Disintegral

by Kyle Styron

Jed Haele is a sexy writer of gory and bizarre fiction with a loyal following of readers who crave his schlock. He has completed two novels and is desperately seeking a compelling new subject for his third. When he meets the entertainingly insane Shane Lasch, Jed feels he has found an inspiring subject for his new book. Shane becomes convinced that Jed is an unconscious telepathic “Destroyer,” who spontaneously triggers violence in strangers. As Jed exploits Shane for material and confronts these allegations, he slowly realizes that Shane may be a threat. The truth behind this paranoia exposes a supernatural mystery, as Jed tries to navigate beyond his unethical choices and their consequences.

172 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2014

Reviews

[Brian Alessandro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Styron manages to tell a bizarre, daring, and engaging story about remote, debased, and thoroughly predatory cosmopolitans with an assured precision uncommon to new writers. This electrifying epistolary troubles and titillates with playfully unreliable narration. Styron's work offers a queasy, arresting blend of Bret Easton Ellis, David Cronenberg, and Greg Araki--gorgeous sociopaths, grotesque and absurd body horror, and end-times irreverence abound. The novel works assiduously to say something trenchant about the isolation, rage, and indifference endemic in our cool contemporary culture. Imaginative. Visceral. Disturbing. Oh yeah, and a great deal of swift, perverted fun, too!

[Mys Sin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was written in the style of journal entries which just doesn't appeal to me. Hence the 2 star rating.