wanderlust

Sappho, from If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (tr. by Anne Carson)

London, 1921 — Against the bright opulence of high-end cabarets and shaded corners of time-forgotten pubs, the city still reels in the aftermath of the Great War, her dimly lit streets a home to disillusioned veterans, old money estates built upon generational secrets, and, perhaps… other things. Long-empty cradles, mirrors reflecting other worlds, and too-observant crows. Markets open only if one knows how to find them, and coded messages on the bottoms of tea cups. Watchers in the corner of one’s eye, moving too fast to be defined, running—or hunting. In the East Boroughs, a fragile truce is met between long-standing gang rivals, peace advised to hold its breath. In Hampstead, the heir of a business magnate is found dead in his family home, and the grieving patriarch seeks to dictate the truth. Upon old ambitions and older legacies, loyalty finds itself defined in gentle threats, shippings set to sail across the Atlantic, and well-timed handshakes at charity galas. And if there are rumours… of a banshee wailing in the night about bargains settled in blood, of grand masked balls hiding secret societies, odd weather, and howls echoing on moonlit nights... well. Perhaps there are those who seek to wield those rumours, too.

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