ChecheCynthia
The Gospel of Flesh and Fire: A Queer Gothic Horror of Desire, Divinity, and Damnation
What if the only way to be saved... was to embrace what they told you to kill?
Buried high in the Italian Alps, the Monastery of San Silvano was never meant to be found. Its stone halls whisper secrets of pleasure, pain, and transformation. For centuries, it has housed the god Sanat'Khazul-an ancient being bound beneath the chapel floor. A god who feeds on ecstasy, suffering, and the broken pieces of those who dare enter.
Luca came seeking redemption.
He found his rebirth.
Haunted by religious shame and desperate to be "cured," Luca submits to the monastery's twisted rites. Guided by Isael, a silent monk marked by scars and secrets, he descends into ritual, sacrifice, and forbidden desire. But beneath every chant, behind every mirror, something stirs. A hunger. A god awakening.
As the line between salvation and damnation dissolves, Luca discovers the truth: he was never broken. He was chosen.
"You are both. You are whole."
Now the god is waiting again. And the world is listening.