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Writhe: A New Years Horror Novella
Garrett was a normal New Yorker, appeasing annoying neighbors and paying over-inflated rent for a dumpy little 4th-story apartment in Hell’s Kitchen....Until the larvae hatched. As Garrett unleashes his violent wrath upon the unsuspecting city of Manhattan, NYPD’S-own mismatched duo, Luca Han and Mel Tredo, are on a tense mission to find the lunatic behind the rampage before he can murder again. Will they capture the homicidal madman in the surging sea of potential victims before the ball drops in Times Square?Writhe is a tale of horror from the twisted sisters that brought you Vanity Kills, Bad God's Tower, Mantis, and The Illuminator Saga. Published by Rusty Ogre Publishing.
- GenresHorror
214 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 27, 2024
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About the author
Erica Summers
15 books85 followersErica Summers is an independent filmmaker, artist, film industry grip, and writer with an unwavering passion for horror. Several of her award-winning feature films have screened worldwide, including Obsidian, Mister White, & Loverboy (available on most streaming services.)
Born and raised in Wyoming, Erica spent most of her life in the swampy American South. She now resides in Connecticut. In her downtime, the bizarre bisexual is typically slathered in garden dirt, kayak fishing, or devouring horror movies with her boyfriend.
Erica also writes spicy romance novels under the pen name Odessa Alba and humorous cozy mysteries under the pen name Trixie Fairdale.
She is also a co-owner of Rusty Ogre Publishing.
Born and raised in Wyoming, Erica spent most of her life in the swampy American South. She now resides in Connecticut. In her downtime, the bizarre bisexual is typically slathered in garden dirt, kayak fishing, or devouring horror movies with her boyfriend.
Erica also writes spicy romance novels under the pen name Odessa Alba and humorous cozy mysteries under the pen name Trixie Fairdale.
She is also a co-owner of Rusty Ogre Publishing.
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May 4, 2024
Noise!
Picture this:
A young man, on a tour with other young people, drinks way too much one night, blacks out and wakes up the next day with someone else’s blanket, with not-quite-dry-yet upchuck on it, and the mother of all hangovers. Let’s say this young man feels guilty and goes to the communal bathrooms, closes the door of the stall with one of the three bathtubs, goes on his knees and starts washing that blanket.
To make things a little more fun, let’s add a girl in the bathtub in the next stall, and while she’s soaking it up, one of the guys is inconsiderate enough to barge in on her, to play a prank. Imagine the scream that reaching decibels that would make an opera diva jealous.
Can you see the young man, vomiting from pain, eyes closed shut, feeling the breeze in the back of his head because his brain exploded and covered the walls with dripping goo and blood.
Now, I am not going to claim that the story above is non-fiction, but it is close enough to make me sympathize with this poor main character to the point where you just wanted him to shut the entire effing city up so his brain could get a break.
Can everybody just shut the hell up for a little while, already?
Picture this:
A young man, on a tour with other young people, drinks way too much one night, blacks out and wakes up the next day with someone else’s blanket, with not-quite-dry-yet upchuck on it, and the mother of all hangovers. Let’s say this young man feels guilty and goes to the communal bathrooms, closes the door of the stall with one of the three bathtubs, goes on his knees and starts washing that blanket.
To make things a little more fun, let’s add a girl in the bathtub in the next stall, and while she’s soaking it up, one of the guys is inconsiderate enough to barge in on her, to play a prank. Imagine the scream that reaching decibels that would make an opera diva jealous.
Can you see the young man, vomiting from pain, eyes closed shut, feeling the breeze in the back of his head because his brain exploded and covered the walls with dripping goo and blood.
Now, I am not going to claim that the story above is non-fiction, but it is close enough to make me sympathize with this poor main character to the point where you just wanted him to shut the entire effing city up so his brain could get a break.
Can everybody just shut the hell up for a little while, already?
April 30, 2025
so. much. chaos.
March 21, 2024
A Horror Bookworm Recommendation
Writhe by Erica Summers & H. M. Wohl
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Garrett Reubens is the victim of a harmless prank gone very…very..wrong. As a result, he discovers a parasitic species that has burrowed within. As panic ensues, Garrett is plunged into a violent living nightmare.
Writhe is a tale of an Antarctic discovery involving the reproducing rate of a wormlike creature. This vermiform seeks shelter by tunneling into dark moist places it calls home. Once snug as a bug in its chosen orifice it can begin to lay eggs. Screams of pain…frantic agony…coppery fangs…meaty carnage…just pray it isn’t you.
Co-authors Erica Summers and Heather Wohl have created a creepy crawly repulsive piece of terror. Having many cringe worthy scenes of lingering larvae, this novella sized book is a direct result of goosebumps, the heebie-jeebies and chills. If you like your extreme horror with many-legged trigger warnings like I do, you’ve come to the right place. The plethora of bizarre chaos and slithering violence is the perfect gritty mixture for this flesh craving creature feature.
Be prepared to experience the horrifying cycle of a parasitic worm. From the the safe nesting place it seeks to the thousands of tiny eggs ready to hatch within its chosen host. Writhe is a squirming good time that allows readers to BYOT…Bring Your Own Tweezers. A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.
Writhe by Erica Summers & H. M. Wohl
https://horrorbookwormreviews.com/
Garrett Reubens is the victim of a harmless prank gone very…very..wrong. As a result, he discovers a parasitic species that has burrowed within. As panic ensues, Garrett is plunged into a violent living nightmare.
Writhe is a tale of an Antarctic discovery involving the reproducing rate of a wormlike creature. This vermiform seeks shelter by tunneling into dark moist places it calls home. Once snug as a bug in its chosen orifice it can begin to lay eggs. Screams of pain…frantic agony…coppery fangs…meaty carnage…just pray it isn’t you.
Co-authors Erica Summers and Heather Wohl have created a creepy crawly repulsive piece of terror. Having many cringe worthy scenes of lingering larvae, this novella sized book is a direct result of goosebumps, the heebie-jeebies and chills. If you like your extreme horror with many-legged trigger warnings like I do, you’ve come to the right place. The plethora of bizarre chaos and slithering violence is the perfect gritty mixture for this flesh craving creature feature.
Be prepared to experience the horrifying cycle of a parasitic worm. From the the safe nesting place it seeks to the thousands of tiny eggs ready to hatch within its chosen host. Writhe is a squirming good time that allows readers to BYOT…Bring Your Own Tweezers. A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.
February 5, 2024
'Writhe' by Erica Summers and H.M. Wohl is not for the faint of the heart; the novella has well-drawn, fascinating characters, imaginative kills, and some really nasty creatures provoking major carnage! It has a good sense of plot, but what really impressed me was the amazing dialogue: it really invites the reader right into the main character's life and emotions, turning his story into a page-turner! The premise is rather simple: Garrett, a gay man living in a New York building with several other people (some very familiar characters if you've lived in a big city), gets infested with an ancient worm through his ear. The creature lays eggs into his brain, and the poor man's spiral into madness escalates to a spectacular, heart-pounding ride of blood and insanity. His dealings with his neighbors were very realistic, and would have been enough of a story on their own; but there's a second story arc as well, with a couple of cops following the vile kills and trying to catch the killer - their banter offers much needed comic relief thoughout the tale. There are enough moments in this novella where I honestly felt like the savagery couldn't get worse - and then Summers and Wohl take it a bit further! All fans of extreme horror will want to read this book that keeps everyone guessing and on their toes!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
February 23, 2024
This is one of the first extreme horror books I've read and I really enjoyed it. I think it has a good mix of plot, body horror, and humor. I really liked the concept of the main character gradually becoming more and more insane throughout the book. I never knew what was coming. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
February 29, 2024
I'm going to burrow the trigger warnings down in the review much like the worm does MCs brain.... don't want to spoil too much for someone 😜
Writhe is an extreme horror novel about a gay man who becomes infested with worms. The worm burrows deep into his ear and lays her eggs. Her young hatch then quickly begins consuming his brain. As his brain is turned to Swiss cheese, his decent into utter madness is coated in vomit and blood. This is not a book for the faint of heart or stomach. This little novella is brutal AF.
Erica is becoming a favorite author of mine when it comes to splatterpunk and queer representation. Did this story gross me out? Yes, it did. But did I love it? Also, yes.
Trigger Warning ⚠️
Writhe is a work of extreme horror fiction. This novella contains heavy profanity as well as extreme violence, gratuitous gore, and slurs that may be offensive to some readers. You have been warned…
Writhe is an extreme horror novel about a gay man who becomes infested with worms. The worm burrows deep into his ear and lays her eggs. Her young hatch then quickly begins consuming his brain. As his brain is turned to Swiss cheese, his decent into utter madness is coated in vomit and blood. This is not a book for the faint of heart or stomach. This little novella is brutal AF.
Erica is becoming a favorite author of mine when it comes to splatterpunk and queer representation. Did this story gross me out? Yes, it did. But did I love it? Also, yes.
Trigger Warning ⚠️
Writhe is a work of extreme horror fiction. This novella contains heavy profanity as well as extreme violence, gratuitous gore, and slurs that may be offensive to some readers. You have been warned…
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 29, 2025
Writhe 🪱😱
Erica was looking for some Audible listeners to listen & review some of her work. I absolutely love Audible & offered myself straight up for them! I started with this and oh have I started off strong!!
Garrett is living in a rough part of town, in a rough apartment, doing favours he doesn’t want to do for his sketchy landlord. After agreeing to babysit for his awful a-hole of a kid Garrett falls asleep, waking 20 minutes later to something wiggling in his ear…the kid thought it was hilarious to stick a bloodworm in there…but he couldn’t of predicted what the worm was going to do to Garretts mind or the fact that is was going to multiply and take over with searing rage 🫣🪱
Luca’s new to the force, paired up with Mel, a half assed officer thats happy to turn a blind eye to make her job easier. They’ve been tasked to find a brutal serial killer, after finding a victim in a pool of vomit swimming with worms, they realise they need to find this killer before anyone else suffers the same savage fate
F me this was BRUTAL!! Those worms literally changed the whole guys demeanour in the worse way! This was completely different to anything I’ve read recently. The brutality of Garrett was craaaazy and it just kept coming 😱
Also I did not expect to get the worms POV!! 🫣 that did make me laugh 😅 I wasn’t sure what to expect with this but it had me hooked from the very first chapter!! I really enjoyed it! Thank you so much for sending me this! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erica is still looking for audible reviewers for a lot of her work UK codes & a few US codes are available so make sure to pop her a message if you’d like one! 🤎
Erica was looking for some Audible listeners to listen & review some of her work. I absolutely love Audible & offered myself straight up for them! I started with this and oh have I started off strong!!
Garrett is living in a rough part of town, in a rough apartment, doing favours he doesn’t want to do for his sketchy landlord. After agreeing to babysit for his awful a-hole of a kid Garrett falls asleep, waking 20 minutes later to something wiggling in his ear…the kid thought it was hilarious to stick a bloodworm in there…but he couldn’t of predicted what the worm was going to do to Garretts mind or the fact that is was going to multiply and take over with searing rage 🫣🪱
Luca’s new to the force, paired up with Mel, a half assed officer thats happy to turn a blind eye to make her job easier. They’ve been tasked to find a brutal serial killer, after finding a victim in a pool of vomit swimming with worms, they realise they need to find this killer before anyone else suffers the same savage fate
F me this was BRUTAL!! Those worms literally changed the whole guys demeanour in the worse way! This was completely different to anything I’ve read recently. The brutality of Garrett was craaaazy and it just kept coming 😱
Also I did not expect to get the worms POV!! 🫣 that did make me laugh 😅 I wasn’t sure what to expect with this but it had me hooked from the very first chapter!! I really enjoyed it! Thank you so much for sending me this! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erica is still looking for audible reviewers for a lot of her work UK codes & a few US codes are available so make sure to pop her a message if you’d like one! 🤎
February 27, 2024
This was a helluva good story. The gore spills from the pages and will have you looking at worms differently once you read it.
March 10, 2024
Writhe is a book worth wriggling into if you like a short, sweet descent into madness.
I listened to the audiobook version of Writhe narrated by George Brandenburg, who does a great job at bringing the story to life whether it's our main character or a worm.
Honestly, I don't blame our main character, Garrett, too much for his break into madness. He's living in an overpriced tiny apartment in New York with nosey neighbours and a crappy landlord, who has a pretty shitty kid. Thanks to said kid, Garrett is infected with a man eating worm, whom then lays her eggs in his brain and Garrett takes a turn for the worse with some pretty gnarly kills! While the kills are brutal, to me, I didn't think they were too over the top (except one of them...why is it always the eyes 🤢) and were done in a way that really helped the story flow. There are 2 cops that are trying to find our killer as he squirms his way around Manhattan. I think the comic relief breaks between the two also helped break up the story. It wasn't gore on top of gore on top of vomit on top of worms on top of gore.
Really, the authour is a very good storyteller, from the dialogue, the characters, the settings, the kills, there was such a great flow to this book that I feel is sometimes lacking when it comes to SOME of the gorey/ splatterpunk novels out there. While this had shock value to it, it also just had a really great story.
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I listened to the audiobook version of Writhe narrated by George Brandenburg, who does a great job at bringing the story to life whether it's our main character or a worm.
Honestly, I don't blame our main character, Garrett, too much for his break into madness. He's living in an overpriced tiny apartment in New York with nosey neighbours and a crappy landlord, who has a pretty shitty kid. Thanks to said kid, Garrett is infected with a man eating worm, whom then lays her eggs in his brain and Garrett takes a turn for the worse with some pretty gnarly kills! While the kills are brutal, to me, I didn't think they were too over the top (except one of them...why is it always the eyes 🤢) and were done in a way that really helped the story flow. There are 2 cops that are trying to find our killer as he squirms his way around Manhattan. I think the comic relief breaks between the two also helped break up the story. It wasn't gore on top of gore on top of vomit on top of worms on top of gore.
Really, the authour is a very good storyteller, from the dialogue, the characters, the settings, the kills, there was such a great flow to this book that I feel is sometimes lacking when it comes to SOME of the gorey/ splatterpunk novels out there. While this had shock value to it, it also just had a really great story.
🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱/🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 3, 2024
Such a wriggly, squirming story to shake up your mind for real!! I thought the narration and production in general was great and the sounds made me feel like I was watching a play instead of listening to an audiobook.
I thought this was a very well thought out plot with lots of wtf moments, and a perfect depiction of a fast descent to madness due to.. let's say "external factors".
The plain life of Garrett is turned upside down when he's asked to babysit a very nasty kid. Garrett thinks he can bear the kid's attitude for a couple of hours, and that was the biggest mistake of his life. He inadvertently falls asleep whilst looking after the kid after an intense pain in his ear.. And I leave it at that!
This is extreme horror really well done, highlighting that it's not necessary to fill pages and pages of detailed violent scenes and gore to horrify and qualify for the category (although I don't complain when there are). There is violence of course, but it serves a purpose and it's there to support the absolute chaos going on inside Garrett's brain!
This was such a fun read, but at the same time really difficult as the writers conveyed really well not only the desperation, but the utter helplessness! I really hope there will be a sequel as I'd love to know how Luca Han and Mel Tredo will solve this mess!
Thanks to Rusty Ogre Publishing for a code and this is my honest opinion.
I thought this was a very well thought out plot with lots of wtf moments, and a perfect depiction of a fast descent to madness due to.. let's say "external factors".
The plain life of Garrett is turned upside down when he's asked to babysit a very nasty kid. Garrett thinks he can bear the kid's attitude for a couple of hours, and that was the biggest mistake of his life. He inadvertently falls asleep whilst looking after the kid after an intense pain in his ear.. And I leave it at that!
This is extreme horror really well done, highlighting that it's not necessary to fill pages and pages of detailed violent scenes and gore to horrify and qualify for the category (although I don't complain when there are). There is violence of course, but it serves a purpose and it's there to support the absolute chaos going on inside Garrett's brain!
This was such a fun read, but at the same time really difficult as the writers conveyed really well not only the desperation, but the utter helplessness! I really hope there will be a sequel as I'd love to know how Luca Han and Mel Tredo will solve this mess!
Thanks to Rusty Ogre Publishing for a code and this is my honest opinion.
May 27, 2024
An absolute blast! Gory, gross, and wonderfully violent, behold Garrett and his brain worms!
February 2, 2025
4.5⭐️ This was a great story with the perfect amount of gore.
March 1, 2024
Almost can't blame the guy
All the things poor Garrett has to put up with, you can totally understand why he lashed out the way he does after encountering the worm. I think one of the things that made it realistic is that even with all the killing, Garrett knows something's wrong with him, begs for help, for quiet. That's somehow more disturbing if he'd just gone mindless murder hobo.
All the things poor Garrett has to put up with, you can totally understand why he lashed out the way he does after encountering the worm. I think one of the things that made it realistic is that even with all the killing, Garrett knows something's wrong with him, begs for help, for quiet. That's somehow more disturbing if he'd just gone mindless murder hobo.
February 5, 2024
I enjoyed this book so much, just the right amount of action, humor and gore.
Set on the verge of New Years Eve in New York Garrett is just a regular guy until he becomes a host to a parasite, driving him insane and hostile as he runs the streets causing chaos and carnage while being pursued by a mismatched cop duo. It is a good time.
Set on the verge of New Years Eve in New York Garrett is just a regular guy until he becomes a host to a parasite, driving him insane and hostile as he runs the streets causing chaos and carnage while being pursued by a mismatched cop duo. It is a good time.
November 30, 2024
Just The Tip...
Writhe
By Erica Summers and H.M. Wohl two twisted sisters.
Garrett is a normal New Yorker, in a normal shit apartment, with a normal shit life.
Nice enough guy he watches his neighbor's (landlord's) awful kid for him for a couple hours in exchange for some rent off of his too expensive, shoe box apartment.
During this child sitting while Garret falls asleep this disturbed (obviously) child puts a worm in his ear.
Now this kids dad is a scientist and of course this worm in no ordinary worm.
So as this worm goes in Garret wakes up to pain and freaking out, which hellz yes I would be too. He pulls said worm out, at least most of it. Leaving JUST THE TIP
...but that is enough to cause a fast and depraved decent into madness.
Writhe is an award winning book and after reading it myself I can see why clearly.
With kept me in suspense and has me having the creepy crawly feelings during and after my read.
I enjoyed the dual point of view from Garret and back to the two beat cops left to the aftermath.
This books decent into madness is one you cannot escape no matter how many times you look away from the pages. Garret becomes sensitive to noise after having a bit of a larva problem and becomes mad.
Writhe is Vile, Depraved and Creepy with suspense to keep you on your toes.
I give it Five stars for the story and writing both!
Writhe
By Erica Summers and H.M. Wohl two twisted sisters.
Garrett is a normal New Yorker, in a normal shit apartment, with a normal shit life.
Nice enough guy he watches his neighbor's (landlord's) awful kid for him for a couple hours in exchange for some rent off of his too expensive, shoe box apartment.
During this child sitting while Garret falls asleep this disturbed (obviously) child puts a worm in his ear.
Now this kids dad is a scientist and of course this worm in no ordinary worm.
So as this worm goes in Garret wakes up to pain and freaking out, which hellz yes I would be too. He pulls said worm out, at least most of it. Leaving JUST THE TIP
...but that is enough to cause a fast and depraved decent into madness.
Writhe is an award winning book and after reading it myself I can see why clearly.
With kept me in suspense and has me having the creepy crawly feelings during and after my read.
I enjoyed the dual point of view from Garret and back to the two beat cops left to the aftermath.
This books decent into madness is one you cannot escape no matter how many times you look away from the pages. Garret becomes sensitive to noise after having a bit of a larva problem and becomes mad.
Writhe is Vile, Depraved and Creepy with suspense to keep you on your toes.
I give it Five stars for the story and writing both!
October 22, 2025
The premise of this was unique and brilliant—a man watches his neighbors troublesome son, only to wake with a strange worm burrowing in his ear. Things just get weirder after that. A stand out chapter for me was actually one from the worm’s point of view. It was very creepy and clever and gave a little background to why certain things are setting this guy off. The scenes that showed the man’s anger and violence were tense and well done.
The cops point of view chapters is where things drastically slowed in pace. Those chapters felt disconnected from the rest of the story and sometimes veered off on long dialogue tangents, pulling focus away from the worm-brain idea that hooked me originally.
Overall, the concept was great but too much time spent away from the main character dulled it’s brilliance.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The cops point of view chapters is where things drastically slowed in pace. Those chapters felt disconnected from the rest of the story and sometimes veered off on long dialogue tangents, pulling focus away from the worm-brain idea that hooked me originally.
Overall, the concept was great but too much time spent away from the main character dulled it’s brilliance.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 11, 2024
Writhe by Erica Summers and H. M. Wohl
5/5
This is the second story I've read by Erica Summers and this has very much the same ability to tightrope walk between the high art of literary horror and the gritty lows of splatterpunk.
I'll keep my review short and sweet like this novella. It's got beautiful prose, witty dialogue, excellent, immensely memorable characters and bucketfulls of nastiness.
The story is told at a flying pace and barely let's up for a second as you go through a narrative that gives you what to want but not always in a way you'd expect.
Bonus points for the internal monologue of a sentient prehistoric worm, that was a legit touch of genius.
The narration on the audiobook is fantastic and I really recommend you check it out.
5/5
This is the second story I've read by Erica Summers and this has very much the same ability to tightrope walk between the high art of literary horror and the gritty lows of splatterpunk.
I'll keep my review short and sweet like this novella. It's got beautiful prose, witty dialogue, excellent, immensely memorable characters and bucketfulls of nastiness.
The story is told at a flying pace and barely let's up for a second as you go through a narrative that gives you what to want but not always in a way you'd expect.
Bonus points for the internal monologue of a sentient prehistoric worm, that was a legit touch of genius.
The narration on the audiobook is fantastic and I really recommend you check it out.
November 19, 2024
I have read 121 splatterpunk books so far in the year 2024 and I will have to say, this may have been one of my favorites I have read so far!
Honestly, the dialogue between the characters was absolutely fantastic, unlike some books where you shake your head because the conversations are not realistic by any means. I love ruthless splatter but this book was so refreshing, with a smooth storyline that I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next.
Erica Summers, this book was brilliantly written! So happy you suggested this to me on Facebook! I will most definitely be reading all future books.
Honestly, the dialogue between the characters was absolutely fantastic, unlike some books where you shake your head because the conversations are not realistic by any means. I love ruthless splatter but this book was so refreshing, with a smooth storyline that I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next.
Erica Summers, this book was brilliantly written! So happy you suggested this to me on Facebook! I will most definitely be reading all future books.
May 11, 2024
This is a book that you are ready for things to get crazy and they do. Garrett ends up watching a little brat and ends up with a worm in his ear. After that things end up slowly spiraling and end up with a lot of death at the end. You also follow two cops who keep seeing the carnage that our main character does. This has some brutal deaths in it (some deserving and some you feel bad for). Also the brat gets what he deserves and I loved that part. This is a quick read with a good amount of kills.
December 5, 2024
Follow along for this gruesomely entertaining tale that will make you squirm! I could not put this one down, but was equally repulsed by the descriptive elements laced throughout the pages of this read. Imagine having a worm dropped in your ear by a malicious terror of an eleven-year-old boy named Hamilton. That's just what happens as you embark on a journey, following our main character, Garrett.
Does he get the worm out? Read to find out and be prepared to cringe the whole time!
Does he get the worm out? Read to find out and be prepared to cringe the whole time!
February 13, 2025
Writhe by Erica Summers slithers into your mind and refuses to let go. With eerie atmosphere, spine-chilling tension, and a story that keeps you guessing, this book is a must-read for fans of the dark and unexpected. If you love your thrills with a side of psychological twists, prepare to get wrapped up in Writhe!.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 28, 2025
Splatter fans rejoice at the moist, vile, fetid expanse of this books gleeful depravity!
I was a big fan of 'Mantis' and despite this book being quite the departure from that epic, I still couldn't put it down or look away no matter how much it made my stomach turn. Very Gialo, but such a nasty love letter to the splatter punk paperbacks of the 80's. Imagine Lamberto Bava got the idea for 'Night of the Creeeps' and went wild. David Robbins, eat your heart...erm...brains..out!
I was a big fan of 'Mantis' and despite this book being quite the departure from that epic, I still couldn't put it down or look away no matter how much it made my stomach turn. Very Gialo, but such a nasty love letter to the splatter punk paperbacks of the 80's. Imagine Lamberto Bava got the idea for 'Night of the Creeeps' and went wild. David Robbins, eat your heart...erm...brains..out!
January 19, 2026
I received this interesting book as a review copy and am happily leaving a review.
New discomfort unlocked worms, copper teeth, and swiss cheese. This book kind of reminded me of the horror stories you hear of people who have a TBI. Is how they feel? I'm sorry, sadly I understand the noise issues however. Very interesting read and a rather pleasant ending. Gives you The Thing vibes.
New discomfort unlocked worms, copper teeth, and swiss cheese. This book kind of reminded me of the horror stories you hear of people who have a TBI. Is how they feel? I'm sorry, sadly I understand the noise issues however. Very interesting read and a rather pleasant ending. Gives you The Thing vibes.
November 8, 2024
Received an audible code. Loved how this had the two corresponding stories. You get all the gore of a horror as well as a crime thriller. The narrator did a great job and I loved the little sound effect extras that really added to the story
June 1, 2025
This is my first read of Erica Summers and H.M. Wohls work. And it certainly won't be my last. Good characters. Interesting story. And some parts that just make you absolutely squirm. Fun, gory, and chaotic!
June 3, 2025
I did find myself feeling anxious and a little nauseous while reading. I think it was more with the expressions of feeling faint rather than the worms though.
I could’ve done without the chapters of the worms perspective but it was a fine read.
I could’ve done without the chapters of the worms perspective but it was a fine read.
October 22, 2025
This was a quick read, not for the feint of heart. The first 30% or so was a little slow but then the it really picked up and it all came together. I would not want one of these worms anywhere near me.
March 13, 2024
This book was a lot of fun!!! It follows a man who becomes infested with worms. Gross, horrible, funny and awesome!!
My favorite part was the realistic banter between characters!
My favorite part was the realistic banter between characters!
April 6, 2024
What an intense and exciting story!! Lots of horror, gore and a great story line. It was so captivating I couldn’t stop reading. I really enjoyed this book!
February 14, 2025
Ugh… so nasty, so gross, so good! If you’re looking for something gruesome, cringe-worthy, and straight out of a nightmare, this is for you. It was definitely for me! Story and narration—five stars!
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