The Left Eye is a honey-trapping, backstabbing con story with romance at its heart, starring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. A visual novel spanning six episodes, unfolding against the backdrop of the queer scene in 1920s New York, we follow illiterate con artist notable socialite Emile de la Roche through the highs and lows of the most audacious scam he's ever tried to pull.
Cast
Emile de La Roche
Emile spends his days dodging marriage proposals and his nights living large, bankrolled by his father in Calais… or so he claims. The truth is that he's illiterate con artist, and he's got his eye on a mark that'll make or break him.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouchier
Tall, butch and brilliant at poker, Jackie's made her living on the wrong side of the law, and now she's lightening the pockets of New York's richest denizens with the help of her mysterious accomplice: The Left Eye.
Alex Warren
Emile's latest mark: a mob brat who got off the train from Seattle and stumbled right into the wild side of New York. Completely out of his depth, he should be easy to fleece, but he already seems to be tangled up in schemes of his own...
Courtney Krakowski
Courtney rules the cabarets of New York City with a silver tongue and a razor wit. He's been on the scene since before prohibition made it fashionable and he's not leaving 'til the cops shut it down.
Deirdre Lawrence
The headline singer and beating heart of the Cadenza. With a golden voice and a fire in her stomach, she's striving to leave behind basement speakeasies for concert halls… all she needs is a shot.
Henry Warren
A mob boss whose success has sparked a decades-long feud with his brother's gang in Seattle. Ever since one of his brother's sons showed up wanting to make peace, Henry can't help but think something funny's going on...
James Chadwick
A clean-cut paragon of American masculinity, James is rich, handsome and incredibly abrasive to anyone he feels is beneath him. It's a little odd that a man like him would become such fast friends with effete European Emile...
Team
We are Haunted Trumpet, a tiny creative collective looking for ways to tell the stories we want to tell, and not just the ones that are considered palatable enough for a mainstream audience.
