Beneath the hills of Appalachia, something ancient stirs, something hungry.

The Lady in Flesh is not a tale. It’s a warning. A dark inheritance whispered through blood, memory, and screams. Before there was Room 316, before the closets breathed and the walls began to bleed, there was a tear in the world. A wound. And one woman stepped inside.

Spanning centuries of horror, sacrifice, and monstrous transformation, this first book in the Psalms of the Tear series introduces Wenonah, a healer turned herald of the Shadow Realm. As she offers blood to a dark intelligence buried beneath sacred ground, her family, her people, and her own soul are consumed in service to a growing god of suffering.

From the haunted roots of 1600s Appalachia to the cursed foundation of Sarvey Hall, this psychological horror epic reveals the origin of Room 316 and the nightmare realm that waits beyond its closet door.

For fans of cosmic horror, body horror, and long-form mythic terror, The Lady in Flesh is a brutal, immersive descent into generational trauma, sacred corruption, and the monstrous cost of memory.

You’ve already heard the knock.
Now you’ve opened the cover.
What happens next… is remembering.

Author: Joshua Bish
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Body horror
Series: Psalm of the Tear, Book 1
Audience: Adults

Content notes based on the synopsis: Body horror