Filthy Beast: Fiendish Lullabies

by William J. Donahue

Is there hope for humankind? Monsters the size of skyscrapers terrorize the mainland. Psycho-killers lurk in the shadows with glistening blades and cracked smiles. Salivating shape-shifters tap bony fingernails against first-floor windows. Reduced to the point of irrelevance, once-powerful men now cower behind reinforced doors rimmed with deadbolts.In the nine gloomy tales of Filthy Fiendish Lullabies, come face to face with undersexed fish-monsters, hard-drinking demons, superhuman ninjas, incompetent werewolves and other absurd antiheroes. Hope, it seems, has joined the endangered species list.Take two parts horror, one part dark comedy and a pinch of erotica, let them fester in a stagnant puddle and serve chilled. That's the recipe for Filthy Beast's fiendish fables of love, death, sex and biological weaponry-humanity at its very worst.

180 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2004

About the author

William J. Donahue writes literary horror about broken hearts, broken promises, and broken bodies -- stories that blend terror and tenderness. Donahue’s novels include FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO ME, ONLY MONSTERS REMAIN, CRAWL ON YOUR BELLY ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, and BURN BEAUTIFUL SOUL. He writes and fosters kittens from his home, which is located somewhere on the map between Philadelphia and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Visit wjdonahue.com for more.

Author photo by Alison Dunlap