Haunted, Not Hollow: A Life in Poetry and Prose
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 24 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Haunted, Not Hollow is a collection of poetry, prose, and lyrical storytelling about survival, memory, mental health, and the quiet work of remaining after breaking.
Through deeply personal reflections and emotionally raw pieces, Brandon Brookbank explores trauma, love, anxiety, identity, grief, endurance, and the complicated process of learning how to stay alive when life no longer feels simple. These works do not offer easy answers or polished inspiration. Instead, they trace the shape of survival itself - imperfect, unfinished, and deeply human.
Structured across four thematic pillars - Before the Breaking, When Things Came Apart, Living After, and What Survived - this collection moves through darkness without glorifying it, offering honesty, vulnerability, and moments of quiet resilience.
Haunted, Not Hollow is for readers who understand that healing is rarely clean, that survival leaves marks, and that mostly whole can still mean worthy of love, meaning, and life.
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