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"Good gothic writing and mysterious mystic themes, a puzzle box of a story carefully researched and set in early twentieth century America and Europe" - Feminist Erotica reviews.

In 1923, Boston heiress Josephine Hart meets Ruth Summers, daughter of an eccentric clergyman. As their friendship deepens, Josephine and Ruth are drawn into uncovering the secrets of a long-forgotten cult dedicated to the terrible Magnum Innominandum. But once in, is there any way out? And could the secrets that Ruth and Jo keep from one another be the most dangerous of all?

A modern "weird tale" in the tradition of Lovecraft's mythos and Robert Chambers' "The King in Yellow", this novelette mixes supernatural mystery with human obsession and the fascination of the forbidden.