#cotmof

Since my last horror recs post did so well, I thought I’d celebrate October’s beginning with another.

This time, we get a little sacrilegious. You know, for fun.

Between Two Fires

Revelator

Church of the Mountain of Flesh

Clown in a Cornfield

Hello hello! I'm Kyle, and I'm a British author of cosmic and body horror. I wrote The Church of the Mountain of Flesh, a medieval story about a Faustian pact for a gender transition featuring a romance between a man who becomes a prophet and a man who becomes his God, which was nominated for three Indie Ink awards. Fans of Angels Before Man, Hell Followed With Us, Devilman Crybaby and Midnight Mass often enjoy it. Check it out on Itchio, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Goodreads and Storygraph if you'd like.

My work in progress is Conjoined Angels, a body horror romance set in 1930s Oklahoma about a physician and a veterinary radiologist falling in love as they vivisect a monster which fell out of a supercell. It's currently approaching its final edit as my beta readers finish up. Add it on Goodreads and Storygraph right now if you'd like.

I'm also an artist in coloured pencil and fineliner - all the artwork I post is mine unless otherwise credited. My ebooks and paperbacks are full of black-and-grey illustrations and I'm working on a shop for prints of the full-colour ones.

Been reading The Church of the Mountain of Flesh by @kyleskeleton , and while im only on chapter 12 (i think? My memory Sucks man), Sole De Gasinis you make me miserable (positive)

Another Sole? Well, if you reaaaaally want one...

I am clay. I gasp in delight and seize my face...I grind my teeth, moan open-mouthed, gouge a trench from my ear to my chin. My other hand digs at the back of that hand, collects flesh from between my tendons and shoves it up my fingers. I should be yearning for my tools, but I sculpted my finest with only my hands.

CotMoF follows a trans man named Sole as he navigates life in a small medieval Italian town perched on seaside cliffs. After his life is torn apart by an earthquake, a religious uprising (that he started), and the death of his childhood sweetheart, Sole makes a deal with God - rebuild the church, in return for the body of a man.

The story is full of body horror, religious overtones, and some of the most painful and nuanced depictions of dysphoria I've ever read (/pos). I have a full review I've written for Casual Obsession Horror Podcast's website where I get into the nitty gritty of my feelings on that, but in the meantime I urge other people to (after reading the content warnings) READ THIS BOOK!!! 1 part cautionary tale, 1 part wish fulfillment, 3 parts devastatingly well-written character study. Read it pls.