The Hollow Places

Kara, recently divorced and living in her uncle’s museum of curiosities, discovers a hole in a drywall that leads into a concrete bunker and a landscape of endless islands amidst a dark river. Alongside her neighbor Simon, she navigates this multiverse where sound attracts predatory entities that rewrite human anatomy and personality. The narrative focuses on the physics of this willow-filled dimension, where monuments hum with malevolent intent and survival depends on strict silence and the refusal to acknowledge the supernatural logic governing the space.

Fans of cosmic horror and portal fantasy read this for the mixture of dry humor and claustrophobic dread. It appeals to those who enjoy seeing everyday people confront incomprehensible geometry and biological terrors without losing their wit. Readers finish the book with a lasting suspicion of museums, taxidermy, and the thinness of drywall. They gain a specific appreciation for how lighthearted character dynamics can heighten the impact of visceral, surrealist violence in a modern gothic setting.