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The Pain Eater

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The Pain Eater follows two estranged brothers from Michigan brought back together after their father's death. Their uneasy reunion takes a dark turn when one brother encounters a mysterious creature emerging from a dead cat—one that consumes human pain. The creature's soothing effect becomes dangerously addictive, leading to increasing self-harm and destruction around them. This chilling tale explores themes of grief, dependency, and the scars that may never fully heal.
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The Pain Eater is the story of two brothers from Michigan reunited after the death of their father.

They've never been close, but now they have to live together—and it gets more difficult when one discovers a strange creature, vomited from the body of a dead cat. A creature that eats human pain.

It feels good: too good. Soon he wants to hurt himself more, just so the pain can be taken away. But the more the creature becomes a part of his life, the more he damages everything around him. Some wounds are too deep to ever heal.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781955904063

Publisher: Clash Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Clash Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 274

About the Author

Kyle Muntz isthe author of Scary People (Eraserhead Press), and winner of the Sparks Prize for short fiction. In 2016 he received an MFA in fiction from the University of Notre Dame. Currently he teaches literature and writing at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, China.

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