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Come, step inside the dark passageways of Erik Henry Vick’s mind. Come meet his friends, devils, one and all.
Robert is a war hero on his way down. Addicted to cocaine, wallowing in guilt, he meets a beautiful woman with the quirky habit of telling everyone she’s the devil.
Rick Bergen learns the true cost of revenge when he enters the world of the voodoo pantheon and meets the manifestation of vengeance.
Rena is kidnapped by polygamist extremists bent on creating an army for the apocalypse—by any means necessary.
An ancient evil has returned to stalk the shores of Lake Seneca. A colonial New Yorker, with the help of an Onondowaga warrior, must confront beings that can’t be killed or reasoned with.
A man is trapped in Rochester, NY by a massive snowstorm, but if he doesn't make his appointment in Buffalo, his entire bloody itinerary will be in jeopardy
Mind your step. Don’t attract these devils' attention.
This collection of devilish short fiction from Erik Henry Vick, titled Devils, debuts in the chilling tradition of Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Dean Koontz.
BONUS PREVIEW of Erik Henry Vick's upcoming horror novel, Errant Gods, is included!
Erik Henry Vick is an author who happens to be disabled by an autoimmune disease (also known as his Personal Monster™). He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity. His current favorite genres to write are dark fantasy and horror.
He lives in Western New York with his wife, Supergirl; their son; a Rottweiler named after a god of thunder; and two extremely psychotic cats. He fights his Personal Monster™ daily with humor, pain medicine, and funny T-shirts.
In the meantime, he'd like to invite you to check out his blog: erikhenryvick.com
This is Eric Henry Vick's debut book and what a way to begin a writing career. Each of the stories contained in Devils are unique. Demons, devils, wendigo's and an unforgiving cult - these great stories had me hooked from the first page. The characters felt real, even though some of them were clearly supernatural, and the way the journey unfolded had me hanging on the edge of my seat, unable to put the book down until I reached the grizzly end.
With his next book on the horizon, I'm sure we're going to be seeing a lot more of this fantastic author. Well done Erik
Devils by Erik Henry Vick is described by the author as a collection of devilish short fiction. True, it is a collection of five stories. They are followed by four chapters of Errant Gods, a preview of a longer novel (730 pages) by Vick.
The Devil ***** There is a nice description of the Devil here. Not everyone knew the Devil was a beautiful woman named Lily. She always appeared to him when he was on dope or about to start the journey. Mostly she only appeared and ignored him although she always made sure he had seen her. This last time, she had made him an offer. Work with her, stay off the dope for thirty days, and she would give Bobby delights beyond which he could only dream of. The game began, much to the misery of armored truck drivers and any institution from which money could be taken. A larger plan was in play. Lily wanted revenge on a man who had cheated the Devil. The revenge was to play out over a period of many years. Bobby was to be Lily’s tool. Bobby had no problem with violence; he was an Iraqi war veteran and had done his share of violence. Bobby would follow her orders completely. There was only one thing he could not do to the Devil and that was to betray her/him/it. Betrayal had consequences and there was no escape.
Vengeance ***** In the previous story, the devil appeared in the shape of a being. In this story evil, or the devil appears in a dispersed state distributed over a variety of competing families each of which has several individual entities with assigned duties. There is a Petwo family and a Ghede family. They don’t interfere with each other for no reason but when one family or individual crosses a line and tries to expand power, a conflict arises where actions and revenge take place. The two families appear in the human world as they take control of humans while carrying out duties. Rick Bergen wanted to take revenge of Jason Katz because Jason had broken into his parents’ home and assaulted and killed them during an attempted burglary while looking for money to buy drugs. Jason had gotten away with the crime because of bad police procedures. Jason wanted to track down and kill Jason but could not do that while Jason’s body was being used by one of the Petwo clan, Carrefour. Rick learned of this from a clan Ghede member, Baron Kriminel who was occupying the body of a homeless person for purpose of being seen by and communicating with Rick. Baron promised to help Rick get revenge, but it had to be done the Baron’s way. Baron would first battle Carrefour forcing the spirit to leave Jason’s body. Rick would then be free to exact revenge. But there was a cost Rick would have to pay for revenge. Would he accept it? Read this well-crafted story to find out.
Sister Wives ***** Rena was the latest to join the family of wives that belonged to Brother Abraham. Like all the other women, she had been kidnapped off a city street and probably drugged; she could not remember. She woke up handcuffed to a chair and was immediately introduced to the rules of the clan. A Bowie knife to her throat, used to administer shallow cuts, helped her remember basic rules. Later punches and knees to the face accompanied her introduction to new rules. A graveyard ceremony where she was introduced to Brother Abraham’s long-dead first wife completed her first day. Where is the Devil in all this? It couldn’t be Brother Abraham. He was there to instruct them all in the ways for eventual reunion with God after their service to Brother Abraham on earth. Brother Abraham was the latest reincarnation of The Lion of the Lord. An earlier one was Joseph Smith. Will Rena survive this by escaping from captivity? Or will she become a convert and accept her role as one in the family of wives? This is an interesting story of the devil appearing in the guise of religion.
Wendigo ***** The Wendigo is a creature that lives to eat. It eats everything to include humans. The only way to stop its activities is to deprive it of food until it becomes weak enough to be lured into an area which can be sealed, such as a cave. A Wendigo cannot be killed. In this story, non-believers in the form of the US Army and the white traders that accompany them don’t believe in this mythical creature. They believe that recent deaths were caused by rogue Indians. Indians, who believe in a Wendigo, want to capture and seal it in a cave. John Black, a white man who lives with Indians and believes the Indian version of the Wendigo, occasionally tries to negotiate between white non-believers and the Indians. A big problem is that the Wendigo has “noticed” John; one who has been noticed usually suffers a grisly death. There is a twist midway through the story when we learn there is more than one Wendigo. The story picks up the pace and becomes very interesting after this turn. How can humankind survive? There is a surprising answer.
Drifting ***** Walter had appointments to keep. His Nana had drilled into him the importance of keeping appointments. Now a snowstorm threatened to delay him from being on time for his next one. It was lucky for him a lady in a van offered him a ride. Lucky for him, not so lucky for the lady. She hadn’t even been on his list of appointments. In this short story, we learn the importance of punctuality.
This last story brings us to the 80% point of the novel. What follows are introductory chapters for Errant Gods. I make it a practice to not read introductory chapters. I was quite surprised at the high-quality writing of the above five stories. All stories deal with a world that is not real, but I was drawn into accepting a new reality, at least until the story ended. This collection is a five-star Amazon read in the horror genre. It is available as a free read through Kindle Unlimited. I will probably read Errant Gods as well, but I did not want to spoil that read by reading sample chapters included in this work.
There are horror stories that makes your skin crawl, keeping you looking over your shoulder, and holds you in terror each word you read. Then there are those, like this book, that cast a spell over you in such a way that you can’t put the book down, even if you don’t like horror stories. Devils, has its own collection of satanic characters, some pose as religious leaders and others flat out claim to be the devil themselves.
Erik Vick writes each story like it really happened, with a twist, one example would be Sister Wives. We have heard of psychopaths who have kidnapped girls to become their wives, or of the Mormons who still believe they can have multiple wives. But when you kidnap a woman to become a wife to produce only boys could cause jealousy. One of the older wives may seek vengeance, even a dead one.
I used to be the biggest horror film/book fanatic but took some time off from that to focus on more…peaceful things. I was intrigued by the title of this book, though, and I liked that these were short stories.
Nevertheless, each short story is simply packed with creativity and detail. Look, they lingered in my mind way after, to the point where I was uncomfortable opening the door to the laundry room at night. Just because it’s pitch dark and hard to find the light switch. Anyway, the author writes these stories very intelligently and, dare I say, in a bit of beautifully horrific way. It’s like you can imagine how cool it would be if they were turned into an art show!
I definitely recommend this collection to horror fans and even to those of you who aren’t horror fans. It’s just that good, and it can be appreciated by all lovers of books.
The Devil By Erik Henry Vick Review By Larry Sells Erik Henry Vick wrote The Devil, a fast-pace novella keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last page is turned. The characters Lily and Bobby are interesting and unique. Bobby hooked on drugs like cocaine then falls in love with the sexy Lily, his new drug of choice. I enjoyed The Devil. It’s a fine mischievous book. It packs a punch. I have a question for you. If you were dating someone and he or she said “I’m the Devil,” What would you do? Would you run? What you do if they were extremely sexy and turned you on? Would you still run? Would you even believe he or her? Life has so many questions that’s way I loved The Devil. It asked some real questions. Vick’s The Devil seduced me. It was a great read and I recommend it. Pick it up and enjoy a good quick read.
Some very strange and creepy goings on! by JudyK This is an anthology of 5 very different short stories, all dealing with the devil or people who act like the devil (not much difference there). Together they run the full gamut of horror from both supernatural forces and human sources. A couple are very high on the “creepy” scale with the moral of the story being “be careful what you wish for.” When I reached the end of each one, all I could think was “WHAT?!” or “Oh geez!” I can’t come up with anything to else to say that won’t be a spoiler so you’ll just have to buy the book and read it for yourself!
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I started reading this before I intended to because the author was good enough to direct me to it at the appropriate point during Our Lady Chaos to introduce a character. I have a love/hate relationship with short stories. They're fun because they tend to move at a brisk clip. Not so fun because they frequently leave you with an unresolved ending & tons of questions. Actually, I think I like that part, too. It's fun to be left yelling "But what happens next?!" in my head. He delivered on all these stories. I love how his work includes so much old & ancient mythology & religion. And he does it RIGHT. It never comes off cheesy or pedestrian. He has quickly become one of my very favorite authors.
Not usually my type of book but with the five stories that have the connected theme of the Devil. He uses horrifyingly imaging and plain gore. They are well written with believable characters, with stories that will grab you. It is a fast read with an interesting collection of short stories that shows how the Devil can get you in differant ways. The Devil waits for you to let your guard down and can come in a way you will gleefully follow without the realization that you are caught. These stories are dark and gruesome as you would expect with the Devil at work. Even if you don't read these types of books, this one is different and you can enjoy a night with horror and the Devil.
This is a collection of short stories. From the world of voodoo to kidnapped by extremists the stories will touch every dark and morbid place in the far reaches of your mind. What ever your terror limit is, at least one of these stories will touch it. Ancient evil of colonial new York to being trapped in a massive snowstorm. There is a little bit of everything in this book. Would recommend this one of you like horror and twists in the storylines. This is a great collection and very well presented.
This book, like all of Erik's stories, deserves five stars. Very well written and hard to put down until you've reached the final page. His incredible books are written to help him deal with his "personal monster." What is so amazing is while reading and escaping into his stories, it helps in dealing with my own "personal monster." Very highly recommend reading anything by this author. His talent probably makes his grocery list fascinating.
From the Devil in the form of a woman via voodoo and death to an encounter with the wendigo in pre-revolutionary New York colony these dark horror stories explore the personal limits of temptation and retribution. There is also a bonus in the shape of four chapters edited from Vick's novel Errant Gods
Be prepared to be scared by these five stories about devils. Each will take you to a different place and a different situation. What will these devils get up to? Who will they bring down? Follow them to see what will happen
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I love short horror, dark fiction, strange and twisted tales. This book is right up my alley. The stories were exactly that and more. I loved every single one of them. They each left me feeling creeped out and perfectly chilled to the bone. Avoid reading before bedtime if you get nightmares. Loved it!
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4.9 stars Yes, I am impressed with the shorts in Devils
I just read Devils out of curiosity but enjoyed it very much. Each short had something special to it and I look forward to read more by this author. It is difficult to explain how intriguing these shorts are, but trust me, you will really enjoy the novelty of these thrillers. Jump in!
This collection of short stories was interesting and a little odd. I liked it overall but felt that are the beginning of the Wendingo the start it was a little stilted and confusing trying to get a vision of each character.
The second star is for the writing, which is not execrable. Apart from attempting to cover every spirit world from Akkadia to Voodoo, this collection has little to recommend it. The stories are neither scary not horrific, they're just 'Meh!'
I found this truly interesting. I came across the book from a random search of books on amazon and I decided to give him a try. I love Stephen King, Dean Koontz and the likes and it sounded like Mr. Vick was along this line of books. I was not disappointed.
Sorry I am sure, for its genre, it is good. I tried it to try something different. I thank the author for that opportunity. It just isn't the type of book I enjoy. I would suggest it would be good for fans of more explicit works.
The Devil comes in all shapes - time to meet some new ones! Terrific writing style, great storytelling. I highly recommend this set of devilish short stories!
This is a good collection of horror short stories. I got it in exchange for an honest review, and I probably would have given it a 4 stars review, except I really didn't like The Wendigo; I felt it didn't fit in at all and the ending was too rushed, incomplete. However, if you take into account that I've given 3 stars reviews to Glen Cook, Scott Lynch, Barbara Hambly and Anne Perry, you can tell I'm really, really picky. It was a good book and I would like to thank Erik Vick for sharing his horrors with me.
Very nice set of stories. Horror the way I think it should be - the author makes you feel it, it's in your mind more than just painting a picture of guts, gore and flying body parts. The stories are fast paced and draw the reader in deep. I couldn't put it down. Apparently the devil can come in many guises from red leather to blue jeans and *spoiler*, relationships generally don't end well for someone. But despite the title, it's not all about devils. You also get a a preview of the author's next book about gods. Ok well it is called "Errant" Gods so who knows. One thing I do know, Mr. Vick has definitely gone to the top of my must read list of authors and I'm now off to see just where Errant Gods takes us!
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