BADASS HORROR
by Gerard Brennan, Garry Kilworth, Michael Hemmingson, Ronald Damien Malfi, Gord Rollo, Davin Ireland, Michael Boatman
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Author: Davin Ireland, Garry Kilworth, Gerard Brennan, Gord Rollo, Michael Boatman, Michael Hemmingson, Ronald Damien MalfiEditor: Michael Stone
Editor: Christopher J. Hall
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-15
ISBN: 097665461X
Number of pages: 148
Publisher: Dybbuk Press, LLC
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Book Review: Amazing book.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok. First off, I'm biased. I published this book. I paid the writers. I will make money if you buy it (hopefully enough to pay the writers some royalties). I'm sure you will find more critical reviews above and below this one. However, I did not edit the book and I didn't pick out or write any of the stories. The editors sold me on the book after they had done most of the work.
What originally sold me on the anthology was Gerard Brennan's "Pool Sharks" - a story about a night playing pool that turns violent. Brennan has an ability to pack a lot of action into very few words. It reminded me of the scaled down, back-to-the-basics, let's kill the 5 hour guitar solo once and for all aesthetic of 70s punk. Brennan doesn't waste time on meaningless characterization or cliche atmosphere. He says what he has to say and moves on and the overall effect is extremely powerful.
To carry the punk metaphor further, Michael Boatman's "Bloodbath at Landsdale Towers" (love the reference) is the British "spit on the audience and poop on stage" punk. It's raw and offensive and Boatman has a great enthusiasm in making up descriptions like "as angry as a Republican with a snake up his..."
After reading these two stories, I agreed to publish the book. I was not disappointed when Chris and Mike gave me the finished product. To sum up the rest of the pieces - Garry Kilworth's story is funny. Michael Hemmingson's zombie detective novella is one of the most original zombie stories I've read in a long time. I'm always impressed with Ronald Damien Malfi's writing style (or envious). Gord Rollo's story is a great tough guy piece in the Breslin style and Davin Ireland's story is extremely thought-provoking.
So yeah. Buy it. I need to eat.
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