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He Hears Death
2024
First Published
4.50
Average Rating
150
Number of Pages

He Hears Death tells the morbid tale of an embalmer who can no longer hear the world as it is, but as Death does. Cursed with the ability to hear the voices of the deceased who linger in his quiet hometown, The Fool finds himself struggling to hold onto his sanity. Reeling from the murder of his Lover four years prior, he spends his days fixing up the dead and the nights sewing up his own damaged soul amidst the anxiety and loneliness in his life. His only safe haven is his apartment - the place where his Lover's spirit still lingers - but the trek home each night is a dangerous one indeed... A violent, malicious entity stalks the halls of the high-rise, and every time The Fool steps through his doorway he risks it being his last. Wrestling with his future, his desire for reunion, and his spiraling anxiety, The Fool's story is one of grief, loneliness, and lost love. His near-obsessive romance with the literal ghost of his past grows ever stronger as his inability to move on throttles his will to live until all hell breaks loose. When an unforeseen crisis hits the neighboring city, The Fool finds himself trapped within the confines of The Tower, forcing him to face not only the hell-bent monstrosity in the hall and Death's presence in the shadows, but the finality of life as he knew it. He Hears Death was nominated for "Best Book Cover and Artist" in the 2024 Indie Ink Awards.

Avg Rating
4.50
Number of Ratings
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Author

A.L. Davidson
A.L. Davidson
Author · 6 books

A.L. Davidson (she/they/he) is a queer and disabled indie author who loves writing genre-blending stories, tales of heartwarming and horrifying romance, and the coziest sci-fi and urban fantasies you’ll find this side of the galaxy. She specializes in narratives filled with ghosts, grief, isolation, queerness, disability rep, ecohorror, space exploration, slow burn romance, and the human condition. She is a 2023 Indie Ink, Queer Indie, Pushcart Prize, and BBNYA nominee, and a 2024 Indie Ink and Small Spec Awards nominee, and has penned several short stories that have been featured in various lit mags and anthologies since 2022. They are best known for their collection of genre-blending web novels, including the slightly popular cozy horror series "The Night Farm", as well as their horror romance novellas "When The Rain Begins To Burn" and "Lover, Thy Name Is Pestilence", and the "R-PNZL: A Futuristic Fairytale" short story series. She is a crazy plant parent and lives with her cat, Jukebox the Ghost, in Kansas City. When she's not writing, you can find her working a shift and the funeral home, playing cozy video games, and diving into her ever-growing pile of manga.

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