We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca

A precocious young girl with an unusual imagination is sent on an odyssey into the depths of depravity. After her father dies violently, young Mara is surprised to find her mother welcoming a new guest into their home, claiming that he will protect them from the world of devastation and destruction outside their door.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Rape mentioned (brief)
- Incest
- Emotional & verbal child abuse
- Miscarriage & stillbirth
- Body horror
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a parent
- Death of a child mentioned
- Murder
- Animal death