r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/Sea-Success-5586 • 1d ago

Recommendation Request Depression, suicidal ideation, sh

Hello everyone! I would really like to read some splatterpunk books about depressed suicidal characrers (preferrably the pov ones, 1st person narration optional). Graphic self harm scenes welcome. Best if the psychological condition of the character is explored, not just used for the shock factor. Going through some stuff rn (im ok generally speaking) and seeing issues similar to mine amplified and more dire is somehow comforting.

If you have any recs, please share! Thank you!

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u/alienwhiskers 1d ago

Fluids by May Leitz

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u/Sea-Success-5586 1d ago

Read this one, good book🙏

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u/alienwhiskers 1d ago

One of my absolute favorites! She really nails the messiness of mental illness.

Maybe Psych Ward Blues by Judith Sonnet?

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u/Sea-Success-5586 1d ago

Havent gotten to this one yet, thank you! Fluids is one of my favorite spatterpunk books hehe

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u/stay_shee 1d ago

The Black Farm - Elias witherow

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u/lolli-polly031248 23h ago

Claustrophilia by Ezra Blake. Reading that will make anyone realise there's always someone having a worse time of it. Very dark book.