How far would you go for salvation—and what might answer when you call?

In Isabel Cañas’ The Possession of Alba Diaz, as plague ravages 1765 Zacatecas, Alba flees with her family and fiancé to an isolated silver mine—only to awaken something ancient beneath its depths. Hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions take hold as a cold, furious presence grows inside her. Elías, determined to escape his own family’s legacy, knows he should keep his distance—but cannot ignore Alba’s decline or the dangerous pull between them. As the entity’s hunger deepens, Alba may have no choice but to trust the one man she shouldn’t.

In Johanna Van Veen’s Bone of My Bone, travel to 1635, where the ravages of war has driven Sister Ursula and the sharp-witted Elsebeth into the Bavarian forest, where they discover a gilded saint’s skull said to grant a wish. Following a tattered map across a devastated land, they are hunted by a necromancer while the saint whispers in the dark. As blessing and curse entwine, the women must decide what they are willing to sacrifice—and what it may cost them to stay together.

About the event

Running time: 55 minutes

Price: £6 - (plus 50p booking fee)

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