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Tender Brutality: 12 Stories of What Breaks Us and What Keeps Us Alive
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 13 2025
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
We all have a breaking point.
Sometimes all it takes is a gesture, a silence, a tiny crack... and everything shatters.
In Tender Brutality, clinical psychologist VÃctor Molina MartÃn presents a collection of twelve psychological short stories where ordinary situations slowly escalate until they become deeply unsettling.
Stories that pull you in from the very first line and build tension relentlessly toward unexpected endings:
- Neighbors who disrupt your peace
- Journeys that turn into nightmares
- Friendships that fracture in an instant
- Silences that foreshadow storms
With dark humor, irony, and psychological depth, each story explores raw emotions: guilt, anger, fear, frustration, emptiness. There are no heroes and no comforting lessons. Only ordinary people pushed to their limits.
Each tale invites you to look differently at what you take for granted.
To uncover what pulses beneath the surface.
And throughout the book, a recurring presence appears: RSN-404.
A channel. An interference. A lingering echo.
Is it real, symbolic... or something else?
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Psychological fiction with dark twists
- Short stories with unexpected endings
- Dark humor and unsettling narratives
- Stories that linger long after the final page
- Fiction about human conflict and everyday tension
If you enjoy books that get under your skin - and stay there - this one is for you.
There are no morals here.
No redemption.
No illusions.
Only uncomfortable truths, dressed as fiction.
This is the authorized English edition of the Spanish book Déjate de cuentos, aquà hay historias, praised by readers for its psychological tension, dark humor, and surprising twists.
Selected reader impressions:
- A magnificent book - highly entertaining and impossible to put down.
- Entertaining, surprising and thought-provoking. Highly recommended.
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