Creeptych

by John Everson

Does your skin crawl when you see a spider on the wall or a roach on the kitchen floor? Do you find yourself itching uncontrollably after being touched by a fly or mosquito? Do you ever lie awake half the night because you felt something delicately, carefully crawling across your feet beneath the sheets? Then this Creeptych of three bug-ridden stories is for you!

BAD Paul Hughes had a really bad day. He lost his job, his wife and then after getting bit by a bug... his life. Compared to what happens to his neighbors after the Luna Roaches come to town, his day wasn't so bad at all. At least he died...

EARDRUM Wes couldn't get enough of the music of Eardrum Buzz's first disc, Misery Machine; the drone of their guitars was hypnotizing. But when he is brought into the band's inner circle to join The Swarm, he soon has the music within him. Terrifyingly deep within him...

VIOLET When a quartet of co-eds decide to reenact The Blue Lagoon on an abandoned Florida Key, they find more than just sex and sand is on the agenda. Stings turn out to play a part in their weekend as well. Lots and lots of stings. But those were just the beginning of the pain...

Genres: Horror, Fiction

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First published May 1, 2010

About the author

John Everson is a former newspaper reporter who writes thrillers filled with erotic horror and supernatural suspense. He is the author of the Bram Stoker Award winner Covenant, and finalist NightWhere, which reviewers called "50 Shades Meets Hellraiser!" He is also the creator of the characters Danika and Mila Dubov, seen in the Netflix series V-Wars, based on the books created by Jonathan Maberry. Booklist said his recent New Orleans novel, Voodoo Heart, "is a solid blend of supernatural horror and hard-boiled detective fiction, and should appeal to horror devotees as well as mystery buffs” while Living Dead Magazine called him "the master of dark and sexy."

Follow John on the BookBub: John Everson page for information on book sales and new releases as well as on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For information on his fiction, art and music, visit John Everson: Dark Arts at www.johneverson.com.

Reviews

[A.R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

What creepier theme could an author choose? Yet while the three tales in this collection didn't outright stink, they didn't blow me away, either, like in some of John's other collections like Deadly Nightlusts.

[George Wilhite · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a lot of fun--creepy, just the right amount of gore, sex and sickness for a jaded horror fan to enjoy. Really did make you squirm and itch after reading, thinking of all the insects surrounding you.

[Kittykorn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book mainly for blue lagoon prequel to violet eyes, bit disappointed that the prequel was exactly the same as prologue in violet eyes, other than that a pretty good read