The Death Art
Release Date: 2026
Genre(s): Historical Fantasy, Magical Realism
Tropes: Magical Artifacts, Secret/Hidden World
Twenty-year-old Leeta and her twin brother, Darren, have only known life as the star attractions of McCaulley’s Circus sideshow act after their mother sold them. Every day without fail they are put on display to showcase their abilities: Leeta has visions of the dead and relives their untimely deaths while Darren speaks to their
spirits; giving their loved ones closure and frightening the ones who do not believe.
Not all is horrible, though, as they connect with others who were also caught in McCaulley’s web, forming their own family within the confines of their abnormal life.
One evening, Leeta discovers someone in the city is capturing, torturing, and murdering people who have special abilities, but for what, she’s not certain. Having gotten her chance at a real family again, she can’t let anything happen to them. Leeta has enough to deal with juggling her troublesome circus life and her budding
feelings for a newcomer to their city who keeps her on her toes and her heart fluttering in her chest.
She needs to find out who is hunting down those she holds dear before she and her brother are next. As the murderer starts hitting closer to home, Leeta will discover the darkest parts of herself as she sees how far she’ll go to protect those she loves.
Lindsey Anderle
Lindsey is a writer of fantasy, often weaving the magical with reality and adding a touch of the macabre. You can often find her surrounded by books, thinking of new stories, and wondering how to make them darker and weirder.
She lives in Texas with her husband and daughter, working as a school nutrition employee.