Writhe

***WINNER - Pencraft Literary Award - Best Horror of 2025*** ***WINNER - Pencraft Literary Award - Best Horror - Fall Season*** ***WINNER - TOP PICK - Author Shout Literary Awards - 2025*** Garrett was just another jaded New Yorker, enduring obnoxious neighbors and coughing up a fortune for his rat-infested Hell's Kitchen apartment. But everything changes on the late December afternoon when a bloodworm burrows into his brain, slowly devouring his sanity from within. As his mind deteriorates, Garrett erupts into a frenzy of violence, leaving a trail of mutilated bodies across lower Manhattan.Garrett unleashes newfound rage, embarking on a bloodbath in Manhattan. NYPD officers Luca Han and Mel Tredo are thrust into a citywide nightmare, racing against time to hunt down the homicidal spree killer before he can kill again. Can they capture the savage madman in a surging sea of potential victims before the ball drops in Times Square? Writhe is a violent New Years horror novella not intended for the faint of heart. This gory, multi-award-winner is brought to you by twisted sisters Erica Summers (The Rictus Grin and Other Tales of Insanity) and H.M. Wohl (The Illuminator Saga). Published by Rusty Ogre Publishing.