He Hears Death by A.L. Davidson

He Hears Death tells the morbid tale of an embalmer who can no longer hear the world as it is, but as Death does. Cursed with the ability to hear the voices of the deceased who linger in his quiet hometown, The Fool finds himself struggling to hold onto his sanity. Reeling from the murder of his Lover four years prior, he spends his days fixing up the dead and the nights sewing up his own damaged soul amidst the anxiety and loneliness in his life. His only safe haven is his apartment - the place where his Lover's spirit still lingers - but the trek home each night is a dangerous one indeed... A violent, malicious entity stalks the halls of the high-rise, and every time The Fool steps through his doorway he risks it being his last. Wrestling with his future, his desire for reunion, and his spiraling anxiety, The Fool's story is one of grief, loneliness, and lost love. His near-obsessive romance with the literal ghost of his past grows ever stronger as his inability to move on throttles his will to live until all hell breaks loose. When an unforeseen crisis hits the neighboring city, The Fool finds himself trapped within the confines of The Tower, forcing him to face not only the hell-bent monstrosity in the hall and Death's presence in the shadows, but the finality of life as he knew it.

Adult • Romance/Paranormal • Diversity Representation/Mental Health • Diversity Representation/Disability • Horror/Supernatural and Occult • Horror/Psychological

Content Warning: This book deals with themes of anxiety, depression, suicide, and death - including mortuary practices, death-related gore, blood, talk of CODs, and funerary practices. Reader discretion is advised. He Hears Death features a HoH main character. ASL is shown in italics in conversations, while lightened text is used to show diminished speech volume as experienced by the MC to put you in his shoes. This book has been read by a sensitivity reader, but He Hears Death does not, and is not meant to, reflect all HoH experiences, especially due to the supernatural elements woven throughout the story.