Grace Demyan
Harvey Klinger Literary
My Manuscript Wish List®
I’m seeking adult and young adult fiction in the following genres:
- Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Horror
- Historical
- Romance
- Mystery
- Thriller/Suspense
The key to my heart is fast-paced plotting, complex characters, and an interesting setting. In all genres, my tastes lean toward the dark, macabre, outlandish, violent, and shocking.
Things I Love:
- Unreliable narrators
- Women behaving badly/female rage
- Dark romance
- Speculative literary fiction
- Hackers, con artists, and scammers
- Psychological and emotional horror
- Unusual settings
- Stories with video game and comic book vibes
- Dark and twisty takes on girlhood/womanhood
- Madness and mayhem
- Historical fiction that uses real places, people, or events
- Stories about sports
- Characters with unusual/interesting obsessions
- Stories driven by unlikely heroes
- Villain love interests
Not The Best Fit For:
- Mermaids
- Theater/Reality TV settings
- Cozy mysteries
- Stories about the Bible
- Chapter books, picture books, graphic novels
- Nonfiction
- Memoir
- Fantasy with trials
*When in doubt, feel free to just query me!
Submission Guidelines
To query me, please use this link: https://QueryTracker.net/query/GraceDemyan
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
#ownvoices, Climate Fiction, Cyberpunk, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Domestic Suspense/Thriller, Dystopian, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Feminist Horror, Feminist SF/F, Folklore, Gaming, Geek Culture, Gothic, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Historical Women's Fiction, LGBTQ+, Literary Fantasy, Literary Horror, Literary Science Fiction, Monsters, Mystery / Crime, Mythic Horror, Nature, Near future, Paranormal, Post-apocalyptic, Psychological Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Thriller, Sci-fi Thriller, Space Opera, Speculative, Steampunk, Superheroes, Supernatural, Thriller, Time Travel, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Sci-fi, YA horror, Zombies, alternate history, body horror, book club fiction, dark academia, dark fantasy, fun SF/F, historical, historical mystery, historical romance, horror, literary, quirky, romantacy, sci-fi, science fiction, space horror, weird fiction, witches
I’d like the next…
My favorites include…
Authors:Â Beatriz Williams, Leigh Bardugo, Stephen Graham Jones, Bryn Greenwood, Ann Leckie, Rob Hart, Adriana Trigiani, Mike Chen, V.E. Schwab, Emily Tesh, and Gabino Iglesias
Books: The Girl He Used to Know, Pachinko, Butcher and Blackbird, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Ring Shout, The Night Guest, Daisy Darker, Here and Now and Then, The Mountain in the Sea, Magic for Liars, and What the River Knows
TV: The Boys, Fallout, Severance, Arcane, The 100, Yellowjackets, Lost, The Mentalist, Black Sails, Justified, 1883, The Office, Supernatural, Peaky Blinders, Fleabag, and The Mindy Project
