The Museum of Small Art's Everyman

By Kat Simons

Don't turn your back on the paintings…

 

Anne Reynolds shows up at crime scenes that baffle the police. Her specialty, and history, in art forgery make her an easy choice for investigating a murder at the Museum of Small Art. But she hasn't been called in because of her art skills.

 

The body on the gallery floor has a story to tell. A story drenched in blood. Sprawled beneath a painting steeped in demonic lore. And only Anne can get the dead to talk.

 

A touch. One touch, and she sees everything.

 

But seeing everything in the strange Everyman's Soul painting opens secrets that haunt.

 

And screams for murder.

 

Author's Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS WHERE DEMONS DWELL.

• Language: English
• Publisher: T&D Publishing
• Release date: Oct 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223312529

Kat Simons

Kat Simons earned her Ph.D in animal behavior, working with animals as diverse as dolphins and deer. She brought her experience and knowledge of biology to her paranormal romance fiction, where she delights in taking nature and turning it on its ear. After traveling the world, she now lives in New York City with her family. Kat is a stay-at-home mom and a full time writer.

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The Museum of Small Art’s Everyman

The Museum of Small Art’s Everyman

KAT SIMONS

T&D Publishing

THE MUSEUM OF SMALL ART’S EVERYMAN

Copyright © 2022 by Katrina Tipton

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Don’t turn your back on the paintings…

Anne Reynolds shows up at crime scenes that baffle the police. Her specialty, and history, in art forgery make her an easy choice for investigating a murder at the Museum of Small Art. But she hasn’t been called in because of her art skills.

The body on the gallery floor has a story to tell. A story drenched in blood. Sprawled beneath a painting steeped in demonic lore. And only Anne can get the dead to talk.

A touch. One touch, and she sees everything.

But seeing everything in the strange Everyman’s Soul painting opens secrets that haunt.

And screams for murder.

Author’s Note: This novella is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS WHERE DEMONS DWELL.

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

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Chapter

One

The Museum of Small Art, located off the beaten track in SoHo, on a side road between clothing boutiques and hip restaurants, wasn’t the usual place to host this kind of exhibit. Usually, the museum hosted exhibits of miniature paintings, small portraits, silhouettes, lockets, snuff boxes…anything and everything in miniature.

A touring exhibit of the grotesque and cursed would typically find its home in different types of museums. Places more gothic or Avant Garde. The Museum of Small Art was the kind of place school groups visited during holidays, and tourists