The Sequel: Straight 2 Video

Straight to Video #2

by Kent Hill (Editor), Donald Armfield, Kevin Candela

Back in Hollywood's long past, great works of fiction would inspire studios to make cinematic adaptations of novels like Gone With The Wind, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and even sci-fi outings like W.J. Stuart's Forbidden Planet. Today it seems the worm has turned, setting free a group of fledgling authors to pen a fun group of short stories inspired by some of their favorite action filled B-Movies. You currently hold in your hand the fruits of their labor. I suggest you close the window against the thunder and rain, stoke up the fireplace and then settle into your easy chair to begin the ride of your life.
From the twisted imaginings of Kevin Candela, Algol Von Loki, Chris Kelso, Dona Fox, Matthew Vaughn, Neil Sanzari, D.F.Noble, Terry M. West, Donald Armfield, Kent Hill, Chad Lutzke, Nicholas Day, John Bruni, Michael Kanuckel, M.A. Carson, and Buck Lightningfist

Genres: Horror, Humor

254 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 16, 2015

About the author

KENT HILL is the “new”, thinking-man’s Jean Claude Van Damme. He has been known to fight in desperate battles against impossible odds against hordes of imaginary foes. He has been known to volunteer for suicide missions, and has been witnessed shooting fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse. He is the author of Alien Smut Peddlers from the Future (StrangeHouse Books), DeathMaster: Adventures in the 39th Uncharted Dimension, The Last Barbarian (with Craig Mullins), Necropolis Tryst, Zombie Park, Retirement Village of the Damned (all for Riot Forge), The Ballad of the Crying Clown in Floppy Shoes Apocalypse, Give me a home among the Zombies in Undead Legacy, The Ghost Mask in Doorway to Death, The Last of the Green Grass in Under the Bridge, Won’t you be my Neighbour in Suburban Secrets, The Day the Pizza Died in JEAPers Creepers, Hercules with a Shotgun in Straight to Video, Army of Dicks in The Sequel: Straight 2 Video, Old Dave dies at the End in Drowning in Gore, That Bastard Loner in Strange Dominion, Natural Born Clerks in MvF (all anthologies for J. Ellington Ashton Press), The Man in the Hand in Destroy All Robots, Sword Dude (both for Dynatox Ministries) Hercules with a Shotgun {Cinema of Awesomeness Series}, Those the Shadows Hide in Conquest of the Planet of the Tapes: Straight to Video III and Contains Crude Language (for KHP).
He lives on “The Downs” in Southern Queensland, Australia, with his wife and son.

Reviews

[John Bruni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great collection of stories inspired by the video stores of yore. Kent Hill does an excellent job yet again of pulling together great authors for such an anthology. My favorite story had to be "The Rose Man" by Terry M. West. That's an incredibly creepy story. I also enjoyed "Cell Phone Terror" by Matthew Vaughn, "Spoiling" by Nicholas Day and Kevin Candela's ongoing series, "Weedeaters." Highly recommended! Now to dig into CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE TAPES!