Interrogation of a Corpse

by Alan Spencer

They call them "Death Freaks" or "Dead Heads". People who seek knowledge of what awaits on the other side of life. Their methods are unsound and beyond belief. They torture the secrets out of the dead during their special brand of interrogations.

These dangerous people have chosen the corpse of Diane Mitchell to interrogate in the privacy of an abandoned house. Needing Toby, Diane's son, for their ghastly process, the innocent man is held hostage in the same room as his mother's rotten body.

Toby will experience firsthand the knowledge of death stolen from his dead mother. Only this time, death won't hold back its secrets any longer. Death will give them up willingly, and the world will never be the same.

Genres: Horror

198 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 8, 2013

About the author

Alan Spencer is a freelance horror author from Kansas City. His most recent books are B-Movie Reels, B-Movie Attack, and Psycho Therapy (2013).

Reviews

[Sea Caummisar · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far, I have loved everything I've read by this guy. The idea behind this book was genius. The beginning of the story was interesting. The torture parts were great. The ending confused me a bit... Maybe because I was super tired when I finished it.

Anyways, the idea of talking to dead people to find out what's on the other side was fun..torturing their still alive family members to make them talk was even more fun.

Overall, it was good. Not great. If you wanna learn about tlkking to corpses or torturing people, then this book is for you.

[Bandit · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read a novella by Alan Spencer before, I've just revisited my review of it and I gotta say I can pretty much apply that review word for word to this much longer (long novella or a short novel) book as well. Strong start, good character development, excellent dialogue and then it all takes a tumble down the bizarre shoot. Spencer definitely doesn't lack in the imagination department, the plot was interesting, wild and original. Cult of death worshippers able and willing to do whatever it takes to get the dead to share their secrets about afterlife. There is, of course, certain amount of blood, viscera and violence that goes along without saying in horror genre, but here it seemed to have strongly overwhelm the book, the balance of context and imagery was off to the book's detriment. Maybe Spencer deliberately intended that sort of all out grossout fest, but he's good enough of a writer to elevate himself above that level and I can only hope that someday he will. The pacing was excellent and his staccato style writing really gives the book a great dynamic. What it really needed was an editor. Not just minor creative punctuation and/or spelling, but serious plot confusing editing snafus, the kind that affect the reading experience. Overall, I'm more intrigued than impressed by this author so far. We shall see.

[Kaisersoze · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know I'm not the easiest of people to please, but Interrogation of a Corpse failed to strike a chord with me. From its confusing beginning to its extremely bizarre and confounding ending, I constantly waited for things to fall into place and suddenly make sense.

Okay, so it didn't help that the author's writing style was too staccato for me - though the short, sharp sentences would occasionally give way to long scenes of pure dialogue without any descriptions to give them context. Like most independent publications there are also numerous errors throughout the work (for example, in some scenes the wrong character's name is even used ).

Nothing is really explained in this book. How does breathing in the fumes of corpses allow one to commune with the dead? How do the dead have the power to manipulate matter in the living world? How could one person be treated so badly by the police in the middle of such a sensational case? And those are just some examples. Its an intriguing premise, to be sure. And there's no shortage of gore and horrible deaths to spice things up. But in this case, the delivery does not do said premise justice.

Overall, I'm sure there's an audience out there for this type of bizarro book; I've just learned I'm not one of them. That said, I have a few other Alan Spencer works on my TBR list, so I'm open to taking another journey with him as my guide. Perhaps this was one was just an aberration? I look forward to hearing what others have to say.

1 Eye Socket Filled with Dog Food for Interrogation of a Corpse.

[Kathy Floyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gory

I liked the story until it took a left turn into some freaky stuff. Still good, just freaky. But, if you like freaky and gory , you'll like this book a lot.