Mosses From An Old Manse - The Birthmark

In which a devoted scientist, enamoured both with the allure of nature’s mysteries and the beauty of his young wife, becomes consumed by a singular, crimson birthmark adorning her cheek, seeking through profound and secret experiments to eradicate this emblem of earthly imperfection. Their secluded abode becomes a theatre of delicate and potent alchemical endeavours, where love, ambition, and the aspiration towards a transcendent ideal intertwine with the somber realities of mortal frailty.