In Stevats, a tucked away city pinched into a rural ass crack of society, there's something dark. His name is Sabre, and he doesn't want to come, in his wife, Sue. He will go to great lengths to avoid having "babies" and will take drastic measures to ensure his offspring don't exist. Will his efforts be enough? Read this quick Tim Eagle tour of madness and find out, it will surely make you squirm.
Tim Eagle is an author who lives full time, on the road, with his wife, Maria and their dog, Cocoa. He grew up in Michigan and is inspired by the dysfunction, insanity, and nepotism of rural America. "The questions asked of life are within the soul, the answers are found in the dark of our minds."
Well, this entire thing went directions that I never even thought were coming. I settled in for what looked like a pretty straightforward tale of angry-wife and now the world is upsidedown. This was a lot of fun. I'll be reading the rest of this trilogy.
In Vasectomus, Tim Eagle invites us to spend some time with Sabre and his wife. They're an unhappy couple fueled by acrimony and bitterness. The primary source of spite between the two is Sue's unrelenting insistence that she and Sabre have children and Sabre's unflinching contempt for the whole concept. A peculiar encounter with the old woman next door interrupts the couple's most recent argument, and from there, Vasectomus leads us along a strange path blending bizarro and body horror. Eagle gives us a story of secrets, lack of communication, and backstabbing that befits the most absurdly over-the-top soap opera marriages. That is, assuming those soap operas are written by the likes of David Lynch or David Cronenberg. In the first of three tales, Vasectomus introduces us to the strange town of Stevats and the residents living there. Eagle manages to entice readers to return, against all better judgment, by sharing with us a place that thankfully can only exist in the feverish imagination of its author.
Vasectomus by Tim Eagle focuses on a man named Sabre. A once successful musician who is now washed up. His wife Sue really wants a baby, and reluctantly Sabre goes along with Sue’s requests for sex. However, Sabre has a secret, and he doesn’t want any children. Sabre and Sue’s marriage isn’t very ideal, and Sabre doesn’t even like her really. Will he be able to spill his secret to Sue? Will she find out? Or is there something more sinister happening in Sabre’s office in the basement?
I thought that Vasectomus by Tim Eagle was a fantastic quick read. I definitely couldn’t put it down, and Tim writes in a manner that adds an air of mystery to the horror. Eagle also leaves much up to the reader’s imagination in some aspects, and I felt as though that was very fun to visualize and interpret happenings in my own way.
Overall, I give Vasectomus by Tim Eagle four guitars out of five mason jars. It is a fabulous read, fun, and leaves you craving more! Hence, the one star deduction. Nevertheless, this is a must read! You can only get this exclusive on http://www.godless.com.
Fun vasectomy horror. This short little tale offers a twist that were it longer and allowed to be more suspenseful would have made for a great story of obscure horrors but even then, conceptually this was a good story.
OK, this was different. A great short story, with a great couple of unexpected turns. Bizarre and horrific too, my favourite! 😉 5 blood red eyeballs from me 👁👁👁👁👁
Tim “voice of an angel” Eagle is devious. Devious, I tell you!
I recently got offered the opportunity to ARC his newest, upcoming story. “Oh. What could it be?”, you ask… it is the FOURTH book in the Vasectomus trilogy. Who do you think you are, sir? Douglas Adams?!! Do you intend to release a fifth book in this “Trilogy of Four”???!!!!
Anyhoo… I digress…
Obviously, I couldn’t possibly “start” a series on the last book (preposterous), so I had a sworn duty as a reader to purchase the first three books in this series…
If there isn’t an actual fourth book coming, this is one hell of a supervillain level sales scheme…
Now. Onto the story. It was dark, and sweet, like kahve, ordered orta şekerli.
Around 18 pages of bizarro body horror, Vasectomus has some fairly unique imagery and is intriguing enough to make me want to see where this series goes.
This was weird. Someone posted it on my GR time line and I was thinking that looks weird- only a few pages, let's see what it's about. I don't know what the little monsters or babies were. The way they were described was unclear. There could have been more to the plot....
Sabre doesn't care much for his wife. He really doesn't care about hearing her talk about having kids all the time. He doesn't want kids. Not.At.All. He will do whatever he has to so that doesn't happen.
This is part one of the Vasectous Collection. Dark, weird, and some very unexpected turns This is an excellent short story. Check it out! Available on Godless.