Adult Fiction
National Book Award finalist ‘s MIDDLE SPOON, a humorous exploration of the universal experience of heartbreak, following the disintegration of a queer polyamorous relationship, upending expectations around family life, parenting, and public health, looking at the forces that shape modern romance, to Ibrahim Ahmad at Viking, at auction, by Robert Guinsler at Sterling Lord Literistic (world).
‘s debut FREAKSLAW, a 90s queer horror, following a travelling funfair of troublemakers as they arrive in a repressed Scottish town, seduce its teenagers with their magic, and unearth a violence that’s been simmering for centuries, to Caolinn Douglas at Zando, for publication in spring 2025, by Alexis Hurley at Inkwell Management (NA).
‘s THE WIVES OF HERRICK HALL, a haunted house story, pitched as living in the spirit of Gothic classics like Laura Purcell’s THE SILENT COMPANIONS with the sapphic longing found in Olivia Waite’s THE LADY’S GUIDE TO CELESTIAL MECHANICS, where the heroines themselves risk becoming the ghosts shackled to a world not built for them, to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow, in a nice deal, for publication in 2026, by Vicky Weber at Creative Media Agency (world).
‘s YOU’LL NEVER FORGET ME, a sapphic cat-and-mouse thriller pitched in the vein of Killing Eve and FIRST LIE WINS, for fans of YELLOWFACE, about a struggling actress who accidentally murders her rival, takes her place as Hollywood’s newest it-girl, and leans into the role of a killer as she cleans up her mess, and the clever PI who will stop at nothing to put the star behind bars, complicated by their growing fascination with one another, to Jenny Chen at Bantam Dell, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management (NA).
‘s TRANSUBSTANTIATION BLUES, a dark sapphic body horror pitched in the vein of Se7en and 50 Shades of Grey, in which a grieving mother hires a private investigator who uncovers depraved secrets, masochism, and murder, to Christoph Paul at Clash, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2026, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world English).
‘s THE DROWNED COAST, a queer historical speculative novel about a lighthouse keeper who leads sailors to their death as part of a devil’s bargain to save her sister, but when a shipwrecked survivor washes ashore, breaking her deal with the devil and stealing her sister’s heart, she is left with an impossible choice, to Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Larissa Melo Pienkowski at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (world English).
‘s debut FUNERAL SONG, pitched as The Haunting of Bly Manor meets LINGHUN, a queer novella centered on a town blessed by the angel of death, in which an undead woman grieving her murder embarks on a quest to deal with forces threatening to upset the balance of life, death, and love forever, to Anna Kubik at Dead Sky Publishing, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2026.
‘s THE GREAT ORCHID HEIST, a sapphic romance in which a rare orchid is brought to a botanical garden to bloom, only to become the center of a daring heist, to Jennifer Edgecombe at Mountain Leopard Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in March 2025, by Hannah Todd at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.
‘s GIRL NEXT DOOR, a sapphic rom-com in which a 20-something freelance writer returns to her hometown on an undercover assignment to figure out whether her prickly childhood neighbor is secretly the author behind a bestselling romance novel that seems to be based on the two of them, to Sophia Kaufman at Harper Perennial, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2025, by Rebecca Podos at Rees Literary Agency (NA).
‘s THRILL OF THE CHASE, a f/f adventure romance in which a New York City journalist desperate for a front-page scoop goes treasure hunting in the scorching deserts of New Mexico, only to find herself blocked—and blushing—when the local competition gets in the way, and just might be hiding a salacious story of her own, to Lydia Sharp at Amara, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2025, by Flavia Viotti at Bookcase Literary Agency (world).
‘s debut THE SUN BLESSED PRINCE and THE MOON BLESSED KING, a queer, multi-POV romantasy pitched as C.S. Pacat’s CAPTIVE PRINCE meets Shelley Parker-Chan’s SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN, in which a prince and his would-be assassin develop unexpected feelings for one another, despite their warring kingdoms and opposing life and death magic, to Amanda Ferreira at Random House Canada, for publication in spring 2025, by Maddy Belton at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency (NA).
‘s HOUSE OF RAYNE, a sapphic gothic romance in which two women stranded together on an isolated island must fight for their love and their lives as they unravel the mystery of the island’s monstrous curse, to Elizabeth May at Kensington, in a significant deal, in a two-book deal, by Bethany Weaver at Weaver Literary Agency.
‘s WHISPERS MOST FOUL, a queer dark academia debut, pitched as THE MAGICIANS meets A LESSON IN VENGEANCE, in which a student haunted by ghosts must solve a deadly mystery alongside her rival and crush, to Shahid Mahmud at Caezik SF & Fantasy, in a two-book deal, for publication in October 2024, by Nina Leon at Perez Literary & Entertainment (NA).
Grace Byron’s HERCULINE, following a young trans woman after she leaves New York City for the seemingly idyllic all-trans girl commune founded by her toxic ex-girlfriend, only to discover that demons, both literal and figurative, haunt her fellow comrades and she’s their next prey, to Sareena Kamath at Saga Press, by Julia Masnik at Watkins Loomis (world).
Rebecca Ide’s THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS VOWSMITH, a queer historical fantasy set in Regency-era England, in which a roguish young lord, his intended bride, and his former lover race to survive a deadly conspiracy while trapped in a crumbling manor house, pitched for fans of Alexis Hall’s MORTAL FOLLIES and Freya Marske’s A MARVELLOUS LIGHT, to Nivia Evans at Saga Press, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Julie Crisp at Julie Crisp Literary Agency (NA). Rights also to Sophie Robinson at Tor UK.
Jay Mullins’s THE HOUSE OF MAGES, an urban fantasy in which an unsuspecting heroine must reconcile her newly discovered magical powers with her outlawed queer identity in order to take down a tyrant, to EJ Astrophel at Midnight Meadow, for publication fall 2025 (world English).
BookTok influencer Lindsay Maple’s HOLLY JOLLY JULY, a bisexual rom-com pitched for fans of A MERRY LITTLE MEET CUTE and SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT, in which two women working on a Christmas movie set discover their boyfriends are cheating on them and band together to get revenge, only to fall in love with each other instead, to Lynn Raposo at Canary Street, in a very nice deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2025, by Claire Harris at P.S. Literary Agency (NA).
Author of TURDUCKEN Lindz McLeod’s QUEEN O’NINE TAILS, pitched as THE PIRATE QUEEN meets THE TERROR, a sapphic pirate adventure that follows a young woman destined for an arranged marriage abducted by an all-female pirate crew and seduced by their charismatic leader, only to find her new safehaven breached when a supernatural horror begins to take over the ship, to Caitlin Marceau at DarkLit, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2025, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management.
Young Adult Fiction
‘s THE DARK COVE THEATRE SOCIETY, a queer, gothic coming-of-age YA debut that follows an aspiring young actor trying to find her place at the cutthroat, prestigious Dark Cove Arts Academy while contending with mental illness, a bisexual love triangle, and potentially a supernatural curse, to Jieun Lee at Annick Press, for publication in fall 2025, by Amanda Orozco at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world).
Stephan Lee’s LIKE WE WERE IN PARIS, a YA rom-com billed as BEFORE SUNRISE meets HEARTSTOPPER following two sparring teen boys who fall in love over the course of one madcap night in the City of Light, to Aimee Friedman at Scholastic, for publication in summer 2025, by Brenda Bowen at the Book Group (world).
Jamie Pacton’s THE HYACINTH LABYRINTH, a sapphic fairy core YA fantasy romance following flirtatious stable hand Chloe, who, after getting caught joyriding on a royal dragon, is forced to accompany her most hated enemy, Hyacinth, to a magical library, but ends up ensnared in the machinations of a cruel queen who happens to be Hyacinth’s mother, to Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen, for publication in spring 2026, by Kate Testerman at KT Literary (world).
Cale Plett’s THE SAW MOUTH, a queer horror set in an atmospheric small town, in a not-quite-dystopian world one shade off from our own; in which a person arrives in Sawblade Lake a near stranger, with something sinister following them—a long, bent shadow, but it can’t have the one thing it wants unless they let it, to Alison Romig at Delacorte, in a pre-empt, for publication in summer 2026, by Amy Tompkins at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world English).
‘s IN BETWEEN THE WALLS, in which a teen athlete, after relocating with his divorced dad, discovers his new house is haunted by a transgender ghost from the 1700s, but as friendship blooms into something more, a dark entity rears its head, threatening to destroy the boys and everything in its path, to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press, in a nice deal, for publication in October 2025 (world English).
Non-Fiction
‘s POST MAN: ESSAYS ON MASCULINITY & LEAVING IT BEHIND, a collection where the non-binary author reckons with the good, bad and ugly facets of a gender identity they’re intimately familiar with, but no longer claim as their own, to Brian Lam at Arsenal Pulp Press, with Catharine Chen editing, for publication in fall 2025, by Carly Watters at P.S. Literary Agency (world English, excl. audio).
Queer advocate and content creator ‘s NO FATS, NO FEMS, a guide for queer people and beyond aiming to unpack and unlearn the harmful stereotypes, prejudices, and self-criticisms that occur within the LGBTQIA+ community, and to provide a path forward for challenging unconscious bias and becoming more accepting and inclusive of ourselves and those around us, to Ryan Amato at Harper One, by Jason Bartholomew at The BKS Agency (world English).
