When the Silence Screams - An Indie Horror That Cuts Deep: Afraid to Feel by Alex Tucker

I don’t always read horror to be shocked, I read it to feel something I can’t name. To sit with dread that’s earned, not exploited.

Alex Tucker’s Afraid to Feel is one of those stories. It’s not about ghosts or gore, it’s about the quiet terror of emotional repression, the kind that corrodes marriages, isolates children, and turns love into a load-bearing wall. If you’ve ever felt like silence was safer than honesty, this book will cut deep. And if you’re tired of horror that mistakes suffering for substance, this one might restore your faith in the genre.

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