Submissions

Elizabeth is focusing primarily on adult fiction, in the categories of horror, romance, and retellings of classic literature. For horror, she is especially looking for modern, Gothic, or folk horror, and/or anything with a streak of dark humor and/or a strong female voice. Yes to haunted houses/ghosts, vampires (but the scary variety, not the sparkly variety), witches, and Buffy-style demons. Favorites in this genre include Rachel Harrison, Isabela Canas, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Grady Hendrix, David Mitchell, Shirley Jackson, and Mike Flanagan. 

 

For romance, she is looking for "unusual" romance - ex. blending genres (horror romance, yes please!); including just as much humor as romance, like Emily Henry, Penny Reid, Sally Thorne, Mhairi McFarlane; romantasy that leans heavily into King Arthur elements/ chivalry; or just a really strong, unique, compelling hook.  

 

For retellings, she is open to many different things, but the subject of the retelling needs to be public domain and clearly recognizable in the writing (I don't care if you make big changes, but don't say it's a Tarzan retelling because there's a character named Jane but nothing else is the same). 

 

Elizabeth is NOT a good fit for children's, Middle grade, YA, historical fiction (unless that part of the story is not a huge focus, just some background color), high fantasy, hard sci fi, body horror, erotica, sports novels, memoirs, non-fiction, self help, straight mystery (meaning, it doesn't blend genres in any way - give me a ghost mystery or a Shakespeare-themed mystery and I'll be intrigued!).