... Matt Shaw has built himself a large following with his twisted stories found in the infamous Black Cover Range of books.Here, for the first time ever, they are collected in their gruesome entirety . Over twenty stories of horror, torture, sex and violence for the true fans of the extremes... Sick B*stardsSickER B*stardsSickEST B*stardsPORNRotting Dead F*cksRotting Living F*cks TorturedWHORESome Kind of Cu*tParalysedDon't ReadASHESExtreme HorrorFor the AnimalsOne Violent Motherf*ckerArt - co-written with Michael BrayMonster - co-written with Michael BrayHome-Video - co-written with Michael BrayTrapped - co-written with Michael BrayTwo Minds - co-written with Sam WestPsychopath for HireAnd an all new introduction from Graeme Reynolds, the man Matt Shaw blames for the creation of Sick B*stards!
MATT SHAW was born, quite by accident (his mother tripped, he shot out) September 30th 1980 in Winchester hospital where he was immediately placed on the baby ward and EBay. Some twelve years later (wandering the corridors of the hospital and playing with road kill when he was on day release), the listing closed and he remained unsold, he was booted out of the hospital to start his life as a writer and hobbit – beginning with writing screenplays and short stories for his own amusement before finally getting published when he was twenty-seven years and forty-five seconds old.
Once Published weekly in a lad's magazine with his photography work, Matt Shaw is also a published author and cartoonist. Has to be said, can be a bit of a flirt and definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, somewhat of a klutz.
Favourite books "Roald Dahl's Collection of Short Stories" Tim Burton's Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy Anything, really, written by himself. Because he is that good.
No mere words will suffice to warn you how truly twisted this collection is. Do not read this if you are easily upset by any kind of taboo. And he covers them all, and then some, in this collection. You have been warned.
I stumbled onto this book through kindle suggestions. Now there is no turning back. I'm hooked. A book with a warning, I knew it had to be good. It was. Onto the next....
Note - Full reviews of each novella are on their respective goodreads pages
As promised by the title, within this book are 22 stories from Matt Shaw. Most of the novellas included are between a 1-2 hour read, some a little more, a few less, but overall you're looking at a lot of stories at a very fair price.
Reading 22 stories from the same author has it's positives and negatives. You'll notice some similarities between books, characters that feel like you've read about them before. But at the same time there are occasional callbacks to prior books - for example, a few novels will talk about scenarios that occurred in other books and it's nice to have those all available.
For the price, this is a very good mix of stories for those who enjoy "extreme horror".
Sick Bastards - 3/5 SickER Bastards - 3/5 SickEST Bastards - 5/5 PORN - 4/5 Rotting Dead Fucks - 4/5 Rotting Living Fucks - 3/5 Tortured - 3/5 WHORE - 5/5 Some Kind of Cu*t - 3/5 Paralysed - 2/5 Don't Read - 3/5 ASHES - 4/5 Extreme Horror - 3/5 For the Animals - 3/5 One Violent Motherfucker - 4/5 Art - co-written with Michael Bray - 5/5 Monster - co-written with Michael Bray - 5/5 Home-Video - co-written with Michael Bray - 3/5 Trapped - co-written with Michael Bray - 5/5 Twisted Bitches - co-written with Michael Bray - 5/5 Two Minds - co-written with Sam West - 3/5 Psychopath for Hire - 5/5