Nothing Tastes as Good

Would You Kill to be Thin? Exploring the Body Horror of "Nothing Tastes as Good"

If you thought the Ozempic craze was intense, wait until you meet Emmett Truesdale.

In Luke Dumas’s latest skin-crawling thriller, Nothing Tastes as Good, we follow Emmett—a retail worker in Southern California who feels invisible in a world obsessed with tanned, six-pack perfection. At over three hundred pounds, Emmett is desperate to shed the weight of his childhood trauma and his physical body.

When he enrolls in a clinical trial for a revolutionary weight-loss drug called Obexity, the results are nothing short of a miracle. The pounds melt away at superhuman speed, and for the first time in his life, people actually treat him like a human being.

But every miracle has a price.

Soon, Emmett is plagued by blackouts, lost stretches of time, and visceral, overwhelming cravings. Even more terrifying? The people who were once cruel to him are starting to disappear. As the police hunt for a cannibalistic killer, Emmett begins to fear that the drug isn't just changing his waistline—it’s turning him into a monster.

Part social commentary and part stomach-churning body horror, Nothing Tastes as Good is being described as a mix of the film The Substance and the classic grit of Stephen King. It’s a haunting look at fatphobia, corporate greed, and the lengths we go to for "perfection."

Warning: This one isn't for the faint of heart. If you love "Weird Lit" and psychological suspense that leaves you questioning everything, put this on your TBR immediately!