Lacy Fontaine is a woman unspooling. Recently divorced, spiritually half-dead, and living in a crumbling apartment complex called The Verdance, she begins her story with a simple act: buying a yellow dress from a thrift store. But what she brings home is not fabric — it’s infection. The dress smells like milk and memory, and once it enters her life, nothing stays clean.
Strange things follow.
Eggs.
They appear everywhere — in dreams, in mirrors, in her bathtub.
They pulse. They breathe. They watch.
Lacy tries to anchor herself in human connection: Desmond, the quiet hotel worker who serves her breakfast; Elaine, the friend who hides cruelty under laughter; and finally Day Day, a man from the block whose gold teeth and rough tenderness ignite something holy and dangerous in her.
But love in The Verdance doesn’t heal — it consumes.
Psychological
Supernatural
Mystery
Thriller
Domestic Thriller
Identity
Curse
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreAdult Romance
Length2 hrs 10 mins
Narrated bySelect Your Own
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 21, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
19Chapter 19
2Chapter 2
20Chapter 20
3Chapter 3
21Chapter 21
4Chapter 4
22Chapter 22
5Chapter 5
23Chapter 23
6Chapter 6
24Chapter 24
7Chapter 7
25Chapter 25
8Chapter 8
26Chapter 26
9Chapter 9
27Chapter 27
10Chapter 10
28Chapter 28
11Chapter 11
29Chapter 29
12Chapter 12
30Chapter 30
13Chapter 13
31Chapter 31
14Chapter 14
32Chapter 32
15Chapter 15
33Chapter 33
16Chapter 16
34Chapter 34
17Chapter 17
35Chapter 35
18Chapter 18
36Chapter 36
About the author
Augustus Swann
Augustus Swann writes stories that slip between worlds — the seen, the felt, and the whispered. His work blends surrealism with emotional truth, building realms where grief hums in the wallpaper, love ripples like a glitch in time, and characters move through chaos with their hearts wide open.
He writes the kind of stories that hold your face gently then refuse to look away — tender, uncanny, and deeply human. Across his novels, Swann explores madness, memory, family, and becoming; he builds myth the way some people breathe.View all by Augustus Swann
