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Dead Bait #3
Dead Bait 3
Dead Bait 3 Reaching new depths of terror Severed Press bring you eight more horror tales of the deep in the third instalment of the Dead Bait series. Including giant tiger fish, huge worms, zombie game fish and perhaps the most terrifying of all underwater creatures the axolotl (Ambystoma petensis) 45,000 words Praise for Dead Amazingly and wonderfully horrific collection of short stories- Dread Central These graphic and shocking stories will definitely make you think twice about going fishing -Fangoria The most ingeniously revolting stories that I have ever read. Horrorweb
127 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 30, 2012
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Cody Goodfellow
162 books384 followersCODY GOODFELLOW has written nine novels and five collections, and has won three Wonderland Book Awards for Bizarro Fiction. He wrote, co-produced and scored the short Lovecraftian hygiene films Stay At Home Dad and Baby Got Bass, which have become viral sensations on YouTube. He has appeared in numerous short films, TV shows, music videos and commercials as research for his previous novel, Sleazeland. He also edits the hyperpulp zine Forbidden Futures. He “lives” in San Diego. Find out more at codygoodfellow.com.
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July 7, 2022
The Fish in the Fields, my thirty-eighth read from author C. Dennis Moore. An odd but well-written & enjoyable short read. Very different than his Angel Hill series yet thoroughly entertaining! I always look forward to the next work from him. I purchased this book back in March of this year just to read Moore's short story, not knowing what it was, and am voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. I look forward to reading more from this author. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
February 1, 2025
This book is the weakest one out of the series, and is the shortest. Only 8 stories, and only 2 of them I enjoyed pretty much (another one I partially liked)
Ones I Liked:
“The Old Man and The Sea Of The Dead”: A parody on the original book, but a fun/good one. An old fisherman is the only man left on Earth after a zombie apocalypse has broken out, with the virus affecting all living things. This includes the ocean, as described with: dead seagulls flying with beaks and feathers missing, zombie sharks with guts out, festering whales with worms wriggling about, and more. The old man’s goal is to catch the last living fish out in the deep blue: a swordfish.
“Fish in the Fields”: A pair of boys have their dad in a bad accident in the house, and notice snakehead fish crawling up from the lakes and moving through their fields. Things go south and brutal later on, reminding me on a Creepshow segment.
Rest of the book is forgettable, except one story called Brotherhood of the Needle which had a fun monster(s). 4th book improves quite a bit from this one.
Ones I Liked:
“The Old Man and The Sea Of The Dead”: A parody on the original book, but a fun/good one. An old fisherman is the only man left on Earth after a zombie apocalypse has broken out, with the virus affecting all living things. This includes the ocean, as described with: dead seagulls flying with beaks and feathers missing, zombie sharks with guts out, festering whales with worms wriggling about, and more. The old man’s goal is to catch the last living fish out in the deep blue: a swordfish.
“Fish in the Fields”: A pair of boys have their dad in a bad accident in the house, and notice snakehead fish crawling up from the lakes and moving through their fields. Things go south and brutal later on, reminding me on a Creepshow segment.
Rest of the book is forgettable, except one story called Brotherhood of the Needle which had a fun monster(s). 4th book improves quite a bit from this one.
December 11, 2015
Let's just say I'm glad I have kindle unlimited because had I spent any real money on this, I would've been severely disappointed.
Of the 3 in this anthology series, DB3 is by far the weakest. None of the stories really stand out or offer anything new. Although none of them are horrible bad, most of these seem almost comical by comparison to the first 2. I mean, just look at the one story here about a talking fish. It's just stupid, compounded even more so when you realize it's almost a direct rip-off of "The Monkey's Paw". Even Curran's short was somewhat on the weak side, which is weird saying when almost everything he's written has been fairly good and entertaining...but then again, it is a rehash of Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" so maybe it was intentional?
Basically, this one was disappointing. Sure, there weren't any horribly "bad" stories in this collection, but they were almost all boring. I think this is a perfect example of Severed Press not knowing when to call it quits, or at least not being patient enough to wait and collect a better batch of shorts. I also think they lost faith in their own creation as this was definitely the poorest quality of the bunch (even if it was straight to ebook) as the typeface was never consistent and typos abounded. It appears as if they did learn their lesson though: this was published back in 2012 and there hasn't been a new one since...
Of the 3 in this anthology series, DB3 is by far the weakest. None of the stories really stand out or offer anything new. Although none of them are horrible bad, most of these seem almost comical by comparison to the first 2. I mean, just look at the one story here about a talking fish. It's just stupid, compounded even more so when you realize it's almost a direct rip-off of "The Monkey's Paw". Even Curran's short was somewhat on the weak side, which is weird saying when almost everything he's written has been fairly good and entertaining...but then again, it is a rehash of Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" so maybe it was intentional?
Basically, this one was disappointing. Sure, there weren't any horribly "bad" stories in this collection, but they were almost all boring. I think this is a perfect example of Severed Press not knowing when to call it quits, or at least not being patient enough to wait and collect a better batch of shorts. I also think they lost faith in their own creation as this was definitely the poorest quality of the bunch (even if it was straight to ebook) as the typeface was never consistent and typos abounded. It appears as if they did learn their lesson though: this was published back in 2012 and there hasn't been a new one since...
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