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Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road (2013)

by Brian Keene(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Deadite Press

review 1: Nine well-known horror writers got together and collaborated on this round-robin style novel with all of the profits going to benefit Tom Piccirilli, who's battling cancer. It's a wonderful undertaking and a noble cause and I really wanted to like the book a lot, but I just couldn't. It seemed that one writer was trying to upstage the next at every twist and turn at how graphic and disgusting they could be. I can handle hard-core horror or sex or violence when it has a point or advances a story, but here it just swiftly became tiresome, bordering on boring. Rather than erotica or horror there was frequent degradation. The haunted house story that carries through most of the book is abandoned and never resolved when the authors write themselves into the story and end it. Th... moree meta approach here is amusing, but loose ends shouldn't be left hanging. There are some good bits and a few funny pieces and some nicely-crafted, clever scenes, but overall I felt let-down.
review 2: Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, Brian Keene, Bryan Smith, Wrath James White, JF Gonzalez, Shane McKenzie, Nate Southard, Ryan Harding...arguably, the darkest, most twisted scribes of modern and hardcore horror have all teamed up for this collaborative novel from Eraserhead Press, with proceeds going to the prolific Tom Piccirilli, who's recovering from cancer. Arrianne and Chuck move into the house of their dreams, but their dreams soon morph into a stew of the most warped and perverse nightmares imaginable. Those familiar with the aforementioned authors will not be disappointed, and the last quarter of the novel more than makes this truly sick and scary trip worthwhile. Highly recommended. less

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