Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Seventeen writers voluntarily trap themselves in a theater, mutilating their bodies and minds to manufacture the ultimate best-selling tragedy.

Seventeen writers answer an ad for an artist’s retreat, only to be locked inside an abandoned theater with no food, heat, or power. Convinced they are part of a reality show, they realize the more they suffer, the more famous they will be when they are eventually rescued. They begin to intentionally sabotage their own survival, competing to manufacture the most tragic backstory possible. Haunted is a transgressive satire of celebrity culture and the grotesque lengths people will go to for a best-selling memoir.