Fifteen-year-old Caden knows only one thing with absolute certainty: the body he was born with feels like a lie. With a mother who mocks his identity and a psychiatrist who offers nothing but hollow neutrality, Caden turns to the only place that seems willing to “help”... the deep, hidden corners of the internet.

What begins as research becomes obsession. And obsession becomes a series of increasingly brutal DIY procedures that push the limits of pain, sanity, and flesh itself. Guided by anonymous bloggers and fuelled by desperation, Caden carves his way toward the girl he believes he should have been… even as his family fractures, his fixation on his sister twists into something dangerous, and his grip on reality dissolves under blood-soaked determination.

Gaping Wound is a vicious plunge into self-inflicted transformation, adolescent obsession, and the darkest edges of splatterpunk. that delivers extreme body horror with no restraint. It is graphic, disturbing, and unapologetically transgressive. A savage portrait of identity warped by neglect, isolation, and the deadly fantasy of self-reinvention at any cost.

Tame enough for beginner splatterpunk readers, but twisted and wild enough to satisfy true aficionados.

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