The Weight of Fifty-Two Fingers: A Body Horror Novel

Name: The Weight of Fifty-Two Fingers: A Body Horror Novel
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ISBN: 9781919179025

✍️ Sofi Claythorn

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🏛 Flying Rat Press 📅 2025 🌐 English 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781919179025

📝 Description: The Weight of Fifty-Two Fingers: A Body Horror Novel

The Weight of Fifty-Two Fingers blends psychological and body horror with surrealism to explore what it means to be doubted, misdiagnosed... and consumed. Perfect for fans of Monstrilio and Silent Hill.

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Sofi Claythorn's *The Weight of Fifty-Two Fingers* is a deeply unsettling exploration of medical gaslighting and bodily transformation, blending surrealism with visceral body horror. The novel follows a protagonist navigating the terrifying isolation of being constantly doubted and misdiagnosed, until her physical self begins to manifest that unseen agony in grotesque ways. Claythorn builds an oppressive, dreamlike atmosphere reminiscent of *Monstrilio* and *Silent Hill*, trading cheap shocks for a lingering, psychological dread that settles under the skin. It is a fittingly harrowing read for fans of artistic, surreal horror who appreciate stories dealing with bodily autonomy and the pain of invisible illness.

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Sofi Claythorn's *The Weight of Fifty-Two Fingers* is a deeply unsettling exploration of medical gaslighting and bodily transformation, blending surrealism with visceral body horror. The novel follows a protagonist navigating the terrifying isolation of being constantly doubted and misdiagnosed, until her physical self begins to manifest that unseen agony in grotesque ways. Claythorn builds an oppressive, dreamlike atmosphere reminiscent of *Monstrilio* and *Silent Hill*, trading cheap shocks for a lingering, psychological dread that settles under the skin. It is a fittingly harrowing read for fans of artistic, surreal horror who appreciate stories dealing with bodily autonomy and the pain of invisible illness.