Walk Hand in Hand into Extinction: Stories Inspired by True Detective

by Christoph Paul (Editor)

A talented array of writers, coming from the genres of Noir, Horror, Metafiction, Mythos, Crime, Weird and Bizarro Fiction, were all inspired by the existential themes from the first season of True Detective. Clash Books is very proud to present this collection of powerful and evocative stories about the humanity and inhumanity of modern man in an ever-shifting moral and cosmic landscape.

stories:

Bad Men by D.J. Tyrer
Midnight Abyss by Jayme Karales
Preacher by J.C. Drake
The Yeller King by David W. Barbee
A Brief History of Bad Men by Tom Leins
A Myth We Call Emptiness by Jeremy Thompson
Meditation by Mckenzie Cassidy
Grieving in Reverse by Drew Chial
Jacob County by Mark T. Conard
The Man Who Collected Chambers by William Tea
Interrogator by Anthony Trevino
Just Friends by Michael W. Clark
A Blued Armada Cometh by Graham Wooding
The Lord Provides by Christopher Brosnahan
Ecce Homo by Joel Amat Güell
Defilement by George P. Farrell
From the Dusty Mesa by David Busboom
The Dark Side by Andrew Shaffer

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 21, 2016

About the author

Christoph Paul is an award-winning humor author. He writes non-fiction, YA, Bizarro, horror, and poetry including: The Passion of the Christoph, Great White House Volume 1 and Volume 2, Slasher Camp for Nerd Dorks, A Confederacy of Hot Dogs, and Horror Film Poems. He is the managing editor for CLASH Media and CLASH Books and edited the anthologies Walk Hand in Hand Into Extinction: Stories Inspired by True Detective and This Book Ain’t Nuttin to F*%k With: A Wu-Tang Tribute Anthology. Under the pen name Mandy De Sandra, he writes Bizarro Erotica that has been covered in VICE, Huffington Post, Jezebel, and AV Club.

Reviews

[Rebecca_harley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could read this book again and again, even if there were some typos!

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were a couple of decent stories in here. They do run the gamut for subject matter: Noir, “just like the show”, Chamber’s pastiche, and sci-fi.

[Iver · Rating 1 out of 5]

To be fair, I didn't actually finish this book, I just abandoned it. I desperately wanted to like this book as I loved the first season of True Detective. I loved the spooky, somewhat X-Files feel of everything surrounding The Yellow King and Carcosa. And that's probably the best part about this book, that all of the stories touch on The Yellow King and Carcosa. But, that's where my enjoyment stopped.

All of the stories are, to me, weird and unresolved. They all just sort of end, like a piece of music without a final chord. Add to that the massive amount of typos and other editorial mistakes and it was just a frustrating book. Maybe others would get more out of it but, I'm sorry I wasted my time on it.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book overall. There were many stories in it that I absolutely loved and adored. They were edge-of-your-seat-gotta-finish-this-right-now good. Some others were very slow to get through and not thrilling edge-of-your-seat worthy, but they were good. And surprisingly some of it was really funny. I recommend this book to anyone who likes thrillers and horrors as some of the stories were utterly horrifying and disturbing, but incredibly well done. Also, I'm a huge fan of Jayme Karales' writing. It's sarcastic, hilarious, and dark. What's not to love?

[Phil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting collecton taking inspiration from a great TV show.