Shelly Romero

United States

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Manuscript Wish List (MSWL)

Looking For

Manuscripts for MG, YA, and adult novels by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors.

Themes & Elements

slice-of-lifecoming-of-agecultsvampiressecret societieshigh conceptcharacter-driven storiesmultiple POVsnovels-in-versedeportation storiesAI/android relatedmissing BIPOC womentraffickingmurderhonor killings

Tone & Style

found footage vibeepistolarymixed-media

Comp Titles

classic Disney Channel Original MoviesGuillermo del ToroDavid CronenbergClive BarkerMCU/DCU

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About

Shelly Romero is a literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency representing MG, YA, and adult novels. She has a particular focus on works by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors across multiple genres including horror, thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy, and gothic fiction.

Submission Guidelines

Format: email

Submission Page: https://www.azantianlitagency.com/submissions

Guidelines:

I am seeking MG, YA, and adult novels, especially those by BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors. FICTION - horror (almost all the subgenres & especially for all age categories!) - Honduran authors - thrillers/mysteries - commercial fiction - slice-of-life à la One Tree Hill, the OG Gossip Girl, The Sandlot, Real Women Have Curves - sci-fi - spec fic - erotic novels, especially featuring BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA characters in kink spaces - set during college and non-college post-high school stories - coming-of-age - cults - gothic romance - midwestern gothic - vampires - stories by Latine/x authors from Central America and the Caribbean - fantasy (picky with second-world fantasies) - high concept - comped to classic Disney Channel Original Movies - comped to some of my favorite movies or in their same vein - southern gothic - playing with formatting such as mixed-media & epistolary novels that give the story a "found footage" type of vibe - anything comped to Guillermo del Toro, David Cronenberg, or Clive Barker - character-driven stories - multiple povs - historical fiction set during the Edwardian and Victorian eras but featuring BIPOC and queer characters; post-Civil War; in the 80s through the 00s - secret societies/clubs/organizations - sororities - comped to Balder's Gate 3 or Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Please don't send me: - picture books, chapter books, or graphic novels - historical fiction set during WWII - books over 100K words - commercial romance - stories featuring Nazis, Zionists, ICE, republican government employees, cops, military etc. - "clean" teen novels - stories centered on religions - novels-in-verse - deportation fiction & nonfiction - nonfiction including business, politics, memoirs, biographers, etc. - stories comp'd to the MCU/DCU - anything AI/android related - Westerns - missing women who are BIPOC due to trafficking, murder, honor killings, etc. - super gritty dramas

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