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cecil fenn
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melancholy & horror enthusiast • menswear mannequin • mortuary science primer • mid-Atlantic goth • writer & transmedia designer
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Haunted by the loss of his first love, an accomplished mortician pulls apart his relationships and his funeral home to escape the pain of grief — but who is he without the dead?

👻 #GhostPit #A #G #LF #LGBT #IP
“A reader’s guide to The Restorative Artist”” is written against a background featuring an anatomical illustration. The cover of the book with synopsis: Embalmer Graham Creer has spent his life helping others face loss, but when he's struck down by a corpse-carried illness, he is forced to confront his own mortality. Trapped convalescing inside his funeral home and plagued by fevered visions of his recently deceased lover, Graham attempts to escape the pain of grief. But who is he without the dead? An anatomical diagram of a heart with identifications based on elements of the novel: contemporary gothic, grief & memory, trans main character, funeral home setting, split timeline, haunting & body horror, growth & recovery Comp titles with cover images: for fans of intertwining grief and horror (like This Thing Between Us); queer contemporary gothic (like Summer Sons); funeral home drama (like Six Feet Under); exploring trauma and recovery (like A Little Life)
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Restorative Artist - my debut novel - is coming September 2026.

An accomplished mortician haunted by the death of his first love pulls apart his relationships and funeral home in an attempt to escape the pain of loss.

Preorder here: shorturl.at/x7oWg
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This year, I’m looking to home THE RESTORATIVE ARTIST, my queer literary novel with a dash of body horror. An embalmer haunted by the death of his lover pulls apart his relationship & his funeral home to escape the pain of grief. Think 6 FEET UNDER x A LITTLE LIFE. #amquerying #writingcommunity
Moodboard inspired by THE RESTORATIVE ARTIST. Romantic and gothic funeral home imagery in cool colours, shot through with red anatomical imagery.
July 24, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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You can always find more about my work on my website cecilfenn.com
A collage of images from my website: gothic text, Polaroid photos, a fallen cross, a reccord cover with a screaming mouth. They are all heavily stylised in black, white and reds.
July 24, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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I’m Cecil: writer and cross-media designer. Recovered funeral professional turned creative. Follow me for goth academia aesthetics and queer stories—plus a dash of death and just a pinch of body anxiety. Here’s what I’m working on. A 🧵:
A photo of me—a white, lean man with chin length wavy hair, wearing black, a scalpel earring, and a silver necklace. The photo is heavily red filtered except for a black and white streak over my eyes.
July 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM