Help Me I Am In Hell

From Anxiety Press



"Help Me I am In Hell is a f****** revolution; it's a g**damn call to literary arms, it demands a spiritual insurrection, not of the government or even Big Publishing, but our own literary renaissance." - Michael Mohr, author of The Crew

"...a perverse polycule of aesthetic virtues - shock value, envelope-pushing, norm-busting, taboo-shattering, bourgeois-épatering..." - David Polonoff, The Metropolitan Review

"...pushes the limits of vulgarity like that of Harry Crews, Hal Bennet, Hubert Selby Jr ... Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien." - Brandon Westlake, Blind Poets

"After reading the book, I needed to drag my soul out into the backyard and powerwash it, then, gingerly holding it by a corner with a gloved hand, take it to the nearest sink, pour a gallon of dish soap on it, and give it a good scrubbing with steel wool under the hottest possible water." - Ramya Yandava, The Republic of Letters




While in the throes of a devastating mental collapse, a self-destructive hypochondriac weaves his way through the dark underbelly of Los Angeles in search of his next fix, be it booze, drugs, sex or just companionship, anything to assuage the constant barrage of fear and anxiety that assaults him at every turn. At once ripe for catharsis and salvation, he imposes himself upon the lives of three women whom he hopes can rescue him-an emergency room priestess with a penchant for speed, a Satanic prostitute who claims to be the antichrist and a successful poet that seems to have everything he has ever wanted. But how much of himself must he hide to trick them into believing he is worthy of their love? What follows is a gut-wrenching exploration of a mind suffocating from addiction and mental illness amidst the ultimate terror of annihilation.