Books
Books
Books
THE LIVING DROWNED
THE LIVING DROWNED
THE LIVING DROWNED
For fans OF:
THE DEAD OF SUMMER & THE DEEP
For fans OF:
THE DEAD OF SUMMER & THE DEEP
For fans OF:
THE DEAD OF SUMMER & THE DEEP
The sea calls all home to The One.
The people of Zui are drowning themselves. The isolated island that Seraphina Hua has called home for all her short eighteen years of a life is experiencing a crisis. Each morning, a villager walks into the ocean, unresponsive to the cries of family and friends, never to resurface. Yet no one seems to remember them, as if they never existed at all.
Unwilling to wait around for her turn, Seraphina plunges herself into researching the history of Zui and its people, enlisting two fellow teens (the last “children” of the island), determined to find a cause and a solution to the drownings.
Through books, journals, and tape recordings, Seraphina and her friends discover the long-forgotten history of Zui’s establishment and the initial calamity that forced its residents to reckon with the awakening of an eldritch god deep beneath the ocean and subsequent disappearances.
The sea calls all home to The One.
The people of Zui are drowning themselves. The isolated island that Seraphina Hua has called home for all her short eighteen years of a life is experiencing a crisis. Each morning, a villager walks into the ocean, unresponsive to the cries of family and friends, never to resurface. Yet no one seems to remember them, as if they never existed at all.
Unwilling to wait around for her turn, Seraphina plunges herself into researching the history of Zui and its people, enlisting two fellow teens (the last “children” of the island), determined to find a cause and a solution to the drownings.
Through books, journals, and tape recordings, Seraphina and her friends discover the long-forgotten history of Zui’s establishment and the initial calamity that forced its residents to reckon with the awakening of an eldritch god deep beneath the ocean and subsequent disappearances.
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT Shelly Romero
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT Shelly Romero
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT Shelly Romero
SYMPHONY OF A HAUNTING
SYMPHONY OF A HAUNTING
SYMPHONY OF A HAUNTING
I FEED HER TO THE BEAST x I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN
I FEED HER TO THE BEAST x I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN
I FEED HER TO THE BEAST x I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN
Every musician learns to wield magic to manipulate the audience’s emotions, but some are better at using it than others. When aspiring musician Suyan enrolls at a prestigious music program, the same program that her genius sister graduated from two years ago, she finds that her skills don’t measure up. Not to her more competitive peers, and certainly not to the sky-high expectations set by her professors.
Her first week is filled with embarrassment – she messes up in her placement audition, gets the worst position in the worst ensemble, and makes a fool of herself in front of her classmates. Like sand, her dreams of succeeding in the industry start to slip between her fingers. So when Yue, a dashing and mysterious older student, offers Suyan a device that can amplify her magical ability, it’s impossible for her to say no.
At first, the device is only a crutch to help Suyan mend her tattered reputation. But a taste of success makes failure seem more bitter and, soon, the device becomes an inseparable part of Suyan’s life. Yue urges her to stop while she still can, but the hallucination of a masked maestro haunts her every step and encourages her to keep using the device in her obsessive pursuit of musical perfection. And as Suyan begins to lose her tenuous grasp on reality, she must decide if the promise of glory is worth her sanity.
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Unofficial cover art by @sakuraartist (Instagram)
Every musician learns to wield magic to manipulate the audience’s emotions, but some are better at using it than others. When aspiring musician Suyan enrolls at a prestigious music program, the same program that her genius sister graduated from two years ago, she finds that her skills don’t measure up. Not to her more competitive peers, and certainly not to the sky-high expectations set by her professors.
Her first week is filled with embarrassment – she messes up in her placement audition, gets the worst position in the worst ensemble, and makes a fool of herself in front of her classmates. Like sand, her dreams of succeeding in the industry start to slip between her fingers. So when Yue, a dashing and mysterious older student, offers Suyan a device that can amplify her magical ability, it’s impossible for her to say no.
At first, the device is only a crutch to help Suyan mend her tattered reputation. But a taste of success makes failure seem more bitter and, soon, the device becomes an inseparable part of Suyan’s life. Yue urges her to stop while she still can, but the hallucination of a masked maestro haunts her every step and encourages her to keep using the device in her obsessive pursuit of musical perfection. And as Suyan begins to lose her tenuous grasp on reality, she must decide if the promise of glory is worth her sanity.
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Unofficial cover art by @sakuraartist (Instagram)
Every musician learns to wield magic to manipulate the audience’s emotions, but some are better at using it than others. When aspiring musician Suyan enrolls at a prestigious music program, the same program that her genius sister graduated from two years ago, she finds that her skills don’t measure up. Not to her more competitive peers, and certainly not to the sky-high expectations set by her professors.
Her first week is filled with embarrassment – she messes up in her placement audition, gets the worst position in the worst ensemble, and makes a fool of herself in front of her classmates. Like sand, her dreams of succeeding in the industry start to slip between her fingers. So when Yue, a dashing and mysterious older student, offers Suyan a device that can amplify her magical ability, it’s impossible for her to say no.
At first, the device is only a crutch to help Suyan mend her tattered reputation. But a taste of success makes failure seem more bitter and, soon, the device becomes an inseparable part of Suyan’s life. Yue urges her to stop while she still can, but the hallucination of a masked maestro haunts her every step and encourages her to keep using the device in her obsessive pursuit of musical perfection. And as Suyan begins to lose her tenuous grasp on reality, she must decide if the promise of glory is worth her sanity.
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Unofficial cover art by @sakuraartist (Instagram)
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT Shelly Romero
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT Shelly Romero
FOR INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT Shelly Romero
Works in Progress
Works in Progress
AVAILABLE FOR
IP WORK
Elle is always working on new books. Short pitches for her works in progress are below.
Elle is always working on new books. Short pitches for her works in progress are below.
YA Projects:
YA Projects:
In the summer after high school, four friends go on one last trip together to a secluded cabin in Maine. Some harmless wishes made on the first night end up releasing a dream-eating demon into the world. (Horror)
ADULT Projects:
ADULT Projects:
A food-influencer turned criminal recounts the events that led up to her decision to cannibalize her friends in a memoir-style book, hoping to sway public opinion. (Horror)