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Mantids is an update on the world's oldest novel—Petronius's Satyricon—with a twist. In Satyricon, the hero can't get an erection; in Mantids, the narrator can't get rid of one. Combine his Viagra overdose with an invasion by mutant female praying mantises and a suzzed-out, speed-tweaker Astoria, Oregon locale; add biting comedy and a warrior heroine and stir into a B-movi

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Hardcover, 131 pages
Published September 15th 2008 by Black Heron Press
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Ron Dakron is a poet and novelist published by Black Heron Press.

He is the author of four novels—infra, Newt, Hammers and Mantids, and three collections of poetry. His work runs the gamut from surrealism to sci-fi pastiche.

Publishers Weekly deemed him "a writer with a fine ear and plenty of gusto."

Kirkus Reviews called his work "cartilaginous ...more
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