The Bishop Called Me Damned

The Bishop Called Me Damned

Florence, 1473His name was Rinaldo Orsini. A bishop. My cousin by blood, which made the verdict more precise in its particular cruelty.I was fifteen years old. I had been in his household since infancy, sent north from Umbria after the deaths of both my parents. He...
The Weight of Having Spoken

The Weight of Having Spoken

Present Day, June 4, 2026The Geometry of Ruin has been in the world for two weeks. I am still adjusting to what it means to have placed the testimony in public hands, to have allowed something that lived for years in my own accumulated observation to become a thing...