Boys' Night

by Wrath James White, Matt Shaw

Emily is on a crusade to advance the cause of women's rights. She writes a controversial and incendiary blog called The Radical Feminist where she challenges the male power structure that has oppressed generations of women, tackling issues of equal pay, reproductive rights, and the pervasive culture of rape. Every day she receives dozens of death and rape threats. She has learned to ignore them as little more than the impotent tantrums of weak men, terrified of losing their place of privilege and power...

Until one night they show up on her doorstep. Boy's Night.

Genres: Horror

122 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 27, 2017

About the author

Wrath James White is a badass motherfucker who writes baddasss books for other badass motherfuckers. He is a J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award winner and a Bram Stoker Award nominee with over two dozen books in print.

Wrath is the author of RABBIT HUNT, THE BUG COLLECTOR, and such extreme horror classics as THE RESURRECTIONIST (now a major motion picture titled "Come Back To Me") SUCCULENT PREY, it's sequel PREY DRIVE, 400 DAYS OF OPPRESSION, and many others.

To follow his Substack, purchase books, get the latest updates about upcoming releases, signed books, merchandise, and more, go to:

https://linktr.ee/wrathjameswhite

Reviews

[AleJandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 It ain’t no fuuuun! If the homies can’t haaaaave none. STARS

Esta historia nos muestra las dos caras de la moneda, los dos extremos del sexismo.

En un extremo tenemos a una joven mujer, activista y defensora de las mujeres que administra un blog sobre feminismo.
Quisiera ser lesbiana, pero siente una gran atracción hacia los hombres, disfruta teniendo sexo con ellos y los culpa.

"Strong women threaten you and make you feel weak, so you have to try to knock them down, hurt them and humiliate them, so you feel like men again, instead of the weak, impotent little boys that you are."

Y en el otro extremo tenemos a un grupo de 4 hombres que tienen como hobby violar y abusar mujeres, llevan años haciéndolo, hasta el punto de que no recuerdan cuantas, ya que empezaron a hacerlo desde que eran adolescentes. Se exitan con el poder que sienten mientras las mujeres están a su merced, y piensan que en realidad todas las mujeres se lo merecen y es lo que andan buscando.

Si, vomitaron un poco en la boca, bien, porque estos hijos de puta son un claro reflejo de misoginia.

“I’ve known assholes like you all my life. You hate all women because some woman somewhere broke your heart, or because the girls you like just never seem to be interested in you. Am I right? You see women with better jobs than you, bigger homes, driving nicer cars, women who don’t need a man to take care of them.

La historia retrata como estos dos polos se encuentran en una noche de violencia donde lo más importante es ver quien le tiene más miedo a quien.

No tiene tanto gore como me tiene acostumbrada Matt Shawn, pero aun así me gustó mucho. Pudo estar mejor.

[Lisa Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extreme Horror warning: This is extreme horror. The content is graphic. The story is graphic. The action is graphic. The violence is graphic. It is all graphic. Don’t read it and then complain about it being graphic.

Moving on, Wrath James White and Matt Shaw are both very well known as masters of the Extreme Horror subgenre, although they have very different styles. When I first heard of this as an upcoming project, I could not imagine how these two styles would blend. But blend they did. Into a bloody nail-biter of a horror ride.

Boys’ Night is fast paced and in-your-face. The content is presented in a very graphic fashion, but it is not just gratuitous. This is the collision of the extreme feminist and the criminally abusive. The characters are almost surprisingly well fleshed out individuals who continue to develop during the story. The action is frighteningly detailed and depraved and the whole story moves at a suspense filled pace much like speeding down a dark back road in a pony car knowing something is going to run out in front of you at some point.

So, technical excellence aside, let me say about the story itself that it is just wonderfully twisted. And then it twists some more with a shocking and sickening subplot reveal. This one is going to hurt your brain and tighten your body. So, if you’re into that, enjoy!

[Rachael · Rating 5 out of 5]

"His erection bounced from his underwear like a Jack-in-the-box."

I am not gonna lie. When I read this sentence and the image of this happening ran thru my head I giggled. That sentence is at the end of this crazy ass story and I probably shouldn't have been giggling. Leaves me asking myself....What is wrong with you? The ending is pretty gory and bloody. Right up my alley!! This one is delightful!! Blood and guts and a nice little plot twist that you may not see coming.

Happy Reading and Splatter On.....

[Valerie Sparkle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was yet another great read from Matt Shaw. It was violent, gory and had a great twist.

[Corrina Morse · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of WJW, and fast becoming a huge fan of Matt Shaw too, so imagine my delight when I realised this book was co-written by both of them! And they did not disappoint, let me tell you!

Emily is a passionate feminist blogger, she is one tough woman, she wont go down without a fight…. and what a fight she puts up!
Tina is a woman who just happens to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time…the time being Boys Night!
The guys participating in Boys Night are sick, twisted, evil rapists, but they have no idea what they are getting themselves into….
Sandra is an ex who wants a chance at making up….

The stars align and a lot of these people end up in the same place together, where brutal, sadistic, insanity fuelled revenge takes place! Brutal karma is dished out with utter carnage, and a shitload of blood is unleashed!

Very dark, very disturbing, very deep, yet with a fantastic storyline that keeps you hooked, and an extremely satisfying ending!!

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to start by saying that this isn't a sexploitation piece. The sexy cover and description may give that impression but you shouldn't pass it up thinking this is just a couple of guys typing out their violent rape fantasies and selling it to the masses. Is there graphic sexual violence and rape? Absolutely, it wouldn't be a Wrath James White novel with out it. As usual though it is there to horrify and not to titillate. Some of it is even intentionally ironic and introspective of extreme feminism. I must also point out that the male antagonists usually get what they give to the extreme. If you manage to remain aroused through the more graphic scenes of this novel let's not be friends ok :)

I really enjoyed Boy's Night and if you are a fan of Hardcore Horror and Splatterpunk you will too.

[renee w · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ Emily has recently separated from her girlfriend. Besides protesting and blogging her hatred for men, she decided to pick up a few men online to get a sexual fix. During this time, her girlfriend decided she wants to reconcile. When Emily gets a knock at the door, one night expecting her girlfriend ,four men decided to break into her home. It is boys night after all. Only these four men and Emily get a lot more than they bargained for. I’ve searched for this book for almost 2 years now. Sadly, I found it to be rather unrealistic for a home invasion and Emilys man bashing was a bit too repetitive for me.

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

In one corner you have Emily who has a blog and podcast called "The Radical Feminist". On the subject of rape she feels that women bear the guilt and the men bear no responsibility. She has recently split with her girlfriend Sandra so she goes out on a date with Bill. She doesn't really like men much but does enjoy the sex.
In the other corner we have 4 waste of skin scumbags who think all women want it even if they say "NO!"
Emily and these guys are on a collision course and when they meet all hell breaks loose and the twists and turns in the story will make your head spin in a horrific but somewhat satisfying endgame.
If you love extreme horror this is a must read.

[JESSICA · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. But there was one scene that was so well-written and graphically described. I had to skip over {to brutal for me} This book is full of angriest, brutal torture, sexual violence and one awesome twisted ending. Lol.

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bunch of sick, depraved, women hating fucks who have a history of raping women decide to do this to a feminist blogger and go to her house. The home invasion starts, physical abuse, one guy decides to check a locked room in the house and sets off a shot gun trap exploding his intestines and toxic gut fluids pour out. The women will wear a anti rape device inside her that shreds dicks and her extreme ideas come to the surface as a serial killer.

[Keith Norman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book,graphic with a decent build up but sadly to a little bit of a predictable and not as gripping ending as my head had planned. Still a great read

[Sarah Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic !! I finished this book in one sitting I was gripped right away. The ending was more satisfying than I expected and I want more from matt shaw and wrath. It’s a must read for fans of r/r horror films

[Tara Losacano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hell yeah! What a book. I had an idea of what might be coming while reading but I was shocked at the little twist that was thrown in. And what an awesome twist it was. Vengeance is always sweet when the receiver, or receivers in this case, deserve it so deeply.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brutal. A sick and fast story filled with some extremely relevant social commentary. Must read if you're a fan of either author.

[Karen Bullock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow!

I am not even sure what to say?!
This is my 3rd book that I have read by Matt Shaw & my first of Wrath James White; I was super impressed with the writing(though extremely squeamish in parts). The subject of rape is very difficult to discuss, whether it is from the "control" aspect of it or the actual horrific act itself. Both writers handled this subject well, in my opinion.
Certain scenes made me very upset, made me really mad at the audacity of the characters(but that just shows that the writing is superb).
Absolutely LOVED the plot twist & shouted a " whoo-hoo" towards the end.
Extreme horror at its finest.
(Reminded me a bit of a cross between A Clockwork Orange & Teeth).
Great read but not for faint of heart.

[Donna L. Snyder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not for everyone

Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down! These attackers messed with the wrong woman!! What starts out seeming like the story is going one way does a complete turn-around and ends up going another totally different way. There are surprises in this story!

[Caroline Bailey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't bother

Poorly written and a rushed ending. Not good. The plot started well but lost pace rapidly. I won't read any more of this author's work. Sorry.

[Büchergnom DaRo · Rating 4 out of 5]

107 pages aren’t really that much.
107 pages of Wrath James White promises a massacre.
107 pages of Matt Shaw promises a psychologically rape.
107 pages of Wrath James White and Matt Shaw carve inexorably into the convolution of your brain and leave a smile in you face, as it is worthy of a psychopath – or just a ladies‘ man…



Like I said ”Boys‘ Night“ is a novella – little time to build a story or to give the characters a development…
…how wrong can one be!
Finally we’re not talking about any backwoods-authors, but two masters of (modern) Horror/Splatterpunk!

To throw the reader such a story with such a character development just 107 pages in the face – I swear to Lee (here representing for “God”), there are only a few able to: two of them are White and Shaw!



You read a lot of White and feel a lot of Shaw – a terrific mix, which I definitely want more often from now on!

White’s character-buildup and brutality meets Shaw’s character- and story-development – evil, dirty, merciless and raw.



”Boys‘ Night“ reminded me a little bit of Mike Mendez‚ awesome movie-debut “Killers”: expect the unexpected… and straight in your face, SOAB!

Well, prisoners being taken, but not with the intention of ever letting them go again!



The end balances on a razor blade: on the one side the (sentimental) schlock grows on, on the other side rots the triviality.
If the story took too much drive, it would be cut, too slow, it would be dissected by its own weight.
And what at first seems like a wobbly balancing act, finally shows up as a planned ride on rails – and even a certain (spiteful) wink finds its place!



Also, my concern that one of the authors, as unfortunately too often in a cooperation, get lost, was not confirmed. Instead, these two masters of horror complement, potentiate, actually complete their skills into a campaign of vengeance of unforeseeable consequences – or like Dave Mustaine sang:

My thinking is derailed
I’m tied up to the tracks
The Train of Consequences
There ain’t no turning back

(Megadeth: Youthanasia – Train of Consequences)



For genre-beginners a nice way to get familiar to both authors (to more or less equal parts) on the one hand, on the other hand, it’s to handle with crae, because 107 pages do not give much room to breathe…

…and for this Boys‘ Night, you need some stamina.


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[Annette Petry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wrath James White ist bekannt für seine gesellschaftskritischen, brutalen und gerne mal dem BDSM-verhafteten Geschichten. Matt Shaw hingegen steht für Brutalität. Beides zusammen müsste eigentlich einen recht angenehmen literarischen Zeitvertreib geben. Boys' Night versucht es, kann aber die Erwartungen nicht ganz erfüllen. Natürlich sprechen die beiden männlichen Autoren vielen Frauen aus der Seele, wenn sie über Patriarchat und die Gefühle einer vergewaltigten Frauen und die Reaktionen auf die Tat schreiben. Das machen die beiden zu Beginn des Story auch ganz gut und recht einfühlsam. Im weiteren Verlauf jedoch werden Männer viel zu negativ dargestellt. Jeder Mann ist potentieller Vergewaltiger und checkt Frauen ab. Dass man Frauen ganz normal anschaut ohne irgendwelche lüsternen Hintergedanken, auf den Trichter kommen weder die Autoren noch so manche Frauen, die sich zu aufreizend und sexy anziehen und dann wundern, wenn ihnen hinterhergeschaut wird - war das nicht das Ziel? Da macht auch die faule Ausrede, man tue es für sich, wenig Sinn. Die sonst so feine und durchdachte Gesellschaftskritik geht in einer fast schon dummen Hasstirade unter, die Männer in den Dreck zieht, wo sie nur kann. Eine Unterscheidung zwischen sexuellen Tätern und normalen Männern wird nicht mehr gemacht, was ein großer Schwachpunkt ist - übrigens in der ganzen Feminismusdebatte. Zarter Widerspruch findet sich zwar, zusammengequetscht auf wenige Zeilen, aber der kann nichts mehr retten.

Brutal wird es aber in der Geschichte, also sind zumindest nicht alle Vorschusslorbeeren sinnlos verballert worden. Eine Vergewaltigungsszene kriegt man nur schwer eingeordnet, weil man die Personen nicht kennt, nicht zuordnen kann. Dafür wird der Beginn der Erzählung von Emily, die ab und zu eben doch mal einen Mann braucht, irgendwo abgerissen und es fehlen Stunden, in denen etwas passiert ist, der Leser weiß nur nicht, was. Das wäre verschmerzbar, wenn der Übergang etwas sanfter gestaltet und nicht durch einen harten Cut markiert worden wäre. Spannung und Überraschungen sind eingebaut, da kommt beim Leser ab der Hälfte keine Langeweile mehr auf, das ist ganz gut.

Das Fazit ist zwiegespalten. Männer werden in meinen Augen zu sehr verdammt und über einen Kamm geschoren, Frauen als Unschuldslämmer hingestellt. Beides ist zu überzogen. Sonst macht die Geschichte dem Extreme-Horror-Herz aber einigermaßen Spaß.

[Amanda Savieri · Rating 4 out of 5]

There isnt much excuse for anyone not to smash this one out and that I did. I have little time for reading but this one is so short, I still was done with it in a week. Now, I read a lot of extreme horror. And I have only read one of each of both Shaw and White's work. So this was a freshy for me. Honestly, I wasnt sure I could get through it after reading the first couple chapters and that says a lot for me considering I have read A LOT of extreme horror. Edward Lee is the only one that has made my stomach churn thus far. Closely followed by Jack Ketchum. But this one is hard to stomach for those first few chapters. It is disgustingly graphic and the characters are absolute pond scum of human beings. If you could call them that. But this one does pick up as the book goes along. It moves from one stage to another as the tables turn and I guess that is what saves it and makes it easier to read. Not necessarily that it got less graphic, or that the violence was easier to stomach as the tables turned as that is not necessarily the case. It is more the fact that the book shifts to a more bigger picture rather than focusing on a small graphic topic/action. And it saved it. I went from wondering if I could finish this book at all to actually really enjoying it. Nice twist, well written, characters are all as equally ugly as each other (especially on the inside) but it was tight, worked, entertaining and definitely 'graphic' and 'extreme' horror. Which many try to throw that label on the cover and it rarely lives up to that. This one however, does. If you love the gruesome stuff where people are just horrible to one another and you like it as gory AF too then this is your book. Great combination. Will probably give it a go for sure if these too team up again. Or should I say 'for shaw' Yeah okay, that was terrible. But great book none the less.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich bin ein riesengroßer Fan von Wrath James White und so langsam begeistert mich Matt Shaw ebenfalls, also war meine Freude sehr groß, nachdem ich mitbekommen hatte, dass beide ein Buch zusammen herausgegeben haben. Und sie haben mich nicht enttäuscht, das kann ich euch sagen.

Emily ist eine engagierte feministische Bloggerin, die's faustdick hinter den Ohren hat, sich zu verteidigen weiß und sich nimmt, was sie will; Tina hingegen ist eine Frau, die leider zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort ist; die Männer, die ihre „Boys' Night“ feiern, sind kranke, üble Vergewaltiger, die allerdings keinen blassen Schimmer haben, was noch auf sie zukommt; Sandra ist die Ex, die nach einer Trennung wieder alles gut machen will.
Alle treffen sie durch (un)glückliche Umstände an derselben Stelle zusammen, wo alles in brutaler, sadistischer, mit Wahnsinn gefüllter Rache gipfelt. Karma teilt ordentlich aus und Blut fließt natürlich auch.

Sehr dunkel, düster, verstörend – aber dennoch eine fantastische Handlung, die einen nicht vom Haken lässt inklusive befriedigendem Ende, und das ist sprichwörtlich zu nehmen ;-)

Nur zur Info: Ich habe die deutsche Ausgabe aus dem Festa-Verlag unter dem gleichnamigen Titel gelesen.

[Foxys.Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bei diesem Buch mochte ich zwar auch wieder das Cover sehr gerne, finde es aber nicht ganz so passend wie bei vielen anderen.

Der Schreibstil war sehr angenehm, wodurch ich schnell die 120 Seiten hinter mir ließ.

Boys Night ist für mich ein Zwiespalt. Mir gefielen viele Szenen und ich mochte die Thematik und ihre Umsetzung. Es gab wieder eine Wendung, welche mich absolut überraschte und entsetzte. Ich hatte mit nichts in dieser Richtung gerechnet! Gleichzeitig passierte mir das Ende aber irgendwo zu schnell und plötzlich. Es war mir einfach generell zu kurz. Und dann fehlte mir noch etwas, was ich nicht benennen kann. Ich weiß nicht was es ist, nur das dieser Punkt mich hindert 5 Sterne zu geben. Vielleicht weil mich Porno und Puppenhaus so viel mehr begeisterten, daß ich diesen Schatz einfach nicht auf dem gleichen Stand sehe... Dennoch ist Boys Night nicht schlecht. Ganz im Gegenteil. Denn es gefiel mir trotzdem sehr gut. Es war spannend, überraschend, kopfschüttelnd, ekelig und zum großen Teil auch wieder sehr realitätsnah, was es nur umso beängstigender macht. Vielleicht gerade für Einsteiger im Festa Extrem etwas. :)

[Annabele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely Better than Expected

While I have few friends who Love Horror like I do, very few of those like Extreme Horror as I do, but that's okay. After all, we can't all be rainbows and unicorns, that would be boring. I love the way the characters, the storyline, and even the flow of events keep you on your toes. I especially loved the ending, for once surprising me (in a good easy of course). Can't wait to see what these two dream up next!

[Bonnie Racki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Twists I wasn't expecting

Emily is a radical feminist that blogs how she feels about men. She gets threats about her blogging but, she doesn't let it faze her. These boy's go out looking for some unsuspecting women to rape and abuse. Little did they know the trouble they were in for when they went after Emily. Emily has a dark secret that even her girlfriend Sandra didn't know about. I really liked this story and how things went down.

[Mark Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never under estimate the power of deep seeded HATE!!

Not for the moral or squeamish reader, but I liked the brutal violence that jumps off the page and strangles you until you finish this story, and makes us as readers of the macabre, question what makes a person evil? But in the end we must all come to the realization that the only real monsters in this world are humans themselves!!

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brutal.
Shocking.
Uncompromising.
I genuinely found some scenes difficult to read.
A good twist in store for those that persevere and soldier through the shocking early parts.
Not what I expected twist wise, either.

Certainly not for the light hearted.
But, it IS Matt Shaw and Wrath doing what they do.
Banned on Amazon too.
No shit Sherlock.

[Marcia Honeycutt Roseman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Please be aware the f the trigger warnings for this book. Heavy heavy sexually explicit content with explicitly graphic rape and violence

Emily is a feminist, an Uber-feminist who spends an evening defending herself against home invaders intent on raping and murdering her. Much to there surprise Emily is harboring secrets that will alter their plans and the outcome of the night.

[Helen Lancaster Lancaster · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collaboration between the two Authors.

Yeah I enjoyed this book. Certainly not for the squeamish but it was very interesting and Emily was a bit of a psycho - having said that I was rooting for her to take down the rapists. 📔😌

[Douglas Castagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a collaboration between Matt Shaw and Wrath James White this novella works really well. The two styles blend seamlessly and build into a crescendo of violence and gore revenge; all of it bloody and unforgettably brutal.

[Katie Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Personally, I would have liked the characterization to be a little more developed and less cliché. But I like revenge tales and the socio-political commentary was interesting. I think this would make a kick-ass movie.