{"product_id":"curriculum-for-the-dead-matthew-petchinsky-9798295623813","title":"Curriculum for the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome courses are not listed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome lectures are not meant for the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurriculum for the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a gothic psychological horror novel set at a university where certain classes are taught exclusively to the dead-and where the living who enroll are never allowed to remain unchanged. When Elias Mercer receives a syllabus printed in ash, he is drawn into an unmarked wing of campus where attendance is mandatory, grades are carved into stone, and failure is measured in burial rather than credits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Elias moves through lectures held in mausoleums, midterms written as epitaphs, and a commencement that offers release at an unbearable cost, he discovers the university is not preparing students for life, but for erasure. Memory becomes unreliable. Identity becomes negotiable. Love becomes a liability the institution is eager to exploit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending gothic academia, existential horror, and mind-bending psychological dread, \u003cem\u003eCurriculum for the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e explores what happens when systems of learning turn grief into policy and survival into a moral compromise. This is not a story about ghosts-it is about what remains when institutions teach people how to disappear quietly, and what it costs to refuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, unsettling, and emotionally devastating, this novel lingers long after the final page-like ash that never quite washes off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Petchinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295623813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apophis Enterprises LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Matthew Petchinsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665025601791,"sku":"9798295623813","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82370ddd-10c1-47b2-a70a-b840fe8ebf71.jpg?v=1792010569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curriculum-for-the-dead-matthew-petchinsky-9798295623813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}