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A mother slowly falling apart after the death of her son, with a paranormal twist.

On the tin, this doesn‘t look like something I‘d like—grief, self harm, slow deconstruction of psyche—but damn, is it well done. Visceral, full of body horror and genuine emotions, with a clear direction.

I can handle (and like) reading about fictional terrible things as long as I‘m forewarned and prepared for it. And when it‘s written well.

4.0/5

Photo credit: Marian Voicu. My horror journey started on the road today listening to this extremely well written horror novella of grief. Chris cannot stop visiting the sight where her son died from a car accident. She stumbles on a way that might bring him back. It was so emotional @LeahBergen ☝🏽these were my eyes the last hour listening to the book. So much so I had to pull over in Colorado Springs to get a Bingo Burger combo to lift my 👇🏼

4½⭐
This is a story of the lengths one woman will go to just to try and commune with her deceased son. I was surprised by how much meat there is to this story when it was only three and a half hours long. In that short amount of time, it packed one helluva gut punch. Right in the feels. It even had me looking up an interview with the author on youtube just to figure out exactly what went down at the very end.

A gruesome slice of body horror (no pun intended) focused on grief and motherhood. Told with exacting prose. Definitely worth checking out.

Novella about a woman who loses her son in an automobile accident. Then one day visiting his roadside memorial she accidentally spills blood on the ground and he seems to come back. But is it really her son, or something darker? In any case the price of seeing him again is more blood .... This one packs a punch. TW for self-harm.

This book. If you are a fan of grief horror, like Pet Sematary, you will love this amazing novella. It is both heartbreaking and terrifying. So so good!