One for the Road
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One for the Road
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Narrated by:
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John Wayne Comunale
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By:
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Wesley Southard
Only one more show and heavy metal guitarist Spencer Hesston can finally quit Rot in Hell. No more touring, no more fighting, and no more unwanted advances from the lead singer's girlfriend. But instead of waking up the next day in their Midwestern hometown, the band finds themselves dazed and confused in an abandoned settlement in the middle of the desert, with no idea of how they got there.
Things are done a little differently out here: The trees have perverse urges, the spiders have human fingers, and every time they step outside the town transforms into a new hellish nightmare.
In this town anything is possible, except making it out in one piece....
Deadite Press is proud to present a new novella from Wesley Southard, a work of surreal horror sure to please fans of Silent Hill, Jacob's Ladder, and Lost Highway.
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Critic reviews
Winner of the 2020 Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella
"A road trip through Hell in the spirit of Skipp and Spector's The Scream and Grady Hendrix's We Sold Our Souls. I loved it!" (Brian Keene, author of The Rising)
"Wesley Southard's writing thrums with uninhibited energy that's both infectious and entertaining. Discovering Wesley's work has been a joy, and you should seek out his books too. He's definitely a writer to watch." (Jonathan Janz, author of The Siren and the Spector and Exorcist Falls)
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Short and fun!
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Great creatures, kills, and rock and roll, with really outstanding narration
Heavy metal hell
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We weren’t. No one with functioning ears would’ve confused us with Death, Cannibal Corpse, or Morbid Angel.
When I asked him why he insisted we were Death Metal, he said, “Because we mention death in our lyrics.”
Why am I telling this story?
Because this novella was recommended to me as Splatterpunk. It even won an award in a Splatterpunk contest, according to the cover. There’s just one problem:
This isn’t Splatterpunk.
Splatterpunk isn’t defined as “any horror story with graphic violence.” And honestly, I wouldn’t even call this extreme horror. Like my drummer, someone here is probably well-meaning, but ultimately misguided about labels.
Now, don’t get me wrong. There’s some solid R-rated violence. Think Evil Dead meets Alice in Wonderland: a weird, unpredictable world where everything seems to want you dead. But nothing here truly lingers. Nothing here makes you squirm days later or question your life choices.
So what does this story do right, and is it worth your time?
No spoilers.
The story follows a rock guitarist desperate to leave his metal band. (They’re a group of mostly scruffy, mean-spirited greaseballs.) Something goes wrong, and suddenly they’re not safe in their world… or even with each other.
Readers who enjoy unpredictability will find plenty to like. Rock and metal guitarists looking for a quick two-hour horror ride will probably have fun with it. The ending didn’t fully satisfy me, but that’s the harshest criticism I can level at the book itself.
Just don’t go in expecting Splatterpunk.
A short horror for guitar players
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