Worm by John "Wildbow" McCrae

Worm

Author(s)	John "Wildbow" McCrae
Published	June 2011 to November 2013
Genre(s)	Urban Fantasy Science Fiction
Age group	Adult

Worm is a self-published web serial that is the first in the Parahumans series. It was started in June 2011 and was completed in November 2013. It is roughly the size of 26 typical novels.

Trigger Warnings

The serial starts with a warning from the author that reads as follows:

This story isn’t intended for young or sensitive readers. Readers who are on the lookout for trigger warnings are advised to give Worm a pass.

An unusually large amount of trigger warnings apply to this serial. Click "Expand" to see a full list of Trigger Warnings.

• Ableism
• Abusive relationships (all types)
• Ageism
• Alcohol
• Amputation
• Animal Abuse
• Animal Death
• Antisemitism/nazism
• Anxiety
• Assault
• Attempted Murder
• Attempted Rape
• Blood
• Bones
• Branding
• Bullying
• Cancer (mentioned)
• Car accident
• Cheating
• Child soldiers
• Death (frequent)
• Decapitation
• Depression
• Divorce
• Drugs
• Emesis
• Emotional Abuse
• Famine (mentioned)
• Fatphobia
• Fire
• Genocide
• Gore
• Gun violence
• Hallucinations
• Homophobia
• Hospitalization
• Hostages
• Incest
• Insects (major plot point)
• Kidnapping
• Lesbophobia
• Misogyny
• Murder
• Needles
• PTSD
• Physical abuse
• Poisoning
• Police Brutality
• Profanity
• Prostitution
• Racism
• Rape
• School shooting
• Self harm
• Sexism
• Sexual abuse
• Sexual assault
• Sexual harrassment
• Sexually explicit scenes
• Skeletons
• Slavery
• Snakes
• Spiders
• Stalking
• Starvation
• Suicide
• Terminal illness
• Terrorism
• Torture
• Violence
• War

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Tropes

Secret identity