Reagan Westerly’s work explores psychological gothic fiction that examines identity, power, and the fragile architecture of control. Her work has appeared in independent literary magazines and collaborative creative platforms, with forthcoming projects expanding across literary and music spaces.
Publications & Features
Fluorescent Magazine
Poem Publication - 2026
A forthcoming poem explores themes of the brain’s capacity for repetition, refinement, and quiet surrender. It examines performance, adaptation, and the unsettling difference between survival and erasure.
https://online.fliphtml5.com/fluorescent_magazine/Neuroscience-Collection/#p=32
Collaborations
Chaptore
Music Collaboration - 2026
An immersive collaboration with Chaptore to develop custom instrumental compositions that deepen narrative atmosphere and expand the reading experience beyond the page.
current Projects
The 66th Retreat
Dark Gothic Psychological Thriller
When a disgraced Socialite is sent to an exclusive “reputation recovery” retreat hidden in the hills of Arizona, she expects privacy and rehabilitation. What she finds instead is a place built on perfect calm, and a terrifying obsession with correction.
Status: In active drafting.
The Star & The Saint
Psychological Gothic
Actress Maeve Astor is chosen by a legendary mentor. In her immaculate studio, Maeve is sculpted, corrected, and transformed into something extraordinary—precise, controlled, luminous.
Under that gaze, Maeve becomes brilliant.
Under that gaze, she also begins to disappear.