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Feel Her Pain
What would you do if your body started to communicate with you after years of pain if it gave you the option to make it stop? Would you take it?
This is the choice Calico Roberts has to make, after years of brutal torment from her own chronic health condition. If you were in this much pain, suffering this much...would you accept your fate or take the hand that fate has been dealt?
A shocking body horror from the Author of 'What's Eating You,' and 'The Wilderness'. Comes a horror based on real-life events, Trigger warnings include, gore, violence, profanity, mental health triggers and body horror images that will never leave you.
This is the choice Calico Roberts has to make, after years of brutal torment from her own chronic health condition. If you were in this much pain, suffering this much...would you accept your fate or take the hand that fate has been dealt?
A shocking body horror from the Author of 'What's Eating You,' and 'The Wilderness'. Comes a horror based on real-life events, Trigger warnings include, gore, violence, profanity, mental health triggers and body horror images that will never leave you.
77 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 19, 2023
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Nat Whiston
30 books56 followersNat Whiston is from Birmingham, England. She published her first short story, What's Eating You on Godless Horrors, and did a collaboration story with Ash Ericmore - Your Move. She has the two novels of her three-part Extreme Horror/Dark Fantasy series, called Death Walks with Me and Time is Fleeting currently out. She has published the popular body horror short 'Feel Her Pain' and has a kid's series with Little Cape Publishing called Niko's Nightmare Portal Pet. She also does Nat Whiston Reviews to support other authors in the Indie Horror Community with co-host Creepy Bunny. Her favorite author is Clive Barker.
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July 7, 2023
This book fucking beat me up like I'd done several rounds with Mike Tyson...It was heart wrenching is all that I can say....and that ending...I had to read it several times over before it sunk in....an extremely "painful" book to read! Well written Nat Whiston...Thank You.
June 6, 2023
FEEL HER PAIN by Nat Whiston
Callie Roberts just wants the pain from her endometriosis to end or at the very least the doctors to listen and help her. When she starts hearing someone and loses control, her pain may be coming to an end. What is she willing to give of herself in order to be pain free? A difficult read for many women who suffer from conditions like this though a very important story to tell. A definite win from Whiston. An easy recommend 5/5.
Callie Roberts just wants the pain from her endometriosis to end or at the very least the doctors to listen and help her. When she starts hearing someone and loses control, her pain may be coming to an end. What is she willing to give of herself in order to be pain free? A difficult read for many women who suffer from conditions like this though a very important story to tell. A definite win from Whiston. An easy recommend 5/5.
September 3, 2023
The author took something that women deal with and magnified it times a thousand. What a fantastic concept and the ending was something I would have never seen coming. I loved the writing style and the pace of the story. I could really feel for the main character, her agony and despair flowed from the pages.
May 30, 2023
ooohhhhhh this was good! And the ending.. !! Just perfect!
"Can you imaging living a life where pain is all you know? Where every part of your body aches and the pain is so bad some days you cannot get out of bed. Appointment after appointment, you have no answers, and and up waiting for someone to save you from the nightmare?
What if salvation was offered to you, a way out from the horrors of life, where you don't have to end it all?
Would you take it? No matter how high or how terrible the cost. Could you do the worst, to ease your own pain?
Let me tell you a story..."
"Can you imaging living a life where pain is all you know? Where every part of your body aches and the pain is so bad some days you cannot get out of bed. Appointment after appointment, you have no answers, and and up waiting for someone to save you from the nightmare?
What if salvation was offered to you, a way out from the horrors of life, where you don't have to end it all?
Would you take it? No matter how high or how terrible the cost. Could you do the worst, to ease your own pain?
Let me tell you a story..."
May 6, 2023
This book punched me in the feels from the get go. As an endometriosis sufferer myself I empathise for Cali I've felt that hopelessness and been in her shoes where the doctors seem like they're not hearing you. Nat put her real pain and frustration into every page and the story that came out is brutal and real with an ending that will slap you in the face.
May 24, 2023
I finished this book in under an hour! I don’t suffer from endometriosis. But I do suffer from migraines and hypothyroidism. I couldn’t imagine something offering to take my pain and tiredness away without drugs and the fact that I may also say yes.
Cali has endometriosis and something inside her has offered to take all her pain away but at a grave price. Cali abides and some sad and crazy things take place. The ending was something I wasn’t exactly expecting.
What would you do to get rid of your chronic pain?
Cali has endometriosis and something inside her has offered to take all her pain away but at a grave price. Cali abides and some sad and crazy things take place. The ending was something I wasn’t exactly expecting.
What would you do to get rid of your chronic pain?
September 17, 2023
Well, that was depraved. I felt a lot of the character's pain, so the descriptions were well-written. Great storyline with a villain no one would want to meet. Nice twist at the end, I had anticipated some of it, but not all... so well done. Recommended for all those who enjoy disgustingly good tales - not for the fainthearted.
June 29, 2024
The title of this book is perfect, because while reading it I felt as if I really could feel her pain through the pages. I'm still processing this one, but that ending was so unexpected and awesome!! 4/5 skulls 💀
June 20, 2024
The title of this amazingly written book by Nat Whiston is not kidding around. Calico (Cali) Roberts suffers from endometriosis, and I do mean suffers. Her life is one of near-constant pain, and the doctors are not much help as they seem to believe that she is exaggerating her symptoms. Sure, they will put her on a waiting list for tests, but how long will that take and what is she to do in the meantime?
To further complicate matters, there is a voice in Cali's head and it wants blood. It tells her that if she listens and obeys, it will make the pain go away. But if she chooses to ignore it, the pain will become so much worse.
Feel Her Pain is one of my favourite reads of the year. It made me feel uncomfortable in body parts I don't possess and elicited a feeling of empathy from me, which is not an easy thing to do. Seriously, it made me want to give Cali a hug and be there for her as a friend.
And the ending...? Oh, boy. So damn good.
I can't recommend this book enough. It deserves to be at the top of your list for your next read.
To further complicate matters, there is a voice in Cali's head and it wants blood. It tells her that if she listens and obeys, it will make the pain go away. But if she chooses to ignore it, the pain will become so much worse.
Feel Her Pain is one of my favourite reads of the year. It made me feel uncomfortable in body parts I don't possess and elicited a feeling of empathy from me, which is not an easy thing to do. Seriously, it made me want to give Cali a hug and be there for her as a friend.
And the ending...? Oh, boy. So damn good.
I can't recommend this book enough. It deserves to be at the top of your list for your next read.
July 9, 2023
What would you give to be free of pain? Great short story. Loved the drama between the main characters. I wonder if she knew (somewhere in the back of her mind) how much this was going to cost her?
October 3, 2023
Well shit did I feel her pain. So much hurt wrapped in a fucked-up story. Yet it feels like so much more than a story. That shit fucking hurt.
Aside from how well the pain translates - the storyline is so creative. I adored it.
Aside from how well the pain translates - the storyline is so creative. I adored it.
June 3, 2023
Albeit grammar errors, this story deeply resonated with me (and disturbed me), to the point that it made me cry. As someone who suffers from Endo, having had 2 surgeries while still being effectively disabled by the disease, I feel that this story did a wonderful job of demonstrating that Endo is not just a period disease. My heart is with every single Endo sufferer, particularly those who relate to this story. 🎗️
May 21, 2023
Wow. I really loved this. My sister had fibromyalgia and endo and I have heard a lot of the same struggles and sentiments from her that are also echoed throughout this book. I thought this was a really clever way to villianize chronic pain in a fun and literal way. I also thought the absence of males throughout the (almost) entire book was really interesting as well. Its gross, sad, horrific, and one hell of a story all around. 4.5 Rounded up to 5. Would absolutely read more by this author after this.
May 17, 2023
This shit was a heavy read. It had a lot of cool blood, gore, and death but the culminating message of it all was very deep. I loved this book, and I think everyone should read it.
July 2, 2024
As someone who used to really struggle with endometriosis I really felt for the main character. Her dealings with the doctors could have been my story growing up. What a painful and amazing story!
April 25, 2024
“Feel Her Pain” is a harrowing, extreme short horror novelette by Birmingham-based writer, Nat Whiston, who personally signed a copy for me when we met in Dudley! A long-time advocate of indue authors who posts regular reviews on her YouTube and social media channels, Whiston is something of an idol of mine for her no-nonsense delivery, dark aesthetic, and her personal experience with chronic pain and illness. All these elements are at the forefront of “Feel Her Pain”, a bloody and potentially upsetting allegory not just for the physical afflictions that all women must suffer with throughout their lives, but for incessant, agonising, seemingly unexplainable anguish some unfortunate people are forced to endure on a daily basis.
For Calico Roberts, this manifests in the most extreme of ways; she’s spent half her life bent over or sitting on a toilet, struggling with horrifying internal pains and constant bleeding, an affliction only made worse by the refusal of her doctor to take her seriously. Frustrated and having given up on having children and long-term relationships, Calico has lost all faith in the UK medical system and is at the end of her tether. That’s when she starts hearing a voice. A taunting, cruel, vindictive female voice in her head named Meigs who offers to ease her pain and, with no other choice left to her, Calico accepts. While her pain is eased, it comes at a cost: Meigs begins inflicting even worse pain upon her when she disobeys her and demands that she head out into the night and slaughter victims for their various innards and organs. Though disgusted by Meigs’ cruelty and murderous lust, Calico is forced to go along for the ride when consuming these vile trophies improves her condition. However, as awful as her lifetime of pain was before, things only get worse when Meigs grows stronger with each kill, damning Calico to a fate not only worse than her daily agony, but worse than death, too!
Whiston crafts this unique and unsettling horror story with the voice of experience; I really felt not only Calico’s pain, but her utter desperation and frustration at her condition and the way she’s treated because of it. Doctors dismiss her ailments and see her as a bother, she’s become a virtual recluse with no friends or family, and Calico can barely stand to face each day her pain is so great. Whiston doesn’t pull any punches when describing what Calico endures; if you’re unsettled by blood, viscera, bodily excretion, and extreme allegories for the worst of a woman’s natural suffering then this book isn’t for you at all. However, you’d be missing out as, in between all this extreme gore, Whiston weaves a compelling depiction of a toxic, manipulative relationship between the demanding and aggressive Meigs and the passive, exhausted Calico. The pacing of this novelette was really engaging for me; Calico remains conflicted between the relief she feels due to Meigs’ lusts and the guilt of her brutal actions, but the violence escalates alongside the pain, suffering, and gore towards a truly disturbing ending that I totally didn’t see coming and left me so rattled I had to read it again, and then applaud Whiston for being so brazen!
For Calico Roberts, this manifests in the most extreme of ways; she’s spent half her life bent over or sitting on a toilet, struggling with horrifying internal pains and constant bleeding, an affliction only made worse by the refusal of her doctor to take her seriously. Frustrated and having given up on having children and long-term relationships, Calico has lost all faith in the UK medical system and is at the end of her tether. That’s when she starts hearing a voice. A taunting, cruel, vindictive female voice in her head named Meigs who offers to ease her pain and, with no other choice left to her, Calico accepts. While her pain is eased, it comes at a cost: Meigs begins inflicting even worse pain upon her when she disobeys her and demands that she head out into the night and slaughter victims for their various innards and organs. Though disgusted by Meigs’ cruelty and murderous lust, Calico is forced to go along for the ride when consuming these vile trophies improves her condition. However, as awful as her lifetime of pain was before, things only get worse when Meigs grows stronger with each kill, damning Calico to a fate not only worse than her daily agony, but worse than death, too!
Whiston crafts this unique and unsettling horror story with the voice of experience; I really felt not only Calico’s pain, but her utter desperation and frustration at her condition and the way she’s treated because of it. Doctors dismiss her ailments and see her as a bother, she’s become a virtual recluse with no friends or family, and Calico can barely stand to face each day her pain is so great. Whiston doesn’t pull any punches when describing what Calico endures; if you’re unsettled by blood, viscera, bodily excretion, and extreme allegories for the worst of a woman’s natural suffering then this book isn’t for you at all. However, you’d be missing out as, in between all this extreme gore, Whiston weaves a compelling depiction of a toxic, manipulative relationship between the demanding and aggressive Meigs and the passive, exhausted Calico. The pacing of this novelette was really engaging for me; Calico remains conflicted between the relief she feels due to Meigs’ lusts and the guilt of her brutal actions, but the violence escalates alongside the pain, suffering, and gore towards a truly disturbing ending that I totally didn’t see coming and left me so rattled I had to read it again, and then applaud Whiston for being so brazen!
August 21, 2023
This book was entirely female, and with a refreshing, albeit disturbing, tale by Nat Whiston. Whiston does not hesitate to pull you into the character's pain with prose, and a writing style that relaxes you and then punches you in the gut. If you love horror, and a plot that accelerates much faster than what you think, you'll love Feel Her Pain. I loved the roller coast ride of emotion, pain, no-pain, more pain, and then the knife that this author plunges into your gut at the ending of the entire tale. This story was an original, one of a kind, and the ending blew me away. I love a phycological tale that makes me question the main character's sanity, and this story does just that. Whiston is on my radar for one of my must buys.
April 22, 2025
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Feel Her Pain by Nat Whiston was such a beautifully horrific story. What would you sacrifice to end the unending agony of pain’s embrace? How far would you go to get your body to stop screaming at you?
I picked this one up during an intense fibro flare and never looked back. Pain can feel so isolating, so this book made me feel less alone. Beautifully written. 10/10 recommend, even if you don’t have chronic pain, but especially if you do.
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Feel Her Pain by Nat Whiston was such a beautifully horrific story. What would you sacrifice to end the unending agony of pain’s embrace? How far would you go to get your body to stop screaming at you?
I picked this one up during an intense fibro flare and never looked back. Pain can feel so isolating, so this book made me feel less alone. Beautifully written. 10/10 recommend, even if you don’t have chronic pain, but especially if you do.
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September 28, 2023
As a fellow author with chronic pain, this book really resonated with me. Beautifully done, well written, and is a fascinating read from start to finish.
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