Bury Your Devoured

"Her mother's love usually never came without blood. But that's how all love comes. That's how you know it's real." After the sudden death of her mother, Ophelia, Irene Blackwell is left empty and haunted by her childhood. On the surface, they were a loving mother and daughter, but their love ran much deeper and bloodier than that. She longs for a another mother figure in her life to fill the void and cope. In comes Camilla Osman, the mortician of By Design Funeral Home where Irene works as a mortuary assistant. She's everything Ophelia was, beautiful, unnaturally kind, maternal, and she holds a secret of her own, Camilla is a serial killer. Infatuated, the lines between familial and romantic blur in a bloody relationship full of manipulation and teeth, all dusted in the scent of formaldehyde. Bury Your Devoured is a 26,000 word, gothic psychological horror novella. Content warnings: Blood, Gore, Violence, Brief Depictions of Sex, Cannibalism, Age Gap Relationship, Pseudo-incestuous Relationship, Graphic Depictions of Murder, Emotional Abuse, Mental and Psychological Abuse, Physical Abuse, Self-Harm, Grooming, Suicide, Mentions of Child Starvation and Neglect, Child Abuse, etc