The Poisoned Chalice
Richard has spent his life trying to be a good psychiatric nurse in a bad system.
On paper, the care home where he works is full of values: DIGNITY, RESPECT, COMPASSION. On the floor, he watches a care assistant shove a used pad into a resident's face while the manager, Kimberley, calls his report "gossip" and his concern "negativity affecting team morale". When he records her denial and forces an investigation, he thinks he's finally tilted the balance toward justice.
He's wrong. He's tilted it for the entire spiritual food chain.
Because what Richard can't see is that his care home is already mapped in an entirely different set of reports. In a boardroom in Hell, Lucifer runs evil like a business: performance targets, narrative management, useful emptiness. Edmond, his meticulous lieutenant, tracks people like Kimberley-hollow managers whose hunger for validation makes them perfect vessels.
Opposite them, heaven watches through Genevieve, a tired guardian angel who stands in corridors and staff rooms, trying to keep Richard's conscience burning without letting his anger devour him. And in the thin places between, Melody has learned mirror magick: how to turn glass into a doorway, a witness, sometimes a weapon.
When Richard forces Kimberley's mask to crack, the fallout travels far beyond HR. Contracts strain. Demons take notice. And a small cat named Poppy, who is far more than a pet, feels the air change and silently takes up her post.
Silk & Sacrilege is a supernatural thriller rooted in real-world abuse-a story about whistleblowing, narcissistic power, and the invisible war between systems that protect the vulnerable and systems that devour them. In a world where managers weaponise "morale" and posters lie, the question is no longer whether Richard will do the right thing.
It's what doing the right thing will cost him.
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