Books on Sub
What We Left in the House (Gothic Horror)
Adult | All rights available
Ella Ward is haunted by her secrets—secrets like why she quit the ghost hunting show she hosted with her controlling sister Rachel, or what really happened the night their friend died almost twenty years ago. So when Ella and Rachel jointly inherit their late uncle’s home, Ella is desperate to uncover its ghosts so she can build a life away from her sister. But Rachel will do anything to keep Ella close—and protect secrets of her own. If Ella can’t unearth what was left in the house, she’s in danger of repeating her family’s tragic, vicious past.
Comps: THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon, SPITTING GOLD by Carmella Lowkis, THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando, The Haunting of Hill House
Look out for: difficult sister relationships, family secrets, literal and figurative ghosts
Adult | All rights available
Ella Ward is haunted by her secrets—secrets like why she quit the ghost hunting show she hosted with her controlling sister Rachel, or what really happened the night their friend died almost twenty years ago. So when Ella and Rachel jointly inherit their late uncle’s home, Ella is desperate to uncover its ghosts so she can build a life away from her sister. But Rachel will do anything to keep Ella close—and protect secrets of her own. If Ella can’t unearth what was left in the house, she’s in danger of repeating her family’s tragic, vicious past.
Comps: THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon, SPITTING GOLD by Carmella Lowkis, THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando, The Haunting of Hill House
Look out for: difficult sister relationships, family secrets, literal and figurative ghosts
Dead Men Problems (Mystery)
Young adult | All rights available
Now that she’s homeschooled, Phoebe knows the kids who bullied her out of sophomore year will never see justice. So when her elderly neighbor dies, it’s hardly a surprise that everyone chalks it up to a bad fall—even though Phoebe heard him begging for help before the ambulance took him away. Phoebe’s cantankerous, elderly tutor agrees to help her investigate, but what started as a history lesson turns lethal when they unearth their quiet suburb’s Cold War secrets.
Comps: THE AGATHAS, TRULY DEVIOUS, Only Murders in the Building
Look out for: queer joy, found family, laugh-out-loud snark you can only get from teenagers, sleight-of-hand magic, satisfying standalone with series potential
Young adult | All rights available
Now that she’s homeschooled, Phoebe knows the kids who bullied her out of sophomore year will never see justice. So when her elderly neighbor dies, it’s hardly a surprise that everyone chalks it up to a bad fall—even though Phoebe heard him begging for help before the ambulance took him away. Phoebe’s cantankerous, elderly tutor agrees to help her investigate, but what started as a history lesson turns lethal when they unearth their quiet suburb’s Cold War secrets.
Comps: THE AGATHAS, TRULY DEVIOUS, Only Murders in the Building
Look out for: queer joy, found family, laugh-out-loud snark you can only get from teenagers, sleight-of-hand magic, satisfying standalone with series potential
The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson (Historical mystery)
Adult | All rights available
To stay out of jail, save a missing boy, and protect her family, Mrs. Katherine Hudson will need to dodge her budding feelings for Lady Holmes and survive long enough to unravel a secret her father may have died to protect.
Comps: VERONICA SPEEDWELL, THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDMORE HOUSE, Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Look out for: queer romance, telegraph jokes, Victorian England, commentary on sexism and class, Sherlock Holmes prequel, satisfying standalone with series potential
Adult | All rights available
To stay out of jail, save a missing boy, and protect her family, Mrs. Katherine Hudson will need to dodge her budding feelings for Lady Holmes and survive long enough to unravel a secret her father may have died to protect.
Comps: VERONICA SPEEDWELL, THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDMORE HOUSE, Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Look out for: queer romance, telegraph jokes, Victorian England, commentary on sexism and class, Sherlock Holmes prequel, satisfying standalone with series potential
Short Stories
Safe at Home
A young mother home alone with her kids must decide whether its safe to open the door
Witch House Amateur Magazine of Cosmic Horror, Issue 3 (2023)
https://witchhousemag.blogspot.com/2023/10/witch-house-3-is-now-available.html
A young mother home alone with her kids must decide whether its safe to open the door
Witch House Amateur Magazine of Cosmic Horror, Issue 3 (2023)
https://witchhousemag.blogspot.com/2023/10/witch-house-3-is-now-available.html
Breed Hollow
Isolated in the country during lock down, a woman seeks connection with the wildlife surrounding her cabin, only to find that the wildlife is obsessed with her
Toil & Trouble Literary Magazine, Issue 02: "Animals" (2023)
https://toilandtroublelitm.wixsite.com/magazine
Isolated in the country during lock down, a woman seeks connection with the wildlife surrounding her cabin, only to find that the wildlife is obsessed with her
Toil & Trouble Literary Magazine, Issue 02: "Animals" (2023)
https://toilandtroublelitm.wixsite.com/magazine
Once Faced and Settled
Amelia Earhart flies a dangerous mission for a secret agency to an island in the Bermuda Triangle filled with prehistoric life and a mad, mad scientist in this reimagining of classic Paramount horror films.
Agents of the Abyss Anthology from Padwolf Publishing (2023)
Amelia Earhart flies a dangerous mission for a secret agency to an island in the Bermuda Triangle filled with prehistoric life and a mad, mad scientist in this reimagining of classic Paramount horror films.
Agents of the Abyss Anthology from Padwolf Publishing (2023)
Almost Above the Tannery
A young man investigates the not to tragic death of his uncle as his own father tries to cover it up
Transcendent Anthology from Transmundane Press, 2018
https://amzn.to/3eDtfZr
A young man investigates the not to tragic death of his uncle as his own father tries to cover it up
Transcendent Anthology from Transmundane Press, 2018
https://amzn.to/3eDtfZr
