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Graveworm
Tara Coombes is living a nightmare. A ghoul has kidnapped her sister and buried her alive. If she does not do exactly what he says and play his wicked games, her sister will suffocate in a coffin six feet down in the damp, mouldering earth. Twisted by hereditary evil that festers in his blood, the ghoul will stop at nothing to satisfy his obscene desires. He has it all planned out. or so he thinks. What he doesn't know is how much Tara loves her sister and just how far she will go to protect her. He is about to meet a predator as cunning as himself.
Black Voltage Series #17
Bonus Materials:
Deleted Chapters
Bonus Story - Cold Cash
Bonus Story - Hunger Pains
Black Voltage Series #17
Bonus Materials:
Deleted Chapters
Bonus Story - Cold Cash
Bonus Story - Hunger Pains
333 pages, Hardcover
First published January 27, 2012
11 people are currently reading
197 people want to read
About the author
Tim Curran
149 books596 followersTim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Biohazard, as well as the novella The Corpse King. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, and anthologies such as Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and Vile Things.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
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August 5, 2017
UPDATE: 05/08/17. The Kindle edition is currently gratis. No idea how long for, though.
I don't know.....I just don't know.
I think 'Tim Curran' has outdone himself with this novel. Just when I think he can't write anything more disturbing, he seems intent on proving me wrong. Again.
When Tara Coombes returns home from work - to an empty house, she knows something isn't right. That suspicion is answered when she goes into the kitchen and is presented with a scene that is the epitome of hell. From that moment - she totally loses it (and keeps losing it). Not long after, she receives a phone call from someone (Henry Borden), who claims to have her sister (Lisa) buried in a grave - and if she doesn't do exactly as he says - then the next time she sees her sister; she'll be dead.
Henry Borden wants to play a game....
I'm not quite sure which character disturbed me the most. Initially; it was Henry, then Worm, then Tara - and after listening to Frank Duvall's inner monologue and his pessimistic views (which were quite funny), I was starting to think it might be him.
So 4* stars for giving me nightmares. Again.
When are you going to write Hive 3?
I don't know.....I just don't know.
I think 'Tim Curran' has outdone himself with this novel. Just when I think he can't write anything more disturbing, he seems intent on proving me wrong. Again.
When Tara Coombes returns home from work - to an empty house, she knows something isn't right. That suspicion is answered when she goes into the kitchen and is presented with a scene that is the epitome of hell. From that moment - she totally loses it (and keeps losing it). Not long after, she receives a phone call from someone (Henry Borden), who claims to have her sister (Lisa) buried in a grave - and if she doesn't do exactly as he says - then the next time she sees her sister; she'll be dead.
Henry Borden wants to play a game....
I'm not quite sure which character disturbed me the most. Initially; it was Henry, then Worm, then Tara - and after listening to Frank Duvall's inner monologue and his pessimistic views (which were quite funny), I was starting to think it might be him.
So 4* stars for giving me nightmares. Again.
When are you going to write Hive 3?
October 25, 2017
When her sister Lisa gets abducted, her abductor forces Tara Coombes into a sinister game. What depths will Tara sink to in order to get her sister back? And will she be able to return from those depths in one piece?
Tim Curran has been one of my go-to horror authors for the past few years. It was free on the Kindle one day a few weeks ago so I attacked it like a feral child on an old man in a dark room.
Graveworm is a tale of desperation and insanity. In order to find her sister, Tara Coombes has to become as monstrous as the man who abducted her. It's some pretty crazy shit. It feels like Psycho ramped up a few notches.
Lisa doesn't get much screen time and spends most of the book scared out of her mind. Tara keeps insanity at bay by knuckling up and trying to lure the Graveworm into a trap of her own weaving. Almost as interesting to me as the plight of the sisters Coombes were all the peripheral characters pulled into their orbits. Tara's current beau Steve and her ex, Frank, both get pulled into things, along with the neighbor gentleman whose name escapes me at the moment.
Henry and Worm, and their demented tea party of corpses, were pretty disturbing. Tim Curran can conjure up some revolting shit. While this one didn't physically make me gag like Sow, it was close to reaching the top of the gagometer. Necrophilia, incest, necrophilic incest, gore, and excessive creepiness are the rule of the day.
Despite the length of time it took me to get through it, Graveworm is one hell of a great read. Not for the squeamish, though. There's a hell of a lot to squeam over. Four out of five decomposing stars.
Tim Curran has been one of my go-to horror authors for the past few years. It was free on the Kindle one day a few weeks ago so I attacked it like a feral child on an old man in a dark room.
Graveworm is a tale of desperation and insanity. In order to find her sister, Tara Coombes has to become as monstrous as the man who abducted her. It's some pretty crazy shit. It feels like Psycho ramped up a few notches.
Lisa doesn't get much screen time and spends most of the book scared out of her mind. Tara keeps insanity at bay by knuckling up and trying to lure the Graveworm into a trap of her own weaving. Almost as interesting to me as the plight of the sisters Coombes were all the peripheral characters pulled into their orbits. Tara's current beau Steve and her ex, Frank, both get pulled into things, along with the neighbor gentleman whose name escapes me at the moment.
Henry and Worm, and their demented tea party of corpses, were pretty disturbing. Tim Curran can conjure up some revolting shit. While this one didn't physically make me gag like Sow, it was close to reaching the top of the gagometer. Necrophilia, incest, necrophilic incest, gore, and excessive creepiness are the rule of the day.
Despite the length of time it took me to get through it, Graveworm is one hell of a great read. Not for the squeamish, though. There's a hell of a lot to squeam over. Four out of five decomposing stars.
August 4, 2017
Updating 8.4.17-the Kindle version of this is FREE today! Go get you some Graveworm!
GRAVEWORM
This book was disgusting. Seriously disgusting. It made my stomach turn. We're talking grave-robbing, necrophilia, madness, and child abuse. And that was just the beginning.
So what does it say about me when I say that I really enjoyed it?! It says that I am a horror loving gal and if you love horror, (and think you can handle these kinds of subjects), this is the book for you!
Graveworm is a quick read that I guarantee will gross you out. I also guarantee that you will never look at a child's table set for a little tea party in the the same way, ever again.
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GRAVEWORM
This book was disgusting. Seriously disgusting. It made my stomach turn. We're talking grave-robbing, necrophilia, madness, and child abuse. And that was just the beginning.
So what does it say about me when I say that I really enjoyed it?! It says that I am a horror loving gal and if you love horror, (and think you can handle these kinds of subjects), this is the book for you!
Graveworm is a quick read that I guarantee will gross you out. I also guarantee that you will never look at a child's table set for a little tea party in the the same way, ever again.
Find this review and others like it at www.Horrorafterdark.com
February 13, 2016
This is Black Voltage series number 17.
The book contains:
009 - "Graveworm"
283 - Deleted Chapters
303 - "Cold Cash"
317 - "Hunger Pains"
The cover is by Keith Minnion.
This is copy number 50 of 72 signed and numbered copies signed by Tim Curran.
The book contains:
009 - "Graveworm"
283 - Deleted Chapters
303 - "Cold Cash"
317 - "Hunger Pains"
The cover is by Keith Minnion.
This is copy number 50 of 72 signed and numbered copies signed by Tim Curran.
July 13, 2016
4.5
Okay, I just realized that I never actually "reviewed" this book, although I have read it about 4 times by now. That could be simply because I can't think of how to review this without spoiling the entire tale...
Anyhow, this is horror in the true sense of the word. What does it say about me that this is one of my favorite Curran reads, and it is deeply disturbing on many levels? Basically, I have some pretty "disturbing" tastes in books ;).
Seriously, this one is simply so original and contained so many "jaw-dropping" moments that I find myself coming back to it repeatedly--each time "finding" something new that I may have glossed over in previous reads. Although this story may be a little extreme for some, those that know how my tastes range will jump right into this one. Trust me, you won't forget it....
Tea party, anyone????
Okay, I just realized that I never actually "reviewed" this book, although I have read it about 4 times by now. That could be simply because I can't think of how to review this without spoiling the entire tale...
Anyhow, this is horror in the true sense of the word. What does it say about me that this is one of my favorite Curran reads, and it is deeply disturbing on many levels? Basically, I have some pretty "disturbing" tastes in books ;).
Seriously, this one is simply so original and contained so many "jaw-dropping" moments that I find myself coming back to it repeatedly--each time "finding" something new that I may have glossed over in previous reads. Although this story may be a little extreme for some, those that know how my tastes range will jump right into this one. Trust me, you won't forget it....
Tea party, anyone????
January 24, 2016
Tim Curran does it again with this grotesque tale of grave digging depravity. A woman is kidnapped and held by a deranged psycho who wants nothing more than to play a twisted game of murder and mayhem. Get ready for this one. The game is afoot and it’s time for a Tea Party with Worm!
In addition to the classic Curran creepy, crafty prose, this one had a Laymon-esque flair to it. Solid 4 Stars and Highly Recommended.
“...his pink tongue wormed at his lips, hungering for the giddy intoxication of the exhumed, of flesh sweet with mortuary perfumes and embalming spices.”
In addition to the classic Curran creepy, crafty prose, this one had a Laymon-esque flair to it. Solid 4 Stars and Highly Recommended.
“...his pink tongue wormed at his lips, hungering for the giddy intoxication of the exhumed, of flesh sweet with mortuary perfumes and embalming spices.”
March 17, 2020
I just can’t anymore. I have been working on reading this for a week and it is soooo repetitive and annoying.
A character scrubs the floor and cleans obsessively
Someone bangs a corpse
Someone talks to corpses
Someone has a break down, proceeds to start cleaning
I’m just bored and disappointed and could give a fuck less. This book was not good and I am DNFing at 70%.
A character scrubs the floor and cleans obsessively
Someone bangs a corpse
Someone talks to corpses
Someone has a break down, proceeds to start cleaning
I’m just bored and disappointed and could give a fuck less. This book was not good and I am DNFing at 70%.
January 30, 2018
Like a Cannibal Corpse song in book form
The title of this book showed up on my Kindle in ALL CAPS. It was fitting, because Tim Curran’s style is like somebody screaming in your face. This is unflinching, no-holds-barred, extreme, brutal, visceral horror. GRAVEWORM reminded me of a Cannibal Corpse song, transcribed and extended into a book-length descent into depravity. The opening is heavy, and it only gets more intense from there, never letting up at any point. It’s gross, slathered in every bodily fluid there is, and will probably make you feel like taking a shower when you’re done. Check it out if you want be disturbed.
The title of this book showed up on my Kindle in ALL CAPS. It was fitting, because Tim Curran’s style is like somebody screaming in your face. This is unflinching, no-holds-barred, extreme, brutal, visceral horror. GRAVEWORM reminded me of a Cannibal Corpse song, transcribed and extended into a book-length descent into depravity. The opening is heavy, and it only gets more intense from there, never letting up at any point. It’s gross, slathered in every bodily fluid there is, and will probably make you feel like taking a shower when you’re done. Check it out if you want be disturbed.
July 25, 2014
I almost didn't read this one because I was a bit turned off both by the cover of the book and by the title, thinking it was B-movie type monster horror. Once, I dug into the novel and got past the sudden burst of gore that kicks it off, I realized that the cover and title were metaphoric representations of what was happening, I settled, as much as you can settle, into a disturbing tale of human behavior.
Curran follows a thread straight from the tradition of "Psycho" but adds to it layer upon layer of incredibly uncomfortable and disturbing ideas. If "Psycho" was considered the scariest movie ever at the time of its release, "Graveworm" would have caused general apoplexy among its audience.
4 STARS
Curran follows a thread straight from the tradition of "Psycho" but adds to it layer upon layer of incredibly uncomfortable and disturbing ideas. If "Psycho" was considered the scariest movie ever at the time of its release, "Graveworm" would have caused general apoplexy among its audience.
4 STARS
September 21, 2015
Did not work very well for me at all. The shock value of the gore, filth and violence in the beginning wore off rather quickly and turned into the kind of over-the-top almost cartoonish flavor of old buckets-of-blood-movies like Texas chainsaw II (which I frequently came to think of).
After that, the book got repetitive rather fast, same scenes with small variations does not shock the second or third time and the long wordy description of exactly how bad something smells, looks or feels have the same problem.
Gave it an "it was ok"-rating, cause Curran can obviously write, but truth be told, I would not have finished this one had it not been a short one.
Going to check out some of this writer's other books though, heard a lot of good about him/them.
After that, the book got repetitive rather fast, same scenes with small variations does not shock the second or third time and the long wordy description of exactly how bad something smells, looks or feels have the same problem.
Gave it an "it was ok"-rating, cause Curran can obviously write, but truth be told, I would not have finished this one had it not been a short one.
Going to check out some of this writer's other books though, heard a lot of good about him/them.
April 16, 2016
Finally read the extras in my Thunderstorm copy!!! :D
4 re-reads, and counting...
4 re-reads, and counting...
August 29, 2017
This book was just incredibly meh. It has promise, but just couldn't deliver. A sketchy man kidnaps a women's sister and the woman must now play the kidnappers game to get her back. The kidnapper is some freak involved in necrophilia and other disgusting acts you'll learn about through the book. The early parts of the book that establish the kidnapping are interesting, it's only afterwards that it all goes downhill from there.
Our main heroine turns into an emotionless husk determined to do anything to get her sister back. And the whole middle of the book is nothing but her explaining this over and over and over again. "Ohhh i'm tough and when I catch this guy hes gonna get it!" Ok we get it when does the actual game start? And then you have the side plots of the boyfriend and the ex boyfriend who are trying to figure out what the main character is doing. Basically just pointless fluff that never amounted to anything. Another old man character that played no real role in anything, a couple of cops who are investigating this stuff though they never really do anything. One even disappears and never shows back up. Just too many characters that are largely pointless being introduced to the story. Too much rehashing and establishing stuff again and again instead of some sort of action or moving forward of the plot.
Another character in the book just has his name suddenly change. I actually went back and thought there was another character but nope its the same character they just switched his name. The ending was rushed and anti-climactic, no real twists or turns just a boring blunt ending. This is my first book by Tim Curran and i've heard he has some other good stuff. I won't give up on Tim Curran yet, but this book was just disappointing.
Our main heroine turns into an emotionless husk determined to do anything to get her sister back. And the whole middle of the book is nothing but her explaining this over and over and over again. "Ohhh i'm tough and when I catch this guy hes gonna get it!" Ok we get it when does the actual game start? And then you have the side plots of the boyfriend and the ex boyfriend who are trying to figure out what the main character is doing. Basically just pointless fluff that never amounted to anything. Another old man character that played no real role in anything, a couple of cops who are investigating this stuff though they never really do anything. One even disappears and never shows back up. Just too many characters that are largely pointless being introduced to the story. Too much rehashing and establishing stuff again and again instead of some sort of action or moving forward of the plot.
Another character in the book just has his name suddenly change. I actually went back and thought there was another character but nope its the same character they just switched his name. The ending was rushed and anti-climactic, no real twists or turns just a boring blunt ending. This is my first book by Tim Curran and i've heard he has some other good stuff. I won't give up on Tim Curran yet, but this book was just disappointing.
January 23, 2018
Holy crap, talk about disturbing. Language, necrophilia and oh so much more. It is a train wreck of a book, but in a good, nasty, I need to wash kind of way. This book is wrong, and that's what makes it so good. It is extreme horror and if you are even slightly easily offended, do not read this book. I personally found it really good just like all of Mr. Curran's work.
September 30, 2017
The gore in this book is overwhelming, but worse is the overuse of the word "Atavistic". Please get a thesaurus and put it to use!
November 9, 2014
I have to start by saying I really enjoy Mr. Curran's work. This novel was a little different, but has the same Curran as we've come to expect. All the dark, gritty, excellent and highly detailed descriptions, and cringe-inducing scenes, but this one's more of an INNER novel. By that I mean, we see what is going on in the characters' minds, and Mr. Curran does this flawlessly. It's sick and twisted and well done. Kind of Psycho meets The Texas Chainsaw meets Curran.
October 7, 2015
"Graveworm" is a gore filled tale by Tim Curran. Be warned!
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