The Silent Muse

The Silent Muse

By Lauren Ling Brown

Pages

48

Rating

3.58

Year

2026

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Description

An artist discovers the deadly consequences of ambition and secrets in a gripping short story by Lauren Ling Brown.

Struggling artist Hannah Brennan finds her muse in a gorgeous unfinished painting of a reclining woman at an amateur artist’s estate sale. It’s exactly the mix of classic and avant-garde that she’s aiming for. But inspiration crosses the line when, with just a few polishing touches, she passes off the dead man’s art as her own. Suddenly, Hannah is the one to watch in the New York art scene. And someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth about Hannah’s mysterious muse.

This short story can be read or listened to in one bingeable sitting.