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Dudleytown (Cornwall Novellas #1)

by L.B. Gregg (Goodreads Author)

3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 · rating details · 263 ratings · 46 reviews

College sophomore Alexander Strauss has one rule: no messing around with straight guys. Especially not his mouthwatering roommate, Shannon. When their ride share drives off the side of a mountain, the two young men find themselves deep in an uninhabited forest searching for their missing friend. Wandering the famously cursed grounds of Dudleytown, Alex figures something tr...more

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Published October 29th 2010 by Aspen Mountain Press

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Oct 19, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

”Nothing good ever happens to the one moron with the flashlight who gets separated from his friends and wanders lost in the woods. That’s like scary movie one-oh-one.”

So what do you do when a tooth-pick chomping copper tells you to “keep to the main roads”? haha….Take the first spooky, dark short cut you see of course!

LB Gregg’s Dudleytown made my horror-juiced heart and soul extremely happy! A tale that had it all—ghost towns, curses, humor, beloved horror movie references, crackling sexual te...more

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Nov 26, 2011 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, gay, arc, ebook, romance, done

Very good Halloween-themed m/m romance about some college students taking a "shortcut" on their drive home for the weekend. Things go a bit more spectacularly awry than is usual for such shortcuts... Plenty of trademark L.B. humor and insight make for an entertainingly suspenseful read. 4.5 stars.

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Apr 17, 2013 ARe Cafe rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vals-picks

Dudleytown by LB Gregg is a very entertaining novella at 20,000 words from Aspen Mountain Press. It features a first-person viewpoint (Alex), and a couple of medium-to-hot sex scenes. The story has an unusual undercurrent of ironic, self-referential humor to the overall plot, which comprises suspense and action-adventure scenes. This is made possible by the pitch-perfect voice of the endearing narrator Alex, a college sophomore who is a total horror-movie nerd.

With every step Alex and his compan...more Dudleytown by LB Gregg is a very entertaining novella at 20,000 words from Aspen Mountain Press. It features a first-person viewpoint (Alex), and a couple of medium-to-hot sex scenes. The story has an unusual undercurrent of ironic, self-referential humor to the overall plot, which comprises suspense and action-adventure scenes. This is made possible by the pitch-perfect voice of the endearing narrator Alex, a college sophomore who is a total horror-movie nerd.

With every step Alex and his companions take into danger, he remembers the gruesome ways in which these scenarios always play out in his favorite movies. He alternates feeling real terror with a disassociated-by-shock urge to analyze his own actions as he conforms, or fails to conform, to the time-honored behavior of a soon-to-be victim in a slasher flick. My one tiny regret is that the first sex scene felt too extended and detailed to be believable in the midst of immediate danger. Otherwise, I think Dudleytown sets the bar high and then succeeds beautifully as it manages a perfect balance of humor, genuine suspense and horror, and hot sexual tension.

The novella opens with Alex, Alex’s handsome but straight college roommate Shannon, and a friend Ricky driving through the hilly Connecticut wilderness late one freezing autumn night, looking for a shortcut to get home. Alex frets over being secretly in love with Shannon. Ricky tells creepy stories about the nearby ruins of Dudleytown, a cursed colonial settlement. Shannon drinks beer, then hides the cans as they get stopped by a state trooper, who warns them of a prison-transport accident further in the woods that may have resulted in some escaped convicts.

The boys promise to turn back, but soon get involved in a catastrophic road accident, which leaves Ricky badly injured. When Ricky disappears, it is up to Alex and Shannon to rescue him even though Alex wonders if life is imitating art and he and his secret crush are about to perish in their very own real life version of a horror movie.

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Oct 01, 2011 Diane Adams rated it 5 of 5 stars

I don't usually read short stories as over all I usually find them unsatisfying. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a great quick read. The pacing is perfect, it delivers the promised suspense, and the relationship aspect of the book is hot and believable.

The setting is tense, dark, just this side of scary. The author's familiarity with the area shines in the descriptions and mood building. You feel you are right there with the characters as events unfold.

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Mar 22, 2011 Judy & Marianne from Long and Short Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars

When three college friends take a short cut through an abandoned ghost town they get more than they expected than simple "things that go bump in the night".

Alex Strauss is suffering a terrible day and its only getting worse. Alex is a very likable character; he’s funny and keeps a cool head in stressful situation, the kind of person you want around when bad things happen. He’s dealing with a lot, but the one thing that is trying his self control the most is his sexy roommate, Shannon. Both thes...more

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Jan 02, 2011 Kassa rated it 4 of 5 stars

3.5 stars rounded up.

Dudleytown is a perfect Halloween treat. This novella has just the right amount of ingredients to produce a humorous, fun, and entertaining story. It definitely has the feel of a creepy Halloween cautionary tale and the main characters awareness of both this and pop culture help to make the story thoroughly enjoyable.

The story begins with three friends trying to take a “shortcut” through a deserted town and on an ill-maintained road. An accident sends the car skidding over...more 3.5 stars rounded up.

Dudleytown is a perfect Halloween treat. This novella has just the right amount of ingredients to produce a humorous, fun, and entertaining story. It definitely has the feel of a creepy Halloween cautionary tale and the main characters awareness of both this and pop culture help to make the story thoroughly enjoyable.

The story begins with three friends trying to take a “shortcut” through a deserted town and on an ill-maintained road. An accident sends the car skidding over an incline and leaves the driver seriously injured. Determined not to be a statistic later told in campfire tales, Alex, Shannon and Ricky try to find help. Of course no creepy story ends that easily.

This novella really shines as the author has excellent comic timing and very witty dialogue. The main narrator in Alex is charming with his self effacing humor and love of horror films. His internal monologues tend to run on though – imagine him mentally listing all the creepy horror scenarios he can think of while they’re supposed to be looking for their friend. On the one hand this is entertaining for the reader since anyone with a cursory knowledge of slasher films knows the conditions that lead to death, such as never be the one left behind. Yet at the same time it does kill some of the immersion in the story since it’s too self indulgent.

This leads into the other problem I had with the story since Shannon and Alex have a mutual jerk off session in the woods while hunted by creepy men. I was with the story up until this point but then it completely lost me. I enjoyed the sexual tension between Shannon and Alex and even the briefly interrupted scene on the ground is both hot and appropriate. When they take it further though it made very little sense given what happened with Ricky immediately prior.

Other than these issues, which just remind the reader they’re reading a humorous take on a creepy Halloween story, the writing really delivers with a good blend of entertainment and gore. There is nothing that is likely to offend any readers but it adds the perfect ghostly atmosphere to compliment the Halloween time and feel. Fans of the author will adore this as it has all the strength of the author’s writing and the perfect story to curl up with on a dark night. The happy ending/resolution between Shannon and Alex is a stretch, well Shannon’s reasoning is ridiculous, but it gives a happy finale to what could have been a cautionary tale.
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Nov 06, 2010 Jaele rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nothing like what I expected from the blurb, but everything I expected from LB Gregg. This is a fantastic short story. Only part of the tension was sexual. The majority was honest to god WTF?

The beginning starts off with the driver knowing a “short cut.” Of course, those never work out. Lost in the middle of a ghost town, the trio find themselves in trouble fitting of a horror movie. Alex, the POV we have throughout the story makes mention of the similarities on a regular basis.

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Aug 14, 2012 Tiya Rosa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, imaginary-boyfriends, funny

Alex is hot for his straight roommate Shannon, but he has a rule of not messing with straight guys since they have a tendency to beat the shit out of you or ignore you completely after you get them off. On their way to their respective homes over a holiday weekend, their designated driver, Ricky, decides to take a short cut and they end up in a ditch in the middle of nowhere with Ricky missing and a homicidal convict bent on getting away without leaving witnesses. Now Alex not only needs to find...more

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Oct 30, 2010 Katie(babs) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Just in time for Halloween, LB Gregg has written Dudleytown, a short M/M tale that has a great combination of spookiness and comedy. At around 76 pages, Dudleytown is a fast read that takes a few horror movie clichés and spins them quite well. In the middle of nowhere three college aged friends speed down a dark, deserted road where there will be some mind-numbing terror in store for them.
A very unhappy nineteen-year-old college sophomore Alex is sitting in the backseat. The driver Ricky has dec...more Just in time for Halloween, LB Gregg has written Dudleytown, a short M/M tale that has a great combination of spookiness and comedy. At around 76 pages, Dudleytown is a fast read that takes a few horror movie clichés and spins them quite well. In the middle of nowhere three college aged friends speed down a dark, deserted road where there will be some mind-numbing terror in store for them.
A very unhappy nineteen-year-old college sophomore Alex is sitting in the backseat. The driver Ricky has decided to take a shortcut back to their school. In the passenger seat is Alex’s older roommate Shannon. Alex is fuming at Shannon because he walked in on Shannon getting some oral play from some curvy twit, and on his bed to add to the insult. Alex has it bad for Shannon, and would have loved to be the one to give Shannon such pleasure, but Alex isn’t going to take that chance. Alex has been burned before by guys in his high school who acted straight in public, but wanted fun in the locker room with Alex when no one was looking. So Alex keeps his feelings to himself and stews while Shannon is blissfully unaware.

Alex can’t wait to drink (or smoke up) the entire weekend to get over his heartbreak, and even goes as fat to down a few Bud Lights (woo hoo, my beer of choice!) while Ricky gets them lost and closer to Dudleytown, a supposed haunted ghost town. As they drive along Dark Entry Road, which Alex can’t help but note as being pornographic, they crash into something and hit a tree. Ricky is badly hurt and it’s up to Shannon and Alex to find help. But Ricky hasn’t hit an animal, but a human being. They can’t find the body, they’re all alone miles from nowhere, and may come face-to-face with some dangerous convicts on the loose due to a car accident a few miles back. Alex is ready to pee his pants over the entire situation, while Shannon takes control and tries not to panic. Ricky’s out of commission, but then out of the blue he goes missing. It’s up to Alex and Shannon to keep their heads on straight and get out woods before they end up the victim of a murderer, hungry bear or deadly ghost.

What makes Dudleytown a fun read is of Alex, the narrator. Alex internal monologue had me hooting in laughter. Alex is a bit immature in his thinking, but he is nineteen after all, and LB really excels at showing this. Alex has no qualms about his love of porn and would love nothing more than to act a few of his favorite porn scenes with Shannon. A little Boys and Bears is his porn of choice.(I just can’t get enough of that title and have been saying it non-stop.) At certain points Alex’s bitterness comes through, and it’s mainly because of his fear of being rejected since he thinks Shannon is straight. But then as Shannon and Alex keep low to the ground for purposes better left as a surprise, rolling around in the mud is given new meaning between these two.

LB brings some dirty, hot fun with some suspenseful tension. I don’t know how she made it work, but if I was scared for my life and with the guy I had it bad for, I’m not sure I would be amorous if I thought some masked murderer with an axe was lurking in the shadows. But the way LB sets it up, it does work in a sexy and very humorous way. The mystery element is pretty well done and the ending is so unbelievable perfect. How can you not enjoy a hot steamy shower sex scene with two raunchy men who realize they are perfect for one another?

The one small issue I had was that by the title, I expected Shannon and Alex to stumble into Dudleytown and get the beejuses scared out of them. This in turn would lead to some, “let’s have hot, sweaty sex together before we’re killed by the vengeful ghosts”. But that’s just me.

LB continues to impress me time and again with her books. Dudleytown has the right amount of laughs and enough foreplay and sex to make this one fun read. You may not jump from the bumps in the night that occur in Dudleytown, but you will have a blast seeing how Alex and Shannon rely on one another to face down those things that go bump in the night, as well as working on those bumps in their pants they have for one another. (less)

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Aug 16, 2012 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, glbt, horror, m-m, novella

“The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.” – Unknown

Alex Strauss thinks he knows his college roommate, Shannon Murray, pretty well. For instance, he knows for a fact that Shannon’s straight. Poor Alex got some rather unfortunate visual evidence of that. Alex also knows that it’s not totally unheard of for straight guys to want to experiment a little. In fact, Alex has been on the receiving end of a few of those straight boy experiments himself and has always regretted it afte...more “The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.” – Unknown

Alex Strauss thinks he knows his college roommate, Shannon Murray, pretty well. For instance, he knows for a fact that Shannon’s straight. Poor Alex got some rather unfortunate visual evidence of that. Alex also knows that it’s not totally unheard of for straight guys to want to experiment a little. In fact, Alex has been on the receiving end of a few of those straight boy experiments himself and has always regretted it afterwards. He’s done playing guinea pig for the bi-flexible and the het-curious, is done being used and then treated like dirt, so even if Shannon was all about it, it wouldn’t happen. Probably. Maybe. All that conviction hasn’t stopped Alex from falling a little bit in love with Shannon, though. Poor guy.

In a dark and dangerous forest that feels a little bit like a trippy fall down the rabbit hole to Chunderland, where things don’t necessarily go bump in the night as much as they go splat on the windshield, Alex, Shannon, and Riley O’Leary take a shortcut to Dudleytown that ends up a bit of a bloody, vomitous mess and makes them a target for an escaped convict. Riley’s gone missing and it’s up to Alex and Shannon to find and rescue him. If, that is, Alex can quit jumping to conclusions long enough to read the signals Shannon’s sending him and just go along with the fact that everyone’s got his own way of being who he is.

This was a fast paced and fun story about two guys playing for the same team who had to learn to trust they were following the same playbook. I knew L.B. Gregg could make me laugh. Apparently, I now also know she can make me laugh and give me the heebie jeebies at the same time. Dudleytown reads like the best icky parts of a horror movie without all the “what an idiot, don’t go in there!” stuff that normally goes along with them. Maybe there’s a little bit of sex at the oddest moment, but at least no one gets murdered with his pants down around his ankles.

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Oct 28, 2010 Mandi Schreiner rated it 4 of 5 stars

Loved. Review to come...Favorite Quote: He was dressed and I was naked. That’s pretty much the plotline for half the movies I watch.

Almost twenty year old Alex Strauss is on his way home during college break with his roommate Shannon and their mutual friend Ricky. Alex caught Shannon and a female companion getting down and dirty on his dorm bed earlier in the day. Having been attracted to the upper classman Shannon since he first started rooming with him two months ago, Alex is still steaming at...more Loved. Review to come...Favorite Quote: He was dressed and I was naked. That’s pretty much the plotline for half the movies I watch.

Almost twenty year old Alex Strauss is on his way home during college break with his roommate Shannon and their mutual friend Ricky. Alex caught Shannon and a female companion getting down and dirty on his dorm bed earlier in the day. Having been attracted to the upper classman Shannon since he first started rooming with him two months ago, Alex is still steaming at the scene he witnessed. Where Alex is small and scrawny and more on the timid side, Shannon is tall, full of muscle and takes control.

Hearing the road is closed up ahead due to a tractor trailer and prison bus accident, Ricky decides to take a short cut – through the woods in his jeep. Ricky, anxious to get home for his date, flies through the treacherous woods way too fast. They enter Dudleytown, where scary ghost stories lurk. Pitch black outside, all of a sudden a body hits the jeep, and they go careening into a ravine. Alex and Shannon get out with no injuries, but Ricky has some broken bones and a bad concussion. Stranded in the middle of no where, with no cell phone service, Alex and Shannon sit Ricky down and explore their options. But a few minutes later, Ricky is gone, and Shannon and Alex have a very bad feeling of what is to come.

Besides being stuck in the woods, Alex doesn’t realize Shannon has been eying Alex up for some time now…and the adrenaline of being in an accident, surrounded by mystery and danger, allows attraction to come to the surface.

Dudleytown is a short, funny, dirty story and just adds to the pile of wonderful books L.B Gregg writes. She always makes me laugh out loud and her romance is always steamy. Hell, she has the boys making out in the middle of the dark woods in a hidey-hole of sorts. It’s hot.

Alex has no idea Shannon is gay, only having known him two months and just this day having caught him with a girl. But as Shannon says, everyone does gay different – and he has a good reason for his earlier actions with the female in the dorm room. Although Shannon is great at leading and being in control, his admission of being a bit shy in the romance department is really endearing. But don’t get me wrong, he is the one to initiate the smex in the woods. And he later forces the issue when Alex is afraid Shannon will conveniently forget they ever did anything together.

For such a short book, L.B Gregg gives us a fun, spooky mystery where poor Ricky gets carted off with the bad guy. Shannon and Alex then need to track Ricky down and at the same time keep a low profile from the scary men running around the woods. And the end is very sweet, and poignant and there are naked bodies and a shower. Seriously, you can’t go wrong.(less)

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Oct 30, 2010 Jenre rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, m-m, romance

Alex is on his way home from college for the weekend and sharing a ride with his friend Ricky and roommate Shannon. Taking a short cut turns out to be not the best idea when the jeep careens off the road, leaving only Ricky injured. Before they can find help, Ricky disappears and Shannon and Alex are left combing the forest in the dark for him, unaware that danger is lurking round the corner.

I’m a big fan of L.B. Gregg’s writing, especially the witty dialogue and the breakneck pacing of her book...more Alex is on his way home from college for the weekend and sharing a ride with his friend Ricky and roommate Shannon. Taking a short cut turns out to be not the best idea when the jeep careens off the road, leaving only Ricky injured. Before they can find help, Ricky disappears and Shannon and Alex are left combing the forest in the dark for him, unaware that danger is lurking round the corner.

I’m a big fan of L.B. Gregg’s writing, especially the witty dialogue and the breakneck pacing of her books. This book didn’t disappoint in that regard. The story is narrated from the first person point of view of Alex, whose dry sense of humour permeates the story. He’s been in love with his roommate, Shannon, for weeks, but has had bad experiences with straight men before, as he says in a heartbreakingly matter of fact way:

I’d had sex with plenty of guys I didn’t like—and I always regretted it. Always. Because, too late, I learned that those dudes thought it was a good time to knock me around after I jacked them off.

It was background information like this, plus the way his thoughts often belied his actions which endeared me to Alex. For example, his thoughts run a mile a minute as he imagines horrors in the woods, and amusingly recalls all the dreadful horror flicks he’s ever seen; but when action is called for he has a cool, sensible head on his shoulders. As with all first person narratives, it was harder to understand Shannon, as we only see him through Alex’s eyes. Despite this he was still a likeable character with the familiar take charge attitude of many LB Gregg heroes but this time without the arrogance. The couple worked well together, and if I found myself amused that they could get down and dirty in the forest with danger on the horizon, then I just put it down to the hormones of young men!

The story itself moves on at a fair rate and was a good mix of the romantic plot and Halloween scares. Those of you who are faint of heart may find some parts a touch gruesome, but I thought the gore fit well with the horror movie-like themes of the book. It certainly helped that there were light moments to the story, with a number of humourous asides and information, such as how Shannon and Alex came to be roommates, to lift the story from being too heavy. In the end I felt the balance between scares, tension, romance, lust and humour was just right, making this a perfect read for Halloween lovers.

I had two small niggles about the story. Firstly, was the way in which the complication between Alex and Shannon worked out. I don’t want to say too much because it’s this which starts the ball rolling for the pair, but Shannon’s explanation about exactly what had happened earlier that day seemed weak to me. Perhaps it just needed a few more sentences to show the motivation of the other person. However, in terms of emotional impact for Alex and as a catalyst for the relationship between him and Shannon, it worked, so it was only a minor niggle. The second one was even more minor in that there was an over-abundance of similes used throughout the story and after a while I found it distracting.

Those fans of L.B. Gregg are not going to be disappointed with this story. The swift pacing, sympathetic characters and spooky story had me hooked and I read quickly to the end of the book. If you like tales of dark goings on in the woods, chills and thrills, and don’t mind a bit of gruesome stuff then I’d highly recommend Dudleytown. I enjoyed it a great deal.(less)

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Nov 20, 2010 Missy Welsh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Bought and read this last night between 1 and 3 AM while I couldn't sleep. Might not have been the best choice considering its rather spooky nature, but I had to find out what was going to happen to Alex and Shannon. I would love to have another story from Alex's point of view; he was another great example of LB Gregg's ability to write a great character.

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Nov 28, 2011 Arthur rated it 5 of 5 stars

A horror story in the tradition of Hollywood B-movie in the 1970s (in fact, the character makes references about movies). It's sweet but also packed with actions. Unfortunately, it starts with the Big Misunderstanding, which is why it lost .5 star. (You know, when a character is entering a room and finds the other one in a compromising position? Yeah, I can do without any Big Misunderstanding in any story).

The story has the best line in all M/M books that I've read (and yes, there are a LOT of t...more

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Dec 13, 2010 Nerine Petros rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Oct 28, 2010 Smokinhotbooks K.C. rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Everyone knows that Smokinhotbooks thinks Halloween is spooktacular and that we go a little overboard with the holiday. So when we heard that one of our fav authors, LB Gregg, was releasing a story just in time for Halloween, well this as nice of a treat as Tim Curry singing that he’s just a “sweet transvestite, from Transsexual Transylvania” inch four in heels, diva make-up and a pleather bustier.

Dudelytown tells the tale of three college buddies who set off on a road trip...more

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Nov 12, 2010 Janna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: z2010-100plus-reading-challenge, z2010-m-m-romance-challenge, friends-to-lovers, favorite-reads-2010, m-m, favorites

4.5 stars.

I can keep this short: Dudleytown is a joy to read. There’s not much I didn’t enjoy about this sexy, suspenseful Halloween story. I just loved it!

Okay, I’ll tell you a little bit more, but not too much because you definitely have to read it yourself to learn more about it.
The plot is cleverly simple but strong. Three friends are on their way home when they get in an accident in the middle of a dark forest, tumbling down the mountain. One of them has a head injury and gets lost. The ot...more 4.5 stars.

I can keep this short: Dudleytown is a joy to read. There’s not much I didn’t enjoy about this sexy, suspenseful Halloween story. I just loved it!

Okay, I’ll tell you a little bit more, but not too much because you definitely have to read it yourself to learn more about it.
The plot is cleverly simple but strong. Three friends are on their way home when they get in an accident in the middle of a dark forest, tumbling down the mountain. One of them has a head injury and gets lost. The other two, Alex and Shannon, go after their friend, trying to find him. Alex and Shannon are roommates and Alex has a crush on Shannon who he assumes is straight. While looking for their friend and dealing with some mysterious events, Alex and Shannon find themselves in some intimate (and scary) situations. The plot is building to a wonderful climax, on more than one level.

Alex is the narrator of his and Shannon’s adventures and his voice is another one of those great LB Gregg voices I adore; it’s funny, ironic and sharp. And full of self-mockery.
Each one of LB’s narrators has his own quirk and Alex’s is his unbelievably broad knowledge of cheesy (horror) movie titles and his 'talent' to compare almost everything he's witnessing with one of these movies. It’s bringing a light, humorous touch into the suspense arc, which makes Dudleytown a fabulous balance between comedy, thriller, drama and erotic romance. For the latter elements Shannon is playing his part wonderfully. He and Alex are a hot couple, not only when hiding in a pot hole under nerve wracking circumstances but also when sharing a sweet, sexy shower.

Before I spoil more I better let you pick it up yourself. It’ll be worth your money, especially when you’re already a fan of LB Gregg’s humor. There was only one thing I didn’t enjoy very much about this novella and that was its length. The (early but otherwise perfect) ending prevented me from being with these characters a little bit longer and left me wondering what would happen to them after the story. And that is a sign of a good book.

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Nov 18, 2011 Tam rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m

This is a spooky Halloween short about roommates whose ride share taking them home for the weekend takes a "short cut" despite being told by police not to. When a body falls on the car and they careen off a cliff, things go even more downhill when the driver is injured but manages to disappear in the dark in a ghost town. Leaving the two roommates, one supposedly straight to try and find him and cope with the scariness. I have to confess I kept thinking "Why would you leave a guy with a broken w...more

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Oct 31, 2010 Meraehl rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was enjoyable from start to finish. It's a mini horror movie - and very atmospheric and chilly it is! The set-up was spooky and the tension racked up. I thought it very effective for a short story. But it's also a very enjoyable romance. The main character, Alex, was a likeable mixture of insecurity and goofiness when he has time to think, but in times of stress he can buckle down and pragmatically do what's needed. I liked that. Likewise, the romantic interest Shannon is a take-charge lead...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Plainbrownwrapper rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm

This is a nice little "scary night in the woods" story. It is completely and totally and 100% different from the second "Cornwall Novella", Simple Gifts, which surprised me, but that's okay. The only thing both books share (apart from mm romance) is Gregg's intelligent writing -- and that's very much in evidence in both stories.

This novella has everything you need for a scary fireside story. It's got dark woods (and getting lost in them), a prison transport crash, a ghost town, hungry coyotes, b...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Ruby rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: brief-encounters-reviews, contemporary, humour

Rating: B+

This review originally appeared at Brief Encounters Reviews

First an explanatory note: Dudleytown is the first of LB Gregg's Cornwall novellas, but it's a series in the loosest sense of the word as there seems to be no connection between stories other than the location. I recently reviewed the second Cornwall novella, Simple Gifts, here - yes, I'm tackling the series out of order - please don't disown me, Cole! I also should mention that this is a rerelease of a story originally publish...more

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May 31, 2011 Shell rated it 5 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars

This book wasn't what I was expecting from the blurb. I read it last night, thinking it would be a good scary, Halloweenish read. *looks outside* Ah, May is as good of time as any. It wasn't, there were no ghosts and goblins, no mummies or things that go bump in the night. There were, however, a few escaped criminals, a couple of college boys and some really disgusting visuals on what may happen when you're half dead under a car and left to wild animals. I know, gross!! For the first ha...more

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Nov 27, 2011 Jess rated it 5 of 5 stars

One of the best short stories I have read in ages. It has a clear beginning, middle and end. I am not left wanting more because the story is told well enough that I feel satisfied.

The setting is creepy and mysterious (i was impressed with the tense setting)
The characters are awesome and the sex was PERFECT for the story. Not the hottest I've ever read but when you read it you will understand how it is perfect for the plot.

I thoroughly enjoyed it

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Nov 02, 2011 Kira rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m

I needed a quick read after reading a book that I didn't like so much. Picking up L.B. Gregg was a bit of a "this way I know it's quality writing"-kind of thing.

And it was. If you're looking for a straight out romance, don't bother. There's very little of that, a bit of sex though. It's more of a Halloween-story with suspense and spooky stuff.

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Feb 02, 2013 Katharina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, humour, suspense

Quick, fun, halloween-style read about three college kids taking a shortcut through dark woods that doesn't turn out as planned. Insert accident, blood, a friend MIA, bad men, and a crush from one roommate to another and you have all the ingredients needed for a suspense short story full of humour and boy/boy-attraction. Recommended!

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May 18, 2012 BenJ rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is my fav book from l.b.gregg. Loved the 2 central characters. Alex is hilarious and I might've fallen in love with him just a wee bit ;-)
Thoroughly enjoyable with a good dose of fun, witty, charm, horror and sexy.
I highly recommend it.

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Mar 16, 2012 Mandy*reads obsessively* rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook-owned, m-m, short, paranormal, series-sequels

Spooky scary and a bit bloody!
Three college boys take a shortcut through the woods have a car accident and well it goes downhill from there!
I loved Alex's constant porn and horror movie comparisons and Shannon was a sweetie!

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Aug 24, 2011 Antonella rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ok, 3.5 stars because it is well written ;-).

A nice Halloween story. Still, not one I was so fond of that I'm going to re-read it (that's the meaning of my 4 stars).

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Feb 15, 2012 Mary Lauer rated it 2 of 5 stars

I guess I was expecting something different. I was looking for a relationship story, not a creepy short cut gone horribly wrong story. I'll still try Simple Gifts.

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Aug 15, 2011 Heather C rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, fictionwise, m-m, novella, friends-to-lovers, contemporary-romance, read-2011, read-with-b, read-with-n

Oooh, I really really liked this story. I love scary stories and this one is really spooky. Its about 3 young college guys lost at night near a ghost town after trying to take a "shortcut". I can't say more without spoiling it, but it also has a little romance. Its really short and will take only about 2 hours to read. Oh, and suggest that sure you read it in the dark!

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LB Gregg (Lisabea) writes fun, fast-paced contemporary male/male romances for a variety of publishers including Samhain, Musa, and Carina Press. Her wildly successful Men of Smithfield books feature hot, hunky men looking for love in small town New England. You can find more information about LB, The Men of Smithfield, and her fun series Romano and Albright at www.lbgregg.com.

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