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Suicide Machine
Tanith Godwin is a modern-day warrior with two souls who spends her nights
hunting demons that threaten humanity. During the day, she tries to hold
down temp jobs and maintain normal adult relationships.
In every-day reality, most demons are simple shape-shifters trying to
survive their days like the rest of us. So, too, are mystical
superheroes. There's an apocalypse every day, but we're all too busy
with our lives to notice. One would think that, with the mortgage
crisis, the lousy economy, violent homophobia and the constant threat
of terrorism that the world was already scary enough. But add in a
horrible demonic plot to burn humanity from the Earth and Tanith's
pretty much got her hands full.
In this latest novel from journalist and filmmaker Mike Watt, the
nighttime world of ancient, inhuman creatures is examined straight on.
Just like in our world, Tanith and her friends are no more heroic than
the next group of lower middle-class people, but they're aware of a
specific danger that no one else has the time to deal with. Life is
complicated. The end of the world is costly. You don't get your
security deposit back when something from hell rises in your living
room.
hunting demons that threaten humanity. During the day, she tries to hold
down temp jobs and maintain normal adult relationships.
In every-day reality, most demons are simple shape-shifters trying to
survive their days like the rest of us. So, too, are mystical
superheroes. There's an apocalypse every day, but we're all too busy
with our lives to notice. One would think that, with the mortgage
crisis, the lousy economy, violent homophobia and the constant threat
of terrorism that the world was already scary enough. But add in a
horrible demonic plot to burn humanity from the Earth and Tanith's
pretty much got her hands full.
In this latest novel from journalist and filmmaker Mike Watt, the
nighttime world of ancient, inhuman creatures is examined straight on.
Just like in our world, Tanith and her friends are no more heroic than
the next group of lower middle-class people, but they're aware of a
specific danger that no one else has the time to deal with. Life is
complicated. The end of the world is costly. You don't get your
security deposit back when something from hell rises in your living
room.
280 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 13, 2010
About the author
Mike Watt
33 books2 followersMike Watt is a writer, journalist and screenwriter. He has written for such publications as Fangoria, Film Threat, The Dark Side, the late Frederick Clarke’s Cinefantastique, Femme Fatales and served as editor for the RAK Media Group's resurrection of Sirens of Cinema.
Through the production company, Happy Cloud Pictures, he has written and produced or directed the award-winning feature film The Resurrection Game, as well as Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut, A Feast of Flesh, Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation and the award-winning Razor Days.
He is the author of the short fiction collection, Phobophobia, the novels The Resurrection Game and Suicide Machine, and from McFarland Publishing: Fervid Filmmaking: 66 Cult Pictures of Vision, Verve and No Self-Restraint. In 2014, he launched the acclaimed Movie Outlaw book series, focusing on "underseen cinema". He is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine, Exploitation Nation.
Through Happy Cloud Media, LLC, he edits and publishes 42nd Street Pete's Grindhouse Purgatory Magazine, as well as Pete's autobiography, "A Whole Bag of Crazy".
In 2017, he edited the 40th Anniversary printing of Paul Schrader's TAXI DRIVER screenplay, featuring a new interview with Robert De Niro, published in 2018 by Gauntlet Press.
Through the production company, Happy Cloud Pictures, he has written and produced or directed the award-winning feature film The Resurrection Game, as well as Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut, A Feast of Flesh, Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation and the award-winning Razor Days.
He is the author of the short fiction collection, Phobophobia, the novels The Resurrection Game and Suicide Machine, and from McFarland Publishing: Fervid Filmmaking: 66 Cult Pictures of Vision, Verve and No Self-Restraint. In 2014, he launched the acclaimed Movie Outlaw book series, focusing on "underseen cinema". He is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine, Exploitation Nation.
Through Happy Cloud Media, LLC, he edits and publishes 42nd Street Pete's Grindhouse Purgatory Magazine, as well as Pete's autobiography, "A Whole Bag of Crazy".
In 2017, he edited the 40th Anniversary printing of Paul Schrader's TAXI DRIVER screenplay, featuring a new interview with Robert De Niro, published in 2018 by Gauntlet Press.
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August 20, 2014
Met Mike Watt at a horror convention, very nice by the way. I decided to buy this book. I am usually not into sci fi, but I decided to give it a try. This book is great! I really liked it. It's pretty different from my usual crime/horror/thriller/mystery novels. Nice job Mike!
November 10, 2016
I wish more people knew of this author.
December 20, 2019
The premise of this novel sounds great and there are some really cool ideas scattered throughout. Tanith has this second soul in her body because of some mystical inking done by tattoo artist Rorshach. The Big Bad consists of people that voluntarily allow a demon to possess them, teaming up to summon forth a dark power to put an end to humanity. Plus the demons wear human skins to blend in with the rest of society. Unfortunately all of these nifty ideas are buried under needless backstory, poor characterization and pop culture references that fall flat.
You can read James' full review at Horror DNA by clicking here.
You can read James' full review at Horror DNA by clicking here.
March 7, 2011
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