Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Taboogasm” as Want to Read:
Taboogasm
by
ILLUSTRATED!
Bill likes booze. He likes women. But he doesn't like to work. Luckily for Bill, if he plays the lottery, he wins.
Every single time.
What happens when a low-life starts living the high life?
What happens when a deadbeat loser becomes the luckiest man alive?
He draws some unwanted attention, naturally, from dark and powerful forces, and before he knows what's what ...more
Bill likes booze. He likes women. But he doesn't like to work. Luckily for Bill, if he plays the lottery, he wins.
Every single time.
What happens when a low-life starts living the high life?
What happens when a deadbeat loser becomes the luckiest man alive?
He draws some unwanted attention, naturally, from dark and powerful forces, and before he knows what's what ...more
Kindle Edition, 162 pages
Published
July 2016
by new dollar pulp
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Reader Q&A
To ask other readers questions about
Taboogasm,
please sign up.
Be the first to ask a question about Taboogasm
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
Showing 1-47

Start your review of Taboogasm

Gregor Xane. Oh my goodness, you're like Ruby Tuesday: who could hang a name on you? Every book you write gets consistently stranger, in the best ways possible. How can I explain this book? Is it Bizarro? Is it Genre-Free? Is it of this earth? Here's the gist: a man walks into a Burly Earle Stop & Shop, buys some lottery tickets and wins nearly a trillion dollars (alas, he is one dollar short). Man turns home into an exotically expensive playpen, meets alien at a party and escapes with h
...more

Disclaimer: Gregor Xane is a good friend of mine. We speak daily. I also helped to design the layout of the cover for the hardcover edition and did the font work on the Kindle and paperback covers, although the artwork is all Mike Tenebrae's fault. And before you brush this review off as a biased review from a friend, I am overly critical of the people I surround myself with. I don't kiss anyone's ass and I sure as shit am not going to help promote someone I don't think deserves it. Gregor is on
...more

(FULL DISCLOSURE: Gregor Xane has been a fellow contributor on several anthologies, and has become a friend over the last couple of years. That being said, our friendship was born primarily out of his stellar writing abilities, as his debut short story "It Came From Hell and Smashed the Angels" and novella Six Dead Spots absolutely blew me away and led me to seek him out. This review is my honest opinion, as free from personal bias as possible.)
I've just finished reading TABOOGASM, Gregor Xane's ...more
I've just finished reading TABOOGASM, Gregor Xane's ...more

Taboogasm is now available in paperback and Kindle editions.
Order the Paperback:
Amazon | B&N | BAM!
Grab the Kindle Edition for 99¢!
Click the cover image below to read a sample.
...more
Order the Paperback:
Amazon | B&N | BAM!
Grab the Kindle Edition for 99¢!
Click the cover image below to read a sample.

...more

Gregor was saving up the crazy for a rainy day with Taboogasm.
It just started pouring.
If you have ever read any of Mr. Xane’s work then you know he is one hell of a writer and has a real talent for the strange and wonderfully bizarre.
I couldn’t begin to explain this one.
You will just need to read it for yourself.
You won’t regret it.
It just started pouring.
If you have ever read any of Mr. Xane’s work then you know he is one hell of a writer and has a real talent for the strange and wonderfully bizarre.
I couldn’t begin to explain this one.
You will just need to read it for yourself.
You won’t regret it.

One of the strangest books I've ever read, and I have no idea how to rate it. For now, it's three stars, but I may adjust that rating in the future.
...more

I know this dude through Goodreads and I keep reading his stuff because he's probably my favorite weird fiction writer I've come across so far. This was equal parts comedy and surreal and I prefer the more surreal stuff but I still had a trippy good time.
I still recommend The Hanover Block first among his work. I'm still in the market for a therapist just to help me with that book. ...more
I still recommend The Hanover Block first among his work. I'm still in the market for a therapist just to help me with that book. ...more

This was my first time reading Xane, and I'm impressed. Dude can write. A fun read and not your average lottery winner story, Taboogasm is zany (xany?), insane (inxane?), and a little zesty (xesty?).
...more

Taboogasm is unlike anything I have ever read. If you think you know where this book is going after the first few pages, I can guarantee that you'll be wrong. If I were to try to summarize the book, it would sound ludicrous, and yet Xane somehow pulls it all together and makes it work. Entertaining and original, Taboogasm is a wild ride. Buckle up!
...more

A crazy goddamn joy is what this was. I laughed. I grinned like an idiot. I laughed some more. Gregor Xane had a great time here, and when a great author has a great time, well, you know how that one goes.
You don't know?
Well, you should. And you will, if you climb aboard Taboogasm. ...more
You don't know?
Well, you should. And you will, if you climb aboard Taboogasm. ...more

A man stumbles into a convenience store for some beer and smokes. As he goes to checkout he decides to get a lottery ticket. He wins a decent amount and plays again, and keeps winning. Sounds like a lucky son of a bitch right? Well, things for Bill just keep getting weirder and weirder as this novella continues. I really want to be vague so as to not give off any of the plot. I will say this, Gregor Xane has a hell of an imagination, and I've really enjoyed reading his work. As long as he keeps
...more

I keep going back and forth between rating this 3 or 4 stars. I think I am going to settle on 3 and 1/2 stars. I typically, but not always, “round-up” on star ratings, and I feel this deserves a “round-up”.
This was my first book by Gregor Xane. Months ago, I noticed a goodreads friends rate and review this book. I thought the cover looked interesting, so I decided to add it to my “to-read” pile. I had some Christmas money left over, and it seemed like the perfect time to give a new author a try. ...more
This was my first book by Gregor Xane. Months ago, I noticed a goodreads friends rate and review this book. I thought the cover looked interesting, so I decided to add it to my “to-read” pile. I had some Christmas money left over, and it seemed like the perfect time to give a new author a try. ...more

Taboogasm by Gregor Xane Bill is a sad sap. He’s usually drunk and when he’s not drunk, he’s hungover. He’s a wretch, but a very lucky wretch. He keeps winning one lottery after another. In fact, he’s gotten his sorry self banned from a few lotteries for life because he’s so lucky. Just when he thinks his life can’t get any luckier, he stumbles upon a small but determined group of aliens. Yep. This story goes from being an odd comedy to a kind of scifi horror flick. Oh, to hell with it! I’m not
...more

Full review to come!

This book is something else entirely.
Not a bad thing that every new page there is a new crazy turn. But those crazy turns sometimes were too much out there, and at some point I was expecting anything. The writing is good, the book has some very good moments. But in the end was really the story that was maybe too crazy for me. I like craziness a lot, but with this book I found there is a limit for how much I can take.
Overall a good book. But yeah, kinda nuts.
Not a bad thing that every new page there is a new crazy turn. But those crazy turns sometimes were too much out there, and at some point I was expecting anything. The writing is good, the book has some very good moments. But in the end was really the story that was maybe too crazy for me. I like craziness a lot, but with this book I found there is a limit for how much I can take.
Overall a good book. But yeah, kinda nuts.

This was a really fun read but since I will be leading a group read I will hold my full review until after that discussion has concluded. If I hadn't been so exhausted every night I would have finished this in just a week.
...more
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
I prefer science fiction, fantasy, and horror without the spaceships, dragons, and zombies.
Add your e-mail address to my New Release Mailing List. I'll send you a short story.
The Kindle edition of The Hanover Block is now only 99¢!
Order Now!
...more
Add your e-mail address to my New Release Mailing List. I'll send you a short story.


The Kindle edition of The Hanover Block is now only 99¢!
Order Now!

...more
Related Articles
Sometimes the monster in your life looks a lot like you. Or exactly like you, but better.
This is the case of Evelyn Caldwell. An...
41 likes · 5 comments
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
“But the thing is, I have a great deal of undesirable traits that I was hoping never to pass on to another human being. Or”
—
4 likes
More quotes…