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Margot likes being in control. Straight-A student. Robotics club champion. Always calm, always analytical. But sometimes abandoned theaters hold surprises. (Artwork in progress for The Osiris Circle: The Trap Room Ghost).

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Strange things are afoot at the old theater...

Kathy and Adam weren't expecting to see what they saw at a place that's sat abandoned for thirty-five years...

(Some more no-spoiler art from my WIP, The Osiris Circle Book 1: The Trap Room Ghost.)

In the remarkable, bizarre, and heart-wrenching summer before Cullen Witter’s senior year of high school, he is forced to examine everything he thinks he understands about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town. His cousin overdoses; his town becomes absurdly obsessed with the alleged reappearance of an extinct woodpecker; and most troubling of all, his sensitive, gifted fifteen-year-old brother, Gabriel, suddenly and inexplicably disappears.

A sharp, messy, supernatural thriller about jealousy, fame, and the dangerous things we invite into our lives.

Pre-Reading Thoughts

Influencer culture is such fertile ground for fiction - especially when it brushes up against the supernatural. The idea of a friendship turned sour while one girl builds an online empire and the other stews in resentment immediately promises drama. Add in a mysterious shadow-work book and something dark lurking behind the rituals, and it sounded like the kind of story that could go in several intriguing directions.

Post-Reading

As I thought… The tension between Bella and Kerry drives the story well. Their broken friendship feels believable, especially the mix of jealousy, hurt, and unresolved anger simmering underneath everything. The influencer world adds a glossy layer to the narrative that contrasts nicely with the darker supernatural elements creeping in.

It surprised me by… Just how literally supernatural things become. What begins as rituals that might simply be emotional catharsis takes a definite turn into oh no, that’s actually a demon. The balance between social-media satire, teen melodrama, and horror occasionally wobbles, but the story itself is compelling enough that I kept wanting to know what would happen next.

Music Pairing

🎵 Featured Song: Bad Guy — Billie Eilish 🎶 Vibe Album: Sour — Olivia Rodrigo 🎧 Artist Recommendation: Billie Eilish

Vibe Check

Colour Palette: neon pink, phone-screen blue, shadow black Soundtrack: notification pings, whispered rituals, the hum of a ring light Season: late summer Mood: jealous, glittery, ominous Scent: expensive perfume and candle smoke

Tarot Pull

The Devil

The Devil represents temptation, obsession, and the seductive pull of things that promise power or success. I chose it for this story because both fame and the mysterious rituals offer exactly that - until the characters realise the cost might be far higher than they expected.

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