King Dollar

by Andre Duza

For as long as he can remember, Jaime Cole dreamed of being a Hollywood screenwriter. He thought his job as an editor for an Internet conglomerate that deals in everything from viral videos to pay-per-view porn would be a springboard to the legitimate side of the entertainment business. He thought wrong. Welcome to the dark side of the biz. Home of broken dreams, porn star meltdowns, tabloid reporters, homicidal ghosts, and a legendary Voodoo Drug Lord known as King Dollar. Haunted by disembodied things intent on driving him mad, Jaime must find the connection between a mysterious banned video clip, and the legendary drug lord before there’s nothing left of him but teeth marks on chewed flesh. King Dollar is a gritty, urban adrenaline punch of paranormal cult-horror by Andre Duza, author of Jesus Freaks and Technicolor Terrorists.

Genres: Horror, Bizarro Fiction

230 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 4, 2014

About the author

Andre Duza is an actor, stuntman, screenwriter, and the author or co-author of over 10 novels, a graphic novel, Hollow-Eyed Mary, and the Star Trek comic book Outer Light, co-written with writer/producer Morgan Gendel. He has also contributed to several collections and anthologies, including Book of Lists: Horror, alongside the likes of Stephen King and Eli Roth.

Andre’s writing has been described as horrific, satirical, and fast-paced, with a unique voice and lush, finely-detailed prose.

Andre also wrote, co-produced, and starred in the award-winning short film Tagati, which is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUZ6n...

Andre is also a Certified Fitness Trainer and a Kung Fu Instructor. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and four children.

Reviews

[Tom Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hey Hollywood, I got a book for you to option. I might be biased, but I think this would make for a helluva of an October release.

Author Andre Duza has thrown down bigtime in this one. Beginning with a horrific event, and ending with an even more horrific event, King Dollar possesses a slow burn that puts its teeth into you (punny reference to the book intended) and takes small bites as you progress through its increasingly anxiety-riffic plot.

I was reminded of how I felt watching Jacob’s Ladder. The mundane, almost profane existence of the protagonist turned into something sure to induce a bad dream or twelve for a more sensitive reader. Personally, I found myself more engrossed in solving the mystery set out by the book more than the visual and visceral horror that is handled with precision throughout.

A fun read that I would recommend for anyone who enjoys horror with a bit of crassness and youth to its tone.

[Ryan O'connell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wicked little supernatural tale with porn, ghosts, and gangsters. Kept me turning pages till my eyes blurred as it's really well paced and no real lulls in the action. All in all a fun read.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've never read Andre Duza but knew his reputation as a bizarro author, so I was surprised that King Dollar was a more traditional ghost story. Well done and creepy, just not what I was expecting.