Til Death and Then Some

A slow-burn gothic horror where Shakespeare’s lovers are reimagined as predators, victims, and liars in a century-long haunting. Told in two braided timelines — the “original” tragedy and the investigation a hundred years later — the story begins as a faithful retelling, then fractures into betrayal, ritual murder, and a legend so corrupted it becomes dangerous.

The narrative blends:

Unreliable witnesses & reflections — the truth shifts depending on who’s telling it.

Ritual magic — moon-binding vows, vow mirrors, and cursed relics tie past to present.

Psychological intimacy & horror — love scenes that double as traps, murders that feel inevitable.

Contradicting realities — timelines leak into each other until the reader can’t be certain which came first.

Tone & style: Lyrical, immersive, and deliberately unsettling. Violence is intimate rather than gratuitous; romance is magnetic but corrupted. Every scene serves both character psychology and the larger puzzle, drawing the reader toward an ending they’ll question long after the last page.