Haunting and dark literary fiction with a horror/speculative premise
Funny upmarket/crossover fiction with complicated female protagonists (often in jeopardy)
Books that are likely to be categorised as ‘Weird Lit’, where we get inside the heads of unsavoury and slightly disturbed protagonists
A novel that considers identity and otherness from a unique angle
An atmospheric gothic fantasy (especially keen to see a unique and inventive magic system)
East or South Asian mythology-inspired fantasy (ideally from a UK-based author)