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Prickles
Before VIGO there was PRICKLES....
Take a trip to Johanssen Manor when Vigo, Sweetheart, Piggy and Swiss were all still kids, Uncle-Daddy Jotun wants to host a games evening, and Ronathan, Prickles to his friends, just wants to survive the night...
Take a trip to Johanssen Manor when Vigo, Sweetheart, Piggy and Swiss were all still kids, Uncle-Daddy Jotun wants to host a games evening, and Ronathan, Prickles to his friends, just wants to survive the night...
72 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2025
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August 14, 2025
Omg🥲😵💫 now I understand why Vigo and his siblings are so fucked up. Their father is such a sicko omg!! This book was maddddd. It was so gory, so gross and made me cringe and my stomach turn so many times. I wouldn’t say it was as fucked up / unhinged as Vigo, but it was still absolutely crazy and the Apple bobbing chapter made me wanna throw up, literally 🤮
June 16, 2025
I love when an ARC hits my inbox from Kelvin. I know I’m in for it. This book is so twisted and depraved…Why, Ronathon, why??? 🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔
June 17, 2025
"PRICKLES" is a short prequel to "VIGO," Allison's vomit-inducing family horror story. In this we take a step back in timw, and see the same depraved family through the eyes of a group of unfortunates: four people (two homeless men, one homeless woman, and a bonus participant I won't say anything about) are forced to provide sick entertainment for the patriarch of the family, who seems to have come up with his own version of the Squid Game challenges before such a thing was trendy. Only these games that daddy likes are so vile and revolting and dehumanizing, it soon becomes apparent that not even survival guarantees victory!
The book's totally hardcore; gory, shocking, and certainly not for the sensitive. These people are perverts. Even their perversions have perversions. And no, the book carries absolutely no deep ethical meaning. It's just fun - extreme horror fun, mind.
(So why the hedgehog on the cover? This cute spiny mammal, this solid ball of spikes - might it be a metaphor for the cruel individualism of contemporary urban life? Ugh. Well, no. You really don't want to know, not really. Trust me. I myself regret finding out. But whether you like it or not, you WILL understand what the cover's all about a few pages into the book!)
The book's totally hardcore; gory, shocking, and certainly not for the sensitive. These people are perverts. Even their perversions have perversions. And no, the book carries absolutely no deep ethical meaning. It's just fun - extreme horror fun, mind.
(So why the hedgehog on the cover? This cute spiny mammal, this solid ball of spikes - might it be a metaphor for the cruel individualism of contemporary urban life? Ugh. Well, no. You really don't want to know, not really. Trust me. I myself regret finding out. But whether you like it or not, you WILL understand what the cover's all about a few pages into the book!)
June 16, 2025
Another winner from Kelvin V A Allison - author
Here we have the family from Vigo, Jotun invites 3 homeless people to his manor for a games night under the pretence that they will win lots of money, little do they know it’s a games night with a different set of rules…
As usual brutal with lots of trigger warnings!
Here we have the family from Vigo, Jotun invites 3 homeless people to his manor for a games night under the pretence that they will win lots of money, little do they know it’s a games night with a different set of rules…
As usual brutal with lots of trigger warnings!
June 14, 2025
If you think things can’t get any worse, you clearly haven’t read Prickles yet 😱
The prequel to the depravity that is Vigo introduces us to (Prickles) and his friends. Down and out and down on luck, a game or two with weirdos even weirder than you, with a cash prize that you can only dream of comes your way. What could possibly go wrong?!?
If you like small prickly mammals (in the cutesy way, not in the same warped way as Prickles!) you might want to give this a miss. Just saying!
The prequel to the depravity that is Vigo introduces us to (Prickles) and his friends. Down and out and down on luck, a game or two with weirdos even weirder than you, with a cash prize that you can only dream of comes your way. What could possibly go wrong?!?
If you like small prickly mammals (in the cutesy way, not in the same warped way as Prickles!) you might want to give this a miss. Just saying!
June 28, 2025
Prickles is the prequel to Vigo, and if you thought that one was sick, get a vomit bag ready for Prickles!
It body slams you right from the start and doesn’t let up until the very last words.
Ronathan, known as Prickles to his friends, (hoo boy when you find out why, it’s truly twisted) is offered the deal of a lifetime. All he and his friends have to do is be taken to Uncle-Daddy Jotun’s manor and play some fun games.
Kelvin’s latest story turned my stomach as I turned the pages. Don’t miss this one!
It body slams you right from the start and doesn’t let up until the very last words.
Ronathan, known as Prickles to his friends, (hoo boy when you find out why, it’s truly twisted) is offered the deal of a lifetime. All he and his friends have to do is be taken to Uncle-Daddy Jotun’s manor and play some fun games.
Kelvin’s latest story turned my stomach as I turned the pages. Don’t miss this one!
June 15, 2025
Prickles
Let me tell you, when Kelvin inboxed me asking if I’d like to arc read again for him I could have died on the spot. This man’s work has me feeling like I should be either puking or scrubbing my brain with bleach but either way Its bloody brilliant & I absolutely love it 🤣👌🏻
I knew what I was getting myself into, it’s the prequel to Vigo…Vigo was disgustingly filthy…so why was I still in shock, mouth dropped open & the nervous laugh came out after the third page 🦔😮😂
That aside the brutality came fast, my god squid games has nothing on this 🫣 Think a real life snakes and ladders but make it laced with chainsaws down each slide.…brutal!!
This was a 5 ⭐, devoured it within a couple of hours of getting it brilliant read. I could read a full series just on these games alone! Thank you so much for sending me an ARC. This is another il be purchasing in paperback once released on the 1st July 👏🏼🤎
Check your triggers!!
Let me tell you, when Kelvin inboxed me asking if I’d like to arc read again for him I could have died on the spot. This man’s work has me feeling like I should be either puking or scrubbing my brain with bleach but either way Its bloody brilliant & I absolutely love it 🤣👌🏻
I knew what I was getting myself into, it’s the prequel to Vigo…Vigo was disgustingly filthy…so why was I still in shock, mouth dropped open & the nervous laugh came out after the third page 🦔😮😂
That aside the brutality came fast, my god squid games has nothing on this 🫣 Think a real life snakes and ladders but make it laced with chainsaws down each slide.…brutal!!
This was a 5 ⭐, devoured it within a couple of hours of getting it brilliant read. I could read a full series just on these games alone! Thank you so much for sending me an ARC. This is another il be purchasing in paperback once released on the 1st July 👏🏼🤎
Check your triggers!!
June 30, 2025
"Vigo" was my introduction to Kelvin V.A. Allison's work, and I remember how I was feeling while reading that and everything I said after that. You would think I've learned my lesson, but noooo.. I now have to say, "Please, Sir, I need it." 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 for every book that he will release. That's how I ended up in this mess.
In PRICKLES, we meet a trio of homeless people who are invited into the soon-to-be infamous Johannsen Manor by none other than Jotus Johannsen himself, so that they can play games all night long for a chance to win lots of money that the winner can use to turn his/her life around. Now, if you haven't read "Vigo" yet, you might say, "I see no problem!" or "That sounds fun." to which I will say, "Oh, my sweet summer child.." like a toothless, wise hag.. because apparently reading these two books taught me a lot about life and made me age 70 years, just like that.
In case you have read "Vigo" first and you are now wandering down this path littered with dead animals, broken bottles, discarded hypodermic needles, and unsuspecting hedgehogs, because you want more, I beg you to re-consider. You still have time to turn around. Protect the last bit of sanity you have left. Or not. Do what you want; I am not your mother.
This trainwreck will be birthed into the world on July 1st. Do you trust me? Okay, good.. Now close your eyes.. then hold out your hand.. wait for it.. It's close. It's coming.. Oh God it's comingggg
In PRICKLES, we meet a trio of homeless people who are invited into the soon-to-be infamous Johannsen Manor by none other than Jotus Johannsen himself, so that they can play games all night long for a chance to win lots of money that the winner can use to turn his/her life around. Now, if you haven't read "Vigo" yet, you might say, "I see no problem!" or "That sounds fun." to which I will say, "Oh, my sweet summer child.." like a toothless, wise hag.. because apparently reading these two books taught me a lot about life and made me age 70 years, just like that.
In case you have read "Vigo" first and you are now wandering down this path littered with dead animals, broken bottles, discarded hypodermic needles, and unsuspecting hedgehogs, because you want more, I beg you to re-consider. You still have time to turn around. Protect the last bit of sanity you have left. Or not. Do what you want; I am not your mother.
This trainwreck will be birthed into the world on July 1st. Do you trust me? Okay, good.. Now close your eyes.. then hold out your hand.. wait for it.. It's close. It's coming.. Oh God it's comingggg
June 29, 2025
Prickles is probably one of the worst books that this author has written. No, it's not bad at all, the writing is as brilliant and evoking as his other books. By worst I mean it's one of the most visceral stories he's ever written. Prickles is one of those characters that stick long after you've finished reading.
This was a prequel to the author's book Vigo, which came out earlier this month. Prickles touches on the brutality and insanity of the Johannsen family and how they built their empire of pain.
Prickles had a unique fetish, and Jotun, the head of the Johannsen family, used that fetish to reel him in. What ensued was bloodshed and chaos, and the rest is history.
This was a short read but it wasn't sweet at all, and like Kelvin's other books, it's full of gore and guts. Highly recommended for seasoned splatterpunk readers, but if you're new to the genre, I suggest that you check your triggers.
This was a prequel to the author's book Vigo, which came out earlier this month. Prickles touches on the brutality and insanity of the Johannsen family and how they built their empire of pain.
Prickles had a unique fetish, and Jotun, the head of the Johannsen family, used that fetish to reel him in. What ensued was bloodshed and chaos, and the rest is history.
This was a short read but it wasn't sweet at all, and like Kelvin's other books, it's full of gore and guts. Highly recommended for seasoned splatterpunk readers, but if you're new to the genre, I suggest that you check your triggers.
October 27, 2025
Ronathan aka prickles is the scum of the earth with his friends chilli and Mr Tickler. All have their filthy quirks. You find out what prickles is within the first 2 pages 🤮 here we watch their journeys due to being picked up and offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to win £50k. Who could refuse when they are the bottom feeders of the food chain?
Jesus Christ this was gross. Not me thinking I’m reading an intro to porn hub to be MASSIVELY mistaken. I loved the games they played and was thoroughly happy with the ending also. However sometimes things do seem too good to be true and this is the perfect example of that! Vile in endless supplies but with a very good storyline. Revisiting characters from Vigo was an absolute delight. Hope there is more to come from this world!
Jesus Christ this was gross. Not me thinking I’m reading an intro to porn hub to be MASSIVELY mistaken. I loved the games they played and was thoroughly happy with the ending also. However sometimes things do seem too good to be true and this is the perfect example of that! Vile in endless supplies but with a very good storyline. Revisiting characters from Vigo was an absolute delight. Hope there is more to come from this world!
June 14, 2025
Prickles by Kelvin V A Allison - author.
In this wonderful prequel to Vigo, we are introduced to three revolting characters, exhibiting vile sexual practices. Prickles has an extreme and unusual kink, Chilli is a washed up whore, and Mr Tickles has an unhealthy interest in young children.
Found in mid action with a dead dog, they are taken to Jotuns mysterious home, on the premise of winning a large amount of money.
The catch is they have to finish first in a series of the most revolting games the mind could imagine.
Stomach churning throughout, and an introduction to Vigo and his siblings. More of this revolting family please 😁
In this wonderful prequel to Vigo, we are introduced to three revolting characters, exhibiting vile sexual practices. Prickles has an extreme and unusual kink, Chilli is a washed up whore, and Mr Tickles has an unhealthy interest in young children.
Found in mid action with a dead dog, they are taken to Jotuns mysterious home, on the premise of winning a large amount of money.
The catch is they have to finish first in a series of the most revolting games the mind could imagine.
Stomach churning throughout, and an introduction to Vigo and his siblings. More of this revolting family please 😁
June 14, 2025
Ronathon and his friends are depraved, dastardly dregs of society. They get offered the opportunity to better their lives and get big Moola!!!!
The trio are joined by another competitor all they have to do is play a few games, easy right?!
Kelvin has a habit of making us feel empathetic towards his characters, Ronathon is no exception. Such an enjoyable story.
This story has pretty much ALL the triggers to varying degrees.
If you loved the Gomorrah series and Vigo, you will love this!!
definitely a 5/5 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
The trio are joined by another competitor all they have to do is play a few games, easy right?!
Kelvin has a habit of making us feel empathetic towards his characters, Ronathon is no exception. Such an enjoyable story.
This story has pretty much ALL the triggers to varying degrees.
If you loved the Gomorrah series and Vigo, you will love this!!
definitely a 5/5 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
June 17, 2025
The opening scene really sets you up for the rest of the book and it just gets more depraved and sickening from there!
Some of the descriptions had my gag reflex flexing but I just couldn't seem to look away.
With the promise of a big money payout 3 p€rv€rted down and outs take up the offer of a 'games night'.
Little did they realise that the games night was under the control of Jotun Johansen (from Vigo), who is also perverted but mega rich.
The games were horrifyingly real and made squid games look like a kids tea party!
Some of the descriptions had my gag reflex flexing but I just couldn't seem to look away.
With the promise of a big money payout 3 p€rv€rted down and outs take up the offer of a 'games night'.
Little did they realise that the games night was under the control of Jotun Johansen (from Vigo), who is also perverted but mega rich.
The games were horrifyingly real and made squid games look like a kids tea party!
June 20, 2025
Vigo and his siblings are messed up, but now we learn why; turns out their Dad is sick, twisted, and insanely rich.
Ronathan and his two equally awful companions are picked up by Jotun with the promise of a cash prize if they play his games. Unsurprisingly, his games aren’t as simple as they sound, and it quickly descends into a gross blood bath.
This is an absolute wild ride from start to finish! Vigo was a completely grotesque book and I wondered what a prequel would look like, turns out it’s just as gross!
*I was kindly gifted an ARC from the author*
Ronathan and his two equally awful companions are picked up by Jotun with the promise of a cash prize if they play his games. Unsurprisingly, his games aren’t as simple as they sound, and it quickly descends into a gross blood bath.
This is an absolute wild ride from start to finish! Vigo was a completely grotesque book and I wondered what a prequel would look like, turns out it’s just as gross!
*I was kindly gifted an ARC from the author*
July 2, 2025
Started this tale and as with all of this author’s work was gripped until the end, which seems to end at a point that leaves me somewhat bereft and yearning for more of the same.
I have to admit that I was never really an afficionado of his genre but once having experienced it you kind of get addicted to his style of writing. Looking forward to his next offering.
I have to admit that I was never really an afficionado of his genre but once having experienced it you kind of get addicted to his style of writing. Looking forward to his next offering.
June 26, 2025
This prequel to Vigo ups the ante and it's even better. The violence is ramped up. The gross out factor is even more vomit inducing. The story and setup is even more exciting. A quick, easy, and brutally disgusting read. Instead of starts, I rate it 5 air sick bags.
June 14, 2025
Ah man. I thought I knew my limits. This hit rock bottom then took the elevator three floors lower. New triggers found
June 17, 2025
Absolutely loved this prequel to the equally disgusting VIGO
We learn more of the vile families history and meet some new characters. Definitely check this out if you have the stomach for it.
We learn more of the vile families history and meet some new characters. Definitely check this out if you have the stomach for it.
June 20, 2025
This was an amazing prequel to Vigo. Jotun and his family put random homeless people to the test for a big reward. unfortunately the games are sickening!!! leave it to Kelvin to always make me gag!
July 17, 2025
I’ll never look at a porcupine or milk the same again
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