A Violin's Cry

A Short Fiction by Joseph CoxGenres: Horror and Gothic & LGBTQHeat Rating: SmolderLBP: 979458

Three days before the anniversary of Julian Banner's lover's suicide, a terrifying sound rips him from his sleep. Someone broke into Julian's home to steal a single string from his dead boyfriend's violin. After an unpredicted dinner out, Julian is lonelier than ever. That night when Julian wakes in a dream of smoke and fog – whispers, visions and a truth he was never supposed to realize become clear in the haze.

Reviews of A Violin's Cry

Joseph Cox has a clear, no-frills writing style, well suited to the tense, tight narrative line... [He] did quite a good job of compressing a complex denouement into a small space...GLBT Bookshelf

...beautiful in its simplicity...the slow build of tension and drama works very well to create a thrilling atmosphere tainted with a bit of horror...

Four out of Five stars

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