LEECHING THE SIRENS

A masked artist paints a portrait using his model's own blood. Finishing his work means ending her life. Can they find redemption for what they have done to each other?Jessica Shawsen tells her parents she is going to Denver to spend the weekend with an old friend, Shannon. When Jessica's parents receive a message saying Jessica has run away with a man, they contact Shannon... only to find Jessica has vanished without a trace. The life she knew is turned upside-down when she becomes his latest muse; his siren. She has been abducted and is now imprisoned in the studio of a masked artist, who is taking her blood, which he uses to paint Jessica's portrait, over and over. She knows the only way to escape is to stop him - but at what cost?Leeching the Sirens is inspired by my own work as an artist, using blood as a painting medium and is accompanied by thirty paintings done in blood as though they were painted by the masked artist of the story.