Shen Tao

The comps! The magic! The social commentary! ❤️

A literary NeuroScifi that dives into memory, consciousness and control.

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

Straith has a disarmingly charming narrative voice that takes you somewhere unexpected every time. 💙

I had the privilege of reading excerpts of this novel as part of the Clarion Novel Workshop. Uniquely voiced and so vibrant! Agent friends, I hope you’ll check this one out!

this sounds amazing as hell (complimentary)

Utterly in love with this pitch!

Loving this setting AND the music magic!

Good luck!

ARCANE x #A SPICE ROAD

An artist & an admiral conduct an impossible tea magic heist. Now they're being hunted by a sisterhood of deadly alchemists.

🗝unreliable narrator
🫀intergenerational muli-POV
🩸elements of horror
🫖creative power unlocked with tea magic
🗡colonial rage

#DVpit #F #POC #OWN #WOC

Good luck!

In the Tongue of Unbanished Ghosts:

🏜️ A desert full of war
🔪 A mother whose secrets lead to her murder
🩶 A clueless, clumsy widower who forges watches with soul
🩵 A war criminal who is, unfortunately, very attractive
🏍️ And there was only one dirt bike

#dvpit #f #a

Good luck!

JinYu Zhao is trying to save enough $ to restore her sister's illusion magic, while disguised, providing abortions. She won't be distracted by her sister mooning over her classmate crashing at their pharmacy #dvpit #a #f #own #poc #asian #nd #r friends to lovers, he falls first

A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC x HOUSE M.D.

🏥 Blood magic, medical degree required
🎓 Graduate? In *this* economy?
✊ Best friend is a secret rebel
💰 Capitalist conspiracies
🗡️ That lesbian tried to stab me, and I think I liked it

#DVpit #F #A #LGBTQ

Is lobotomizing a machine that has gained consciousness just routine procedure or equal to murder?

Severance X Exhalation X Ishiguro

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN 💙📚🪐

@alecjmarsh.bsky.social you had me at glittering heist (the best kind). Attention editors and agents scrolling #dvpit don’t miss this!

I have had the distinct honor of reading this book in various draft forms and it. is. so. good. Nettle has gotten herself into a hot mess, but this book is a thrill ride. @ash-howell.com is a writer to watch (or, you know, rep! get on it agents!)

Listen Val didn’t get a story into Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy for nothing. Plus a dragon named Seafoam

Agreed! Ash is definitely a future star!

Amazing story! Good luck, Ash!

A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC x HOUSE M.D.

Days before graduation, blood-magic medical student Nettle accidentally girlbosses herself into the middle of a murderous conspiracy. Her best friend has been hiding his radical political activism. And worst of all, she’s *really* broke.

#DVpit #F #A #LGBTQ

So awesome!

Scotland, 1925: A gentleman thief, a lonely demon hunter and a married sorceress embark on a glittering heist to destroy the English occult.

Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance.

Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm

#dvpit #a #f #queer

Good luck, Mason!

A nine-panel square mood board to promote a book. Upper left square: blue fire on a black background. Upper middle square: the moon, barely visible behind clouds. Upper right square: dark pink scales. Middle left square: a blue-haired woman tying back her ponytail with a determined look on her face. Middle square: two hands held in silhouette in front of the sunset. Middle right square: a pink-haired woman with her hair partly braided and a downcast look on her face. Lower left square: blue scales. Lower middle square: a cluster of white candles, partially melted together. Lower right square: pink crystals viewed up close.

Two desperate women fleeing imprisonment.
Two draconic artifacts bonded to them.
A group of thieves who'll help them escape.
A powerful noble who'll do anything to get them back.
A secret that could ruin them.
A bond that could save them.
In a city where the sun never rises.
#DVPit #F #A #LGBT #Q

This sounds lovely. Good luck!

Agent's guide to Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem: 89K Adult Fantasy Romcom with low spice

Pitch: What can a girl do to escape an arranged marriage, but to prank her husband to hell and back in the hopes that he will divorce her? In the Dazhen Empire, twenty-year-old Wen Anling’s comfortable life is turned upside down when her father forces her to marry Han Shiyan, the wealthy Lord of Qinglan. In a desperate bid for freedom, Anling fights chaos with chaos, by transforming herself into the nastiest wife possible. Shiyan only married Anling to honour his mother’s dying wish. Had he known his new wife would send his simple life straight to mayhem, he would have thrown honour out the nearest window. But when his wife continues to get under his skin, he cannot help but grow intrigued by her eccentric nature—once he sees her irritating antics as what they truly are: harmless. In the face of deadly threats, Anling must embrace her role as Lady Han and turn her cunning mind to their common enemies, or grab the freedom offered to her and watch the empire fall.

Comps: The Darkness Within Us, A Song to Drown Rivers, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Extract: Shiyan’s eyes widened for a heartbeat before he forced composure back onto his features. Her face was powdered with a thick layer of white, as if she had simply dunked it into a bowl of flour. Her bright red lip-paint smudged at the edges and… Heavens forbid women dab their cheeks with uneven blobs of pink. Even the most senile and stern of his guests held their hands to their stomachs, straining to hold back fits of laughter. He would have gladly joined them, too, if he wasn’t the one with the honour of marrying this… this… buffoon. He swallowed and recited the wise sayings of his forefathers: one should not judge a book by its cover; a woman’s beauty runs deeper than appearances; virtues are lasting while beauty is fleeting. Oh, to hell with wise sayings.

A Song to Drown Rivers x How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in LADY HAN'S MANUAL FOR MATRIMONIAL MAYHEM, in which the mischievous bride fights for divorce with chaos:
😈 unlikeable heroine
⚔️ enemies-to-lovers
💑 marriage of convenience
👑 political intrigue
#dvpit#A #F #R #RomCom #Asian #POC

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING x GHOSTS

When an inquisitive 25yo secretary inherits an abandoned detective agency, she partners with the private investigator’s ghost to find her neighbor’s killer in a case that mirrors the PI’s own unsolved murder 60 years earlier.

#DVpit #A #Mys #PR #Latine #WOC

Good luck!

Good luck, Rajani!