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Gory Violent Fun For All
From the silly to the extreme, from the gross to the grisly, these seven tales from Author Cory Andrews are sure to provide you with plenty of gory violent fun!
Lover’s Lane
Gary Strickland just wants one last night with the love of his life.
Last of a Dying Breed
Two stoners in a death metal band take a road trip to a record store where an ancient demon awaits.
The Gates
Do the sins of our youth follow us?
A Matter of Life and Sudden Death
Dustin Yackman finds himself in the virtual world of the Ultra-Violent Hockey League.
Dude, Don’t Go to Birchville
Modern dating gone wrong in the Pennsylvania backwoods.
Free Tickets to the Haunted House
Burt recounts the night Halloween changed forever.
It Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas
A broken escort, tired of life, wants out of Sin City.
Lover’s Lane
Gary Strickland just wants one last night with the love of his life.
Last of a Dying Breed
Two stoners in a death metal band take a road trip to a record store where an ancient demon awaits.
The Gates
Do the sins of our youth follow us?
A Matter of Life and Sudden Death
Dustin Yackman finds himself in the virtual world of the Ultra-Violent Hockey League.
Dude, Don’t Go to Birchville
Modern dating gone wrong in the Pennsylvania backwoods.
Free Tickets to the Haunted House
Burt recounts the night Halloween changed forever.
It Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas
A broken escort, tired of life, wants out of Sin City.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2025
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June 11, 2025
This is a new-to-me author, and I liked the title and cover. So I picked it up. And I'm glad I did. It's a 5 star read. It's rare for me to choose an antho of different stories, but shorter tales fit my mood at that moment.
This is a 5 star book. Writing is good. Creativity level is fun. Stories are such a mixture of random stuff that it kept me turning pages, curious what the next story would be. There's bigfoot stuff, hell stuff, video game stuff, haunted house halloween stuff, etc...
The pinball story was my fave. And this author has a way of describing music with words that impressed me very much. It was about a couple dudes starting a band and journeyed into a music store.... Can't say too much without spoiling it, but yeah..
The hockey story was too much for me because I know zero technical terms about hockey, but it was about a video game with a sinister spin to it. I did skim all the detailed hockey stuff because I had no clue what any of the terms meant, but I still seemed to enjoy that story...
This is a 5 star book. Writing is good. Creativity level is fun. Stories are such a mixture of random stuff that it kept me turning pages, curious what the next story would be. There's bigfoot stuff, hell stuff, video game stuff, haunted house halloween stuff, etc...
The pinball story was my fave. And this author has a way of describing music with words that impressed me very much. It was about a couple dudes starting a band and journeyed into a music store.... Can't say too much without spoiling it, but yeah..
The hockey story was too much for me because I know zero technical terms about hockey, but it was about a video game with a sinister spin to it. I did skim all the detailed hockey stuff because I had no clue what any of the terms meant, but I still seemed to enjoy that story...
March 13, 2025
This proved to be the perfect palate cleanser after a whole series of particularly long, dense and heavy stuff. It's reasonably short, always to the point, filled with dark humor, an occasionally light creepypasta style, gross sex scenes, and graphic violence - except the last two stories, which I'll mention separately.
Andrews is in top form in this wide-ranging horror collection, starting with "Lover's Lane," a very short story, whose last line will surprise newcomers to extreme horror, but make veterans laugh (well, I for one laughed; it felt like a punchline), and following it up with the gloriously detailed metal romp, "Last of a Dying Breed," brimming with death metal references, gore, pot, booze, and escalating tension - two metalheads visit a record store and discover the pinball machine from hell. Third story "The Gates," is a creepy tale cleverly told, on the surface about a group of idiotic teens doing satanic rituals and finding out reasons to regret it - but if one looks deeper it's a very effective story about redemption and repentance (or, the lack of). "A Matter of Life and Sudden Death" was the least impressive story for me, since it went far too long into Hockey League, though the ending delivered the promised chills. Hilariously wrong and trashy was "Dude, Don’t Go to Birchville," about a couple of friends eager to get laid responding to a girl's invitation to a Bigfoot party in the Pennsylvania backwoods; funny, sure, but yikes, this one was rather disturbing as hell, gory and full of triggers (male rape, anyone?).
Finally, a couple of beautifully crafted stories I consider far above the rest, and would recommend for their gut-punch endings, the original premises and the flawless execution: "Free Tickets to the Haunted House" (a family of three stumble upon a Haunted House attraction; what follows is their -and any father's- worst nightmare; omg that scene with Granny!) and "It Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas" (a sex worker rebrands herself as Vegas’s premiere MILF Escort, falls for a younger guy, regrets it, and wants out). Craftmanship aside, both stories are quite dark, humorless, and violent; that's why I don't include them with the rest, which have their funny moments.
In sum, if you’re a fan of horror, this collection is well worth picking up; you'll find yourself wanting to talk about the stories and share them with your loved ones! A word to the wise: don't.
Andrews is in top form in this wide-ranging horror collection, starting with "Lover's Lane," a very short story, whose last line will surprise newcomers to extreme horror, but make veterans laugh (well, I for one laughed; it felt like a punchline), and following it up with the gloriously detailed metal romp, "Last of a Dying Breed," brimming with death metal references, gore, pot, booze, and escalating tension - two metalheads visit a record store and discover the pinball machine from hell. Third story "The Gates," is a creepy tale cleverly told, on the surface about a group of idiotic teens doing satanic rituals and finding out reasons to regret it - but if one looks deeper it's a very effective story about redemption and repentance (or, the lack of). "A Matter of Life and Sudden Death" was the least impressive story for me, since it went far too long into Hockey League, though the ending delivered the promised chills. Hilariously wrong and trashy was "Dude, Don’t Go to Birchville," about a couple of friends eager to get laid responding to a girl's invitation to a Bigfoot party in the Pennsylvania backwoods; funny, sure, but yikes, this one was rather disturbing as hell, gory and full of triggers (male rape, anyone?).
Finally, a couple of beautifully crafted stories I consider far above the rest, and would recommend for their gut-punch endings, the original premises and the flawless execution: "Free Tickets to the Haunted House" (a family of three stumble upon a Haunted House attraction; what follows is their -and any father's- worst nightmare; omg that scene with Granny!) and "It Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas" (a sex worker rebrands herself as Vegas’s premiere MILF Escort, falls for a younger guy, regrets it, and wants out). Craftmanship aside, both stories are quite dark, humorless, and violent; that's why I don't include them with the rest, which have their funny moments.
In sum, if you’re a fan of horror, this collection is well worth picking up; you'll find yourself wanting to talk about the stories and share them with your loved ones! A word to the wise: don't.
April 16, 2025
Great collection of stories, full of dark turns, desperation and as promised violence, gore and fun. Cory Andrews keeps getting better and better
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