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KATALEPSIS


A WEB SERIAL OF COSMIC HORROR, URBAN FANTASY, AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH STRANGE
PEOPLE

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WHAT IS THIS?

Nightmares and hallucinations have plagued Heather Morell all her life, relics
of schizophrenia and childhood bereavement.

Until she meets Raine and Evelyn, that is — self-proclaimed bodyguard and
bad-tempered magician — and learns she’s not insane at all. The spirits and
monsters she sees are all too real, the god-thing in her nightmares is teaching
her how to surpass human limits, and her twin sister who supposedly never
existed could still be alive, somewhere Outside, beyond the walls of reality.

Heather plunges into a world of eldritch magic and fanatic cultists, trying to
stay alive, stay sane, and deal with her own blossoming attraction to dangerous
women. But being ‘In The Know’ isn’t all terror and danger. Sometimes the
monsters wear nice dresses and stick around for afternoon tea. Sometimes you
find you have more in common with them than you think. Perhaps this is Heather’s
chance to be something more than the defeated husk she’d grown up as, to find
real friendship and meaning among things like herself – and perhaps, out there
on the rim of the possible, to bring her twin sister back from the dead.



Katalepsis is an Ancient Greek word which means ‘comprehension’, or perhaps more
accurately, ‘insight’.

Katalepsis is a serial web novel about cosmic horror and human fragility, urban
fantasy and lesbian romance, set in a sleepy English university town.

New chapters are currently posted once a week, on Saturdays.


It will run for a very long time.

If you are new, start here.

If you just finished the official ebook or audiobook of Volume I, the story
resumes here.

The most recent chapter is Arc 23, Chapter 1

If you are enjoying the story and want to see more, please consider donating via
the Patreon page!

A list of content warnings for the story can be found here.


Front cover art by Noctilia, header art by Yivel.

Disclaimer/warning: Please note that Katalepsis is intended for a mature
audience. This is a horror story, after all. For more information, see the FAQ
here.

For those of you who prefer reading your fiction through Royal Road, a mirror of
the story can be found here. Royal Road also has a ‘light mode’, for readers who
do not like white text on a dark background.




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OTHER STORIES

 * Necroepilogos


ARCHIVE

Book One:

 * (Arc 1) mind; correlating
   * 1.1
   * 1.2
   * 1.3
   * 1.4
   * 1.5
 * (Arc 2) providence or atoms
   * 2.1
   * 2.2
   * 2.3
   * 2.4
   * 2.5
   * 2.6
   * 2.7
   * 2.8
   * 2.9
   * 2.10
   * 2.11
   * 2.12
 * (Arc 3) conditions of absolute reality
   * 3.1
   * 3.2
   * 3.3
   * 3.4
   * 3.5
   * 3.6
   * 3.7
   * 3.8
   * 3.9
   * 3.10
   * 3.11
   * 3.12
   * 3.13
 * (Arc 4) the other side of nowhere
   * 4.1
   * 4.2
   * 4.3
   * 4.4
   * 4.5
   * 4.6
   * 4.7
 * (Arc 5) no nook of english ground
   * 5.1
   * 5.2
   * 5.3
   * 5.4
   * 5.5
   * 5.6
   * 5.7
   * 5.8
 * (Arc 6) and less pleasant places
   * 6.1
   * 6.2
   * 6.3
   * 6.4
   * 6.5
   * 6.6
   * 6.7
   * 6.8
   * 6.9
 * (Arc 7) that which you cannot put down
   * 7.1
   * 7.2
   * 7.3
   * 7.4
   * 7.5
   * 7.6
   * 7.7
   * 7.8
   * 7.9
   * 7.10
   * 7.11
   * 7.12
   * 7.13
   * 7.14
   * 7.15
 * (Arc 8) covenants without the sword
   * 8.1
   * 8.2
   * 8.3
   * 8.4
   * 8.5
   * 8.6
 * (Arc 9) nostalgia for infinity
   * 9.1
   * 9.2
   * 9.3
   * 9.4
   * 9.5
   * 9.6
   * 9.7
   * 9.8
   * 9.9
   * 9.10
   * 9.11
   * 9.12
   * 9.13
 * (Arc 10) by this art you may contemplate
   * 10.1
   * 10.2
   * 10.3
   * 10.4
   * 10.5
   * 10.6
   * 10.7
   * 10.8
   * 10.9
   * 10.10
 * (Arc 11) nothing more impotent
   * 11.1
   * 11.2
   * 11.3
   * 11.4
   * 11.5
   * 11.6
   * 11.7
   * 11.8
   * 11.9
   * 11.10
   * 11.11
   * 11.12
   * 11.13
   * 11.14
 * (Arc 12) water of the womb
   * 12.1
   * 12.2
   * 12.3
   * 12.4
   * 12.5
   * 12.6
 * (Arc 13) a very great mischief
   * 13.1
   * 13.2
   * 13.3
   * 13.4
   * 13.5
   * 13.6
   * 13.7
   * 13.8
   * 13.9
   * 13.10
   * 13.11
   * 13.12
   * 13.13
   * 13.14
 * (Arc 14) any mortal thing
   * 14.1
   * 14.2
   * 14.3
   * 14.4
   * 14.5
   * 14.6
   * 14.7
   * 14.8
   * 14.9
   * 14.10
   * 14.11
   * 14.12
   * 14.13
   * 14.14
   * 14.15
   * 14.16
   * 14.17
   * 14.18
 * (Arc 15) for the sake of a few sheep
   * 15.1
   * 15.2
   * 15.3
   * 15.4
   * 15.5
   * 15.6
   * 15.7
   * 15.8
   * 15.9
   * 15.10
   * 15.11
   * 15.12
   * 15.13
   * 15.14
   * 15.15
   * 15.16
   * 15.17
   * 15.18
   * 15.19
 * (Arc 16) and walked a crooked mile
   * 16.1
   * 16.2
   * 16.3
   * 16.4
   * 16.5
   * 16.6
   * 16.7
   * 16.8
   * 16.9
 * (Arc 17) pale student of unhallowed arts
   * 17.1
   * 17.2
   * 17.3
   * 17.4
   * 17.5
   * 17.6
   * 17.7
   * 17.8
   * 17.9
   * 17.10
   * 17.11
   * 17.12
   * 17.13
   * 17.14
   * 17. 15
 * (Arc 18) loyal to the nightmare of my choice
   * 18.1
   * 18.2
   * 18.3
   * 18.4
   * 18.5
   * 18.6
   * 18.7
   * 18.8
 * (Arc 19) sediment in the soul
   * 19.1
   * 19.2
   * 19.3
   * 19.4
   * 19.5
   * 19.6
   * 19.7
   * 19.8
   * 19.9
   * 19.10
   * 19.11
   * 19.12
   * 19.13
   * 19.14
   * 19.15
   * 19.16
   * 19.17
 * (Arc 20) luminosity of exposed organs
   * 20.1
   * 20.2
   * 20.3
   * 20.4
   * 20.5
   * 20.6
   * 20.7
   * 20.8
   * 20.9
   * 20.10
   * 20.11
   * 20.12
   * 20.13
   * 20.14
   * 20.15
 * (Arc 21) mischief and craft; plainly seen
   * 21.1
   * 21.2
   * 21.3
   * 21.4
   * 21.5
   * 21.6
   * 21.7
   * 21.8
   * 21.9
   * 21.10
   * 21.11
   * 21.12
   * 21.13
   * 21.14
 * (Arc 22) eyes yet to open
   * 22.1
   * 22.2
   * 22.3
   * 22.4
   * 22.5
   * 22.6
   * 22.7
   * 22.8
 * (Arc 23) slanting surfaces; unplumbed voids
   * 23.1
   * No Katalepsis chapter on the 30th of December! Katalepsis will resume as
     normal on the 6th of January!
   * 23.2 – 6th January
   * ???
 * Book Two!



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