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Jenn Lee Frances
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Writer She/Her YA Speculative 👻 Feminist Horror w social commentary & swooning
⭐️Winner: Best Submission Award SCBWI MayFest 2025
& WriteHive 2025 Mentorship
✨Big 5 Editor requests✨
THE TRUTH OF FEAR * Haunted & Hexed * Touch Him & Burn * Kiss Her & Die
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BENT NECK LADY VIBES

🖤Best Submission Award
🖤Big 5 Editor Requests

Simone summoned her murdered cousin, but she wasn't Nina anymore.
MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND—
#TheEastRiverWraith

A Good For Her Horror with Romance & Revenge & Reclaiming Power

A Revised #AgentsGuide
Upper #YA #NA #H #Q #Questpit
Image of forbidden loves Simone & Jadriel from my book: THE TRUTH OF FEAR. A Young Adult Feminist Horror, by Jenn Lee Frances. Taglines: Touch Him & Burn. Kiss Her & Die Accolades: Best Submission Award SCBWI MAYFEST conference 2025 *BIG 5 Editor RequestS & Write Hive 2025 Mentorship Winner* *Commissioned art by @demonyong_nini Image of creepy ghost girl, Nina, The East River Wraith. With the tagline: DEATH IS COMING. THE PITCH: When grief-stricken Simone summoned her murdered cousin, the girl who emerged from the shadowy depths wasn't Nina anymore. They call her by another name—The East River Wraith. She’s a malevolent spirit who drowns deserving boys. Simone should help her find peace, but the truth is, she’d rather let Nina be a vengeful ghost than ever lose her again. Except, now The Wraith is taking her rage out on the wrong boy. The one boy Simone has always trusted. Simone is risking her first love’s life & her cousin’s afterlife by holding on to them both. But she can’t let go again. The First Page of my book: The Drowning Girl started haunting my dreams again when my cousin went missing. She was waiting for me every time I shut my eyes in the harrowing weeks before Nina was found and dragged from the river. If I’d known I was foreseeing my cousin’s death most of my life, maybe I could’ve changed it. All I could do was try to help her in the afterlife. Gran always said when one dies a traumatic death their spirit can get stuck in a loop, reliving that violence over and over. I couldn’t let her exist that way. So, I called upon her, with a simple altar placed alongside the memorials for the others who were pulled out of the East River that frigid fall. Striking the long wooden match, I shielded the flame from the wind with my wounded palm, determined to light the final candle. The first for the grieved. The second for protection. The third for invoking that which shouldn’t be spoken. One should never summon the dead. They can always find you. Follow you. Attach themselves to you. I knew better, but I didn’t want my cousin to be trapped. I really just needed to see Nina again. But it wasn’t her who came. THE COMPS BOTTOM TAGLINE: A NEW URBAN LEGEND # THE EAST RIVER WRAITH 3 images of books that would sit on the same shelf as my book: Swoon Worthy like DON’T LET THE FOREST IN: Literary & Commercial Bi 4 Pan Queer Romance Dangerous Codependence Social Commentary Like in SO WITCHES WE BECAME # Good For Her Rage, Revenge, & Reclaiming Power Complicated Family As seen in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Netflix show & Book) Bent Neck Lady Vibes Foreseeing Death & It’s Looking Back
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This art is so cool!!!!
February 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Simone summoned her murdered cousin, but she wasn't Nina anymore.

MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND— #TheEastRiverWraith

A Good For Her Horror with Rage, Revenge, Reclaiming Power, oooh and a forbidden romance.

🎶🎙️Narrated by Courtney Fabrizio!!🎙️🎶

Art by @demonyong_nini

#muppit #YA #Feminist #H #Spec
February 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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That’s very cool!
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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I took part in Human Voices 4 Human Rights and for my donation I received a professional audiobook narrator to record A PITCH for my YA Horror novel: THE TRUTH OF FEAR.
Here’s the clip! YAY!
Narrated by Courtney Fabrizio
courtneyfabrizio.com @mycousincourtney
drive.google.com/file/d/1epfd...
HV4HR_ Jenn Lee (2).mp3
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February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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Donate, help, and get a professional audio snippet of your book! @thornsnrosesdotco.bsky.social
Human Voices 4 Human Rights!
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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A gentle reminder that #MSWL is just for agents and editors to post their wishes. We’ve seen some agents blocking writers posting in the feed, and don’t want this to happen to you!
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together.

Repost and spread the word, please!
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Thanks! It's by @demonyong_nini
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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🥰
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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OOh thank you, Tien!!
January 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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This is my favorite pitch today! HEY Tofu eating Thot Queer Zombie girls. I'd hang w you.
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Dead Girl walking... SO GOOD.
January 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Come fall, I'll have to let her go too... OH MY HEART.
January 31, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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This is so good, Tien!!!
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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BENT NECK LADY VIBES

🖤Best Submission Award
🖤Big 5 Editor Requests

Simone summoned her murdered cousin, but she wasn't Nina anymore.
MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND—
#TheEastRiverWraith

A Good For Her Horror with Romance & Revenge & Reclaiming Power

A Revised #AgentsGuide
Upper #YA #NA #H #Q #Questpit
Image of forbidden loves Simone & Jadriel from my book: THE TRUTH OF FEAR. A Young Adult Feminist Horror, by Jenn Lee Frances. Taglines: Touch Him & Burn. Kiss Her & Die Accolades: Best Submission Award SCBWI MAYFEST conference 2025 *BIG 5 Editor RequestS & Write Hive 2025 Mentorship Winner* *Commissioned art by @demonyong_nini Image of creepy ghost girl, Nina, The East River Wraith. With the tagline: DEATH IS COMING. THE PITCH: When grief-stricken Simone summoned her murdered cousin, the girl who emerged from the shadowy depths wasn't Nina anymore. They call her by another name—The East River Wraith. She’s a malevolent spirit who drowns deserving boys. Simone should help her find peace, but the truth is, she’d rather let Nina be a vengeful ghost than ever lose her again. Except, now The Wraith is taking her rage out on the wrong boy. The one boy Simone has always trusted. Simone is risking her first love’s life & her cousin’s afterlife by holding on to them both. But she can’t let go again. The First Page of my book: The Drowning Girl started haunting my dreams again when my cousin went missing. She was waiting for me every time I shut my eyes in the harrowing weeks before Nina was found and dragged from the river. If I’d known I was foreseeing my cousin’s death most of my life, maybe I could’ve changed it. All I could do was try to help her in the afterlife. Gran always said when one dies a traumatic death their spirit can get stuck in a loop, reliving that violence over and over. I couldn’t let her exist that way. So, I called upon her, with a simple altar placed alongside the memorials for the others who were pulled out of the East River that frigid fall. Striking the long wooden match, I shielded the flame from the wind with my wounded palm, determined to light the final candle. The first for the grieved. The second for protection. The third for invoking that which shouldn’t be spoken. One should never summon the dead. They can always find you. Follow you. Attach themselves to you. I knew better, but I didn’t want my cousin to be trapped. I really just needed to see Nina again. But it wasn’t her who came. THE COMPS BOTTOM TAGLINE: A NEW URBAN LEGEND # THE EAST RIVER WRAITH 3 images of books that would sit on the same shelf as my book: Swoon Worthy like DON’T LET THE FOREST IN: Literary & Commercial Bi 4 Pan Queer Romance Dangerous Codependence Social Commentary Like in SO WITCHES WE BECAME # Good For Her Rage, Revenge, & Reclaiming Power Complicated Family As seen in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Netflix show & Book) Bent Neck Lady Vibes Foreseeing Death & It’s Looking Back
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Thanks, Kelly!
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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YAY Rage!!
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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OhmyG I love your title!! (Love dogs, love a plus size MC and love FUNNY STORY!) Sold!
January 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Yes please!!!! Love me a feminist horror!
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Me toooo
a black and white photo of a ghost with the words thank you underneath it
ALT: a black and white photo of a ghost with the words thank you underneath it
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January 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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This looks Soo good!!
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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The Bent Neck Lady x Don't Let The Forest In

MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND
#TheEastRiverWraith

🖤Big 5 Editor Requests
🖤Best Submission Award SCBWI MayFest 2025
🖤Write Hive 2025 Mentorship Winner

A Good For Her Feminist Horror
With Rage, Revenge, Romance & Reclaiming Power.

#QuestPit #YA #NA #H #Q
Image of forbidden loves Simone & Jadriel & The East River Wraith: from my book: THE TRUTH OF FEAR. A Young Adult Feminist Horror, by Jenn Lee Frances. With Romance & Rage & Revenge *Commissioned art by @demonyong_nini Image of creepy ghost girl, Nina, The East River Wraith. A vengeful ghost who drowns deserving boys. But she's taking out her rage on the wrong boy. / With the tagline: A new urban legend. Image of Simone with her hand on fire. Tagline: touch him & burn. SImone is haunted and hexed. She's risking Jadriel's life & Nina's afterlife. Tagline: Kiss her and die. Bi boy next door, Jadriel Estrella, is Simone's cursed first love. And one of the only boys she trusts. But Nina doesn't.
January 31, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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So pretty. So creepy. Sounds so intense. All of my favorite things.
January 31, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Thank you Chase!!!
January 31, 2026 at 1:47 PM