Realms of Chiaroscuro

By LaQueta Morrell

REALMS OF CHIAROSCURO opens the door one can't close alone. In "Slice Heist", Tien's grounded after accidentally breaking the family heirloom. Movie night is canceled. But it doesn't stop her from plotting her revenge and sneaking into the kitchen in the dead of night. However, with her parents sleeping nearby, the unknown lurks around every corner.

In "More of the Same", Cheryl, gorgeous third wheel, turns her charms on the lookout after an art heist. She has no quarrels with mixing business with pleasure to keep herself in the loop. But Easley, the lookout, isn't the only man on the team who would rather move on to bigger and better things.

In "Galatians 6: 7-9", Treyvon gets caught cheating during the high school final exams by his strangely mystical teacher, Mrs. Harris. But when she and his accomplice, Janet, get called to the front of the classroom, a scolding isn't all they get. He never realized he'd have to fight for his future and the life of his best friend's girl.

In "Property of Miss Summer", Sheriff Martin comes looking for Vernon Cowl, a murderous Scoundrel with eyes for Miss Summer. But what he finds in Rosewood Manor is the brothel owner's errand girl, Dixie Hope. What he discovers is that evil has no tell-tells, it can be anywhere and anyone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LaQueta Morrell
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005742812

LaQueta Morrell

LaQueta Morrell is a Game Writer who specializes in action, adventure, and horror in Turn-based Tactics, Visual Novels, and Role-playing Games. Currently, she’s earning a BFA in Creative Writing from Full Sail University and is an active member of Full Sail’s Creative Writing Club. Masterclass.com provides unique details, inspiration, and motivation, while Full Sail U gave her direction and all the finer details. She enjoys re-upholstering classic muscle cars when she’s not homeschooling her four children.

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Realms of Chiaroscuro

LaQueta Morrell

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

More of the Same

Galatians 6: 7-9

Slice Heist

Property of Miss Summers

About the Author

More of the Same

A slop of red lipstick paints his cheek. The curve of her lips. The swaying of her hips. Would you watch me if I danced tonight, Cheryl asks. She stands in the center of the courtyard atop the Medusa on the mosaic floor. The A Maenad, a statue, sits far behind her. The archway exit is on her left and the garland sarcophagus, ahead of her, at the mosaic’s rim.

She stretches up toward the museum’s glass ceiling. Letting the courtyard shadows cover her face. The