A literary dark fiction novel about denial, obsession, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.

After a violent encounter she cannot fully remember, Renata clings to the fragile life she has built around herself. But when impossible events begin to fracture her carefully constructed reality, she finds herself drawn toward answers she never wanted, and a truth that threatens to unravel not only who she is, but who she believes herself to be.

Coming September 2026

About the Author

Cecilia V. Ashford

Cecilia V. Ashford writes literary dark fiction where the supernatural becomes a lens through which to explore modern womanhood.

In Carved Water, vampirism becomes a metaphor for transformation, identity, and the impossible tension between who we are and who we believe we are supposed to be.

Portrait of Cecilia V. Ashford

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