Cursed Camellias

A Southern gothic tale of memory, myth, and queer reclamation

In a town where flowers remember more than the living do, three souls return to the garden that shaped—and nearly swallowed—them. Beneath the chapel’s cracked altar and the willow’s watchful limbs, something ancient stirs. The camellias bloom out of season. The vines whisper forgotten names. And the Archive hungers for truth.

Jonah carries a lantern and a legacy he never asked for. Cam sketches blooms that haven’t yet grown. Maribel sings to the roots, hoping they’ll forgive her. Together, they must reckon with a past buried in petals and bone, and decide what kind of future they’re willing to plant.

Part gospel, part ghost story, part love letter to the ones who bloom in spite of it all, Cursed Camellias is a lyrical, emotionally charged finale to a mythic cycle of queer horror and Southern memory. It’s a story of survival, ritual, and the sacred act of naming what was once erased.

Step into the garden. It remembers you.