Egg

by Ross Victory

"Miracle baby" Nakoa Jamar discovers a mosquito bite in the center of his chest on his 12th birthday, which rapidly grows into a Siamese twin. The older Nakoa gets, the more terrorizing his twin brother, Marcus, becomes. Distressed by the changes in their family and unable to bear another scandal incited by Marcus, The Taylors, Nakoa's parents, research doctors to separate the twins after the boys nearly destroy each other in a merciless fight. The problem is the boys are conjoined at the heart. Separation will kill them both.

Using horror, fertility issues, and Yin and Yang symbolism as the backdrop, Egg contemplates what it means for light and darkness to manifest in the body. Egg explores the limits of love and the limits of hatred while speaking to the ability we have as human beings—the ability to choose.

47 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2020

About the author

Ross Victory, (he/him), is an award-winning author, music artist, and entrepreneur from Los Angeles. Featured in LA Weekly, LA Blade, American Reporter, and Bi.org, Ross rediscovered the healing power of writing after losing his father and brother. A former English teacher, Ross creates immersive narrative experiences. He published “Views from the Cockpit,” a father-son memoir, in 2019, resulting in a portfolio of six original titles and a music catalog of 20 songs. His works explore self-discovery, adventure, bisexuality, and family. In 2023, he released the Pride anthem “Bisexual Daze” and Book 1 of the L.A.-based horror series “Grandpa's Cabin.” Ross also publishes articles and reflections about grief, biphobia, and elder abuse on Medium.com and recently spoke at their Annual Writer’s Conference.

Reviews

[Tanmay Mehta · Rating 5 out of 5]

EGG by J. Ross Victory (Author), Ross Victory (Author) 📚

My Rating - 4.7/5 ⭐

Blurb📚

"Miracle baby" Nakoa Jamar discovers a mosquito bite in the center of his chest on his 12th birthday, which rapidly grows into an evil Siamese twin. The older Nakoa gets, the more terrorizing his twin brother, Marcus, becomes. Distressed by the changes in their family and unable to bear another scandal incited by Marcus, The Taylors, Nakoa's parents, research doctors to separate the twins after the boys nearly destroy each other in a merciless fight. The problem is the boys are conjoined at the heart. Separation will kill them both.

My Review📚

🥚Being a sucker of stories I am always interested in some new unique plots. Whenever ever I get an opportunity to read some new unique book I always recommend it to readers because I don't want any book to be underrated. So the book I am about to tell you all today is a new book released this week only.

🥚The name of the book is “EGG” interesting right , the title here portrays what it takes to perceive light and shadow in the body. The book is as interesting as the title.

🥚The book starts with a unique chapter named “When dreams Become Reality” which introduces the birth of baby boy named Nokoa Jamon Taylor.
Moving ahead the book takes a jumps 11 year ahead and the chapters follow a sequence from 11th Birthday to 21ST Birthday which sounds like a completely unique concept.

🥚The circumstances and scenarios of most of the Nokoa's birthday is explained beautifully and is perfectly blended into the storyline.

🥚Read the book, Gift it to close one's and enjoy. Also I would like to thank the author for giving me such an experience through the book.I don't want to be a spoiler so without breaking any suspense ,I would request you all to read this book.

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Egg is chilling. What would you do if a twin just sprouted from your chest or the chest of your child? This story absolutely sent chills down my spine. The struggle between love and hate, a war that often happens internally, to be put on display for the entire world is terrifying. A quick, bone-chilling read.

[Barcie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Be careful what you wish for. This warning is driven home in deliciously disturbing style in Ross Victory's short story, "Egg." Great concept but the execution wasn't quite there. I appreciated seeing that he had used a proofreader, but dismayed that there were still a number of errors (e.g.: puss and blood, not once but twice, so it wasn't just a typo). For some reason *** were used instead of spelling out profanity, which made the words stand out even more. There is a very graphic pages-long description of animal violence that will be offensive to some readers. But overall, a very readable, interesting tale about the good and evil in all of us. 3.5 stars.

[Susmita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

[Shannon Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. It’s a quick entertaining read and it’s creative.