Fish Bait

by John Everson

Never play a game if you don’t really understand the stakes…

When Terry and Wayne stumble upon a backwoods bar while camping in the Rockies, they just want a beer and a burger. And maybe a warm bed for the night, if they’re lucky. Instead they find themselves in the middle of a strange group of disturbingly scarred locals, served by a one-armed bartender. Even the sexy waitress with the elaborate octopus tattoo has what looks to be…bite marks? They know they should leave. But when libido and booze lure them into the back room for the local highlight of Carioca Fish Bait Fridays, they find themselves unwitting players in a very dangerous game.

John Everson, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of seven novels, brings you Fish Bait, a savage bite of backcountry horror.

Genres: Horror

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 4, 2013

About the author

John Everson is a former newspaper reporter who writes thrillers filled with erotic horror and supernatural suspense. He is the author of the Bram Stoker Award winner Covenant, and finalist NightWhere, which reviewers called "50 Shades Meets Hellraiser!" He is also the creator of the characters Danika and Mila Dubov, seen in the Netflix series V-Wars, based on the books created by Jonathan Maberry. Booklist said his recent New Orleans novel, Voodoo Heart, "is a solid blend of supernatural horror and hard-boiled detective fiction, and should appeal to horror devotees as well as mystery buffs” while Living Dead Magazine called him "the master of dark and sexy."

Follow John on the BookBub: John Everson page for information on book sales and new releases as well as on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For information on his fiction, art and music, visit John Everson: Dark Arts at www.johneverson.com.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terry and Wayne enter a bar. The bartendress invites them to play a game named "Fish Bait", a kind of human Go. The winner has a date with her. The loser has to step into a fish tank... wonderful story with some uncanny elements. Well written, to the point, with a nice twist at the end. What is peculiar to the crowd of this bar? Jump into the book and find out. Highly recommended!

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a bit of fun but let down by the really quite predictable storyline. I didn’t love the writing either; it's a mass of cliches.

The premise is that we have two young men out camping in the woods when they stumble across an odd small town where the locals are all a bit strange. They should be afraid.

The lack of surprises was a shame but even though I did know/ have a pretty good idea what was going to happen it wasn't terrible but I just couldn’t get overly excited about this book.

A mediocre 3*/5

[William Drown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, short read.

First story I have read by Everson. It was a fun, short read filled with a creepy cast of small town folk. Too bad it couldn't of been a bit longer. It would've been interesting to see where Everson could've taken the story.

[Josef Hernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick, entertaining read by a very good writer

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[Tim Potter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved every novel, novella and short story I read from Everson and this is no different, it may be short but it’s sweet. A great horror story of a small town with big fish.