Overview

What begins as a casual encounter with a mysterious stranger turns into an unraveling—one that leaves Detective Dirk Deckard stripped of certainty, identity, and sanity.

Set ten years before the events of Drop Dead Gorgeous, this short prequel story is a free, newsletter-exclusive bonus. It forgoes romance in favor of cosmic horror, madness, and a single, devastating revelation. A descent into the Theatre of Shadows’ most treacherous corridors—where some doors, once opened, do not close.