The Artist Leaves the Frame
The alley stank of rot and old rain. Water dripped from a rusted fire escape above, tapping a steady beat onto the dumpster at my back. Juno’s laptop screen glowed between us like a campfire in enemy territory. Marcus leaned against the brick, wiping blood from his mouth with the back of his han...
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Chapters
1. The Truth Is, I’m Tired
2. The Devil Doesn’t Stare—He Smiles
3. There’s No Such Thing as Random
4. Dirt Doesn’t Stay Buried
5. Paranoia's Not Just a Feeling
6. The Message in the Blood
7. When the Mirror Crack

8. The Devil Behind Glass

9. Rabbits Don’t Scream

10. The Teeth of Silence

11. Echoes Under Skin

12. The Devil’s Canvas

13. Meat for the God

14. The Warehouse of Skin

15. The One That Got Away

16. Blood Doesn’t Lie

17. Let Me Show You Pain

18. The Bone Collector’s Message

19. When the Bones Begin to Sing

20. Saint Eustace

21. The Ones Who Watch

22. Flesh Memory

23. Where the Rot Began

24. The Girl Who Watched

25. The Dollmaker’s Shadow

26. Face to Face with the Devil

27. Grayson Street

28. The Cult Beneath the Badge

29. The Storage of Secrets

30. The Unmasking

31. The Sound of Wet Canvas

32. THE SHRINE

33. Where the Air Stops Breathing

34. The Muse.

35. The Masterpiece.

36. The Last Tightening

37. Every Gallery Has a Closing Night

38. The Patron’s Room

39. Obedience

40. The Frame Never Empties

41. The Artist Leaves the Frame

42. When the Canvas Shifts

43. The Portrait of Fear

44. TOMORROW

45. The City Holds Its Breath

46. The Knife Behind the Applause

47. The Knife

48. Frame or Fire

49. When the Frame Falls

50. Gilt and Gravity

51. Fire Teaches the Room

52. The City Writes in Light

53. The Roof and the Ring


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