
This nested horror novel follows siblings Tamsen and Presley, who are lured to an isolated mansion by a billionaire under the guise of an artistic residency. As they become trapped in a sadistic game, the narrative fractures into a meta-fictional structure. The book presents a collection of found materials: a novella about an aspiring poet and a serial killer, a series of disturbing poems, and a transcription of a video game script. These disjointed pieces coalesce to map the internal psyche of a creator obsessed with death and the physical reality of human suffering.
Followers of transgressive fiction and body horror choose this work for its graphic intensity and non-linear construction. It attracts those interested in the thin line between creative expression and actual violence. Readers finish the book with a sense of unease regarding the morality of consumption and the ways prose can be used to document physical trauma. It offers a bleak look at how artists utilize blood and pain as raw materials for their work, forcing an encounter with the visceral mechanics of the human body.
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN