Emerson thesis -- Popular fiction writing and publishing

Overview "In 1860s Chicago, two young ladies with supernatural abilities come of age while their guardians perform pseudoscientific experiments on them. While living together in the research facility, the girls' friendship evolves into romance. Years later, their relationship as a queer interracial couple is put to the test as they navigate 19th-century America while simultaneously trying to heal their shared past trauma. Both women are faced with the difficult decision of whether or not they must...