{"product_id":"fixation-piper-pike-sapphic-horror","title":"Fixation | Piper Pike | Sapphic Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Fiadh \"Fi\" Fahey meets the aloof, eccentric artist Diederich Metzger at a Berlin nightclub, she can't help but find him curious. She's never been too interested in men, but he pursues her so aggressively—offering to whisk her away to his mansion in Berlin's wealthiest neighborhood—that she chalks it all up to a new adventure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter all, she's made her stance perfectly clear: she likes women. And she won't deprive herself of what she craves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLittle does she know, there's something far more sinister beneath Diederich's grand gestures and sprawling gothic mansion in Grunewald. In the basement of Herthastraße 99, sometimes people go down, and they don't come back up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Fi gets tangled in a fling at one of Diederich's parties, she breaks the mansion's one unbreakable rule—and it costs her her freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiederich doesn't want a girlfriend. He's convinced Fi is his muse, the source of his artistic talent, and he will do anything in his power to keep her trapped. What follows is nearly a decade of captivity inside the mansion—a gilded cage of luxury and heartbreak, where the only people who might help her are as trapped as she is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFixation is a gothic, LGBTQIA horror novel that follows Fi's entrapment at Herthastraße 99, her relationship with Diederich, and her own struggles with generational trauma and mental health.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike its predecessor, Predator \u0026amp; Prey, Fixation is not a love story. It's a dark descent into the twisted world of Herthastraße 99—the people who work there, and those trying so desperately to leave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContent warnings: coercion, cannibalism, entrapment, child abuse, suicidal ideation, murder, domestic violence, drugs, substance abuse, attempted rape, abortion, homophobia, xenophobia, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHorror level: 2.5\/5\u003cbr\u003eSpice level: 2.5\/5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Piper Pike | Horror \u0026 Speculative Fiction Author","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58384496787616,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/1917\/9168\/files\/Signedpaperbackcopy_28b1db89-0b09-4074-889f-21c793442ab1.png?v=1784914888","url":"https:\/\/piperpike.com\/products\/fixation-piper-pike-sapphic-horror","provider":"Piper Pike | Horror \u0026 Speculative Fiction Author","version":"1.0","type":"link"}