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The Pigman: A Fairy Tale of Extreme Horror
"Oscar Brady's The Pigman is deeply poetic yet profoundly repulsive, pushing the concept of religious guilt to the extreme. This is elevated Splatterpunk and truly shows Brady's knack for storytelling, revealing how a human can be systemically dismantled by its own mind. A fairytale of body horror anchored in religious psychosis. Decadent. 5 grotesquely satisfying stars." ---RJ Powell, best-selling author of eight cases of Jane and Dollface
From the author of Potato and other stuff comes this short, nasty tale of a man who becomes the embodiment of sin that he believes himself to be. It's like 20 pages and costs a buck, so what do you have to lose?
From the author of Potato and other stuff comes this short, nasty tale of a man who becomes the embodiment of sin that he believes himself to be. It's like 20 pages and costs a buck, so what do you have to lose?
20 pages, ebook
Published June 24, 2026
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Oscar Brady
16 books79 followersOscar Brady (he/they) is the award-winning and best-selling author of Bunny Room, Potato, Oops! All George! and other weird stuff. He is originally from Richmond, Virginia, where most of his stories are set.
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July 23, 2026
🐷 Pigman is here. 🐷
In all his disgustingly grotesque glory.
Have fun with this one, it’s a nice little fucked up fairy tale. 🧚🏼♀️
In all his disgustingly grotesque glory.
Have fun with this one, it’s a nice little fucked up fairy tale. 🧚🏼♀️
July 5, 2026
God damn, was this a quick, disgusting, and absolutely wild read. In just over 20 pages, Oscar Brady tells the disturbing tale of the Pigman. I loved how he switches between his final moments on Earth to each moment of brutal self mutilation that he performs as repentance for sins that he has committed.
September 13, 2026
WTF was that i just read!!! 20 pages of OMG, WTF and retching. But the eyes.. seriously anything grotesque with eyes makes me squirm, i just can't.
A book like no othet I've read before.. Huge thank you to indietron and the author for this one.
A book like no othet I've read before.. Huge thank you to indietron and the author for this one.
August 31, 2026
This was...unique 😅 In the best sense.
100% brutal and makes you sit back and say WTF out loud!
It's definitely not for a weak stomach. How did you come up with a story like this?!
100% brutal and makes you sit back and say WTF out loud!
It's definitely not for a weak stomach. How did you come up with a story like this?!
June 28, 2026
“Religious guilt has never been this grotesque… or this unforgettable.”
Some books aim to entertain. Others aim to make you uncomfortable. The Pigman proudly chooses the second option. Oscar Brady delivers a brutally effective short story that proves you don’t need hundreds of pages to leave a lasting scar. At roughly twenty pages, this is a fast descent into religious psychosis, self loathing, and disturbing body horror that lingers long after you’ve finished. What stood out most to me wasn’t just the gore although horror fans won’t be disappointed but the psychological unraveling beneath it all. The story explores what happens when guilt consumes identity until someone truly believes they have become the monster they fear. It’s unsettling, poetic, and surprisingly thought provoking for such a short read. If you’re a fan of splatterpunk that actually has substance behind the shock, this is well worth the time. It’s nasty, disturbing, and impossible to look away from.
Some books aim to entertain. Others aim to make you uncomfortable. The Pigman proudly chooses the second option. Oscar Brady delivers a brutally effective short story that proves you don’t need hundreds of pages to leave a lasting scar. At roughly twenty pages, this is a fast descent into religious psychosis, self loathing, and disturbing body horror that lingers long after you’ve finished. What stood out most to me wasn’t just the gore although horror fans won’t be disappointed but the psychological unraveling beneath it all. The story explores what happens when guilt consumes identity until someone truly believes they have become the monster they fear. It’s unsettling, poetic, and surprisingly thought provoking for such a short read. If you’re a fan of splatterpunk that actually has substance behind the shock, this is well worth the time. It’s nasty, disturbing, and impossible to look away from.
August 31, 2026
Forgive him father, for he has sinned.
When told never to sin as a child, even when he didnt truly understand sin's, this little boy learns his lesson a little too much.. for the rest of his poor disgusting life.
What lengths will you go to be Forgiven and wash away your sin?
This was a very fast read. To be very honest, I dont think I took a fucking breath the whole time.
The vile descriptions from start to finish really doesn't ease up. I think this was a perfect description of a true extreme splatterpunk!
I ran to review and still feel dizzy.
There is just a uniqueness in Oscar's writing style that I havent read before and I hope he never 1. Seeks therapy 2. Never stops writing/creating.
And that cover, HELL YEAH!! ... maybe him and I can go to therapy together because this book was amazing there has to be something wrong with me 🐽🐖🐷
When told never to sin as a child, even when he didnt truly understand sin's, this little boy learns his lesson a little too much.. for the rest of his poor disgusting life.
What lengths will you go to be Forgiven and wash away your sin?
This was a very fast read. To be very honest, I dont think I took a fucking breath the whole time.
The vile descriptions from start to finish really doesn't ease up. I think this was a perfect description of a true extreme splatterpunk!
I ran to review and still feel dizzy.
There is just a uniqueness in Oscar's writing style that I havent read before and I hope he never 1. Seeks therapy 2. Never stops writing/creating.
And that cover, HELL YEAH!! ... maybe him and I can go to therapy together because this book was amazing there has to be something wrong with me 🐽🐖🐷
September 9, 2026
Holy mother of god.
(Literally and figuratively)
22 pages of artfully pieced together filth and decay.
A story that even I could only handle the small amount of words put into it without wanting to wash my eyes out with holy water.
And By the end the cover began to make more and more sense.
Along with making the underlying image become more clear.
A image that will sear itself into your brain for a long time.
(Literally and figuratively)
22 pages of artfully pieced together filth and decay.
A story that even I could only handle the small amount of words put into it without wanting to wash my eyes out with holy water.
And By the end the cover began to make more and more sense.
Along with making the underlying image become more clear.
A image that will sear itself into your brain for a long time.
September 1, 2026
What did I just read?!!
The Pigman sure went to extremes to lessen his shame and guilt. This story is very well written (and disgusting) but there is a lesson to be learned. It's grotesque, smelly, horrific, and ultimately very sad. Please don't read it while you are eating.
The Pigman sure went to extremes to lessen his shame and guilt. This story is very well written (and disgusting) but there is a lesson to be learned. It's grotesque, smelly, horrific, and ultimately very sad. Please don't read it while you are eating.
September 13, 2026
Wow. That was a fun little ride. I haven't made that many faces while reading a book in a long time. So many wtf moments, that actually made me say wtf out loud. it was just fucking disgusting and I loved every gross minute of it.
Wonderful writing and very well executed.
Wonderful writing and very well executed.
June 27, 2026
The Pigman will haunt you.
The Pigman will disgust you.
The Pigman will break you.
… and I was left staring at the wall thinking about what I just read.
The Pigman will disgust you.
The Pigman will break you.
… and I was left staring at the wall thinking about what I just read.
August 3, 2026
At only 15 pages this story was heavy and I guess all I can say in regards to Pigman himself is, the trash took itself out.
September 3, 2026
Wow pig man was quick and pretty disgusting, but I loved it. I liked the way it went back and forth to him back as a child and now to how he got the way he was.
June 26, 2026
This was disgusting. I loved it. The end. 🫶
August 31, 2026
This was a disturbing and visceral perspective of religious trauma but it was extremely unique and exceptionally well written.
The descriptions were so vivid it felt as if I was moving along with him as he stumbles through his house.
Although it is a bit tough to stomach at times, this short work of art clearly shows the literary genius of Oscar Brady.
#indietron
The descriptions were so vivid it felt as if I was moving along with him as he stumbles through his house.
Although it is a bit tough to stomach at times, this short work of art clearly shows the literary genius of Oscar Brady.
#indietron
August 2, 2026
Poetic and deeply unnerving. Check triggers, Pigman is vile. I had a blast, humor and tragedy abound in this twisted tale.
September 11, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮
N/A - 𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓮
🔥🔥🔥 - 𝓹𝓵𝓸𝓽
🩸🩸🩸 - 𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓮
🖤 𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼🖤
The Pigman
🖤 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓼🖤
📕graphic violence
📕child abuse
📕self-harm
📕defecation
📕genital mutilation
🖤𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼🖤
“The man was now free of penile turmoil and was near, so very near, his final form.”
“The Pigman was born a boy, a simple boy, a little portly but otherwise not very piglike.”
“The Pigman, dying, continues clawing, continues choking, until he feels the final sin leaving his body.”
🖤 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀🖤
When they described this as an elevated Splatterbook novel, they weren’t lying. The way you are both experiencing past events and in the present, corresponding with each other behind the origins of the Pigman. It’s thrilling. Its brutal. And coming just under 20 pages, it’s a stomach-churning story about one man’s grotesque form of repercussions for the sins he has given into.
*spoilers*
The Pigman is recollecting all of his final moments, alongside the origins how he had become the monster he appears to be. The graphic descriptions of his living conditions are rather disturbing, but coincide with how he feels internally. It switches from him walking around his complex, to how he mangled his own face and gained the ‘piggy’ nickname in the first place.
The man’s ambitions towards his younger sister as a baby are one of the reasons he self-mutilates himself. The gnarly details of the scissors against his nostrils was one scene that replayed itself too much in my brain, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the story unfolds into a dark abyss of carnage until the Pigman’s final moments.
🖤𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓵🖤
Under 20 pages of vile and extreme brutality towards one’s self. I absolutely loved it. The pacing was perfectly executed in keeping my attention after grabbing it in the first place. The trauma upon finishing was present. And as a first time read by the author, i was heavily not disappointed.
**no AI was used to generate any part of this review**
N/A - 𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓮
🔥🔥🔥 - 𝓹𝓵𝓸𝓽
🩸🩸🩸 - 𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓮
🖤 𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼🖤
The Pigman
🖤 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓼🖤
📕graphic violence
📕child abuse
📕self-harm
📕defecation
📕genital mutilation
🖤𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼🖤
“The man was now free of penile turmoil and was near, so very near, his final form.”
“The Pigman was born a boy, a simple boy, a little portly but otherwise not very piglike.”
“The Pigman, dying, continues clawing, continues choking, until he feels the final sin leaving his body.”
🖤 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀🖤
When they described this as an elevated Splatterbook novel, they weren’t lying. The way you are both experiencing past events and in the present, corresponding with each other behind the origins of the Pigman. It’s thrilling. Its brutal. And coming just under 20 pages, it’s a stomach-churning story about one man’s grotesque form of repercussions for the sins he has given into.
*spoilers*
The Pigman is recollecting all of his final moments, alongside the origins how he had become the monster he appears to be. The graphic descriptions of his living conditions are rather disturbing, but coincide with how he feels internally. It switches from him walking around his complex, to how he mangled his own face and gained the ‘piggy’ nickname in the first place.
The man’s ambitions towards his younger sister as a baby are one of the reasons he self-mutilates himself. The gnarly details of the scissors against his nostrils was one scene that replayed itself too much in my brain, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the story unfolds into a dark abyss of carnage until the Pigman’s final moments.
🖤𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓵🖤
Under 20 pages of vile and extreme brutality towards one’s self. I absolutely loved it. The pacing was perfectly executed in keeping my attention after grabbing it in the first place. The trauma upon finishing was present. And as a first time read by the author, i was heavily not disappointed.
**no AI was used to generate any part of this review**
September 15, 2026
At only 20 pages, this one definitely packs a punch, and left me staring at the wall once I finished! 😂
The Pigman wasn't always that way, once he was a boy. A boy who believed he was a sinner, and must pay retribution. Something that followed him through to his adult life, getting increasingly more brutal with his self punishment. This one was body horror to the extreme, the imagery was so graphic it created a visceral reaction for me, and probably wasn't the greatest choice of read while having a little cake treat in Costa. 🫣
Although I had to read this partially with my eyes shut, and I'm pretty sure the Pigman will haunt my nightmares, I absolutely loved this one. It was a grotesque and repugnant statement on religious guilt and psychosis to the absolute extreme.
This one again, is absolutely not for those who are easily nauseated, or struggle with intense graphic self inflicted violence.
The Pigman wasn't always that way, once he was a boy. A boy who believed he was a sinner, and must pay retribution. Something that followed him through to his adult life, getting increasingly more brutal with his self punishment. This one was body horror to the extreme, the imagery was so graphic it created a visceral reaction for me, and probably wasn't the greatest choice of read while having a little cake treat in Costa. 🫣
Although I had to read this partially with my eyes shut, and I'm pretty sure the Pigman will haunt my nightmares, I absolutely loved this one. It was a grotesque and repugnant statement on religious guilt and psychosis to the absolute extreme.
This one again, is absolutely not for those who are easily nauseated, or struggle with intense graphic self inflicted violence.
September 2, 2026
Don’t let the small size fool you. This story packs a punch…a bloody, disgusting punch.
The Pigman moves between past and present, showing how the Pigman came to be grotesque and revolting, and the why he feels that this is his lot in life.
The story hits on religious abuse and trauma, and how that can affect the way we view ourselves, emotionally and mentally. And in the case of the Pigman, physically. Every sin requires a punishment, and the MC does not hold back.
This tale is perfect for religious horror, and splatterpunk, fans. 4.5 stars
Thank you to the Indie Horror-Tron group for my e-copy. My opinion is my own.
The Pigman moves between past and present, showing how the Pigman came to be grotesque and revolting, and the why he feels that this is his lot in life.
The story hits on religious abuse and trauma, and how that can affect the way we view ourselves, emotionally and mentally. And in the case of the Pigman, physically. Every sin requires a punishment, and the MC does not hold back.
This tale is perfect for religious horror, and splatterpunk, fans. 4.5 stars
Thank you to the Indie Horror-Tron group for my e-copy. My opinion is my own.
September 3, 2026
Went into this blind for the #indietron event and boy oh boy, was that a hell of a way to do it.
The Pigman works as a back and forth series of snapshots mixed with punishment trauma and body horror for good measure. The narration Brady gives the reader has an absurd nature doc feel to it, which lends itself a certain kind of humor, especially if your humor leans a bit into the messed up side of things.
The imagery, the presentation, the Waffle House reference. Everything hits on this one. Definitely check it out.
The Pigman works as a back and forth series of snapshots mixed with punishment trauma and body horror for good measure. The narration Brady gives the reader has an absurd nature doc feel to it, which lends itself a certain kind of humor, especially if your humor leans a bit into the messed up side of things.
The imagery, the presentation, the Waffle House reference. Everything hits on this one. Definitely check it out.
August 31, 2026
Well, it says it all in the title. Definitely extreme horror. Some people go to therapy... the others turn into authors. I really liked the layout of how this was done with the back and forth. The sad thing is, situations like this exist (maybe not to *this* extreme). But, religious trauma is a real thing. You do kind of start to feel sorry for The Pigman.. or maybe that was just me? I don't know. However, if you're looking so a quick read that has some serious gore... look no further!
September 5, 2026
Moni’s lil’ spoiler free thoughts:
The Pigman - Oscar Brady
Thoughts: Insanely grotesque, yet oddly poetic. My body cringed into itself the whole time and I wasn’t mad at it. You get exactly what you expect with a story entitled The Pigman.
Key points: Extremest of extreme body horror.
Recommend?: I would, but reader discretion is advised.
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Thank you to the amazing Horror Indie Tron team and Oscar Brady for the opportunity to read this story!
The Pigman - Oscar Brady
Thoughts: Insanely grotesque, yet oddly poetic. My body cringed into itself the whole time and I wasn’t mad at it. You get exactly what you expect with a story entitled The Pigman.
Key points: Extremest of extreme body horror.
Recommend?: I would, but reader discretion is advised.
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Thank you to the amazing Horror Indie Tron team and Oscar Brady for the opportunity to read this story!
September 15, 2026
This is a grotesque and gorily detailed story of a man so traumatized by his upbringing that he believes self mutilation to be his only path to redemption. As disturbing as this story is, it is also sad in that it highlights the devastation that trauma and un-treated mental health can cause a person.
This is not for the faint of heart so if you are at all squeamish, you probably shouldn’t read it.
This is not for the faint of heart so if you are at all squeamish, you probably shouldn’t read it.
June 28, 2026
Oscar Brady's "Pigman" is deeply poetic yet profoundly repulsive, pushing the concept of religious guilt to the extreme. This is elevated Splatterpunk and truly shows Brady's knack for storytelling, revealing how a human can be systemically dismantled by its own mind. A fairytale of body horror anchored in religious psychosis. Decadent. 5 grotesquely satisfying stars.
September 1, 2026
What did I just read!? A vile and disgusting self-mortification horror. I like dark reads so I say that respectfully. I can't say the pigman's outcome isn't well deserved, but wow! If you like stories that are extreme and you don't mind being completely grossed out, this super short tale might be for you!
September 8, 2026
Every monster has an origin, and Brady gives the Pigman his.
We follow him from the beginning, watching how a man becomes something else entirely. He is wrestling with his own demons, and in his mind the way to make things right with God is to correct the wrongs he personally experiences, thinks, and does. That conviction is what turns him into the Pigman.
We follow him from the beginning, watching how a man becomes something else entirely. He is wrestling with his own demons, and in his mind the way to make things right with God is to correct the wrongs he personally experiences, thinks, and does. That conviction is what turns him into the Pigman.
September 8, 2026
Evocative, disturbing, fast paced and sad. This brings a tragic upbringing and Catholic guilt to another level. With large content on the subject of self harm and penance, The Pigman is pure Splatterpunk horror that ignites one’s imagination to that of gore and the true depths of darkness one’s mind can take!
September 9, 2026
The book was amazing if you love horror and twisted stories!!! Finally someone has written a story based on my demented thinking!!!
The pigman is detailed so well you can imagine it ask in this short story. The pig man’s mother taught him self discipline so every time he thinks he has done wrong, he punishes himself…., till there’s nothing left!!!!
The pigman is detailed so well you can imagine it ask in this short story. The pig man’s mother taught him self discipline so every time he thinks he has done wrong, he punishes himself…., till there’s nothing left!!!!
September 10, 2026
This story is a sad, sick and twisted tale of self inflicted, body mutilating punishment of one’s sins as a result of religious and childhood trauma. Oscar Brady painted a crazy picture with his descriptions of the main characters body and the things that they do to punish themselves. It’s disgusting and intriguing, and I could not put it down until I read the whole story.
September 13, 2026
Wow after reading The Pigman I stared into nothing for a good 5 mins.
20 pages and it's gory, sad and revolting. Pigman was brought up in a religious household and was punished for sinning. He carried on punishing himself as he grew into adulthood. This was a fantastic but awful story, my first one by Oscar Brady and won't be my last.
20 pages and it's gory, sad and revolting. Pigman was brought up in a religious household and was punished for sinning. He carried on punishing himself as he grew into adulthood. This was a fantastic but awful story, my first one by Oscar Brady and won't be my last.
September 13, 2026
Absolutely grotesque, amazingly descriptive writing. This story is intense and extremely, but definitely led to some introspection for me as well. How have I been punishing myself for my "sins"? Is the self flagellation of perfectionism so much different than The Pigman just because it's on the inside?
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