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Don't Touch The Stitches
I woke with a ring of stitches around my throat and no memory of how I got them.
My husband insisted I'd been ill, that I was lucky to have recovered. But the house had turned strange since my return to it.
Roses withered at my touch. Mirrors showed movement in empty rooms. At night, I heard scratching in the walls, always in threes, and woke to find my belongings rearranged. The servants whispered prayers when they thought I couldn't hear, and one by one, they fled.
But my body knew things it shouldn't. My hands played piano concertos I'd never learned. My legs performed ballet steps I'd never practiced. I spoke languages I'd never studied. And in the darkness of our bedroom, something watched. Something furious and familiar and far too close.
My husband called it trauma. I called it haunting.
The house was keeping secrets. My husband was keeping more. And whatever was tormenting me wasn't going to rest until I remembered what I was never meant to know.
My husband insisted I'd been ill, that I was lucky to have recovered. But the house had turned strange since my return to it.
Roses withered at my touch. Mirrors showed movement in empty rooms. At night, I heard scratching in the walls, always in threes, and woke to find my belongings rearranged. The servants whispered prayers when they thought I couldn't hear, and one by one, they fled.
But my body knew things it shouldn't. My hands played piano concertos I'd never learned. My legs performed ballet steps I'd never practiced. I spoke languages I'd never studied. And in the darkness of our bedroom, something watched. Something furious and familiar and far too close.
My husband called it trauma. I called it haunting.
The house was keeping secrets. My husband was keeping more. And whatever was tormenting me wasn't going to rest until I remembered what I was never meant to know.
- GenresHorror
48 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2026
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February 19, 2026
Imagine waking up looking like a Hot Topic clearance mannequin that got attacked by a Bed Bath & Beyond sewing machine during a blackout. No memories, just vibes and visible sutures.
February 23, 2026
Dark, obsessive male lead
If you like characters who are:
▪︎Possessive
▪︎Morally gray
▪︎Emotionally broken
▪︎Protective in unhealthy ways
—you’ll probably love the male lead.
He’s not meant to be “safe.” He’s meant to be compelling.
The mood is heavy, haunting, and intimate. The author focuses a lot on internal emotions, mental states, and vulnerability rather than action.
It’s very dark
This isn’t a feel-good romance.
It includes themes like:
▪︎Trauma
▪︎Emotional manipulation
▪︎Psychological pain
▪︎Toxic attachment
If you prefer healthy, wholesome relationships, this may not be for you.
If you like characters who are:
▪︎Possessive
▪︎Morally gray
▪︎Emotionally broken
▪︎Protective in unhealthy ways
—you’ll probably love the male lead.
He’s not meant to be “safe.” He’s meant to be compelling.
The mood is heavy, haunting, and intimate. The author focuses a lot on internal emotions, mental states, and vulnerability rather than action.
It’s very dark
This isn’t a feel-good romance.
It includes themes like:
▪︎Trauma
▪︎Emotional manipulation
▪︎Psychological pain
▪︎Toxic attachment
If you prefer healthy, wholesome relationships, this may not be for you.
February 25, 2026
Frankenstein and Elizabeth
Wow. Now here is a horror which truly goes under your skin.
The story is told from Elizabeth's perspective, Frankenstein's bride/wife.
We experience the moment when she wakes up, now being stitched together from as many different pieces of flesh like a good jigsaw puzzle.
Together with Elizabeth the reader tries to find out how she ended up where she is now and that's a horror story as good as they come.
Has to count as the best horror I've come across this year so far.
The solution to the story and the ending are truly clever.
I don't think I will touch copper wires any time soon.
Wow. Now here is a horror which truly goes under your skin.
The story is told from Elizabeth's perspective, Frankenstein's bride/wife.
We experience the moment when she wakes up, now being stitched together from as many different pieces of flesh like a good jigsaw puzzle.
Together with Elizabeth the reader tries to find out how she ended up where she is now and that's a horror story as good as they come.
Has to count as the best horror I've come across this year so far.
The solution to the story and the ending are truly clever.
I don't think I will touch copper wires any time soon.
April 13, 2026
Having never read anything from this author before, I didn't know what I was getting into. All I knew it was a short horror story.
From beginning to end, I was immersed. The author's ability to so perfectly explain things that are generally unexplainable in words that I could actually touch embraced me. While the character of the book, Elizabeth, might not have been stitched together perfectly, each and every word of the book was. I will be reading this book again, but the next time I won't be doing anything except sitting someplace, perhaps by a fire, and listening with far more intention.
From beginning to end, I was immersed. The author's ability to so perfectly explain things that are generally unexplainable in words that I could actually touch embraced me. While the character of the book, Elizabeth, might not have been stitched together perfectly, each and every word of the book was. I will be reading this book again, but the next time I won't be doing anything except sitting someplace, perhaps by a fire, and listening with far more intention.
February 26, 2026
what a short and potent story, it is a reimagining of Frankenstein (that I haven't read yet) but from the pov of the "bride"; I loved this story and I was really impressed that in a short amount of pages the author was capable of creating five characters with depth and emotions.
"Letting Clara play and Marie sing and Sophia dance and holding the whole impossible performance together with the intelligence of a woman who had been brilliant enough to match Victor Frankenstein and brave enough to try to leave him."
"Letting Clara play and Marie sing and Sophia dance and holding the whole impossible performance together with the intelligence of a woman who had been brilliant enough to match Victor Frankenstein and brave enough to try to leave him."
March 5, 2026
This had that inspiration of Frankenstein that I was looking for from the description. I enjoyed the Gothic atmosphere of it and getting into the characters in this. The plot worked with what I was expecting and was hooked from the start. The characters worked with the Frankenstein elements and enjoyed the suspenseful atmosphere. Winter Ashwood wrote this well and i wanted to read more.
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.
March 2, 2026
This was awesome. A modern day Frankenstein. Elizabeth washes and she’s not her anymore, but she doesn’t know how her body knows how to do things shred never learned, never trained for. This was so intense. I was completely drawn in with this. Wanting and needing to know more. I absolutely loved this story. It was creepy good.
March 2, 2026
✨️ ARC review ✨️
I received an e-ARC of this book. I am leaving a review voluntarily, and it is my honest opinion.
Easily a new fave in terms of horror shorts. The uncomfortable, oppressive atmosphere, the sensory details, the build-up, the feminine rage — just brilliant. I absolutely adored this version of the Bride of Frankenstein story and can highly recommend it!
I received an e-ARC of this book. I am leaving a review voluntarily, and it is my honest opinion.
Easily a new fave in terms of horror shorts. The uncomfortable, oppressive atmosphere, the sensory details, the build-up, the feminine rage — just brilliant. I absolutely adored this version of the Bride of Frankenstein story and can highly recommend it!
April 9, 2026
what in the frankinstein have i just read. The point of view is Elizabeth's and is only a short read 5 chapters but jeez its messed up but was a good read
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