Iris & Bone

"Celia Harkwell is bloodthirsty. She’s vicious and angry and lives to protect her sister. By whatever means or magic necessary."

Celia has always taken care of Agie. As her sickly twin’s condition worsens, Celia uses her Clairvoyance to predict her sister’s needs and keeps her temper muzzled so that no one ever has an excuse to take Agie away.

But a vision of Agie’s imminent death shatters Celia’s world and any restraint holding her back.
With only hours left to save her sister, Celia unchains her every brutal impulse in search of a magic powerful enough to stall death.

But Agie has her own ideas that will not only undermine Celia’s plan, but dismantle her very identity. Agie’s plan will rip them apart, but Celia’s extremes could cost her Agie in ways she could never foresee.

Iris & Bone is a dark fantasy short, set in the world of Blightshade and centered on themes of identity, enmeshment, and just how far you would go to save the person your world is built around. Iris & Bone is romance free with a strong emphasis on sibling relationships and love as justification for violence.

Content warnings for Iris & Bone include non-violent animal death, discussions of suicide, and brief scenes of magic body horror.

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