Epeolatry Book Review: Dehiscent by Ashley Deng

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Title: Dehiscent

Author: Ashley Deng

Genre: Eco-horror, Sporror, Gothic

Publisher: Tenebrous Press

Release date: August 1, 2023

Page count: 92

Synopsis: As the world’s climate swings rapidly between oppressively hot and freezing cold, the remnants of civilization huddle in small communities to scrape together what they can to survive.

All except the Zhu family.

Yi has lived in her ancestral house her entire life, sheltered and safe from the scarcity that plagues her community. Her family enjoys a secret life of running water, electricity, and an abundance of food.

But as Yi seeks a way to share their fortune, she learns the terrible secret of the Zhu house.

DEHISCENT is an Eco-Horror tale of a future that has practically arrived, and the humanity that lurks in the most inhuman of places.

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