INCISION
Book I of the Anatomy of a Wound series. A dark psychological and gothic poetry collection exploring the first wound—the experiences, relationships, memories, and internal struggles that leave lasting marks on a person. The writing combines poetry with psychological, philosophical, emotional, and symbolic themes.
A. V. Cerna
Author of the Anatomy of a Wound series, A. V. Cerna is a writer, psychology scholar, and advocate drawn to the hidden architecture of the human mind. Her work exists at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, poetry, and personal reflection—exploring the wounds that shape us, the questions that haunt us, and the meaning we create from what remains.
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The Anatomy of a Wound
Every wound has a beginning. Every scar has a story.
Anatomy of a Wound is a dark psychological and gothic poetry series that dissects the wounds we carry beneath the surface—the experiences, relationships, memories, and internal battles that leave their mark long after the moment has passed.
Each book represents another stage in the anatomy of a wound, tracing what happens when pain is inflicted, buried, altered, and allowed to become something more.
The series begins with INCISION—the initial cut, the moment something enters and changes us.
What follows is INFECTION—when what was left untreated begins to spread.
Together, each collection becomes another fragment of a larger psychological autopsy: an exploration of what wounds us, what remains within us, and what we become in the aftermath.
The incision was only the beginning.
Upcoming Releases
THE ANATOMY OF A WOUND SERIES
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BOOK I — INCISION
The wound begins. -
BOOK II — INFECTION
What was left beneath the surface begins to spread. -
BOOK III — [SEALED]
The anatomy continues. -
BOOK IV — [SEALED]
The final stage remains inside the Vault. -
THE COMPANION — [TITLE TO BE REVEALED]
A Shadow Work Journal for the Anatomy of a Wound-
Not another collection of wounds, but a place to examine your own.
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Designed to coincide with the poetry throughout the Anatomy of a Wound series, this guided shadow-work journal transforms the themes, questions, and emotions within the poems into opportunities for personal reflection.
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The poetry asks you to witness the wound.
The journal asks you to look within it.
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