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Pub Date Jun 12 2026 | Archive Date Jul 08 2026


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Description

Rafe has spent his entire life believing humanity should cease to exist. He's about to find out if he really means it.

When an army of six million death-mask creatures offers him the means to cleanse Earth of humanity, the opportunity he never thought possible is suddenly within reach. But as the line between his own will and something far darker begins to dissolve, he must confront a truth about himself that has been waiting in the shadows since before he was born.



Rafe has spent his entire life believing humanity should cease to exist. He's about to find out if he really means it.

When an army of six million death-mask creatures offers him the means to...


A Note From the Publisher

Publisher Advisory: Claustrophobis is a work of dark philosophical fiction. This novel features:
• Graphic violence and body horror including mass killing, creature attacks and visceral imagery
• Deeply challenging philosophical content including extinctionism, antinatalism and the deliberate extinction of humanity
• An unreliable, morally compromised narrator whose worldview the reader is required to inhabit
• Themes of people trafficking, slavery, and humanity's complicity in its own destruction
• Supernatural and interdimensional horror including torture, collective consciousness and body transformation
• A narrative designed to deliberately desensitise the reader as a conscious literary technique
This book is recommended for readers who enjoy:
• Dark philosophical and literary fiction
• Cosmic and interdimensional horror
• Morally complex, deeply uncomfortable narratives
• Challenging reads that implicate the reader in their themes
• Fiction in the tradition of Clive Barker and Cormac McCarthy
Not recommended for readers seeking:
• Redemptive or morally reassuring narratives
• Traditional supernatural horror
• Content suitable for sensitive readers
• Fiction with a conventional protagonist or moral compass
Please consider your reading preferences carefully before requesting. Claustrophobis is uncompromising dark fiction that makes significant demands on the reader and offers no comfortable resolution.

Publisher Advisory: Claustrophobis is a work of dark philosophical fiction. This novel features:
• Graphic violence and body horror including mass killing, creature attacks and visceral imagery
•...


Advance Praise

"A fantastic horror book. A mix of psychological and body horror with very strong philosophical undertones. Not a dull moment." — NetGalley reviewer

"Writing was engaging and locked me in from chapter one. I think EVERY dark baddie should grab this up ASAP!" — strangerthenfiction, Fable

"The prose was quite beautiful and well-constructed... The mystery surrounding some of the supporting characters might've been my favourite part. The phone calls and texts with their eerie messages and strange claims added an element of suspense I wasn't expecting." — slightlywickedwitch, Fable

"A fantastic horror book. A mix of psychological and body horror with very strong philosophical undertones. Not a dull moment." — NetGalley reviewer

"Writing was engaging and locked me in from chapter...


Marketing Plan

Claustrophobis will be supported through Goodreads outreach, targeted review-site pitches in the literary-horror community, and pitches to the literary-horror podcast circuit. The book is positioned alongside Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart, Thomas Ligotti's The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.

 Available June 5 (ebook) / June 12 (paperback)

Claustrophobis will be supported through Goodreads outreach, targeted review-site pitches in the literary-horror community, and pitches to the literary-horror podcast circuit. The book is positioned...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781915365248
PRICE $14.95 (USD)
PAGES 351

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