The Shape of Water meets Mexican Gothic in this sapphic monster romance novella wrapped in gothic fantasy trappings The old keeper of the keys is dead,and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House\u2060ΓÇöAnatemaan enormous humanoid spider with a taste for laudanum and human brides. D├íliathe old keeperΓÇÖs prot├⌐g├⌐emust take up her dutieslocking and unlocking the little drawers in which Anatema keeps her memories. And if she can unravel the crime that led to her predecessor’s deathD├ília might just be able to survive long enough to grow into her new role. But thereΓÇÖs a gaping hole in D├íliaΓÇÖs plan that she refuses to see: Anatema cannot resist a beautiful womanand she eventually devours every single bride that crosses her path.