The Gourmet

By Drew W Davidson

THE GOURMET

Some hungers announce themselves loudly.
Others learn to behave.

The Gourmet is a dark psychological horror story about refinement, obsession, and the slow, deliberate erosion of restraint. It follows a man whose life is governed by taste, discipline, and ritual. Every choice is considered. Every indulgence measured. Civility, for him, is not a mask but a practice.

Yet beneath this careful exterior, something restless waits.

As routine hardens into compulsion and pleasure becomes necessity, the story traces how obsession reshapes morality. What begins as an appreciation for control and perfection gradually reveals a far more disturbing appetite, one that cannot be satisfied by refinement alone. The rituals meant to contain desire instead begin to feed it.

This is not a story driven by spectacle or excess. The horror of The Gourmet lies in its intimacy: in private rooms, quiet habits, and the moments where thought lingers just long enough to excuse the unthinkable. Violence, when it arrives, does so with restraint, leaving the reader to confront what has been chosen rather than what is shown.

The Gourmet explores the danger of mistaking discipline for virtue, and the thin line between appreciation and consumption. It asks what happens when identity becomes bound to appetite, and when self-control is no longer a boundary, but a justification.

Dark, unsettling, and quietly relentless, this short psychological horror story will appeal to readers who prefer suggestion over shock, and who understand that the most frightening monsters are often the ones who believe themselves civilised.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G6SYN48K
• ISBN13: 9798278531739
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.1" x 5.0"