A TOUCH LIKE VENOM
A TOUCH LIKE VENOM is a crossover YA/NA gothic Romantasy for fans of Immortal Consequences, trading purgatory for a conservatory built over the underworld, where a witch-doctor founder runs the school as a cover while the living bargain with the dead in the currency of talent. It blends the haunting atmosphere and doppelgänger tropes of The Vampire Diaries, the swooning tension of Twilight, the grief-fueled illusion and identity unraveling of WandaVision, and the flower-threaded folk horror and destructive longing of Tenderly, I Am Devoured—but with a unique twist: deep roots in South African folklore.
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Similar titles: The Vampire Diaries, Immortal Consequences, Tenderly I Am Devoured, The Raven Boys, A Discovery Of Witches, The Whispering Dark, and A Curse So Dark And Lonely.
Status: Done. Going on submission soon.
DEAR BELOVED DEATH
A Crossover Young Adult Gothic Horrormance that’s a love letter to the cheesy Paranormal Romances from the 90s and early 2000s. The story blends a retelling of Hades & Persephone and I Know What You Did Last Summer with a South African folklore twist about a mythical bloodsucker that terrorizes and eats the cursed.
If DEAR BELOVED DEATH were a song, it would be Blink 182’s I Miss You meets The Alcott by The National (feat. Taylor Swift).
Status: Done. On submission now.
Supernatural Grey’s Anatomy: Title TBA
A New Adult forbidden romance between fated mates. Think Vampire Diaries but in a Grey’s Anatomy world, with a South African folklore spin on hybrid witch doctors & vampires.
Status: 20% drafted
WWTI
A Young Adult forbidden romance with a thriller sub-genre that could be comped to Fallen, Secret Circle & Edward Scissorhands, with a South African folklore spin, then dump the story into a moody Gossip Girl world.
Status: 40% drafted