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Necrosaurus Rex
Necrosaurus Rex tells the tale of Martin, a simple janitor, who takes an unfortunate trip through time, becomes a violent mutant, and the father of us all. There’s 14 billion years crushed inside these pages, and most of them are pretty nasty.
This book is a jet black rumination on the concept of miracles and the creation of the universe, a narrative whose lineage exists somewhere between Moravagine, Maldoror, and David Copperfield.
Genesis, the Crucifixion, and Revelations reimagined as a transgressive nightmare.
This is Necrosaurus Rex.
This book is a jet black rumination on the concept of miracles and the creation of the universe, a narrative whose lineage exists somewhere between Moravagine, Maldoror, and David Copperfield.
Genesis, the Crucifixion, and Revelations reimagined as a transgressive nightmare.
This is Necrosaurus Rex.
- GenresHorrorBizarro Fiction
80 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 12, 2014
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160 people want to read
About the author
Nicholas Day
37 books50 followersNicholas Day is an award-nominated author who writes predominantly within the horror, science fiction, and crime genres.
Currently, he co-owns Rooster Republic Press and Strangehouse Books with fellow writer Don Noble. In addition to this, the duo handle acquisitions and oversee production for Bizarro Pulp Press, an imprint of JournalStone.
Currently, he co-owns Rooster Republic Press and Strangehouse Books with fellow writer Don Noble. In addition to this, the duo handle acquisitions and oversee production for Bizarro Pulp Press, an imprint of JournalStone.
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July 20, 2019
There is alot to absorb in this short book, both cerebrally and through the cells of your stomach, if you can handle it. The effects of time travel, being and nothingness, creation and destruction, and the manipulation and torture of meat are matters to be pondered. You may throw up a little in your mouth, but I promise you won't be bored. The cover art is perfect.
October 24, 2019
I devoured this book last night before bed. Then, I was up at 3 am ruminating on what I had read; scenes on a loop running through my head. There's no traditional way for me to review, Necrosaurus Rex. I can't lean on my casual standby methods. This is one of those books that perhaps should come with a sticker that seals the book closed. On the sticker, it could read "Open at your own risk--you can't unsee these things and you won't be able to stop yourself from reading so if you break this seal, just know that this was a choice you made and neither Sadie Hartmann's review nor Nicholas Day the author is responsible for what you're about to read."
It's a warning message Nicholas Day himself wrote in my copy.
"I apologize in advance for this..."
Which is basically a very thinly veiled DARE, is it not? You can't warn a horror fiction fan...you can't suggest that something is too scary or too visceral or too disturbing, can you?
No.
So I'm going to plainly explain that there is something horribly wrong with this story. It's messed up. There are scenes in here that are repulsive and graphic--hard to stomach.
And at the same damn time, I caught myself smiling. Laughing inappropriately. Giggling at cleverly written dialog or the author's carefully chosen details. Day can write a scene, man. I'm telling you all this right here and now, the scary thing about Nick Day is that his writing is so magnetic and so provocative, he could literally write ANYTHING, and you will not stop reading it. You will not look away or skim past and that is powerful. He has a gift that he could wield in the worst possible ways (and probably does, if I'm honest)
and I'm just sitting here, a junkie for it.
I'll read it.
I'll risk a bit of my sanity for it.
It's why I'm here--because I don't want basic horror tropes, I want something new, lustrous, and memorable. This is what Nick Day offers you. So don't read this book unless you're down for whatever. Because this one is...
...a nasty one.
I guess I could throw you a bone, a little glimpse into what transpired in this tale. Basically, you have this person who was conceived during heinous acts of violence against a woman. Atrocious.
He grows up and he's adopted and he's off. He's just...off.
And like that little picture book for toddlers called, ARE YOU, MY MOTHER? This man is looking for love. Motherly love.
He's unloveable. He's horribly abused and mistreated.
Then he meets these scientists (which is hilarious)
and things go off the rails. Like bat-shit crazy off the rails.
I just don't even need to explain any further because you either will or you won't.
I did. And I enjoyed it.
It's a warning message Nicholas Day himself wrote in my copy.
"I apologize in advance for this..."
Which is basically a very thinly veiled DARE, is it not? You can't warn a horror fiction fan...you can't suggest that something is too scary or too visceral or too disturbing, can you?
No.
So I'm going to plainly explain that there is something horribly wrong with this story. It's messed up. There are scenes in here that are repulsive and graphic--hard to stomach.
And at the same damn time, I caught myself smiling. Laughing inappropriately. Giggling at cleverly written dialog or the author's carefully chosen details. Day can write a scene, man. I'm telling you all this right here and now, the scary thing about Nick Day is that his writing is so magnetic and so provocative, he could literally write ANYTHING, and you will not stop reading it. You will not look away or skim past and that is powerful. He has a gift that he could wield in the worst possible ways (and probably does, if I'm honest)
and I'm just sitting here, a junkie for it.
I'll read it.
I'll risk a bit of my sanity for it.
It's why I'm here--because I don't want basic horror tropes, I want something new, lustrous, and memorable. This is what Nick Day offers you. So don't read this book unless you're down for whatever. Because this one is...
...a nasty one.
I guess I could throw you a bone, a little glimpse into what transpired in this tale. Basically, you have this person who was conceived during heinous acts of violence against a woman. Atrocious.
He grows up and he's adopted and he's off. He's just...off.
And like that little picture book for toddlers called, ARE YOU, MY MOTHER? This man is looking for love. Motherly love.
He's unloveable. He's horribly abused and mistreated.
Then he meets these scientists (which is hilarious)
and things go off the rails. Like bat-shit crazy off the rails.
I just don't even need to explain any further because you either will or you won't.
I did. And I enjoyed it.
July 14, 2018
This novelette goes darker, weirder, bigger, and deeper than I would’ve assumed. There’s a whole lotta WTFery going on in here.
October 16, 2017
An insanely f**ked novella, delivered in an even more disturbingly measured tone!
Listen to my interview with the author here:
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Listen to my interview with the author here:
https://soundcloud.com/losingtheplotp...
February 24, 2016
A little disturbing. A little hilarious. A lot weird. I had a hard time relating to the protagonist, but I've never been turned into a dinosaur. And if I could be a dinosaur, it definitely wouldn't be a T-Rex, because I think the T-Rex is kind of a dick.
This is the first bizarro book I've read that had such a drastic range of tone. The book has a lot of super dark themes like rape and brutal violence, but in between that stuff you'll find funny dialogue and pure slapstick behavior among the characters. Kind of an emotional roller coaster, and a challenge for me to figure out what to make of it. So for laying a challenge out before me, I grant this book four stars. If it had been Necrosauras Bronto, I might have given it five.
This is the first bizarro book I've read that had such a drastic range of tone. The book has a lot of super dark themes like rape and brutal violence, but in between that stuff you'll find funny dialogue and pure slapstick behavior among the characters. Kind of an emotional roller coaster, and a challenge for me to figure out what to make of it. So for laying a challenge out before me, I grant this book four stars. If it had been Necrosauras Bronto, I might have given it five.
June 20, 2019
Short, powerful story. I wish I had the words to describe how much I enjoyed this one. Easily read in a single sitting, and sure to be revisited at some point when I've collected all the pieces of my brain that just fucking exploded.
September 12, 2015
I'm not going to lie, there are a couple clichés to that story, notably the use of a victim protagonist who lets other people bully him, but since the authorhas a sense of humor about it and the story keeps moving fast (thanks to a cleverly fragmented narrative), I didn't care all that much. NECROSAURUS REX is, as the title subject, absolutely crazy and doesn't wear out its welcome.
If you've ever wondered how messed up reality can become when the irresponsible drunks open up the gates of time-space, you ought to give this bad boy a try. NECROSAURUS REX is more of a thought than a journey, but it is a pleasant one.
If you've ever wondered how messed up reality can become when the irresponsible drunks open up the gates of time-space, you ought to give this bad boy a try. NECROSAURUS REX is more of a thought than a journey, but it is a pleasant one.
October 24, 2019
What a crazy fucking ride this book was. Shocking, hilarious, nauseating... I couldn’t put it down. This pushed into that realm of anything can happen crazy ass insanity that I love. Looking forward to more!
March 16, 2020
Nothing personal, but I'm just going to eat your tongue - and maybe the rest of you. Thank you for your service.
I think I'm going to have to go to confession and be blessed by the pope after reading this. You'll need an iron constitution and a lot of rumination to get through this little novella. Questions will be raised about creation, The Big Bang, time travel and certainly ethics. You may ask yourself several times, “Do I keep reading this or quit now?” While it will never reach the classic status of A Clockwork Orange, it has a similar vein of violence and complexity.
You know how, you go to a gallery of modern art and see an abstract painting that seems to make no sense (perhaps many of them)? Then, 30 minutes later while driving home, you think, “Ahh! I get it now”. That's this book. Except you may still be contemplating its meaning for more than 30 minutes.
I've read a few books from the Bizarro genre before, and after each one, vowed never to read another. Yet, here I am reviewing another one. This time, despite the stomach churning gore and shock scenes, I'm intrigued. Put aside the disgusting bits, and you'll find yourself thinking about the story for some time. How could such a short book be so... so... concentrated? One thing is for sure – this won't be a book I'll forget any time soon.
I think I'm going to have to go to confession and be blessed by the pope after reading this. You'll need an iron constitution and a lot of rumination to get through this little novella. Questions will be raised about creation, The Big Bang, time travel and certainly ethics. You may ask yourself several times, “Do I keep reading this or quit now?” While it will never reach the classic status of A Clockwork Orange, it has a similar vein of violence and complexity.
You know how, you go to a gallery of modern art and see an abstract painting that seems to make no sense (perhaps many of them)? Then, 30 minutes later while driving home, you think, “Ahh! I get it now”. That's this book. Except you may still be contemplating its meaning for more than 30 minutes.
I've read a few books from the Bizarro genre before, and after each one, vowed never to read another. Yet, here I am reviewing another one. This time, despite the stomach churning gore and shock scenes, I'm intrigued. Put aside the disgusting bits, and you'll find yourself thinking about the story for some time. How could such a short book be so... so... concentrated? One thing is for sure – this won't be a book I'll forget any time soon.
December 13, 2021
If you’re looking for a WTF kinda book & can handle some very uncomfortable and graphic scenes then this is for you.
May 20, 2016
Necrosaurus Rex tells the tale of Martin, a simple janitor, who takes an unfortunate trip through time, becomes a violent mutant, and the father of us all. There's 14 billion years crushed inside these pages, and most of them are pretty nasty. This book is a jet black rumination on the concept of miracles and the creation of the universe, a narrative whose lineage exists somewhere between Moravagine, Maldoror, and David Copperfield. Genesis, the Crucifixion, and Revelations reimagined as a transgressive nightmare. This is Necrosaurus Rex.
August 18, 2022
time to shower in holy water yet again
October 30, 2019
If you read the synopsis, you may be thinking "what the f...?". But I'll tell you, nobody can pull off a story like this like Nicholas Day can. Often brutal, sometimes gory, it is VERY entertaining and original. This isn't a cosy mystery or run-of-the-mill horror story; it is challenging and thought-provoking and great fun from beginning to end. Perhaps not as palatable as his short story collections, or as poetic as his next novella or debut novel, this is still the work of a genius storyteller who isn't afraid to push boundaries and transcend genres. Nicholas Day at his most raw and unleashed is still much more rewarding and entertaining than 99.9% of the stuff being churned out by the so-called big publishers.
May 10, 2017
Nothing can prepare you for the evil brilliance of this book. There is nothing I can say, nor should I say anything. The best way to approach this book is knowing nothing about it at all. Just know that it will make you feel dirty, and it will make you laugh. You may even have a new way of looking at existence. There are two halves to this book. When I started in on the second half, I had my doubts, but it all worked out perfectly. If you have a nasty sense of humor and even a minuscule understanding of the world, you will love this book.
October 8, 2017
With the impending robot invasion a decade or so away, this book is very relevant about the dangers of advanced technology.
When a pair of scientists haphazardly allow a janitor to use there time machine a wicked tale is born. The writing really propels this short blast of bizarro fiction. I found myself re-reading many different paragraphs to really digest and appreicate it all. A great read.
When a pair of scientists haphazardly allow a janitor to use there time machine a wicked tale is born. The writing really propels this short blast of bizarro fiction. I found myself re-reading many different paragraphs to really digest and appreicate it all. A great read.
June 25, 2019
If you want a book that makes you think “whaaaaaat the fuck”... ‘‘this is it haha.
Bizarro isn’t entirely my thing but I gave this a shot and it wasn’t terrible. And made me laugh in a scared kind of way haha. It kind of made my brain hurt and think I might need to start taking acid but. Again, it wasn’t terrible
Bizarro isn’t entirely my thing but I gave this a shot and it wasn’t terrible. And made me laugh in a scared kind of way haha. It kind of made my brain hurt and think I might need to start taking acid but. Again, it wasn’t terrible
October 21, 2019
It's a little disturbing. You have to have a stomach to read this book. It was a short read.
July 26, 2015
Fourteen billion years in 64 pages. The history of everything that ever was, ever is and ever will be since before time. As told through the story of a stuttering janitor, a man conceived and transformed through acts of pure evil, a time-traveling anthropomorphised dinosaur that is the root of all matter and time.
Necrosaurus Rex is a story where every explosion of intimacy, no matter how small or large, is the universe trying to recapture the thrill of the Big Bang. It’s as though the universe is a junky for creation and every physical act of love is its way of searching for a fix, one that will never recreate the high of that first time.
With all of the high-minded ideas it’s easy to forget that this is also a pulp novel with great action and greater characters. When our protagonist, Martin, is presented with the idea of time travel he is immediately interested. He has lived most of his life in his own head, where Jurassic Park is the ideal world, and he wants to see the dinosaurs. He does and it doesn’t go well. The reader learns never to mess with time travel and, maybe more importantly, never to mess with somebody with a time machine.
The amazing thing is that it’s all there. All of time, history, creation, physics, everything, and it makes sense. The whole story is there, from the macro of the Big Bang to the micro of our protagonist’s conception, and it really makes sense. There is not a misplaced word in all of the book, everything is working together to tell this story. As long as a reader goes in with an open mind and a tolerance for the absolutely disgusting and the absolutely beautiful, Necrosaurus Rex delivers. With more content and character than a thousand pages of your average book author Nicholas Day has achieved something amazing, something you have to experience to understand.
Necrosaurus Rex is a story where every explosion of intimacy, no matter how small or large, is the universe trying to recapture the thrill of the Big Bang. It’s as though the universe is a junky for creation and every physical act of love is its way of searching for a fix, one that will never recreate the high of that first time.
With all of the high-minded ideas it’s easy to forget that this is also a pulp novel with great action and greater characters. When our protagonist, Martin, is presented with the idea of time travel he is immediately interested. He has lived most of his life in his own head, where Jurassic Park is the ideal world, and he wants to see the dinosaurs. He does and it doesn’t go well. The reader learns never to mess with time travel and, maybe more importantly, never to mess with somebody with a time machine.
The amazing thing is that it’s all there. All of time, history, creation, physics, everything, and it makes sense. The whole story is there, from the macro of the Big Bang to the micro of our protagonist’s conception, and it really makes sense. There is not a misplaced word in all of the book, everything is working together to tell this story. As long as a reader goes in with an open mind and a tolerance for the absolutely disgusting and the absolutely beautiful, Necrosaurus Rex delivers. With more content and character than a thousand pages of your average book author Nicholas Day has achieved something amazing, something you have to experience to understand.
June 15, 2016
This book is uncomfortably messed up, especially at the beginning. I had a visibly disgusted look on my face for a good portion of this book. And yet I kept reading.
I really like where this book went. If you ignore all the upsetting moments, the bare bones of the plot is a lot more alluring and mind-warping. Martin gets I know, right. It's insane.
It's short and sweet, so I powered through in a day no problem. I'll definitely return to Bizarro, but I'll need a break in between.
I really like where this book went. If you ignore all the upsetting moments, the bare bones of the plot is a lot more alluring and mind-warping. Martin gets I know, right. It's insane.
It's short and sweet, so I powered through in a day no problem. I'll definitely return to Bizarro, but I'll need a break in between.
September 17, 2015
Miraculously messed up in the best ways both imaginable and unimaginable, Necrosaurus Rex is a glorious, gory exploration of what lies at the heart of this absurd universe we call home.
Pulling no punches, Day spins a sparse yet spectacular tale of biblical proportions about the birth and death of our very reality, and the simple, messianic Jurassic Park fan who started it all.
Be sure to check this one out, for Necrosaurus Rex is risen.
Pulling no punches, Day spins a sparse yet spectacular tale of biblical proportions about the birth and death of our very reality, and the simple, messianic Jurassic Park fan who started it all.
Be sure to check this one out, for Necrosaurus Rex is risen.
January 26, 2015
I picked up this book knowing the author and expecting weird, and what I got was so much more. Definitely a new, warped, gruesome perspective on how the universe was born. The writing captured my attention until the end and left me wanting more from the author. As a horror, gore, fantasy fan, I felt this story had just the right amount of it all.
January 28, 2022
Lyrical, dreamlike, disgusting, nightmarish, and above all thought-provoking.
Nicholas Day has supplied us with a fast, bittersweet knife to the heart. Yearning, longing, and lust collide with ugliness, depravity, and destruction.
This is one big bang theory that will settle under your skin like a strip of oil-coated sandpaper and stay there long after your death.
Nicholas Day has supplied us with a fast, bittersweet knife to the heart. Yearning, longing, and lust collide with ugliness, depravity, and destruction.
This is one big bang theory that will settle under your skin like a strip of oil-coated sandpaper and stay there long after your death.
April 2, 2015
Review coming soon yo!
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