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Leremy is a private investigator just starting out and he’s about to have a really bad day. His head is big and his desire to make it in a world ruled by veterans is even bigger. This new assignment of his should have been a proper meal ticket and an easy shoo-in to a decent business. Find the girlfriend. She was last seen in a boring town full of ordinary people. Easy enough task, or it should have been. What he uncovers leads him to a mysterious man named Alachi with olive colored skin and an anything but pleasant demeanor. Alachi will show him this town is anything but boring and the people couldn’t be ordinary if they tried.
Get ready to serve.
A Dark-Noir Fantasy
Get ready to serve.
A Dark-Noir Fantasy
- GenresHorror
51 pages, Paperback
First published July 12, 2022
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
March 26, 2023
Enjoyable shortie! A bit of magic, monster and horror. Great starter book from a new author. Looking forward to more.
Recommended.
Recommended.
August 15, 2022
Small Backstory:
Private Investigator Leremy is sent out to a small town to find out what happened to someone that was last seen in the town but Leremy crosses paths with something he doesn't expect and it will be all he can do to survive becoming snack bait!
Thoughts:
This was an interesting short story that is a cross between extreme horror with a twisted fantasy theme. I literally read the story in one sitting and really thought the story was creative though it was really twilight zone twisted. Something different from a debut author and I will be curious to see what else he puts out in the writing world. Giving this book four "Snack Attack" stars!
Private Investigator Leremy is sent out to a small town to find out what happened to someone that was last seen in the town but Leremy crosses paths with something he doesn't expect and it will be all he can do to survive becoming snack bait!
Thoughts:
This was an interesting short story that is a cross between extreme horror with a twisted fantasy theme. I literally read the story in one sitting and really thought the story was creative though it was really twilight zone twisted. Something different from a debut author and I will be curious to see what else he puts out in the writing world. Giving this book four "Snack Attack" stars!
August 6, 2022
A heady mix of fantasy and horror. When people in a dark town disappear, what actually happens to them? Is survival possible? Follow a determined private investigator who is destined to meet his fate and his future. I hope that the author will continue with this story.
August 5, 2022
Investigator Imbroglio! PI Baulks at Bane Warning! "Well, What else could I do? I gave him a choice, but do they ever listen? No! It's just push, push, push with the questions." - Bane - The Viper Room Gazette.
A quick read by an author with a wry, wry, wry, dry wit. Yeah, you could make a decent Martini with this author's wit. Had me grinning for most of the book.
Something else, that is quite intriguing for me happened between the first and last pages. I kinda loathe the present third person narrative writing style. Whenever I see it, it just looks and reads 'wrong,' to me.
However, much to my surprise, by the 2nd chapter/scene, I got used to it and forgot about it - something I primarily attribute to the quality of the story-telling and the wit on display.
When I read something that impacts me in a surprising way, it's always a good sign.
A little rough around the edges at times, which is to be expected on a debut work. Not quite there for a full five stars, but all in all an excellent short story and I'd read more from this author.
Recommended, 4 'Wit in the Viper Pit,' stars.
A quick read by an author with a wry, wry, wry, dry wit. Yeah, you could make a decent Martini with this author's wit. Had me grinning for most of the book.
Something else, that is quite intriguing for me happened between the first and last pages. I kinda loathe the present third person narrative writing style. Whenever I see it, it just looks and reads 'wrong,' to me.
However, much to my surprise, by the 2nd chapter/scene, I got used to it and forgot about it - something I primarily attribute to the quality of the story-telling and the wit on display.
When I read something that impacts me in a surprising way, it's always a good sign.
A little rough around the edges at times, which is to be expected on a debut work. Not quite there for a full five stars, but all in all an excellent short story and I'd read more from this author.
Recommended, 4 'Wit in the Viper Pit,' stars.
June 27, 2024
BAM!
Here I was, innocently and calmly reading Caleb's book and it seemed to be about a private eye dude looking for a missing person. You know, standard Sam Spade stuff, when BAM, it takes a left turn and it's suddenly something else, then BAM it's something else again and I think I'm actually reading The Hobbit and then the biggest BAAAM of all, the ending...totally not what I was expecting. Then BAM, even the after ending bit (denouement is it??) is not totally what I expected. Phew! By the end, my BAM absorber was all broke.
If this is Caleb's first book, I bloody well hope he keeps on writing because it was good. 4.5 stars 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐍 Yes, I took half a star off because some of the earlier sentences I had to read a couple of times to make sense of them...but that could just be my BAM-affected brain .
September 26, 2022
Caleb is a clever story writer and effectively captured dread from the start. He's good at making monsters and describing foreign situations that many writers come short on expressing vividly when dealing with strange subjects and creatures. This story feels very much like a lead in and I hope he continues to share his work.
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