Santastein: Or The Post-Holiday Prometheus

by Brian K. Morris, Trevor Erick Hawkins (Illustrator)

In this tale of irreverent holiday horror, Dr. Victor Frankenstein raids the graveyard to assemble not just a man, but the Spirit of Giving himself. However, will the creature save Christmas for the village or will he lead to its destruction?This book has sold in six different nations, five of whom still get along with us for some odd reason. We say that Santastein is laugh out loud funny, but we're only going by what other people tell us.If you found The Nightmare Before Christmas to be way too saccharine, this is the book for you. Read it aloud to someone you love and try, just try, to maintain a straight face.

186 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 10, 2014

About the author

Brian K. Morris is an independent publisher of novels and comic books, freelance hybrid author, "award-winning" playwright, occasional actor, and former morticians assistant.

Brian's articles have seen print in magazines such as BACK ISSUE Magazine, Hogan's Alley, Knights of the Dinner Table, RetroFan Magazine, WHOtopia, The Jack Kirby Collector, and many other magazines in varying degrees of obscurity.

His books have sold across North America as well as in Great Britain, Japan, and China. In addition to his writing, Brian hosts two Facebook Live shows (NEVERMIND THE FURTHERMORE on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 am and CLEVER TITLE PENDING at 7 pm on Tuesday, all times Eastern).

Because he doesn't have enough to do, he does two vlogs on his Facebook page: NEVERMIND THE FURTHERMORE (Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 Eastern) and CLEVER TITLE PENDING (Tuesdays at 7 pm Eastern). Brian also maintains a page for Rising Tide Publications where new content appears daily.

In addition, Brian gives seminars on storytelling, motivation, self-publishing, and comics history at conventions, libraries, and for private groups. Contact him at Brian@RisingTide.pub for information.

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Reviews

[Gil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious romp through a mashup of Dickens and Shelley. Brian K. Morris has written a book that is just so hard to put down. Each chapter ends with either an extremely funny line that is followed up on in the first line of the next chapter or with a cliff hanger that makes you just have to keep reading. Then you find yourself reading to the end of another chapter not able to quit.

So what if Dr. Frankenstein wanted to spread Christmas Cheer along with finding that elusive spark of life? Santastein, that's what. The pop-culture references, the unnamed characters, and the hilarious Mel Brooksian angry mob all create the perfect holiday humor in this great book.

[Kevin Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think if Mary Shelly had an irreverent sense of humor and had penned Frankenstein during the height of the Christmas season she could have written Santastein. Brian K. Morris takes our classic, beloved horror story, Frankenstein, and mashes it up, at warp speed, into the holidays. There is short list of writers that have made me laugh out loud; Douglass Adams, Terry Pratchett, Jeff Strand, and now Brian K. Morris.

[George Tackes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brian K. Morris penned a quirky Christmas tale that is off kilter, but in a grand way. It is not a story set during Christmas. It is filled with zany Yuletide cheer with characters immersed with Christmas spirit. Do not pass up a fun read that will make you laugh with a jaunty Ho, Ho, Ho!

A spoiler warning: certain readers are annoyed characters breaking the fourth wall. Although I thoroughly enjoy the device, if it bothers you don't read this. I was delighted by it.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

The audacity and outrageousness of the realities of this crazy world are laid out in a perfect, and humorous, way.