Synopsis/blurb….
In a tribute to
Elmore Leonard, a computer nerd and an Island barmaid race against the mob; a
shifty construction foreman encounters zombies and sex dungeons in the
aftermath of Hurricane Sandy; visitors review the Overlook hotel from THE SHINING;
a psychotic virus hunter plans to unleash apocalypse during the panic of 2012;
a kid who hides in the woods to scare urban legend hunters gets a surprise of
his own, and eight more twisted, dark and funny tales that only Thomas Pluck
could write. The latest collection from the author of BLADE OF DISHONOR and
"Punk Dad Manifesto."
"he combines
jabs of clever humor with full-impact gut shots." - Johnny Shaw, author of
PLASTER CITY
"hardcore-clean
writing delivered at warp speed." -Andrew Vachss
13 short stories from a new-to-me author (though I have
since read Thomas Pluck’s new novel Bad
Boy Boogie).
Humour, violence, sex, guns, the end of the world, white
supremacists battling a black martial arts dude, mythical goat-men, a sneaky
old couple pulling a fast one on a streetwise hustler and pacts with the devil.
If I’m honest not all of them rocked me, but there were a
few in the collection that did.
From Acapulcolypse – humour
on an end of the world cruise.
He squirmed aside as a
flabby couple stumbled past in grass loinloths……. the man laughed, and conga-ed away with his wife gripping
his generous love handles. Terence winced as their grass loincloths bared
secrets to which he’d rather have remained unprivy.
Terence had also read
that alcohol enemas were popular among the high school set, and would have
preferred his cruise mates to partake of their liquor in that fashion as well,
in the solitude of their cabins.
Gunplay – sex and
guns – be careful of a hair trigger when the climax approaches – funny as fuck.
Other highpoints – Mannish Water – a couple of newly-weds on
the run from a mobster.
Overall an enjoyable collection 3 from 5
Twitter - @thomaspluck
Read in February, 2017
Published – 2015
Page count – 100
Source – FREE book after signing up on the author’s website
Format - Kindle
Glad you enjoyed several of these, Col. I have to say, I think the title is really clever!
ReplyDeleteMargot - it certainly gives you a heads-up on what to expect. He does humourous crime shorts - very well. Not everyone was a winner for me, but enough there to entertain me.
ReplyDeleteCol – If you found enough of the stories fast and funny, then I know this one is worth a shot.
ReplyDeleteElgin, I wouldn't put anyone off from reading these.
DeleteDefinitely your side of the crime street and probably not mine - but sounds good in its genre, glad you enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteCheers, yeah more me than you Moira.
DeleteI am more willing to try this sort of writing in short story form than in a novel. Maybe I will give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI Like discovering unknown writers in this format.
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