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ACID
ACID City was no place for fluffy kittens and puppy dogs. Easy cattle and all. It was the human equivalent of Hell.
Always dark, always raining… Light didn’t exist here. Well… unless one counted the light emitted by the vast city. Artificial… everything was.
ACID City was a dump. We, the scattered remains of after-shit stuck on its not-so-white porcelain-rim toilet. It was a Fallen City, one for criminals and lowlifes, the poorest of the poor. And assholes like me.
I ain’t no nice guy, and I’m definitely not the hero of this story… Heroes are wasted breaths of space; no one needs them in their life. I was one, a long time ago, when I used to be a soldier, friend, lover, husband… A father.
The first rule of ACID Avoid. Do not get involved in other people’s shit. People will screw you over, in any way they can. And enjoy it.
Lie. Everyone lies. There has not been hard, honest truth in this world for God knows how long. Except for one…
Fake it. No one is who they seem— not even ourselves. Your heart will trick you. Your feelings are a bunch of shit made up to make you believe you once were human… but there might as well not be any more humans left. The ones that are… just don’t have the humanity to give a shit.
I broke every one of my own rules.
And I hate him for it.
Always dark, always raining… Light didn’t exist here. Well… unless one counted the light emitted by the vast city. Artificial… everything was.
ACID City was a dump. We, the scattered remains of after-shit stuck on its not-so-white porcelain-rim toilet. It was a Fallen City, one for criminals and lowlifes, the poorest of the poor. And assholes like me.
I ain’t no nice guy, and I’m definitely not the hero of this story… Heroes are wasted breaths of space; no one needs them in their life. I was one, a long time ago, when I used to be a soldier, friend, lover, husband… A father.
The first rule of ACID Avoid. Do not get involved in other people’s shit. People will screw you over, in any way they can. And enjoy it.
Lie. Everyone lies. There has not been hard, honest truth in this world for God knows how long. Except for one…
Fake it. No one is who they seem— not even ourselves. Your heart will trick you. Your feelings are a bunch of shit made up to make you believe you once were human… but there might as well not be any more humans left. The ones that are… just don’t have the humanity to give a shit.
I broke every one of my own rules.
And I hate him for it.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 31, 2015
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About the author
Wulf Francú Godgluck
30 books308 followersThey come to me in the night, creeping into my head. Their voices are all different, their stories all dissimilar, but they keep saying the same thing...
“Show us, tell us to the world. Bring us into yours, and make us known.”
Then I sit and they take over. They tell their tales of love, loss and sinister misfortune, not all of them get a happy ending, but they are pleased when their part is written.
I sometimes find myself lost in my own mind; a world very similar to our own yet so different. Things don't go bump in the night—they squeal, and crawl under your skin, making you grind your teeth, and your stomach turn over and put your nerves on edge. Then there's the drama. Oh, the drama!
I write because I must! There is so much inside of me that needs to get out. So many stories to tell, characters that want to be heard, and hearts lost and won. Words and art are my way of bringing my world to others. I enjoy telling tales of the human condition but working in elements of the supernatural. Werewolves, Vampires, Zombies, Witches and the unexplainable all set against the human world or worlds of their own.
I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, grew up in a working class family and enjoy writing, cooking and spending my husband's money! Yeah I’m a cocky little brat too :) (and proud of it, spankings included.)
“Show us, tell us to the world. Bring us into yours, and make us known.”
Then I sit and they take over. They tell their tales of love, loss and sinister misfortune, not all of them get a happy ending, but they are pleased when their part is written.
I sometimes find myself lost in my own mind; a world very similar to our own yet so different. Things don't go bump in the night—they squeal, and crawl under your skin, making you grind your teeth, and your stomach turn over and put your nerves on edge. Then there's the drama. Oh, the drama!
I write because I must! There is so much inside of me that needs to get out. So many stories to tell, characters that want to be heard, and hearts lost and won. Words and art are my way of bringing my world to others. I enjoy telling tales of the human condition but working in elements of the supernatural. Werewolves, Vampires, Zombies, Witches and the unexplainable all set against the human world or worlds of their own.
I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, grew up in a working class family and enjoy writing, cooking and spending my husband's money! Yeah I’m a cocky little brat too :) (and proud of it, spankings included.)
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September 1, 2015
When I saw this story had been released today I let loose one of those Henry Rollins YYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahem, yeah, I've been waiting for this one. The prompt spoke sweet nothings to me and I've been meaning to rectify my not having read this author's work.
Let me just put this out there.
ACID IS HARD-FUCKING-CORE! I AM NOT KIDDING. THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE. IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH JUST PEACE OUT NOW.
p.s. THERE'S A CLIFFHANGER TOO.
I can take a lot but there were some moments when I was all...
It's gorier than a Tarantino flick off in here set in a futuristic dystopia wherein humans have been altered; their DNA blended with animals giving them fur and claws among other things. There have been several generations of altering all slightly modified to what end... I've no idea. What I can tell you is humans through this alteration process have become increasingly savage with little to no regard for life human or otherwise and somewhat cannabalistic. Making those conquered your slave to either fuck regularly (usually without the benefit of lube) and with an abundance of sounding, CBT, KNOTTING and a forced orgasm!!!!!!!!! (oops. I'm a perv. Ignore me.) or force bred or just to ripped apart for funnsies are all commonplace.
Not kidding. Cupcake wouldn't lie to yeeeeewwwwww.
The language is crude and vulgar, some of which I thought was authentic to the character and reminded me a lot of Deadwood. Sometimes, though, it felt like it overpowered the story, like I was swimming up stream trying to see beyond the language to the story.
And this story is great. I can feel a plot of Machiavellian proportions with a denouement involving the forces of good vs. evil probably with some supernatural forces at play. The plot is very intricate and ambitious with LOADS of secondary characters. Maybe too ambitious? At times I felt overwhelmed with all the information about the world Godgluck is building coupled with so many characters crowbarred into 20(ish)K words. Several characters were introduced near the end and the story skidded sideways for me and away from the MCs that held my interest.
There is an endgame and I can feel a mindfuck coming from a country mile and this has mindfuck tattooed on it. Hel and Vex are sure to play a role and they may even find their way to some version of an HEA. Who knows?
All in all, I found myself engrossed in this story and once I'd finished it the first word that popped into my head was, 'exhilarating'. It's by no means perfect. It head hops A LOT and there were times where the flashbacks weren't demarcated and I found myself backtracking, shaking my head and/or audibly uttering...
But if you can stomach all the tags, it's rewarding in its own way. I can't say definitively that I'll be reading the next in the series, but it could happen.
Thanks to the author and his team for participating in the LOR event.
Ahem, yeah, I've been waiting for this one. The prompt spoke sweet nothings to me and I've been meaning to rectify my not having read this author's work.
Let me just put this out there.
ACID IS HARD-FUCKING-CORE! I AM NOT KIDDING. THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE. IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH JUST PEACE OUT NOW.
p.s. THERE'S A CLIFFHANGER TOO.
I can take a lot but there were some moments when I was all...
It's gorier than a Tarantino flick off in here set in a futuristic dystopia wherein humans have been altered; their DNA blended with animals giving them fur and claws among other things. There have been several generations of altering all slightly modified to what end... I've no idea. What I can tell you is humans through this alteration process have become increasingly savage with little to no regard for life human or otherwise and somewhat cannabalistic. Making those conquered your slave to either fuck regularly (usually without the benefit of lube) and with an abundance of sounding, CBT, KNOTTING and a forced orgasm!!!!!!!!! (oops. I'm a perv. Ignore me.) or force bred or just to ripped apart for funnsies are all commonplace.
Not kidding. Cupcake wouldn't lie to yeeeeewwwwww.
The language is crude and vulgar, some of which I thought was authentic to the character and reminded me a lot of Deadwood. Sometimes, though, it felt like it overpowered the story, like I was swimming up stream trying to see beyond the language to the story.
And this story is great. I can feel a plot of Machiavellian proportions with a denouement involving the forces of good vs. evil probably with some supernatural forces at play. The plot is very intricate and ambitious with LOADS of secondary characters. Maybe too ambitious? At times I felt overwhelmed with all the information about the world Godgluck is building coupled with so many characters crowbarred into 20(ish)K words. Several characters were introduced near the end and the story skidded sideways for me and away from the MCs that held my interest.
There is an endgame and I can feel a mindfuck coming from a country mile and this has mindfuck tattooed on it. Hel and Vex are sure to play a role and they may even find their way to some version of an HEA. Who knows?
All in all, I found myself engrossed in this story and once I'd finished it the first word that popped into my head was, 'exhilarating'. It's by no means perfect. It head hops A LOT and there were times where the flashbacks weren't demarcated and I found myself backtracking, shaking my head and/or audibly uttering...
But if you can stomach all the tags, it's rewarding in its own way. I can't say definitively that I'll be reading the next in the series, but it could happen.
Thanks to the author and his team for participating in the LOR event.
September 27, 2015
REVIEW @Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
“So, let’s get some shit cleared and out of the way. There aren’t many rules… but these are mine.
The first rule of ACID City: Avoid. Do not get involved in other people’s shit. People will fuck you over, in any way they can. And enjoy it.
Two: Lie. Everyone lies. There has not been hard, honest truth in this world for God knows how long. Except for one…
Three: Fake it. No one is who they seem— not even ourselves. Your heart will fuck you over. Your feelings are a bunch of shit made up to make you believe you once were human… but there might as well not be any more humans left. The ones that are… just don’t have the humanity to give a shit.
I broke every one of my own rules.
And I hate him for it.”
Please read the warnings because they are there for a reason, ACID is not for everyone so if you are not comfortable with dark books, don’t even think about reading this one.
This is not a nice story, you can’t sympathize with any one character. It is really violent, not just in the death scenes, too many times it was very disgusting.
The book is set in the ACID city, a dark place with no natural light, lived in by criminals and the altered (a new species created in laboratories where human DNA is been mixed with animal ones), there are no laws to obey, just stronger (or sicker) men to follow.
The Dark Heart Cartel is run by Vex Noux, a cryo-ibernated man with mechanical arms who woke up seven hundred years after his death and his life was nowhere to be found. He was married with Johan and had a son, Danny, who was only four when Vex had to leave to join the war, where four months later he died on the battlefield. He’s not a nice guy so don’t let you be moved by his story. There is not one drop of good feelings in it.
There are a lot of characters in ACID, like the gungers,the city enemies and slave traders or Jozi whose parents had been killed when they couldn’t afford the rent anymore and now he’s looking for revenge. But you are going to meet more, all of them well defined. As in the world development, amazing and so well done. Nothing is said in a general way, every little detail is well explained. It’s a complex world and it could have been difficult to follow it but the authors did clear work, so there was no confusion for me.
Some parts are really hard to take, too strong even if you are used to reading dark stories. I overlooked them because I knew what I was getting myself into. Still, even if I shouldn’t have been surprised since I know Wulf’s mind , this is a scary place, ACID did surprise me. It’s a book full of hate, betrayal, f***ed up beings and things. They gave me chills more than once and the authors went often where they shouldn’t have gone. And of course I can’t talk about the ending but be ready for a big cliffhanger, something I was expecting from the start of the second half of the book. I have no clue who got the idea, I don’t know S. van Rooyen but I know Wulf and I was sure he would have created something twisted and cruel like that ending.
I still can’t believe it I liked this really sick (please let me use the adjective) story, but I couldn’t put it down for a minute, it was addictive, no other word can describe what I felt. Just a suggestion, if you’ll decide to give ACID a chance: don’t read it while having dinner as I did. Bad mistake!
Cover art by Wulf Francu Godgluck. I LOVE this cover so much! The lines, the front, the colors, everything is perfect. 5+ stars!
“So, let’s get some shit cleared and out of the way. There aren’t many rules… but these are mine.
The first rule of ACID City: Avoid. Do not get involved in other people’s shit. People will fuck you over, in any way they can. And enjoy it.
Two: Lie. Everyone lies. There has not been hard, honest truth in this world for God knows how long. Except for one…
Three: Fake it. No one is who they seem— not even ourselves. Your heart will fuck you over. Your feelings are a bunch of shit made up to make you believe you once were human… but there might as well not be any more humans left. The ones that are… just don’t have the humanity to give a shit.
I broke every one of my own rules.
And I hate him for it.”
Please read the warnings because they are there for a reason, ACID is not for everyone so if you are not comfortable with dark books, don’t even think about reading this one.
This is not a nice story, you can’t sympathize with any one character. It is really violent, not just in the death scenes, too many times it was very disgusting.
The book is set in the ACID city, a dark place with no natural light, lived in by criminals and the altered (a new species created in laboratories where human DNA is been mixed with animal ones), there are no laws to obey, just stronger (or sicker) men to follow.
The Dark Heart Cartel is run by Vex Noux, a cryo-ibernated man with mechanical arms who woke up seven hundred years after his death and his life was nowhere to be found. He was married with Johan and had a son, Danny, who was only four when Vex had to leave to join the war, where four months later he died on the battlefield. He’s not a nice guy so don’t let you be moved by his story. There is not one drop of good feelings in it.
There are a lot of characters in ACID, like the gungers,the city enemies and slave traders or Jozi whose parents had been killed when they couldn’t afford the rent anymore and now he’s looking for revenge. But you are going to meet more, all of them well defined. As in the world development, amazing and so well done. Nothing is said in a general way, every little detail is well explained. It’s a complex world and it could have been difficult to follow it but the authors did clear work, so there was no confusion for me.
Some parts are really hard to take, too strong even if you are used to reading dark stories. I overlooked them because I knew what I was getting myself into. Still, even if I shouldn’t have been surprised since I know Wulf’s mind , this is a scary place, ACID did surprise me. It’s a book full of hate, betrayal, f***ed up beings and things. They gave me chills more than once and the authors went often where they shouldn’t have gone. And of course I can’t talk about the ending but be ready for a big cliffhanger, something I was expecting from the start of the second half of the book. I have no clue who got the idea, I don’t know S. van Rooyen but I know Wulf and I was sure he would have created something twisted and cruel like that ending.
I still can’t believe it I liked this really sick (please let me use the adjective) story, but I couldn’t put it down for a minute, it was addictive, no other word can describe what I felt. Just a suggestion, if you’ll decide to give ACID a chance: don’t read it while having dinner as I did. Bad mistake!
Cover art by Wulf Francu Godgluck. I LOVE this cover so much! The lines, the front, the colors, everything is perfect. 5+ stars!
September 10, 2015
If you can be offended by anything, this isn’t the story for you. This wins the award for the darkest, most bizarre story I’ve ever read. It is like a view into the madness that runs around in Wulf Francu Godgluck’s mind! It jumps around, kind of like the ravings of a lunatic, but in some strange way it dragged me in and kept me reading. I’m not sure the flipping around of storylines and flashbacks worked well in my opinion? I just don’t know…..
I’m not even sure where to start with the review. It is one seriously fucking twisted work, even for Wulf. Maybe I should be blaming S. van Rooyen, but I suspect most of this is Wulf’s ranting!
The story starts out with a guy with bionic arms popping some guy’s head like a rotten fruit and brain matter splattering all over the place. Then it descends into utter madness. We have rapes of both males and females, usually followed by the death of the raped individual. We have cannibalism. We have torture, we have mutilation, and we have post WW3 human/animal combo mutants who were created by human experimentation on other humans to try to save the race from a deadly worldwide plague. We have lots of strange body fluids, castration with a bionic leg, and even some sounding with added electricity if I remember correctly…it was hard to tell since I had one eye closed at that point like I was watching a horror movie!
This story is so dark that I don’t honestly think most people will like it. It is going to be continued at some point, as it ends in a cliffhanger, but my honest question would be why? I’m not sure if I would continue reading??? I personally was conflicted. It was kind of like that fatal accident on the highway that you can’t look away from. That was how this story was to me. I couldn’t look away, so I finished it right before turning my light out for the night…then tossed and turned, reliving the experience (not recommended). Now it is the next morning and it is still running around in my brain.
I’m going to make a strong statement, and use it as a warning! I would only recommend this book to people who are looking for a post WW3, human experimentation gone wrong, brutal, multiple rape, murder, blood and gore type of story. I’m sure there is an audience for it, but I’m not sure who. The story is NOT a romance, so don’t expect one. Overall the story was well written, with excellent world building, but it horrified me. And that is saying a lot, as I’m not easily horrified!
I’m not even sure where to start with the review. It is one seriously fucking twisted work, even for Wulf. Maybe I should be blaming S. van Rooyen, but I suspect most of this is Wulf’s ranting!
The story starts out with a guy with bionic arms popping some guy’s head like a rotten fruit and brain matter splattering all over the place. Then it descends into utter madness. We have rapes of both males and females, usually followed by the death of the raped individual. We have cannibalism. We have torture, we have mutilation, and we have post WW3 human/animal combo mutants who were created by human experimentation on other humans to try to save the race from a deadly worldwide plague. We have lots of strange body fluids, castration with a bionic leg, and even some sounding with added electricity if I remember correctly…it was hard to tell since I had one eye closed at that point like I was watching a horror movie!
This story is so dark that I don’t honestly think most people will like it. It is going to be continued at some point, as it ends in a cliffhanger, but my honest question would be why? I’m not sure if I would continue reading??? I personally was conflicted. It was kind of like that fatal accident on the highway that you can’t look away from. That was how this story was to me. I couldn’t look away, so I finished it right before turning my light out for the night…then tossed and turned, reliving the experience (not recommended). Now it is the next morning and it is still running around in my brain.
I’m going to make a strong statement, and use it as a warning! I would only recommend this book to people who are looking for a post WW3, human experimentation gone wrong, brutal, multiple rape, murder, blood and gore type of story. I’m sure there is an audience for it, but I’m not sure who. The story is NOT a romance, so don’t expect one. Overall the story was well written, with excellent world building, but it horrified me. And that is saying a lot, as I’m not easily horrified!
August 5, 2016
Super Awesome...Fucked-up, raunchy at it's best.
I know I'm not going to do this book justice with my review but I'll try.
I felt like I was inside the messed-up genius head of Cronenberg. Parts of this were way over my head but I could appreciate the masterful writing and bleak outlook of a post-apocalyptic world.
This ends in a cliffy...and I have more questions now then when I started. This is NOT a traditional romance but there is the potential for something to develop...I think.
When a virus decimated the world, the solution was to create chimeric humans by blending them with animal DNA that was resistant to the disease. This unfortunately created monsters with fur and claws and some pretty ugly carnal urges.
I'm hoping that Vex and Hel are able to salvage something of their former love. Learning about White Shadow was a complete blindside and I have no idea how Nirvana, Winter and Jozi play into all this.
Can't wait for the next instalment!!!
I know I'm not going to do this book justice with my review but I'll try.
I felt like I was inside the messed-up genius head of Cronenberg. Parts of this were way over my head but I could appreciate the masterful writing and bleak outlook of a post-apocalyptic world.
This ends in a cliffy...and I have more questions now then when I started. This is NOT a traditional romance but there is the potential for something to develop...I think.
When a virus decimated the world, the solution was to create chimeric humans by blending them with animal DNA that was resistant to the disease. This unfortunately created monsters with fur and claws and some pretty ugly carnal urges.
I'm hoping that Vex and Hel are able to salvage something of their former love. Learning about White Shadow was a complete blindside and I have no idea how Nirvana, Winter and Jozi play into all this.
Can't wait for the next instalment!!!
September 30, 2015
One of the more interesting, intricate, insane M/M romance stories I've read.
There had better be a sequel. ;)
Wulf creates a world that has so many facets and levels that we only get a glimpse at. Into this he weaves a story which seems barbaric, cruel and selfish yet at its heart is about love.
Definitely an explicit book but one ought to be aware of this from the description alone. None of it seemed arbitrary, however, just matter-of-fact and apropos for the realm we find ourselves in.
Without giving anything away, the flip / twist in the story really left me wanting to know what happens next.
Highly recommended.
There had better be a sequel. ;)
Wulf creates a world that has so many facets and levels that we only get a glimpse at. Into this he weaves a story which seems barbaric, cruel and selfish yet at its heart is about love.
Definitely an explicit book but one ought to be aware of this from the description alone. None of it seemed arbitrary, however, just matter-of-fact and apropos for the realm we find ourselves in.
Without giving anything away, the flip / twist in the story really left me wanting to know what happens next.
Highly recommended.
nope
October 31, 2015I need to try this, if only because this cover is AWESOME!!!!
Please be good.
Please be good.
May 8, 2019
Raw horror, distributed generously. Post apocalyptic, assuming the worst outcome for humanity, what's left, that is... Wulf Godgluck is a sick and twisted sadistic master of prose who delights in leading his readers down dark and slimy hallways only to meet their nightmares face to face. He scatters tender moments throughout his sordid tale just to mess with us because he knows we'll assume the characters are redeemable. Spoiler, they aren't.
hell-no
August 18, 2021Note to Self:Come hell or high water, DO NOT READ THIS!!! Warning:
September 18, 2025
I didn't know what this was about and the killing and abuse was a little too much.
September 1, 2016
Fuuuuuuck.
This is some serious shit right here. Fucking twisted and I fucking loved it.
Seriously, where has this story been all my life?!
This is some twisted Taratino shit on roids. Hell yeah.
I’m not sure how the rest of the bookish world deals with reading slumps but I have a well-equipped first aid kit that ensures I’ll survive anything that is thrown my way. It includes a few of my favourite shorts and a couple of chunksters from different genres. Acid #1 is my choice of literary defibrillator. This bitch will restart my heart and rip me out of any hellhole I manage to fall into. This is everything I want in a book; violent, graphic, badass characters, action-packed, A-grade world building, and just great writing.
This is some serious shit right here. Fucking twisted and I fucking loved it.
Seriously, where has this story been all my life?!
This is some twisted Taratino shit on roids. Hell yeah.
I’m not sure how the rest of the bookish world deals with reading slumps but I have a well-equipped first aid kit that ensures I’ll survive anything that is thrown my way. It includes a few of my favourite shorts and a couple of chunksters from different genres. Acid #1 is my choice of literary defibrillator. This bitch will restart my heart and rip me out of any hellhole I manage to fall into. This is everything I want in a book; violent, graphic, badass characters, action-packed, A-grade world building, and just great writing.
Want to Read
October 6, 2015Oh my, with the hotness!
Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love Is An Open Road event. Thank you too all the amazing authors who participated!
Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love Is An Open Road event. Thank you too all the amazing authors who participated!
April 28, 2016
Okay, what was that ending?
April 15, 2017
If you like this kind of story then I am sure you will rate it higher. For me, I had to read a book written by a member of a certain GR group. Unfortunately for me, there were only a couple of authors who wrote MM and this was the only book I hadn't read.
I am sure it was great world and character building but for a girl whi is very much a contemporary girl, it just went over my yead. It was brutal but I had no empathy for the characters, they weren't human, so I got detached.
I am sure it was great world and character building but for a girl whi is very much a contemporary girl, it just went over my yead. It was brutal but I had no empathy for the characters, they weren't human, so I got detached.
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