ALT a guide to "Don't Look Too Hard," a YA speculative thriller | 76k words. Background image of a young woman staring into a mirror, covering her eyes with one hand.

ALT pitch: 16-year-old Jess, who sees people's future corpses in their reflections, must race to change fate when her visions reveal that her only friend is about to be murdered. comps: "The Darkness Rises" by Stacy Stokes and "When the Bones Sing" by Ginny Myers Sain

ALT tropes & themes: PNW setting guilt facing unpleasant truths addiction loss & trauma everyone's got a secret

ALT excerpt: Mel's reflection, illuminated by the glow of a yellowed bulb, proved oh-so-easy to catch. The sight ripped the air out of my lungs. All of it: the whine of a distant ambulance, Mel's shouting, the frantic steps of other people running before the police arrived, everything except the pool faded. Ripples distorted Mel's image, but it didn't matter. It was impossible to miss the giant knife sticking out of her back.

ALT Save the cat writes a novel, the lamb by Lucy rose, and the raven scholar by Antonia hodgson

ALT white hair boy stands next to girl with black braid on the roof of a cyberpunk city

ALT The Reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson

ALT legends and lattes by travis baldree

ALT six of crows by leigh bardugo

ALT weapons monvie cover, shows kids running

ALT man with the caption "me" is whistling at a woman with the caption "article about bread in the middle ages" while his girlfriend with the caption "current wip" watches in disgust

ALT Text says N2, passed

ALT white-haired smiling boy in a black sweater and black jeans with his hands on his hips is standing next to a girl with black hair in a braid and dark brown eyes. The girl is wearing a long black coat, black pants, and a gray sweater, and her arms are crossed. Behind them is a cityscape with blue and purple lights.