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Filth Kiss
Set against the backdrop of rural England in the 1980s, Filth Kiss is a dizzying plunge into the nightmarish heart of depravity. A man's body is found in the river Severn, and two brothers return to the village of their childhood to pay last respects to a father they barely knew.
Broadoak never changes. The same shops sell the same home-made trinkets. The same tongues wag behind the same closed doors. The same souls seek salvation at the bottom of the same pint glasses. The same shadows move along the same streets after closing time. The same malevolence waits to awaken once more.
As they fight off their own demons, the brothers discover that the evil within is nothing to be afraid of - what's coming for them is far, far worse.
Broadoak never changes. The same shops sell the same home-made trinkets. The same tongues wag behind the same closed doors. The same souls seek salvation at the bottom of the same pint glasses. The same shadows move along the same streets after closing time. The same malevolence waits to awaken once more.
As they fight off their own demons, the brothers discover that the evil within is nothing to be afraid of - what's coming for them is far, far worse.
200 pages, Paperback
First published November 24, 2007
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C.J. Lines
2 books12 followersCJ Lines lives in London. Throughout the 2000s, he wrote music and film reviews for many UK-based publications.
His first novel, Filth Kiss, was published in 2007, followed by Cold Mirrors - a collection of short stories - in 2011.
His publication credits also include stories in several publications, such as the award-winning Duplicity in Guy N. Smith’s Graveyard Rendezvous magazine. his story Emmeline appeared in Darkscribe’s Unspeakable Horror From The Shadows of the Closet which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology 2008 and was reprinted by Book of the Month Club in exclusive hardcover.
He now writes regularly for film websites, mostly on horror and martial arts films.
He also maintains a blog, Ninjas All The Way Down, focusing on ninjas in pop culture.
His first novel, Filth Kiss, was published in 2007, followed by Cold Mirrors - a collection of short stories - in 2011.
His publication credits also include stories in several publications, such as the award-winning Duplicity in Guy N. Smith’s Graveyard Rendezvous magazine. his story Emmeline appeared in Darkscribe’s Unspeakable Horror From The Shadows of the Closet which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology 2008 and was reprinted by Book of the Month Club in exclusive hardcover.
He now writes regularly for film websites, mostly on horror and martial arts films.
He also maintains a blog, Ninjas All The Way Down, focusing on ninjas in pop culture.
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August 29, 2010
Fantastically gory, brilliantly creepy tale of two brothers' return to the claustrophobic village of their childhood. Lines never takes anything for granted in this book - morality, physics, desires - and neither should the reader, as the story twists and turns its way through the secrets and lies of the disturbingly isolated community. I wasn't able to put it down!
March 27, 2012
Fantastic debut.
January 28, 2008
Two brothers barely in speaking terms (one is an ostracized paedophile that just got out of prison) travel to a remote town in Gloucestershire for their father's funeral. The town in which they were born, Broadoak, seems at first to be its usual small, boring self; but lurking underneath the doilies is an evil intent on disgusting the reader with extreme acts of violence and sex. Just the thought of the author's mom reading this little piece of filth makes me squirm. But in a good way.
The story is short and to the point, the action barely letting up. Key horror films are influences - "Rosemary's Baby", "The Wicker Man" and even the little known "Race with the Devil" (this one perhaps unintentionally) - as well as the work of 80s horror writer Guy N. Smith (the father to the brothers was surely named after him.)
The novel was originally written for the NaNoWriMo challenge and is of interest to anyone who ever took part in it. It's also an accomplished example in the genre, succeeding in doing everything it says on the tin.
The Gloucestershire council might want to consider suing for gross and indecent attempt to scare away tourists.
The story is short and to the point, the action barely letting up. Key horror films are influences - "Rosemary's Baby", "The Wicker Man" and even the little known "Race with the Devil" (this one perhaps unintentionally) - as well as the work of 80s horror writer Guy N. Smith (the father to the brothers was surely named after him.)
The novel was originally written for the NaNoWriMo challenge and is of interest to anyone who ever took part in it. It's also an accomplished example in the genre, succeeding in doing everything it says on the tin.
The Gloucestershire council might want to consider suing for gross and indecent attempt to scare away tourists.
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