This Book Ain't Nuttin to Fuck With: A Wu-Tang Tribute Anthology

by Christoph Paul (Editor), Grant Wamack (Editor), Gabino Iglesias

An eclectic collection of Crime, Horror, Bizarro, Science Fiction, Ninja Action, Noir, Mythos, and Literary Fiction stories, that gives tribute to one of the best Hip-Hop groups of all time.

Featuring:

Gabino Iglesias: BIG GHETTO BOYS

Charles Austin Muir: THE RAEKWONOMICON

Joshua Chaplinsky: SUPREME MATHEMATICS: A CIPHER

Mame Bougouma Diene: BEATS, BONES, & BRISKET

Jeremy Thompson: WU-TANGIBLE

J.C. Carter: ABBOT OF THE WHITE LOTUS

Loren Kleinman: SUNSHINE

Robert Dean: THE WORLD FELL BENEATH THE BROKEN CONCRETE

Andy Rausch: THE NIGHT OL' DIRTY BASTARD CAME TO HOBOKEN

Tom Leins: INCARCERATED SCARFACES

Laura Lee Bahr: THE ONE WHO SWALLOWS THE SEA

David Osborne: PCP & METH & MOLLY & ALCOHOL, & NO SLEEP

S.L. Dixon: THE RIGHTEOUS HUNT

Aaron Besson: HELLRZA

Sergio Hernandez: LINX

Genres: Music, Short Stories

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 2017

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

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an eclectic and interesting anthology. I enjoyed all of it, and some of the pieces are absolutely stellar. I have a feeling if I'd gotten into Wu-Tang Clan much when I was younger that I'd dig it even more, but I could still dig it even only being somewhat familiar. It's some good stuff, well worth reading and enjoying.

[Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Up front I have to say that I'm not a fan of Wu-Tang's music. I have always been intrigued by their imagery and the strange, mash up worldview put forth by their members. With that in mind I decided to give this book a read.
All around, it is a pretty impressive anthology. Each story was entertaining, and some where even thought provoking. There is a lot of cool imagery in this book, mixed up with over the top violence, and street philosophy.
While they are all winners, the stories that most stood out to me are Abbot of the White Lotus, HellRZA, and Supreme Mathematics: A Cipher.

[Jenn "JR" · Rating 4 out of 5]

Normally, I'm not a reader of short stories. This book looked interesting and I won a copy via a giveway here on Goodreads. I've long enjoyed Wu Tang music -- and wasn't quite prepared for what a book inspired by their whole gestalt would be like.

The first story is quite violent - and some of the others were even more violent. There were a couple of stories that didn't seem at all related -- like"Sunshine" - a short story about grief (beautiful and touching). There were several stories with badass, ass-kicking female protagonists. There was a brilliant story of a sad guy thinking about suicide who shares a moment with a ghost who reminds him of what he will be missing. The weirdest one for me was the one with all the astral projection -- and burying a person to break the spell of a mind fungus (or something - it was strange!). Wait - scratch that - the weirdest one was the cannibalism story... that was very strange!

Mostly - these are stories of bad assery and revenge. It's worth a read - the writing is really very good overall, don't feel bad about skipping the end of a story because there are plenty in this little book!

[Bob Comparda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of these had more to do with the Wu than some of the others, but all in all a good anthology. A good mix of genres, authors, and topics. My favorite story by far was J. David Osborne's, closely followed by JC Carter's.

Gabino Iglesias - Big Ghetto Boys ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Charles Austin Muir - The Raekwonomicon ⭐
Joshua Chaplinsky - Supreme Mathematics: A Cipher ⭐⭐⭐
Mame Bougouma Diene - Beats, Bones and Brisket ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jeremy Thompson - Wu-Tangible ⭐⭐⭐⭐
JC Carter - Abbot of the White Lotus ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Loren Kleinman - Sunshine ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Robert Dean - The World Fell Beneath the Broken Concrete ⭐⭐
Andy Rausch - The Night Ol' Dirty Bastard Came to Hoboken ⭐⭐⭐
Tom Leins - Incarcerated Scarfaces ⭐⭐⭐
Laura Lee Bahr - The One Who Swallows the Sea ⭐
J. David Osborne - PCP and Meth and Molly and Alcohol, and No Sleep ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
S. L. Dixon - The Righteous Hunt ⭐⭐
Aaron Besson - Hellrza ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sergio Hernandez - Linx ⭐⭐⭐