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ALT Title card for Birthright by Mackenzie McCarter, a gothic fantasy romance and Robin Hood reimagining, WIP targeting 100K words. Text reads: "A healer queen must trust the outlaw meant to kill her as they follow a forbidden fairy tale to break her people's curse before she becomes the curse herself."
ALT Comp titles card showing three book covers: Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (labeled "dark twist on a classic tale"), The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (labeled "deadly trials"), and The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley (labeled "two witty enemies forced to work together").
ALT Premise text on a dark leafy background, titled "The Premise." Reads: "Marryn Yarrow would sooner plan her funeral than her coronation. But when the outlaw she hired to kill her before she's forced to perpetuate her realm's curse fails, Marryn realizes it won't be enough to die for her cause. She has to live for it. Now she must trust her own assassin to help her break the curse the only other way they can: survive a forbidden fairy tale's five deadly trials."
ALT Text: An Agent’s Guide To CELESTIAL DEATH A Horror Fantasy Novel M. E. Mora Background: A dark corner with ornate, gilded mirrors and a single lit candle.
ALT THE COMPS The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten and Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross with arrows point to: the tumultuous dynamic between mortals and gods Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross and the poster to Midnight Mass on Netflix directed by Mike Flanagan with arrows pointing to: Widespread manipulation The poster to Midnight Mass on Netflix directed by Mike Flanagan and The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten pointing to: a dark ambiance with religious trauma There’s a dark background.
ALT THE PITCH When the universe is unbalanced by the greed of a powerful deity, Perdita, the goddess of lost things, falls to the earth in search of salvation and revenge, only to find that no one remembers her anymore, except theology scholar, Benjamín Noceda. Striking a deal with the scholar, Perdita must use him to infiltrate the temple and congregation to cement herself as deity in the eyes of humanity and defeat the god responsible before she ceases to exist forever. Background: a dark background with a full moon shrouded in clouds
ALT THE TROPES A fake cover to CELESTIAL DEATH by M. E. Mora with a floating yellow dress in water Tropes read: gods facing death mortal x deity angst & yearning horrid visions worshipper vs worshipped religious trauma toxic situationship Background is dark with arched hallways
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ALT A dark skinned girl, a couple nearly kissing, someone hands bound by rope, a pirate flag, a pirate ship entering a cove, pirates fighting, a map, a pirates hand, two green eyes from a handsome man
ALT THE TREES HAVE TEETH An Appalachian Folkhorror
ALT PITCH Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her. She’s nineteen the second time. And Olive knows Death always comes in threes. In the heart of the Appalachian mountains, something wicked lingers in the woods. Olive grew up running barefoot through the trees without fear of what might be lurking. But when the woods begin to devour anything that encroaches with ruthless hunger, and a mysterious man who claims to know both the cause and the cure appears at Olive’s door, she may have to face Death for the third (and final) time. If she doesn’t, the town and the boy she loves will be eaten whole. Knock. Knock. Knock.
ALT COMPS Wolf Worm, Don't Let the Forest In, Hazelthorn, Morsel, Hollow Botanical Horror, Appalachian Mountain Setting, Nature & Rot, Isolated Setting, Eerie Folklore
ALT moodboard featuring mountains, eerie woods, and trees
ALT Images of a man and woman dueling, two hands touching, a group of woman dancing ballet, a hand hovering over a book, a drawing of a woman crying, an overhead view of people dancing at a ball, two people riding on horseback, a man and woman on a balcony overlooking a city.
ALT A black and white image of a bird skull with a ballerina dancing at the apex of its beak. The text reads AMITY COVE, followed by quotes of praise for the novel: "It's a gripping story with awesome imagery and cool twists." C.C. "You have truly mastered the art of what it means to write a compelling thriller." K.C. "You had me hooked from page one." K.H. "WHAT A TWIST!" M.P.
ALT A black background with a beige border. The text reads Act One, At an abandoned carnival on a gloomy wharf haunted by the performers killed in a century-old massacre, Everly's sister disappears. Months later, she is stalked by a figure cloaked in red and masked with a pointed bird skull--the ghost of a dead performer, or someone else? The only person with answers is her old crush turned enemy, a young gentleman with dark secrets and deep family drama of his own. The pair must dig into the haunting history of their coastal town and uncover the truth of who took her sister, one of the dead, or one of their closest friends.
ALT A black background with a beige border. Inside are five comparable book covers. The books are from left to right: Beth is Dead, One of us is Lying, The Thrashers, Pretty Little Liars, Don't Look Back