Asphyxia
The Paradox Chronicles - Vol. 1
Expand the mind, expand the soul.
Free the mind, free the will.
Asphyxia illustrates the power of perception and will, of enlightenment sought through debauchery, of awakening through titillation. Falling somewhere between the genres of visionary fiction and paranormal erotic horror, Asphyxia is a unique blend of depravity and insight.
On the front cover: Nathaniel & Caledonia
paperback ISBN: 9780359916146
ebook ISBN: 9780359941834
EXPLICIT CONTENT (SEX, VIOLENCE, DRUGS, PROFANITY) Nathaniel, teenage occultist, is in love with Jithinia, a nihilistic sexpot. All is well, until they meet Eldridge. A shape-shifting creature from another dimension, he is quite mad. He still feels the ghostly remnants of his amputated wings. He can smell them rotting, feel the squirming maggots eating them. The only thing that eases his suffering is devouring souls. Cursed with this hunger, he knows that he is a monster, which only feeds his lunacy. He is moments away from killing Nathaniel when he discovers something so astounding, he cannot continue. As he falls in love with Nathaniel, he learns that true horror lies not in his monstrosity, but in his growing humanity.
Danielle was abducted and physically mutilated in the name of God for years. Her vile keeper, Preacher, tortures his broken dolls until they pray, to help them find God. One day, Danielle does. She reunites with her lost love Jithinia, whose world is now spinning out of control.
What follows is a magnum opus of magick and the true nature of God as the characters make their way through the sordid underbelly of modern Christian America.
Character Biographies
She wears a skeleton for a head band and holds a wand.
He is tempted by a spirit female and a wolf. He has souls trapped in his empathic field.
Colorful magick comes from her hand.
He is entwined with his soul’s double and thus his face is composed of two faces. He has wings and holds a knife.
Jithinia loves too easily and too deeply. She can't bear the thought of hurting those she loves, all the while wishing the rest of the world would just die already. She prefers the ornate Victorian inspired gothic look, but she doesn't wear the clothes for the attention; she just doesn't feel true to herself dressing any other way. Raised in a strict religious home, she is repulsed by Christian hypocrisy.
Nathaniel is the quintessential goth boy, the kind of teenager that wears "I heart Satan" t-shirts just to scare the norms. Fashion is important to him, and he's often freakishly overdressed in leather, tattered fishnets, and garish makeup, like a trashed and wasted midnight whore. Yet beneath his dark facade, his ego is fragile. He wears his heart upon his sleeve and feels everything too deeply, and thus he over indulges in booze and drugs.
Eldridge feels like the loneliest creature on Earth. A shape-shifting nomad, he travels from town to town. He assumes the identity of his most recent kills, and for a little while, he can pretend to be human, but inevitably, the maddening pain caused by the ghostly remains of his severed wings drives him to kill again, until he's consumed everyone his stolen identity loves.
Danielle was born from the earth of a filthy cellar floor. Much of her humanity has been abused out of her, and only her closest companions know how to find that sweet little girl that dwells deep inside her, past the brick walls. Though she escaped her abductor, she is eternally caged.