Larissa Lochli
YA Buffy Meets Heartstopper Paranormal Romance
BITE ME MAYBE 72,000 words
Born and raised in Alberta, Canada, Larissa Lochli grew up surviving long winters the only sensible way: wrapped in a heated blanket with a good book and an overactive imagination.
She has been telling stories for as long as she can remember, even before she could write them down, and had to dictate tales to her mom and her grandmother, who patiently served as her scribes. She enjoys writing fantasy because reality could use some improvements, vampires because romance is better with fangs, and witches because women with power have always made
the world nervous.
Larissa later earned degrees in English literature and education from the University of Calgary. To pay for tuition, she worked as a cashier, where she kept a pocket journal tucked nearby, filling it with story ideas in-between customers.
When she isn’t writing about vampires and witches or buying notebooks she doesn’t need, she enjoys walks with her dog and mountain hikes, so long as they are short, scenic, and fall under the category of “pleasant stroll” rather than “hero’s journey.”
Unlike the vampires in her books, Larissa is fueled by coffee instead of blood, and prefers piña coladas to plasma coladas, although she does her best work after sundown. After all, one of her grandparents actually immigrated from Transylvania. BITE ME MAYBE is her debut novel inspired by wanting Willow and Tara to get a happy ending in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and putting a fun spin on vampire mythos through fruit bats.
Pitch
A teenage vampire relying on SPF 1000 and what he claims are “strawberry protein shakes” is framed for a series of attacks at his high school and must clear his name with the help of the perceptive new guy he’s dangerously close to biting—or falling for.
Opening Lines
Vlad crept between hanging carcasses striated with fat and connective tissue. Behind him, a slab of beef swayed on its hook, disturbed by a nonexistent breeze. He froze mid-step, straining his ears. No rasp of breath. No footsteps. Only the mechanical hum of the cooler and a prickling at the base of his skull that warned him he wasn’t alone.
But it wouldn’t be the first time his instincts had lied to him.
Comp Titles
The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Love at Second Sight by F.T. Lukens