Students Who Never Took Attendance

By Matthew Petchinsky

At Bellgrave University, attendance is everything.

If your name isn't on the list, you don't exist.

Lena Vire has attended every lecture, taken every note, and followed every rule-until the day her name disappears from the roster. At first, it's a clerical error. Then her classmates stop recognizing her. Professors look straight through her. Even her reflection begins to hesitate.

When Lena discovers others have vanished the same way, she uncovers a terrifying truth: the university doesn't just track students-it decides who gets to remain real.

With the help of a damaged survivor and a rogue archivist, Lena fights back against a system that erases people from memory, records, and existence itself. But the more she is seen, the more violently the institution tries to correct her.

Because once you are counted, you are claimed.

And if the wrong name is written-

you are gone.

Students Who Never Took Attendance is a gothic psychological horror novel that blends dark academia with existential dread, where identity is fragile, memory is weaponized, and survival depends on choosing who you are before something else does.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWCL9HYZ
• ISBN13: 9798295781865
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Apophis Enterprises LLC
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"