Tender is the Flesh

by Agustina Bazterrica

The viral TikTok sensation: the dystopian cannibal horror everyone is talking about

'A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read' DAZED
'A hideous, bold, unforgettable vision of the future' i-D MAGAZINE

If everyone was eating human meat, would you?

Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing. One day, he's given a specimen of the finest quality.

He leaves her tied up in an outhouse, a problem to be disposed of later. But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, and watchful gaze, seem to understand.

And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost - and what might still be saved...

READER REVIEWS

'As thought provoking as it is bone chilling'
'Intoxicatingly terrifying'
'Relentlessly twisted... Has stuck with me more than a year later'
'Sickening in every way... Unforgettable'