V. Rendina (they/them)

Faced my fears in Derry, Maine yesterday (and got my heart racing at just the photo op alone, as per the first two pics when they decided to scare the shit out of me with an air blaster and a good ol fashioned Pennywise laugh). Sometimes New York Comic Con is fun.

Omg same to you!

Thank you all for all the love and support and comments during #DVpit today! This was my first pitch event (never had a finished pitchable draft prior) and I’m still buzzing from everything. It’s been great getting to see so many exciting projects, and I wish us all the best!

Until next time. 💙🐟💙

FISH BOY: Max Devlin craves revenge. When an ancient river monster answers his prayers, Max struggles to sacrifice the one who hurt him most: his former bff Jack Harding. As summer swelters, the boys must rebuild trust before violence, hate, and the river swallow them whole.

#NA #H #LGBT #DVpit

FISH BOY:

🏳️‍🌈 Be gay, summon ancient river monster for crimes
🫀ex bffs to lovers
⛈️ trauma as monster

Two hs graduates search for the creature killing their classmates only to uncover the real monsters lurking in their hometown and their feelings for each other along the way.

#DVpit #NA #H #LGBT

Simply the best

MHIAC x CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON:

This book has everything.

🏃🏻‍➡️a hs grad who craves revenge
🏊🏻‍♂️ his ex bff begging for absolution
🐟 trauma as ancient river monster
☔️ summer of secrets + rain
😇 gay rights
😈 gay wrongs
⛪️ catholic guilt
🫀 “let me crawl inside your skin” love

#NA #H #LGBT #DVpit

love love love!

My personal favorite

MHIAC x CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

🎣 Be gay, summon ancient river monster for crimes
🎣 ex bffs to “let me cut you open and crawl inside your skin” lovers
🎣 Small town setting w/ a river on the rise
🎣 Summer sweltering with secrets
🎣 Revenge best served wet
🎣 Catholic guilt

#DVpit #NA #H #LGBT

Thank you!!! These boys are my children and they are innocent despite their crimes!!!!!!

FISH BOY: Max Devlin craves revenge. When an ancient river monster answers his prayers, Max struggles to sacrifice the one who hurt him most: former best friend Jack Harding. As summer swelters, the boys must rebuild trust before violence, hate, and the river swallow them whole.
#NA #H #LGBT #DVpit

Love this concept so so so much, good luck!

Briefly got in to the hashtag to briefly see some submissions I love this so much, I wish the hashtag was working for me, but I’m glad it’s working, tech glitches and all!

thank you!

100% the intended vibes of both the book and this version of my pitch!!!

love this!

MHIAC x CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: Two hs graduates search for the creature killing their classmates only to uncover the real monsters lurking in their hometown and their feelings for each other along the way.

👥 dual POV
😈 revenge
💔 ex bffs to lovers
🏳️‍🌈 bi panic as monster
#NA #H #LGBT #DVpit

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Regardless, love when water be crucial!!!!!!! Water makes for such a great setting as character, among other chaos!!!!!

💙🐟💙

Think: discovering the revenge we need, not the revenge we think we deserve 😈

Love when the water be evil 😈

FISH BOY: Max Devlin craves revenge. When an ancient river monster answers his need, Max struggles to sacrifice the one who hurt him most: former best friend Jack Harding. As summer swelters, the boys must rebuild trust before violence, hate, and the river swallow them whole.

#NA #H #LGBT #DVpit

The hashtag seems to not be working for me, I can’t decide if I should do my first pitch yet!

Same here!

I love this book for trauma as haunting but I hate drafting it ahahaha this book was ALL I kept wanting to draft when I was working on Fish Boy and now I’m working on it and hating every second but it’s fine everything’s fine

Many thanks for the new friends and followers during #DVparty! Grateful to hear about so many wonderful stories as well as any and all responses to mine! Best of luck to all tomorrow!

Collage of four photos with the text: “In Dreams She Never Dies: a horror memoir by V. Rendina.” The background of the collage is a black and white photo of a silhouetted femme presenting person behind a sheer curtain. On top of this photo are three pics (left to right): black & white photo of a silhouetted masc presenting person and femme presenting person near kissing with smoke around them, a black & white photo of a decaying Victorian mansion, and a black and white photo of a femme presenting person draped in sheer fabric with their eyes closed and mouth agape in pleasure

Day 6: WIP for #DVParty

IN THE DREAM HOUSE x CRIMSON PEAK

In Dreams She Never Dies: When a romance writer rents a room in a Victorian mansion, they must confront the ghosts of their past to free themselves from writer’s block.

🥀 gothic memoir
🏳️‍🌈 disaster bisexuals
👻 trauma as haunting
#A #H #LGBT

Collage with the text: “Fish Boy: a horror novel by V. Rendina.” The background is a grainy picture of a silhouetted teenage boy smoking a cigaret with curly hair, a hoodie/jacket, and skinny jeans (I think, it’s hard to tell with the silhouette). Behind him is a body of water and clouds. Transposed onto the picture is the album cover for the Smashing Pumpkins’ Pisces Iscariot, which is a picture of a blurry face, the text “Landslide - The Smashing Pumpkins” with a music play button, a forward and rewind button, a shuffle and loop button, and a time bar for the song with 19 seconds on the left of it, and 3 minutes and 11 seconds on the right.

Collage with a background of a body of water with light rays poking through the surface and the text: “Fish Boy: a horror novel by V. Rendina.” On the picture is a screenshot of an Apple Music playlist labeled: Max Delvin’s “Angry Music. The playlist is comprised of 13 songs, and the songs are as follows: 1. Boy Division - My Chemical Romance 2. Zero (Remastered 2012) - The Smashing Pumpkins 3. The Sharpest Lives - My Chemical Romance 4. Flood of ‘72 - Title Fight 5. Ian Curtis - Thursday 6. Headfirst for Halos - My Chemical Romance 7. Absolution - Ghost 8. It’s Not a Fashion Statement It’s a Deathwish - My Chemical Romance 9. Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying - Fall Out Boy 10. I’m Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance 11. Circe - Ghost 12. Desert Song - My Chemical Romance 13. Landslide - The Smashing Pumpkins

Day 5: Theme Song + Playlist for #DVparty!

Tons of music inspired Fish Boy, but if I had to give it a theme song, I think the Smashing Pumpkins’ cover of Landslide does it justice. In addition, several times in the book I mention “Max’s angry music” so I compiled a playlist of his “angry” songs. 🎶