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As Evil Does
Revenge festered in Judd Wellington's mind. His sister had been tortured, raped and murdered by a motorcycle gang. But from beyond the grave, he sensed a powerful, evil entity that helped him get his revenge--with a vengeance . . .
- GenresHorror
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1987
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About the author
John Tigges
28 books24 followersTigges began his career as an author and writer in 1973. He wrote more than thirty-eight books under his own name and pen names "Ned Stone" and "William Essex."
In 1976 Tigges was commissioned to write Jean Marie Cardinal, an historical novel. Teaming with James Shaffer, he wrote Dubuque: The 19th Century, Dubuque: The 20th Century, Iowa’s Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad, and Railroads of Dubuque, Iowa. Tigges wrote such novels as Garden of the Incubus, Unto the Altar, Kiss Not the Child, Evil Dreams, The Immortal, Hand of Lucifer, As Evil Does, Vessel, Comes the Wraith, Venom, and Book of the Dead. Under the pen name William Essex he wrote The Pack, Slime, and From Below. He wrote Mountain Massacre, and Rails to Hades using the name Ned Stone. Tigges founded the Sinipee Writers Workshop and taught writing seminars in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Tigges made many contributions locally to the field of music. He established the Dubuque "Pops" orchestra and co-founded the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in 1956. Tigges served as business manager of the symphony for ten years and played violin with it from 1958 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1973. In 1972 Tigges founded the Julien Strings, a society string orchestra. He led the group and played violin.
In 1976 Tigges was commissioned to write Jean Marie Cardinal, an historical novel. Teaming with James Shaffer, he wrote Dubuque: The 19th Century, Dubuque: The 20th Century, Iowa’s Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad, and Railroads of Dubuque, Iowa. Tigges wrote such novels as Garden of the Incubus, Unto the Altar, Kiss Not the Child, Evil Dreams, The Immortal, Hand of Lucifer, As Evil Does, Vessel, Comes the Wraith, Venom, and Book of the Dead. Under the pen name William Essex he wrote The Pack, Slime, and From Below. He wrote Mountain Massacre, and Rails to Hades using the name Ned Stone. Tigges founded the Sinipee Writers Workshop and taught writing seminars in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Tigges made many contributions locally to the field of music. He established the Dubuque "Pops" orchestra and co-founded the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in 1956. Tigges served as business manager of the symphony for ten years and played violin with it from 1958 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1973. In 1972 Tigges founded the Julien Strings, a society string orchestra. He led the group and played violin.
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May 31, 2019
Motorcycle gangs! Drugs! Devil worship! Oh my! Yeah, this is definitely an 80's horror paperback. The only thing missing was a good guy driving a Trans Am... oh... sorry... yeah, it had one of those as well. Incredibly cliched with a totally off the wall plot line and some terrible dialog. Fun for a laugh, and that kick ass paperbook cover, but really, there isn't much substance here.
December 6, 2020
Well this was definitely 'Horror beyond the grave.........' type of book like those from the 70's! Just not that scary. So, after the back page synopsis warns and tells of the rape and murder of a new college age girl and her best friend, by a sadistic and sick motorcycle gang, (and let me be honest it is one of the LONGEST and drawn out slowly depictions of Gang Bang Rape, and No PUN intended and murder I have read in a long time) the brother of one of the girls vows to get revenge for his sisters murder, and he does get it. And it comes in the form of a ghost and demon Motorcycle from the depths of HELL! Not scary, but definitely disturbing scene of a very graphic and slow scene for the beginning.. Fans of the ORIGINAL 'Last House on The Left' will love this book....
With me being a HUGE fan of John Tigges devil worshipping and satanic horror novels of the 80s this was one that I would not or could not recommend you spending the money on to read. I read it because I have had it since it came out in 1987! Yep!
3 Tire Spinning Stabby's! (rounded up from a 2.5 rating)
March 13, 2023
Although it took me a while to get through this book I absolutely love it ! This book is what I like to call a slow burn. The heat build up but once it was hot it was scolding. This book is about a man who wants vengeance for the murder of his sister but he gets more than what he bargains for. This book is good ! I recommend it.
August 14, 2025
Revenge festered in Judd Wellington's mind. His sister had been tortured, raped and murdered by a motorcycle gang. But from beyond the grave, he sensed a powerful, evil entity that helped him get his revenge--with a vengeance…
Published in 1987, this seemed to be an absolutely perfect fit for me - revenge, murder, back from the dead, 80s horror with a glorious cover - and I’m surprised it took so long to get to the top of my reading pile, as a note inside mentions I picked it up from Broad Row bookshop (long since gone) in Great Yarmouth on a family holiday in 2011. However, everything is not as it appears to be.
Judd and his sister lost their parents, so her death hits him hard. Whilst trying to investigate her murder, he comes across the grave of Bull, leader of The Light Bearer’s Chosen, a Satan-worshipping group of bikers who was killed his an underling and buried with his Harley Davidson (or “hog”, as Judd is constantly reminded). Somehow, Bull manages to possess Judd and control his actions (and, even, change his appearance, though it’s never explained how). Meanwhile, Buckshot (who killed Bull) takes control of the gang and Bull’s missus, Cow, who - it turns out - was raised by witches and is key to dealing with the devil.
And, sadly, that’s pretty much it. Once Bull is installed (pardon the phrase), we follow Judd’s struggle to maintain himself in his own body (his girlfriend Peggy doesn’t come out of it too well, either), while the biker gang turn on themselves, moreso when Bull returns to them and scares Buckshot into a faint (quite why nobody challenged him for the leadership then is anyone’s guess). This had so much potential but Tigges seems quite happy to let the story chunter on, without any scares, any real sense of suspense or any gore. Even worse, it has several tangents which only seem to exist to pad out the page count (my Star edition is 254 pages and the print is quite big), including Judd’s neighbour and a psychologist Peggy engages who, in a brilliant turn when told about Bull inhabiting Judd, believes her straight away and says “I’m interested in parapsychology and the occult in general”, which is lucky.
Yes, it’s entertaining in that pulpy, 80s kind of way and I don’t regret reading it at all, but it really does feel like Tigges misses several key points that could have upped this several notches. If you like this kind of thing, you’ll enjoy it and that would be my recommendation.
Published in 1987, this seemed to be an absolutely perfect fit for me - revenge, murder, back from the dead, 80s horror with a glorious cover - and I’m surprised it took so long to get to the top of my reading pile, as a note inside mentions I picked it up from Broad Row bookshop (long since gone) in Great Yarmouth on a family holiday in 2011. However, everything is not as it appears to be.
Judd and his sister lost their parents, so her death hits him hard. Whilst trying to investigate her murder, he comes across the grave of Bull, leader of The Light Bearer’s Chosen, a Satan-worshipping group of bikers who was killed his an underling and buried with his Harley Davidson (or “hog”, as Judd is constantly reminded). Somehow, Bull manages to possess Judd and control his actions (and, even, change his appearance, though it’s never explained how). Meanwhile, Buckshot (who killed Bull) takes control of the gang and Bull’s missus, Cow, who - it turns out - was raised by witches and is key to dealing with the devil.
And, sadly, that’s pretty much it. Once Bull is installed (pardon the phrase), we follow Judd’s struggle to maintain himself in his own body (his girlfriend Peggy doesn’t come out of it too well, either), while the biker gang turn on themselves, moreso when Bull returns to them and scares Buckshot into a faint (quite why nobody challenged him for the leadership then is anyone’s guess). This had so much potential but Tigges seems quite happy to let the story chunter on, without any scares, any real sense of suspense or any gore. Even worse, it has several tangents which only seem to exist to pad out the page count (my Star edition is 254 pages and the print is quite big), including Judd’s neighbour and a psychologist Peggy engages who, in a brilliant turn when told about Bull inhabiting Judd, believes her straight away and says “I’m interested in parapsychology and the occult in general”, which is lucky.
Yes, it’s entertaining in that pulpy, 80s kind of way and I don’t regret reading it at all, but it really does feel like Tigges misses several key points that could have upped this several notches. If you like this kind of thing, you’ll enjoy it and that would be my recommendation.
April 17, 2021
3.5 stars!
This book was not horror, but so much fun! Lol
It was more of a revenge from the grave. Almost like the movie The Crow. I had fun reading it. Motorcycles, gangs, revenge, and love.
It the beginning of the book, he dedicates this one to his grandson. So I’m pretty sure he just wrote his version of a super hero book for his grandson. Which was very sweet of him.
This book was not horror, but so much fun! Lol
It was more of a revenge from the grave. Almost like the movie The Crow. I had fun reading it. Motorcycles, gangs, revenge, and love.
It the beginning of the book, he dedicates this one to his grandson. So I’m pretty sure he just wrote his version of a super hero book for his grandson. Which was very sweet of him.
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