Existential Dread


No Longer Human
The Stranger
Notes from Underground
The Metamorphosis
A Short Stay in Hell
The Bell Jar
I Who Have Never Known Men
Nausea
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus
Norwegian Wood
Girl, Interrupted
Severance
The Secret History
Tender Is the Flesh
Jonathan Harnisch
He doesn’t lock the door anymore—not out of courage, but quiet desperation. Each night, he lies there, hollowed and waiting, hoping a stranger might cross the threshold and finish the story he can’t bring himself to end. It isn’t bravery. It’s surrender in disguise. He doesn’t wish for peace, not even sleep—just an ending that isn’t authored by his own hand. A final act. A random mercy. That’s all he asks.
Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia

Lokesh Tuli
Everybody thinks they're gonna get a polite, formally drafted two-week notice before the lights go out. It’s a tragic, hilarious joke. The Grim Reaper doesn't care about your schedule. ...more
Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

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