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Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One
Working at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building…
As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all. But when he decides to start an online journal documenting the bizarre day-to-day occurrences, he unwittingly attracts the attention of much more than just a few conspiracy theorists. With the body count steadily on the rise and a dark, ancient force infecting the dreams of everyone around him, Jack will do everything in his power to stay out of the way and mind his own business.
After all, he’s just a gas station clerk. It’s not like he’s getting paid enough to wage battle against the nightmarish aberrations plaguing his community. Besides, he already has his hands full attempting to manage all those mysterious lawn gnomes, the mutant raccoons, and the charming phantom cowboy who lives in the bathroom.
Based on the award-winning creepypasta by GasStationJack, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One is a love letter to the pioneers of classic horror tailored to a generation that grew up in the era of smartphones and WiFi.
As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all. But when he decides to start an online journal documenting the bizarre day-to-day occurrences, he unwittingly attracts the attention of much more than just a few conspiracy theorists. With the body count steadily on the rise and a dark, ancient force infecting the dreams of everyone around him, Jack will do everything in his power to stay out of the way and mind his own business.
After all, he’s just a gas station clerk. It’s not like he’s getting paid enough to wage battle against the nightmarish aberrations plaguing his community. Besides, he already has his hands full attempting to manage all those mysterious lawn gnomes, the mutant raccoons, and the charming phantom cowboy who lives in the bathroom.
Based on the award-winning creepypasta by GasStationJack, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One is a love letter to the pioneers of classic horror tailored to a generation that grew up in the era of smartphones and WiFi.
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First published October 1, 2018
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August 2, 2020
There is a very special place. We’ve all been there. Yes, even you.
Perhaps it was only for a fraction of a second and dismissed just as quickly, perhaps you are not even consciously aware of it.
But, once I tell you, you will never forget it. And you’ll be surprised by the number of times it happens to you. It doesn’t matter what you call that place, the name will probably differ from person to person.
Me? I call that place OFF.
Another thing you should remember is that you can’t knowingly go there. No matter what you do, how drastic, it is not possible.
e.g. Even if you stick your head up Ernest Borgnine’s ass, it won’t do you any good. (I thought about explaining this reference, for I didn’t just pluck it out the air, but it should be more fun leaving you hanging...)
It must be a surprise. Like a pregnancy after a vasectomy...
"That damn doctor screwed up my wife's vasectomy, I tell ya!"
Interested yet?
I’ll try to explain as best I can:
OFF is where your mind goes when you fully believe, even for a fraction of a second, something that goes against your personal logic, reason and life experience. In other words, to believe in something you think is impossible.
I can see that frown, so let me give you some examples:
- When you brace yourself and pick something up which you thought were going to be heavier than it actually is, and for a fraction of a second you believe you’ve become stronger.
- When you get on a skateboard for the first time, and for a moment you think to yourself you can do this, right before your feet goes the opposite direction than your body.
- When you walk into the bar, and this beautiful girl gives you this big, welcoming smile, and you think to yourself ‘This girl digs me!’, right before her huge boyfriend who entered after you passes you.
- When they give you a mixed Rubik’s cube and you think you can solve it.
Are you getting what I’m saying, here? Give me some more examples, I beg you to make me laugh...
Anyway, the reason a went into this whole unwanted explanation, is to make you understand that this book takes place, almost entirely, in OFF. Things may seem normal at the gas station, but there is just a little something, well, off.
While I enjoyed the humor a lot (it has this JOHN DIES AT THE END vibe), and the writing was much better than I expected, it felt a little too long for what it offered. It is the first one in a series, so there is more story to come, but once the gag has run its course, it’s probably better to put it to bed.
So, the best advice I can give you, is to break this one up into two or three parts. Read something in between, just to keep the humor fresh.
Still, very good effort and I’m glad I read it.
Perhaps it was only for a fraction of a second and dismissed just as quickly, perhaps you are not even consciously aware of it.
But, once I tell you, you will never forget it. And you’ll be surprised by the number of times it happens to you. It doesn’t matter what you call that place, the name will probably differ from person to person.
Me? I call that place OFF.
Another thing you should remember is that you can’t knowingly go there. No matter what you do, how drastic, it is not possible.
e.g. Even if you stick your head up Ernest Borgnine’s ass, it won’t do you any good. (I thought about explaining this reference, for I didn’t just pluck it out the air, but it should be more fun leaving you hanging...)
It must be a surprise. Like a pregnancy after a vasectomy...
"That damn doctor screwed up my wife's vasectomy, I tell ya!"
Interested yet?
I’ll try to explain as best I can:
OFF is where your mind goes when you fully believe, even for a fraction of a second, something that goes against your personal logic, reason and life experience. In other words, to believe in something you think is impossible.
I can see that frown, so let me give you some examples:
- When you brace yourself and pick something up which you thought were going to be heavier than it actually is, and for a fraction of a second you believe you’ve become stronger.
- When you get on a skateboard for the first time, and for a moment you think to yourself you can do this, right before your feet goes the opposite direction than your body.
- When you walk into the bar, and this beautiful girl gives you this big, welcoming smile, and you think to yourself ‘This girl digs me!’, right before her huge boyfriend who entered after you passes you.
- When they give you a mixed Rubik’s cube and you think you can solve it.
Are you getting what I’m saying, here? Give me some more examples, I beg you to make me laugh...
Anyway, the reason a went into this whole unwanted explanation, is to make you understand that this book takes place, almost entirely, in OFF. Things may seem normal at the gas station, but there is just a little something, well, off.
While I enjoyed the humor a lot (it has this JOHN DIES AT THE END vibe), and the writing was much better than I expected, it felt a little too long for what it offered. It is the first one in a series, so there is more story to come, but once the gag has run its course, it’s probably better to put it to bed.
So, the best advice I can give you, is to break this one up into two or three parts. Read something in between, just to keep the humor fresh.
Still, very good effort and I’m glad I read it.
April 28, 2021
A couple gnomes showed up right outside the back door, and I left them where I found them because one of them was holding a steak knife and I don’t need that kind of crazy in my life.
My husband listened to this on audiobook and said, "You should buy this. It's like John Dies at the End. You'll love it."
So, I bought it. And I read it. And he was right, I loved it.
Jack, our extremely unreliable narrator, works in a crappy gas station at the end of town. He is tasked by his therapist to write a journal (which quickly becomes a blog) and we get to read a plethora of bizarre stories concerning lawn gnomes, ghosts, alternate dimensions, shady federal agents, monsters and murder cults in Jack's dry, sarcastic humor.
The situations are over-the-top ridiculous and the characters wandering through the gas station are hilarious. I laughed out loud too many times to count.
I'll certainly be picking up Volume Two sooner rather than later.
My husband listened to this on audiobook and said, "You should buy this. It's like John Dies at the End. You'll love it."
So, I bought it. And I read it. And he was right, I loved it.
Jack, our extremely unreliable narrator, works in a crappy gas station at the end of town. He is tasked by his therapist to write a journal (which quickly becomes a blog) and we get to read a plethora of bizarre stories concerning lawn gnomes, ghosts, alternate dimensions, shady federal agents, monsters and murder cults in Jack's dry, sarcastic humor.
The situations are over-the-top ridiculous and the characters wandering through the gas station are hilarious. I laughed out loud too many times to count.
I'll certainly be picking up Volume Two sooner rather than later.
January 29, 2022
Every town has one. That creepy, out of the way gas station with the weird customers. Jack just happens to be working at the one in this story. All kinds of characters swing by the gas station. Monsters, supernatural forces, shoplifting raccoons, and garden gnomes. Then his best friend reveals the body of a local politician hidden in the trunk of a car, and all hell breaks loose. This book is horror, supernatural, comedy, and drama. Decent read.
November 2, 2023
This review is only going to be a stream of me gushing about how much I loved this book for a couple of paragraphs.
Townsend brought together some of my favorite world building elements, horror themes treated as par for the course and no big deal (think a WTNV kind of approach), a how are you still alive main characters who isn't even all that sure he wants to be there (something that will speak to any millennial's soul) and a grimy setting. There's a great sense of humor that ties it all together in an amazing and non-stop moving package.
Jack is amazing and he's probably my second favorite character of all times at this point (having lodged himself between Tommy Wildclown from The Apocalypse Series by G. Wells Taylor and John Taylor from The Nightside Series by Simon R. Green, I have a type and, apparently, they don't always have to be private investigators they can also be gas station attendants).
Now I'm going to try to pace myself and wait maybe a week before I start volume 2, wish me luck!
Edited to add (November 2, 2023), it's been a little over a year since I initally read this book and I still find myself making references to it fairly regularly and I've read literally hundreds of books since, it was just that good.
Townsend brought together some of my favorite world building elements, horror themes treated as par for the course and no big deal (think a WTNV kind of approach), a how are you still alive main characters who isn't even all that sure he wants to be there (something that will speak to any millennial's soul) and a grimy setting. There's a great sense of humor that ties it all together in an amazing and non-stop moving package.
Jack is amazing and he's probably my second favorite character of all times at this point (having lodged himself between Tommy Wildclown from The Apocalypse Series by G. Wells Taylor and John Taylor from The Nightside Series by Simon R. Green, I have a type and, apparently, they don't always have to be private investigators they can also be gas station attendants).
Now I'm going to try to pace myself and wait maybe a week before I start volume 2, wish me luck!
Edited to add (November 2, 2023), it's been a little over a year since I initally read this book and I still find myself making references to it fairly regularly and I've read literally hundreds of books since, it was just that good.
August 18, 2025
I don’t write reviews.
“There is an entity of unfathomable horrors, that we have been watching from a careful distance for many aeons. And it is moving. Something has summoned it to your world. It feeds on pain, an ancient evil determined to pervert life as we know it and usher in a new era of suffering, heretofore undreamt of.”
“Oh,” I said. “Damn.”
I’ve been looking for something that scratches the itch the way that the John Dies at the End stories do. Here we are at the gas station on the edge of nowhere. I couldn’t be happier to be part of the madness.
I tried to read this one twice before, but kept feeling it was too silly and stopped. Granted, these tales are very silly, still they walk the line, balancing strange, interesting and funny. I was immediately taken out of myself. That’s the pure magic of literature.
“There is an entity of unfathomable horrors, that we have been watching from a careful distance for many aeons. And it is moving. Something has summoned it to your world. It feeds on pain, an ancient evil determined to pervert life as we know it and usher in a new era of suffering, heretofore undreamt of.”
“Oh,” I said. “Damn.”
I’ve been looking for something that scratches the itch the way that the John Dies at the End stories do. Here we are at the gas station on the edge of nowhere. I couldn’t be happier to be part of the madness.
I tried to read this one twice before, but kept feeling it was too silly and stopped. Granted, these tales are very silly, still they walk the line, balancing strange, interesting and funny. I was immediately taken out of myself. That’s the pure magic of literature.
September 5, 2021
Anyone who ever worked in retail knows how weird customers can be sometimes. I was lucky enough that in all the time I worked as a bookseller in Berlin I always had very cool customers and I can’t complain at all, having had the chance to chat with people about books and being surrounded by books, but I know that in other areas things can go very eerie and awry. In a gas station in the middle of nowhere, for instance, positioned above an eldritch god living underground.
Poor Jack needs to put up with that exactly. Moreover, he suffers from a mysterious illness that will eventually kill him and attends therapy sessions that are included in his treatment package. From his psychiatrist to the local police, to his bosses, everyone is convinced that Jack is going insane, and maybe the reader thinks so too? Whether invented or not, Jack’s tales of his gas station shifts are a little bit creepy but always hilarious; plants that grow into human hands and organs, garden gnomes equipped with steak knives, a former death cult member moving in, online communities on the wildest conspiracy theories, a spy on the hunt for an animal that doesn't even exist, and and and...
I loved reading this book, it was a breath of fresh air amidst all the doom and gloom I usually read.
Poor Jack needs to put up with that exactly. Moreover, he suffers from a mysterious illness that will eventually kill him and attends therapy sessions that are included in his treatment package. From his psychiatrist to the local police, to his bosses, everyone is convinced that Jack is going insane, and maybe the reader thinks so too? Whether invented or not, Jack’s tales of his gas station shifts are a little bit creepy but always hilarious; plants that grow into human hands and organs, garden gnomes equipped with steak knives, a former death cult member moving in, online communities on the wildest conspiracy theories, a spy on the hunt for an animal that doesn't even exist, and and and...
I loved reading this book, it was a breath of fresh air amidst all the doom and gloom I usually read.
July 24, 2022
All you really need to know about me is that I hated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. If you liked it, then you will like this. Tales from the Gas Station is weird with dumb humor.
December 2, 2023
A mix between John Dies at the end and Clerks.
This book is not to be taken seriously or… I guess you could and just not have a good time, up to you.
With an unreliable narrator, cosmic horror and the perfect adhd induced plot, I think the term suspending disbelief might be be too shallow of a phrase, maybe catapult or torpedo sane rational thought out the window instead?
we're talking hand plants, transporting into another dimension in a kitty pool and multiple spawnings and unaliving of a dude named Kiefer.
Oh and praise be the Dark God we will bathe in his presence 💖
*had to correct multiple typos in this review, I didn’t sleep at all…. maybe this book is rubbing off on me.
This book is not to be taken seriously or… I guess you could and just not have a good time, up to you.
With an unreliable narrator, cosmic horror and the perfect adhd induced plot, I think the term suspending disbelief might be be too shallow of a phrase, maybe catapult or torpedo sane rational thought out the window instead?
we're talking hand plants, transporting into another dimension in a kitty pool and multiple spawnings and unaliving of a dude named Kiefer.
Oh and praise be the Dark God we will bathe in his presence 💖
*had to correct multiple typos in this review, I didn’t sleep at all…. maybe this book is rubbing off on me.
June 14, 2021
Oh my! This was so much fun! On to Volume 2 ;)
March 15, 2025
I’ve never chuckled and laughed so much while reading a book. The main character, Gas station jack has to be one of the most memorable characters I’ve encountered. I will definitely be reading the other volumes. The other characters and scenarios are so absurd and entertaining. The bathroom cowboy, mysteriously moving garden nomes, hand plants, a murder cult called The Mathmetists, and so much more make this a satisfying read. Comedy horror at its best!
April 15, 2021
'Chaotic reality or cosmic fantasy?'
Jack works at the sleepy, weird and wonderful gas station at the end of town, but things are beginning to stir and something is afoot. How can these crazy things be happening, why are they happening and what on earth do they mean? Jack is about to find out.
I went into this one not knowing what to expect and found it to be just so intriguingly different. Imagine experiencing an ongoing freaky acid trip, laced with the absurd and surreal and then just add a trace of the supernaturals and then you might get some idea. At times it was a case of lighthearted comic horror but occasionally things became dark and sinister and all without any deliberate explanation or direction. Events were truly random and the reader was left pleasantly wondering what was possibly going to happen next.
Lots of great ideas, with wonderful detail, but I found the humour to be a little hit and miss at times and proceedings slightly too disjointed and scattered for things to seriously gel together properly in order to bring about a sense of closure and complete satisfaction to this otherwise undoubtedly enjoyable read. Perhaps this was simply because the ending was not what I was expecting that left me feeling a little disappointed and maybe I might get more answers to my questions if I decide to delve and explore further into part 2 of this series. However, certainly a unique and original storyline with twists and turns that will leave the reader pondering on the eventual outcome and where it might all just possibly lead.
A talented writer who sure knows how to describe and tell a good story.
Rating: 3.5 disturbingly creepy, bright, unexplained stars.
Jack works at the sleepy, weird and wonderful gas station at the end of town, but things are beginning to stir and something is afoot. How can these crazy things be happening, why are they happening and what on earth do they mean? Jack is about to find out.
I went into this one not knowing what to expect and found it to be just so intriguingly different. Imagine experiencing an ongoing freaky acid trip, laced with the absurd and surreal and then just add a trace of the supernaturals and then you might get some idea. At times it was a case of lighthearted comic horror but occasionally things became dark and sinister and all without any deliberate explanation or direction. Events were truly random and the reader was left pleasantly wondering what was possibly going to happen next.
Lots of great ideas, with wonderful detail, but I found the humour to be a little hit and miss at times and proceedings slightly too disjointed and scattered for things to seriously gel together properly in order to bring about a sense of closure and complete satisfaction to this otherwise undoubtedly enjoyable read. Perhaps this was simply because the ending was not what I was expecting that left me feeling a little disappointed and maybe I might get more answers to my questions if I decide to delve and explore further into part 2 of this series. However, certainly a unique and original storyline with twists and turns that will leave the reader pondering on the eventual outcome and where it might all just possibly lead.
A talented writer who sure knows how to describe and tell a good story.
Rating: 3.5 disturbingly creepy, bright, unexplained stars.
June 8, 2020
For whatever reason I thought this would be more like Creepypasta where a guy in a gas station tells many short stories of many different weird/creepy encounters while at his job and although that's what it seems like at the start, you realize that it's actually a narrative. Although I can see how the author was trying to blend in horror and comedy, and in some places it was really good, ultimately it just really shows a lot of...bad writing when it comes to the comedy stage. A lot of times I was cringing while reading this and quickly skipped every other word just to get through some parts, which is a shame because when it came to some of the creepy aspects of this book, Townsend actually did a pretty good job. As a whole though, this book was really bad and not what I thought it was going to be.
October 23, 2019
A great one for those who love that horror comedy combination. Horror stories with Jack, the wacky sarcastic gas station attendant who has seen just about everything. I am sure most people will just lap this up, but I really don’t really handle bizarre and hilarious especially when joined with scary.
September 19, 2025
3.5★
”Sometimes, that’s just the way things go at the gas station.”
For fans of Welcome to Nightvale, this gas station is a bit different than most. Unless your closest gas station also happens to keep spawning garden gnomes, and your blog followers keep talking about the ‘Dark God’ residing below. In that case, this gas station is completely, 100% normal!
I had a lot of fun reading this but I didn’t experience that urge to keep reading soooo it’s a 3.5 from me :p
”Sometimes, that’s just the way things go at the gas station.”
For fans of Welcome to Nightvale, this gas station is a bit different than most. Unless your closest gas station also happens to keep spawning garden gnomes, and your blog followers keep talking about the ‘Dark God’ residing below. In that case, this gas station is completely, 100% normal!
I had a lot of fun reading this but I didn’t experience that urge to keep reading soooo it’s a 3.5 from me :p
November 10, 2024
“Tranquillity is a quiet, empty gas station at four o’clock in the morning”
I loved this, so much fun! Great locale. It was left a bit open ended so I guess I will be reading the next volume in the series!
I loved this, so much fun! Great locale. It was left a bit open ended so I guess I will be reading the next volume in the series!
July 6, 2020
Must admit, Jack has a really interesting life (ha-ha). His stamina and cold-hearted mind are the thing I admire and jealous.
Honestly, it wasn’t quite a book I’ve read. It was several days I’ve lived through on this nowhere gas station.
This adventure was so crazy, so interesting, so quaint, so creepy, so funny, and soooo… cozy. Well, it’s closer to witty jokes, nevertheless, I was openly laughing quite often.
I don’t know what the magic Jack has, but the story and his writing in a complex - made a thing. You never know if all this shit happens for real or… It catches a reader and never let him go before the last page.
It’s a well-build story, all those events connected and logical (crazy, yeah). Every part of the story isn’t forgotten and not for nothing. I worried, The Tales could be alike Welcome to Night Vale, where it seems, the book is a set of random crazy events. But The Tales are logical in their craziness and I had a great time with it. I determinate to read his next books but want to wait a cooler season – I think it’s more proper vibes for reading The Tales.
Jack, I'll miss you!
January 6, 2023
This is a bizarre but thoroughly engaging book. Recommended if you enjoy twists and turns from an unreliable protagonist who isn't sure himself what, or who, is real and what/who isn't. At first, Jack seems like a regular guy just trying to burn away his days in peace from his job at the cash register. Unfortunate for him that the universe wants to spin the Rubiks cube of reality around him whenever he gets behind the counter. One thing's for sure - strange things are happening at the gas station... or are they? Is there even a gas station?
August 8, 2021
Jack works at a lonely gas station on the outskirts of a strange small town. Being the only full time employee, he sees most of the stranger things that happen first hand.
After deciding to start an online blog about his experiences, it opens a door to a whole new round of trouble he never saw coming.
I'm not sure exactly what kind of book I just read with this one. What I can say for sure is that the author is definitely a creative guy.
The storyline itself was a bit all over the place, jumping from one strange occurrence to the next so quickly that I had a hard time keeping track of what the heck was going on.
Most of the events and strange occupancies didn't seem to fit together very well. Many things were also not properly explained or tied in which left me feeling more confused than anything else when finishing the book.
Going in I was expecting more of a strange and creepy read. It turned out to be more of a humorous story that got downright silly and unbelievable at times.
While I did enjoy some parts, this book just didn't hook me or make enough sense overall for me to want to continue on with the series.
After deciding to start an online blog about his experiences, it opens a door to a whole new round of trouble he never saw coming.
I'm not sure exactly what kind of book I just read with this one. What I can say for sure is that the author is definitely a creative guy.
The storyline itself was a bit all over the place, jumping from one strange occurrence to the next so quickly that I had a hard time keeping track of what the heck was going on.
Most of the events and strange occupancies didn't seem to fit together very well. Many things were also not properly explained or tied in which left me feeling more confused than anything else when finishing the book.
Going in I was expecting more of a strange and creepy read. It turned out to be more of a humorous story that got downright silly and unbelievable at times.
While I did enjoy some parts, this book just didn't hook me or make enough sense overall for me to want to continue on with the series.
June 18, 2024
Creepy and self-referential hilarity in the vein of 'Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil', Cabin in the Woods, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Memorable characters. For fans of Peter Clines or Jeremy Robinson. This will resonate with anyone who ever had a crummy job that left them bored for hours, dreaming of battling other-worldly phenomena, shadow agencies, and raccoons (yes, raccoons).
May 1, 2019
A book that will be enjoyed by those who enjoy black humor and shaggy dogs. I thought often of Douglas Adams and Weird Al as I was reading the book if that helps. It’s kind of a genre crossing mess so I wouldn’t call it Horror or Paranormal or humor exactly - I’m fairly sure it’s a work of fiction but then again who knows? I’ve never been to the gas station at the edge of town, but I think I might have seen it.
April 23, 2025
Highly enjoyable and (mostly) lighthearted horror comedy. Recommended for fans of the movie Clerks or the bizarro world of Carlton Mellick. I will definitely be reading the next volume in this absurd and darkly comical saga of Gas Station Jack! 3.75 stars.
May 26, 2019
Sort of just a truckload of weird stories dumped in a pile, but done with such style that I thoroughly enjoyed it. This didn't have much of a throughline plot, but what there was intrigued me - I would like to know more since it wasn't remotely wrapped up in this volume.
This is very reminiscent of David Wong/Jason Pargin's John Dies at the End novels, and evidently it has a similar origin story - online tales connected and published as a book. I found Jack's stories less compelling than Dave & John's weird, gross, hilarious, and oddly philosophical romps, but they scratch the same itch.
I'll definitely be tuning in to the YouTube stories to see what additional fun is in store!
This is very reminiscent of David Wong/Jason Pargin's John Dies at the End novels, and evidently it has a similar origin story - online tales connected and published as a book. I found Jack's stories less compelling than Dave & John's weird, gross, hilarious, and oddly philosophical romps, but they scratch the same itch.
I'll definitely be tuning in to the YouTube stories to see what additional fun is in store!
May 7, 2020
I totally LOVED this horror novel, and I hope there's 20 sequels! I have little sense of humor, but even so I frequently laughed aloud at some of the scenes or turns of phrase, so yes, I guess this is a "horror comedy." I also totally emphasized with protagonist Jack. Man, this dude can't get a break! But he still perseveres, despite permanent insomnia and, I think, more than a touch of Asperger's [witness his encounters with the vain psychoanalyst], bullies, weirdos, and gods under the gas station. Like the Energizer bunny, he keeps on keeping on. [Like a Timex, he keeps on ticking. ] Assaults, broken bones, insomnia, betrayal: NOTHING stops this unassuming feckless hero. Gotta admire.
January 15, 2022
Nothing happens
I'm not sure why this book would have so many 5 star reviews. I read the whole thing waiting for the story to come together, for any semblance of a plot to emerge, but it's little more than a series of unrelated weird happenings strung together. Had high hopes but was left disappointed.
I'm not sure why this book would have so many 5 star reviews. I read the whole thing waiting for the story to come together, for any semblance of a plot to emerge, but it's little more than a series of unrelated weird happenings strung together. Had high hopes but was left disappointed.
May 30, 2024
If I say "This is a poor man's John Dies at the End" I really do mean it as a compliment.
Want to read
September 4, 20259/4/25 This morning I started painting my closet size "master bath" and listening to Season 1 "TALES FROM THE GAS STATION" [COMPILATION] | CreepyPasta Storytime, narrated by MrCreepyPasta 7yrs ago, while engaged in this drippy chore👩🏼🎨! Oh so much good that I missed before retiring!
Love MrCreepyPasta's young-man-voice and matter-of-fact attitude 🥰.
Still looking forward to reading the books...
If you missed a lot of "good stuff" during your working years and are now enthusiastically catching up with it all, I encourage you to listen to these 5-star stories, narrated with great gusto here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HblU... 💛🧚♀️🙋🏼👍!
Love MrCreepyPasta's young-man-voice and matter-of-fact attitude 🥰.
Still looking forward to reading the books...
If you missed a lot of "good stuff" during your working years and are now enthusiastically catching up with it all, I encourage you to listen to these 5-star stories, narrated with great gusto here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HblU... 💛🧚♀️🙋🏼👍!
August 31, 2022
Jack is going to die. As the book goes on, in more than one possible way, but alas, he has this illness that is definitely got good for him. He has a fatal insomnia condition, so it seems logical to do the kind of job where he needs to stay overnight; non-stop gas station attendant. It must be boring, yeah?
Except his workplace is outside a small town in the middle of nowhere, and things are not how they should normally be. Mutated raccoons steal cigarettes if you don't pay attention. Plants looking and moving exactly like human hands are growing outside that you have to burn sometimes or else they rip apart animals (and they scream while they burn). A death cult regularly comes in and buys up all the snacks.
At one point he just decided that hey, writing a blog about his experiences could work. What could go wrong?
Normally I am not super much into horror. I love the mystery parts, where you have the ominous feeling and you don't know what the hell is wrong. But the actual, being chased by the psycho with an axe? Nah. Not for me. Luckily, this was heavily based on the fact this person is telling you his story in first person. To him a bunch of the odd things are perfectly normal to him. He tells you like you would tell someone about a weird guy at work or the leaky coffee machine in the break room.
There is something cool about the almost bored tone. You know. It is what it is, the naked cowboy is in the bathroom again.
The issue with writing a review is, though, that I have no idea what to say that would sell you on this, but wouldn't say too much that is a spoiler OR that just makes me sound deranged.
Except his workplace is outside a small town in the middle of nowhere, and things are not how they should normally be. Mutated raccoons steal cigarettes if you don't pay attention. Plants looking and moving exactly like human hands are growing outside that you have to burn sometimes or else they rip apart animals (and they scream while they burn). A death cult regularly comes in and buys up all the snacks.
At one point he just decided that hey, writing a blog about his experiences could work. What could go wrong?
Normally I am not super much into horror. I love the mystery parts, where you have the ominous feeling and you don't know what the hell is wrong. But the actual, being chased by the psycho with an axe? Nah. Not for me. Luckily, this was heavily based on the fact this person is telling you his story in first person. To him a bunch of the odd things are perfectly normal to him. He tells you like you would tell someone about a weird guy at work or the leaky coffee machine in the break room.
There is something cool about the almost bored tone. You know. It is what it is, the naked cowboy is in the bathroom again.
The issue with writing a review is, though, that I have no idea what to say that would sell you on this, but wouldn't say too much that is a spoiler OR that just makes me sound deranged.
February 18, 2020
Loved this book. At first I was hesitant to give it a chance. Didn’t like the protagonist at first. His laid back attitude kind of pissed me off. However after the story continued on, I got to see how the adventures changed him for the better. This is one of those stories that grow on you overtime, and I was happy to see it was all connected rather than just a bunch of unrelated short stories like some of the reviews claimed it was. After finishing the John Dies At The End series I felt this book filled the void left behind after John and David’s journey came to a close.
December 15, 2018
Great read
This book is hilarious and spooky, two things I love. Jack is so real and likable, it’s impossible not to like this book. I do read his other stories online, however this is a more in-depth look at those stories starting at the beginning, so reading them is not necessary. Can’t recommend this book enough.
This book is hilarious and spooky, two things I love. Jack is so real and likable, it’s impossible not to like this book. I do read his other stories online, however this is a more in-depth look at those stories starting at the beginning, so reading them is not necessary. Can’t recommend this book enough.
December 13, 2024
3.25 stars ...
I was in the mood for something different ...
and this was definitely that ...
but it didn't really work for me. 🤷♂️
I was in the mood for something different ...
and this was definitely that ...
but it didn't really work for me. 🤷♂️
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