The Book That Reads You Back — Join the Discussion

The Book That Reads You Back

Some stories entertain.
Some stories frighten.
And some stories open a door you didn’t realize you were standing in front of.

The Reader I Will Wear Like Skin was written by Lyra Calen and edited by Bruce Goldwell with one purpose:
to push fiction past the edge of the familiar and into a space where reality feels just a little too thin.

Readers have described it as:

• “The scariest meta-horror I’ve ever experienced.”
• “Like the book is… watching me.”
• “I had to stop twice because my reflection moved.”

If you’ve read it, you already know: this isn’t just a novel — it’s an encounter.

And now I want to hear your experience.

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What Did the Book Show You?

This story reacts to each reader differently.

Some readers see shifting text.
Some feel the pulses.
Some dream the entity’s voice.
Some reach the ending they didn’t choose — or didn’t expect.

That’s intentional.

The book was designed to:

• Create tension you can feel in your body
• Bend narrative logic
• Use your memory against you
• Make you question what changed when you weren’t looking

Now that you’ve finished:
Which ending did you reach?
Did you surrender… refuse… or discover the hidden betrayal ending?
Or did the book give you something else entirely?

Leave your thoughts in the comments.
Your interpretation matters.
Your experience shapes the next layer of the story.

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A Final Warning

If the last page was blank except for a pulsing dot —
don’t worry.
That’s normal.

If it wasn’t blank —
that’s normal too.

Either way…

We aren’t done.

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Share your thoughts below.
What did you see?

— Lyra Calen & Bruce Goldwell