Zombie Strippers and Other Strange Words

by Victor Lorthos

A collection of terribly twisted poems and short stories from the last five years of the author's late night writings, the Zombie Strippers may not be the strangest creatures within. Heroes and villains, tall tales and outright lies, bizarre humor, mad ideas, all can be found in these pages. Some are darkly amusing, some may be offensive to the sensitive, and some are just plain weird. The words are waiting for you, pour a drink and read a few.

219 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 22, 2013

About the author

Victor D. Lorthos was born in the American South in 1969 to a fine family. He was raised by wolves in the deepest, darkest parts of the South but mostly grew up in Mississippi. Over the years he's done and been many things, from a simple feral wolf-person to a public access television producer. Somehow he found time to write award winning short stories admist all the chaos of life, and so here we are.

Victor's collected writings can now be found in "Zombie Strippers and Other Strange Words," which is an apt description of a life if anything ever was.

He describes himself as "a drinker with a writing problem."

He also has cats though, so he's got that going for him.

Reviews

[Tina Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short stories are like a little surprise present that you can use right away (yay! Barnes & Noble gift card!) as opposed to books, which are like a gift that you know you'll be happy for later (ah, it's August in Florida and I just got these flannel pajamas). In other words, instant payoff. They should make you feel something --laugh, cry, sigh in satisfaction – and these stories have that something. I would say the author has a gift for dialogue (and monologue in some cases), but it's more like he's just writing about himself all the time, and he knows what he would say next. He moves with ease from heartbreaking poetry (They Know Me Here) to robot smack talk (New World Problems). I loved this book and will read it again.

Favorite story: The Last Tale of Beauregard Lebeau
Favorite poem: Hope and Blood.
Made me laugh: The Hard Sugar Road
Made me cry: Blued and Confused
Best first line: Fear and Loathing in New Orleans

[Tim Simard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think those of us who have had the experience of bumping up against this fella IRL can all agree that this is one seriously conflicted dude. But, sweet jesus! Can he ever write!