Fan CastingGilded Needles

by Michael McDowell

Story added by horrorobsessed on November 20, 2021

German Black Lena was queen of The Black Triangle, Manhattan's decadent empire of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. With her daughters and grandchildren, Black Lena led a ring of consummate female criminals - women skilled in the art of cruelty. Only a few blocks away, amidst the elegant mansions and lily-white reputations of Gramercy Park and Washington Square lived Judge James Stallworth. He was determined to crush Lena's evil crew, and with icy indifference he ordered three deaths in her family. Then, one Sunday, all the Stallworths receive individual invitations - invitations to thei...read more

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Fan Casting Helen Stallworth

Role added by horrorobsessed on November 20, 2021

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Description of Helen Stallworth:

The only truly good person in the Stallworth family. Helen pities the people in The Triangle. She is frustrated by Marian’s exploitative ‘charity’ and goes along with the widow Staunton to do actual charity. At first she is horrified by the residents but comes to know them all by name, and offers medical/financial assistance. She is particularly close to Annie and Jemmie. While first shocked at their sexuality, she finds herself developing a more progressive mindset. She falls sick, and is kidnapped by the Shanks’. They plan to kill her but when her father dies, they consider themselves even. She is left with Annie and Jemmie, who move to Virginia and nurse her back to health. Age 18-20