Only the Stains Remain was very clearly a deeply, DEEPLY personal book. I do not claim to know if this is told from the author’s personal experience, but it seems to be clear that this is a topic that is very near and dear to his heart. I imagine that this was an incredibly difficult, yet cathartic story to write. 

There are some really stunning quotes in this short read. Some that will really stick with me, but I found it overall to be much to repetitive. It took away some of the tension and emotion by overstating the purpose of a tale such as this. None the less, I think this is an incredibly important novella to exist in the horror realm - especially given the prose.