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September 2025: Playground: Child of Divorce by Aaron Beauregard
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October 2025: #thighgap by Chandler Morrison
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"𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚." ~ 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣.
I'm sitting on the balcony. It's an early Saturday morning, and it feels like the rest of the world is still asleep, although the sun is already up in the sky. I'll be honest with you, I'm more of a rainy day kind of person. The balcony bathes in the sunlight, and i close my eyes. The darkness I desire is nowhere to be found, so I go inside the house to se ...more
"𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚." ~ 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣.
I'm sitting on the balcony. It's an early Saturday morning, and it feels like the rest of the world is still asleep, although the sun is already up in the sky. I'll be honest with you, I'm more of a rainy day kind of person. The balcony bathes in the sunlight, and i close my eyes. The darkness I desire is nowhere to be found, so I go inside the house to se ...more
Helen Troy is a model. In her mind's eye, being as thin as possible is the highest attainable goal. Being the thinnest of all the girls is equated with the highest beauty. Helen just doesn't know where to draw the line. Not literally. Our girl is an expert when it comes to drugs. Dread and fear are major players in this novella. As Helen dances blindly with Corpse Girl, the word "ethereal" takes on an entirely different meaning. Something important to ask yourself: do you have the #thigh gap? Do
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Heart breaking💔
Gut wrenching 😩
Soul destroying 😱
Mind blowingly sad 😭
I can't say anything else 🤐 ...more
Gut wrenching 😩
Soul destroying 😱
Mind blowingly sad 😭
I can't say anything else 🤐 ...more
I put this one on my TBR list over the summer, then totally forgot about it until I put Chandler Morrison’s “Dead Inside” on my Bookstagram Halloween Horror Countdown (you’d all better be following me there, link in bio!) and was reminded that this one was out now. I immediately ordered it, immediately opened it when I got it, then immediately devoured it.
I’m left with so many feelings…this is a book that dips into reality as easily as it does fantasy. Is it a horror novella? It is. It’s also a ...more
I’m left with so many feelings…this is a book that dips into reality as easily as it does fantasy. Is it a horror novella? It is. It’s also a ...more
Yikes, I liked this. I wouldn’t necessarily define this as horror per se but it definitely does an amazing job describing the horror of anorexia and the culture’s implicit support of thinness equaling love.
as somebody with an eating disorder, i was really hesitant to read this. i knew it would be triggering and it certainly was.
but at the same time it was a really good representation of anorexia and the delusions that it gives you.
i related with a lot Helens thoughts, and the only horror in this book i could find was the inevitable decline of a very sick woman.
it's a gaunt reminder that eating disorders are a mental affliction that costs people their lives.
this book centered me in reality.
i appr ...more
but at the same time it was a really good representation of anorexia and the delusions that it gives you.
i related with a lot Helens thoughts, and the only horror in this book i could find was the inevitable decline of a very sick woman.
it's a gaunt reminder that eating disorders are a mental affliction that costs people their lives.
this book centered me in reality.
i appr ...more
Novella about a girl with an obsession about her weight. Creepy as hell. 4.25 🌟
Another exceptional book from, Chandler Morrison. Although, I do find this story more depressing and raw than I do "horrifying". The prose is excellent in his writing; part satirical, part poetic, and even tender.
Helen's (FMC) narration as she battles her body dysmorphia through the manifestations of the slug and corpse girl is straight body horror. While her inner monologues about loneliness and the vapidness of her life are truly poignant and stand out in the story. I was really rooting for He ...more
Helen's (FMC) narration as she battles her body dysmorphia through the manifestations of the slug and corpse girl is straight body horror. While her inner monologues about loneliness and the vapidness of her life are truly poignant and stand out in the story. I was really rooting for He ...more
Jun 15, 2022
D.K. Hundt
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Sep 04, 2022
David John
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