the author, the first page & the moodboard of 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚, my queer YA dark fantasy/horror 👀👾🌊 #amquerying

quick PSA that I wrote a queer YA dark fantasy/horror about logging into a dead game to save your sibling and accidentally helping an eldritch horror break into reality…👀 #amquerying

“the sea & her lighthouse” 🌊😩

Saw iron lung today & all I can say is deep ocean horror>>>

After amicably parting ways with my agent, I’m officially seeking representation for 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 (sub-ready!) So here’s an agent’s guide to my 72,000-word queer YA dark fantasy/horror blend, with Big 5 editor interest 👾 Agents, I’d love to connect!

MIDNIGHT MASS x THE WICKED DEEP A suspected witch strikes a bargain with the captain of the ghost ship haunting her pious coastal town to break its curse—only to be targeted by a vicious pastor who’ll stop at nothing to keep the curse intact. #PitDark #YA #DF #LGBT #agented

THIS RAGING SEA x STRANGER THINGS A teen girl enters a defunct MMORPG to begrudgingly search for her missing brother—whom she’d rather leave missing—only to find out an eldritch sea monster is using the game as a gateway to reality. #PitDark #YA #DF #LGBT #agented

“𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩?” 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. “𝙁*𝙘𝙠 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙.” Vivian Ruygh, by the amazing oliv_pit 🌊

‘𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘫𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚.’ Katja Boden, by the amazing oliv_pit 🌿

“𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮.” 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪?” 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘫𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. “𝙃𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝.” “𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪?” 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥. “𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚.” #WritingCommunity

#PopUpPitE #LuckyPit 🫀 • Chronic illness rep 🧹 • Witches ⚓️ • A ghost ship 🍂 • Sleuthing lesbians 🌊 • Coastal town w/ sinister secrets ‘𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 arrived by neither steed nor raven, but as it did every solstice—aboard a coal-black galleon with charred sails.’

DAWN OF ONYX x DISCOVERY OF WITCHES Divine fate must be broken if it thinks Alys Sathos is supposed to help free the enemy witch realm of their compulsion wielding Queen and not even the brooding Prince who captured her is going to change her mind. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #A

GODKILLER x THE CURSE OF SAINTS When Merit's lover chooses her best friend as his next sacrifice, Merit vows to murder him. But to slay a god, she must first find his weakness—and defeat his bodyguard, the wielder of death. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #F #A

FOR LOVERS OF ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE x TALIA HIBBERT x DANIELLE ALLEN When Amara struggles to find a contractor to renovate her plus-size boutique, she enlists the help of her ex-childhood best friend (& first love), Theo, who she hasn’t spoken to in 8 years. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #Agented

OUR INFINITE FATES x STUDIO GHIBLI Hanna is convinced nothing will ever change on her island-in-the-sky—including dying at 17 in every one of her lives. Then a boy from below crash-lands in his plane. He could be her salvation…or her next death. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE

EDITORS!! ✨️👀🗡🔥 When Alya, a notorious assassin, makes a deal to kill the deadly prince's enemies in exchange for her secrets kept buried she never expects to: A: hunt down & kill the lost Romanov heir B: start falling for the prince she may have to kill #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #agented #PopUpPit

A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

When Isadora struggles to keep her aunt’s magic shop open, she’s given the chance to grumpy demon, Gio, in order to secure his inheritance. If she can make it a year, he’ll give her the funds needed to get the shop out of debt. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE

LAKESEDGE X HILL HOUSE A shadow demon has marked Chloe as the future bride of the ruthless Underworld prince, trapping her in a haunted house. She has 3 weeks to break the bond or forever live in darkness. A handsome ghost may hold the key. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #A #F #R

🫐BELLADONNA x OUTLANDER☘️ 🖤1912 Gothic Romantasy 🌿BodyHorror plant monsters 🌸CottageGore When Estella discovers an enchanted glen with old Irish curse, she must hide her monstrous symptoms (and her interest in the Irish) from her husband before they become his medical experiment #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

(re)introducing HOW TO COME HOME: ⛓️ PEAKY BLINDERS x CAT SEBASTIAN 🏳️‍🌈 upmarket queer historical romance 🛤️ an ex-con w/a head for numbers 🎼 a former musical prodigy dealing w/disability 📚 small-town troubles & big-city ghosts #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER 🌿 Dual POV mother/daughter 🌿 Reluctant allies to lovers 🌿 Coming-of-age queer romance 🌿 Instalove vs slow-burn lust 🌿 Everyone is morally grey 🌿 Eco-horror fantasy 🌿 Elemental secondary world #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #A #F

A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

NONE OF THIS IS TRUE x WHAT LIES BENEATH When Sophie is brutally dumped, she can’t help but wonder: Is she possessed or just pissed? 🥀1950s flashbacks 🌊a coastal town with secrets 🔪female rage & revenge 🌊second-chance love 🥀a twist that will 👀 #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

Introducing A MORTAL DROWNING, an academic rivals to lovers romantasy that uses altered mythology as an allegory for stifling oppressed voices, and explores how the alienation of autistic people perpetuates their inherent feelings of wrongness 🥀✨ #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit I'm an unlucky girl trapped in Grandfather's cliffhouse, caretaker of his magic box with 3 human hearts I must feed blood. They die? I die. Handsome Duke Lugo offers a blood bargain, but he's hungry to expose the secrets of Casa del Demonio...and me. #PopUpPitE #YA #Gothic #H

SLIDING DOORS x MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE When Lucy is blindsided by a proposal, her answer fractures her future in two. 📱internet villain of the week vs 👰‍♀️ reluctant bride 🫂 female friendships 💕found family 🕑 second chances 💜 make it sapphic #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #WF

POWERLESSxSEVEN FACELESS SAINTS She was a priestess, he was a prince, can I make it any more obvious... 🥀Chosen one who chose herself 👑Golden retriever prince 🗡Bloody war w/ no hope for peace (unless?) 🤫Mysterious blackmailers 👀Mistaken Identity 💞Enemies-Lovers-??? #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #YA #R #F

HUNGERSTONE X MEXICAN GOTHIC X HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR 🐦‍⬛CARMILLA retelling! 🪻gothic cottageGORE 🐦‍⬛floriography, chapter titles, & poems between acts 🪻WLW slow burn 🐦‍⬛dark academia vibes 🪻witch x vampire romance 🐦‍⬛green witchcraft! 💌 Rep: @bookfairyangus.bsky.social #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

My sapphic YA dark fantasy with horror elements and crossover potential, 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐄, has: 🫀 • Chronic illness rep 🧹 • Witches ⚓️ • A ghost ship 🍂 • Sleuthing lesbians 🌊 • Coastal town w/ sinister secrets #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

I’M AN AGENTED AUTHOR! 🍾✨ I’m over the moon to announce that I’m now represented by Matthew Valdez at Megibow Literary Agency! I’m SO thrilled that my girls have found a home with Matthew, and I absolutely cannot wait to find out what the future holds for them…and me! 🎉🥳

If any #litagents are looking for a sapphic YA dark fantasy with an eerie coastal town setting, chronic illness rep, female rage, AND editor interest…check out my agent’s guide 👀 👻 #amquerying #booksky #writingcommunity

We’re at 6 full & 1 partial request 👀🫢 #amquerying #booksky

If any #litagents like unhinged ladies vs the patriarchy…WHERE THE WICKED LIE is hitting the #amquerying trenches soon 👀✨ #booksky

🍂 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 🕯️ I now officially #amquerying my sapphic YA dark fantasy w/ horror elements, chronic illness rep & editor interest, 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐄. #litagents, if you’ve liked a pitch for this project, check your inbox! 👀 #WritingCommunity #Booksky

🍂 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 🕯️ I now officially #amquerying my sapphic YA dark fantasy w/ horror elements, chronic illness rep & editor interest, 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐄. #litagents, if you’ve liked a pitch for this project, check your inbox! 👀 #WritingCommunity #Booksky

THE WICKED DEEP x EXTASIA A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken. #P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🍂🕯️🏳️‍🌈

THE WICKED DEEP x MIDNIGHT MASS A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken. #P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🏳️‍🌈

THE WICKED DEEP x MIDNIGHT MASS A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken. #P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🏳️‍🌈

BABEL x RIPE Desperate to study at the Institute, graduate student Jim pitches rising star Professor Tanner a device that could revolutionize—or weaponize—medicine. Tanner wants to put it in everyone's pocket...and she doesn't care who it might hurt. #P2Ppit #Q #UW #A #SF #F

When a Halloween ghost hunt awakens a haunting family legacy, 12 y/o Casey must figure out who he is beyond his recent grief, and who he refuses to become. Especially since his sister’s soul, and reality itself, depends on it. #P2Ppit #MG #H #AW #onsub

VESPERTINE x CRIMSON MOTH An untalented conjurer consorts with dark magic to earn her place in the Empire. But when she unwittingly binds herself to the Prince of Darkness she is given a choice; 🗡 him or be 💀 for high treason. A HEART WROUGHT BY DARKNESS #A #FR #P2Ppit #UW

INHERITANCE GAMES x DON’T LET THE FOREST IN After years of avoiding personal connections, Lia is forced to share her grandfather's mysterious inheritance with the boy who made her lose everything 🌿 YA horrormance 🌿 unhinged siblings 🌿 Latine & chronic illness rep #P2Pit #W #H #YA

FOURTH WING + SCORPIO RACES The elite O Mar Cavallo riding academy is Cátia's escape from an arranged marriage, but when a water horse bonds with her she's thrust into dangerous war training with a hot and hateful captain who can't decide if he wants to kill her or kiss her. #P2Ppit #YA #WIP #F #R

ASID x Agatha Christie Trapped in an abandoned poetry school, Bronte and 7 spellwriting poets are given a scrap of verse and a challenge: finish the poem or die. As the body count rises, Bronte races to unmask their killer before she's next. #P2Ppit #S (soon!) #YA #NA #F #MM #LGBT #Agented

COME CLOSER x MAUVE FLY x BLACK SWAN Talentless actress Bea is desperate to become a Broadway star. When the director threatens to replace her, she holds a ritual to Dionysus. And something answers. Sometimes, it's far too easy to lose yourself to a role. #P2Ppit #Q #A #H