Maggie Moor creator of psychological crime noir Skinless (Book 1) — Charmay New York Noir Series. This is the Substack series.
SKINLESS: INSIDE THE STORY
A Soul at Stake in the City's Shadows.
Slip into the world behind Skinless and the Charmay: New York Noir series—story, song, and the real-life reflections that inspired it.
Substack: Inside the Story — 9+ episodes bringing you inside Skinless: The Story of a Female Survivor and beyond into Book 2. (Free content)
In the 1999 Lower East Side, Skinless pulls you into a street-poetry rhythm—a fever dream where the city’s vibrant energy masks a haunting, darkly comic underworld. From Chanel shops to gentlemen’s clubs, Tribeca lofts to underground jazz, a cast of grifters, suits, and family snipers blur the line between ambition and illusion.
In this atmospheric noir, childhood echoes collide with a surreal present—a visceral evocation of 21st-century America: the times we live in and the forces we live by.
Psychological noir—breathes like jazz.
The Artist: Charmay | The Siren, alter ego: Cindy | The Inner Tormentor: Skinless
The hunter is haunted—and the blur between performance and self becomes a war for the soul.
STREET POETRY. BEAUTY. DANGER. SURVIVAL.
THE MUSIC
Skinless: Songs from the Book — the sonic arc of the story. Archival recordings featuring Kenny Rampton and Eddie Ojeda.
“A deeply moving, deliciously weighty work of fiction… poetic, stream-of-consciousness prose. [Charmay’s] gifts for introspection and observation make her the perfect lynchpin for the author’s subversion.”
SKINLESS — Book One
Inside the Story: Episode Dossier
“Stay on the growing side of diminished.” — MM
Slip into Skinless
“In each of us there is another whom we do not know” – Carl G. Jung.
Episode #2: The DOSSIER & THE DESCENT.
“A guy told me recently, “’If you knew all the parts of someone, you would love them.'”- Charmay, SKINLESS
Episode #3: THE SPLINTERED SELF.
Charmay isn’t just a singer—she’s an “Orphan Misfit Survivor” navigating a dangerous triangle of sex, drugs, and power.
Episode #4: THE MASK & THE MIRROR
Charmay battles a raw vulnerability she calls ‘skinless’ as her alter ego, Cindy, invites a deadly betrayal.
Episode #5: BULLET LINE OR BEDSHEETS?
Charmay longs for intimacy. Cindy uses intimacy as a weapon. By the final chorus, Skinless becomes a visceral evocation of turn‑of‑the‑century America—the times we live in and the forces we live by.
Episode #6: THE PLAYERS & THE PIECES
The powerful men surrounding Charmay: Sam Black, Eddie Cruise, Rex Raven, & Jesse Boy— the world’s collide. Official Skinless Trailer (40s)
LINK TO EPISODE #6
Episode #7: THE JAZZ CUT
“Cheyenne elder told me once, camping Colorado Rockies: “’Past, present, and future happen at once inside us.'” — Charmay
Episode #8: THE AMERICAN DREAM (With the Skin Torn Off)
The American Illusion: “Trash Girl” vs. Chanel Suit. Race, Class, and “Family Snipers.”
Episode #9: Bonus: THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS
Skinless: Songs from the Book. The songs are the arc of the story. A track‑by‑track guide to 8 songs and 1 single, with chapter excerpts.
Episode: THE EVOLUTION OF CHARMAY: NEW YORK NOIR
SKINLESS, The Global Buzz, & the Shadow of Book 2
Book 2: CHARMAY: NEW YORK NOIR
CHARMAY; New York, London, Africa. The Surveillance State.
Exclusive flashlight into the future.
