{"product_id":"agnes-were-not-murderers","title":"Agnes, We're Not Murderers!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLesbian vixens from another dead world thread through moon-drenched cornfields and opulent drawing rooms in this literary horror remix of iconic gothic sagas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Clever, uncompromising, and utterly meta, \u003ci\u003eAgnes, We're Not Murderers!\u003c\/i\u003e is a reading experience unlike any other. Packed to the brim with footnotes and references to classics, this is gothic fiction at its absolute weirdest. Jessica Alexander is a major horror author to watch.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--Gwendolyn Kiste, Four-Time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Velkwood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything Looks Better in Red\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgnes is wasting away. In a bed of velvet and silk, she dreams of death--and Mary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary--a wraith with bloodstained gown and mouth--drips mystery and menace. She materializes beside a lake, beneath a pear tree, outside the window. She turns servants feral and plunges the manor into anarchy. Since her arrival, nothing is right. The maids snarl. The nights grow strange. Agnes swoons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer brother, Arthur, calls it a sickness. A curse. He stalks the halls with scissors in his fist. He wants purity and order. He'll strike out the unintelligible. He is not the only one. Others have begun to stir--jilted lovers, disgraced doctors, moralists with sharpened knives. The disorder is spreading. It's riotous. Contagious. They'll purify the world in flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten partially through footnotes and with a mystery of interwoven red text, \u003ci\u003eAgnes, We're Not Murderers!\u003c\/i\u003e is an atmospheric gothic vampire journey for fans of Kathe Koja and Mark Z. Danielewski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eNone of This Is an Invitation\u003c\/i\u003e (Astrophil Press, coauthored with Katie Jean Shinkle), \u003ci\u003eThat Woman Could Be You\u003c\/i\u003e (BlazeVOX books, coauthored with Vi Khi Nao), and \u003ci\u003eDear Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e (Subito Press). She lives in Chattanooga, TN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51926006792477,"sku":"9781968043087","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781968043087.jpg?v=1782327997","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/agnes-were-not-murderers","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}