I have always been fascinated by the dark stuff. I remember searching
out true crime paperbacks armed only with my curiosity and a flashlight
in the dankest catacombs of my favorite bookstores long before searching
was made easy by having an entire section devoted to such darkness.
Everybody loves that dark stuff now. Spree killers and homicidal maniacs
are just as likely to be known for having groupies as they are to be
feared for playing pin the carcass to the bloodredwood or going all
postal and mailing a pair of severed lips to their high school
sweetheart. Now, reading fans of these sociopathic overachievers can
rejoice because they/we have their/our own anthology.
Writer and
editor James Ward Kirk has gathered together a renegade crew of writers
to deliver some of the most blood curdlingly gruesome prose and poetry
to ever be spilled between the covers of a book. If you like it sick,
like me, this is a must read. Split into three sections of creative beef
we are treated to poetry, flash fiction and short stories with all the
sublety of being handed a severed head and told to make out with it. Who
wouldn't love that? I liked every single one of these scribblings. I
enjoy nothing more than discovering some great new writers to read and
all of those assembled here by James Ward Kirk have now been placed at
the top of my "yes-more-please" list.
For thrill seekers and
blood drinkers alike, longing to be whisked away straight into the
bowels of hell and shat out of the end zone, this is essential reading. I
promise you will enjoy the ride.
James has some other
anthologies that deal with dark themes like grave robbing and Hell
itself, and I can't wait to check them all out as well. You can grab
yourself a copy of Serial Killer Iterum here-
http://www.amazon.com/Serial-Killers-...
and also be sure to check out his website for flash fiction and other cool stuff-
http://jwkfiction.com/
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