The Wingspan of Severed Hands

How it reads

The Wingspan of Severed Hands is horror (weird horror, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. It's a slow burn: character-driven, with a payoff that comes from accumulation rather than twists. It rewards attention and suits unhurried reading more than five-minute gaps.

It's set in several locations, in no single period, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are identity, nature and loss and grief. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. At 118 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.