New Release:
Whitman and Lorelei
“Whitman and Lorelei” follows the lives of two young ambitious writers who meet in a bookstore. Disillusioned by the idea of a grand romance, Whitman Augustine will stop at nothing to pursue the woman he believes he was born to be with. Lorelei Mathis, however, has fallen victim to the myths of love, believing that romance is a masochistic pursuit. With a habit of making their lives a work of art, Whitman and Lorelei face the obstacle of overcoming their inner shortcomings as newborn feelings arise. “Whitman and Lorelei” tells the tale of intersecting ideologies and the self-sabotaging nature of preferring a life of fiction. It is a story of idealism overcome by the pitfalls of an unpredictable reality.
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Harley Claes has written and published 7 books to date; Pity The Poetics, Love Inertia, Venus Captives: A Sapphic in Hiding, The House of Wonders, Hedonists Heaven, Junk Poems and Whitman and Lorelei. Her style is oftentimes anachronistic, surreal, philosophical, and holy erotic. Her work has been published 70+ times in magazines such as Pink Plastic House, Alien Buddha Press, FLAPPERHOUSE, Seven Story Hotel, Horror Sleaze Trash, Expat Press, and Delude Magazine and more. Alongside being the founder and curator of Angelical Ravings Press, she runs a small business by the same name "Angelical Ravings" where she sells anything from dried flower terrariums to clothing and chokers. Her origins began as a visual artist and her paintings have been in numerous galleries. Later experimenting with music, she blends genres such as alternative and R&B with her vocals. You can find her music on Spotify and Soundcloud.