Pizza Face

by Aron Beauregard

GET YOUR SLICE OF THE PIE BEFORE EVERYONE DIES! What if you were the cock of the walk in high school? Worshipped by all for your flawless appearance and arrogant persona, until you woke up one morning to find that your once pristine skin had been stolen and replaced with a pus-oozing malformed flesh-scape? What if shadows were given a will of their own? What if the family dog stumbled upon a new class of bizarre and highly aggressive animals? What if there was a way to still physically be with a loved one after they passed on? What if the plants around us found a different kind of solace in the affection we display? Find out the answers in Pizza Face.

Pizza Face includes 5 unfathomable tales of disturbing mutation, paired with 15 original, malevolent artworks.

Genres: Horror, Splatterpunk

214 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 7, 2020

About the author

Aron Beauregard was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island. He's been writing horror since the 6th grade and has now released over 25 books. An avid supporter of horror art and illustration, Aron has made it his standard to hire illustrators for every book that he puts out under his brand AB Horror.

His writing is dark and without boundaries. Known for creating a stir, his work has gone viral on several occasions. He's won the Splatterpunk Award twice after garnering four total nominations. As an independent artist, Beauregard's book "Playground" has achieved #1 Bestseller status under the category of horror on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, his work has been translated to multiple languages.

To get the latest updates about upcoming releases, signed books and merchandise, film news, and so much more, visit his website:

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Reviews

[Mort · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aron Beauregard’s PIZZA FACE is a compilation of five horror stories which are gentler than his usual splatter-punk. Don’t get me wrong, it just means he goes from Carolina Reaper to Bhut Jolokia...

Have I lost you with that statement?
Okay, people, I’m only gonna explain this once, so pay attention.
When it comes to chilli, they are measured on a Scoville scale for spicyness. Example:
Habanero Tabasco Sauce comes in at 7000-8000 SHU (Scoville Heat Units).
The Carolina Reaper comes in at about 2 200 000 SHU – which makes it the hottest chilli in the world. It also means it can be used as Standard US Grade Pepper Spray, which starts at 2 000 000.
Bhut Jolokia, also known as Ghost Pepper, comes in at about 1 040 000 SHU.**

So, my statement simply means he toned down the cruelty to ‘still-pretty-fucking-sick’ in these stories.


The first story, PIZZA FACE, is a revenge story which most geeky teenagers who gets bullied have dreamed about.

The second, A SUNDAY BRUNCH GONE AWRY, features rabbits and eggs. I may not be a psychologist, but it does seem like the Easter Bunny may have ruined somebody’s childhood.

The third, PERFECT ON THE SURFACE, is the kind of revenge story which I LOVE, and turns out to be my favorite in this one.

The fourth, THE LASTING IMPRESSIONS, has a very TWILIGHT ZONE/OUTER LIMITS kind of feel to it, and is probably the furthest removed from the author’s other work. I was hugely surprised when I found out the latter part takes place in Tallinn, Estonia – they have a radio station called ROCK FM which plays mostly my kind of music, so when I bathe, that is what I listen to.

The fifth, THE SEEDS OF TOMORROW, is another revenge story which impressed me the least, since I figured out the ending much too soon.


Those of you who follow my reviews will know I am a huge fan of this author and I think he is going to go far in the splatterpunk genre. If you are on the fence about reading his work, I would suggest you begin with this one – if anything is too much for you in these stories, you will not be a fan of his other work.

Solid 4 star read.


** For all the single guys out there who want to use this new-found knowledge in the pursuit of...scoring, I have some advice for you:
“You are at least a million on the Scoville scale,” is a really great pick-up line. If she knows what you’re talking about, she will be flattered. If she doesn’t, you can seem like the intellectual when you explain it to her, and she’ll still be flattered.
DO NOT – I can’t state this strongly enough – say:
“Your dad’s dick must be a Carolina Reaper, ‘cause you’re HOT!”
It doesn’t work...***

*** On second thought, try it, but make sure you make a video - you might just be the next internet sensation!

[Sharon Leung · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

A great read full of short stories, each filled with gore and grotesque happenings. A extreme readers delight for that quick read when you have an hour, or on the bus etc etc. Each story has unique characters that differs and has a brutal time of it or gives another a violent end. I couldn't choose a favourite, as they were all equally good. Definitely recommend to those who love the extreme but not for those with a weak stomach or easily offended. Great book.

[Joshua Dahlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five solid twisted stories with great artwork throughout. Usually Aaron Beauregard books are super over the top gory. This one has just enough for you to know he wrote it. But I got to say the stories themselves we're just amazingly dark stories. They didn't really need the splatter to make them memorable. Don't get me wrong still some messed up moments in this book that you've come to love. But all in all the stories are just killer!

[Brian G Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aron never disappoints! The man is a master with the pen and each story I finish just leaves me craving more. Pizza Face was a terrific collection of morbidity that widened my eyes with each tale. The last two were my favorite, though all were amazing. Highly recommended!

[Amy Rennocks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another disturbing page turner from Aron Beauregard, it gripped me like a vice until the very last page. I really enjoy reading short story collections and this didn’t disappoint. My favourite by far was the one about Alice’s revenge. I’ll definitely be reading more of Aron’s work in the near future, his work is absolutely legendary 👍

[Gohnar23 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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3️⃣🌟, wouldn't make any sense.
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Edgy books at it's finest but make it into five short stories that doesnt have any interesting aspects to any of it whatsoever.

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Date Read: Friday, March 28, 2025
Book Length: 46k words:
Disturbingness scale: yawning 🥱🥱🥱 out of 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ potatoes 🥔: 3️⃣6️⃣

My 55th read of splatterpunk march ✨

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*Pre-Read✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

The cover is a joke

[Shaun Filion · Rating 5 out of 5]

For my review, while trying to be as civil as possible, all I can say is f---ing wow! I received it on a Thursday afternoon and had it finished by Friday morning. Very likable characters, (except for the ones you weren't supposed to like of course. LOL.) , with creative and imaginative scenarios. The whole time I was grossed out (in a good way) chuckling, and constantly in a hurry to read the next page. Looking forward to reading more of his work.

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aron is fast becoming one of my favorite authors!! I love his writing style. He pulls you in with each character in these short stories. I read The Slob right out the gate and that was a adventure in itself. This collection of short stories are on the milder side. But his story telling is still on point! I did buy 2 of his books off Amazon yesterday and can't wait for them to arrive.

Way to Aron! Keep the stories coming!

Happy Reading and Splatter On.....

[River Dixon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poor pizza face . . .

I enjoyed this collection. Stories were varied, entertaining, and well-written. My favorite story was The Lasting Impressions- an original concept that was executed exceptionally well. I just picked up another work from this author, The Slob, and am looking forward to reading it.

[Lisa Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pizza Face is a collection of horror stories by Aron Beauregard. The collection is named for the first story within, “Pizza Face,” a seriously gruesome and graphic tale that speaks volumes about choices and consequences. Beauregard meshes some classic tropes together to make a powerful and sickening statement about bullies and those who are bullied.

The whole collection reflects the theme of action and consequence despite how very different the stories are from one another. “A Sunday Brunch Gone Awry,” a bizarre and gory tale, is ultimately about the consequences of disregarding warning signs in one’s pursuit of pleasure.

And don’t forget the illustrations within the stories, put there no doubt to torture your psyche if the vivid descriptions are leaving any of your sanity intact. Like the disturbing illustration in “Perfect on the Surface,” a horrifying story on many levels.

“The Lasting Impressions” is a sort of sci-fi horror illustrating the sentiment of the road to hell being paved with good intentions.

The final story is “The Seeds of Tomorrow.” It takes the premise of the revenge story to a level of cosmic purity so gruesome I felt bad about how much I enjoyed it.

But wait, there’s more.

Aron Beauregard sneaks in a poem at the back of the book that is darkly beautiful in an odd and disturbing way.

I love how Beauregard has hidden some truly relevant sociological concerns inside these gruesome stories. He is a master in the making and this is a great collection.

[KillerBunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked Pizza Face, the first story was my favorite, I wanted it to be longer I wanted to know more about Ethan, before the curse. It was more soft than the other books i've read from Aron Beauregard but it was great. It's a perfect book to read if It's your first time with the author. 🍕🍕🍕🍕.5/5

[Richard Bankey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book contains 5 short stories I really liked 3 of them. The other 2 were just ok. Not for anyone that is easily offended.

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pizza Face is five slices of Beauregard's gruesome brand of horror exploring the concept of mutation. The eponymous tale is a gross-out Goosebumps for grown-ups tale of revenge, followed by a beaster of a b-movie scavenger hunt. The third is a dark-hearted tale of cruelty, followed by a botanical nightmare in the vine of EC horror comics, with the final story reaching the Outer Limits of sci-fi horror. This is an excellent selection of stories and ideal if you're curious about Beauregard but aren't sure if you can't handle the extreme stuff. It still hits like a gut punch, just without the barbed wire wrapped around it.⁣

[Corrina Morse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved It!!

Im not a short story fan normally, but I really enjoyed these. Even though after reading Pizza Face I ended up with a chin full of zits!! I loved the addition of a few illustrations too! My fave story was The Lasting Impressions, it certainly left an impression on me and chilled me too. Im looking forward to reading more books by Aron.

[William Becker · Rating 5 out of 5]

TL;DR

Pros:

-Inventive
-Fun
-Short and never overstays the welcome
-Unique

Cons:

-Minor errors

In a world where horror authors and filmmakers (including myself) take themselves too seriously, Aron Beauregard has the odd talent of making horror seem fun again, the same kind of fun that comes from marathoning every Goosebumps book or the Friday the 13th movies. From his Evil Examined podcast, which is a masterful example of excellent sound design and storytelling, all the way to books like Dark Assembly, which you can read my review for on my Goodreads profile, he’s always had quite the ability in making rather shocking work very accessible. It misses the overwhelming nihilism of similar works, leaning less towards Michael Gira’s work and more towards Tales From The Crypt. While I have interacted with Beauregard as a friend, I always make my reviews honest above all things. I’ve reviewed a lot of work by my friends, but no indie author has consistently impressed me to the same degree.

Pizza Face was his first short story collection release in 2020 and was followed up by Dark Assembly. In 2019, he released 4 other pieces, making him almost more prolific than King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Die Tommy and The Slob were both released in 2019 as novellas, while Scary Bastard came out the same year as a novel. He’s an insanely prolific creator, even telling me when I started reading that he plans on re-releasing Scary Bastard around Halloween of this year and has even begun work on Scary Bastard 2. But beyond being prolific, this collection is also indicative that his work is very consistent in quality.



The first short and story that the book is named after, Pizza Face, is something I think most people kind of relate to. For me, I’m reminded of my high school experience. I was very close with a boy named Travis. The two of us didn’t consider ourselves very attractive, nor were we very popular. We both told a lot of jokes, which probably pushed more people away than it pulled in, and as such, we were kind of loners. Arnold, the main character and our “Pizza Face,” along with his best friend, Harry, are also loners. We aren’t really told why Harry is bullied, but basically, Arnold has terrible acne (there are a lot of Aron’s overly descriptive sections about pus leaking out of the pimples) and this makes some asshole jock named Ethan bully him. The story is very much reminiscent of the 1980’s and the horror movies of the era. Ethan eventually gets what’s coming to him in a wonderfully graphic example of body horror. As always, Beauregard’s writing is simple, easy to read, and above all things, fun. While I started with his work on Dark Assembly, there seems to be much less attention to darkness and shock factor in this collection, which in my mind, actually makes this a more enjoyable read in my mind. It’s a great start to the collection that is just… fun to read. A great tale of revenge. It’s like an adult version of Goosebumps or Tales From The Crypt. “Pulp horror” at its finest, at least in modern times. Also, THE FUCKING LASERS


A Sunday Brunch Gone Awry is more of an example of slow-burning horror that turns into weird absurdity. I actually don’t want to spoil exactly what happens, but it made me chuckle, maybe in something of a sick way. It focuses on a bunch of aristocrats and their butler. Unlike Pizza Face, this one didn’t immediately pop out at me, with its more long winded style of description and not much characterization or dialogue. However, by the end, the story really takes off into an extremely strange place, all whilst maintaining the general aspect of fun the collection holds.

Perfect On The Surface is the most emotionally written story, focusing on a man named Leo after the strange and unexpected suicide of his wife, Alice. The story opens by talking about the long lasting relationship between the two. In a strange way, it almost reminds me of the opening of John Wick, before the film goes full on action flick. And then, out of nowhere, there’s a shift that comes so suddenly and unexpectedly that serves to make the title make a lot of sense. There’s sort of a comical awfulness to Leo that reminds me of the tailgaiting scene from Lost Highway (search it up on youtube if you don't know what I'm talking about.) Like the previous story, it goes to some rather unexpected places, and honestly, this puts it a few miles above Dark Assembly, which I’ll admit that I loved but it had its flaws in its attempts to be shocking and violent. Beauregard’s writing style is great, but isn’t always well suited for super shocking stuff, making this collection fit his style a lot better. It feels much more natural. The shock in these stories is usually quite brief and serves as a tool to advance them, rather than as something the entire collection is built up upon. Unpredictable, exciting, and emotionally compelling, Perfect On The Surface is one of my favorite pieces that Aron has ever put out.


Lasting Impressions is more of a fantastical perspective on global politics. While not quite Lovecraftian as one reviewer noted, it’s very sci-fi orientated, at times seeming like a really creative action flick. It focuses on an American scientist who has been kidnapped by the Russians to help them create an experimental super weapon. As someone who speaks Russian, was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and has a profound interest in doomsday scenarios, this story really stood out to me as a pretty solid example of world building. The scientist is known for his invention of a self sustaining food system and helping with the colonization of mars, although he abandoned the latter after discovering only the privileged were making it to the martian surface. (interesting how I made a King Gizzard reference earlier, Mars For The Rich, anyone?) It feels like a combination of Metro 2033, Inglourious Basterds, and Devil’s Pass. Like Metro, it plays with the idea of nuclear shadows coming to life as ghosts/monsters. It’s a very strange but interesting take, but regardless, the only one I felt deserved to be fleshed out into a full-length novel. Beauregard gets a lot done in the short time he has with this one, but it had enough interesting content to be turned into a full length. This one also had very little if any real dialogue. Not my favorite in the collection, but still wonderful.

The Seeds of Tomorrow actually mirrors Perfect On The Surface, in that both are about losing someone suddenly, but while the protagonist of the Perfect is a horrible person, Irene in The Seeds of Tomorrow is a likable old-woman who loses her husband, then falls in love with another man, Adrian. Eventually, it shows one of Aron’s favorite themes in his work; terrible things happening to terrible people. I’ll avoid spoilers, but it’s a wonderful and beautiful closer to the collection.


Overall, Pizza Face is full of stories that are more memorable and varied than that of Dark Assembly. If that collection is the uber-dark and gritty half, this is the more bright and creative half. There isn’t a noticeable flaw with the content or writing style itself, oftentimes seeming a little more fluently written than Dark Assembly. That being said, the book is rather riddled with errors. While none of the errors make the book even close to being unreadable (yuck at that person wanting to give two out of five stars,) they are noticeable, even when you aren’t searching them out. This doesn’t destroy the collection for me, but it is worth pointing out.




Favorite to least favorite

Perfect on The Surface
The Seeds of Tomorrow
Pizza Face
Lasting Impressions
A Sunday Brunch Gone Awry

[Nicholas Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! What a sound collection by Aron Beauregard! I’ve been on a AB Horror kick now and prior to this read I finished Handyman not too long ago and loved it. So, I decided to jump into this collection since I needed something to listen to at work, and it didn’t disappoint!

The title story, Pizza Face, was gross for all the right reasons. Liked that story a lot. The fortune teller who organized the shenanigans was creepy and the story itself was an odd but fun one.

Sunday Brunch Gone Awry was a weird tale which I’m still not sure how to feel about it.

Perfect on the Surface had me boiling and unable to escape the tension as the story enveloped me and wouldn’t let go. That man is despicable, and if you read this story and are reading this now, you know what I say is true.

The Lasting Impressions was spooky. I really liked this one a lot. Probably my favorite story in the collection. Seeing our Oppenheimer-like figure developing and dooming humanity was epic!

The Seeds of Tomorrow was probably my second favorite story. Revenge is sweet, like… jam? That’s all I’ll say on that front.

Great group of stories! I give it 5/5 stars!

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I found out that Pizza Face had been released on Audible and narrated by JWC, I just had to buy it! I’ve put off reading this book for so long because the idea of “Pizza Face” made my stomach squirm. However, I’m glad I listened to the book and wish I had read it sooner. Great writing by AB and fantastic narration by JWC.

[DA · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm left feeling some kind of way about this book. I didn't find it to be as grusome and splattery as the other books I've read by this author. Each story was like a punch in the gut. I got major Creepshow vibes, especially the last story.

[Hailey Farias · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 overall, but 4.0 for horror fans. Love the build ups to the ridiculous but gory and intriguing conclusions.

[Schalka · Rating 4 out of 5]

The First story was fantastic, I loved it! The other stories were fine but nothing that I will remember for long I guess ... Worth a read nevertheless!

[morpho]

hmmm

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little less gore-soaked than some of his other works, Aron Beauregard's Pizza Face is a solid collection thematically focused on the nature of literal and figurative transformation. Stand out stories include the title tale which tosses the wishful revenge on an arrogant bully theme into a blender with teenage hormones and copious cups of pus. "A Sunday Brunch Gone Awry," made me feel as if I'd stumbled into a Golden Girls reunion that ends up going very wrong for a bunch of haughty bluehairs. While "Perfect on the Surface" and "The Seeds of Tomorrow" are similarly woven yarns that integrate domestic violence, mourning and loss with satisfying spins on supernatural retribution. Each story is well-measured and thoughtfully designed to lead the reader towards untelegraphed twist endings. Somewhat akin to Chuck Palahniuk, Beauregard uses quirky pieces of real world research and cleverly douses them with his own brand of disturbing sauce.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pizza Face was rad! Dope! Tubular! All those 80s words that the cover and first story get me thinking about.

A best friend 80s story, with fortune tellers, Chiller, puberty and cruel twists of fate. Love it. Ate it up.

This book had me going into deep philosophical thoughts and then all the sudden someone gets dead in a horrific but sickly satisfying way. Phenomenal.

[Lizzie Kaster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

A collection of short stories just as dark and gruesome as the next.
Fantastic story telling and kept me enthralled the whole time!

[Liam Underwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pizza Face is my fifth Aron Beauregard book, following Try the New Candy , Die Tommy , The Slob , and Scary Bastard . I absolutely adored Scary Bastard when I read it last October, so I've been keen to dive back into Beauregard's work. Like Try the New Candy , Pizza Face is a collection of short stories (five in total), and inevitably the quality isn't always consistent. There's no real misses here, but also nothing that can match the greatness I know Beauregard is capable of.

Pizza Face
I love me a good coming-of-age story, and the first short story drops us into a high school setting with two friends who aren't exactly popular. I couldn't help but be reminded of Stephen King's Christine , with the main character here, Arnold, being very reminiscent of Arnie Cunningham. This story intriguingly dips into the more fantastical side of horror, which is a theme that seems to be laced throughout the five short stories here as Beauregard seems to be stretching beyond the realms of the extreme horror that his previous four books have found themselves in. There is also a theme of revenge that runs through this entire collection, but I will say that this short story also showcases some restraint from Beauregard, as it doesn't delve quite as extreme as his previous books. It's a solid start and my favourite of the collection, but I will admit I'm a little favourable towards this kind of story.

A Sunday Brunch Gone Awry
This is my least favourite of the five short stories. It's not bad, I just felt that the story didn't feel quite as fleshed out, and there are a couple of more extreme moments that feel thrown in but don't exactly feel earned, so they stick out as attempts at shocking more than attempts at showcasing the depths of depravity. This reads like Beauregard's attempt at a monster story, but I think the characters and setting and plot aren't particularly strong. At times I was reminded of James Herbert's The Rats , which I think does this kind of concept well and with moments of shocking horror that land more successfully.

Perfect on the Surface
I know from reading Scary Bastard that Beauregard can take truly horrible characters and still somehow make them captivating, and this third short story shows Beauregard flexing that ability. It's so easy to dislike Leo, and yet this short story isn't without moments of satisfaction. Once again there is a leaning towards the fantastical, with a huge dose of revenge, and the idea here feels like something pulled from an episode of Black Mirror (2011-) and then dragged through Beauregard's twisted lens of extreme horror.

The Lasting Impressions
Here we see Beauregard experimenting with sci-fi. I absolutely loved the concept here, and I think it's executed incredibly well once you get through a slightly clumsy set-up. Now I will admit I'm not very well versed with sci-fi, which is probably factoring in to why I feel the set-up is a little awkward, but I just initially struggled to get on board with what's occurring here. However, once the meat of the plot came into focus I was captivated. It's such a solid idea and really grants Beauregard full reign to believably incorporate his brand of extreme horror. If anything, like with the rest of the short stories in this collection, it feels like there is some restraint being exercised here, as I think all of the stories in Pizza Face had the potential to go way more extreme. I particularly enjoyed how this one ended.

The Seeds of Tomorrow
For me, this short story had the strongest set-up, but also one of the weakest conclusions. I absolutely loved the character Irene, and I really enjoyed the environment that Beauregard builds around her. There's a burst of violence around the midway point that I'll admit to finding shocking, but knowing this is a Beauregard book I probably should have expected it. This sets off a series of events which puts the plot on a trajectory to revenge, but for me the conclusion just didn't quite land.

There are no real misses in Pizza Face, but also nothing that really and truly hits for me either. I see this more as an intriguing series of writing experiments that I think showcase Beauregard has some talents which could stretch beyond extreme horror (or, perhaps compliment it?). For better or worse, Scary Bastard has set a high bar for Beauregard's work, and now with each subsequent book I'll be reading and hoping that he'll surpass it. Pizza Face is totally fine, but I also feel like there's real potential here for it have been better.

3/5

Aron Beauregard Ranked
1) Scary Bastard - 4/5
2) The Slob - 3.5/5
3) Pizza Face - 3/5
4) Try the New Candy - 3/5
5) Die Tommy - 3/5

[Sweet book of mine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Está es una colección de 5 historias cortas, inquietantes, súper gráficas y muy sangrientas!! Al más puro estilo de Aron Beauregard 🤩 Mis favoritas:

Pizza face: Arnold es un adolescente con un grave caso de acné. Sufre de bullying en su escuela, especialmente por parte Ethan, el chico guapo, atlético y popular (y con la piel más perfecta obviamente). Pero las cosas están a punto de cambia. Un poco de magia negra y puede que Ethan no salga tan perfecto en la foto escolar este año…

A sunday brunch gone awry: Tres amigas se reúnen desde su juventud para un concurso de buscar huevos de pascua. La ganadora se lleva un bonito premio. Sólo que esta vez, algo las está cazando y el premio serán ellas.

Perfect on the surface: Leo extraña tanto a su esposa Alice. Después de muchísimos años juntos (desde la escuela) ella murió. Hay demasiados recuerdos de ella a los que se quiere aferrar para no extrañarla tanto… Como la vez que le frotó salvajemente un rayador de queso en el pecho, o cuando le quemaba la piel con los cigarrillos. Pobre Leo, ahora que Alice murió, no tiene con quien sacar toda esa furia. Es comprensible que se sienta tan estresado el pobre, pobre Leo...

Me encantan las colecciones de cuentos!! en especial si son horribles como estos, y aún más porque tiene unas cuantas ilustraciones muy… pues no sé si “bonitas” sea el adjetivo correcto jajaja, pero están muy descriptivas y vividas 🖤 súper recomendado si te gusta el gore!!

[Alana K. Drex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book I've read by Beauregard this one I'll def be able to star rate, and also, what a collection. I thought it to be a novella about, well, Pizza Face, but I got five bonus stories with it.

My favorite of the bunch was PERFECT ON THE SURFACE which was the one that was the hardest to read for me, it dealt with abuse but the way it was described, I was just as much in awe over the portrayal of psychology involved behind the abuse and gore as the abuse and gore themselves. It is about an older man who has lost his wife and is grieving, but we find the reason for his grief is not so pure at all. Then the library where his wife worked sends a card with a spa day attached-- perfectly timed. Maybe his life is looking up again? A great tale of comeuppance. I didn't see any of it coming.

Beauregard has a knack of spinning an unpredictable tale, always offputing. But that's what we horror lovers are after.

[Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each of the stories in this book were amazing and unique with twists and violent images in each story.

Pizza Face: This was one of the stories that aired more on the side of gross comedy and was a blast to read.

A Sunday Brunch Gone Awry: This was a fun read that was definitely on the more gruesome side of his stories but I loved it all the same.

Perfect On the Surface: This would fall into a "Good for Her" type of story and I loved it.

The Lasting Impression: This story needs to be its own full length book!! Please Aron give us a full length book! This was such a cool concept and I'd love to see more of it!

The Seeds of Tomorrow: Very much gives the vibes of one of the shorts in the movie Creepshow. Once you read it you'll know which one in talking about!

[Dex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Viniendo de haber leído Scary Bastard, pensé que estas historias también tendrían ese nivel de horror o splatterpunk, pero no es así. No es algo negativo, solo que tenía otras expectativas.
Las historias son buenas y el estilo de Beauregard está ahí; la verdad es que me gusta como escribe porque no adorna demasiado su prosa pero tampoco es tan minimalista o simplona. Sobretodo en este género que puede tener fama de ser el equivalente a comida chatarra.

Creo que algo como Dark Assembly es justo lo que necesito leer despúes.

[Grace Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pizza Face- 3 stars. Good gross-out, didn't really care for any of the characters

Sunday Brunch Gone Awry- 5 stars yes I love petty old women

Perfect on the Surface- 0 stars! Gratuitous DA which, okay par for the course don't @ me. But the retribution felt so mild. Come on Aron! I know you have it in you to undo an old man better than that ! I sat through that exposition for this bitch to get a SPA DAY ????

Lasting Impressions- 5 stars amazing this was so cool. Def feel the Twilight Zone influences here

The Seeds of Tomorrow- 4 stars. Why is he so disturbingly good at writing happy marriage dynamics. Wtf.

Averaged to 3.4, rounded down