Cruel Muse Chapter One

Feb 14, 2025

8 min read

Updated: May 20, 2025

This is a chapter from my upcoming novel Cruel Muse, a gothic horror/lesbian pulp romance about the monsters that hide in the closet, keeping up appearances, pyramid schemes, and masterpieces. This is a polished draft, but passages may change for publication.

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