Don't think about knives. Don't think about battles and gunshots. Don't think about swords and killing. Don't think about raw meat. Think about a beautiful flower. What is the color of the flower you imagined?"

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 12 hours ago

Try this

Don't think of red. A cow is on the farm. Don't think about knives. Some flags contain red as a symbol of bravery in wars. The scent of red flowers is relaxing. The word 'peace' is written in red letters.

How did your mind react? Or were you the one who reacted?

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 days ago

Play along and see how it will go.

Don't think of red. A cow is on the farm. The word 'peace' is written in red letters. Some flags contain red as a symbol of bravery. Don't think about knives. The scent of red flowers is relaxing.

How did your mind react? Or were you the one who reacted?

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 days ago

When a religious person get angry by a fantasy novel

Dead mother, her son the unstable god and joy of death is a novel searchable only on Goodreads

It blend philosophical idealism, with the afterlife and a very twisted version of salvation and holy mother into a novel, written in nonstandard literally style.

Anyway, i wanna spread it because of that angry comment from a religious person.

How come they can get nervous with something like that.

There were the children of the alley by Naguib Mahfouz and someone stabbed him for it.

Or someone like Shrief Gaber ended up in jail for speaking his mind and the list goes on

The comment wasn't dangerous but it reveals a lot

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 months ago

A real mess is taking the form of a book, in a bad way

This is a notebook lm review for the book : "dead mother, her son the unstable god and joy of death."

which is searchable only on Goodreads

This is a detailed review by notebooklm

### 1. The Afterlife: A Layered, Fluid Reality

The depiction of the afterlife is one of the manuscript's most compelling and disorienting conceptual achievements. Rather than presenting a conventional heaven or hell, the book crafts a multiverse of distinct, shifting realms. It seamlessly shifts from localized, terrestrial purgatories—like a decaying, nightmare-fueled hotel caught in its own pocket of reality—to surreal, breathtaking dimensions.

The text transitions into "The Villa," a breathtaking landscape where the sky serves as both ceiling and wallless horizon, and a fluffy cloud carpet dynamically carries the physical weight of its travelers. Conversely, other afterlife realms drop into horrific abysses like the pit of "Replazar," where souls fall like rain into cycles of torment. The afterlife here operates not on a fixed topography, but on a psychological and ethereal framework where reality is physically altered by intent, memory, and cosmic devices.

### 2. The Chaos in Writing: A Jarring, Unpredictable Flow

Stylistically, the manuscript embraces a structured chaos that mirrors the volatile mental states of its characters. The writing style is erratic, frequently executing sudden narrative leaps without traditional transitions. It moves abruptly from gritty, slow-burning psychological manipulation in a rundown lobby to high-stakes interdimensional hunting and surreal warfare.

This chaotic rhythm is further amplified by bizarre intrusions of clinical or incongruously modern details amidst primitive horror—such as characters breaking down the exact medical mechanics of "ataxic respiration" and the medulla oblongata while standing over a fresh corpse, or sudden telephone rings piercing through violent, ancient trials. The pacing refuses to let the reader settle, actively cultivating an atmosphere of instability.

### 3. The Weirdness: Absurdist Horror and Surreal Textures

The narrative thrives on a distinct flavor of "the weird," utilizing sensory contradictions to evoke a sense of uncanny wrongness. The environments are painted with grotesque, surreal textures: heavy metal doors crusted with old blood and dust that emit a pungent odor of ammonia mixed with a refreshing citrus scent.

Characters react to horrors with terrifyingly inappropriate emotional responses—such as a character giggling like a child while casually using her high-heeled shoe to grind a victim's face into the floor. The visual logic relies heavily on psychological phenomena like *pareidolia*, featuring violet-lit mountainsides and rocky hillsides that morph to display the judging, shifting faces of the protagonist's family members.

### 4. The Portrayal of Death: A Gateway of Transmutation

Death in this book is rarely treated as a simple end or a quiet passing. Instead, it is portrayed as an aggressive, traumatic, and highly visceral transmutation. The narrative lingers intently on the anatomical transition of dying—tracking the liquefaction of organs, the chemical drowning of the lungs, and the final, empty gaze of a corpse sinking into nothingness.

Yet, immediately following physical expiration, death is revealed to trigger a massive surge of brain activity that serves as a doorway for the soul to transition from a biological structure to an ethereal one. It is a world where the dead can be tethered, spoken to through technological and mystical stones, or physically harvested to graft and reshape the flesh of the living.

### 5. The Monsters: Grotesque, Multi-Eyed Abominations

The monstrosities inhabiting these pages are strikingly imaginative, blending elements of ancient mythology, cosmic horror, and biological decay. Rather than relying on simple silhouettes in the dark, the text illustrates creatures with granular, terrifying clarity:

* **Khepri:** A towering, hairless, crocodile-scaled humanoid sporting three yellow reptilian eyes—including a single eye centered on his forehead that paradoxically sheds tears while his primary eyes gleam with malice.

* **The Floating Neanderthal Head:** An enormous, disembodied black-skinned head floating in mid-air, its face obscured by blood-splattered gray hair masking eyes that burn like dragons. It neatly organizes its territory by hanging human viscera and limbs symmetrically along the walls like decorations.

* **The Parasitic Shur:** A squirming, pink worm-like entity kept hidden beneath scarred flesh where an ear should be, capable of invading a host's esophagus to systematically smooth out the stomach lining and dissolve biological matter from the inside out.

### 6. Religious and Philosophical Implications: Faith vs. Cruelty

Underneath its layer of survival horror, the book grapples with heavy metaphysical inquiries. The characters frequently invoke terms like *karma*, prayers, and the "natural order" of the food chain, highlighting a universe dictated by structural cruelty.

The text explicitly positions an earthly detective—a self-proclaimed atheist—against entities that serve as definitive proof of demonic and supernatural frameworks. It challenges the binary concept of good and evil by showing how characters must actively struggle against "the monsters in their own minds", framing damnation and salvation not as cosmic judgments passed by a detached deity, but as psychological vulnerabilities exploited by ancient, manipulative fabricators.

**Summary Verdict:** *The novel is an unapologetically chaotic, deeply unsettling slice of dark fantasy. It will appeal immensely to readers who enjoy cosmic horror, surrealist world-building, and visceral psychological thrillers that refuse to play by traditional narrative rules.

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 months ago

Good news! The afterlife isn't a boring cloud with harps. Bad news: It’s infinitely worse.

If your vision of the afterlife involves a peaceful, glowing meadow where you reunite with your childhood golden retriever, you might want to look away. I just dug up an absolute fever dream of a book that treats the great beyond like a cosmic meat grinder designed by a schizophrenic architect.

​It’s an un-standard indie masterpiece playing hard-to-get with the internet. For some deeply unknown, spooky reason, it is completely invisible on Google or Amazon and is only searchable on Goodreads.

​The current title is a beautifully unhinged mouthful: "Dead mother, her son the unstable god and joy of death"

​According to a detailed breakdown of the text, this book completely demolishes traditional ideas of heaven and hell. Instead, the afterlife is a fluid, psychological multiverse where reality is physically altered by intent, memory, and cosmic trauma.

​Want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes? Here is a glimpse of what awaits us when we die:

  • The Post-Mortem Real Estate: You might end up in "The Villa," a breathtaking landscape where the sky serves as both a ceiling and a wall-less horizon. Or, more likely, you'll drop into "Replazar," a horrific abyss where human souls literally fall from the sky like rain into endless cycles of torment. There’s also a lovely decaying, nightmare-fueled purgatory hotel caught in its own pocket dimension. Room service is probably terrible.
  • Death is a Visceral Upgrade: Physical expiration isn't a quiet passing. The author lovingly tracks the anatomical transition of dying—think organ liquefaction and lungs chemically drowning. But the second you pop your biological clogs, a massive surge of brain activity acts as a doorway, transforming you from a meat-sack into an ethereal structure. From there, you can be spoken to via mystical stones, or physically harvested to graft and reshape the flesh of the living. Neat!
  • The Neighborhood Wildlife: The entities running the show are beautifully sick. You've got Khepri, a towering, hairless, crocodile-scaled humanoid whose forehead eye literally weeps while his main eyes gleam with malice. There’s a giant Floating Neanderthal Head that organizes its territory by hanging human entrails symmetrically along walls like high-end decorations. Oh, and the Parasitic Shur, a pink worm hiding under scarred ear-flesh that invades your throat to smoothly dissolve your stomach from the inside out.
  • The Twisted Philosophy: It operates on a brutal framework of philosophical idealism. The universe is dictated by structural cruelty, where damnation and salvation aren't cosmic judgments passed by a loving God, but psychological vulnerabilities actively exploited by ancient, manipulative fabricators. Damnation is basically just the monsters in your own mind having a field day.

​Naturally, because it touches on these themes, the drama has already begun. If you manage to summon the page on Goodreads, you’ll find a hilariously panicked comment from someone completely losing their mind, attacking the book for "harming his religion." The unknown author didn’t even imply that, but hey—if your depiction of eternity isn't causing a minor theological meltdown, why bother writing it?

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 months ago
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Anyone else encountered this digital anomaly or is my algorithm actively cursing me?

Hey everyone, I need a sanity check. I was falling down a rabbit hole looking up texts on philosophical idealism—specifically the deeply uncomfortable theory that objective reality doesn't exist and consciousness is the only thing generating the universe—when my search results started glitching out. I stumbled across what looks like a modern grimoire or a piece of completely un-standard literature that feels... wrong. The title alone reads like an intrusive thought: "Dead mother, her son the unstable god and joy of death." Here is the spooky part: the internet is actively hiding it. Try searching it on Google or Amazon, and you get absolutely nothing. It’s a total digital void. The only place the title actually resolves or exists is deep within Goodreads, like it’s a cursed file that only one specific server is brave enough to host. From what I can piece together of the concept, it treats the afterlife and existence as a cosmic mind-fuck where the universe is trapped inside the fractured, unstable psyche of a grieving deity. It’s an incredibly twisted, sick take on metaphysics. Apparently, it’s already causing chaos; I saw a panicked review on the page from someone losing their mind, claiming the text "harms his religion." (Which usually means the philosophy hits a little too close to the sun). Take a look at the cover image. It’s a pitch-black void layered with grinning skulls, weird sigils, and messy Arabic script that looks like it belongs in a museum basement. And that cheerful little line in the top left corner—"Our family is growing"—is genuinely deeply unsettling. It’s credited to someone named "Michael S.", but good luck finding out who that actually is. Has anyone else run into this specific Goodreads anomaly, or did I accidentally invoke a cosmic entity that is now manipulating my search results?

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 months ago
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[Free untill June 11] Dead Mother, Her Son the Unstable God and Joy of Death: A Grindhouse Splatterpunk Nightmare

This novel is sick, it was removed and now it is back and free for limited time.

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u/Salt_Fox435 — 2 months ago