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The Swine
Four special needs teenagers and their counselors are on their way to a well-being retreat in the backwoods of Tasmania, Australia, when their bus breaks down. What awaits is a centuries-old nightmare even more terrifying than their own horrifying pasts.
Cooked to perfection with lashings of gore, violence, dark humor, and weirdness, this callback to classic slasher films is sure to tantalize the tastebuds of any horror fan’s cannibalistic craving.
Cooked to perfection with lashings of gore, violence, dark humor, and weirdness, this callback to classic slasher films is sure to tantalize the tastebuds of any horror fan’s cannibalistic craving.
119 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 18, 2022
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Simon McHardy
29 books289 followersSimon McHardy is the author of the infamous MOTHER MAGGOT. He lives a reclusive life in Tasmania Australia. Due to the extreme nature of his books, most are exclusive to Godless.com.
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October 4, 2022
This colorful collaboration by dream team Simon McHardy and Sean Hawker is a treat for those who love slasher and B films. Four young people are en route to a camping trip, when their bus breaks down in the heart of the sticks. What each of the characters encounter thereafter is both brutal and entertaining. Survival is difficult to achieve, especially because of the ... I can't tell you. Guess. Then take your answer and expand it into grotesque and monstrous proportions. Mince, anyone? This is an entertaining and grisly joint from McHarhawk. I was honored to have my name used as one of the characters. Hakkiyoi!
July 9, 2025
"Oh God. It's a pig man." So think of this like a perfect blend of Babe and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Tons of gore and grossness, and even a disabled person in a heavy duty Rascal with a giant schvantz. Because no splatterpunk book is complete without someone having a gigantic meat mountain. So...like...not much missing here that I wanted to see. Little pig people, a large pig man, lots of flies, and it left me wanting a BLT sandwich. All in all, I'd say it was a pretty successful reading experience. McHardy and Hawker are never short on material, customized to make your belly do somersaults. But, if you let your guard down and sanity float away, you will always have a good time with their books. It's been awhile since I've read one of their adventures, so it was good to revisit their madness. I will now conclude with a pig-related joke, if I may. What do you get when you pick a pig's nose? Ham-boogers! Hah!
October 18, 2022
The Swine is the latest collaboration of my two favorite Splatterpunk/Bizarro/Comedy/Horror writers, Simon McHardy and Sean Hawker.
This book is unique, I loved it!
Four special needs teenagers, Renée, Matt, John (my favorite character), and Janie accompanied by their counselor are on their way to a well- being retreat when they encountered, their, soon to be, worst nightmare.
This sounds like the beginning of a classic slasher movie, but it is a lot more. Each character is very well developed and has a hilarious little something that makes him perfect. They are confronted with incongruous situations which they try to survive. So far no one has dared to write a story like this. I’m certain people will be offend, but me, well I laughed out loud often.
And I was lucky to have one of the meanest and craziest character, named after me (I can’t wait to buy the paperback). 😈🤣🤣🤣
The plot is well build with lots of gory, disgusting, disturbing, and vile surprises. This story is so much fun!
If you like a challenge, you’re adventurous, you like to be surprised, you aren’t easily offended (I’m serious, easily offended people, you have been warned), you have a very dark sense of humor, this book is for you. You’ll read a story like never before. This book will become a classic.
I highly recommend it!
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This book is unique, I loved it!
Four special needs teenagers, Renée, Matt, John (my favorite character), and Janie accompanied by their counselor are on their way to a well- being retreat when they encountered, their, soon to be, worst nightmare.
This sounds like the beginning of a classic slasher movie, but it is a lot more. Each character is very well developed and has a hilarious little something that makes him perfect. They are confronted with incongruous situations which they try to survive. So far no one has dared to write a story like this. I’m certain people will be offend, but me, well I laughed out loud often.
And I was lucky to have one of the meanest and craziest character, named after me (I can’t wait to buy the paperback). 😈🤣🤣🤣
The plot is well build with lots of gory, disgusting, disturbing, and vile surprises. This story is so much fun!
If you like a challenge, you’re adventurous, you like to be surprised, you aren’t easily offended (I’m serious, easily offended people, you have been warned), you have a very dark sense of humor, this book is for you. You’ll read a story like never before. This book will become a classic.
I highly recommend it!
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September 25, 2022
Holy f**king shit! 🤣 Buckle up, bitches! You know you’re in for a wild ride when these two authors mash their sick little brains together. Jesus Christ on a cracker! I was lucky (unlucky?) enough to have a character named after me, funnily enough I shared some similarities with Renée. ‘Hey hey I’m Renée’ is officially my new favourite saying… it makes my cow eyes beam. 😆🥞 Seriously, this book made me cackle like a maniac. Go pre-order your copy now!
September 23, 2022
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October 23, 2022
Well alright😆😆. This... This story I am honored to be a character in this book. This was fucking vile disturbing disgusting and fucking hilariously offensive. There is so much comedy gold in this I mean you take a bunch of handicapped people and put then in a Texas chainsaw massacre type of situation, add some sexual assault, demon summoning,(😆😆😆😆) Inbred pig people,cannibalism,and one fucked up Cereal Pansy kid his Spaz5000 his massive 13inch palsy pounder, and his blaze of glory into Valhalla combine all that and you will get a small taste of the EPIC story that is THE SWINE.
October 18, 2022
Aaaaaaaand they're back!!!! And what a comeback! With lots of your well known, favourite indie horror names, this makes for a whole other story!!! (I'll never be able to look some of these people in the eyes again!!)😲😂 Hilarious and slightly uncomfortable......
These guys always go straight in with the horror and gore, and this story does not disappoint! They are the most delightfully depraved duo who always up the depravity ante with every story they write! And that is exactly why I love them! 😉
A pregnant Corrina and her husband Barry are off on a camping trip, when Barry stops the car for a toilet break, things get nasty, real nasty!!
Meanwhile, Donna is taking a very special group of kids camping, I mean Donna's pretty special herself when noone is looking! When the bus crashes to a stop, the others go to seek help at a nearby farmhouse (I mean, that's always a good idea, right?) leaving Donna and John to wait behind! And WOW, are they in for a real pounding!! 😉
And....as if that wasn't enough, we then meet Mama Delores!! (Who I actually quite like! 😲😂) Oh boy! She's a character all her own!!
I hate seeing the percentage go up when I'm reading a McHardy Hawker, because I never want them to end! Always a smooth, easy read, in the narrative sense anyway, what they make my brain picture on the other hand is usually a bumpy, gross, sick twisted ride! So much hilarious fun!! Once again the descriptions are crystal clear, every vile, disgusting visual!
And the demon summoning!!!! The demon summoning was hilarious! Funniest summoning ever!!! Leading to a brilliant ending!
Overall a merciless, barbaric, disturbing and hilarious tale of depravity, cannibalism, and pig human hybrids!! Awesome stuff as always!!
"Time ta get mincin'" 🤘🐷🤘
These guys always go straight in with the horror and gore, and this story does not disappoint! They are the most delightfully depraved duo who always up the depravity ante with every story they write! And that is exactly why I love them! 😉
A pregnant Corrina and her husband Barry are off on a camping trip, when Barry stops the car for a toilet break, things get nasty, real nasty!!
Meanwhile, Donna is taking a very special group of kids camping, I mean Donna's pretty special herself when noone is looking! When the bus crashes to a stop, the others go to seek help at a nearby farmhouse (I mean, that's always a good idea, right?) leaving Donna and John to wait behind! And WOW, are they in for a real pounding!! 😉
And....as if that wasn't enough, we then meet Mama Delores!! (Who I actually quite like! 😲😂) Oh boy! She's a character all her own!!
I hate seeing the percentage go up when I'm reading a McHardy Hawker, because I never want them to end! Always a smooth, easy read, in the narrative sense anyway, what they make my brain picture on the other hand is usually a bumpy, gross, sick twisted ride! So much hilarious fun!! Once again the descriptions are crystal clear, every vile, disgusting visual!
And the demon summoning!!!! The demon summoning was hilarious! Funniest summoning ever!!! Leading to a brilliant ending!
Overall a merciless, barbaric, disturbing and hilarious tale of depravity, cannibalism, and pig human hybrids!! Awesome stuff as always!!
"Time ta get mincin'" 🤘🐷🤘
October 25, 2022
McHardy and Hawker do it again!! This one is soooo much fun!!
A bus full of retards and a Pigman slashing folks up! I totally read this like I was watching a 1980's B-rated Slasher horror film. Fuck! Now I really need this to be made into a movie.
John with his always erect giant penis on his Spaz5000 "It's the best all-terrain electric wheelchair on the market." and I fucking want one when I get old! Mama Dolores was fucking hilarious. When she does that thing with her finger........I almost gaged!! So much bloody fun!!
Happy Reading and Splatter On.....
A bus full of retards and a Pigman slashing folks up! I totally read this like I was watching a 1980's B-rated Slasher horror film. Fuck! Now I really need this to be made into a movie.
John with his always erect giant penis on his Spaz5000 "It's the best all-terrain electric wheelchair on the market." and I fucking want one when I get old! Mama Dolores was fucking hilarious. When she does that thing with her finger........I almost gaged!! So much bloody fun!!
Happy Reading and Splatter On.....
October 20, 2022
this should be a movie. one of the few splatterpunk books i've actually had to take a break from while reading.
full review to come!
full review to come!
October 8, 2022
Oh, Simon McHardy and Sean Hawker. This may be the one. The one that gets you not only banned but a swift kick to the asses and then cancelled. THE SWINE is that fucking offensive.
I read the first chapter about a month ago and thought, “you know, this isn’t that bad. Maybe these two are turning over a new leaf, calming down in their later years.”
I was a fucking idiot.
Synopsis: a pigman likes to kill and his Mom is a psychopath. A bus of mostly special needs children including a young man with a 13 inch 24/7 erection and cerebral palsy, a goth kid who cuts, a girl with Down syndrome, and a girl who can’t keep her food in her stomach along with two adults are stranded in the middle of BFE. There is so much more… so much more. And many of the names will be familiar to many of us (not always in the best way, ha.)
Guys, I know, I KNOW, I say this every time with these two but I am worried about the backlash from this one. Obviously, we must remember first that this is fiction, the names may be known but that’s not who they are. Secondly, remember, there is a method to McHardy and Hawker’s madness and you have to be a level 87 idiot not to be able to figure it out.
Coming soon from Potter’s Grove Press. I will watching the reviews like a stalker.
Good luck, McHardy and Hawker, because you are going to need it with this one.
I read the first chapter about a month ago and thought, “you know, this isn’t that bad. Maybe these two are turning over a new leaf, calming down in their later years.”
I was a fucking idiot.
Synopsis: a pigman likes to kill and his Mom is a psychopath. A bus of mostly special needs children including a young man with a 13 inch 24/7 erection and cerebral palsy, a goth kid who cuts, a girl with Down syndrome, and a girl who can’t keep her food in her stomach along with two adults are stranded in the middle of BFE. There is so much more… so much more. And many of the names will be familiar to many of us (not always in the best way, ha.)
Guys, I know, I KNOW, I say this every time with these two but I am worried about the backlash from this one. Obviously, we must remember first that this is fiction, the names may be known but that’s not who they are. Secondly, remember, there is a method to McHardy and Hawker’s madness and you have to be a level 87 idiot not to be able to figure it out.
Coming soon from Potter’s Grove Press. I will watching the reviews like a stalker.
Good luck, McHardy and Hawker, because you are going to need it with this one.
October 20, 2022
When Hawker and McHardy get together they create some sick, crazy and off-the chain stories. And I love it and I can’t get enough of this stuff either!
4 special needs Teenagers, their counselor, and a bus driver are on a camping trip. Then their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere and they find themselves fighting against Pigman, his mother, who minces humans and feeds it to a pig god that’s locked in the basement. Will they survive this nightmare?
This book has it all: gore, cannibalism, cross breeding, demon summoning, sexual abuse, violence, and pig humans 😀
If you are already familiar with Hawker’s and McHardy’s prior story’s then I’ll recommend this one to you. If not - proceed with caution! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
4 special needs Teenagers, their counselor, and a bus driver are on a camping trip. Then their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere and they find themselves fighting against Pigman, his mother, who minces humans and feeds it to a pig god that’s locked in the basement. Will they survive this nightmare?
This book has it all: gore, cannibalism, cross breeding, demon summoning, sexual abuse, violence, and pig humans 😀
If you are already familiar with Hawker’s and McHardy’s prior story’s then I’ll recommend this one to you. If not - proceed with caution! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
October 24, 2022
The hills have eyes have nothing on Swine! Just when you think Sean and Simon can’t top their last book they crack out the spaz5000 and away they go!
December 29, 2022
Fast, Brutal, and Intense!
I had a blast with this one. THE SWINE is gruesome, violent, and extreme. You can't go wrong with anything by Hawker and McHardy. Highly recommended!
I had a blast with this one. THE SWINE is gruesome, violent, and extreme. You can't go wrong with anything by Hawker and McHardy. Highly recommended!
October 25, 2022
Splatter goodness.
Swine was well worth the wait. The cast of characters are hilarious and in typical Mchardy Hawker fashion the deaths are bloody and disgusting. This is up there with my favourites from these two nasty geniuses.
Swine was well worth the wait. The cast of characters are hilarious and in typical Mchardy Hawker fashion the deaths are bloody and disgusting. This is up there with my favourites from these two nasty geniuses.
October 19, 2022
It just kept getting better and better, didn't want it to end
January 1, 2024
It is just like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but in Australia, not in Texas. And not with a chainsaw, but a sledgehammer (and a mean machine). And obviously not with Leatherface, but something way worse than him. There is also some supernatural stuff involved. And, oh... yeah, it is gory as hell.
What a fun ride this book is. Highly recommended extreme Horror with the right amount of wtf ideas, gore and humour.
What a fun ride this book is. Highly recommended extreme Horror with the right amount of wtf ideas, gore and humour.
January 26, 2023
There's something lurking in the isolated wilderness of Savage River National Park, in the outbacks of Tasmania. A behemoth - 400 lb, 7 foot tall... thing, with the body of a man and the head of a pig. It's already brutally slaughtered a husband and wife, along with their unborn child, who made the mistake of pulling over on the side of the road at night.
And now, driving right into its territory is a bus carrying four teens - Janie, Matt, John and Renee; their counsellor - Mrs. Donna, and the driver - Garrett. All four teens are troubled and share a mix of physical and mental problems, and Mrs. Donna thinks a trip to camp will do them good. Behind schedule, she is adamant that Garrett take a shortcut, despite his insistence that he doesn't know the back roads.
A short while later, the bus skids out, winding up in a ditch, and upon inspection, the driver states all four tires are flat, due to large, rusty nails scattered across the road. The bus does not carry four spares, and on top of that, due to the isolated area, neither of the cell phones on board work. Once it's obvious no one is coming along to help them, Garrett announces he is going to walk back to the nearest house to ask for help. He is joined by Matt, Janie and Renee, while Mrs. Donna and John wait with the bus.
As Mrs. Donna is helping herself to John, the disabled boy with an infamous erection, they are interrupted by some large shape walking past the window, then rattling the door. A giant arm reaches in, grabbing her by the throat and pulling her outside. John watches on from inside the bus, noticing with horror, the abomination is some kind of man-pig hybrid.
Meanwhile, the other four reach an old, ramshackle farmhouse. It's beaten down, overgrown with weeds and filled with broken farming equipment. An elderly woman answers the door, telling the group that unfortunately, she has no phone, but to come in and wait, as her boy will be back home soon, and he has a tow truck.
No one wants to set foot into the rancid, reeking house, but the woman won't take no for an answer. She introduces herself as Mama Dolores, and then insists on making them a nice home cooked meal. Needless to say, seated at the table with maggots feasting on unidentifiable, rotten food, no one has an appetite. When a pig joins them at the dinner table, Janie quickly and secretly feeds her bowl of slop to it, and notices with horror, three human teeth at the bottom of the bowl.
Suddenly, in the doorway appears the Pigman. Turns out, the unlucky quartet picked the wrong farmhouse to ask for help - because the Pigman and his family live here - and they depend on eating people traveling through the area to keep the family fed.
Now it's not just the Pigman the group will have to worry about escaping, but his Mama, his sister, and the thing in the basement... Will anyone be able to survive the night?
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A really good book. Fun, very entertaining, thoroughly sickening and absolutely hilarious. Can't wait to check out more from the authors.
And now, driving right into its territory is a bus carrying four teens - Janie, Matt, John and Renee; their counsellor - Mrs. Donna, and the driver - Garrett. All four teens are troubled and share a mix of physical and mental problems, and Mrs. Donna thinks a trip to camp will do them good. Behind schedule, she is adamant that Garrett take a shortcut, despite his insistence that he doesn't know the back roads.
A short while later, the bus skids out, winding up in a ditch, and upon inspection, the driver states all four tires are flat, due to large, rusty nails scattered across the road. The bus does not carry four spares, and on top of that, due to the isolated area, neither of the cell phones on board work. Once it's obvious no one is coming along to help them, Garrett announces he is going to walk back to the nearest house to ask for help. He is joined by Matt, Janie and Renee, while Mrs. Donna and John wait with the bus.
As Mrs. Donna is helping herself to John, the disabled boy with an infamous erection, they are interrupted by some large shape walking past the window, then rattling the door. A giant arm reaches in, grabbing her by the throat and pulling her outside. John watches on from inside the bus, noticing with horror, the abomination is some kind of man-pig hybrid.
Meanwhile, the other four reach an old, ramshackle farmhouse. It's beaten down, overgrown with weeds and filled with broken farming equipment. An elderly woman answers the door, telling the group that unfortunately, she has no phone, but to come in and wait, as her boy will be back home soon, and he has a tow truck.
No one wants to set foot into the rancid, reeking house, but the woman won't take no for an answer. She introduces herself as Mama Dolores, and then insists on making them a nice home cooked meal. Needless to say, seated at the table with maggots feasting on unidentifiable, rotten food, no one has an appetite. When a pig joins them at the dinner table, Janie quickly and secretly feeds her bowl of slop to it, and notices with horror, three human teeth at the bottom of the bowl.
Suddenly, in the doorway appears the Pigman. Turns out, the unlucky quartet picked the wrong farmhouse to ask for help - because the Pigman and his family live here - and they depend on eating people traveling through the area to keep the family fed.
Now it's not just the Pigman the group will have to worry about escaping, but his Mama, his sister, and the thing in the basement... Will anyone be able to survive the night?
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A really good book. Fun, very entertaining, thoroughly sickening and absolutely hilarious. Can't wait to check out more from the authors.
February 21, 2023
It took me a bit to get into but I don’t really blame the book for that. I think I had just too many distractions at home. But besides that, at first it seemed very… typical. Yeah the characters were interesting and it had a lot of good extreme horror elements which is always a plus, but it felt like it was missing something. Then, we got it. The back stories of the characters were so tragic and heartbreaking and really added a nice layer of depth to them. In addition to that, we get this great, almost comical supernatural element to it, and that’s when it got really good. I don’t know if this was meant to be funny, but the whole book just gave me a “don’t take this too seriously” kinda vibe and I really liked that. Sometimes I don’t want to have to think or ponder or process what’s going on. Sometimes I just want a nice, clean all fun and games story, and this is just what we got here. I’m excited to read more by this duo. 3.5 stars.
April 17, 2023
This story will knock your tits off! (literally, if you end up in the backwoods near Savage River)
This was absolutely ridiculous—in the best way. It has The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibes written all over it.
I get nervous when two different authors write a book. It’s hard enough to write a compelling story with a single author, but both authors succeeded in creating well-developed characters in a book that’s just over a hundred pages.
I found myself wincing at certain details and descriptions, but also laughing at its absurdity.
With a few surprises thrown in, this story was entertaining, gory, funny, and downright ludicrous—all of the makings for a great splatterpunk novella.
This was absolutely ridiculous—in the best way. It has The Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibes written all over it.
I get nervous when two different authors write a book. It’s hard enough to write a compelling story with a single author, but both authors succeeded in creating well-developed characters in a book that’s just over a hundred pages.
I found myself wincing at certain details and descriptions, but also laughing at its absurdity.
With a few surprises thrown in, this story was entertaining, gory, funny, and downright ludicrous—all of the makings for a great splatterpunk novella.
October 24, 2022
Another great crazy gore filled wild story. Great slasher story. This really was a fun story.
August 16, 2023
Now, I don’t want to sound condescending or derogatory of Simon and Sean’s other collaborations; you just have to read my past reviews of titles such as Munging or My Dildo is a Serial Killer to know how much I enjoyed those titles. But the writing felt more descriptive in The Swine.
Whereas the other stories had a fast-paced comedic tone, Swine spent more time on scene setting and character building. It is like expecting to watch a low-budget movie, only to find a top-tier director working on it, and you get engrossed in everything, not just the over-the-top insanity. And whilst the craziness is still firmly in place; time has been spent building up the atmosphere. Think of the other titles as taking part in something akin to the stylised worlds of Tromaville or the city of Hope Town from Hobo With a Shotgun and The Swine taking place in a real-life location.
Naturally, the blood, gore and fucked up situations are still present - you only have to look at the chapter titles to see that - and the moments that cause you to laugh are very firmly in place too. I highlighted so many pieces that entertained me I may as well have just highlighted the entire story.
As usual, Simon and Sean have worked well together in a near seamless way whereby it’s becoming more and more difficult to tell who was responsible for writing which part - although I’m pretty sure Sean came up with the name for the wheelchair.
The Swine is a balls-out (and tits-off) slasher movie with a whole lot more going on beneath the surface. It’s well-paced, funny, and not for anyone easily offended - although anyone who is, has probably stopped reading this review a while back. The plot is entertaining, and gory and even has a few surprises thrown in there.
Whereas the other stories had a fast-paced comedic tone, Swine spent more time on scene setting and character building. It is like expecting to watch a low-budget movie, only to find a top-tier director working on it, and you get engrossed in everything, not just the over-the-top insanity. And whilst the craziness is still firmly in place; time has been spent building up the atmosphere. Think of the other titles as taking part in something akin to the stylised worlds of Tromaville or the city of Hope Town from Hobo With a Shotgun and The Swine taking place in a real-life location.
Naturally, the blood, gore and fucked up situations are still present - you only have to look at the chapter titles to see that - and the moments that cause you to laugh are very firmly in place too. I highlighted so many pieces that entertained me I may as well have just highlighted the entire story.
As usual, Simon and Sean have worked well together in a near seamless way whereby it’s becoming more and more difficult to tell who was responsible for writing which part - although I’m pretty sure Sean came up with the name for the wheelchair.
The Swine is a balls-out (and tits-off) slasher movie with a whole lot more going on beneath the surface. It’s well-paced, funny, and not for anyone easily offended - although anyone who is, has probably stopped reading this review a while back. The plot is entertaining, and gory and even has a few surprises thrown in there.
December 26, 2022
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The Swine by Simon McHardy & Sean Hawker
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A weekend field trip to Savage River National Park is planned for those who are mentally and physically disabled. When the bus mysteriously breaks down within the isolated wilderness, chaperones and teenagers alike decide to seek assistance. Discovering a farmhouse within the heavily dense forest seems to be a blessing, however this farmyard is owned by a mother & son that makes Norman Bates look like an angel.
Simon McHardy & Sean Hawker return with a sledgehammer wielding butchery called The Swine. These two authors bring their inbred backwoods A-Game to an ominous gore-soaked level of freakish nightmares. Expect plenty of inhuman torments and screams of agony within this nauseating novella length of nastiness. With a cannibalistic mother and a denim overall wearing son looming within the wooded darkness…what could go wrong?
Filth and decay runs rampant throughout The Swine as viscera lovin’ inhuman terrors come to life. No one can build a menacing tension quite like McHardy & Hawker. Just like a Doublemint gum slogan…Double your torture…Double your carnage. It goes without saying this book isn’t for the weak hearted or those with a sensitive stomach. Not since Deliverance have pig squeals given me inbred shivers up and down my backside.
If it’s one thing we have learned from McHardy & Hawker it’s…when lost in the unfamiliar wilderness of the Deep South and in need of help, like a good neighbor pig farmers are there. Meathooks, sledgehammers and meat grinders, oh my. I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.
The Swine by Simon McHardy & Sean Hawker
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A weekend field trip to Savage River National Park is planned for those who are mentally and physically disabled. When the bus mysteriously breaks down within the isolated wilderness, chaperones and teenagers alike decide to seek assistance. Discovering a farmhouse within the heavily dense forest seems to be a blessing, however this farmyard is owned by a mother & son that makes Norman Bates look like an angel.
Simon McHardy & Sean Hawker return with a sledgehammer wielding butchery called The Swine. These two authors bring their inbred backwoods A-Game to an ominous gore-soaked level of freakish nightmares. Expect plenty of inhuman torments and screams of agony within this nauseating novella length of nastiness. With a cannibalistic mother and a denim overall wearing son looming within the wooded darkness…what could go wrong?
Filth and decay runs rampant throughout The Swine as viscera lovin’ inhuman terrors come to life. No one can build a menacing tension quite like McHardy & Hawker. Just like a Doublemint gum slogan…Double your torture…Double your carnage. It goes without saying this book isn’t for the weak hearted or those with a sensitive stomach. Not since Deliverance have pig squeals given me inbred shivers up and down my backside.
If it’s one thing we have learned from McHardy & Hawker it’s…when lost in the unfamiliar wilderness of the Deep South and in need of help, like a good neighbor pig farmers are there. Meathooks, sledgehammers and meat grinders, oh my. I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. A five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror Bookworm Recommendation.
October 7, 2022
Mchardy and Hawker have a true talent of taking an innocent seeming situation and twisting it into the most grusome of nightmares. The grotesque pigman and his family have turned me off bacon I think.
Offensive, disgusting, and gloriously insane. I loved it!
Offensive, disgusting, and gloriously insane. I loved it!
May 30, 2023
Loved this book! It was disgusting. I finished it I found a filter on TikTok that turns your head into the pig head from this book and it's probably not intentional but it looks so much similar. Cows and Pigs in splatterpunk is always a good idea. Definitely read this one!
January 1, 2023
I’ve been wanting to read this book since it came out. Sean and Simon can do no wrong.
It’s vile and disgusting. It was amazing.
Check all trigger warnings before reading.
It’s vile and disgusting. It was amazing.
Check all trigger warnings before reading.
October 23, 2022
What a freaking horror show. This messed up, and I mean really sicko messed up, story goes way beyond just blood, guts, death, and horror.
The story is that four special needs children with their counselor and a bus driver, are heading out for a fun few days on a camping trip. Of course they take a short cut through the woods. Guess they never watched horror movies. Nightmare does not begin to describe what these people go through. Each of the children already have emotional and physical issues. Guess that makes them more vulnerable. But each one will surprise you at some point.
The killing and the gore and the guts is retching, but I couldn't stop reading. Unimaginable beings with cannibalistic tendencies, all ruled by the craziest of characters, Mama Delores. The horrors they impart upon our bus friends is deranged.
The authors, Simon McHardy and Sean Hawker are among the best writers for Bizarro/Horror/Splatterpunk. And this is one of their best. It is not just the horrible things that they come up with to torture these people, it is the way they describe them. You will see, hear and feel the horror as the characters do. That is what I like about their writing, that you can see it in your mind's eye.
Warning to those who would be triggered by mutilation, killing, taboo sex, stay away.
For the rest of you, you might get some good laughs.
The story is that four special needs children with their counselor and a bus driver, are heading out for a fun few days on a camping trip. Of course they take a short cut through the woods. Guess they never watched horror movies. Nightmare does not begin to describe what these people go through. Each of the children already have emotional and physical issues. Guess that makes them more vulnerable. But each one will surprise you at some point.
The killing and the gore and the guts is retching, but I couldn't stop reading. Unimaginable beings with cannibalistic tendencies, all ruled by the craziest of characters, Mama Delores. The horrors they impart upon our bus friends is deranged.
The authors, Simon McHardy and Sean Hawker are among the best writers for Bizarro/Horror/Splatterpunk. And this is one of their best. It is not just the horrible things that they come up with to torture these people, it is the way they describe them. You will see, hear and feel the horror as the characters do. That is what I like about their writing, that you can see it in your mind's eye.
Warning to those who would be triggered by mutilation, killing, taboo sex, stay away.
For the rest of you, you might get some good laughs.
January 21, 2023
Gory and disgusting, but still a decent, fairly quick read. If you're into these sorts of stories then you'll like it no doubt.
Nice to see another book set in Australia!
Nice to see another book set in Australia!
May 5, 2024
Simon McHardy is my go to for grossly, gross outback horror and The Swine is one of his best for straight to the point slasher splatter.
December 30, 2022
If you're into splatterpunk/bizarro/comedy writing then this is probably a good example of it. I've given Swine four stars as I'm pretty sure fans of the genre will dig it, and I appreciate the effort that has gone into trying to make this story offensive.
I read it in a single sitting and, while I had a few laughs, I was also rolling my eyes a lot at the derivative torture scenes and the adolescent shock schlock. I did like the casual chats and flashes of attraction one pair of characters had whilst dangling from the (prerequisite) meathooks, but having 'retards' being hunted and eaten by a seven-foot 'pigman' will only appeal to a certain (passionately keen) subset of horror readers.
I'm gradually discovering that splatterpunk isn't really my thing, but I was keen to give this a go since it's set in Tassie and was co-written by a Tasmanian author.
I read it in a single sitting and, while I had a few laughs, I was also rolling my eyes a lot at the derivative torture scenes and the adolescent shock schlock. I did like the casual chats and flashes of attraction one pair of characters had whilst dangling from the (prerequisite) meathooks, but having 'retards' being hunted and eaten by a seven-foot 'pigman' will only appeal to a certain (passionately keen) subset of horror readers.
I'm gradually discovering that splatterpunk isn't really my thing, but I was keen to give this a go since it's set in Tassie and was co-written by a Tasmanian author.
November 18, 2022
If you mashed up The Hills Have Eyes with Green Inferno, you’d be close… but this was better!
The dynamic duo of McHardy and Hawker have done it again! They expertly wind together the brutality and suspense of classic slashers like Texas Chainsaw Massacre with a macabre, humorous take on some of society’s less fortunate characters muddling their way through the gory, impossibly twisted plot!
And if you like some vengeance kills in your stories, you’ll get a couple here! Buckle up, buttercup and hold on to your bacon! It’s one hell of a bumpy ride down this river trail!
The dynamic duo of McHardy and Hawker have done it again! They expertly wind together the brutality and suspense of classic slashers like Texas Chainsaw Massacre with a macabre, humorous take on some of society’s less fortunate characters muddling their way through the gory, impossibly twisted plot!
And if you like some vengeance kills in your stories, you’ll get a couple here! Buckle up, buttercup and hold on to your bacon! It’s one hell of a bumpy ride down this river trail!
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