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Victoria Harris
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literary agent | editor | writer
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From my WIP, tentatively titled Living Room, New York.

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Text in a Word document reads: Theo sat down and exhaled sharply. “You scared the shit out of me.” “Sorry.” Laurie put out his cigarette in the wobbly bowl Kat had made at summer camp eight (or nine?) years ago. He hadn’t even considered that Theo might panic if he woke up alone. Laurie really was an asshole. He offered what was left of his coffee to Theo, who was shivering. Theo accepted the mug and took a sip, then said, “Come inside.” Even though his tone hadn’t indicated a question, he was looking at Laurie like he was waiting for an answer.
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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If your story explores this theme, query me!
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Screenshot of a Tumblr post by user gatheringbones, dated February 17, 2021: I love the tension of "you can't possibly want to be with someone like me" in queer stories, and the unbearable tension that results from someone saying "yes I very much do" Think a lot of straight stories get their tension from "is he safe? Is he trustworthy?" versus like. Hardly daring to believe that something this good could be happening to you of all people, as stigmatized as you are. And once you believe it you have to keep believing it, and dismantle every internal defense that keeps haranguing on that of course this isn't happening to you because you've imagined the whole thing from top to bottom. The internal horror movie that goes on every time a queer person allows themselves to acknowledge something powerfully good in their lives and how much they stand to lose if it gets taken away from them. It's just different
September 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM