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Standard Deviations: A Collection
“Answer me, child. Which flavor do you prefer?”
A serial killer forever trapped in a Super Max prison, interviewed by the woman of his dreams … A fifteen year old girl in 1912, forced to choose between a man she does not love and a boy who might just kill for her … A man who discovers, after forty years, that he has a twin brother—living in his stomach …
Which flavor do you prefer? A cancer-stricken old man who can listen to the dead call up from Hell through his stethoscope … A home security system that doubles as entertainment of the worst possible kind … A priest who hears confessions from the depths of Purgatory … A teacher whose test results might very well cost his students, or himself, all they have to give …
Which flavor do you prefer? Cinnamon, peppermint, or raspberry? Because, you know, the Paris Green Solution is available in three different varieties …
Leave on just one light. Settle in, alone, at the head of your dining room table, and get ready for a long, nightmarish repast of horror. In Standard Deviations, author Marcus Damanda serves up sixteen delicacies of transcendent terror certain to satisfy the hungriest corner of your own hidden, dark heart.
A serial killer forever trapped in a Super Max prison, interviewed by the woman of his dreams … A fifteen year old girl in 1912, forced to choose between a man she does not love and a boy who might just kill for her … A man who discovers, after forty years, that he has a twin brother—living in his stomach …
Which flavor do you prefer? A cancer-stricken old man who can listen to the dead call up from Hell through his stethoscope … A home security system that doubles as entertainment of the worst possible kind … A priest who hears confessions from the depths of Purgatory … A teacher whose test results might very well cost his students, or himself, all they have to give …
Which flavor do you prefer? Cinnamon, peppermint, or raspberry? Because, you know, the Paris Green Solution is available in three different varieties …
Leave on just one light. Settle in, alone, at the head of your dining room table, and get ready for a long, nightmarish repast of horror. In Standard Deviations, author Marcus Damanda serves up sixteen delicacies of transcendent terror certain to satisfy the hungriest corner of your own hidden, dark heart.
281 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2017
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Marcus Damanda
20 books67 followersWriter, teacher, world's best uncle, adoptive dad to Shazam the cat, I am the gatekeeper to your nightmares and dreams, weaver of tales fantastic and unimaginable ... or some stuff like that.
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April 30, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. I am familiar with Mr. Damanda’s work from the NoSleep Podcast. He has quickly become one of my favorite contributors to the show. These stories were as well-written and engaging as I expected. Standouts for me are “As Helen Remembered It” and “The Paris Green Solution” as I am a fan of historical fiction, which Damanda writes beautifully. What I love most about Damanda’s work is that it is not only scary and disturbing in the best possible way, it is also expertly crafted. He is a truly gifted author.
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