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Susan Stradiotto
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Love this gothic imagery:
Paintings lined the high walls of the second floor, fitting together like puzzle pieces in golden arabesque frames. Stern faces with hands folded in laps bumped against swirling landscapes and modern pieces with no rhyme or reason. Dozens of paintings, maybe more. Nora gaped at them. The quantity alone was stunning, the quality even more so.
— Sep 04, 2025 07:00PM
Paintings lined the high walls of the second floor, fitting together like puzzle pieces in golden arabesque frames. Stern faces with hands folded in laps bumped against swirling landscapes and modern pieces with no rhyme or reason. Dozens of paintings, maybe more. Nora gaped at them. The quantity alone was stunning, the quality even more so.
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Susan Stradiotto
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Love this line: "The longer he studied the portrait, the more it felt as if she were fading, becoming an object on a canvas to be analyzed rather than his flesh-and-blood wife."
— Sep 08, 2025 04:33AM
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“Hello? Is someone up there?”
No answer.
Cold air seeped down from the studio, prickling over her skin.
It’s not heated up there, she reminded herself, waiting a moment, listening for sounds of movement.
She closed the door and ran back to her room like someone was chasing her. She...crawled into her bed, pulling the covers tight around herself.
Glancing at the portrait, she hissed, “Was that you? Knock it off.”
— Sep 07, 2025 10:21AM
No answer.
Cold air seeped down from the studio, prickling over her skin.
It’s not heated up there, she reminded herself, waiting a moment, listening for sounds of movement.
She closed the door and ran back to her room like someone was chasing her. She...crawled into her bed, pulling the covers tight around herself.
Glancing at the portrait, she hissed, “Was that you? Knock it off.”
