Phantom Limb

Last Days #2

by Brian Evenson

After destroying the headquarters of an underground amputation cult, a burned and battered Kline finds himself in a holding cell. When he enlists the help of an ex-cop to commute his prison sentence, Kline inadvertently tangles with a schism of the very cult he sought to destroy. Can Kline investigate the sect’s ritualistic murder spree without getting lured into their ranks?

Frigid and precise, Phantom Limb interrogates our notions of wholeness, fate, and the lengths we are willing to go to connect with a higher power.

Genres: Horror

200 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 13, 2026

About the author

Brian Evenson is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson.

Reviews

[Translator Monkey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty deliciously raw stuff here. Really excellent read for those interested in the genre. Readers with weaker stomachs will know from the blurb if they would be able to read this one without a bucket nearby, but frankly the creeping psychological horror was far more than the stuff related to a brotherhood of amputation aficionados.

Rounding up from 4.5 stars. Absolutely well-written and powerful.

[Kaija · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the level of horror I can handle. Enjoyable and fucking weird.