flopgoblins:

flopgoblins:

We are looking for beta readers for our urban fantasy novel ‘Kingdom of Rust’.* 

With a med student’s workload, a breakup he’s not over, and a clinical rotation full of increasingly bizarre and horrific ailments, Wes Andrada is on the verge of burnout. And then he finds Pidge, his weed dealer, bleeding out in a storm drain and everything somehow gets worse.

Wes can barely remember to feed himself, can’t function without nicotine, and med school hasn’t equipped him to stop a terrifying new drug and its horrible side effects or the ruthless gang who are dealing it. He really isn’t equipped for a would-be hitman to turn into a coyote in his kitchen, or for Pidge to explode the guy’s head with a fertilizer spell and the basil from his windowsill planter.

Plus, it turns out Pidge’s deadly, powerful sister has been commuting from the Bright Country to set all this in motion with a coterie of elves in bikers’ leathers and unseelie silver. His other sister. Not the one whose gruesome death he’ll only talk about in the grips of his nightmares. Not the one who left him with nothing but a handful of seeds and a highly unusual sword.

Now Wes has to save his grungy town from a very lethal, very literal form of gentrification and he’s only got half an MD, a law student ex-girlfriend, and a dropout, drug-dealing prince of Faerie to do it with.

If he can trust Pidge.

(That’s probably the kind of thing he should’ve established before sleeping with the guy.)

Stuff to know:

• 71k
• Fairies
• Gay

We’re really hoping to hear from someone who’s attending/has attended medical school, or otherwise worked in healthcare, but if you’ve ever sold weed, made questionable life choices, or run away from Faerie, then we’d love your input. 

You can read the prologue and first chapter here, and if you’re interested in seeing the rest, hit us up. 

*With all thanks to the exceptional people who’ve already read and offered advice

Massive thank yous to all the amazing people who responded to our first call. Your expert input was invaluable in making the manuscript impervious to technical critique ready for review! We’ve had some notes back from our agent (she called it ‘Breaking Bad meets Holly Black’ then told us to make it gayer) and we now have a new and improved second draft of the story good to go. 

We’re going to be contacting everyone we didn’t tap for the first go round, but if anyone new would like to get involved, please hit us up here or at @thelioninmybed and @imindhowwelayinjune. We’d love to get this back to our agent by the end of the month, but even if that’s not possible for you, hit us up anyway!