The Fringes, Alex Clemente
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A man haunted by the death of his first love spirals through guilt, obsession, and unreliable memory in this moody, queer psychological novel from Alex Clemente, author of The Amsterdam Experiment.
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The Fringes
By Alex Clemente — Paperback, releasing November 10, 2025
From the author of The Amsterdam Experiment comes a dark, atmospheric novel about memory, guilt, and the blurred edges between truth and self-deception.
Hugo has never escaped the night his high school lover, Terrance, died. The official story was simple enough—an accident, a tragedy. But the version Hugo and his friends told the police wasn’t the whole truth. Now, years later, that lie festers in the corners of his mind, poisoning every attempt at normalcy.
As insomnia takes hold and fragments of that night resurface, Hugo begins to question everything. Was Terrance’s death really a suicide? Or was it something far worse—something they all helped cover up? Caught between guilt and obsession, Hugo drifts through a life numbed by drugs, sex, and therapy, seeking relief from a reality that feels as unstable as his memories.
With haunting prose and psychological depth, The Fringes explores the dangerous intersections of grief, desire, and repression. Alex Clemente delivers a taut, queer noir about the human capacity for denial—and the price of finally facing what we’ve buried.
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