Feed: An Influencer Horror Novel (Garden State Nightmares)

Claire Doyle’s life looks perfect on camera.A beautiful suburban home. Soft morning light. Matching mugs. Two adorable kids. A husband who knows how to smile at the right moment. Millions of followers who can’t get enough of her polished family life.Then, during a breakfast live, her young son starts choking. By noon, the video has outperformed everything Claire has posted in weeks.Soon she can’t ignore the pattern. Every moment of fear, sickness, tears, accidents, or emotional exposure involving her children sends engagement soaring. Her management team calls it authenticity. Her audience calls it bravery. The brands call it connection.Claire starts to suspect something far worse.The platform isn’t just rewarding distress. The entire creator ecosystem seems to be arranging it. The house anticipates what should be shown next. Her daughter is learning that tears make adults easier to manage. Even her family’s worst moments arrive with the eerie sense that they’ve already been prepared for, priced, and made ready to feed.Because the real horror isn’t just that Claire’s family is being watched.It’s that they are being consumed.Readers search for: influencer horror, family vlogger horror, social media horror, domestic horror, suburban horror, motherhood horror, algorithm horror, internet horror, psychological horror, slow burn horror, creepy family thriller, literary horror, New Jersey horror, cult of motherhood horror Read more