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ALT Red starry sky with the outline of a crystal ball "The pitch: When Fate reveals dark magic that can doom the seers to a 16yo outcast divination student, she must choose either a cult that offers her belonging and revenge or saving her cowboy crush and the community that might preemptively imprison her."
ALT Red starry sky + book comps These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang, The Stricken by Morgan Shamy, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
ALT Red starry sky and outline of a scorpion Tropes: Reverse Chosen One, divination school, generational curse, fate vs free will, false dichotomy, love triangle, dark cult, smart FMC Themes: Choices matter, names matter, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
ALT red starry sky with outline of palms sample story snippet
ALT A 3 by 3 blue-tinged moodboard consisting of 9 squares. First row: two hands reaching skyward, a close up of a clock, a close up of leaves covered in raindrops Second row: rundown industrial-like buildings, a statue pulling apart its chest, a misty forest Third row: several dying flowers, an eclipse, a hand reaching skyward
ALT 9 cell collage of whimsy cottagecore vibes, with a white text block with quotes from the book.
ALT a looming doorway, a cornfield, a hand on a window, a streetlamp at night, a missing poster, a door open a crack, a stack of books, a handprint on a window, an abandoned house
ALT A warm, light orange-ish colored moodboard. Like the color of old paper. A mix of that and black and white images. In the told left corner is the back of a man with long black hair tied back in a tangle. Below, dried flowers hang down from a roof beam. Below, a girl with a black shirt has an arm of tattoos. She sits sideways but looks over her shoulder, part of her face is obscured by long hair. In the center at the top is a black and white tarot card: the star. On it, two skeletal hands, one from the top, one from the bottom, reach toward a star in the middle. Below is a profile of a teenage boy with curly golden hair. In the last column, up top is a girl with a wavy black bob and a white button down shirt. Her hair falls across her face and her eyes are shut. Below is a sky after a sunset. The bottom half is light orange with stars dotting a darkening sky above. Below, two crows sit on the edit of a roof. They’re only silhouettes.
ALT Between Fractures of Light Adult Romantic Fantasy
ALT PITCH The desolate world from Augusta’s dreams blurs into a chilling reality when a specter of swirling mist and shadows haunts her and kidnaps her childhood best friend, Theo. When the ravenous shadows come for her next, Augusta is rescued by an impossibly familiar stranger with eyes of fire, and together they journey into a world consumed by Darkness, an entity that feeds on despair and rot. There, the shadows hold Theo—and the world—captive. As she begins to fall for the man guiding her through the starless land, the line between the two realities starts to fracture, and Augusta discovers there may be truth to the tales hidden in her dreams, and freeing her best friend from the shadows comes at a cost. The Darkness is hungry, and the Darkness always gets what it wants. A sacrifice must be made. And this time, Augusta is the one expected to make it.
ALT Comps The Lost Story Over the Garden Wall The Starless Sea Starling House Howl's Moving Castle strange world, queer rep, other lands, lyrical writing, dark uncertainty, stars, interwoven tales, dramatic love interests
ALT Snippet She blinked. The figure was gone. Or maybe she was seeing things again. “Theo—” she started, but he wasn’t beside her anymore. “Theo?” The movement returned. It grew into the shape of a person, then into a swirling mass beyond. Long fingers, crooked spine, head warped. Her heart in her chest, panic in her throat. Smell. Sound. Taste. Touch. Sight. Think, Augusta. Think. It’s not real. What can you smell? Popcorn. What can you hear? The laughter of children, Christmas music. What can you taste? The cider in hand. What can you touch? The scarf around my neck. What can you see? The shadow in the shape of a person. Augusta froze. It hadn’t gone away. Instead, it only grew larger, more ominous. It rose in the night, towering over the tents. The moon deserted the sky, blocked by the mass. Tangled blond curls appeared in her periphery, light against the growing darkness. A hanging light exploded with a pop. No one reacted. Panic clawed at her insides, her veins. “Theo!”
ALT Introducing you to THE GHOSTS YOU KEEP.
ALT The setting: MLM compound, Colorado wilderness, blizzard.
ALT The main character: skeptic paranormal investigator, will do anything to find her missing sister, self-deprecating.
ALT The horror: stay out of the fog, wronged nature bites back.
ALT One summer To learn German To fall for Berlin To fall in love Only one summer A disciplined French college student falls for leafy, laid-back post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a former athlete reeling from a wrecked career and a failed marriage. The devastating catch? She can’t stay.
ALT Warning! If you like… - emotionally grounded, sensually charged love stories - a vivid European setting that doubles as character - romance that has all the tropes but doesn’t feel tropey - a big scoop of personal reinvention and a sprinkle of wry humor Then you’re at high risk… ... of loving Only One Summer in Berlin slow burn · friends-to-lovers · forced proximity · green flag · competent heroine · single dad · he falls first
ALT If you also like… - Yearning (Every Summer After, Carley Fortune) - Emotional realism (Normal People, Sally Rooney) - Spice, small town vibes (It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey; Heartless, Elsie Silver) - Single dad (Heartless, Elsie Silver) - Ticking clock (Heartless, Elsie Silver; Before Sunrise) - Deep connection (Before Sunrise) - Set in '90s Europe / Immersive setting (One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle; Before Sunrise) - Right person, wrong life (The Idea of You, Robinne Lee) - Humor x depth (The Wedding People, Alison Espach)
ALT What readers are saying 4* I laughed, I cried, and I loved every moment 5* The yearning and chemistry were perfection 4* Brings Berlin to life so vividly 5* It felt like I was stepping back in time 5* Too good to put down
ALT a 3x3 moodboard top row (left to right): a black and white image of a young man kneeling, being puppeted by chains. two male hands trying to cling onto each other, a young man in a suit crying in an armchair middle row (left to right): a bundle of lavendar flowers, a white lamb with its feet bound in rope, two pale bleeding arms bound in silver chains bottom row (left to right): two young boys in white shirts hold each other, a white torso with a hanf clawing at the skin, a demonic figure with red eyes being grabbed across the face by a large red paw
ALT Mood board collage featuring images of: a close-up of a ring light, a woman looking through a shattered mirror, a close-up of a cell phone receiving a call from an unknown number, a quote that reads: "different eyes see different things," a shadowy photo of a woman engrossed in her cell phone, a close- up of a bright purple eye, an image of a girl with her back turned to the camera, looking at TV displays all filled with a close-up of her lips, a photo of a girl taken through closed blinds, and a car covered in snow with the words: "can't you see that I love you?" written onto it.
ALT This is a moodboard featuring nine images and one quote. The quote reads: Draw a monster. Why is it a monster?- Daughter by Janice Lee. The images consist of: a woman looking into a cracked glass mirror, looking at her reflection, a heart-shaped cake 'bleeding' from where it has been stabbed with a knife, a man looking at a fuzzy version of himself in the mirror, a figure opening their chest to reveal a void, white space, a shot of a lake surrounded by trees, exposed bloodied fangs, a hand passing a cigarette to another hand, red meat, and a man in a suit with the white button down of it saturated with blood.