The Aberrant Erasure

The Aberrant Erasure follows a disaffected punk, haunted by a sentient "hole" inside him that whispers nihilistically about his own worthlessness. His small circle of misfit friends begin to die off one by one, in darkly comic ways, as the novella builds toward a metaphysical reveal about cosmic "order," and aberrant souls.

The story has it all. Profanities and stigmas with genuine texture to the punk-scene setting (much akin to the metal scene I'm familiar with). The "hole" serves the story by externalizing depression and dissociation without ever calling it out, and the death scenes are built with real shock value and a slathering of dark humor.

Overall, this is a voice-driven horror novella that burrows into the minds of the reader. Fans of gritty psychological horror with a taste for literary prose will find plenty here to like. Another great read by Whitedale!