Son of the Slob

Vera Harlow survived a captivity that left her scarred in body and mind. A chance encounter put her in the hands of a man known only as The Slob, who kept her in a filthy house of horrors until she fought her way out.

She now raises Harold, the son the Slob left her with. His looks and habits are repulsive and uncomfortably familiar, and they grow more disturbing as he gets older. Vera still catches occasional glimpses of a brighter side to the boy, and she clings to them, working to give him a normal upbringing.

The question is whether Harold takes after his father or after her hopes for him. If the darkness wins, Vera is left to clean up another gruesome mess.

Expect extreme horror, with graphic filth and revulsion and a mother's stubborn hope running through it. The story stays close to Vera as she tries to see the best in a child who echoes the man who took everything from her.