Charlotte B. Plumb

ALT The first & last lines of DEAD GODS RISING by MD Kerkhoven, a queer YA dark fantasy with cosmic horror elements.

ALT The first lines: ‘The sea always gave back what she took. Except for Atlas. Him she kept.’

ALT The last line: ‘The sea always gave back what she took.’

ALT Character art of two female main characters against a gloomy, seaside/lighthouse background setting, hugging intimately. One limply holds a knife, a blue crab crawling on her leg.

ALT An editor’s guide to WHERE THE WICKED LIE by M.D. Kerkhoven

ALT THE PITCH (Cover images of Where the Dark Stands Still, Midnight Mass, Inheritance of Scars, and The Wicked Deep) A suspected witch strikes a dangerous bargain with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town in order to break its curse, only to be targeted by a ruthless pastor desperate to keep the curse intact—even if it means destroying her.

ALT Character art of two FMCs surrounded by a trope map: A curse Ghost ship Sleuthing lesbians Coastal town with sinister secrets Chronic illness rep Corrupt church Angry witches Stabby x sunshine

ALT REACH OUT Chapter One Death arrived by neither steed nor raven, but as it did every solstice: aboard a coal-black galleon with charred sails. It had been summoned, as always, by the drowned bell’s first chime. Rep: Matthew Valdez @ Megibow Literary Agency

ALT THE PITCH (Cover images of Where the Dark Stands Still, Midnight Mass, What Wakes the Bells, and The Wicked Deep) A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse and clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken.

ALT THE PITCH (Cover images of Where the Dark Stands Still, Midnight Mass, What Wakes the Bells, and The Wicked Deep) A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse and clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken.