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How They Met Themselves
A Historical Fiction Novella by Kris Waldherr
Subgenres:
- Gothic,
- Victorian London,
- Psychological Drama
This book is for you if you're into...
- Gothic love stories set in Victorian art circles
- Obsessive artist-muse relationships with a dark psychological edge
Inspired by Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, a haunting short story that reveals the dark heart of a tumultuous marriage between an artist and his muse.
When the Pre-Raphaelite painter-poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti meets shopgirl Elizabeth Siddal in a London millinery store in 1850, he considers his destiny defined: here is the golden-haired muse meant to inspire his greatest masterpieces. But every passion has a price. When Lizzie proves to be flesh and blood with desires of her own, Gabriel's obsessive love begins to decay, summoning a gothic tragedy of betrayal, laudanum, and death.
Rich in eerie atmosphere and poignant detail, How They Met Themselves explores the shadowy line between art and madness, and the power of love—both redemptive and ruinous.
Short story print length: 18 pages. Kindle edition includes the first four chapters of Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women by Kris Waldherr.
Previously published in the anthology Love Letters to Poe, Volume 3: Tales Torn from the Heart edited by Sara Crocoll Smith.
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