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Dan Beter

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Psychological Thriller, Transgressive Fiction, Dystopian

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Jacques F. Vallée
Bret Easton Ellis
Chuck Palahniuk
Don DeLillo
George Orw ...more

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April 2026

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I’m a human based in Colorado. I like working with my hands. I like beautiful things. I like ice cream. I paint. I write. I play music. I contemplate the mysteries of life.

My debut novel, [un]civilized, explores power, perception, consciousness, and the unsettling possibility that humanity may not fully understand the forces shaping it.

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What Happens When Fiction Removes the Guardrails

I've always had a soft spot for books that make me slightly uncomfortable. Not so much in the sense that they're shocking for the sake of being shocking; anyone can write something offensive, grotesque, or taboo and call it edgy. Most of the time, that's boring.

The books I keep coming back to force me to spend time with people I wouldn't want to be. They drag me into mindsets I'd rather avoid. The Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 10, 2026 08:31 • Tags: antiheroes, bret-easton-ellis, chuck-palahniuk, human-nature, irvine-welsh, literary-fiction, morally-gray-characters, psychological-fiction, transgressive-fiction, uncivilized

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