Terra Desmarais’s success as the next big artist in NYC is absolutely inevitable. Her patrons, the associates, Mr. Black, Mr. Silver, and Mr. Green, can practically taste the raw talent dripping from the enigmatic trailer park prodigy’s dollar store paints.
Up and coming pastel artist Cedric Fleck is a lucky discovery of the associates. Rescued from oblivion by Mr Green, put up in a studio by Mr. Silver and paraded around on the arm of Mr. Black should be the dream. But within the steady stream of great press and even better parties, Cedric can’t shake the sense that something is very wrong. He wants to hate the overnight success of Terra Desmarais, but he can’t help but be taken by her earnest obsession with art.
As the artists around them crash and burn, and Cedric struggles to break free from the toxic seduction of Mr. Black, Terra is only concerned with her strange and compelling paintings. She seems to want nothing of the fame, the money, the sex or the drugs. As the greed of the associates exposes their true colors, and Terra seems too lost in her art to notice the danger around her, Cedric discovers that inspiration is a living thing, and it is hungry.
AVAILABLE APRIL 9, 2024
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About LCW Allingham:
LCW Allingham is a Philadelphia area author, artist, and editor. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and her piece, “Cellar Door” won second place in the 2023 Bucks County Short Fiction contest. She is the co-founder and executive editor of the indie press, Speculation Publications. Her horror novella Muse is coming out in April 2024, and her debut historical novel, Lady, will be out in September, 2024.
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