Title: GETTING BACK Genre: Adult Fantasy Word Count: 72,000 My MC and MA are dressed as: Diana would refuse to dress up for Halloween, so she’d go as herself, a queen. However, Calla’s passive ambitions would drive her to dress up in a queen costume, crown and all. Calla would eat up the look on Diana’s face if […]
Title: POPULIST Genre: Adult Speculative Fiction Word Count: 102,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Greg is dressed as Donald Trump. His wheat-colored wig keeps slipping off of his head, and the orange makeup causes him to sweat. Even though he hates politics, he can’t resist an opportunity to provoke others. The antagonist, Malcolm, contends with […]
Title: DENALI SUMMER Genre: Contemporary YA Word Count: 71,000My MC & MP are dressed as: Mama always made us girls coordinate for Halloween. Let my brothers do what they wanted—of course she did. But from my very first Halloween, three-month-old me is stuffed into an ETBU cheerleader onesie that matched the two-piece versions donned by the twins […]
Title: THE CAMP Genre: Adult Science Fiction Word Count: 94,000 My MC and MA are dressed as: Celia, the main character, is terrible at picking costumes but she found a ridiculous blue pinafore at a second-hand shop. In a stroke of genius, she decided to go to the party as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. At the […]
Title: LOTUS ISLANDGenre: Young Adult Contemporary RomanceWord Count: 70,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Despite having the huge desire to repeat her Ms. Frizzle costume from last year (her favorite ever), Lucy would be talked into a team dress-up with her best friend, Rachael, who comes up with the more daring costumes. It would […]
Title: DISTRACTEDGenre: Adult Contemporary RomanceWord Count: 80,000 My MC and MA are dressed as: Although Jackson mandated that the team would all dress as characters from popular videogame Halo, and assigned Alicia the Cortana character, there’s no way she’s going to wear skintight blue spandex in front of her all-male team. Instead, she dresses as Master Chief Petty Officer […]
Title: FLASHES Genre: YA Thriller, Own Voices Word Count: 71,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Levi, being a huge horror movie fan, would opt to pay homage to Freddy Krueger. He would wear Freddy’s classic red and green striped sweater, but would forego his trademark hat and gloves, and any sort of mask. The […]
Title: TARNISHED Genre: Ownvoices Young Adult Thriller Word count: 62,000 My MC and MA are dressed as: Tanvi prefers simple, and she can’t afford a costume. She’ll pop a sheet over herself and call it a ghost. Mimi needs to stay in hiding and keep her cousin from knowing she’s back. What’s better at disguise than a […]
Title: THE WITCH AND THE DEMONGenre: Young Adult High Fantasy (ownvoices)Word Count: 80,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Ebba came dressed as a demonic goddess, to thumb her nose at the villagers who falsely accused her consorting with the forces of Hell. Kryptos, the Demonic God of Cowardice, came as himself, because he has […]
Title: THE ROSE VENDETTA Genre: YA Fantasy Word Count: 87,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: My MC and MA show up dressed as walking flames, glowing robes and all. Adonia hides her anxiety behind the bold colours and fiery mask, but Dante just wants to burn Adonia and her coven to cinders. Query: In […]
Title: THE HOLLOW WOODS Genre: Upper MG Dark Historical Fantasy Word Count: 48,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Henry would dress to match his father at a Halloween party. Not the side of him draped in tattered clothes that reek of manual labor from working their apple orchard. To him, work’s more important than […]
Title: THE WISHBONE CURSEGenre: Middle Grade Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 51,000 My MC and MA (main antagonist) are dressed as: Pip’s dressed as The Bride of Frankenstein. She has poliosis, so she’s already got white streaks in her black hair. (She has a pretty self-deprecating sense of humor, so she wouldn’t mind). Daryl would go dressed in his […]