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The Name-Eater
The Name-Eater
By Philip Stengel
Some bargains don’t cost your soul. They erase it.
Seventeen years ago, Elara made a deal to save her unborn son—a name traded for a miracle. She thought the nightmare ended there. But in the village of Vergessen, people are vanishing—not in body, but in memory. Entire lives unspool, leaving no trace but a nameless void. Only Elara remembers. Only she sees the pattern.
The Patchwork Man walks again—a creature stitched from the stolen identities of the forgotten, feeding on desperation, wearing the faces of those erased. As a rising tide of oblivion threatens to consume her world, Elara must confront the the monster wasn’t defeated. He evolved.
The Name-Eater is a psychological horror fable woven with myth, memory, and maternal rage. A haunting reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin legend, it explores the terrible cost of forgetting—and the power of one woman who refuses to.
By Philip Stengel
Some bargains don’t cost your soul. They erase it.
Seventeen years ago, Elara made a deal to save her unborn son—a name traded for a miracle. She thought the nightmare ended there. But in the village of Vergessen, people are vanishing—not in body, but in memory. Entire lives unspool, leaving no trace but a nameless void. Only Elara remembers. Only she sees the pattern.
The Patchwork Man walks again—a creature stitched from the stolen identities of the forgotten, feeding on desperation, wearing the faces of those erased. As a rising tide of oblivion threatens to consume her world, Elara must confront the the monster wasn’t defeated. He evolved.
The Name-Eater is a psychological horror fable woven with myth, memory, and maternal rage. A haunting reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin legend, it explores the terrible cost of forgetting—and the power of one woman who refuses to.
120 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 13, 2025
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January 5, 2026
Exceptional!!
I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I picked this piece up. I needed something short while I awaited the release of another. But this piece did not disappoint and I will certainly continue this journey I've begun. It is definitely a different take on this classic character and I'm excited to see what happens next.
I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I picked this piece up. I needed something short while I awaited the release of another. But this piece did not disappoint and I will certainly continue this journey I've begun. It is definitely a different take on this classic character and I'm excited to see what happens next.
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