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Behead All Satans
Obsession. Aesthetics. Random knowledge. Self-referential and meta-textual techniques. Uncertainty of the modern age. Behead All Satans is a look inside the mind of a psychotic stalker with a cracking good sense of humor.
318 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2015
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June 8, 2021
The author is either an Iranian-American lesbian millennial or a white boomer male lawyer living in Kansas.
And that's a good thing.
And that's a good thing.
July 31, 2022
American Psycho: 4chan redux
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July 31, 2023An unreliable narrator vents his disgust for humanity while a loose plot starts to take shape before spiraling into full on paranoid ramblings. It's an ugly book that takes pride in its ugliness but somehow manages to be so unhinged I couldn't wait to read what else the author could come up with next. It's one of those books that is so thoroughly trying to be controversial you really do have to keep an eye on it for anyone that's a little *too* into it. But for any discerning adult with functioning brain cells, it's a bold piece of outsider or fringe art.
The narrator is the definition of unreliable, constantly lying or lying about lying about events he claims took place in this weird "this is how it happened but no wait in real life this is what is happening that was made up but it 100% happened" feedback loop. His diatribes about ultra violent acts of revenge reveal themselves to be sociopathic puff pieces or dream sequences lifted straight from American Psycho. The narrative structure itself warps out of form so the narrator can have a quick bout of lucidity before ridiculous allegations and wild claims steal back the spotlight. Obviously, this man is having a mental/physical collapse after a falling out with business/romantic partners, but the way he presents his side of the story with maliciousness skips petty and dives straight into pitifulness and still somehow manage to seem like an ok person (until you're thoroughly convinced that he is not) is an accomplishment.
I can easily recommend this to the literary thrill seekers out there because in the end it's all make believe, right. Right?
The narrator is the definition of unreliable, constantly lying or lying about lying about events he claims took place in this weird "this is how it happened but no wait in real life this is what is happening that was made up but it 100% happened" feedback loop. His diatribes about ultra violent acts of revenge reveal themselves to be sociopathic puff pieces or dream sequences lifted straight from American Psycho. The narrative structure itself warps out of form so the narrator can have a quick bout of lucidity before ridiculous allegations and wild claims steal back the spotlight. Obviously, this man is having a mental/physical collapse after a falling out with business/romantic partners, but the way he presents his side of the story with maliciousness skips petty and dives straight into pitifulness and still somehow manage to seem like an ok person (until you're thoroughly convinced that he is not) is an accomplishment.
I can easily recommend this to the literary thrill seekers out there because in the end it's all make believe, right. Right?
July 8, 2023
Would give this book zero stars if I could. The word choice and story felt like a 4chan user just read American Psycho and wanted to write something similar, but was trying too hard to be edgy. I couldn’t do more than a couple pages at a time due to cringing, so it took some time to get through.
Only plus are the drawings in the middle, which i was able to repurpose into a couple of personal art projects, as I couldn’t, in good conscious, take this “book” to half-priced and possibly subject someone else to it.
Only plus are the drawings in the middle, which i was able to repurpose into a couple of personal art projects, as I couldn’t, in good conscious, take this “book” to half-priced and possibly subject someone else to it.
August 10, 2025
"Reader, are you lost? I am confusing you? Does it sound like I'm making shit up as I go? They built that into the game, it's one of the brilliant side effects of acquiring fantastical knowledge. Whenever you try to explain this gak, you come off like a tinfoil whacko who forgot to take his medication."
A schizophrenic racist is talking, listen and learn. As many others have described it, Behead All Satans is American Psycho updated for 4chan. But our anonymous protagonist is less a 21st century Patrick Bateman than a terminally online Arthur Fleck. He is one of the many isolated, atomized individuals of our modern world, reduced to nihilism and misanthropy by the New World Order. Obsessively cyberstalking his ex, he becomes convinced that he himself is being gang stalked. Deranged fantasies of rape, torture, murder, and necrophilia preoccupy his thoughts as he awaits the coming apocalyptic "great upheaval." He starts out as a supremely unreliable narrator and as he descends into total psychosis it becomes impossible to discern reality. Do major plot points actually occur? As the saying goes on 4chan where this book is oft promoted, nothing ever happens.
A schizophrenic racist is talking, listen and learn. As many others have described it, Behead All Satans is American Psycho updated for 4chan. But our anonymous protagonist is less a 21st century Patrick Bateman than a terminally online Arthur Fleck. He is one of the many isolated, atomized individuals of our modern world, reduced to nihilism and misanthropy by the New World Order. Obsessively cyberstalking his ex, he becomes convinced that he himself is being gang stalked. Deranged fantasies of rape, torture, murder, and necrophilia preoccupy his thoughts as he awaits the coming apocalyptic "great upheaval." He starts out as a supremely unreliable narrator and as he descends into total psychosis it becomes impossible to discern reality. Do major plot points actually occur? As the saying goes on 4chan where this book is oft promoted, nothing ever happens.
January 5, 2021
Not gonna lie, I own this book and consider it one of the most important texts written in our day. It will be derided and laughed at until we're all dead, but this book is going to survive and be the textbook case study for the 21st century man like it or not. I love this book. I display it six inches from my Bible. It's the only book on my shelf that starts conversations. I can only hope that MNM-DR keeps writing and I die swiftly for writing an online book review
June 7, 2024
Erm...what the flip
August 22, 2025
Personal rating almost irrelevant.
HUGELY INFLUENTIAL and at multiple times BORDERLINE GENIUS.
HUGELY INFLUENTIAL and at multiple times BORDERLINE GENIUS.
April 11, 2025
Started on Sunday February 23rd 2025 and finished on Sunday March 2nd 2025
The diary entries of a stalker’s manifesto devolves into schizophrenic fantasy
He carries a determined universal hatred for all people
Succumbs to intrusive murderous thoughts and conceits for imagined worlds
Conspiratorial delusional thinking from the opening lines
He is voyeuristically observing a woman’s life through internet sleuthing
He becomes a vicarious passenger that can’t let go of her
Begins to believe the minutia in his life is a result of social engineering orchestrated by government agencies
The book is propelled by bold formal choices
Apocalyptic mass execution fantasies
Allusions to a final solution
Film industry/screenwriting dreams parallel these fantasies
Hilarious banger one liners that roll off the tongue like creative lightning bolts.
Limericks
Declarative font styling and placement
Incredibly detail oriented cataloguing of progress
Spans an enormous amount of time
Dated diary entries will go several days consecutively then jump ahead several months down the line to full years
Sections of straight prose
Addresses the reader and asks them how they are handling certain stylistic transitions
The book guides you through the creation of a kill list one person at a time
Spends enough time to establish reasoning in the narrative for the placement of each person on the list
Gigantic volcano sized descriptions of murder and chaos
Pre-George Floyd riots imagery
Insectoid transmogrification
Pregnancies, true love, excessive murder, rape, and torture all up for conjecture
Nearly 100 pages of uncomfortable drawings
Very meta boundary crossing as the author’s accountability comes into question
Big mindfuck type stuff
By making the author and the central character the same there is a blurring of form and reality so that the object feels more pure like an actual document with physical consequences
I feel like if there was a novel released by this author that wasn’t from this series it would be under a different pseudonym
Singular
Playful and impish
Without shame
Feel the anger steaming off the book
Dirt under the fingernails the literal manifestation of emotional shit in our lives
It’s about obsessive unrequited love
You know it’s actually just a really sweet romance
H8 Spree author King Cringe and I recorded an episode of Subversive Subversions where we discuss the book in detail and I summarize and expand on these thoughts
Listen to it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kingcri...
The diary entries of a stalker’s manifesto devolves into schizophrenic fantasy
He carries a determined universal hatred for all people
Succumbs to intrusive murderous thoughts and conceits for imagined worlds
Conspiratorial delusional thinking from the opening lines
He is voyeuristically observing a woman’s life through internet sleuthing
He becomes a vicarious passenger that can’t let go of her
Begins to believe the minutia in his life is a result of social engineering orchestrated by government agencies
The book is propelled by bold formal choices
Apocalyptic mass execution fantasies
Allusions to a final solution
Film industry/screenwriting dreams parallel these fantasies
Hilarious banger one liners that roll off the tongue like creative lightning bolts.
Limericks
Declarative font styling and placement
Incredibly detail oriented cataloguing of progress
Spans an enormous amount of time
Dated diary entries will go several days consecutively then jump ahead several months down the line to full years
Sections of straight prose
Addresses the reader and asks them how they are handling certain stylistic transitions
The book guides you through the creation of a kill list one person at a time
Spends enough time to establish reasoning in the narrative for the placement of each person on the list
Gigantic volcano sized descriptions of murder and chaos
Pre-George Floyd riots imagery
Insectoid transmogrification
Pregnancies, true love, excessive murder, rape, and torture all up for conjecture
Nearly 100 pages of uncomfortable drawings
Very meta boundary crossing as the author’s accountability comes into question
Big mindfuck type stuff
By making the author and the central character the same there is a blurring of form and reality so that the object feels more pure like an actual document with physical consequences
I feel like if there was a novel released by this author that wasn’t from this series it would be under a different pseudonym
Singular
Playful and impish
Without shame
Feel the anger steaming off the book
Dirt under the fingernails the literal manifestation of emotional shit in our lives
It’s about obsessive unrequited love
You know it’s actually just a really sweet romance
H8 Spree author King Cringe and I recorded an episode of Subversive Subversions where we discuss the book in detail and I summarize and expand on these thoughts
Listen to it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kingcri...
September 10, 2021
Completely unhinged. At times laugh out loud funny, other times cringe inducing. The author, Master Necro Mega-Damage Rapeface, is a man with vision. This book makes me want to take up serial murder as a new hobby. Despite his clear talent and great concept, it's still a dumb 4chan meme book, he says n****r and f****t so much the words lose all meaning. -2 stars for boring 2nd half and cringe throughout.
June 14, 2023
An important novel because it pushes boundaries that you won't see pushed anywhere else, executed at least semi-competently. I think it's better than semi-competent, it's full on competent and even good in many places, but I'm hedging. I just mean I think it deserves some recognition for at least going where other people aren't willing or able.
But let me put it this way: If you were to somehow arrive at this page and the choice of reading this book without being familiar with 4chan humour, you are going to get your ass rocked. The extremity of the language is beyond beyond overboard by the measure of any conventional reader.
He uses the N-word and the gay F-word A LOT, and gratuitously, and repetitively, intentionally, for effect. It touches on conspiracy theory and antigov themes that, in fairness, in some places come off as strident, as if he structured the novel as an excuse to include them. But it's all couched in irony, so it's OK, and good job man.
I liked the first half a lot more, but credit to the author, he comes around by the end and ties off loose ends. There is a sequel to this which I plan on reading.
But let me put it this way: If you were to somehow arrive at this page and the choice of reading this book without being familiar with 4chan humour, you are going to get your ass rocked. The extremity of the language is beyond beyond overboard by the measure of any conventional reader.
He uses the N-word and the gay F-word A LOT, and gratuitously, and repetitively, intentionally, for effect. It touches on conspiracy theory and antigov themes that, in fairness, in some places come off as strident, as if he structured the novel as an excuse to include them. But it's all couched in irony, so it's OK, and good job man.
I liked the first half a lot more, but credit to the author, he comes around by the end and ties off loose ends. There is a sequel to this which I plan on reading.
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June 8, 2024First of all, this book was so difficult to find. Almost lost media. Almost.
The narrator is a totally deranged misanthropic psychopath, and how he tells his story is interesting to say the least: He's unreliable, he lies, he talks about things that may or may not have happened, he frequently mentions rape, murder, and unspeakable acts of violence. He's a piece of shit, he knows it, and he's proud of it.
It may be an edgy book, but I can only wonder what motivates a person to write a book such as this one.
Recommended if you like books told from the point of view of a deranged/disturbed person.
The narrator is a totally deranged misanthropic psychopath, and how he tells his story is interesting to say the least: He's unreliable, he lies, he talks about things that may or may not have happened, he frequently mentions rape, murder, and unspeakable acts of violence. He's a piece of shit, he knows it, and he's proud of it.
It may be an edgy book, but I can only wonder what motivates a person to write a book such as this one.
Recommended if you like books told from the point of view of a deranged/disturbed person.
February 21, 2025
My favorite part was his disgust for his roomate, and when he leaves he smears his entire house with excrement he stored up before leaving and stealing the entire lackluster crop of weed they spent so long growing.
Struggled to get through this and I didn’t like it for the most part, but it definitely had a couple humorous narratives that I remember months after reading this.
Most of it is just totally paranoid, psycho slop. Actually kinda debating getting the sequel though, when I finished this I thought for sure I would never read another one of his books.
Struggled to get through this and I didn’t like it for the most part, but it definitely had a couple humorous narratives that I remember months after reading this.
Most of it is just totally paranoid, psycho slop. Actually kinda debating getting the sequel though, when I finished this I thought for sure I would never read another one of his books.
June 14, 2025
The protagonist realized that wasting his life stalking women, an ex, for years is fun but regrets never writing a screenplay about it, so he blames her for everything. And you have to wonder whether what the author really meant was that we have to allow ourselves a space online, in writing and art to go crazy sometimes, for the safety of society.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 18, 2023
3.6/5 but round up to 4
Reading this sort of emulates the feeling of schizophrenia and psychosis, especially near the end. If you can get over the crude humor and abundance of slurs, there is somewhat of a story in the middle of it all.
Reading this sort of emulates the feeling of schizophrenia and psychosis, especially near the end. If you can get over the crude humor and abundance of slurs, there is somewhat of a story in the middle of it all.
September 27, 2019
zheng hang might like it more
May 14, 2023
It had its moments; an interesting read nonetheless.
November 7, 2024
catcher in the rye for misogynistic 4chan losers
December 1, 2024
I'm a weird book lover, but what the fuck was that?
December 11, 2024
phenomenal and modern social critique
March 18, 2025
A 4 if it were shorter, really goes off the rails when Charlotte goes missing
April 30, 2025
Really really really fun to read
August 31, 2023
good drawings too long
March 11, 2022
Intentionally irritating and void of substance. Doodles were fun though. If you like reading about people's delusions and don't mind 4chan cringe, you'll probably enjoy this.
June 25, 2024
This book makes you want to change all your locks and keep a gun under your pillow. This book will make you less trusting of friends and strangers alike. Our protagonist is highly disturbed and unpredictable and so serves as a firm reminder that the justice system cannot protect you from someone who does not fear consequences. The ending drags on a hair too long.
December 28, 2023
Bunk. Crap. Hot garbage.
I gave this guy a shot since he (or a bot) spam posted the cover and title so often on /lit/, and it's just the kind of disappointing I expected. I wanted to at least give him chops for having published something, but I can't do that. He should have kept this in a random folder on his PC and not bothered. It's a waste of time, and not the good kind. He has an interesting indie writing style, but everything else falls flat, and he is unable to deliver past the shallow end.
The book is oversized (11"x8 3/4") as a style choice, and there are nearly a hundred pages of shitty simple-lined doodles in the middle that pad out 1/3 of the books length. I'm gonna read his sequel book to see if he improved or just copy-pasted the same thing. I decided against giving this a 1-star because it was at least readable.
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His books have been removed from everywhere on the internet, maybe because of the racial slurs, maybe because of some other reason, hard to say for sure. But the censorship is bullshit and I disagree with it, even if the book is crap. Author seems like he may be/used to be a genuine stalker.
I gave this guy a shot since he (or a bot) spam posted the cover and title so often on /lit/, and it's just the kind of disappointing I expected. I wanted to at least give him chops for having published something, but I can't do that. He should have kept this in a random folder on his PC and not bothered. It's a waste of time, and not the good kind. He has an interesting indie writing style, but everything else falls flat, and he is unable to deliver past the shallow end.
The book is oversized (11"x8 3/4") as a style choice, and there are nearly a hundred pages of shitty simple-lined doodles in the middle that pad out 1/3 of the books length. I'm gonna read his sequel book to see if he improved or just copy-pasted the same thing. I decided against giving this a 1-star because it was at least readable.
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His books have been removed from everywhere on the internet, maybe because of the racial slurs, maybe because of some other reason, hard to say for sure. But the censorship is bullshit and I disagree with it, even if the book is crap. Author seems like he may be/used to be a genuine stalker.
August 19, 2023
Just kind of boring. Plot and characters are not interesting, prose is pretty good though.
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