The Velvet Vice

In this town, everyone’s got a secret. And Nash Vega’s about to unearth one that kills.

By: Zephyr Vance

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When a famed drag performer known as Velvet Vice is found dead in her dressing room at Club Midnight, her last whisper is scrawled in eyeliner on a cracked mirror: “Vega.”

Nash Vega, still reeling from past betrayals and haunted by the name, is pulled back into the queer underbelly of the city — a place of champagne lies, feather boas, backroom deals, and one man he never wanted to see again: Julian Black, the club’s seductive owner and Vega’s ex-lover with a body like sin and a past even darker than his eyeliner.

As Nash digs deeper, he uncovers a tangle of secrets involving dirty cops, queer blackmail rings, drag queen rivalries, and a mysterious figure known only as The Saint — someone who "cleans up" queer scandals… permanently.

But the deeper Vega goes, the more he finds himself compromised — not just morally, but emotionally. Because Julian might not just be a suspect. He might be the key to the entire bloody puzzle… and to the parts of Vega he’s tried to bury.