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“I hear whispers: Have you seen her? The woman who is not a woman, she is a walking museum. Have you seen her wares?”
The narrator of SL Carroll’s radiant debut leads an empty life in a small town until she is employed to catalogue the Museum's collection. She has never seen anyone rewrite their bones the way the Museum has, until they are hardly bones at all. Obsession takes hold and the Museum's display case body inhabits her mind. In an attempt to duplicate the Museum's existence, the narrator secretly begins collecting objects of her own. Can she curate an authentic collection, balancing her own desires with her increasing responsibilities to the Museum?
The Art of Conjuring is a lyric and whimsical novella that probes the boundaries of femininity, friendship, and the fine line between obsession and inspiration.
About the Author
SL Carroll (she / her) is a Brooklyn-based writer and multimedia artist. Her short story ‘Vanishing Act’ won first prize in swamp pink's Crazyshorts! fiction contest in 2021 and her short film ‘Altar Ego’ was screened in 2022 at Watershed Studios (Galway, Ireland). Her debut novella, The Art of Conjuring, is forthcoming from Terrazzo Editions. She can be found online at slcarroll.com.
Praise for The Art of Conjuring
A Most Anticipated Book of 2026
– LitHub
“Like the characters themselves, this book is both artifact and metaphor of desire—of all we hunger to become and all we worship to witness. A visceral mystique.”
– Tree Abraham, author of elseship and Cyclettes
"The Art of Conjuring is a beautiful meditation on what gets lost and what we can't help but keep when a body becomes an archive and flesh becomes a flaw. SL Carroll establishes herself here as an exciting new voice—bold, luminous, and precise."
– Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I’m Someone Else
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-9931231-9-6
Ships September 2026
“I hear whispers: Have you seen her? The woman who is not a woman, she is a walking museum. Have you seen her wares?”
The narrator of SL Carroll’s radiant debut leads an empty life in a small town until she is employed to catalogue the Museum's collection. She has never seen anyone rewrite their bones the way the Museum has, until they are hardly bones at all. Obsession takes hold and the Museum's display case body inhabits her mind. In an attempt to duplicate the Museum's existence, the narrator secretly begins collecting objects of her own. Can she curate an authentic collection, balancing her own desires with her increasing responsibilities to the Museum?
The Art of Conjuring is a lyric and whimsical novella that probes the boundaries of femininity, friendship, and the fine line between obsession and inspiration.
About the Author
SL Carroll (she / her) is a Brooklyn-based writer and multimedia artist. Her short story ‘Vanishing Act’ won first prize in swamp pink's Crazyshorts! fiction contest in 2021 and her short film ‘Altar Ego’ was screened in 2022 at Watershed Studios (Galway, Ireland). Her debut novella, The Art of Conjuring, is forthcoming from Terrazzo Editions. She can be found online at slcarroll.com.
Praise for The Art of Conjuring
A Most Anticipated Book of 2026
– LitHub
“Like the characters themselves, this book is both artifact and metaphor of desire—of all we hunger to become and all we worship to witness. A visceral mystique.”
– Tree Abraham, author of elseship and Cyclettes
"The Art of Conjuring is a beautiful meditation on what gets lost and what we can't help but keep when a body becomes an archive and flesh becomes a flaw. SL Carroll establishes herself here as an exciting new voice—bold, luminous, and precise."
– Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I’m Someone Else
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 979-8-9931231-9-6
Ships September 2026