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You Can Never Spit It All Out
Children born with four feet. A man physically attached to three other men. A pushy waitress. A woman who dresses up as Santa Claus on Halloween. An off-campus NYC apartment overrun with tiny, crawling faces. A tomato with spikes sticking out of its red skin. A third rate stand-up comic who insists he isn't gay. A lonely woman who constructs a tabletop village of miniature buildings wherever she moves. A widow who's visited by God in a dream, singing instructions to her about the structure He wants her to build. A psychiatry student who has to convince a handcuffed serial rapist to sit on a toilet seat to reconnect with his childhood.
Featuring 3 novelettes from Black Static, "Dirt Land" (nominated in 2016 for Best Story of the Year by the British Fantasy Society), "Kebab Bob" and "Drown Town"; 3 novelettes from Midnight Street, "They Hide in Tomatoes", "Nobody I Knew", and "Suddenly the Sun Appeared"; 1 novelette from Hellfire Crossroads, "She Has Maids", and 3 novelettes never before published, "During the Time I Was Out", "Imperfect Boy", and "Boyfriend".
10 horror novelettes by Ralph Robert Moore. 400 pages. 120,000 words.
Featuring 3 novelettes from Black Static, "Dirt Land" (nominated in 2016 for Best Story of the Year by the British Fantasy Society), "Kebab Bob" and "Drown Town"; 3 novelettes from Midnight Street, "They Hide in Tomatoes", "Nobody I Knew", and "Suddenly the Sun Appeared"; 1 novelette from Hellfire Crossroads, "She Has Maids", and 3 novelettes never before published, "During the Time I Was Out", "Imperfect Boy", and "Boyfriend".
10 horror novelettes by Ralph Robert Moore. 400 pages. 120,000 words.
412 pages, Paperback
First published October 18, 2016
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Ralph Robert Moore
75 books39 followers“Moore's work is consistently fascinating, original and devastating. His characters speak to you from whatever hell they inhabit, with clear, unambiguous voices.” - Trevor Denyer
Ralph Robert Moore is a British Fantasy Society nominee whose dark fiction has been characterized as “morbidly graphic.” He’s been published in America, Canada, England, Ireland, India and Australia in a wide variety of genre and literary magazines and anthologies, including Black Static, Shadows & Tall Trees, Midnight Street, Chizine, and Sein und Werden.
His books include the novels Father Figure, As Dead As Me, and Ghosters; and the short story collections Remove the Eyes and I Smell Blood.
His second collection, I Smell Blood, tied with Justin Isis' I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like for Peter Tennant's award of Best Short Story Collection of 2011. "...If I were to do a 'Top Thirty Short Stories of 2011' list, they would dominate it... Each is a superb stylist and each has a unique voice...Moore crafts tales that bristle with attitude and energy..."
“I Smell Blood, Ralph Robert Moore's second short fiction collection, reinforces his reputation, amongst those in the know, that here we have a genre-storytelling giant in our midst.” - AJ Kirby
"Tired of the usual suspects? Bored with the same old genre clichés? Then follow my advice and read Ralph Robert Moore, a hell of a writer whose work is provocative and refreshing, never ordinary, always imaginative and graced by a compelling narrative style…Moore has all the features of a great writer: he conceives original plots, creates credible characters and makes them speak plausible dialogues, and, most of all, is a terrific storyteller. Try him, you won't regret it." - Mario Guslandi
Ralph Robert Moore's website SENTENCE at www.ralphrobertmoore.com features a wide selection of his writings, including the full text of his novel Father Figure and over a dozen short stories, more than ten years of his online diary entries, essays, recipes, videos, and other features. His Facebook page is located at www.facebook.com/ralph.r.moore.
Moore and his wife Mary live in Dallas, Texas.
Ralph Robert Moore is a British Fantasy Society nominee whose dark fiction has been characterized as “morbidly graphic.” He’s been published in America, Canada, England, Ireland, India and Australia in a wide variety of genre and literary magazines and anthologies, including Black Static, Shadows & Tall Trees, Midnight Street, Chizine, and Sein und Werden.
His books include the novels Father Figure, As Dead As Me, and Ghosters; and the short story collections Remove the Eyes and I Smell Blood.
His second collection, I Smell Blood, tied with Justin Isis' I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like for Peter Tennant's award of Best Short Story Collection of 2011. "...If I were to do a 'Top Thirty Short Stories of 2011' list, they would dominate it... Each is a superb stylist and each has a unique voice...Moore crafts tales that bristle with attitude and energy..."
“I Smell Blood, Ralph Robert Moore's second short fiction collection, reinforces his reputation, amongst those in the know, that here we have a genre-storytelling giant in our midst.” - AJ Kirby
"Tired of the usual suspects? Bored with the same old genre clichés? Then follow my advice and read Ralph Robert Moore, a hell of a writer whose work is provocative and refreshing, never ordinary, always imaginative and graced by a compelling narrative style…Moore has all the features of a great writer: he conceives original plots, creates credible characters and makes them speak plausible dialogues, and, most of all, is a terrific storyteller. Try him, you won't regret it." - Mario Guslandi
Ralph Robert Moore's website SENTENCE at www.ralphrobertmoore.com features a wide selection of his writings, including the full text of his novel Father Figure and over a dozen short stories, more than ten years of his online diary entries, essays, recipes, videos, and other features. His Facebook page is located at www.facebook.com/ralph.r.moore.
Moore and his wife Mary live in Dallas, Texas.
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January 25, 2021
I don’t think I can add anything more to my review of this searing book. That mouth is now clamped, its teeth pulled. Till I inevitably make myself read RRM again and another one opens….
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January 22, 2020
This guy will pull out some crap that's so good that it totally makes me forgive every time you could hear the sound of the whiff from the other side of the globe. Mr. Moore, I both pity and envy your psychiatrist.
I thought of you when I read this quote from "You Can Never Spit It All Out" by Ralph Robert Moore -
Dirt Land 5/5
Kebab Bob 4/5
During the Time I Was Out 2/5
She Has Maids 1/5
Imperfect Boy 4/5
They Hide in Tomatoes 5/5
Boyfriend 1/5
Nobody I Knew 2/5
Suddenly the Sun Appeared 2/5
Drown Town 4/5
I thought of you when I read this quote from "You Can Never Spit It All Out" by Ralph Robert Moore -
Dirt Land 5/5
Kebab Bob 4/5
During the Time I Was Out 2/5
She Has Maids 1/5
Imperfect Boy 4/5
They Hide in Tomatoes 5/5
Boyfriend 1/5
Nobody I Knew 2/5
Suddenly the Sun Appeared 2/5
Drown Town 4/5
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