VORATRIX
YA CONTEMPORARY FANTASY – 85K
Keira is an ancient Assistant to Death who must find the human evading his death-date by stealing life from those around him. If she cannot stop him, the fabric of life and death will be permanently altered, with the human race becoming nothing more than chattel for time. Told in three unique perspectives, this story which is comped as SCYTHE meets LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON is the first in a planned trilogy.
STATUS: QUERYING
MONERE MONSTRUM | WARN THE MONSTER
The sequel to Voratrix, we follow Keira, Molly, Connor, and Harleigh as they unravel the secrets of the Library, hunt down those killing humans for their time, and realize that the monsters are more than just the creatures lurking in the dark. In fact, they’re a lot closer than any of them realize…
STATUS: DRAFTING
THE RED HOOD CHRONICLES
YA FANTASY – 80K
Vesta is the heir to the Red Hood Assassins Guild and has just been given her first assignment. When the task is not fighting hydras or chimeras, but protecting a vicious ice princess and killing her fire rival to the throne, she becomes tangled in a battle of wits against the Blue Hood Hunters’ own protege. Will she be able to kill the princess and protect her charge, all while keeping her heart protected from the red-headed killer haunting her dreams, or will she be executed and dishonor her whole clan?
STATUS: EDITING
Time to Upgrade
YA DYSTOPIAN SCI-FI HEIST – 90K
Set in a believable future society where cybernetic enhancements are as necessary in society as cellphones are today. When Nym, local repair expert in the poorest sectors of their city discovers that The Company is bricking body parts to force their citizens to pay for the latest models, she must put together a ragtag team of rebels who want to break in and stop the forced roll out during the launch party. All Nym needs to pull this off is to a) not fall for the man who delivered the proof of The Company’s plans, b) for her own short-circuiting arm to stop flooding her nerves with pain, and c) keep her identity a secret so all of the citizen who depend on her illegal repairs still have a shop to come to if they fail.
STATUS: DRAFTING
CHARLOTTE
ADULT SPECULATIVE FICTION
When Charlotte came to stay, everything was different. Not because the poor girl had seen things no child should have to, or because her mood swings were as violent as tornado season in Missouri, or even because she demanded attention wherever she went. Charlotte makes you feel things, look at your own life, and wonder where you went right or wrong. And she makes you wonder if you’ve ever done enough for the kids you see hurting in your life. Because Charlotte isn’t the only kid suffering, and she wants you to know that.
STATUS: OUTLINING
Skip, Hop, Run
MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION
Ollie can’t explain it, and he knows he’d sound crazy if he ever tried to tell anyone. But every night when he falls asleep, instead of the dreams his classmates talk of having…he wakes up in a different animal’s body. He tries his best to help lost dogs find their way home, alley cats find safe shelter, and the random raccoon find a tasty dumpster to dive in. One night, his innocent helpings change when he finds a group of orphaned kids who adopt his dog as their own. And the next night, his rat overhears police officers planning a raid of their encampment. Can Ollie use his animal friends and the short time each night to rescue his new friends? Or better yet… should he?
STATUS: OUTLINING
Briannica Lynn Briggs 