On The Edge Of Dreaming
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Indigo, a renowned magical painter, is closing for the night when an encounter with a mysterious stranger turns her world upside down. A woman asks her to make a painting for her dead brother, with only a photograph to guide her way. This new task quickly fills her life with dreams of the man in her portrait, those haunting grey eyes made out of charcoal and paint. She quickly turns to the darkest of magic, seeking to bring back her lover from the dead. But the question is, will he be the same as her lover in the painting?
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