BOOK LAUNCH: AGNES, WE'RE NOT MURDERERS! by Jessica Alexander

Written partially through footnotes and with a mystery of interwoven red text, Agnes, We're Not Murderers! is an atmospheric gothic vampire journey for fans of Kathe Koja and Mark Z. Danielewski. We're thrilled to welcome Jessica Alexander to The Twisted Spine for a panel discussion with Saskia Nislow (Root Rot) , Megan Milks (Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body), and Daisuke Shen (Vague Predictions and Prophecies) on July 16! About AGNES, WE'RE NOT MURDERERS! Agnes is wasting away. In a bed of velvet and silk, she dreams of death—and Mary. Mary-- 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. Her 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. Written partially through footnotes and with a mystery of interwoven red text, Agnes, We’re Not Murderers! is an atmospheric gothic vampire journey for fans of Kathe Koja and Mark Z. Danielewski.