🎭 Masquerade of Shadows Part 2: The Main Story Continues, Puppet Confessions & Holiday Chaos Ensues
- Mickey Fingers
- Dec 1
- 10 min read
Updated: Dec 6
A dark fairytale unfolds: character stories, post-story revelations, and a holiday sampler soaked in grief, glitter, and gallows humor.
✨🎪 Welcome to the Tent 🎭🕯️
Step inside — but tread carefully. The velvet’s heavy with memory, and the mirrors don’t always show your reflection. This week’s Mickey’s Corner pulls back the curtain on Part Two of Masquerade of Shadows — a dark fairytale told in 34 tracks, now unfurling through new zines, confessions, and character dissections.
You’ll find:
🖤 The second half of the Main Story (Scenes 17–34)
🎭 The infamous Post Story, where truths shatter and shadows scatter
🕷️ The mysterious Sunday With the Puppet Master: a mirror you may not want to look into
💌 The Character Stories: What we know, and seen first through the Puppet Master’s eyes
🎶 And of course, the LinkPod: your master key to music, lyrics, shows, and zines
This is not just a show - it’s a reckoning wrapped in glitter. A spell woven in minor chords. And like any good masquerade… what you see is only half the story.
🩸 Enter the tent. Cut your strings. And bring a mirror.
🎭 Step Inside the Velvet Tent…
Explore the full world of Masquerade of Shadows - the music, the storybook zines, the behind-the-scenes blogs, character secrets, streaming links, and more... all gathered in one enchanted place.
🎭 Masquerade of Shadows Continues
Zines, Revelations & Holiday Mayhem
The curtain hasn’t closed just yet…
After the first wave of zine releases brought the Masquerade of Shadows playbill, prelude, and early scenes to life, we’re back with:
🎭 Part Two of the Main Story
📓 Post-Story + Final Track
🕯️ A New Chapter: Sunday With The Puppet Master
This is where everything changes.
If the first half of Masquerade of Shadows was illusion, this is confrontation. The masks crack. The strings snap. And the Puppet Master steps forward — not just as a character, but as a presence who changed everything.
💿 Bonus: We’ve embedded clickable albums so you can listen while you read... just like the old days, only gothier and giddier.
How to Read It:
This is a sneak-peek zine edition... perfect for following the story while we finish the final art and layout.
🪞 Mirror Format: Each track gets a double-page spread, one page with time of day, location, characters, and symbolic art notes, and one page with the story text
🎨 The final book will feature full illustrated art + a highlighted lyric opposite each story page, printed in that iconic 8.5” x 8.5” square format
🎭 TRACK-BY-TRACK ... THE STORY BEGINS & ENDS
Masquerade of Shadows opens with a whimsical overture and ends with a cracked mirror, a waltz, and a whispered promise. In between, we move through nightmares and dreams, chapel bells and cabaret spells, whispering lullabies and haunted confessionals.
The songs are arranged as one continuous musical journey, each track builds upon the next, unfolding over a few twilight days and one ill-fated séance. The cast and chorus voices shift as the curtain lifts, revealing one secret at a time.
This first zine includes Tracks 1–16, covering Day One through Three of the Masquerade timeline. The second half (Tracks 17–34) Continues; but NEVER REALLY ENDS..
"Because The Curtain Doesn't Close Without Him..."
Each entry includes:
The track title and timecode
A scene summary
The main characters present
A notable quote or lyric
A short logline
A suggested time-of-day or mood
Now The Main Story Is Complete (Except For The Art)
The Picnic Scene
The Stitch & Bitch
The Charity Ball
The Puppet Master’s first appearance
The Queen’s mirror trap
The First Séance and “The Truth Beneath the Rug”
And Now The Story Continues!
⚠️ Spoilers included: these are designed as a companion to the full album. The final book will include illustrated versions of each scene.
🪞 The Final Thread
Track 34 — Twin Flame Waltz — is the final scene. But it’s more than a song.
It’s a memory, a reckoning, a dance with freedom.
“We all began this way… but only some remember.”
This is the Post-Story — the moment the audience must decide:
Do we cut the strings, or just change hands?
Do we speak, or sing someone else’s song?
🎭 Character Stories — What We Know
Before the shadows shift, we take one last look at the cast…
These are the character reflections as we’ve known them:
Their truths
Their scars
Their secrets (the ones they think they’re keeping)
It’s a final mosaic of identity before the mirror cracks.
🕯️ Sunday With The Puppet Master
The story could’ve ended there… but then he spoke.
This final chapter was never meant to exist. It emerged the moment the fiction fought back.
Here, the Puppet Master becomes more than myth — he becomes a mirror.
Inside:
A letter that shouldn’t be real
A playlist that tried to possess her
His ledger, his voice, his confessions
What he knows about everyone you’ve met
This is the haunting that won’t let go.
📚 READ, LISTEN, EXPLORE
In The Last Blog: We Explored The Main Story, Part One (Tracks 1–16) — and peek inside the Symbolism Cabinet, where we’ve started unpacking the hidden meanings behind key scenes, characters, and lyrics.
🌀 Spoiler Note: The Symbolism Cabinet contains raw symbolic breakdowns from the book — including mirror lore, Puppet Master cues, and ghost girl details — so read it after the zine if you prefer to go spoiler-free.
✨ Last Week’s Links
🎟️ Playbill (Credits + Cast)
Full album credits, character pairings, Puppet Master clues, and story fragments from the cast & crew.
📖 Prelude in Velvet (Pre-Story)
The first chapter in the Masquerade book. Meet the Promised Circle, the Queen, and the first mirror left behind.
🎭 Main Story, Part One (Zine)
Read the Zine » (Tracks 1–16)
First half of the Masquerade musical. Follow the picnic, the puppet’s escape, the Queen’s seduction, and the secrets beneath the rug.
🗝️ Symbolism Cabinet
From cursed music boxes to cracked reflections — explore the recurring symbols woven into the story and sound.
🎼Libretto Character Parts & Lyrics» If You Missed Any Of The Past Blogs, You Can Find Them Here: Behind the Scenes:
📰 Mickey’s Corner: Making of Masquerade of Shadows
📰 Mickey’s Corner: of Shadows: Main Story (Part One) + The Symbolism Cabinet
If You Are Ready For More... Keep Scrolling..
🎁 Gala Violet – Holiday Releases (2025 Edition)
*Perfect for shame spirals, party flashbacks, and festive poor decisions.
Listen To The Gala Violet
Dysfunctional Holiday Sampler Now!
💿 The Holiday Sampler(s) Have Arrived…
As if the Masquerade wasn’t chaotic enough — Gala Violet just dropped two holiday collections.
🎁 The Dysfunctional Holiday Sampler Two original tracks filled with barstool snark and holiday regret:
“Merry Whatever, You Filthy Animal”
“Let’s Hook Up Again (Like We Did at the Christmas Party)”
🎄 Pop-Tastic & Holiday Happy
A surprise Four-track bonus set. (Because glitter trauma is real.)
🌀 Now Streaming on Spotify, Apple Music & More:
🎄✨ Let’s Hook Up Again (Like We Did Last Christmas Party)
LISTEN NOW!
Flirty, sparkly, and just the right amount of messy — this is Gala Violet’s seasonal pop banger for
anybody who made a holiday mistake…
and is kind of hoping to make it again.
With retro shimmer, wink-wink lyrics, and a whole lot of nog-drunk chaos, this track hits the sweet spot between nostalgia and “maybe I shouldn’t text him right now.”
✨ Perfect for:
office party regrets
peppermint schnapps bravery
midnight mistletoe miscalculations
your favorite shame spiral playlist
From The Dysfunctional Holiday Sampler
💋 Pop with a twist of regret and a splash of nog.
[Click the albums to Listen]
🎁 Merry Whatever, You Filthy Animal
LISTEN NOW!
A snarky holiday palate cleanser for anyone who’s completely over it… but still wants a soundtrack while they rage-clean the living room.
[Click The Albums To Listen. ]
🎧 The Dysfunctional Holiday Sampler
LISTEN NOW!
A chaotic box of glitter, synths, regret, and seasonal mayhem — featuring Gala Violet’s holiday singles, interludes, surprises, and exactly zero well-adjusted choices. [Click The Albums To Listen. ]
🎭 Links + Listen
A fairytale unwinds best in order…
Ready to enter the tent? Below are the recommended chapters and listening guides to fully experience Masquerade of Shadows the way it was designed...
as a dark cabaret storybook set to music.
These are zine-format previews of the final book. Bookmark and follow along as we release each section. The album is fully streaming now, listen track-by-track as you read, or take it in like a theatre performance.
📖 Updated Story Sections (Zines)
1. The Playbill
📕 Meet the Cast + Creative Team
Link: [CLICK HERE]
Step through the velvet curtain and meet the Promise Circle, the fallen Queen, the Ghost Girls, the Puppet Master, and the humans behind the magic. This is the official Masquerade bill — cast, credits, roles, and the strange, beautiful crew who built this dark fairytale cabaret.
2. Prelude in Velvet
📘 Read the Pre-Story
Link: [CLICK HERE]
Where the story cracks open: a dream, a loss, a tent lit by impossible shadows. Before the music begins, before the masks slip — this is the hush before the first heartbeat. The velvet remembers everything.
3. Main Story – Part One (Tracks 1–16)
📙 Read Part One
Link: [CLICK HERE]
From the Dreamkeeper’s Spell to the séance behind the curtain, follow the first day of the Masquerade — the picnic, the stitch-and-bitch, the Charity Ball, and the ghosts that crack the mirror. Every track matched to its scene, exactly as the book presents it.
4. Main Story – Part Two (Tracks 17–33)
📙 Read Part Two
Link: [CLICK HERE]
The unraveling. The reveal. The inheritance. The uprising.
This is where the strings snap — and history tries to repeat itself.
Follow the second half of the Masquerade, including the séance fallout, the mirror shards, the new Queen, and the tent where the Puppet Master waits.
5. The Final Thread — Post-Story
📙 Read the Post-Story
Link: [CLICK HERE]
What remains when the lights go down.
A poetic, myth-threaded closing to the Masquerade — mirrors cracked, masks removed, truths named, strings cut, and the Twin Flame Waltz echoing through the quiet. Hope, healing, and free will take center stage.
6. The Libretto – Full Lyrics (34 Tracks + Characters)
📗 View Full Lyrics
Link: [CLICK HERE]
Every lyric, every whisper, every overlapping voice. Characters labeled, scenes numbered, refrains highlighted — this is the full musical text exactly as it appears in the square 8.5×8.5 book layout. A true libretto, not the DistroKid version.
7. Symbolism Cabinet – Spoiler Archive
📓 View the Cabinet
Link: [CLICK HERE]
A gothic archive of meaning: mirror shards, blood-thread puppets, saints, masks, tokens, relics, and lore across the Masquerade world. Every symbol decoded. Every thread explained. Handle with care — major spoilers lurk inside.
8. Character Stories | What We Know
📓 Read the Character Stories
Link: [CLICK HERE]
The Promise Circle, the ghosts, the Queen, the congregation, the men, the mothers, and the monstrous things that shaped them.
“What the town knows” ...
vs. “What the Puppet Master knows.”-(In Sunday With The Puppet Master)
A dossier-style archive for lore lovers.
9. Sunday With the Puppet Master – Final Chapter
📓 Read the Chapter
Link: [CLICK HERE]
The moment the story turned into a mirror.
Part journal, part haunting, part possession, part revelation — this is the Puppet Master’s chapter, the metafictional hinge of the entire Masquerade.
Includes “The Ledger of Strings,” “Artifacts Left Behind,” and the forbidden Sunday entry.
10. Listen to the Full Album
🎶 Masquerade of Shadows
Link: [CLICK HERE]
The album that the book is built on — 34 tracks of dark cabaret, shadow work, ghosts, mirrors, and the truth beneath the velvet. .... Or Click The Cover To Read Or Download!
Listen To The Full Album
Every track. Every ghost.
All 34 songs in sequence... from the flicker of the first flame to the final broken mirror.
Whether you listen on the chaise longue, on a midnight drive, or in your ritual bath of glitter and defiance, this is the complete Masquerade.
Clickable Albums
🎵 Masquerade of Shadows (Full Album)
🎵 Singles: Picnic for the Wicked, Mirror Mirror (On the Ceiling), Boom Boom Boom
(Album covers embedded, each one clickable.)
Playbill Video
This isn’t just a title sequence ...
It’s a conjuring.
A flicker of candlelight…
The curtain drawn back just enough to tempt you forward.
We wanted it to feel like the record storybooks of our childhood ... with shadow puppets, flickering text, and a whisper of danger.
Behind the Scenes:
📰 Mickey’s Corner: Making of Masquerade of Shadows
📰 Mickey’s Corner: of Shadows: Main Story (Part One) + The Symbolism Cabinet
🎙️ Eclectic Wonderland Radio Specials:
[🔗 All We Ever Wanted Was Everything] Puppet Master Reaches Out!
[🔗 Once Upon a Dark Fairytale] Inspiration For Masquerade Of Shadows
[🔗 In Pieces (Mikey Tribute Show)] In Pieces
[+ Turkey Drop)] "Let's Hook UP Again, (Like We Did Last Christmas Party!)"
✨ Final Notes + What’s Next
The mirror cracked, but the story sings on…
Masquerade of Shadows is more than a musical. It’s a spell, a seance, and a love letter to anyone who has ever tried to break free from the roles they were assigned. These sneak-peek zines are just the beginning.
What you’ve seen so far:
The Pre‑Story: a tale of longing, betrayal, and prophecy, whispered before the curtain rises
The Main Story, Part One: the first 16 tracks, and the six dreamers caught in a game they didn’t design
The Symbolism Cabinet: decoded motifs, sacred objects, and the mythos behind the masquerade
The Playbill + Lyrics: cast, creators, and the complete lyrical script that carries the show
Main Story, Part Two: Tracks 17–34, including the reveal of the Puppet Master and the unraveling of the spell
Character Stories: “What We Know” vs. “What the Puppet Master Knows”
Post‑Story & Moral: the final reckoning, the waltz, and the truth that broke the mirror
Sunday with the Puppet Master: a journal entry, a mixtape, a possession, a scrapbook of forbidden threads
🖤 But the curtain doesn’t close without him… (The Book Is Coming Soon!)
Thank you for being here. Thank you for listening. Thank you for choosing to peek behind the curtain.
We’ll see you soon!
💋✨
—Tea & Mickey
Velvet Umbrella Records
🎪 Gala Violet presents: Masquerade of Shadows
🕯️ Final Word from Mickey
“This isn’t just an album. It’s a masquerade stitched from trauma, laughter, ghosts, and the fire of making art when everything else tried to stop us.
We’re so glad you’re here. Take your mask, step into the story, and let the shadows dance.”
-Mickey Fingers
✨ About Mickey Fingers
Mickey Fingers is the co-creator of Velvet Umbrella Records and Gala Violet.
A multi-instrumentalist and engineer-producer, he moves between drums, guitar, bass, piano, and synth with ridiculous ease, building worlds inside Ableton Live.
Equal parts mystery and mischief, he’s a steady hand in the chaos and a spark in the shadows.
You’ll find him behind the curtain, buried in reel-to-reels and synth smoke.
📖 A Glimpse Behind the Velvet Curtain
Exclusive zine-style previews of the Masquerade storybook. (Click To View Or Download!)
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