The Palace of Eros

Psyche is the youngest of three sisters, wild and independent, and she has no wish to marry. Word of her beauty draws suitors to her door and stirs the jealousy of the goddess Aphrodite, who orders her own child, Eros, to destroy her.

When a drought strikes, Psyche's father follows an oracle and ties her to a cliff, promising her to a monstrous husband. No monster comes. She is carried instead to a hidden palace that Eros has built for her.

Eros is a nonbinary deity of desire. They offer Psyche a life together as husband and wife, or as something in between, on one condition: the two may meet only in complete darkness.

This queer, feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros looks at gender and power among mortals and gods alike. Psyche begins to see the flaws in her secret world, and her sisters urge her to learn who her lover really is.