Michael is desperate. With his marriage collapsing, an invitation to an exclusive social club feels like a perfect escape. He was wrong. One drugged drink later, he awakes in a dense forest to find he isn’t a guest—he’s prey.
Orchestrated by a billionaire club owner, this lethal game of cat-and-mouse has a horrifying caveat: death isn’t the end—it’s a metamorphosis. The fallen are reborn as grotesque abominations that stalk the contestants with unrelenting hunger.
To get back to his husband and the marriage he’s desperate to save, Michael must survive the gauntlet of biological rot and visceral terror. But as the game takes its toll, his own humanity begins to fracture.
If he makes it out, will there be anything left of the man who went in?
Yearning For Imperfection is a gripping horror thriller—perfect for fans of the high-stakes brutality of The Hunger Games and the surreal body horror of Annihilation.
Micah Castle is a weird fiction and horror writer. He’s an author of multiple books, and his stories have appeared in various magazines, websites, and anthologies.
While away from the keyboard, he enjoys spending time with his wife, playing with his animals, spending hours in the woods, and can typically be found reading a book or writing somewhere in his Pennsylvania home.