dark comedy Archives

Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, The

A Quirky Read Worth the Hype Author: Grady Hendrix I’m not a Grady Hendrix fan, or at least I wasn’t, but my book clubs keep selecting his offerings. And I admit, I’ve been curious about this one for a while. So, I dove in. It begins with Patricia and her family. Her no-nonsense, all-business, absentee husband; her weird, Nazi fascinated child (Blue); and her declining and sometimes presciently creepy mother-in-law. Patricia is your everyday suburban mom: stressed, bored, trying to keep it together. Mildly affluent. Mildly happy. Mildly fake. This all changes one night when Patricia goes to take the trash [...]

Benjamin’s Parasite

The Enemy Inside You Author: Jeff Strand Benjamin has a problem. At first it started with candy bars. Several hundred a day to be exact. And then, well, let’s just say his desire for his wife has grown a bit extreme and far too kinky. But there are other things too that are more disturbing than all this. Benjamin is changing. Benjamin is losing control, and it’s all thanks to a little buddy escaped from a laboratory that is pulling the strings, calling the shots, and yeah, kind of killing its host. Benjamin is not having a good time. And it’s [...]