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My Name Isn't Paul: A Cosmic Horror Novella
Paperback
Publisher: Drew Huff
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
He pretended to be human for seven years. Until he couldn't.
He's a traveling salesman named Paul Cattaneo, except he isn't. Because he's a Mirror Person--a hyper empathetic eldritch abomination capable of mimicking any human. 'Paul' found the human Paul Cattaneo's mangled corpse seven years ago and decided to mimic it. It's just what Mirror People do. Mimic. Absorb. Control. Desperate to ignore what he is, 'Paul' represses his inhuman traits and stays far away from others of his kind.
But breeding season for Mirror People comes around every seven years, inducing an involuntary sociopathic state...and it's time for Paul to go into heat. Now unable to avoid the reality of what he truly is, Paul has a mental breakdown, goes on a cross-country road trip...and runs afoul of something far, far more inhuman and dangerous than himself.
My Name Isn't Paul weaves an emotionally raw story about an eldritch being struggling to retain his humanity in the face of impossible odds, while grieving the loss of his only friend, and also dealing with the existential crisis of becoming a parent.
A cosmic horror tale like nothing you've ever read before.
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