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Blood Splattered and Politically Incorrect
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These stories are blood splattered and politically incorrect... Can you handle them?
Table of Contents:
"Sick Puppy" by Del James
"A Revolution of One" by Brian Keene
"Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At" by Thomas F. Monteleone
"Testify" by Lee Thomas
About the Authors:
Brian Keene is the author of over twenty books, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Kill Whitey, Urban Gothic, Castaways, Dead Sea, Ghoul, Unhappy Endings and many more. He also writes comic books such as The Last Zombie and Dead of Night: Devil Slayer. His work has been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, French and Taiwanese. Several of his novels and stories have been optioned for film, one of which, The Ties That Bind, premiered on DVD in 2009 as a critically-acclaimed independent short. Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publishers Weekly, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine.
Del James is an American musician, writer, journalist, and artist. His groundbreaking short story collection The Language of Fear features an introduction by Axl Rose and the short story “Without You,” said to be the inspiration for the Guns N' Roses video November Rain. He has interviewed Keith Richards, Alice Cooper, Ronnie Wood, Kiss, The Cult, Guns N' Roses, and countless others. He has also directed music videos for bands like Guns N' Roses and Soul. He has co-written songs with groups such as Testament, ("So Many Lies", "Return to Serenity", "The Ritual" and "Dog Faced Gods"), TNT, Ricky Warwick, Stan Lynch, Rhett Forrester, Dizzy Reed, The Almighty and Guns N' Roses, including "The Garden" and "Yesterdays," from the band's Grammy nominated Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II albums. Del James is also credited as the project coordinator for Live Era '87-'93, the Guns N' Roses live album.
Thomas F. Monteleone has been a professional writer since 1972 and is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. He has published more than 100 short stories in numerous magazines and anthologies. His stories have been nominated for many awards, and have appeared in lots of best-of-the-year compilations. His notorious column of opinion and entertainment, The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association, currently appears in Cemetery Dance magazine. He is the editor of seven anthologies, including the highly acclaimed Borderlands series edited with his wife, Elizabeth, of which Borderlands 5 won a Bram Stoker Award in 2003.
Lee Thomas is the award-winning author of Stained, Parish Damned, Damaged, and The Dust of Wonderland. In addition to numerous magazines, his short fiction has appeared in the anthologies A Walk on the Darkside (Roc), Unspeakable Horror (Dark Scribe), Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year’s Gay Speculative Fiction (Lethe Press), and Inferno (Tor), among others. He has won both the Bram Stoker Award and the Lambda Literary Award. Writing as Thomas Pendleton and Dallas Reed, he is the author of the novels, Mason, Shimmer, and The Calling, from HarperTeen. Lee currently lives in Austin, TX, where he's working on a number of projects.
These stories are blood splattered and politically incorrect... Can you handle them?
Table of Contents:
"Sick Puppy" by Del James
"A Revolution of One" by Brian Keene
"Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At" by Thomas F. Monteleone
"Testify" by Lee Thomas
About the Authors:
Brian Keene is the author of over twenty books, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Kill Whitey, Urban Gothic, Castaways, Dead Sea, Ghoul, Unhappy Endings and many more. He also writes comic books such as The Last Zombie and Dead of Night: Devil Slayer. His work has been translated into German, Spanish, Polish, French and Taiwanese. Several of his novels and stories have been optioned for film, one of which, The Ties That Bind, premiered on DVD in 2009 as a critically-acclaimed independent short. Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publishers Weekly, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine.
Del James is an American musician, writer, journalist, and artist. His groundbreaking short story collection The Language of Fear features an introduction by Axl Rose and the short story “Without You,” said to be the inspiration for the Guns N' Roses video November Rain. He has interviewed Keith Richards, Alice Cooper, Ronnie Wood, Kiss, The Cult, Guns N' Roses, and countless others. He has also directed music videos for bands like Guns N' Roses and Soul. He has co-written songs with groups such as Testament, ("So Many Lies", "Return to Serenity", "The Ritual" and "Dog Faced Gods"), TNT, Ricky Warwick, Stan Lynch, Rhett Forrester, Dizzy Reed, The Almighty and Guns N' Roses, including "The Garden" and "Yesterdays," from the band's Grammy nominated Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II albums. Del James is also credited as the project coordinator for Live Era '87-'93, the Guns N' Roses live album.
Thomas F. Monteleone has been a professional writer since 1972 and is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. He has published more than 100 short stories in numerous magazines and anthologies. His stories have been nominated for many awards, and have appeared in lots of best-of-the-year compilations. His notorious column of opinion and entertainment, The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association, currently appears in Cemetery Dance magazine. He is the editor of seven anthologies, including the highly acclaimed Borderlands series edited with his wife, Elizabeth, of which Borderlands 5 won a Bram Stoker Award in 2003.
Lee Thomas is the award-winning author of Stained, Parish Damned, Damaged, and The Dust of Wonderland. In addition to numerous magazines, his short fiction has appeared in the anthologies A Walk on the Darkside (Roc), Unspeakable Horror (Dark Scribe), Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year’s Gay Speculative Fiction (Lethe Press), and Inferno (Tor), among others. He has won both the Bram Stoker Award and the Lambda Literary Award. Writing as Thomas Pendleton and Dallas Reed, he is the author of the novels, Mason, Shimmer, and The Calling, from HarperTeen. Lee currently lives in Austin, TX, where he's working on a number of projects.
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36 pages, Paperback
First published December 10, 2010
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Del James
15 books30 followersDel James is the author of The Language of Fear, a collection of short horror stories.
Del James, is an American musician, writer, journalist and artist best known for writing the short story that reportedly inspired the "November Rain" video by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He is a close friend to Axl Rose and is the road manager for Guns N' Roses.
Del James, is an American musician, writer, journalist and artist best known for writing the short story that reportedly inspired the "November Rain" video by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He is a close friend to Axl Rose and is the road manager for Guns N' Roses.
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September 19, 2024
I’ve missed rock ‘n roll. That is to say, I’ve missed the spirit of cultural dissent in art. I don’t mean didactic or reactionary messaging, but rather the refusal to conform to strictures of language and the ever-shifting criteria of ‘offensive’ content. What that entails and encompasses has changed and expanded under the canopy of corrosion—even since the publication of this collection—but it’s all the same stifling bilge.
And for the love of God, have we done away with the death knell for creativity; the soul-destroying advent of the sensitivity reader yet? I can only imagine how stories like these would be mutilated—and not in the good way—if they were subject to these neo-NKVD expurgators and selective sanitizers.
Sick Puppy by Del James: A junky werewolf with AIDS wants to go GWAR on a former president. This story was as whacked out as its narrator. It begins, inexplicably, with a recollection of the 9/11 terror attacks, pivots to the racial and sexual politics of the AIDS crisis, soliloquizing on urban decay, and then, surprise! He’s a werewolf tearing apart street punks. It’s disjointed, grimy, and tasteless. It was pretty great.
A Revolution of One by Brian Keene: I’d believe it if you told me this was a redditor’s manifesto. Juvenile ravings against the masses with some fair points sprinkled in.
Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At by Thomas F. Monteleone: Lead-based irony in a hypocritical chamber.
Testify by Lee Thomas: Ted Haggard has always been blushing, but this would skewer him with a red-hot poker, and he’d like it. It might be the best of the bunch. Told through a series of legal statements and press releases, a religious leader is caught with his pants down after being outed by a rent-a-boy. It’s astonishing how many such scandals broke in the fundamentalist circuit a couple decades back. The disgraced preacher resorts to occult practices to enact revenge. Redemption be damned.
And for the love of God, have we done away with the death knell for creativity; the soul-destroying advent of the sensitivity reader yet? I can only imagine how stories like these would be mutilated—and not in the good way—if they were subject to these neo-NKVD expurgators and selective sanitizers.
Sick Puppy by Del James: A junky werewolf with AIDS wants to go GWAR on a former president. This story was as whacked out as its narrator. It begins, inexplicably, with a recollection of the 9/11 terror attacks, pivots to the racial and sexual politics of the AIDS crisis, soliloquizing on urban decay, and then, surprise! He’s a werewolf tearing apart street punks. It’s disjointed, grimy, and tasteless. It was pretty great.
A Revolution of One by Brian Keene: I’d believe it if you told me this was a redditor’s manifesto. Juvenile ravings against the masses with some fair points sprinkled in.
Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At by Thomas F. Monteleone: Lead-based irony in a hypocritical chamber.
Testify by Lee Thomas: Ted Haggard has always been blushing, but this would skewer him with a red-hot poker, and he’d like it. It might be the best of the bunch. Told through a series of legal statements and press releases, a religious leader is caught with his pants down after being outed by a rent-a-boy. It’s astonishing how many such scandals broke in the fundamentalist circuit a couple decades back. The disgraced preacher resorts to occult practices to enact revenge. Redemption be damned.
August 1, 2022
"If we lose, Satan wins. Send your donations today."
"Wright's church is actually raising money for his de-queerification! WTF?!?!"
"We've all swallowed a load here and there, but those poor dumb fuckers have to be drowning by now."
"Wright's church is actually raising money for his de-queerification! WTF?!?!"
"We've all swallowed a load here and there, but those poor dumb fuckers have to be drowning by now."
August 17, 2020
Книжка с четири кратки разказа от доста известни писатели. Заглавието си казва какво е съдържанието, но с забележката, че проблемите засегнати в разказите са типично американски и свързани с тяхната социална политика. Което мен автоматично не ме докосва по никакъв начин, тежките проблеми на обществото в което живея са коренно различни и, естествено, много по-важни. А извън това - политическата сатира си е включена в определението за остросюжетна литература и когато хванеш хорър автори да "рантят" по системата, резултатът е повече от задоволителен.
"Sick Puppy" от Del James - Хероинов наркоман припада след поредния незнаен боклук, който си е блъснал и се буди болен от СПИН и върколясал. И ето че в надрусаната му чутура започват да се раждат идеи относно СПИН-а, наркоманите, гейовете, малцинствата и прочие.
"A Revolution of One" от Brian Keene - Този го бях чел вече. По-скоро монолог/манифест, от колкото разказ, като изключим доста добрия финален обрат. Кийн зассяга овчедушието на американския народ, докато системата системно го оножда. Говори за пропорционалното затъпяване, дебилизиране и прочие неща, които интересно една камара хора, които не са подушвали океана твърдят, че няма в мечтаните САЩ.
"Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At" от Thomas F. Monteleone - кратък разказ с наказателен край. Един сенатор е върл противник на оръжията, като изключва себе си от народното множество. Една вечер у тях влиза крадец...
"Testify" от Lee Thomas - Епистоларен разказ за едно любопитно дело. Пастор, проповядващ срещу педерастията е хванат на калъп с мъжка проститутка. До тук добре, но се оказва, че свидетелят умира мистериозно. Когато задълбават в историята, журналистите разбират, че божието човече се занимава и с хууду.
"Sick Puppy" от Del James - Хероинов наркоман припада след поредния незнаен боклук, който си е блъснал и се буди болен от СПИН и върколясал. И ето че в надрусаната му чутура започват да се раждат идеи относно СПИН-а, наркоманите, гейовете, малцинствата и прочие.
"A Revolution of One" от Brian Keene - Този го бях чел вече. По-скоро монолог/манифест, от колкото разказ, като изключим доста добрия финален обрат. Кийн зассяга овчедушието на американския народ, докато системата системно го оножда. Говори за пропорционалното затъпяване, дебилизиране и прочие неща, които интересно една камара хора, които не са подушвали океана твърдят, че няма в мечтаните САЩ.
"Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At" от Thomas F. Monteleone - кратък разказ с наказателен край. Един сенатор е върл противник на оръжията, като изключва себе си от народното множество. Една вечер у тях влиза крадец...
"Testify" от Lee Thomas - Епистоларен разказ за едно любопитно дело. Пастор, проповядващ срещу педерастията е хванат на калъп с мъжка проститутка. До тук добре, но се оказва, че свидетелят умира мистериозно. Когато задълбават в историята, журналистите разбират, че божието човече се занимава и с хууду.
June 19, 2018
I was pretty mixed on this collection. However, rather than my disappointment being with the stories, I think it was self-induced. I'm not exactly sure what I was expecting but these stories didn't really match my expectations. Going off the title, each story did have blood splatters of some sort, so I should have been happy there. And each story centered on a different approach to a politically sensitive idea: AIDS, social activism, gun control, and religious guidance. I think that I was expecting the politically incorrect portion to be a bit more bizarro and less political. My thoughts on the individual stories are below; as for the collection, enjoyable but not as offensive and I had hoped.
"Sick Puppy" by Del James - This story focused on AIDS, more specifically an AIDS infected werewolf. A cool idea but I don't think it was taken in an exciting direction. A fair amount of pure data on the AIDS epidemic which nicely provided the background for what was happening to the werewolf. But the ending was more conspiracy than reality and proved disappointing.
"A Revolution of One" by Brian Keene - This story involved social activism. It also worked its way in subtlety. The story is basically a big rant of how someone is saving the world from all the passively active, ineffective, want to help but only from a consumer point of view, type of people. And while there is some stuff in that to disagree with, there is also a lot of stuff to cheer for someone doing something and to demand a fix. Then it ends fast and hard with a quick punch to the gut. My final thoughts were "but... but... oh, nicely done, Mr. Keene".
"Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At" by Thomas F. Monteleone - The title gives this one away as the gun control story. Monteleone kept the story brief but it unfortunately didn't work for me. There were too many moments of "Really? That makes no sense for him to do." It ends with a nice bit of irony but at the same time, there was no punch or shock. Or maybe I was still reeling from Keene's gut punch that it took away from Monteleone's story.
"Testify" by Lee Thomas - This story was about religious guidance, or more accurately a public relations scandal. The story is told as a series of press releases and interviews, all focused on a preacher testifying against a gay lifestyle while simultaneously getting publicly caught in his own homosexual affair. His solution is much more interesting than the normal way these things play out in that he uses voodoo to solve the problem.
"Sick Puppy" by Del James - This story focused on AIDS, more specifically an AIDS infected werewolf. A cool idea but I don't think it was taken in an exciting direction. A fair amount of pure data on the AIDS epidemic which nicely provided the background for what was happening to the werewolf. But the ending was more conspiracy than reality and proved disappointing.
"A Revolution of One" by Brian Keene - This story involved social activism. It also worked its way in subtlety. The story is basically a big rant of how someone is saving the world from all the passively active, ineffective, want to help but only from a consumer point of view, type of people. And while there is some stuff in that to disagree with, there is also a lot of stuff to cheer for someone doing something and to demand a fix. Then it ends fast and hard with a quick punch to the gut. My final thoughts were "but... but... oh, nicely done, Mr. Keene".
"Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At" by Thomas F. Monteleone - The title gives this one away as the gun control story. Monteleone kept the story brief but it unfortunately didn't work for me. There were too many moments of "Really? That makes no sense for him to do." It ends with a nice bit of irony but at the same time, there was no punch or shock. Or maybe I was still reeling from Keene's gut punch that it took away from Monteleone's story.
"Testify" by Lee Thomas - This story was about religious guidance, or more accurately a public relations scandal. The story is told as a series of press releases and interviews, all focused on a preacher testifying against a gay lifestyle while simultaneously getting publicly caught in his own homosexual affair. His solution is much more interesting than the normal way these things play out in that he uses voodoo to solve the problem.
August 17, 2014
Just what the title suggests. Interesting stories ranging from an aids infested werewolf to an anti-gay crusading preacher who is also a practitioner of black magic. Recommended, but not for the easily offended.
July 4, 2018
A nice little chap book of four stories that are definitely blood splattered and Politically Incorrect.
My favorite quote come's from Brian Keene's "A Revolution of One:"
"You lost that radical spirit, the revolutionary idealism that this country was founded, a birthright that was reborn and renewed with every generation, until after the Sixties, when instead of asking what they could do for their country, people began asking what they could do for themselves."
And the title to Thomas F. Monteleone's short story has some food for thought in today's aguments over the 2nd Amendment..."Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At."
My favorite quote come's from Brian Keene's "A Revolution of One:"
"You lost that radical spirit, the revolutionary idealism that this country was founded, a birthright that was reborn and renewed with every generation, until after the Sixties, when instead of asking what they could do for their country, people began asking what they could do for themselves."
And the title to Thomas F. Monteleone's short story has some food for thought in today's aguments over the 2nd Amendment..."Real Gun Control is Hitting What You Aim At."
July 13, 2014
A very short collection of short stories - around 40 pages. These were interesting if nothing else. A good read to kill around 30 minutes with.
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