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Garden of Fiends
Garden of Fiends: Tales of Addiction Horror | Jack Ketchum, Mark Matthews, Glen Krisch, Kealan Burke
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The intoxication from a pint of vodka, the electric buzz from snorting cocaine, the warm embrace from shooting heroin--drinking and drugging provides the height of human experience. It's the promise of heaven on earth, but the hell that follows is a constant hunger, a cold emptiness. The craving to get high is a yearning as intense of any blood-thirsty monster. The best way to tell the truths of addiction is through a story, and dark truths such as these need a piece of horror to do them justice. The stories inside feature the insidious nature of addiction told with compassion yet searing honesty. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental deaths, and some of the most incredible names in horror fiction have tackled this modern day epidemic. A WICKED THIRST, by Kealan Patrick Burke THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, by Jessica McHugh GARDEN OF FIENDS, by Mark Matthews FIRST, JUST BITE A FINGER, by Johann Thorsson LAST CALL, by John FD Taff TORMENT OF THE FALLEN, by Glen Krisch EVERYWHERE YOU'VE BLED AND EVERYWHERE YOU WILL, by Max Booth III RETURNS, by Jack Ketchum
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Garden of Fiends: Tales of Addiction Horror | Jack Ketchum, Mark Matthews, Glen Krisch, Kealan Burke
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One of the best things about reading an anthology of horror is discovering new to you authors. A couple of years I was reading an anthology of addiction horror and came across a story about how a man after having sex with his gf discovers his penis is bleeding. A day later there is so much pain. A day later there is movement underneath the skin. A day later actually spiders coming out the tip. After the end I thought, Who is this?!!!👇🏼

Reggie It was Max Booth 3rd and I‘ve read 3 books and one novella that actually got turned into a movie. I‘ve really enjoyed his journey as a writer and look forward to anything by him. #21daysofHalloween Day 2 3y
vivastory Great choice! Have you had a chance to watch the movie yet? 3y
Reggie @vivastory I haven‘t. I‘ve been rewatching Halloween for this next week. 3y
LitStephanie Yeah, I will never, ever be reading that author based on your description. 🤣 3y
BkClubCare @LitStephanie - Yeah, … me, neither! 3y
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Reggie
Garden of Fiends: Tales of Addiction Horror | Jack Ketchum, Mark Matthews, Glen Krisch, Kealan Burke
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A man blacks out and wakes up to being beat the hell out of by the ghost of his sponsor. A father kills the trigger bf in his little girl‘s life, buries the body in his wife‘s community garden, only to have everyone who eats the veggies be possessed by the pusher bf. A guy has a blood and spiders out of his penis STD that pushes him to use again. Those were my favorites but all these short stories showcased the hell that is addiction, not 👇🏼

Reggie only for the users, but also for everyone around them. 7y
TrishB Sounds brutal! 7y
Reggie @TrishB some of them were. 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm 😨 7y
batsy Wow, some interesting concepts. Horror often seems like the best vehicle to depict so many real life issues... 7y
Reggie @batsy this is one of the best stories I‘ve ever read about abortion and a woman‘s right to choose and it has zombies. http://www.johnjosephadams.com/the-living-dead/free-stories-excerpts/sparks-fly-... 7y
batsy Thank you, I will check it out! 7y
Centique Whoa - that sounds mind blowing! 7y
Reggie @Centique They were. There was a good mix of addiction to horror. Some were big on horror. Some were big on addiction. Those were the hard ones to get through because I think most of us have known that amazing person, or more than one, who has fallen to addiction. So yeah, it‘s not feel good but they were good nonetheless. 7y
Cinfhen 😱😰 7y
Reviewsbylola That may be the creepiest cover I‘ve ever seen. 7y
RealBooks4ever @Reviewsbylola I agree! 😬 7y
night_shift This sounds grotesque, but interesting. I read that Lisa Morton one you posted @Reggie .. 😥 really good though! 7y
Reggie @UnidragonFrag Oh, I‘m glad you liked it. That collection of short story zombie fiction, The Living Dead, covers a lot through the use of zombie. The right to vote, second chances, what it means to be a teacher, it was so good. 7y
night_shift It looks like there's a few of the stories free to read on the website, but if they're all as interesting as the posted one, maybe I'll just buy it. Hm. But thanks for the heads up, definitely! 7y
minkyb How do you fall asleep? 😍 7y
Reggie @minkyb with tears on my pillow. Lololol 7y
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