ways, generational trauma, and dark magic, but when her father disappears, that determination turns deadly. #meetmymcs #YA

Meet Fia Lorrie - Heavy Lies the Head Power is power, and Fia is used to it’s proximity. Now it stands right in front of her, familiar hand outstretched. Would it really be so wrong to take just a little of what has been offered? #MeetMyMCs