What if Wonderland was a parasite that fed on your desires?

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Every night, I wake up from the same dream: a vibrating nightclub with melting walls, no way out, and the taste of someone I’ve never met still burning on my tongue.

Every day, the shadow only I can see claws at my skull, screaming that I’m slipping again. He says it’s all fake, that I should forget it, forget Them, and focus only on Him.

But for the first time, He’s wrong.

I just have to find it again.

Find Them again.

We are meant to be together.

Even if They don’t know it yet.

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ABOUT

Glowrot is a queer psychological horror novel written by Venezuelan author Beatrice Lebrun. It mixes found family gone wrong, toxic obsession, and a twisted version of Alice in Wonderland. It’s got toxic longing, liminal spaces, and nonbinary representation at the heart of the story.

It follows Bo, a bisexual Latina unraveling into obsession, dissociation, and a surreal nightclub that might not be real, all in her desperate, delusional search for someone who doesn’t want to be found.

Content Warnings

  • Stalking (by MC, not to her)

  • SA (towards MC)

  • Dissociation/self-distraction during SA

  • Doxxing

  • Fetishization of a NB person

  • Viewing pre-transition content of a NB person without their permission

  • Drug usage

  • Habitual smoking

  • Sexualization (both by and to MC)

  • Disregard for one’s own life

  • Romanticization of dangerous behavior (by MC)

  • Suicidal ideation

  • Suicide

  • Self harm

  • Obsession

  • Non-specific sexual content

  • Body dysmorphia (not the MC)

  • Eating disorder (not the MC)

  • Hallucinations

Praise for Glowrot

  • " Lebrun could very well give a class on how to take a charming, nonsensical romp of classic children’s literature like Alice in wonderland and turn it into a bizarre nightmare journey for adults."

    —Lennox Rex

  • "The writing and page formatting really helped slip into the obsessive mind of the protagonist, and fall down the psychedelic rabbit hole with her."

    —Sara

  • " I loved reading from the stalker, Bo’s point of view. I loved reading the descent into madness that occurs and how maybe Wonderland isn’t all that it seems."

    —Rhiannon Cheyenne

  • "Trippy, gnarly, and brutal indie nod to Alice in Wonderland. Interesting text treatments peppered throughout are reminiscent of House of Leaves."

    —Laura Obscura

  • "Despite her clear trajectory into a harmful, dehumanizing obsession, I grieved for Bo. She makes choices that are harmful, selfish, and astonishing, and she is a deeply wounded, isolated, and disillusioned person. The lines are simultaneously clear as day and hopelessly blurred. This book is a beacon, and a warning."

    —Corners of Cozy

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Stylized distorted Mad Hatter illustration with melting text: “No Way Out of Wonderland.”
Glitched Alice-inspired illustration of a girl floating with warped text: “No Way Out of Wonderland.”
Trippy illustration of a rabbit in Wonderland with text: “No Way Out of Wonderland” in glowing warped letters.
Glowrot trigger warnings including stalking, SA, dissociation, obsession, ED, and fetishization of a NB character.
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Neon pink Glowrot poster with tagline “What you crave won’t let you go.” Debut novel by Beatrice Lebrun.
Surreal image of a person melting with text: “No Way Out of Wonderland” in warped font.