What is it, in summary?: They are both supernatural tales Oke of Okehurst: The unnamed artist narrator is hired to paint a portrait for Mrs. Alice Oke, who's obsessed with her namesake ancestor. The dead Alice Oke was in a passionate love triangle and finally crossdresses as a highwayman and killed her lover. They may still haunt the mansion.
A Wicked Voice: Snotty singer-hating composer Magnus is noncon musically ravished by the dead Baroque castrato Zaffirino
What do you love about it?: I love the unreliable narrator, the exploration of loving/wanting someone so much that "you resent the power of love you feel for them and want to kill them out of love.", the atmospherir horror and the loaded sexual tension.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Character study for any of the nominated character, shippy stuff involving Magnus/Zaffirino, Oke of Okehurst Narrator/Current Alice, Oke of Okehurst Narrator/William, Oke of Okehurst Narrator/William/Current Alice and Past Alice/Current Alice.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No. you have to read the whole respective story.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): murder and suicide in Oke of Okehurst
Hauntings - Vernon Lee
Media: Book
Approx length:
The nominated characters are in 2 stanalone stories:
Oke of Okehurst: 49 pages
A Wicked Voice: 28 pages
Where to find it:
Link to the book on Gutenberg Project:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9956
What is it, in summary?: They are both supernatural tales
Oke of Okehurst: The unnamed artist narrator is hired to paint a portrait for Mrs. Alice Oke, who's obsessed with her namesake ancestor. The dead Alice Oke was in a passionate love triangle and finally crossdresses as a highwayman and killed her lover. They may still haunt the mansion.
A Wicked Voice: Snotty singer-hating composer Magnus is noncon musically ravished by the dead Baroque castrato Zaffirino
What do you love about it?: I love the unreliable narrator, the exploration of loving/wanting someone so much that "you resent the power of love you feel for them and want to kill them out of love.", the atmospherir horror and the loaded sexual tension.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
Character study for any of the nominated character, shippy stuff involving Magnus/Zaffirino, Oke of Okehurst Narrator/Current Alice, Oke of Okehurst Narrator/William, Oke of Okehurst Narrator/William/Current Alice and Past Alice/Current Alice.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No. you have to read the whole respective story.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): murder and suicide in Oke of Okehurst