The Taste of Glass in a Pillar of Salt

Told in lyrical prose, this is a lesbian first-love story, a dark LGBTQ+ literary fiction novella about sapphic desire, queer identity, religious trauma, and the lasting impact of conversion therapy survival.

Raised in a religious environment that refused to accept her identity, she is a conversion therapy survivor. She spends years trying to believe her same-sex desire could be corrected, but now, many years later, a small party tempts her into an impossible situation, and she is forced to face the reality of the life she tried to build - a life she had told herself was almost enough.

Past and present collide and the illusion that love can be rewritten begins to crack, as the main character struggles to reconcile religious trauma, conversion therapy, lesbian identity, and memories of her first love.

This novella explores queer identity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and the legacy of religious trauma, as well as the complicated intersections of love, secrecy, and betrayal. It is a story about secrets, about the lives people build around them, and about what remains when those secrets finally collapse.

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