Beneath the rain-soaked shadows of Blackfriars Bridge, Julian Harrow follows the enigmatic Doctor Liang into a fetid underworld to reclaim his missing fiancée, Eveline. What he finds in the depths is not the woman he remembers, but a delirious beauty unraveling at the edge of life and madness. As love, grief, and obsession collide under London, Julian must face a truth more haunting than the darkness that surrounds them.

Semi-finalist in Writing Battle’s Autumn 2025 Contest.

Gothic. Visceral. Tragic. Romantic.