Hurricane: Highschool Crush

HURRICANE: HIGHSCHOOL CRUSH

A Short Story of Synaptic Collapse.

A Category 5 hurricane shatters six months of fragile sobriety. For a man battling autistic sensory trauma, the wind is a sonic assault, cracking his nervous system and forcing him to seek a definitive signal to replace the terrifying silence.

He finds it on Grindr: Travis, his high school crush, seven houses away. The month in Travis's bunker is a destructive descent fueled by crystal shards and desperate, chemical sex—a synaptic collapse that lasts until psychosis crawls in. Stumbling home, he faces his father's devastating, silent judgment, proof that the terrible, synaptic hunger never truly leaves.

If you crave unflinching literary fiction that maps the neurobiological cost of survival, this is the descent you've been waiting for.

Part of the world of Blue Demon, the 5-star memoir of addiction, autism, and uncompromising survival.