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Elara runs The Steeped Leaf, a quiet tea shop in the heart of Austin, Texas—part sanctuary, part secret haven. But when a sudden, inexplicable ability to read tea leaves reveals glimpses into her customers' deepest truths, her tranquil world turns upside down. What begins as an innocent gift becomes a powerful—and dangerous—burden. Whispers of lost loves, hidden betrayals, and dark secrets emerge from the tea leaves. But one recurring symbol—a raven feather—haunts her visions, linking strangers, friends, and even her own family in a tangled web of ancient knowledge and unseen forces. As her readings grow more vivid, and a mysterious stranger pushes her further down a path she never asked to walk, Elara finds herself at the center of a mystery that spans generations. The line between insight and intrusion blurs, and every cup she pours may unveil more than she’s ready to see. Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, and cozy magical realism, Elara’s Tea Leaves is a captivating tale of intuition, legacy, and the secrets steeped in every heart. Available on Amazon- as Kindle, Hardcover and Paperback versions. Publication Date: June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/ecc7c0bd-acc9-475e-a586-a648024e8849/Screenshot+2026-03-30+115048.png Books Every year on May 25, Rie receives a birthday card—from herself. The handwriting is unmistakable. The ink is fresh. This year, it says: “Don’t let them sing.” Rie lives in a lakeside town obsessed with birthdays, but she doesn’t remember growing up here—and she has no memories before her eighth birthday. Every photograph, every ritual, every candle points to a truth she cannot face. Each year, a four-hour gap swallows her memory. Each year, the town resets her. This year, she will try to break the cycle. Atmospheric, relentless, and deeply unsettling, The Eighth Candle is a psychological horror about memory, identity, and the terrifying cost of growing up. A birthday, a town, a ritual—some things should never be celebrated. Available on Amazon- Paperback Publication Date: March 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/586dd5a7-51e4-4333-b20e-c3e0d6f81b8f/Screenshot+2026-03-27+090227.png Books Exciting News! In the hush of afternoon, when sunlight turns honey-gold and the world slows to the hum of bees, stories bloom. Pour yourself a glass of lemonade. Settle into the garden. Let porcelain cups clink and secrets unfurl like petals in the warmth. Sunlit Sips & Garden Whispers is a collection of tender flash fiction and art celebrating small joys, quiet magic, and the beauty of a moment savored. 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On a nearby iridescent cliff, a small band of robed explorers in reflective armor stand awed, their silhouettes tiny against the tree's cathedral scale. Wet-on-wet watercolor washes, delicate granulation, and luminous pigments create soft, bleeding edges and ethereal glows-every brushstroke emphasizing vastness, mystery, and wonder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/393cbb58-1c72-40a5-9953-9e990f6bbc89/SCIFI+Basquiat-style.jpeg Artwork Sci-Fi Basquiat Style. Crowned in static. A neon-soaked vision of future ruin and cosmic royalty, crowned in static merges skeletal forms with circuitry, symbols, and celestial debris. Floating crowns hover like fractured halos, suggesting power that is inherited, stolen, or long since corrupted. The central figure- part machine, part remains- appears suspended between command and collapse, broadcasting signals into a star-flecked void where spacecraft drift like indifferent gods. Dripping lines and erratic marks pulse with urgency, evoking a universe where identity is hacked, history is overwritten, and even death is wired into the system. Both playful and ominous, the artwork reads like a warning scrawled across the cosmos: consciousness endures, but at a cost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/d189990d-665d-4628-926b-6ff7daff720b/Alien.jpeg Artwork Eyes of the Abyss- The chaotic, almost feverish colors(green, blue, crimson) and dripping forms give the sense that reality itself is unraveling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/15566596-468b-4e94-a029-e4fd4e31a29e/Daydream+without+text.jpeg Artwork Daydream- A drifting reverie captured in watercolor, where a serene figure dissolves into clouds of color and memory. Suspended between dream and waking, the woman seems both rooted in the nature and unbound by it- her form merging with blossoms, her spirit carried by the sky. 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The moment feels suspended in time, as if the boundary between the familiar and the unknown has briefly dissolved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/eccc1e12-956e-436c-9c56-1cd323667c07/The+Bleeding+Grove.jpeg Artwork Title: The Bleeding Grove Description: A stark, skeletal tree claws at a washed-out sky, its branches splattered with crimson like wounds that never healed. Beneath it, the earth runs red—seeping, spreading, remembering. In the distance, a lone figure drifts through the haze, neither fully present nor entirely gone, as if drawn by something buried deep within the grove. The landscape feels suspended between life and decay, where silence is heavy and every shadow carries a story that refuses to fade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a3b06691d0e133943de483/685b3f25-00d9-4b93-9001-e9614c432e6a/inspired+by+Jean-Michel+Basquiat+horses.jpeg Artwork Sunflowers and Strange Horses. 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