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Kill Your Neighbor
When Emma and Kip Dupree bought their first home together, they got a lot more than they bargained for. They wanted to get out of the city and get on with their lives on the quiet cul-de-sac. Instead, an object of obsession brings their lives to a screeching halt. Who is the woman living next door? Why does she do the curious things she does? Why do Emma and Kip feel like their lives have been so disrupted? How do they get her to stop? The Duprees are only sure about one the social contract must be upheld at all costs.
45 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 20, 2017
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Andersen Prunty
51 books670 followersAndersen Prunty lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He writes novels and short stories. Visit him at notandersenprunty.com, where he posts a free story every Friday.
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February 6, 2022
Kip and Emma moved into a new home. Their neighbor, an elderly woman with three dogs, makes their life living hell. What are the up to do? After much pondering the go for the option of the title of this novella. Will they really do it? Prunty presents a fine piece of fiction with lots of critical undertones and a sound shot of brutality. I enjoyed that tale with its good crafted character and considerations that might not be strange to some of us. Interesting piece of social satire mixed with crime horror. Really recommended!
October 23, 2017
Poop. So much poop. It's everywhere. It comes from the three small yip-yappy dogs belonging to Meg Chinaski. Meg herself is huge, a bloated monstrosity of a woman who really stinks as a neighbor.
Kip and Emma are sick to death of it. All attempts to reason with their horror show of a neighbor have been met with contempt and a blast of the stink-eye. Deciding they have stepped in their last pile of excrement, Kip and Emma have a plan to rid themselves of the nastiness residing next door once and for all.
Kip and Emma are sick to death of it. All attempts to reason with their horror show of a neighbor have been met with contempt and a blast of the stink-eye. Deciding they have stepped in their last pile of excrement, Kip and Emma have a plan to rid themselves of the nastiness residing next door once and for all.
October 27, 2017
On my watch. I insist.
December 11, 2017
A morbidly obese, legionnaires disease riddled hillbully with 3 yappy poop-machines for dogs finally pushes her neighbors, Emma and Kip, over the edge. They can’t take it anymore. They need to deliver a strong message to get through the idea of neighborly propriety and social graces if they are going to continue to live in their new home. That is, if they can get across the Mason-Dixon Line of dog shit.
I dig Andersen Prunty’s stuff, but would have liked this one to be expanded a bit. I would be interested to see where Prunty would have taken the subject matter it in a slightly longer format.
As usual, the writing was very well done with some truly laugh out loud and retchable moments, just as I have come to expect from the author. 4 Stars!
I dig Andersen Prunty’s stuff, but would have liked this one to be expanded a bit. I would be interested to see where Prunty would have taken the subject matter it in a slightly longer format.
As usual, the writing was very well done with some truly laugh out loud and retchable moments, just as I have come to expect from the author. 4 Stars!
June 9, 2025
I'm not American so I can't say whether or not this peculiar woman is pure white trash or not, but what an ending!
October 6, 2019
this was a pretty good read, and reallyyyyyy good for Halloween
October 20, 2017
This Kindle exclusive piece of short fiction may be considered a bit of a fantasy. it's about dealing with THAT neighbor. You all know who THAT neighbor is. You've been there. Emma and Kip Dupree are on the track to the American dream. It may not be in the best neighborhood or exactly the house they wanted but it is a significant step up. But there is THAT neighbor with her two little yapping dogs (that is why I'm a cat person) who may be crazy and dangerous. Their dream quickly turns into a nightmare and their options are limited to none...legally.
Andersen Prunty's Kill Your Neighbormay be short but it packs a punch. We follow the Dupree's solution and learn about what led to that solution. There should be a "don't do this at home" sticker on this tale since it is both horrific and, for some who have been there, possibly cathartic. Either way, it is a tight and riveting example of the short story. There isn't much else I can say about this without giving it away so just spend that 99 cents and enjoy.
Andersen Prunty's Kill Your Neighbormay be short but it packs a punch. We follow the Dupree's solution and learn about what led to that solution. There should be a "don't do this at home" sticker on this tale since it is both horrific and, for some who have been there, possibly cathartic. Either way, it is a tight and riveting example of the short story. There isn't much else I can say about this without giving it away so just spend that 99 cents and enjoy.
January 25, 2019
Yes, please. Throw in that new employee, Shawn, while you're at it.
"I hated the feeling of having worked hard for something only to have your spirit crushed when you finally achieved that thing."
"I hated the feeling of having worked hard for something only to have your spirit crushed when you finally achieved that thing."
October 19, 2021
She's basically bad shit fucking crazy. She's the problem. We're not the problem.
Bizarro, morboso, asqueroso, y super gracioso.
Y caca, mucha caca por todos lados.
October 22, 2017
broes well with a fine broagie. bro hard! fist bump!
October 2, 2019
When I read the blurb it sounded interesting but the book itself was a huge disappointment. Nothing really happens except for extensive involvement of unnecessary political nonsense that were exaggerated and irritating to be honest. The protagonists were flat and I hated the pesky female protagonist. I really didn't care much for them and introduction to the new characters Midway through the book didn't change my opinion either. Also the way they talked about dogs, about how their barking being irksome.......well here's the thing HUMAN BEINGS TALK AND DOGS BARK!!!!! that's how they communicate. And it's not rocket science to understand this basic thing.
This was not the book for me. Just Nope. 😠
This was not the book for me. Just Nope. 😠
October 31, 2018
Unfortunately even in a horror novel you can't get away from politics.. No thanks. Very disappointing, I was really looking forward to this book.
June 7, 2020
Based on the audiobook narrated by the author himself.
Kip and Emma have finally taken the plunge and bought their first house. It's exactly what they were looking for, at a price they could afford. However, they haven't really researched the neighbourhood and upon moving they meet their morbidly obese, MAGA-ite, "hillbully" neighbour, Meg Chinaksy and her three small shit factory dogs.
Kip and Emma decide the best course after two years of aggressive, combative behaviour from Meg is to get aggressive themselves and kill her. We meet the couple as they are breaking with each chapter starting with this and then dipping into the backstory.
It's filled with the black humour that was present in my previous Prunty reading and had me smiling while out on my walk. The storytelling is expertly done, although generously dolloped with dog poo!
Kip and Emma have finally taken the plunge and bought their first house. It's exactly what they were looking for, at a price they could afford. However, they haven't really researched the neighbourhood and upon moving they meet their morbidly obese, MAGA-ite, "hillbully" neighbour, Meg Chinaksy and her three small shit factory dogs.
Kip and Emma decide the best course after two years of aggressive, combative behaviour from Meg is to get aggressive themselves and kill her. We meet the couple as they are breaking with each chapter starting with this and then dipping into the backstory.
It's filled with the black humour that was present in my previous Prunty reading and had me smiling while out on my walk. The storytelling is expertly done, although generously dolloped with dog poo!
October 12, 2019
Have we all had a neighbor we’ve wanted to ‘go away’? Most likely, and here they go and follow through with it. Although slow going at times and only a build up of murderous reasoning, and not much of any other character building, the writing is enjoyable and fulkilling...er, fulfilling. Had it been longer Prunty could’ve given me more of a chance to build the proper hate/love connection to the characters.
October 16, 2019
This is about a two newly married couples, Emma and Kip, who decide to move to a new house in a completely different state and atmosphere without even knowing the neighbor waiting for them on the other side to ruin their lives completely! Chinaski an odd old woman with her two yipping dogs, does her best to bother her new neighbors. Kip, who has phobia of dogs and who’s fed up with her decides a decision that changes their life whole! The ending was epic 😂
October 27, 2019
Stumbled to this book while searching for books to read for the Halloween season and it was short which is a plus.
This book is about a couple who wants to go away from the noise of their apartment in the city and to also run away from their noisy neighbors unknowingly that the neighbor in their new house is even worse.
As I mentioned, it is a short story so the story was fast paced and a bit rushed but the story is okay. I still recommend it if you like short stories.
This book is about a couple who wants to go away from the noise of their apartment in the city and to also run away from their noisy neighbors unknowingly that the neighbor in their new house is even worse.
As I mentioned, it is a short story so the story was fast paced and a bit rushed but the story is okay. I still recommend it if you like short stories.
September 7, 2021
Parece escrito por un adolescente para un trabajo de literatura. Comprendo la "necesidad" de la que trata esta historia, pero hay demasiados elementos escatológicos (la sangre de un desconocido y la suciedad de una casa que podría pasar por pocilga me dan tanto asco como lo más evidente. Enfermedades, gente. Duh). Una simple ducha habría supuesto una estrella más.
November 27, 2019
A very short and okay read!!!
Perfect if you are behind your goodreads yearly challenge... Skip it otherwise...
Perfect if you are behind your goodreads yearly challenge... Skip it otherwise...
October 21, 2017
A thought we've all had...
We've all been in that situation, the one where everything is perfect except for the god awful neighbor. In fact, I may be in that situation right now. This may not have been the perfect how-to guide but it sure was enjoyable to read someone acting on the thought.
We've all been in that situation, the one where everything is perfect except for the god awful neighbor. In fact, I may be in that situation right now. This may not have been the perfect how-to guide but it sure was enjoyable to read someone acting on the thought.
March 6, 2020
well, that was really short.
September 1, 2018
I read books as an escape. These days there is nothing but hate and fake news and political crap everytime I turn on the tv or look at social media. This book sounded like a fun short read...again just to escape for an hour or so. What do I find....Trump bashing in a humor/horror book! The only reason I didn't DNF it is because I finish whatever I start. I purchased other books from this author and have reservations if they will ever get read. Wished I had read this one first before buying the others. Label your books political if you want to go there.
July 22, 2020
The protagonists are supremely unlikable, which I thought was purposeful so that you'd get pleasure when they got their comeuppance, but they just get away with everything. They decide to murder their elderly neighbor over a minor annoyance and are so degenerate that in turns them on and they have sex in their slayed neighbor's home. Didn't care for the apparent forced in political commentary. Overall, there just wasn't much to the book. I could get it if maybe it was like the straw that broke the camel's back moment after decades of hatred ,but everything just felt so rushed.
May 26, 2020
This short story is hilarious!!!! The way the timeframe flipped from past to present with only a small break of lines between them was a little bit confusing. But that didn't take away from the story. A crazy neighbor driving even crazier neighbors crazy was so much fun.
I think anyone who has has that kind of neighbor before would appreciate this short.
I think anyone who has has that kind of neighbor before would appreciate this short.
January 3, 2020
Quite short and I don’t really know how I feel... Once again, I hate normalisation of murder. Like........ it makes adult life look so dreadful and dark. Are we all going to murder?
Also the sex? Over murder? Y’all psychopaths and that’s that on that!
Also the sex? Over murder? Y’all psychopaths and that’s that on that!
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April 18, 2020
This book cannot be true. I refuse to believe that it exists. How!?
It was a bunch of fatphobia and classism. I wish that the neighbour would’ve end up killing those two jerks and feed them to her amazing dogs. Is it a spoiler to say that this didn’t happen?
It was a bunch of fatphobia and classism. I wish that the neighbour would’ve end up killing those two jerks and feed them to her amazing dogs. Is it a spoiler to say that this didn’t happen?
April 14, 2020
So i have no idea how this short story came to be on my phone?
it was uhm interesting, fun, but mostly cathartic? /i hope none of y neighbors are reading this but also, Whoops?/
it was uhm interesting, fun, but mostly cathartic? /i hope none of y neighbors are reading this but also, Whoops?/
May 18, 2020
I saw a lot of negative reviews for this one, saying it was too political and offensive and Trump-bashing.
I think this book, like all art and media, is what you make of it.
There were stereotypes and messages the right could get easily upset about, like them being inconsiderate, crazy, manipulative people who won't care for their animals and live only to instigate dumb fights. The left could also get mad reading this for the implication that they condone and celebrate murder for the sake of peace, which is more than a little hypocritical.
No one comes out of this book in a great light. Not the characters and not the political parties being satirized. But that's all it is. A satire.
It's not my favorite Prunty title, not by a long shot. But it was a situation that begins as easy to relate to and is then turned up to an absurd degree, and there's catharsis to be found in it.
I think this book, like all art and media, is what you make of it.
There were stereotypes and messages the right could get easily upset about, like them being inconsiderate, crazy, manipulative people who won't care for their animals and live only to instigate dumb fights. The left could also get mad reading this for the implication that they condone and celebrate murder for the sake of peace, which is more than a little hypocritical.
No one comes out of this book in a great light. Not the characters and not the political parties being satirized. But that's all it is. A satire.
It's not my favorite Prunty title, not by a long shot. But it was a situation that begins as easy to relate to and is then turned up to an absurd degree, and there's catharsis to be found in it.
October 6, 2023
was this supposed to be a satire? thiy young couple was insufferable. i don't know if that was intended ? i was honestly waiting for their ends. But no. and the fact that they legit copulated in the elderly neighbour's blood??? and then the next day other neighbours crawl out of their homes and they are like omg finally.. like? i thought they were the only ones living there, ain't no way they never knocked on other people's houses and mass report the elderly lady?
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February 23, 2023
3.5 stars
December 10, 2017
I read this little book one day, and that night I had a really weird dream about my obnoxious neighbors. I feel like it would be incriminating to describe the dream. Check this out if you've ever had a terrible neighbor, or just like books with terrible characters.
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