Inhaling Feathers

A Surrealist Liminal Horror Novella

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Genres

Paranormal, Psychological Horror, Fantasy Horror, Absurdist Fiction, Contemporary, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Profanity, Animal Abuse, Death, Abuse, Blood & Gore, and Child Abuse

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Publication Date

Jun 11, 2026

Page Length

83 pages

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Inhaling Feathers

A Surrealist Liminal Horror Novella

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

A DISORIENTING FEVER DREAM THAT GETS WEIRDER AS YOU GO

Thomas Blackburn’s father is dead. For Thomas, this is the chance to start a new life under a new name: Thomas Blackbird. He is going to become a whole new person.

Leaving his father's apartment, he heads to the city’s document office to make the change official. Fighting his way through nonsensical procedures, he finds himself deep in the maw of the office basements, wandering a labyrinth of dusty corridors where every door conceals horrors both impossible and disturbingly familiar.

And maybe the change that awaits him is even worse than the past he's trying to escape.

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Genres

Paranormal, Psychological Horror, Fantasy Horror, Absurdist Fiction, Contemporary, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Profanity, Animal Abuse, Death, Abuse, Blood & Gore, and Child Abuse

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

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Publication Date

Jun 11, 2026

Page Length

83 pages

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Author

Chris Burton is a Hungarian fiction author living in Budapest, specialising in short stories, novellas, and grammatical mistakes.

Drawn to dark tales from a young age, Chris began publishing his unsolicited creations in 2024, blending elements of horror, thriller, mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, weird fiction and grotesque, sometimes with traces of dark humour.

In everyday life, Chris works in the field of [REDACTED], has chronic insomnia, and experiences intrusive thoughts more frequently than what is considered a healthy amount by healthcare professionals. In his spare time, he runs his own horror-inspired alternative rock music project but respectfully refuses to share any other specific details.