Manuscript Status: Finished
Mentor Name: Peter McLean
Mentee Name: Nicole Willson
Title: TIDEPOOL
Category: Adult
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Word Count: 77,000 words
Pitch:
When Sorrow Hamilton travels to Tidepool in search of her missing brother Henry, she finds sinister locals, an intimidating widow with a daughter who may not be human, and a town caught in an ancient web of evil. Discovering a deadly ritual to appease the immortal creatures that dwell in the ocean, Sorrow knows that avenging Henry will doom all of Tidepool – and its denizens are hell-bent on making sure she never leaves. Gender-flipped Lovecraftian dark fantasy meets American Horror Story.
Excerpt:
Henry Hamilton
September 1913
Tidepool looked like the kind of place where people went to die, not to live.
After less than a day there, Henry Hamilton had already seen enough. His father had settled on the little oceanside town as a possible location for a beach resort. Henry’s colleague and friend Charlie Sherman returned from the place completely high on the idea, but as Henry strolled around Tidepool’s dirt streets he couldn’t understand their enthusiasm.
The only thing about Tidepool that Henry found impressive was the brick mansion that sat atop a high hill overlooking the town and the Atlantic. The enormous, elaborate house looked like someone had dropped it in from another, wealthier place.
The rest of Tidepool was all rusted metal signs and faded paint on wooden buildings that had long since warped in the town’s pervasive dampness. The ramshackle stores lining the main street looked like they might collapse into splinters and planks if Henry gave them a good swift kick.
He was starting to want to.
The vast, sprawling cemetery that Henry passed did little to improve his opinion of the place. Rows of mossy headstones stretched back as far as he could see, and the graveyard appeared larger than the town itself.
Well, that’s a swell sight to greet visitors, he thought.
18 Comments
Kaitlyn Johnson · November 1, 2017 at 12:06 pm
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Kaitlyn Johnson · November 1, 2017 at 12:07 pm
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– Kaitlyn Johnson
Kimberly Brower · November 1, 2017 at 12:44 pm
Please send the full manuscript & summary (spoilers OK!), if you have one. You can email to kimberly@browerliterary.com with PITCH WARS: Title Name in Subject Line.
Kristin Nelson · November 1, 2017 at 1:22 pm
Please send me the full manuscript! Include query letter or brief synopsis as first page of the manuscript and email it as a .doc or .docx attachment to querykristin@nelsonagency.com. In the subject line, please write REQUESTED PITCH WARS + the title of the manuscript. Looking forward to reading more!
Lindsay Mealing · November 1, 2017 at 1:33 pm
I’d love to see more! Can you please send your first 50 pages to querylindsay@emeraldcityliterary.com. Please include your query in your email and Pitch Wars in the subject line.
Thanks,
Lindsay
Laura Zats · November 1, 2017 at 2:04 pm
Hi Nicole,
I’d love to see the rest of this! Please send the query in the body of an email with the MS attached to laura@redsofaliterary.com. Please mention Pitch Wars in the subject line!
Cheers,
Laura
Peter Knapp · November 1, 2017 at 4:10 pm
This sounds excellent — I would love to read! Please send the full manuscript to queries@parkliterary.com attached as a Word document with the query in the first page of the document. Put “PITCH WARS REQUEST – PETE KNAPP” in the subject. Please also include a one page synopsis if available.
Thank you!
Pete
Joanna · November 1, 2017 at 5:24 pm
I love the voicer here – I’d love to see the full. Please email me at queryjoanna@nelsonagency.com In the subject line, write PitchWars and the title of your project. This will help ensure that your email isn’t accidentally deleted or caught in our spam filter. Please include your query along with your manuscript. Thanks!
Danielle Burby · November 1, 2017 at 5:42 pm
I’d love to read this! Please include a query letter or brief synopsis in the email and attach the full manuscript as an attachment to querydanielle@nelsonagency.com. In the subject line, please write REQUESTED PITCH WARS + the title of the manuscript. Looking forward to reading more!
Rena · November 1, 2017 at 6:45 pm
I’d love to take a look at this full manuscript! Please send it attached as a word document to: rena (at) thedeborahharrisagency (dot) com
Thanks!
Roseanne Wells · November 1, 2017 at 8:49 pm
I’d love to take a look! Please use the guidelines on jdlit.com to send 30 pp (instead of the usual 20) and put #pitchwars in the subject line. I can’t wait to take a look!
Roseanne Wells
The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Whitley Abell · November 1, 2017 at 11:32 pm
I’d love to see more! Please submit your query, synopsis, and first 50 pages to https://querymanager.com/query/inklings_whitley/PitchWars. I can’t wait to dive in!
Suzie Townsend · November 2, 2017 at 12:08 am
This sounds so amazing! You had me at Gender swapped Lovecraft — I would love to read the full ms! Please send the full manuscript to suzie@newleafliterary.com attached as a Word document with the query in the first page of the document. Put “PITCH WARS” in the subject. Please also include a dreaded synopsis if you have one. Thank you! Can’t wait to read!
Amelia Appel · November 2, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Hi Nicole! This sounds so fun – I would love to review! Please send the first 50 pages and a full synopsis to amelia@triadaus.com, and please do put “Pitch Wars” in the subject line. Thank you so much!
Jennifer Azantian · November 3, 2017 at 2:47 am
I would love to read more!
Please send your query, 1-2 page synopsis, and first 100 pages (in an attached word doc.) to queries at azantianlitagency dot com with “PitchWars: TITLE by Name” in the subject line. Thanks!
I look forward to reading!
Jennifer Azantian
Azantian Literary Agency
Jennifer Azantian · November 3, 2017 at 2:49 am
I would love to read more!
Please send your query, 1-2 page synopsis, and first 100 pages (in an attached word doc.) to queries at azantianlitagency dot com with “PitchWars: TITLE by Name” in the subject line. Thanks!
I look forward to reading!
Jennifer Azantian
Azantian Literary Agency
Jaida Temperly · November 3, 2017 at 6:19 pm
This sounds fantastic — would love to read! Please send the full manuscript with the query pasted on the first page to jtemperly@newleafliterary.com
xJaida
Lynnette Novak · November 3, 2017 at 9:05 pm
I love dark fantasy and am intrigued. The premise sounds fantastic! I want to know more about the daughter who might not be human, the deadly ritual used to appease the immortals, and why they won’t let Sorrow leave.
Please send the full manuscript to Lynnette@theseymouragency.com, attached as a Word document with the query as the first page. Put “Pitch Wars” and your title in the subject line. Please also include a brief synopsis as a separate document. Thanks! Can’t wait to read!
Lynnette Novak
The Seymour Agency
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