Phantom Staircase

I’ve been away from my blog for a while – my blog page was under repair, and many other things were happening that kept me away from writing. I’m back at it now however, and working on the third book in my ‘Disfigured’ Series. Meanwhile, I wanted to share a photoshop picture that my friend Sharon Robertson made for me. For anyone who has read the first book in my series, titled “Disfigured, a Gothic Romance”, you might recall that my heroine, Sylvie, is a cook who prepares and delivers meals to her very misanthropic, angst-ridden client who goes by the name of Opera Ghost, or O.G. for short.

Sylvie discovers that the O.G. comes and goes from his home in a cavern far below the Opera Garnier by way of a long, dark, stone staircase. The walls are narrow, the stone old and worn. Old sconces in the walls are festooned with cobwebs. In short, it is a pretty creepy staircase. I could see it quite clearly in my imagination, and it features quite a bit throughout that book. The staircase down into Erik’s cavern home also makes a brief appearance in ‘About-Face’, the second book in the series.

So for anyone curious as to what this staircase might look like, check out this picture that Sharon found and edited for me. She added the cobwebby sconces for me. This picture is exactly how I imagined the staircase into darkness might look!

I think this image would make a great book cover also.  Just imagine Sylvie, creeping carefully down those old stone stairs, a candle in one hand, her skirts held in the other, making her way slowly to the Phantom’s Lair. Brave girl!

Thanks to Sharon Robertson, who also did the cover for my second book, for providing this photoshop edit for me.

Enjoy!