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Killers
Guess who’s back?
A sequel two years in the making...
First there was SERIAL...
Acclaimed thriller writers Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn pitted their skills against each other in a psychotic game of serial murder. Crouch wrote about Lucy, a hitchhiker who killed drivers. Kilborn wrote about Donaldson, a driver who killed hitchhikers. Then they brought their characters together and tried to slaughter one another on the page.
SERIAL has been downloaded over 350,000 times. The film rights have been optioned, and it is currently available as an ebook, in print in various collections, and forthcoming in audio.
Now comes KILLERS...
At the end of SERIAL, Donaldson and Lucy didn't die. When they each wake up in a hospital, under arrest for their crimes and guarded by the police, each burns with a single, overwhelming
To escape and finish what they started.
That’s going to be difficult with the deputies posted outside their hospital rooms and their life-threatening injuries, but these killers are hell-bent on finding a way.
Beyond a thrilling piece of horrifying suspense, KILLERS takes the collaborative literary experiment begun in SERIAL to the next level. Crouch wrote the first part. Kilborn wrote the second, and then, unaware of each other’s opening section, they wrote the third part together in a Google Doc where they could simultaneously write in real time. All bets were off, and may the best psycho win.
At 18,500 words, KILLERS is a full-length novella, almost three times the length of SERIAL. This ebook contains KILLERS, a Q&A with Kilborn and Crouch, author bibliographies, and excerpts of Crouch’s BREAK YOU, and Kilborn’s, Konrath’s and Crouch’s SERIAL UNCUT.
The three novellas in this series Serial Uncut, Killers, and Birds of Prey.
These novellas are also available in a variety of compilations.
Killers Uncut = Killers + Birds of Prey.
Serial Killers Uncut = Serial Uncut + Killers + Break You + Birds of Prey.
About the
BLAKE CROUCH was born near the piedmont town of Statesville, North Carolina in 1978. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 2000 with degrees in English and Creative Writing. Blake is the author of five novels and numerous short stories. He lives in southwest Colorado, where he is at work on a new book.
JACK KILBORN is the pen name of J.A. Konrath, who has written seven Jack Daniels thrillers (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, and Shaken.) Under the name Jack Kilborn, he wrote the horror novels Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, and Draculas.
A sequel two years in the making...
First there was SERIAL...
Acclaimed thriller writers Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn pitted their skills against each other in a psychotic game of serial murder. Crouch wrote about Lucy, a hitchhiker who killed drivers. Kilborn wrote about Donaldson, a driver who killed hitchhikers. Then they brought their characters together and tried to slaughter one another on the page.
SERIAL has been downloaded over 350,000 times. The film rights have been optioned, and it is currently available as an ebook, in print in various collections, and forthcoming in audio.
Now comes KILLERS...
At the end of SERIAL, Donaldson and Lucy didn't die. When they each wake up in a hospital, under arrest for their crimes and guarded by the police, each burns with a single, overwhelming
To escape and finish what they started.
That’s going to be difficult with the deputies posted outside their hospital rooms and their life-threatening injuries, but these killers are hell-bent on finding a way.
Beyond a thrilling piece of horrifying suspense, KILLERS takes the collaborative literary experiment begun in SERIAL to the next level. Crouch wrote the first part. Kilborn wrote the second, and then, unaware of each other’s opening section, they wrote the third part together in a Google Doc where they could simultaneously write in real time. All bets were off, and may the best psycho win.
At 18,500 words, KILLERS is a full-length novella, almost three times the length of SERIAL. This ebook contains KILLERS, a Q&A with Kilborn and Crouch, author bibliographies, and excerpts of Crouch’s BREAK YOU, and Kilborn’s, Konrath’s and Crouch’s SERIAL UNCUT.
The three novellas in this series Serial Uncut, Killers, and Birds of Prey.
These novellas are also available in a variety of compilations.
Killers Uncut = Killers + Birds of Prey.
Serial Killers Uncut = Serial Uncut + Killers + Break You + Birds of Prey.
About the
BLAKE CROUCH was born near the piedmont town of Statesville, North Carolina in 1978. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 2000 with degrees in English and Creative Writing. Blake is the author of five novels and numerous short stories. He lives in southwest Colorado, where he is at work on a new book.
JACK KILBORN is the pen name of J.A. Konrath, who has written seven Jack Daniels thrillers (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, and Shaken.) Under the name Jack Kilborn, he wrote the horror novels Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, and Draculas.
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77 books58.8k followersBlake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of the forthcoming novel, Dark Matter, for which he is writing the screenplay for Sony Pictures. His international-bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy was adapted into a television series for FOX, executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, that was Summer 2015’s #1 show. With Chad Hodge, Crouch also created Good Behavior, the TNT television show starring Michelle Dockery based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He has written more than a dozen novels that have been translated into over thirty languages and his short fiction has appeared in numerous publications including Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Crouch lives in Colorado with his family.
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August 15, 2016
Ever wonder what would happen if the country's most sadistic serial killers met each other? Hilarious hijinks ensue. No, but some major shit does go down. Some work together for a common purpose; finding the best way of inflicting pain on people while murdering them. While others simply try to annihilate each other. Even if one does find comradery with another murderer, they should never turn their back on them. You just can't trust a killer.
This is another book collaboration from two of my favorite horror authors, Crouch and Kilborn. Gritty, dark, violent, and gory. If you love that kind of thing like I do, you just have to check this out along with their other work.
This is another book collaboration from two of my favorite horror authors, Crouch and Kilborn. Gritty, dark, violent, and gory. If you love that kind of thing like I do, you just have to check this out along with their other work.
April 13, 2011
Okay, I keep thinking to myself....How sick am I that I liked this? But I did. Of course, I like ALL of his stuff. Killers is the ending to the story "Serial" about Lucy and Donaldson. They wake up in the hospital tattered and barely alive and realize that they both have one mission- to kill the other one. Of course the Federal Agents are also there to ask them about their separate serial killing sprees and they are in no shape to deal with each other but they do. I actually found this one not quite as graphic as both "Serial" and "Bad Girls" but it was still nasty and gross and I loved it. Great quick read while I was on vacation this week. Definitely NOT for the squeamish or kids or anyone who is grossed out by sensless violence and gore. :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 10, 2022
I maintain my review for Serial
July 16, 2020
The backstory to many of your favorite bad guys and gals from the Crouch/Konrath world. Surprised to see there was better dialogue from their previous works. And another appearance by Jack Daniels, she sure does make the rounds! A few really good parts to the book but for me, after a while, the no remorse or pity from the bad guys really cuts into their depth. So there is nothing unexpected of them when that is realized.
October 14, 2020
La obsesión por determinado personaje es un lastre ridículo. Fulanito quiere matar a Personaje porque patatas. Menganito lo mismo. Todos lo mismo. Incluso cuando dos personajes son, incomprensiblemente, atacados por un tercero, estos deciden que se van a vengar de Personaje aunque no les haya hecho nada y otra persona sí. No tiene sentido.
Por lo demás bien, pero vaya forma de cascarla con el rollo de cruzar personajes. Y luego dicen que SK escribe finales malos.
Por lo demás bien, pero vaya forma de cascarla con el rollo de cruzar personajes. Y luego dicen que SK escribe finales malos.
July 1, 2017
If you like reading about serial killers, madness, and mayhem, you
came to the right place. If you do not like horror stories or are looking
for the next Emily Dickinson, leave now. If you liked the movie Pulp
Fiction, read this book. This is the first book I ever downloaded that
came with a warning label from the authors. It is a well deserved
warning label. This book is about what happens when serial killers
cross paths. The authors do not candy coat the results. You feel their
pain and agony from page one. The writing is terrific. Great stuff.
came to the right place. If you do not like horror stories or are looking
for the next Emily Dickinson, leave now. If you liked the movie Pulp
Fiction, read this book. This is the first book I ever downloaded that
came with a warning label from the authors. It is a well deserved
warning label. This book is about what happens when serial killers
cross paths. The authors do not candy coat the results. You feel their
pain and agony from page one. The writing is terrific. Great stuff.
January 23, 2017
I had to read on to see if this story improved. Happy to report it did not. The escape from the hospital was clever in parts, but the story fell apart soon after. Same as the first book Serial, this story was light on plot/characterization and heavy on sadistic violence. Definitely the pulpy side of horror writing, not much substance to get in the way of the gore. This is where I stop reading any more in the horror genre from these authors.
July 6, 2018
I did not know this was a continuation of other stories and characters when I bought it. That stated, I still enjoyed this book. Though there were numerous times I wanted the killers caught, punished or given more than
a dose of their own medicine. Still, there were some grotesque parts, funny parts and even poignant aspects. It's a compelling book. Though I will always be looking around for Luther.....cause he's a survivor.
a dose of their own medicine. Still, there were some grotesque parts, funny parts and even poignant aspects. It's a compelling book. Though I will always be looking around for Luther.....cause he's a survivor.
January 31, 2022
I know we're used to seeing that you shoot a killer in a movie and they still get up and chase people for like half an hour more but here it's just ridiculous. It was fun to read, don't get me wrong, but they should have just died in the previous novella?
January 5, 2020
This prequel to Serial is absolutely the horror and shock ive come to love. Learning the back stories for characters is always one of my favorite things to read . This book delves deep .
April 28, 2020
These two was a Fool!! LoL 😹! They had you screaming in horror and laughter!! My poor side didn't get a break!!
August 11, 2011
There’s not much to say about “Killers” that wasn’t said about “Serial (Uncut)”. Like that one, “Killers” is a true heads first dive into the depths of depravity a human mind can reach, and the lengths some follow to feed their disgusting desires and appetites.
Of course, I love my books as violent and bloody as possible, and “Killers” certainly delivers on that end. But what really sets “Killers” above many other horror/thriller books of similar nature is the writing duo of Konrath and Crouch. This team is an all out juggernaut of skill when it comes to perfect place setting, dialogue, and scene. Sure, I’ll be the first to admit that some of jokes were a bit tired but there aren’t a lot of authors out there that would be able to meld humor and horror as well as these 2 guys did.
There’s also few writers that can seemingly place everything together so well, yet doing so separately...almost as if the right hand not knowing what the left is doing; Lily’s story and development was Crouch’s literary baby, while Donoldson was Konrath’s, but had the authors never stated this in the afterward section, you would never know these 2 horribly depraved characters were not the work of a single mind.
As far as the story goes, eh, it’s so-so. Yeah, it’s a great follow up to the cliffhanger conclusion of “Serial (Uncut)” and answered a few questions we were left pondering, but just like its predecessor, “Killers” is far too short and leaves us with yet another abrupt ending.
Regardless if you’re into sick, twisted, violent story lines (although you probably would be after reading these guys’s books) or scenes of impeccable, lightning fast story telling, “Killers” is an easy short story and a relatively decent follow up.
Of course, I love my books as violent and bloody as possible, and “Killers” certainly delivers on that end. But what really sets “Killers” above many other horror/thriller books of similar nature is the writing duo of Konrath and Crouch. This team is an all out juggernaut of skill when it comes to perfect place setting, dialogue, and scene. Sure, I’ll be the first to admit that some of jokes were a bit tired but there aren’t a lot of authors out there that would be able to meld humor and horror as well as these 2 guys did.
There’s also few writers that can seemingly place everything together so well, yet doing so separately...almost as if the right hand not knowing what the left is doing; Lily’s story and development was Crouch’s literary baby, while Donoldson was Konrath’s, but had the authors never stated this in the afterward section, you would never know these 2 horribly depraved characters were not the work of a single mind.
As far as the story goes, eh, it’s so-so. Yeah, it’s a great follow up to the cliffhanger conclusion of “Serial (Uncut)” and answered a few questions we were left pondering, but just like its predecessor, “Killers” is far too short and leaves us with yet another abrupt ending.
Regardless if you’re into sick, twisted, violent story lines (although you probably would be after reading these guys’s books) or scenes of impeccable, lightning fast story telling, “Killers” is an easy short story and a relatively decent follow up.
February 9, 2014
The innovatively-written Killers Uncut, but Joe Konrath and Blake Crouch, is the follow-up to Serial Uncut and adds considerable fun to the saga, filling out the backgrounds and fates of their favorite villains from their respective series and combining them into a single, shared universe.
Composed by the two authors, simultaneously, on Google Docs, Killers Uncut focuses especially on the background of Luther, as well as the fate of the unfortunately-partnered-in-trying-to-off-each-other Lucy and Donaldson, though a lengthy gun show scene in the middle of the book gives just about every single character the two have contributed to the literary world at least some time on stage.
The result won't please those who dislike stories that center around villains, but if you've always been more fascinated by the Joker than Batman, found yourself more transfixed by Dr. Hannibal Lecter than the struggles of either Will Graham or Clarice Starling, then this book might be your cup of tea.
Composed by the two authors, simultaneously, on Google Docs, Killers Uncut focuses especially on the background of Luther, as well as the fate of the unfortunately-partnered-in-trying-to-off-each-other Lucy and Donaldson, though a lengthy gun show scene in the middle of the book gives just about every single character the two have contributed to the literary world at least some time on stage.
The result won't please those who dislike stories that center around villains, but if you've always been more fascinated by the Joker than Batman, found yourself more transfixed by Dr. Hannibal Lecter than the struggles of either Will Graham or Clarice Starling, then this book might be your cup of tea.
January 16, 2012
The sequel to Serial, which I read last year; this book also ties in with the Andrew Z. Thomas trilogy that I just finished, due to the fact that the serial killer Luther Kite is in this one as well. I actually rathered this book than Serial; it was still gross and depraved and brutal, but something about it just flowed better. I guess because I already had the history of Serial in my head, so it wasn't as much of a shock. Still, not crazy about this book either. It cannot in any way compare to the Andrew Z. Thomas books. If you read this and don't like it, don't give up...read the other ones instead!
Content Rating: R-LSV (L) Quite a bit. (S) Not really sex scenes per se, but just some uncomfortably graphic issues about where serial killer A hides the handcuff keys from serial killer B. (V) Rampant; cutting, splicing, butchering, blood flying everywhere.
Content Rating: R-LSV (L) Quite a bit. (S) Not really sex scenes per se, but just some uncomfortably graphic issues about where serial killer A hides the handcuff keys from serial killer B. (V) Rampant; cutting, splicing, butchering, blood flying everywhere.
November 4, 2021
Ever wonder what would happen if the country's most sadistic serial killers met each other? Hilarious hijinks ensue. No, but some major shit does go down. Some work together for a common purpose; finding the best way of inflicting pain on people while murdering them. While others simply try to annihilate each other. Even if one does find comradery with another murderer, they should never turn their back on them. You just can't trust a killer.
This is another book collaboration from two of my favorite horror authors, Crouch and Kilborn. Gritty, dark, violent, and gory. If you love that kind of thing like I do, you just have to check this out along with their other work.
This is another book collaboration from two of my favorite horror authors, Crouch and Kilborn. Gritty, dark, violent, and gory. If you love that kind of thing like I do, you just have to check this out along with their other work.
July 12, 2014
I like the concept of this story (as well as the previous one), but I think it always feels so over the top. I suppose it'd be hard to make a serious serial killer on serial killer story, though. That being said, it is an enjoyable story if you don't mind hardcore blood, gore, and violence. It was interesting and I definitely wanted to see how things would end. Not sure I liked the way things went, though. Seemed too out of the blue and kind of a cheat. I won't say more about it, though, because I don't want to spoil what happens.
September 3, 2011
While I enjoyed the way SERIAL UNCUT ended, I was very happy to hear that there was a sequel. I didn't completely like the way this ended, but I will say that I don't think it could have ended any other way.
This was a wonderful thrill ride through the mind of two serial killers who have only one shared goal -- kill the other one slowly.
This was a wonderful thrill ride through the mind of two serial killers who have only one shared goal -- kill the other one slowly.
September 10, 2013
Killers - A Psycho Thriller by Jack Kilborn
A short story about Lucy, a hitchhiker who killed drivers and Donaldson, a driver that killed hitchhikers. In Killers they both try to kill each other but who will succeed? It was gruesome and a great plot. I would like to read Serial and Serial Uncut, Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborns books with these characters to read the entire story. A great horror short.
A short story about Lucy, a hitchhiker who killed drivers and Donaldson, a driver that killed hitchhikers. In Killers they both try to kill each other but who will succeed? It was gruesome and a great plot. I would like to read Serial and Serial Uncut, Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborns books with these characters to read the entire story. A great horror short.
December 29, 2013
I absolutely love the way these books were written. For two seperate people to write half a story and then throw it together without either even seeing the other's work..wow. I am very impressed with the way they pulled this off and how effortless they make it sound in the end of book interviews. I personally didn't care that much for the story but I think that is more about my personal taste than the writing.
May 24, 2011
I actually liked this book better than the first one in the series. This one was a little bit more believable. (Even thought they are NOT based on true events.) It still was quite unbelievable at parts, but all in all, it was a quick good read. Loved how it ended. Won't say more in case others want to read it. :D
April 27, 2012
Killers is a continuance of Serial that has Lucy and Donaldson fighting it out. They practically kill each other and wake up in a hospital room handcuffed to their beds. They're only thoughts was hoping the other one was still alive so they can find each other and continue the fight to the end. A good read with some good surprises in the end.
June 23, 2013
This was a quick read and not a bad story, yet I missed having a character to identify with. Lucy and Donaldson were familiar characters but since they were both crazy killers, there wasn't much fear in the book, it was more of a "how far can they go?" read. For the fear factor, I'd recommend any longer book from either author.
November 15, 2014
This book is seriously messed up......I loved it! Got to be one of the best books I've read with one eye closed and gagging at every page!
This review was written before I started to take my reviewing seriously. I would need to re-read the book to give it a serious and fair review so the above review was what I posted at the time.
This review was written before I started to take my reviewing seriously. I would need to re-read the book to give it a serious and fair review so the above review was what I posted at the time.
May 5, 2014
A fitting sequel to Serial Uncut - gory, funny, fast paced and not for sensitive readers due to the over-the -top, descriptive, violence. When I read horror I want horror and not a tepid, complicated, literary work and thus this, and its predecessor (Serial Uncut) fit the bill very nicely.
March 7, 2011
Totally awesome like the first one. I love seeing what happened to the characters and they have such great interaction. Gory as usual
April 7, 2011
extremely dark and gory; like other books by the same authors, this short story is used as a launching pad for other similar books. no thanks
October 17, 2011
Great follow up to "Serial". Lots of twists to keep you turning the pages and enough horror to keep you up.
November 17, 2011
not nearly the powerhouse that serial uncut was. still, it was nice to visit with lucy and donaldson one more time.
January 26, 2013
Read this
November 16, 2013
Oooh, I cringed and shuddered as I imagined the pain they were in... Loved how they both fought through agony because of the sweet notion of revenge. Can't imagine anything that satisfying...
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