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ALT Young adult coming of rage WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN 89k words, Speculative, Now Querying "If I were an alien, I would send a sign." two boys in blue against a galaxy background with trees and a meteorite, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes.
ALT WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN purple image of a galaxy and dark fir trees First Lines Christophe prays, Please let me disappear. Please don't make me go up onstage, in front of everyone today. Just this once, I don't want to heal. He hides in the closet at the back of the church.
ALT Comparative titles for Witnessers of the unknown: Featuring Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us, Mark Oshiro's Into the Light, Logan-Ashley Kisner's Old Wounds
ALT An agent's guide to A Heist for Hollow Hearts, a YA fantasy WIP.
ALT Seventeen-year-old Rook has spent her life stealing from people who believe themselves untouchable. But when her latest heist lands her in a royal prison, she expects punishment, not a hidden princess offering her a chance at freedom. Her father, the king, has one impossible request: retrieve a divine relic hidden beyond the mortal realm. If Rook succeeds, her crimes will be forgiven, and she’ll walk free. The catch? No mortal has entered the gods’ realm in centuries, and the only person who can open the way is Princess Cyra, who is hiding more about her divine lineage than she lets on. With a ragtag crew of unlikely allies at her side, Rook must cross into a forgotten realm filled with ancient magic, deadly creatures, and secrets lost to time. But the deeper they venture, the more she begins to question the mission they were given, the artifact they seek, and the king who sent them there.
ALT An overview of the main 5 characters (there's too much text to include, sorry!!)
ALT A list of comps, including Six of Crows, The Gilded Wolves, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Baldur's Gate 3.
ALT An agent's guide to The Tide Calls for Traitors, a 99k sapphic romantic fantasy that is being queried.
ALT A brief overview of TTCFT.
ALT Comparisons and themes for TTCFT, including Six of Crows, Gideon the Ninth, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, and I, Medusa.
ALT Four excerpts from TTCFT.
ALT An agent's guide to A Heist for Hollow Hearts, a YA fantasy WIP.
ALT Seventeen-year-old Rook has spent her life stealing from people who believe themselves untouchable. But when her latest heist lands her in a royal prison, she expects punishment, not a hidden princess offering her a chance at freedom. Her father, the king, has one impossible request: retrieve a divine relic hidden beyond the mortal realm. If Rook succeeds, her crimes will be forgiven, and she’ll walk free. The catch? No mortal has entered the gods’ realm in centuries, and the only person who can open the way is Princess Cyra, who is hiding more about her divine lineage than she lets on. With a ragtag crew of unlikely allies at her side, Rook must cross into a forgotten realm filled with ancient magic, deadly creatures, and secrets lost to time. But the deeper they venture, the more she begins to question the mission they were given, the artifact they seek, and the king who sent them there.
ALT An overview of the main 5 characters (there's too much text to include, sorry!!)
ALT A list of comps, including Six of Crows, The Gilded Wolves, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Baldur's Gate 3.
ALT A HAUNTING TO HOLD Ghost Romance 𝙷̶𝚒̶𝚜̶ ̶𝙵̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ His Forever Cozy Fantasy Town Magical Lantern Festival Star-Spinning Magic Gothic Manor Griffin Riding Knighthood Academy
ALT THE PITCH COZY YA FANTASY 89,000 WORDS After fleeing from his war-ravaged hometown, a timid boy enrolls in an elite knighthood academy while falling for the ghost haunting his rose-scented manor; but when enemy knights invade his cozy new town during a festival that allows the dead to live for a single night, he must learn how to rally his courage before the girl he loves is lost forever.
ALT CHAPTER ONE My ghost never hides in the shadows. When the afternoon burns brightest, I’ll catch her silhouette in the sunshine. When night steals the sky I glimpse delicate blue eyes peeking out behind moonbeam curtains. It’s been five weeks since we've moved in, yet I've only ever found her in the light. “She’s not your ghost,” reminds Olive. “I can see her, too!” But my sister’s claim rattles out like a lie. Looking at her now, she’s scrunching her face up, squinting real tight, yet her eyes never seem to find the shimmering girl that runs through Rosefall Manor. Not like mine do.
ALT FOR FANS OF... The sweeping, magical romance of… A cozy fantasy town inspired by… The lush prose and gothic atmosphere found in…
ALT a 3x3 moodboard, images listed from left to right top row: a gaunt face looking vengefully over their arm, hundreds of tally marks clawed in a wall, someone clawing their way out of a grave middle row: an illustration of a goat headed wingered demon, the quote 'maybe in another life' written in white on a black background, a brown haired boy and a blonde haired boy kissing bottom row: a statue of an angle soaked in blood, a white man's arm wrapped in chains, the tarot card The Devil
ALT a 3x3 moodboard, images are listed left to right top row: light shining through a crucifix, a vampire with their teeth exposed, a shadwy image of someone praying with a rosary before a candle middle row: a bloody angel wing, the text 'the devil in disguise', a letter on fire bottom row: a rickety house, two young men kissing, black painted hands pulling on someone's face
ALT a 9x9 green/blue colored moodboard with (from top left to right, then down): two silhouettes about the kiss, a blurred face of a man, dna on a computer screen, a hand breaking through ice, a woman with her hands over her eyes and smoke around her, an eye that's swirling with light, a lab/chamber-like hallway, a girl strung up by wires, a man wrapping his injured hand.
ALT An agent's guide to The Tide Calls for Traitors, a 99k sapphic romantic fantasy that is being queried.
ALT A brief overview of TTCFT.
ALT Comparisons and themes for TTCFT, including Six of Crows, Gideon the Ninth, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, and I, Medusa.
ALT Four excerpts from TTCFT.
ALT Slide featuring an image of two boys in blue against a red backdrop, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes. There are space-themed images of a galaxy and a comet. Text reads:Witnessers of the unknown, When Christophe Montague, a trans faith healer, flees his mother's cult after a miracle goes wrong, he joins forces with February Purdue, a UFO-forum moderating hitchhiker whose hand is undergoing an unearthly change after catching a meteorite. They embark on a supernatural road trip to a UFO festival – before the cult can drag Christophe home and use him as their Chosen One. YA/NA, 96k Words, SFF t4t Romance Subplot
ALT Comparative titles Witnessers of the unknown: Featuring Hell Followed With Us, Into the Light, Old Wounds, trans coming-of-rage religious trauma speculative road-trip T4T trauma-bonding on a starfield
ALT Witnessers of the unknown first sentences, picture features two boys, one has blond hair and points up at a meteor shower, the other follows his hand with his eyes, they lay in the bed of a pickup truck, surrounded by a desert landscape. quote reads “Christophe hides in the closet at the back of the church. The echoing voices tell him that the sanctuary is full. The dusty, out-of-tune piano pounds out a hymn, and his heart leaps inside him. He should be out there, helping pass out the cups of grape juice, the cups of wine, the wafers of Our Lord. He should be preparing for the healing, the laying-on of hands, when his mother will call him to the front.” YA/NA, 96k Words, SFF t4t Romance Subplot
ALT Comparative FILMS and Playlist on a moon: Nowhere by Gregg Araki and Leviticus, psychedelic, queer, aliens faith healing and recovery Screenshot of spotify playlist
ALT A trope map graphic for BETWEEN THE SUN AND MOON by Sasha Kielman, featuring art by @winterofherdiscontent. A black background with art positioned as the book cover. White and golden yellow text and arrows pointing to: enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, elemental magic, slide to pitch, adult romantasy (93,000 words), mental and chronic illness and queer representation.
ALT BETWEEN THE SUN AND MOON Forced into an arranged marriage as a fragile peace treaty, two powerful witches must learn to trust each other in order to prevent war across their Realms. But will their love be enough to stop a war? Perfect for fans of The Hurricane Wars and The Bridge Kingdom, BETWEEN THE SUN AND MOON is a critique of authoritarianism and a demonstration of the power of love in all its forms, recognizing that while not all illnesses can be healed, they can be managed with care. @SashaKielman
ALT A Canva graphic with gray smoke on a black background and white text. If you like... Fairyloot cover of the Hurricane Wars, original cover of the Bridge Kingdom then try... Art for Between the Sun and Moon by Sasha Kielman by winterofherdiscontent @SashaKielman
ALT Agent Guide for Witnessers of the Unknown, YA/NA, 96k Words, SFF featuring an image of two boys in blue against a red backdrop, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes.
ALT moodboard for Witnessers of the unknown
ALT An agent's guide to The Tide Calls for Traitors, a sapphic romantic YA fantasy complete at 99k words.
ALT When Natrix, the cursed, knife-slick daughter of a notorious sea captain, is summoned back to her father’s ship, she wants nothing to do with him. But something in her, something she doesn’t recognize—a deep, unspoken hunger for the love she never received—drags her back to his ship anyway. She arrives to find him dead by her own blade, and the Salt Court poised to condemn her for his death. Given one week to prove she didn’t kill the man who once ordered her to walk the plank, Natrix is forced into an uneasy partnership with Delayna, the dangerously charming rival captain who’s hiding secrets of her own. As they navigate a treacherous sea of shifting loyalties, buried betrayals, and a curse whispering in Natrix’s ear, Natrix must decide how far she’s willing to go to uncover the truth—because in waters where trust is a gamble and survival is the only law, she’ll break every rule to avoid walking the plank again.
ALT Some comps and themes for the book!
ALT A few excerpts from the book!
