C.M. Sullivan 🍉

@cmsullivan

queer speculative author, library dweller. viable paradise '25, taos toolbox '24. SFWA associate and codex member. stories in apex magazine and the daily tomorrow. she/they. 🚫 to AI, now and always.

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C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· 4d

Contract is signed! I'm excited to share that my medieval fantasy story “Holly and Axe,” a sapphic reinterpretation of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, has been acquired by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social for publication. 🪓🌲

The graphic shows a misty forest. The text reads: Holly and Axe by C.M. Sullivan, medieval fantasy, 2,000 words, featuring monstrous Arthurian romance, the power of stories, and a sapphic retelling of The Green Knight.

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· 7d

my story, “The Light Below,” is available to read today in apex’s issue 154!! otherwise, you can catch it online october 20 🕯️🤍 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· 18d

AMINA AL-SIRAFI x QUEEN'S THIEF A dying thief switches fates with a man prophesied to end the worldwide flood. What's worse than death? Oh, consigning the guy you love to it. 🐉 sea-dragons 🏛️ floating libraries 🌊 flooded world ⛵ high seas adventures 🔥 slow burn romance #questpit #A #F #W #Q

A graphic depicts the text "THIEF OF THE VASTBORN" by C.M. Sullivan. The graphic shows a dragon statue; a marble column with an ocean view; a red-haired man with a blue eye gazing skyward; a grotto filled with seawater; part of a scarred man's face; a mosaic sun insignia; the statue of a half-veiled woman; a ship-rope and the open sea; and Greco-Roman style columns with an orange tree.

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· 18d

Get to know my main guys for #questpit! From THIEF OF THE VASTBORN: 🐉 Zev: Impostor. Sailor. Accidental thief. Ocelot wrangler. Perpetual loner. 👑 Dimitrios: Prophecied Divine. People’s prince. Book nerd. Chastity vow. Perpetual loner. Maybe they fall in l*ve?! 👀 #F #A #RF #Q #W #LGBTQ

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· 19d

Excited to finally share my novel, THIEF OF THE VASTBORN, for #questpit!! THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI x THE SONG OF ACHILLES: Fate swap. Drowned world. Queer M/M romance. Enemies to lovers. Sea-dragons?! And more! Read the agent’s guide below. Querying soon! #F #A #RF #Q #W

An agent's guide to Thief of the Vastborn by C.M. Sullivan, adult fantasy + romance, ~112,000 words. The graphic shows a dragon and a sailboat with charts and maps as the background vector.

TEXT: Pitch: In a flooded world survived by waterborne cities, young Zev is given a prophecy that he will die by the same illness that killed his mother. A decade later, when a dying Zev decides to take fate into his own hands, he accidentally swaps fates with the Prophecied Divine, a handsome and sheltered man destined to end the worldwide flood. The graphic shows a sailboat and more charts.

TEXT: Tropes: Queer M/M romance, fate swap, drowned world, sea-dragons, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, slow burn, animal companion, prophecies, pirates, cults. The graphic shows a leaf, an hourglass, and more charts and maps.

TEXT: Comps: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, high seas adventures; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller for mythical doomed yaoi; The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon for dragons; The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart for drowned world. The graphic shows columns and charts.

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Jun 13

Contract is officially signed!! I'm over the moon to share that my dark spec short story “The Light Below” has been acquired by @apexmag.bsky.social for publication. 🔥🌌 Also pleased as punch that this story was written for a holiday gift exchange with my crew at @viableparadise.bsky.social. 🪼

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Mar 17

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C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Mar 17

a perfect day for secondary world fantasy inspired by irish mythology!! 👀☘️ THE JASMINE THRONE x BONESMITH: A resistance fighter and a butch princess team up to fight a power-hungry god and a spreading wasteland. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #A #F #Q

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Feb 12

THE JASMINE THRONE x BONESMITH: A resistance fighter & a butch princess ally to fight a power-hungry god & a spreading wasteland. 🔥slow burn enemies to lovers 🔥lesbians!!! 🔥villain love interest redemption arc 🔥energy magic 🔥Eldest Daughter Trauma 🔥irish folklore #questpit #A #F #Q #booksky

A graphic of a hooded figure, a wrapped fist, a priestess with a candle, a foggy forest, a graphic that says "turn the pain into power," hands cupping a flame, the lower half of a woman's face, a castle staircase, a shadowed figure with a crown

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Jan 30

pleeeeeeease pray for me and the three fulls i have out with amazing agents right now. i need 2025 to be my year so help me gawd

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Jan 24

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Jan 17

#P2Ppit 📖 DAWN OF MORROW AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER x THE JASMINE THRONE: When a resistance fighter fails to assassinate the princess of an enemy kingdom, they team up as unlikely allies to save their warring countries from power-hungry gods and a spreading wasteland. #UW #A #F #Q

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Jan 13

#BluePit 📖 DAWN OF MORROW A resistance fighter & a butch princess team up to fight a power-hungry god & a spreading wasteland. 🔥 lesbian knife-to-throat romance 👻 very haunted forests 💀 not-your-everyday necromancy 🌀 complex queer sibling dynamics ☘️ irish folklore 🗡️ cloak-in-dagger cults #Q #A #F

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Jan 13

AVATAR: TLA x BONESMITH: When the fire-wielding Morrow fails to assassinate the princess of an enemy kingdom, they team up as unlikely allies to save their warring countries from power-hungry gods & a spreading wasteland. #BluePit #amquerying #Q #F #A

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C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Dec 22

waiting for querytracker to return from war

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Dec 3

bringing this meme over from the bad place: 4 books similar to the one i wrote! lesbian epic fantasy anyone…… #amquerying #WritingCommmunity

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Nov 18

“surely an agent wouldn’t send a query rejection at 7:30 in the—”

C.M. Sullivan 🍉@cmsullivan· Nov 9

Hello and welcome to new people here! 👋 I'm introducing the queer adult fantasy project I currently #amquerying and sharing the agent’s guide below. Other comps not included are AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER and DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION. ✨ #querying #adultfantasy #writingcommunity