Content Warnings By Book

From the Author

A Note About Content Warnings

The lists of content warnings below are likely not comprehensive but are provided to the best of my ability. Please note that as someone with CPTSD, myself, from repeated trauma that I believe it impossible to include a true “trigger warning” list because triggers often tend to be wildly specific to individual traumas (the scent of a particular aftershave, a specific song, etc.). As such, I choose to use the term “content warning.” 

I will be having two lists: one broad and one specific. If you don’t want spoilers, stick to the broad lists. If you don’t mind spoilers, please use the specific list for more detailed information. If you discover something you believe I should add, please send me an email at: ehprybylski@thirteencentsshort.com.

As a rule, I will never, ever have the following happening on-page in my books though events may be referenced as having happened or may be implied if the story requires it.  

  • Graphic rape
  • Graphic child abuse
  • Graphic animal abuse

If there is a content warning you would like to ask about or one you feel I have missed in this list, please contact me, and I will gladly hear you out. While I will be writing about difficult subjects on occasion, I don’t intend to do so in a method for shock value and prefer my readers to feel like they can trust me with their mental health to the best of my ability. 

That said, I write thrillers. That means there will be tension, violence, and other such content as implied by the genre. These are not intended to be cozy, low-stakes books.

Fallen (Spoiler Free)

Fallen contains themes of: 

  • Queer characters
  • Murder (off page)
  • Drug use (implied)
  • Homelessness
  • Religious trauma

Fallen (Spoilers)

Fallen has the following elements included: 

  • Murder (dead body lightly described)
  • Religious content (not a Christian book, but contains Christian theology)
  • Anti-LGBTQ sentiment from a religious figure (portrayed as wrong)
  • Rejection by God (fallen angel)
  • Autistic main character (implied)
  • Implied alcoholism
  • Gaslighting (characters do not believe character is who she is)
  • Grief (loss of friend)
  • Human trafficking of a minor (non-sexual)
  • Drug use (not by main character)
  • Mention of the Holocaust in context of the fantasy world
  • Gang activity
  • Demonic possession

Hot & Cold (Spoiler Free)

Hot & Cold contains themes of: 

  • Queer characters
  • Anti-LGBTQ sentiment by a religious figure (not portrayed as positive)
  • Homelessness
  • Religious trauma

Hot & Cold (Spoilers)

Hot & Cold has the following elements included: 

  • Religious content (not a Christian book, but contains Christian theology)
  • Anti-LGBTQ sentiment from a religious figure (portrayed as wrong)
  • Rejection by God (fallen angel)
  • Autistic main character (implied)
  • Gaslighting (characters do not believe character is who she is)
  • Removal of bones from a crypt
  • Character who was enslaved, in a way, previously
  • Character who is a widower (spouse died to cancer before book occurs)
  • Fantasy racism

Cold Front (Spoiler Free)

Cold Front contains themes of: 

  • Military trauma
  • PTSD
  • Painkiller use
  • Morally gray main character
  • Convincing character to end own life (unknowingly)
  • Character death

Cold Front (Spoilers)

Cold Front contains themes of: 

  • Depiction of being trapped in a car accident
  • Military PTSD and flashbacks
  • Smoking (cigarettes)
  • Character being psychologically tortured, culminating in character death
  • Morally gray main character
  • Secondary character death
  • Scientific experimentation on humanoids
  • Drug use and manufacturing (not by MC)
  • Character dies of cancer