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cecil fenn
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melancholy & horror enthusiast • menswear mannequin • mortuary science primer • mid-Atlantic goth • writer & transmedia designer
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The Restorative Artist - my debut novel - is coming September 2026.

An accomplished mortician haunted by the death of his first love pulls apart his relationships and funeral home in an attempt to escape the pain of loss.

Preorder here: shorturl.at/x7oWg
Preorder link is in my pinned post — Lucent Dreaming will be publishing The Restorative Artist in the UK in Sept 2026!

Just getting started here on Bluesky. I would love to connect with readers & other writers - so please say hi.

Seeking a US publisher & agent, querying next book!
Haunted by the loss of his first love, an accomplished mortician pulls apart his relationships and his funeral home to escape the pain of grief — but who is he without the dead?

👻 #GhostPit #A #G #LF #LGBT #IP
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An accomplished mortician haunted by the death of his first love pulls apart his relationships and funeral home in an attempt to escape the pain of loss.

‘The Restorative Artist’ a debut novel by @cecilfenn.bsky.social is available for preorder on Amazon!

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916632246/
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‘A dissection of memory and mortality…’ 🥀

We are excited to announce the publication of our third novel, ‘The Restorative Artist’, a stunning debut by @cecilfenn.bsky.social coming to you September 17th 2026.

Available to preorder on our website now!

lucentdreaming.com/product/the-...
The Restorative Artist - my debut novel - is coming September 2026.

An accomplished mortician haunted by the death of his first love pulls apart his relationships and funeral home in an attempt to escape the pain of loss.

Preorder here: shorturl.at/x7oWg
“Sideshow” —my technoir novelette—appeared in
Palisatrium’s Short Story Substack. Queer, near-future cyberpunk navigating the ragged edges of health inequality and the death-throes of freedom under capitalism.
shortstory.substack.com/p/sideshow
SIDESHOW
by Cecil Fenn
shortstory.substack.com
“Holy Land” is online at Scrawl Place after originally appearing in Canthius and being shortlisted for the Aurora Prize for Fiction. A young funeral director follows his artist crush to an abandoned religious theme park. It’s free to read here: scrawlplace.com/2024/06/04/h...
Holy Land - Scrawl Place
WATERBURY, Conn. — A story by Cecil Fenn, inspired by Holy Land USA, a Bible-themed amusement park, when it was in disrepair.
scrawlplace.com
Short(er) fiction from the past year:
If you like pen & pencil games, A SACRIFICE is a minimalist dark fantasy TTRPG for two, with world building shared between the players. At its heart, it’s a story about trust and dependency. Free or PWYW to download.
cecilfenn.itch.io/a-sacrifice
A Sacrifice by cecil fenn
A minimalist dark fantasy TTRPG for two players.
cecilfenn.itch.io
This year, I’m looking to home THE RESTORATIVE ARTIST, my queer literary novel with a dash of body horror. An embalmer haunted by the death of his lover pulls apart his relationship & his funeral home to escape the pain of grief. Think 6 FEET UNDER x A LITTLE LIFE. #amquerying #writingcommunity
You can always find more about my work on my website cecilfenn.com
I’m Cecil: writer and cross-media designer. Recovered funeral professional turned creative. Follow me for goth academia aesthetics and queer stories—plus a dash of death and just a pinch of body anxiety. Here’s what I’m working on. A 🧵: