Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1

Posted on 22 February 2017 by Randy Chandler

Excerpt from the Introduction Editors Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax put the call out to horror writers and editors of extreme stories, the hardcore stuff that breaks boundaries and trashes taboos, the transgressive tales you can t unread as Chuck Palahniuk says We staked out our territory and nailed this to the wall to guide us YEAR S BEST HARDEST HORROR Not your mama s best of horror annual This stuff comes from the edge of the abyss, stories you read at your own risk because you feel the abyss looking right back into you through the tainted lens of each twisted tale Some of the stories you ll find here are loaded with very graphic descriptions of violence, sex and depravities, while others may contain only one shocking moment of brutality In others, the hardcore aspect may be less graphic and subtler than you might expect Some of these quieter tales offer the reader some time to recover from the disturbing ones preceding Most of the stories collected here are from small and specialty press anthologies, with a few from periodicals, like the prestigious Splatterpunk Zine in the UK and Thuglit here in the US Bizarro is also represented with a couple of tales from the unlikely anthology Blood For You A Literary Tribute To GG Allin from Weirdpunk Books If you re not familiar with the late GG Allin, you can find snippets from some of his outrageous and obscene punk shows online, which will increase your appreciation of those two tales So for now, forget about that neighbor you suspect is a serial killer, don t worry about the drunk driver that could take you out on your next trip to the store, push those troubling news stories to the back of your mind and immerse yourself in the imaginary horrors at hand But don t be surprised if you sense something dark staring back at you from between the lines That is to be expected when you enter these forbidding realms With any luck, you may find something useful to help you survive the approaching Apocalypse TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction The Year That Was Worth the Having by Michael Paul Gonzalez Awakening by Jeff Strand Readings Off The Charts by Adam Cesare Reborn by The Behrg What s Worst by David James Keaton Dead End by Kristopher Triana What You Wish For by Lilith Morgan King Shits by Charles Austin Muir Cleanup On Aisle 3 by Adam Howe Bath Salt Fetus by George Palacious Bored With Brutality by MP Johnson Exposed by Monica J O Rourke Eleanor by Jason Parent The Scavengers by Tony Knighton The Most Important Miracle by Scott Emerson Hungry For Control by Clare de Lune Clarissa by Robert Essig Jack Bantry Where The Sun Don t Shine by Pete Kahle Blackbird Lullaby by George Cotronis Free Download [ Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1 ] by [ Randy Chandler ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 4.5 stars Normally, I mof an atmospheric horror gal than a gore lover, however, I do believe there s room for both in the horror genre of today I picked up this volume when it first came out, but it was the offer of the free audio, in exchange for my honest review , that made it possible for me to read it now rather than some time in 2017 This was my first book narrated by Joe Hempel and I think he did a fine job, especially considering the often shocking subject matter There were a fe 4.5 stars Normally, I mof an atmospheric horror gal than a gore lover, however, I do believe there s room for both in the horror genre of today I picked up this volume when it first came out, but it was the offer of the free audio, in exchange for my honest review , that made it possible for me to read it now rather than s...I am not a fast reader, and for once I am glad, because I enjoyed the hell out of this book I was able to savor it and take in each story at my own pace I am no stranger to hardcore horror I ve read extreme narratives alongside thesubtle novels that allow your mind to do the dirty work I enjoy both styles, especially if the extreme novels are well written and imaginative.This collection of 19 short horror stories fit the...4.5 stars I was amazed at the quality and versatility of the stories in the YEAR S BEST HARDCORE HORROR Volume 1 Editors Randy Chandler, and Cheryl Mullenax compiled 19 tales with varying degrees of gore, mutilation, torture, violence, and sexual torment bringing them together into one book for the fans of extreme, hardcore horror.After I had read and rated each story, I was surprised to note that I had given a 5 star rating to se...I received a copy of this anthology from an author friend of mine and I am super glad he thought of me Thanks to you know who you are And yes, he did have a story in here, and yes, it was awesome, and no, I m not telling you who it was Ha It really doesn t matter anyway, because all of the stories in here were at a minimum pretty good to quite excellent Of course, your mileage may vary Whenever I start an anthology I am always hit with a sense of anticipation and fear Anticipation tha I received a copy of this anthology from an autho...4.5 starsA horror collection from some of the leading horror authors in the genre Yes, please I have to say that you had me at Adam Howe, and when I saw some of my other favorite authors in the lineup, I thought that Christmas came early this year That said, it s an anthology I didn t love every story in here, but the stories I loved, I loved hard My abs...Anthologies are really hard to make great With different authors, all with different styles and ability, it is nearly impossible to make the entire thing a solid, great work This book is no exception to that rule This book also suffers from its gimmick, because many of the writers in this collection sacrifice plot for shock factor What s worse, there were few stories here that were actually shocking to be fair, though, I have a VERY high tolerance to gore and shock value in fiction Perh Anthologies are really hard to make great With different authors, all with different styles and ability, it is nearly impossible to make the entire thing a solid, great work This book is no exception to that rule This book also suffers from its gimmick, because many of the writers in this collection sacrifice plot for shock factor Wha...SO GOOD.Seriously, it starts off slightly weird then it escalates until it truly is hardcore not necessarily because of the gore, but mostly because of the characters and the situations and emotions described There is not a single bad story here you will enjoy somethan others, obviously, but you won t dislike any story You just cannot, they re way too good and the writing is unexpectedly good This was an amazing surprise and I enjoyed every page of this anthology I ll be checking on SO GOOD.Seriously, it starts off slightly weird then it escalates until it truly is hardcore not necessarily because of the gore, but mostly because of the characters and the situations and emotions described There is not a single bad story here you will enjoy somethan others, obviously, but you won t dislike any story You just cannot, they re way too good and the writing is unexpectedly good This was an amazing surprise and I enjoyed every page of this anthology I ll be checking on so...4.5 I listened to the audio of this book and thought that Joe Hempel was a fantastic narrator I did find a few editing mistakes and not all the stories were for me, for that I knocked off half a star On the whole this was a very good collection.The stories in order were Worth the having by Michael Paul Gonzalez A somewhat stomach churning look at what happens when you get everything you wish for and the price you have to pay This one had me cringing at the details in some parts, a great s 4.5 I listened to the audio of this book and thought that Joe Hempel was a fantastic narrator I did find a few editing mistakes and not all the stories were for me, for that I knocked off half a star On the whole this was a very good collection.The stories in order were Worth the having by Michael Paul Gonzalez A somewhat stomach churning look at what happens when you get everything you wish for and the price you have to pay This one had me cringing at the details in some parts, a great start to the collection Awakening by Jeff Strand Hilarious story where a psychopath realises he s a serial killer I love strand s style and this one didn t disappoint Readings off the charts by Adam Cesare Paranormal investigators rope in an unsuspecting amateur as they try and collect data This was a bit predictable and I realised what the ending would be about half way thro...I ve got a story in here The Most Important Miracle , so any impartial review would be impossible, but I ll say this if you have a taste for extreme and uncompromising fiction, you ll find a wide variety of depravities in this an...This one s a decent enough anthology, but not one that rocked my socks off There s some good stories in here, but the volume, taken as a whole, left me a bit cold The ones that I enjoyed, I really f ing enjoyed, though Jeff Strand delivers a great and darkly humorous serial killer story, but it s The Behrg s Reborn that stood out the most for me Violent and wonderfully gruesome, this story tells you why churches no longer accept babies left at their doorstops Other stand outs include Adam This one s a decent enough anthology, but not one that rocked my socks off There s some g...

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22 February 2017

Randy Chandler