thebitterdrop: THE BITTER DROP, A SERIAL GASLAMP...

THE BITTER DROP, A SERIAL GASLAMP FANTASY NARRATIVE, BEGINS SOON!
the world is a beast with a beautiful song
It is summer. The city of Wurmwald, so recently called Chervey, bakes in the oppressive heat and languishes under the colonial rule of the brutal Ormic Empire. There is unrest in the streets and chaos in the Parliament.
The Menelik twins — beautiful, bewitching Anzu and his wry, one-eyed sister Siris — arrive in Wurmwald amid this tumult. They flee a brutal hunter who wants more than just their lives. The twins are changelings, descendants of a powerful, immortal being and there are many uses for a changeling’s Flesh and Spirit. The hunter is relentless, merciless and almost mythic in reputation. What hope do the twins have against him?
More than the hunter knows. With the reluctant help of Xomael Kagan, a writer of pulp horror, and Mogila Molotova, a novice witch, the twins plot to face their pursuer and turn the tables on him. But will this fragile alliance survive after the truth of the twins’ past comes to light? After all, one does not attract the attention of a hunter without an interesting life …
The Bitter Drop is a gaslamp fantasy serial narrative featuring LGBT protagonists. It deals with themes of disability, alienation, trauma and trauma recovery and with experiences outside of rigid, binary gender and gender roles.
THE BITTER DROP BEGINS JUNE 1, 2015
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(the painting is of one of the protagonists, Anzu, and is by the fantastic odlaws)

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