From Award Winning Authors Tamsyn Bester and Robin Ash, comes Romance is Dead, a haunting retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s Classic “Romance” I’ve lost my muse. And in the process I’ve lost myself. I can’t paint. I can’t even breathe. So when I stumble across an ad for a house in the middle of nowhere, I decide to respond. Three months. That’s all I need. And when I show up, the house looks as dead and lifeless as I feel. It’s perfect. The only caveat is that I won’t be alone. The owner of the house will be staying with me, but promises to stay out of my way. Sounds simple enough. Except it’s not. The house is falling apart and nothing about the owner I’m sharing the place with is normal. Which actually suits me fine because I’m not normal either. I set up my studio, and find that I’m painting her. The woman I’m staying with. And one night, when I find myself on the wrong side of drunk, I make the fatal mistake of kissing her. Cold lips, icy hands. She’s an enigma I’m drawn to in a way I don’t understand. Until I discover why. They say romance is dead. And they’re not wrong. Because she’s dead. And I am too.