I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examination room. Gabriels skin is falling off. His dad is dead. He owes his editor a novel. His girlfriend wont answer his calls. Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriels sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And theres a hideous man in the garden. From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.
Gabriel Smith is an author living in London. A winner of the 2023 PEN/ O. Henry Award, his fiction has appeared in The Drift, New York Tyrant Magazine, and The Moth. He was mentored by the late Giancarlo DiTrapano of Tyrant Books.
