The Bleeding Screen

In the rain-drenched city of Ashwick, Detective Inspector Eliza Marchetti is hunting a phantom who calls himself “Golgotha.” He does not kill in the shadows—he broadcasts his executions live, turning murder into a grotesque form of public theater. Each stream targets individuals tied to a forgotten jailhouse scandal: the death of a petty thief named Caleb Northwood, who was denied his withdrawal medication for the amusement of indifferent guards. Drawing on Louise Voss’s trademark psychological depth and dissection of loneliness, the story reveals how society’s refusal to see suffering creates its own monsters. The killer does not seek fame or fortune—he simply wants someone, anyone, to finally bear witness. As Eliza peels back layers of complicity within the prison system and the viral voyeurism of the online masses, she realizes that the only thing more chilling than Golgotha’s broadcasts is the crowd of lonely souls cheering him on. It is a story about invisible wounds, the seduction of destruction, and a detective forced to confront her own isolation in a city that has forgotten how to care.