[ID: A landscape image of a wall painted green with a window to the left. To the right is a painting of a woman with red hair and a green dress drubbing absinthe. Written above her on the wall is “Absinthe”, written below her is “La Fee Verte”, and next to her pointing left is a red arrow. Overlain is white text in a 1960s style font that says “Wormwood”, and underneath in smaller text reads “A WIP Intro by Malandanti.” ]
WORMWOOD - A WIP Intro
Progress: 2/3 drafted so far
Age range: Adult
Genre: Gothic, Historical, light Occult Horror, dark - dark academ - I cannot say it 🤢
What to expect: messy female leads, almost all female cast, writing about writers, feminism, mothers and daughters, family rivalry, the culture of the late 60s into the early 70s, decadence, hedonism, and decay, Bunny by Mona Awad meets Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
Synopsis: Noel Seabright only ever had one ambition: to attend the renowned all-female Judith and Her Maidservant College as her mother did before her - even though it drove her mad. Once accepted and overwhelmed by a new society of liberated, cultured and intelligent women, she fervently clings to her sanity, ostracised most of all by Olivia Fitzroy, the aloof student living one door away - and the strange Wormwood Society that she belongs to.
A group of long haired, absinthe-drinking, LSD tripping intellectuals, Noel observes from afar. But when she discovers her mother’s own connection, and finds herself drawn to Olivia’s unpredictable behaviour, she resolves to claw her way in - even if only to bring it all down.
If you saw the old one, no you didn’t - WW is not YA, it’s adult! ANYWAY this is my baby, one I have tried and failed to introduce before, and I just love writing it. I fucking hate having to redo my intro post though.
