Blood Rose at Sundown by Brent Shepard

 

D&T Publishing LLC & Godless Emerge #11

Rating: ★★★★

Genre: Horror

Format: eBook

Pages: 16

Read: 11/27/22

Synopsis:

A disgraced, guilt-ridden ex-Calvary trooper, wanted dead or alive after killing a young mother,  finds demons from the past have driven him straight into the arms of one made of flesh and blood, and hungry enough to damn him to a special kind of purgatory.

Review:

"So quiet, not a ghost town, more like a town that had seen a ghost. Perchance wasn’t a man frightened easily. And he needed no ghosts to feel haunted."

Life for Perchance hasn't been a stellar one. He has caused a bit of trouble along his journey and now he is being hunted, wanted dead or alive. 

When he arrives in the desolate dusty town of Little Rose looking for some respite, fate deals him a hand there is no turning back from, for Little Rose is waiting with open arms. 

 A lonely, hunted soul and an enticing companion that shares her dreadful gift!

An entertaining short western horror.

Godless Link:

https://godless.com/collections/t

D&T Publishing on Godless:

https://godless.com/collections/

Petite Mort by Nikki Noir and S.C. Mendes

 

Rating: ★★★★★

Genre: Coming-of-Age Splatterpunk

Format: eBook

Pages: 216

Read: 11/23/22

Synopsis:

Petite Mort features eight tales of new adults battling society, the supernatural, and themselves!

Meet Molly Massacre and her horror-themed OnlyFans account. Fall into the pit when Kelly discovers the fast-food restaurant she works at is built on a set of ley lines. Take a disgusting muckbang challenge, learn the twisted truth of positivity gurus, and much more.

These contemporary stories are for those who enjoy their horror erotic, bizarre, and full of dark humor.

After finding digital-only success on Godless, these stories have been remastered, enhanced, and brought together for the first time in print.

Grinder - short
Santa’s Package - novella
Into the Pit - short
HorrorGasm - novella
#DeadSealChallenge – short
Magick Brew – short
The Sack Cutter – short
Cucumbers and Comforters – novella

It's New Adult Horror meets Splatterpunk!

Review:

"Welcome to an exhibition of debauchery. A collection for those who enjoy their horror sexy, bizarre, and with plenty of dark humor."

Two stellar author's collaberating and producing a book that will surely delight all splatterpunk lovers!

You will be immersed in character's fulfilling their sexual desires, pushing their boundaries to the darkest limits of filth. 

Let yourselves be transported to a dream world where Santa fulfills sexual fantasies and delivers dark packages.

Mystery and Mayhem. Crime and otherworldly beings.

Sex, lies, and murder and  video nasties.

Glutonous exhibitions and the walking dead.

Love spells gone wrong. Flesh and body horror.

Revenge. 

A sweet friendship. River monsters and sex fiends. Deciept and death of epic proportions.

Bloody disgusting, gore-filled, satisfying entertainment!

I enjoyed each story and recommend taking the plunge into the minds of Nikki Noir and S.C Mendes, you won't be disappointed!

Goodreads Author Pages:

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Amazon Author Pages:

https://www.amazon.com/Nikki-Noir/e/

https://www.amazon.com/S-C-Mendes/e/

Blood Bound Books Link:

https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/home

Review Links:

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Beautifully Broken: An Autobiographical in Verse by Laura Fitzgerald

Rating: ★★★★★

Genre: Poetry

Format: Paperback

Pages: 87

Read: 11/23/22

Synopsis:

Fitzgerald has a smooth voice that romances a darkness, afflicting on its blooming infancy. Battling the grievous matters in autobiographical verse, becomes archivable reflections; subsequently neighboring the efflorescence design that metamorphoses into something Beautifully Broken.

Review:

"Now take the blessed, fractured pieces, forge a life from what you have been given, what a gift it is to defeat the darkness, to be alive...albeit beautifully broken."

To start off this review, I must first admit that I have not read a large amount of poetry throughout my life. I have read classic poetry during my high school days and with my children for their school assignments. Now we all know that the prose was completely different and often times not the easiest to understand without a lot of contemplation and study. 

I am learning to appreciate the beauty and richness that lies within books of poetry. To feel the emotions portrayed and connecting to meaningful understanding.

Beautifully Broken is poetry written in autobiographical form, a life unfolding on the pages. A life that is easily understood and so often resonating, it often had me in tears. I found myself going back and reading some of them over and over simply because they were just so touching and heartfelt. 

There are 52 poems included and each was beautifully written, reflecting on a broken life, finding light and hope in the darkness, knowing that you are broken but most of all beautiful.

My favorites:

Moon Bathing

Breaking Cycles

Dear Empath

Silent Tears

The River

Inside the Magical Air

Love Ellipsis

The Stranger in My Bed

Letter to My heart

No Tomorrow

Extraordinary

These are poems that will be revisited from time to time.

Highly recommeneded, undeniably profound!

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/

Hybrid Sequence Media Link:

https://hybridsequencemedia.com/product/

Amazon Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Beautifully-Broken-Laura-Fitzgerald-ebook

Review Links:

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