Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror

Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror
by Ramsey Campbell, Graham Masterton, C. J. Henderson, Tim Curran, Angel Leigh McCoy, Randy Chandler, Brian Rosenberger, C. Dennis Moore, Stefan Pearson, Jeffrey Thomas, Ralph Greco Jr., Z. F. Kilgore, Garry Bushell, John Bruni, Sean Logan

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Author: Angel Leigh McCoy, Brian Rosenberger, C. Dennis Moore, C. J. Henderson, Garry Bushell, Graham Masterton, Jeffrey Thomas, John Bruni, Ralph Greco Jr., Ramsey Campbell, Randy Chandler, Sean Logan, Stefan Pearson, Tim Curran, Z. F. Kilgore
Editor: Cheryl Mullenax
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-01
ISBN: 0982097913
Number of pages: 212
Publisher: Comet Press

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Book Review: Shock Room: Vile Things
Summary: 5 Stars

Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror
Edited by Cheryl Mullenax

Featuring new or recent fiction by a dozen authors and anchored by reprints from horror literary giants Ramsey Campbell and Graham Masterton, the 2009 Comet Press anthology Vile Things answers such questions as:

How can a mad scientist, who is also a family man, keep his household electronics running once he decides to go green?

Why should you never cross the threshold of an apartment that bears an obscene portrait of a rooster?

How do you get even with a roommate whose only crime is being irresistible?

Rarely does one volume of work by such a wide range of experienced and emerging writers offer the abundance of creepiness found in Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror. Maggots, animals and people slither this way and that, sometimes erotically, sometimes horrifically and occasionally both--as in Angel Leigh McCoy's devilishly sensual "Coquettrice." In addition to McCoy's story, I especially liked the ruthless wit of Stefan Pearson's "Going Green." But there are many delights to be found here.

In Sean Logan's geek revenge story "Tenant's Rights" a slovenly upstairs renter turns peeping tom, drilling holes in the floor to spy on the handsome roommate whose sexual charisma--and magnificent hair--have driven him to distraction. The anti-hero of "The Caterpillar" by C. Dennis Moore stumbles toward a state of grace and awe, thanks to an unexpected connection to his disfigured young cousin.

These are not typical or predictable tales of horror. While a couple of the pieces lack polish, there is no shortage of originality. If you think, as I do, that the most exotic images and disturbing acts lurk in the basement next door or the apartment across the hall, here is the material for your next nightmare.

Summary of Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror

Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror is the ultimate collection of extreme horror from award winning masters and up-and-coming authors of macabre fiction. Authors include John Bruni, Garry Bushell, Ramsey Campbell, Randy Chandler, Tim Curran, Ralph Greco, Jr., C.J. Henderson, Z.F. Kilgore, Sean Logan, Graham Masterton, Angel Leigh McCoy, C. Dennis Moore, Stefan Pearson, Brian Rosenberger, and Jeffrey Thomas.

Witness the history of a sexually rapacious zombie . . . A starving soldier descends into insatiable ghoulism . . . A concentration camp SS guard gets a taste of his own medicine . . . Recycling takes on a whole new grisly meaning when a man obsessed with going green discovers a regenerative serum . . . A man buys his alcoholic mother a bottle of tequila-with the wrong kind of worm . . . An occult detective moves to a town in the Pine Barrens and discovers its sinister past-and his own . . . A tenant gets revenge on a self-centered landlord-with irritating results . . . A fisherman discovers his rival's secret of always getting the biggest catch . . . and much more!

Table of Contents: The Fisherman by Brian Rosenberger, Fungoid by Randy Chandler, Tenant s Rights by Sean Logan, Again by Ramsey Campbell, Maggots by Tim Curran, Going Green by Stefan Pearson, Coquettrice by Angel Leigh McCoy, The Fear in the Waiting by C.J. Henderson, The Worm by John Bruni, Sepsis by Graham Masterton, What You Wish For by Garry Bushell, The Devil Lives in Jersey by Z.F. Kilgore, Rat King by Jeffrey Thomas, The Caterpillar by C. Dennis Moore, Poor Brother Ed or The Man Who Visited by Ralph Greco, Jr.

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