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Discouraging at Best [MultiFormat]
by John Lawson
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Already known for his works of speculative fiction, author John Edward Lawson uses Discouraging at Best to take a look at the "real" world. On the pages within are five interlinked tales that, when pieced together, paint a panorama of apathy, greed, and manipulation. We follow the self-inflicted plight of working-class families and their efforts to step on others in the race to get ahead. We watch the petty wars of Nobel laureates. We become immersed in the minds of those caught in an ankle-bite... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 61087 - Reading Time: 174-244 min.
Category: Humor/Family/Relationships
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Last Burn in Hell [MultiFormat]
by John Lawson
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Kenrick Brimley, the state prison's official gigolo, hangs over a lava pit on trial for his life in a strange land. He will reveal the course of his life one misguided step at a time for his captors. From his romance with serial arsonist Leena Manasseh to his lurid angst-affair with a lesbian music diva, from his ascendence as unlikely pop icon to otherworldly encounters, the one constant truth is that he's got no clue what he's doing. As unrelenting as it is original, Last Burn in Hell is John ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 69040 - Reading Time: 197-276 min.
Category: Erotica/Humor
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Of Flesh and Hunger: Tales of the Ultimate Taboo [MultiFormat]
by John Lawson
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Editor John Edward Lawson welcomes you to a world where flesh-greed rules the day. He has assembled a host of writers who are committing the worst atrocities known to man ... to paper. This anthology aims to go where no others have, beyond the "mouth of madness" or the "belly of the beast" and straight into the minds of cannibals. The subject matter alone is guaranteed to raise eyebrows even among readers who have had everything thrown at them. Of Flesh and Hunger promises to be the most controv... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 90609 - Reading Time: 258-362 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy/Horror
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Sick: An Anthology of Illness [MultiFormat]
by John Lawson
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Here the pen is not merely mightier than the sword; it is a plague heralding the apocalypse for convention, writing a dirge for complacency. Sick is an anthology compiled by editor John Edward Lawson. Themes explored are physical, mental, and societal in nature. These Sick stories are horrendous, hilarious, and stupefying dissections of creative minds on the scalpel's edge. (Published: 2003)
Words: 96716 - Reading Time: 276-386 min.
Category: Horror/Dark Fantasy
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Tempting Disaster [MultiFormat]
by John Lawson, Simon Logan, Michael Hemmingson
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This anthology from the fringe examines our culture's obsession with taboos and the added temptation that forbidden pleasures bring. Warnings of danger and peril only heighten our desire for those things we have been told are bad, wrong and have been warned against doing. Post-modernists and surrealists come together in these pages with renegade horror and sci-fiction authors to re-envision what is "acceptable." By turns humorous and horrific then shocking and alluring, the authors dissect those... more info>> (Published: 2005) Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Honorable Mention
Words: 75643 - Reading Time: 216-302 min.
Category: Erotica/Horror
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