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Fridge Goop
Identical twins, Edna and Ruth Olstadt, are a team when it comes to turning out meals for monthly church luncheons. Problem is, it's around that time again. June 5, 1987, to be exact—only a few days away from First Presbyterian's annual picnic potluck. And no amount of list-making will save Edna from the inconvenience of their trusty antique refrigerator's death. But then, all seems like it will be just fine when a lucky discovery soon follows the catastrophe. Maybe more than fine. Because soon Edna will be preparing meals like she never has before!
121 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 21, 2025
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June 10, 2025
It has horror, it has gore! This genre isn't my usual go to, but when Alana mentioned she needed ARC readers for her new book, I jumped. I've always wanted to ARC read a book, and I enjoyed her Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend. It's short, but pulls you in quick... literally!! Slurp, slurp and you're left with a tasty dish!
June 9, 2025
Alana K. Drex’s FRIDGE GOOP is a fresh, fun, yucky, and totally un-put-downable extreme horror delight, featuring one of the most unique voices in Indie Horror. Drex’s style is distinct and highly engaging, pulling you into a relatable and comforting 1980s suburbia, where something is not quite right. In a matter of pages, that comfort flies out the window as we are catapulted straight into a bizzarro world full of cringe-inducing slime-filled descriptions, one of the most memorable pair of twins you’ll ever encounter, and an ending that will stick with you. FRIDGE GOOP is some of the most fun I’ve had with horror in a long time.
October 24, 2025
All I can say is wow Alana did it again. I have been a massive fan of her stories. I was so nervous to read this book because some of the reviews & things I heard made me wonder if I would like this story. The concept felt like it could be too gross to interest me. I generally prefer psychological horror instead of graphic horror. However, once I started reading it, I felt like the story gripped me in a nostalgic Stephen King coming of age novel.
This story revolves largely on the relationship of siblings. There are two teenage brothers who mostly can't stand each other & there are two senior sisters who despite being polar opposites love each other. Throw in a strange fridge & some weird leaking green goop into a small 80s town & that's our story. This fridge appears at the side of the road mysteriously & there's some green ooze coming from it. There's a giant town potluck happening & our twins need to make lots of dishes for this event.
Well, wouldn't you know it their fridge dies right when they need it most. It's going to take day to replace it so they decide this abandoned fridge, that appears to be new, might still buy them a few days to get them through the potluck. What happens after that is part sci-fi, horror, & even comedy. It's a wild, creepy story that will leave you cringing at times & nervous at others. Most of all it will pull you into the emotional journey wondering who will survive the green goop. I am in awe of Alana's ability to write such bizarre stories that feel so real. She is a master of showing honest human emotions in some of the strangest situations. Another great story from her.
This story revolves largely on the relationship of siblings. There are two teenage brothers who mostly can't stand each other & there are two senior sisters who despite being polar opposites love each other. Throw in a strange fridge & some weird leaking green goop into a small 80s town & that's our story. This fridge appears at the side of the road mysteriously & there's some green ooze coming from it. There's a giant town potluck happening & our twins need to make lots of dishes for this event.
Well, wouldn't you know it their fridge dies right when they need it most. It's going to take day to replace it so they decide this abandoned fridge, that appears to be new, might still buy them a few days to get them through the potluck. What happens after that is part sci-fi, horror, & even comedy. It's a wild, creepy story that will leave you cringing at times & nervous at others. Most of all it will pull you into the emotional journey wondering who will survive the green goop. I am in awe of Alana's ability to write such bizarre stories that feel so real. She is a master of showing honest human emotions in some of the strangest situations. Another great story from her.
June 21, 2025
I received an ARC copy of Alana's upcoming extreme horror novelette, Fridge Goop, and I was not disappointed!
Fridge Goop is a fast paced horror novel with goop and gore that takes place in the late 1980s. I loved the nostalgia that reminded me of those 1980s stories like Tales of the Crypt and Creepshow.
I'm not the biggest fan of extreme/gross out horror, but the story was unique and fun! And Alana has an intelligent, funny, witty, and engaging writing voice that kept me turning the page. I'll be reading any other books by her from now on.
Fridge Goop is a fast paced horror novel with goop and gore that takes place in the late 1980s. I loved the nostalgia that reminded me of those 1980s stories like Tales of the Crypt and Creepshow.
I'm not the biggest fan of extreme/gross out horror, but the story was unique and fun! And Alana has an intelligent, funny, witty, and engaging writing voice that kept me turning the page. I'll be reading any other books by her from now on.
July 8, 2025
Grown-Up Goosebumps in 80s suburbia. This one is a lot of fun!!
June 21, 2025
Fridge Goop is dark and twisted fun story filled with murders and delicious meals. By the end of the first chapter it left me hungry for more. I tore through the pages eager to see what fun bizarre thing would happen next.
It's well written story with pacing and weaves a balanced tale of horror and humor. If you're someone who enjoys a well-timed joke after someone is murdered, then you'll have fun with this comedic creep-fest!
I was fortunate to get an advanced copy of the book and to provide feedback to the author. Making this a much enjoyable experience for the both of us.
Check out Fridge Goop today and her other books!
It's well written story with pacing and weaves a balanced tale of horror and humor. If you're someone who enjoys a well-timed joke after someone is murdered, then you'll have fun with this comedic creep-fest!
I was fortunate to get an advanced copy of the book and to provide feedback to the author. Making this a much enjoyable experience for the both of us.
Check out Fridge Goop today and her other books!
June 22, 2025
A perfect marriage of horror and whimsy. It’s like Pet Sematary meets Little Shop of Horrors. A wonderfully woven tapestry of wickedness, driven by a colorful cast of characters. At the heart of the story are two sets of siblings and an abandoned refrigerator. If you’re wondering how those ingredients come together to create a macabre thriller, well, you’ll just have to read it for yourself. You won’t be disappointed.
June 18, 2025
I was given an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review. This one was fun, funny, smart, gory and fast paced horror. Fridge Goop had a nostalgic feel, like on a Friday night picking up a scary vhs and settling on the couch to be grossed out a little, frightened a little, and entertained completely. I highly recommend! Thank you again Alana K. Drex for the advanced copy.
June 19, 2025
Thanks for the ARC in exchange for an honest review
The opening scene? Grody to the max. I wasn't sure if I was intrigued or mildly traumatized-but I kept turning pages. I grew up on horror-comedy, so my bar for weird is high... and this cleared it with slime to spare
Fridge Goop feels like a campfire story: s'mores in hand, shadows dancing on faces, no one daring to leave the circle until it's done. A little Stand By Me, a little gooey madness.
The characters? Offbeat but totally human.
You might just find yourself rooting for people you wouldn't invite to dinner.
(Unless dinner involves mysterious green goo-but I'll let Alana explain that part)
The opening scene? Grody to the max. I wasn't sure if I was intrigued or mildly traumatized-but I kept turning pages. I grew up on horror-comedy, so my bar for weird is high... and this cleared it with slime to spare
Fridge Goop feels like a campfire story: s'mores in hand, shadows dancing on faces, no one daring to leave the circle until it's done. A little Stand By Me, a little gooey madness.
The characters? Offbeat but totally human.
You might just find yourself rooting for people you wouldn't invite to dinner.
(Unless dinner involves mysterious green goo-but I'll let Alana explain that part)
June 28, 2025
Alana K. Drex should be praised for her creativity, which shines both in her plots and in how they differ from book to book.
Her writing is also very cinematic. This one specifically, I would love to see it adapted in stop-motion animation (in the style of The Nightmare Before Christmas or Wallace & Gromit, basically.)
Well done!
Her writing is also very cinematic. This one specifically, I would love to see it adapted in stop-motion animation (in the style of The Nightmare Before Christmas or Wallace & Gromit, basically.)
Well done!
August 13, 2025
Penny for your wishes, fridge for your dishes. Edna got exactly what she never wished for and struck the fountain of youth inside gooey, green goop!
On that note, Fridge Goop was the grown up Goosebumps I needed! Eerie characters, throwback vibes, and ominous circumstances! Additionally, there’s just something so majestic about the dichotomy of the sibling relationships in this read!
Let me also add that Alana needs a special edition book or maybe a game where she describes the kill scene and we guess which of her books it’s from?! My goodness she is one of the most creative at unaliving characters, and I am here for it!
Must read if you enjoy the movie Little Shop of Horrors or the book The Potted Plant by Thomas Gloom.
On that note, Fridge Goop was the grown up Goosebumps I needed! Eerie characters, throwback vibes, and ominous circumstances! Additionally, there’s just something so majestic about the dichotomy of the sibling relationships in this read!
Let me also add that Alana needs a special edition book or maybe a game where she describes the kill scene and we guess which of her books it’s from?! My goodness she is one of the most creative at unaliving characters, and I am here for it!
Must read if you enjoy the movie Little Shop of Horrors or the book The Potted Plant by Thomas Gloom.
June 21, 2025
a gory little story about flesh eating slime? look no further. fresh and fun, this little horror story felt like the best 80s drive in movie ever. I had the pleasure of reading this before it comes out on June 21st. it did not disappoint!
thanks for the ARC Alana!
pre-order now on Amazon
thanks for the ARC Alana!
pre-order now on Amazon
July 23, 2025
”Her eardrums, also still functioned, bringing her sound so that she could clearly hear every slurp and swallow of the fridge goop monster. The monster that Edna called a god. Five minutes later, when Edna opened the door, there were two exemplary apricot pies.”
What an odd (in a good way) little book😅 when I first saw the cover of this book, it caught my eye cuz it’s so weird and I just knew the vibes in that book were going to be something else lol and I was not wrong! It wasn’t as extreme as I thought it would be so this can be read by someone who is just probably curious about it without thinking they’re going into something that’s traumatizing lol. It was weird, it was entertaining and it everything I was looking for when I picked this up and I was not disappointed 😁
What an odd (in a good way) little book😅 when I first saw the cover of this book, it caught my eye cuz it’s so weird and I just knew the vibes in that book were going to be something else lol and I was not wrong! It wasn’t as extreme as I thought it would be so this can be read by someone who is just probably curious about it without thinking they’re going into something that’s traumatizing lol. It was weird, it was entertaining and it everything I was looking for when I picked this up and I was not disappointed 😁
June 10, 2025
For those who don’t remember or were too young to experience the decade first-hand, the 1980’s were rad. Those Regean-era years of MTV and Miami Vice, Molly Ringwald and Michael Jackson, “Smooth Move, Ex-Lax” and “Where’s the Beef?”, yuppies, punks, skinny ties and larger-than-life hair were a New Coke (and Columbian coke) fueled head-rush of day-glow pop-cultural kitsch unrivaled unto the current day. In theaters it was the age of soon-to-be immortal icons: Freddy and Jason, Doc and Marty, Bill and Ted, Mr. Myagi, The Goonies, The Princess Bride and Dirty Dancing, Rambo, John McClane, and Ah-nald.
During the twenty-first century, throwback nostalgic interest in the ‘80’s has reached fever-pitch, permeating and influencing music, fashion (who could’ve predicted the mullet would ever stage a catwalk comeback?), and film. In the microcosmic realm of horror flicks it’s become hip to reverently recreate the vintage ‘80’s feel (see: Ti West’s The House of the Devil and Jason Eisner’s Hobo With A Shotgun); that revivalist trend extends to literature, too (see: Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism), as most recently embodied in the new effort (available on Amazon June 21) by indie author Alana K. Drex, the deliciously malicious horror-comedy novel Fridge Goop.
It’s June, 1987, and in the Boise, Idaho suburb of Craneville, good-natured comic book D&D nerd Robbie endures existence at the bottom of his high school pecking order, hassled by other students, a sadistic bus driver, but most of all by his asshole Alpha Jock brother Bill, whose primary goal is making Robbie’s life as miserable as possible. All that changes the night a mysterious refrigerator appears on the corner of their quiet neighborhood; as fate would have it, elderly identical twin sisters Edna and Ruth Olstadt, who live in the house across the street, notice the appliance the same time as Robbie does. With their own fridge on the fritz and dishes for her impending pot luck social going rapidly rancid, Edna moves the abandoned appliance into her kitchen, where she learns the refrigerator already has an owner: a sentient, ever-expanding gelatinous mass of (possibly extraterrestrial) goo with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. The Goop God, as Edna soon dubs the entity, quickly establishes a telepathic link with her, and after learning of its regenerative properties (along with its Julia Child-level culinary prowess), she willingly feeds unsuspecting victims to her new deity in exchange for a fresh lease on youth. Robbie, meanwhile, has his own theories regarding the refrigerator; having witnessed The Goop devouring roadkill and worried it may have something to do with his brother’s untimely disappearance, Robbie and his friends launch an investigation that puts him directly in Edna’s newly vigorous crosshairs—and in danger of being goopified!
Fridge Goop is a sloopy, slippity-sloppity literary love letter to the garish ‘80’s VHS era, oozing the subversive dark humor and multicolored mayhem of movies like Street Trash, The Stuff, and The Blob straight onto the printed page. Doubling down on the offbeat absurdity of her previous novel, Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend (co-written with Billy J. Middleton, Jr), Drex solidifies her status as the reigning champion of indie splatstick with scenes that gleefully give the backhand to the recent trend of ‘elevated horror’. While some literary snobs may find the novel’s breezy style superficial, they’d also be missing the main point. Sure, Fridge Goop isn’t Ulysses, but it isn’t supposed to be, either. It’s supposed to be fun, and in that regard succeeds beyond all measure. Cannily deriving humor from the outrageous situation rather than throwing cornball jokes at the audience, Drex also wisely takes the time to endear her central cast to readers so they (gasp!) care about their fate. Each character is bequeathed a well-defined personality; for example, anyone familiar with the attendant pains (and joys) of adolescent geek-dom will find a kindred spirit in main man Robbie and his unabashed love of Iron Man comics and role-playing games; similarly, Edna isn’t some rote B-Movie lunatic, but a well-rounded figure with very real anxieties about aging who finds a way to reverse the process. Her subsequent murderous behavior, appalling as it may be, also serves to highlight a distinct morality-play angle in Fridge Goop; in a certain way Drex is confronting her audience with a simple question: If you were in Edna’s position, what would you do? We’d all like to believe we’d don the white hat and resist The Goop, but with everlasting youth as a reward, how many would give in and reap the benefits, even at such a high cost?
At 96 pages, Fridge Goop makes for a fast, lively read. With its playful ‘80’s setting, unabashed razor wit and gloriously glooptastic indulgence in bloody food preparation, Drex has crafted a comedic horror classic more than worthy of a 4 (out of 5) on my Fang Scale. All Hail the Goop God!
During the twenty-first century, throwback nostalgic interest in the ‘80’s has reached fever-pitch, permeating and influencing music, fashion (who could’ve predicted the mullet would ever stage a catwalk comeback?), and film. In the microcosmic realm of horror flicks it’s become hip to reverently recreate the vintage ‘80’s feel (see: Ti West’s The House of the Devil and Jason Eisner’s Hobo With A Shotgun); that revivalist trend extends to literature, too (see: Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism), as most recently embodied in the new effort (available on Amazon June 21) by indie author Alana K. Drex, the deliciously malicious horror-comedy novel Fridge Goop.
It’s June, 1987, and in the Boise, Idaho suburb of Craneville, good-natured comic book D&D nerd Robbie endures existence at the bottom of his high school pecking order, hassled by other students, a sadistic bus driver, but most of all by his asshole Alpha Jock brother Bill, whose primary goal is making Robbie’s life as miserable as possible. All that changes the night a mysterious refrigerator appears on the corner of their quiet neighborhood; as fate would have it, elderly identical twin sisters Edna and Ruth Olstadt, who live in the house across the street, notice the appliance the same time as Robbie does. With their own fridge on the fritz and dishes for her impending pot luck social going rapidly rancid, Edna moves the abandoned appliance into her kitchen, where she learns the refrigerator already has an owner: a sentient, ever-expanding gelatinous mass of (possibly extraterrestrial) goo with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. The Goop God, as Edna soon dubs the entity, quickly establishes a telepathic link with her, and after learning of its regenerative properties (along with its Julia Child-level culinary prowess), she willingly feeds unsuspecting victims to her new deity in exchange for a fresh lease on youth. Robbie, meanwhile, has his own theories regarding the refrigerator; having witnessed The Goop devouring roadkill and worried it may have something to do with his brother’s untimely disappearance, Robbie and his friends launch an investigation that puts him directly in Edna’s newly vigorous crosshairs—and in danger of being goopified!
Fridge Goop is a sloopy, slippity-sloppity literary love letter to the garish ‘80’s VHS era, oozing the subversive dark humor and multicolored mayhem of movies like Street Trash, The Stuff, and The Blob straight onto the printed page. Doubling down on the offbeat absurdity of her previous novel, Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend (co-written with Billy J. Middleton, Jr), Drex solidifies her status as the reigning champion of indie splatstick with scenes that gleefully give the backhand to the recent trend of ‘elevated horror’. While some literary snobs may find the novel’s breezy style superficial, they’d also be missing the main point. Sure, Fridge Goop isn’t Ulysses, but it isn’t supposed to be, either. It’s supposed to be fun, and in that regard succeeds beyond all measure. Cannily deriving humor from the outrageous situation rather than throwing cornball jokes at the audience, Drex also wisely takes the time to endear her central cast to readers so they (gasp!) care about their fate. Each character is bequeathed a well-defined personality; for example, anyone familiar with the attendant pains (and joys) of adolescent geek-dom will find a kindred spirit in main man Robbie and his unabashed love of Iron Man comics and role-playing games; similarly, Edna isn’t some rote B-Movie lunatic, but a well-rounded figure with very real anxieties about aging who finds a way to reverse the process. Her subsequent murderous behavior, appalling as it may be, also serves to highlight a distinct morality-play angle in Fridge Goop; in a certain way Drex is confronting her audience with a simple question: If you were in Edna’s position, what would you do? We’d all like to believe we’d don the white hat and resist The Goop, but with everlasting youth as a reward, how many would give in and reap the benefits, even at such a high cost?
At 96 pages, Fridge Goop makes for a fast, lively read. With its playful ‘80’s setting, unabashed razor wit and gloriously glooptastic indulgence in bloody food preparation, Drex has crafted a comedic horror classic more than worthy of a 4 (out of 5) on my Fang Scale. All Hail the Goop God!
September 8, 2025
This read was a lot of fun!
Spinsters Edna and Ruth are excited about a church potluck coming up, but their beloved fridge has died just days away! Desperate for a solution, they are overjoyed when a fridge appears overnight in front of their neighbors' house across the street. But there's something strange about this fridge, something that will soon affect those around them forever.
I really liked the overall vibe of this book. It's got this suburban feel to it, but underneath it is something terrifying with this strange fridge that appears. The book's chapters hop between Edna, Ruth, and others nearby that gave an overall immersive experience.
Edna and Ruth are polar opposites, and I enjoyed the duality between them. Edna is a mean, stubborn lady while Ruth is more forgiving and positive. Robby, their young teenage neighbor, was also interesting. I was surprised by some of the decisions these characters made, which really kept me on my feet.
The plot was really exciting. I wanted to know everything about this bizarre fridge, and once I got into things I couldn't put this book down.
If you have an insatiable appetite for horror, I definitely recommend this one!
Spinsters Edna and Ruth are excited about a church potluck coming up, but their beloved fridge has died just days away! Desperate for a solution, they are overjoyed when a fridge appears overnight in front of their neighbors' house across the street. But there's something strange about this fridge, something that will soon affect those around them forever.
I really liked the overall vibe of this book. It's got this suburban feel to it, but underneath it is something terrifying with this strange fridge that appears. The book's chapters hop between Edna, Ruth, and others nearby that gave an overall immersive experience.
Edna and Ruth are polar opposites, and I enjoyed the duality between them. Edna is a mean, stubborn lady while Ruth is more forgiving and positive. Robby, their young teenage neighbor, was also interesting. I was surprised by some of the decisions these characters made, which really kept me on my feet.
The plot was really exciting. I wanted to know everything about this bizarre fridge, and once I got into things I couldn't put this book down.
If you have an insatiable appetite for horror, I definitely recommend this one!
June 18, 2025
Fridge Goop is a delightful, horrifying read. It was one of the best books I've read all year, and certainly the best first date with an author (what I call my the first book experience with a book from an author I haven't previously read), as well as the best book I've read by an independent author this year.
Whether you like horror, comedy, being grossed out, or just want to hop in a time machine to experience some 80s notsalgia again, this book is unrelentingly engaging, and is sure to put a smile on your face as well as a shiver down your spine. Fridge Goop is a page turner through and through, and incredibly hard to put down (even to get to work).
It's jarring, disturbing and gross in the best way possible. Fans of Chuck Palahniuk, or really anyone who revels in the dark and weird, will find warped fun in Alana K. Drex’s novella. Sure, you’ll need a strong stomach dealing with the twisted mirth you’ll find in Fridge Goop, but I assure you, it’s certainly worth the read. And wait for that ending… you’re in for a deliciously wicked treat.
Whether you like horror, comedy, being grossed out, or just want to hop in a time machine to experience some 80s notsalgia again, this book is unrelentingly engaging, and is sure to put a smile on your face as well as a shiver down your spine. Fridge Goop is a page turner through and through, and incredibly hard to put down (even to get to work).
It's jarring, disturbing and gross in the best way possible. Fans of Chuck Palahniuk, or really anyone who revels in the dark and weird, will find warped fun in Alana K. Drex’s novella. Sure, you’ll need a strong stomach dealing with the twisted mirth you’ll find in Fridge Goop, but I assure you, it’s certainly worth the read. And wait for that ending… you’re in for a deliciously wicked treat.
December 30, 2025
FRIDGE GOOP is a wildly unhinged horror-comedy that’ll make you laugh, gag, and never look at potluck food the same way again. Equal parts hilarious and horrifying, this short novella serves up razor-sharp wit, oozes chaos, and follows the neighborhood church lady just trying to appease the green god lurking in her kitchen. It’s gross. It’s genius. It’s FRIDGE GOOP.
December 12, 2025
I had the honor of being an editor and early reader, and this story is a lot of fun and right up your alley if you enjoy Tales from the Crypt or Black Mirror.
I've seen some clever ideas before, but this one was unique and quite genius, along with being morbid when you read what transpires throughout these 20k words. The book reads quickly, and the pacing is magnificent.
The two sisters stand out, Ruth and Edna. Twins, in their middle years, but very different from each other. Their witty back-and-forth dialogue keeps every scene engaging and intriguing, building their relationship more and more until the bitter or sweet end, depending on your point of view and tastes for food.
When their young neighbor, Robby, discovers an old refrigerator sitting on the side of the street, the chase begins, and the weirdness starts to bloom.
This read goes by in no time and comes to a satisfying conclusion. I knew it would be great since Alana is my co-author for "Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend." Her writing skills are exceptional!
Add this one to your collection. It will not disappoint!
I've seen some clever ideas before, but this one was unique and quite genius, along with being morbid when you read what transpires throughout these 20k words. The book reads quickly, and the pacing is magnificent.
The two sisters stand out, Ruth and Edna. Twins, in their middle years, but very different from each other. Their witty back-and-forth dialogue keeps every scene engaging and intriguing, building their relationship more and more until the bitter or sweet end, depending on your point of view and tastes for food.
When their young neighbor, Robby, discovers an old refrigerator sitting on the side of the street, the chase begins, and the weirdness starts to bloom.
This read goes by in no time and comes to a satisfying conclusion. I knew it would be great since Alana is my co-author for "Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend." Her writing skills are exceptional!
Add this one to your collection. It will not disappoint!
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