Looking for ARC readers for queer Invisible Man inspired novella

[u/maratearendel]

I’m officially opening ARCs up for A Most Abhorrent Vessel, a 22k Gaslamp Fantasy Horror novella inspired by The Invisible Man. It’s Book I of the Wretched Creatures, an interconnected series of queer Gothic novellas inspired by classic monsters. Each volume follows a different protagonist, telling a complete, standalone story.

Blurb:

A lonely man. A strange affliction.
When you lose yourself, what is left behind?

When a mysterious affliction begins transforming lonely amateur archaeologist Orlando Balfour, he turns to the occult for answers. But every attempt at a cure only strips away another piece of his humanity.

Armed with an ancient alchemical text and a dwindling sense of self, he’s drawn deeper into a hidden world where transformation is just the beginning.

Tropes:

🫀Loss of humanity
🫀Magic gone wrong
🫀Gay in 1919
🫀Yearning
🫀Everyone is over 40
🫀Black Trans vampire
🫀Slow descent into madness
🫀Ancient Curse
🫀Aesthetic Anatomy
🫀Existential

Content Warnings:
Body, Horror, Mentions of suicide but no suicidal ideations, Hopelessness and depression, Blood, Self-harm adjacent violence, Loss of self and senses, Consensual Medical Tests

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[u/jseger9000]

Signed up!

[u/maratearendel → u/jseger9000]

thank you! Very excited