Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller – Excerpt 4

Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller by Gabriela Marie Milton

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Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller – Excerpt 4

I had a maid to care for the house, to cook and wash. I still remember the scent of pine that drifted through the open windows. Ingrid sent postcards with short messages: All is well, Jezebel. She played my role better than I did myself. It only proves how often we are more others than ourselves. She loved a pair of my shoes—antelope leather, turquoise, with high heels—and once confessed that, unable to wear them in public, she put them on at home while smoking cigarettes she rolled herself from the Captain’s cherry-scented tobacco.

We soon reached an impossible moment, when one of us had to disappear. Together we decided it would be the Captain. You remember, Anastasia, what Armando told you: that what he could never forgive me for was my failure to carry out the plan to kill him. He was right. I know he told you. He confessed it to me himself.

I know you have doubts. I know that life beyond the mountains has become an obsession for you. Let us speak of it. Please come and see me.

With love,
Jezebel

Anastasia jumped like she was electocuted.

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The UN Has Nothing on Poetry: A Note on “World Domination” – Literary Revelations

Dear Subscribers and followers.

As some of you may know I am Gabriela Marie Milton, an author, editor, and the founder of Literary Revelations.

I have a quick note about my publishing house: Literary Revelations.

The UN Has Nothing on Poetry: A Note on “World Domination” – Literary Revelations

If you had told me a few years ago that a boutique independent press like Literary Revelations dedicated to poetry and art would one day be flagged by global web servers for achieving “World Domination,” I would have laughed.

And yet, yesterday morning, a glance at the Literary Revelations administrative dashboard revealed that very milestone, unlocked and shining back at me.

In the playful language of WordPress developers, unlocking “World Domination” means something astonishing: Literary Revelations publishing house and its digital journal have officially registered active, consistent readership across more than 150 different countries. To put that into perspective, the United Nations has 193 member states. It turns out that the language of art, meaningful omission, and curated aesthetics is currently rippling across nearly the entire planet.

— 150+ Countries. 1 Shared Heart. —

In the modern publishing landscape, we are often told to chase the volume-driven model—to publish fast, lean into the loudest trends, and feed the commercial machine. But Literary Revelations was founded on a diametrically opposed philosophy. We chose to focus on vertical excellence. We chose archival quality. We chose to treat every anthology, every poem, and every editorial feature as a lasting monument to history.

When collections like Haiku for Soulmates break through algorithmic barriers to claim the #1 Bestseller spot simultaneously in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan, it feels like an extraordinary commercial victory. But seeing our readership span 150 nations tells a much deeper story. It tells us that whether a reader is sitting in a bustling café in Tokyo, a quiet village in the Mediterranean, a historic city in Europe, or right here in the United States, they are searching for the exact same thing: a sanctuary of genuine depth.

We aren’t actually looking to dominate the world, of course. We just want to fill it with beautiful words. We want to continue placing our authors’ works into permanent historical archives, ensuring that the creative pulse of this global community outlives us all. To our immense family of international authors, collaborators, and readers across 150+ countries: thank you for proving that the poetry can make the loudest impact.

Please check your blog. You may have received the same achievement.

Gabriela Marie Milton
Author, Editor, Founder

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Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller by Gabriela Marie Milton – Excerpt 3

Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller by Gabriela Marie Milton – Excerpt 3

My dearest followers and subscribers, I am thrilled to bring you again a short excerpt from my upcoming novel Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller. Tentative publication date: end of June.

Have a beautiful weekend!

Jezebel to Anastasia

….You will have to find a new axis mundis, a new explanation of our life. You will have to take from God the thick garment of misery with which the present civilization has dressed him. You will have to tear off from his face that repugnant mask that those who pray that business will go well, that they will recover the lost money or the long lost power have stuck on him. He must remain the God of the oppressed, the God of the sick, the God of the mother who loses her child.

Make him shine again, Anastasia, turn on the light of the lamp to the God the Creator, take him out of the swamp where he has been thrown, from all kinds of obsessives, who claim him in the name of doubtful pains and by virtue of a single phrase, “I will”. Whoever affirms that will is the privilege of the superior man, is a madman. Will has its role, of course, but it should not be taken to the extreme, nor should it be divinized.

Anastasia felt a horrible pain in her stomach. She was suddenly afraid, and she wanted David to be beside her, to explain, to tell her the whole truth. The truth? Hadn’t she gone mad like the others? Who could know the truth? And where had Esteban and David disappeared to? They had probably vanished earlier in the day through some secret door in the bush. Alone. They had all left her. It seemed to her that she was sitting in a pile of skeletons. She tried to shake off that horrible image.

About Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller by Gabriela Marie Milton

At the far edge of the Island’s circulation stands Anastasia, witness, recipient, and actor—her presence poised between necessity and chance. As the curtain lifts and the first figures Anastasia, Jezebel, David step into view, readers remain in the dark, their biographies concealed, their stories unwritten. The narrative unfurls like a film reel abruptly set in motion, and at its heart is a woman of haunting beauty, gradually awakening from a nightmare that lingers, stretched across the threshold of reality. In this twilight of memory, other figures rise each bearing identities veiled in uncertainty, summoned from the depths of recollection into the shifting light of the present.

M.B. R.L.

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You have already seen the ending; you simply chose to forget it – Coming in June Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller by Gabriela Marie Milton.

You have already seen the ending; you simply chose to forget it.

My dear readers and subscribers,

I wrote a few notes on my upcoming book: Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller, which I am extremely excited to share with you. This novel will take readers on a thrilling journey through the enigmatic landscapes and mysterious events that unfold on the island. I hope you enjoy these insights into the story, alongside a short excerpt that highlights the tension and intrigue woven throughout the book. Thank you for taking the time to read and support my writing journey; your interest means the world to me as I put the finishing touches on this captivating tale.

Jezebel’s Island, centers on the psychological manipulation of Anastasia, a young woman used as a moral mirror for a fractured society. Following the mysterious death of the city’s governor, his widow, Jezebel, weaves a web of conspiracy that forces Anastasia into a messianic role. Though the novel concludes on a hauntingly open note, the resolution is subtly encoded within the story’s pages—challenging the reader to look closely at what ‘disconcerting’ is before the main narrative even takes hold.

Everyone on the island has a secret except Anastasia, yet she is the one moving toward the most profound revelation. Anastasia’s journey is a loop through a world of mirrors. The novel’s conclusion remains open, yet for the careful reader, the final heartbeat of the story is echoed in its first breath. It is a thriller where the path is hidden in the pages you thought you’d left behind.

I wrote the novel. I invite you my dear reader the solve the puzzle.

Gabriela Marie Milton

From Jezebel’s Island: A Mystery Thriller

Anastasia walked down the street, taking the onslaught of the rain, and scurried along the line of shops. She was like a ghost, appearing out of the mists of time for just an instant, drawn by the smell of rock and water-washed trees. That night, she had dreamed of Jezebel in the basement of a house, groping through narrow, dark corridors. It was an imposing villa, in whose wretched old cellar rats abounded. She was terrified. Jezebel had entered a small room through a narrow door. Anastasia had glued her ear to the door with ruined paint and had heard first her laughter, then her breath, as if Jezebel had pressed herself against the door to hear Anastasia’s.

Suddenly silence had taken over. Before long, the scream of a drowning man. Had David screamed? She reached for the pillow beside her, and the coolness of the sheets shook her. No, David had not yet returned from the Radio. A strange sensation invaded her, seizing her senses with the force of a whirlwind that could unite heaven and earth, that could lift into the air all beings of the ground, erasing with fury all emotion, all dreams, all hope, and replacing them with nothingness.

Anastasia managed to control her pace. The clouds were rushing from the mountains toward the city at a frightening speed. Perhaps the city deserved to be wiped off the face of the earth. Lightning flashed over the peaks, splitting the sky. She steadied herself, wondering if everything was connected: Jezebel, Esteban, David, all that had happened on the other side of the Island, and all that was still to come. She walked instinctively northward, drawn to the mountains …