YA Author querying OFF THE RECORD (a snarky dystopian romance)
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ALT Playlist includes: Caffeine by jack Kays, Waiting to die by Harrison Boe, Caution tape by Austin blue, and twenty-three by Steinza.
ALT Two instagram profiles. One that is covered with socialization, coffee, and a lot of followers. The other, is nature, sunsets, and isolation.
ALT Text messages between two boys; one asking the other to hang out at 1:02 a.m. A phone camera roll containing frogs, coffee, and two boys hanging out in a marsh.
ALT Images through the years of the same couple spanning from ages 18-28.
ALT 1. A mist-strewn Lake District landscape background. Centred is the title: TRINITY. Beneath, the subtitle: Contemporary Fantasy | 99,000 words.
ALT 2. A misty Lake District backdrop. In the foreground on the left are four images aligned vertically: a Cornish coastal view with a blue sea and a rich coastline. A silhouette of a woman exploring an urban exploration-style tunnel. A mist-bathed mansion style building, framed by a silhouetted tree. Lastly, a pen placed diagonally across filled notebook pages. On the right, a white box with text: THREE FRIENDS DESCEND INTO AN ABANDONED CORNISH MINE. TWO RETURN. TRINITY: An adult contemporary fantasy with thriller pacing and a folk horror undercurrent. 99,000 words. Currently: Querying. THEMES: * Grief * Identity * Found family * Inherited power * Truth vs narrative * The cost of loyalty * Hope after trauma * Nature remembers * Institutional corruption
ALT 3. A misty Lake District background. In the foreground, text which reads: FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY… Beneath, three book covers: Jackson P. Brown’s The Reaper, Daniel Church’s The Hollows, and Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House. Below each book, a bullet-point list relating to each title, following the above header of “for those who enjoy…” and stating: “HIDDEN UNDERWORLDS & FOLKLORE / SUPERNATURAL. FOLK HORROR & ESCALATING TENSION. POWER DYNAMICS & INSTITUTIONAL DARKNESS.”
ALT 4. The same misty Lake District backdrop. On the left, four vertically stacked images: a thin tunnel inside of a Cornish mine with bright blue copper staining. A Land Rover Defender with its fog lights blearing, making its way through a misty forest. A regal Lake District stone mansion, cropped to show the bay windows. An abandoned factory, empty, but bathed in an eerie green light. On the right, a white box featuring the following pitch text: BRITAIN'S FOLKLORE IS ONLY THE COVER STORY. When an urban exploration ends with Conor being dragged into the dark by a creature of Cornish myth, Alyx Delaney (22) can't save him. Worse, nobody believes what she saw. Shouldering guilt at the disappearance of her closest friend, and the feelings they left unspoken, Alyx digs for the truth. She uncovers Trinity: a covert, science-forward organisation that has quietly shaped Britain's response to the horrors hidden within its folklore.
ALT A pretend match made in crisis
ALT Song moods. Close to You. Dress
ALT A wannabe proper adult and an incurable people-pleaser
ALT Funny Story meets Quarter-Love Crisus meets The O.C.
ALT A dark burgundy background decorated with cream-coloured flowers and braided red strings. A torn parchment page features a hand-drawn illustration of two hands linked by red threads. The text reads "An Agent's Guide to TO FORGE A BOND" by VM Booysen. Four checked details describe the novel as Upper YA, Dark Epic Fantasy, 98,000 words, and a Tragic Love Story.
ALT Two torn parchment character profiles with hand-drawn portraits. Relario, a serious-looking boy with wolf ears, is a banished bloodweaver willing to sacrifice anyone to save his homeland. Labelled "The Kidnapper." Laurelle, a cheerful-looking princess, was raised in a tower, is bonded to a dragon, claims she can control it, and is definitely hiding something. Labelled "The Princess (Relario plans to kill)."
ALT A hand-drawn fantasy map on aged parchment titled "The Unlikely Journey," with red arrows connecting five numbered stages. Abduct a princess (relatively easy). Board a mercenary ship and become stowaways (oops). Accidentally collect a found family, including a boulder-sized pet lizard. Return home, where Relario faces execution. Find the dragon and restore the princess's bond before it destroys everything. Playful sketches show a tower, ship, travelling companions, mountains, and a dragon.
ALT Three comparison titles displayed on parchment against a burgundy floral background. Six of Crows — Morally grey protagonist and ruthless choices. Avatar: The Last Airbender — Banished prince and found family. Once Upon a Broken Heart — Grumpy × sunshine, betrayal and heartbreak.
ALT The Shrouded Renegade An Agent Guide MultiPOV Dark Epic Adult Fantasy Meet the Villains
ALT Mr. Vhours "Brunt Hinderback Gnome East Docks Time's Up." As the head of the Vhours family, he oversees the production and distribution of Black Shimmer Dust, and runs the Amethyst—a casino planet made from a volcano. He is not known for his mercy, and quickly responds to threats with his son turned assassin; Death.
ALT Mina & Gonzalo “Don’t be afraid, Pet. I have chosen you.” “Do you swear fealthy to Our Lady, Lady Distruptia?" Known as Lady Disruptia, she reached for too much power and has spent the last 10,000 years in exile. He loves her more than all the realms combined and has spent the last 10,000 years amassing an empire to bring her back, and he’s so very close.
ALT Silavanna & Druscelina “I always get what I want.” “Changeling bones make an excellent broth for soup.” The Queen of the Fae realm, while not known for her patience, is known for her love of mind games. And her right hand is always itching to carry out her will.
ALT He belongs to the forest. She's meant to die there. Image 1 overlay: framed hunched man. Image 2 overlay: framed woman with her face scratched over. "The Neighbors" repeated in the background.
ALT (1) notes found in the woods I frequently hike. Wrapped in foil, clipped to trees, pinned under leaves, or placed under a small rock. Images of cryptic notes overlayed. (2) Your local hiker-author with the unfortunate knack for finding strange notes and an underlying sleepwalking condition that has led her friends to believe SHE is the one leaving all the notes around central Pennsylvania. Framed image of R. A. Betzer on a wooden footbridge walking away from camera.
ALT The Pitch. "When Raven March moves to Pinehollow, she hopes the quiet woods will help her heal. Instead, she wakes to whispers, shadows between the trees, and warning notes in her own handwriting that she doesn’t remember leaving. Her only solace is Kane Han, her aloof yet ever-present neighbor. Their attraction is instant and volatile, but Kane belongs to the forest, and Raven is beginning to suspect it has plans for her, too." Includes gray runes and a framed image of a couple embracing on a dark background.
ALT Tropes & Vibes. Ripped pieces of paper with the text: cottagegore, New England Appalachia, tragic, romantic in a feral way, folkloric. Includes framed image of a shadowy couple running away holding hands on a dark, woodsy, dirt road.