Pub date: 18 Nov 2025

Thanks to the author for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A bizarre, unsettling, and strangely hilarious horror novella. If you’re into stories that blend body horror, existential dread, and moments of dark humor, this one delivers. The narrative messes with your sense of what’s real, what’s human, and what’s horrifying. The pacing is tight, the imagery is vivid without being overwrought, and every scene serves a purpose. It’s lean, strange, and unforgettable.

I am not sure if it is how I consumed this book but it read even quicker than a novella normally does. It felt akin to a short story!

My Name Isn't Paul is such a wild, suspenseful, and fun (if you love horror) read. It was funny, trippy, weird, kinda gross, but I love all of that in a horror. This felt like a story that Stephen King and Guillermo Del Toro would love and rave about.


The Story is about Paul, who is not really Paul, he's a insect like creature that began his life eating a corpse from the inside out, wears a skin suit, and has filaments that can severe ahead or help send calmness into other people. After losing his friend tragically, he has a break down as his body is entering heat and loses himself trying to not be a "stupid bug"


I love how the author takes us into Paul's head, how it feels like you're losing your mind too as a reader, seeing things through the perspective of the earth invader trying to make it through. I love the pacing, how there's enough for me to imagine everything playing out, but sticks to the point with no filler. I'd def recommend this novella to other horror lovers.