A Cartography of Unspoken Things

Two estranged sisters reunite to sell their late mother’s house. Hidden in the floorboards is a hand-drawn map with no legend and no destination. Following it forces them to confront what was never said, and what still binds them.

The house didn’t smell like their mother anymore. It smelled of old wood and dust, of dried lavender sachets long forgotten in drawers, and of the sharp, sterile tang of empty rooms. No scent of warm broth simmering on the stove. No trace of the perfume she wore only on Sundays—orange blossom and something faintly metallic. Just absence. Clean and quiet and clinical, as if the house had spent the last few weeks erasing itself.

Published on 2026-02-03 by Jam eBooks