While I believe discomfort has its place in fiction, I also believe readers deserve to know what they're getting into. I've put together content warnings for my books so you can make an informed decision about what you're comfortable reading. Most warnings concern major themes across my works, but others refer to specific scenes or imagery.
Religious horror and religious trauma
Psychological manipulation and gaslighting
Memory loss/manipulation and missing time
Altered perception of reality
Paranoia and psychological distress
Disturbing family dynamics and secrets
Loss of bodily autonomy
Graphic or disturbing body horror
Gender dysphoria
Identity-related psychological distress
Violations of bodily autonomy
Psychological manipulation
Relationship trauma and betrayal
Societal collapse and apocalyptic themes
Paranoia and distorted perception of reality
Monstrous and disturbing entities
Supernatural violence and threats
Disappearances
Threats involving children
Religious or godlike horror
War, political violence, and oppression
Imprisonment and captivity
Authoritarianism and persecution
Undead creatures and zombies
Threats of violence and death
Rebellion and political conflict
Sexual assault, sexual violence, and threats of sexual violence
Domestic abuse and child abuse
Suicide, suicidal ideation, and self-harm
Graphic blood, gore, torture, and mutilation
Animal injury, cruelty, or death
Child injury or death
Transphobia, homophobia, racism, ableism, bigotry, and slurs
Nonconsensual medical procedures
Pregnancy-related horror or reproductive violence
Substance use and addiction
Strong language
Insect horror
Insect infestation, swarming, or parasitic organisms
Trypophobia (clusters of holes or similar imagery)
Claustrophobia and confinement in enclosed spaces
Suffocation, choking, or drowning
Vomiting and other bodily fluids
Disease, infection, and contamination
Rotting flesh, decomposition, and corpses
Cannibalism
Dental horror, teeth, and oral mutilation
Eye injuries and eye-related body horror
Fire, burning, and burn injuries
Starvation, dehydration, and food deprivation
Forced confinement and restraint
Stalking, harassment, and surveillance
Kidnapping and abduction
Grief, bereavement, and parental death
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infertility
Graphic descriptions of panic attacks, psychosis, and dissociation
Animal attacks