Archive of Memory
The latest project by the author of
The Starsinger Chronicles, Ella Murphy.
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The past is always a complicated thing.
Dive in. Open the book. Reveal the secrets.Archive of Memory: Guardian and Nightfall
ARRIVING IN THE QUERY TRENCHES OCTOBER 2025[Website background: Two images divided by a torn edge. Top: foggy forest. Bottom: A bridge in New York]
Guardian
A single choice can change the world. Or destroy an entire timeline.
Nightfall
One moment can spark a journey – and for Jaye Avenheart, that time arrives in a dark, dingy bar on the edge of a knife.
About the author
Writer
Visual Artist
Explorer of worlds
GUARDIAN
Guardian - a tale of Fate, Nephilim, and unexpected love.This is the tale of a young woman who is chosen to serve the Fates as their Keeper of Story. She serves faithfully for many years, until she is ordered to remove the thread of the person she has fallen in love with - and ends up defying the Fates by not complying. Consequences ensue. Persephone finds herself paired with a young hunter named Bishop and is given another task... one she must complete or die trying.Weaving together elements of Pagan and Greek myths, Guardian is not your typical fantasy epic. It is a story that that thrives on the mysterious. From the motives of the Fates to secrets of Persephone's world, there are surprises around every turn.Guardian is told in multiple points of view, captured in the journals of the characters themselves, along with select records from the Library of the Fates. Past and present tense "chapters" feature throughout.Features:
*Worldbuilding so complex it needed notes and diagrams
*A badass asexual lesbian protagonist who is secretly a cinnamon roll
*Unexpected connections, hope, and perseverance in the face of adversity
*Prose heavy with ages and rippling with light"Stories do not really end. The telling of it does, but the story always lives on. Reborn in those who hear it, carried on in those who keep it in their hearts. It is the nature of such things. One door closes, another opens."
- Persephone*******[ALT text for image: Black and white sketch of the main character, Persephone. The sketch is a portrait, showing Persephone gazing directly at the viewer. There are hints of fur around her neck, crystal earrings hanging form her ear, and her hair is spiked upwards into a mohawk. Her face looks older, though she gives the impression of both youth and wisdom.
Text across the top reads: A quietly fantastical world, reminiscent of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen.
Text across the middle reads: Guardian – Archive of Memory: Persephone Ace Kœrá.
Text at the bottom: Ella Murphy, Author of The Starsinger Chronicles]
Nightfall
Nightfall - a tale of escaping one's past and forging a new pathThe past can be a complicated thing - and for Jaye Avenheart, her history is no exception. Because no matter how long one tries... one cannot simply outrun the past.This is a story of childhood trauma, the path to overcome and move on. A single event can spark a journey – for teen Jaye Avenheart, that moment arrives in a dark, dingy bar on the edge of a knife. Years later, everyone in the New York Underground MMA knows her name. Her hard-hitting style, opponents she leaves bloodied in the cage, the signature swirls up her arms. Few know the story behind the ink. The painful past she is desperately running from.Starting with a fractured and unhappy childhood, continuing on to troubled young adult years, and ending with finding a career in the MMA cage, Nightfall spans decades of Jaye's life, from age 13 to her late 40's.Nightfall is told primarily in first person present tense from Jaye's point of view, with sprinkles of other characters' thoughts. Newfoundland English abounds within these pages, as does Jaye's unique accent.Features:
*Complicated family relationships
*Visceral fight scenes
*Found family and a prized vintage 1969 Honda CB750 motorcycle
*A very unapologetic butch asexual lesbian for a main character, who is, and I quote, "hell on wheels, literally!""I stand, crushing my cigarette and tossing it. Drawing my knife with my right hand as I turn, hiding it behind my open jacket. Hoping they decide to just stay where they are.
Wishing, not for the first time, that I wasn’t so freakishly tall and conspicuously queer."
- Jaye*******[ALT text for image: Black and white sketch of the main character, Jaye Avenheart. The sketch has been inverted to look like a chalk drawing. The left side of her face is visible, as well as her left arm, which is raised and the fist clenched. A striking, swirling tattoo runs from her shoulder to her wrist.
Text across the top reads: Beautiful and emotionally charged.
Text across the middle reads: One cannot simply outrun the past. Nightfall: Archive of Memory - Jaye Avenheart.
Text at the bottom: Ella Murphy, Author of The Starsinger Chronicles]
About the author
My pen name is Ella Murphy. From the French "elle," meaning "she," and "la," the definitive article for feminine words; Murphy as in Murphy's Law: "what can go wrong will go wrong!" I am 33 years old, living in Canada. Active member of the Tumblr Writeblr community, including the monthly event Writeblr Live, and I have previously written a magical-realism novel entitled The Starsinger Chronicles. My novel was featured in the 2025 edition of Pride Book Fair on Bluesky.I have been writing poetry and (bad) fanfic since I was thirteen. Took up writing a bit more seriously nine years ago, after a big life change, and when the character of Jaye Avenheart decided to take up residence in my imagination. Since then, I've written a ton of short stories, a story that somehow ended up with a sequel and a prequel, and my novel. I often find myself venturing into new creative spaces, exploring themes I've never touched.Hobbies include reading whatever book has caught my fancy, drawing, making the occasional pixel art, DnD (I'm still learning), and Lego dragons.Find me on Bluesky and Tumblr.