Afterbirth by Emma Cleary
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A sister’s care turns into something darker in this unsettling “mommy horror” novel. A visceral, queer-tinged story of obsession, identity, and transformation.
Description
A sister. A body. And something inside that refuses to stay contained.
In Afterbirth, Emma Cleary crafts a haunting, visceral descent into “mommy horror,” where love, identity, and the body itself begin to unravel. After a troubled relationship leaves her unmoored, Brooke travels to Vancouver to care for her sister Izzy, who is preparing for a major reproductive surgery.
But the apartment meant to shelter them feels anything but safe.
The building is decaying. The halls echo with unease. And something—or someone—known only as Medusa seems to linger just out of sight, watching, waiting. As isolation deepens, the sisters’ bond tightens into something strained and unsettling, shaped by old wounds and unspoken tensions.
Seeking comfort in the horror films her ex once loved, Brooke begins to notice something slipping through—images, sensations, distortions that don’t stay on the screen. As her own body starts to change in ways she cannot explain, the boundary between herself and Izzy begins to blur, turning care into obsession, and intimacy into something far more dangerous.
What emerges is a story of transformation that is both physical and emotional—one that probes the anxieties of motherhood, autonomy, and the fragile line between love and consumption.
Unnerving, intimate, and sharply original, Afterbirth is a slow-blooming nightmare where the most terrifying thing might be what grows within.
Book Details
Author: Emma Cleary
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: March 24, 2026
ISBN: 0063420945
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