Now and Then multiverse knowing that stardom is sure

knowing that stardom is sure to soon be hers

one which they can only express openly within the safety of the clandestine gatherings of the Vicious Circle--the covert club for gay students going back decades

'An intriguing work of whimsi-grotesquerie' – Olivie Blake

Then a shocking act of violence reawakens the shadows of the past

and start dating Astra's ex

Now and Then multiverse knowing that stardom is sureNow. Christopher Metcalfe returns to his family home in Kent after the death of his father. Sorting through a box of memorabilia from his days at public school, Chris is suddenly confronted by the face that has haunted him for thirty years. Then, as a callow fifth former enduring the excesses of a school system designed to run an Empire that no longer existed, a most extraordinary thing happened amid the thrashings, and cross country he was seduced by