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TWO OF EDWARD LEE'S MOST INFAMOUS NOVELLAS IN ONE BOOK! THE PIG: You know, the traditional tale of a man with big city dreams and how one wrong deal can put you in the woods filming porn with junkie whores, sexual freaks, psycho mobsters and, oh yeah...a pig. THE HOUSE: Thirty years ago a lot of very bad things happened in the way out in the woods. Things that scarred this house forever. Now Melvin is there to investigate the so-called haunted house. He doesn't believe. But he soon will as his dreams smash head first into the memories of a man sentenced to film the most atrocious sex acts imaginable and to experience the nightmare all over again.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #92246 in Books
- Published on: 2007-08-01
- Binding: Paperback
- 236 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Edward Lee has had over thirty books published in the horror and suspense field, including Flesh Gothic, Messenger and City Infernal. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee, and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including The Best American Mystery Stories of 2000, Pocket s Hot Blood series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have recently sold translation rights to Germany and Spain. His movie, Header, will be available on DVD in mid-2007. Meanwhile, City Infernal, Messenger, Ghouls, The Bighead, and Family Tradition have been optioned for film. Upcoming mass-market novels include House Infernal, Golemesque, and The Order of the Scarlet Nuns, while he is currently at work on a limited-edition hardcore horror novel entitled Minotauress. Lee lives on Florida's St. Pete Beach. Visit him online at: edwardleeonline.com myspace.com/edwardleeonline
Customer Reviews
A quamishly written,diabolical piece of definitive hardcore horror!!!
As extreme as the 70's could possibly get!
This novella, deamed fiction, has an explict underground reality that an unlucky few could have possibly experienced(to a certain point). Great creativity and great research into a very grisly and sadistic way of life. The sequel fits like a puzzle despite an 8 year gap in the writing. Absolute demoralization to anything pure and holy. Lee hold's nothing back in the conclusion of this story, it's sure to leave a sour taste in your mouth as well as your stomach. An elaboratly sculpted illusion of vulgar obsenity. This imagery should flashback for a long time to come. Be warned and enjoy!
The House by Edward Lee
There are few authors in the world of horror as "hardcore" as Edward Lee. Known for his extreme use of bloody violence, perverted sex, and every other manner of obscenity; Lee has developed his own cult-like following of avid readers. Amongst the favorites of these fans are gore-filled sex romps such as The Bighead, Header, and Splatterspunk. Lee has mostly existed in the expensive world of small press, with the occasional mass-market paperback from Leisure Books. Necro Publications has been kind enough to give fans affordable paperback editions of some of Lee's more gruesome works. The House is the latest in Necro's paperback line and all fans of extreme horror should rejoice.
The book contains two novellas. The first novella, entitled "The Pig", is one of Lee's classic works. Originally published in 1997, it is about aspiring filmmaker Leonard D'arava. Whom, after a series of very unfortunate events, is making illegal pornographic films for the mafia. When a pig is brought to the safe house for the purpose of making another movie, things go from very bad to hellish for the doomed characters. "The Pig" is notorious as being one of Lee's more sexually demented works. Rape, sexual torture, and bestiality are all on constant display to sickening effect. A cast-iron stomach is required for this story.
The second novella, the brand new "The House", is not nearly as disgusting as the first story, but it does contain some dry heave inducing scenes. The story follows journalist Melvin and his investigation into a rumored haunted house. A house that he understands the mafia used to film some very nasty movies in. While the "The Pig" constantly assaults the reader with gross-out gore, "The House" develops at a slow pace creating an overwhelming sense of dread as Melvin uncovers the mysteries of the house.
A self-described "modern-pulp author", Lee's work is normally filled with monsters, serial killers, and all manner of perversion. His work may sound like it is aimed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, but it contains an undeniable literally quality. The House is a wonderful example of the power Lee holds over prose. His descriptions and word-play delight the reader, while at the same time inducing the gag-reflex. The plotting is extremely tight, as the reader will be compelled to find out the fates of Leonard and Melvin. This is no paint-by-the-numbers work of hackery like most of what is considered "extreme horror", but is a complex plot with many surprises to delight and thrill the reader.
Edward Lee manages to walk a very precarious line, he writes works of extreme horror but never lets the blood, guts, and bodily fluids detract from the plot. Each sickening scene propels the plot forward, a talent that many lesser horror writers would kill for. Necro Publications deserves commendation for printing these two stories in an affordable paperback (the pervious publication of this book was a limited-edition hardcover). If you are a fan of extreme horror, you need to buy this book. If you have never delved into the darkest parts of the literarily horror world, prepare yourself. You might be offended and you might be grossed-out, but you can be sure you will never forget The House.
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You Will Want to Burn It
I wanted to try some of the splatterpunk genre and this is the most disgusting thing that I have ever read. That being said, I still have to give it three stars because it really is a page turner. Good story, but just really goes over the top in more than a few instances when it didn't have to. Nothing is left to the imagination. It is spelled out in excrutiatingly vivid detail.
If you like that sort of thing, this is the book you have been looking for.
Makes Offseason seem like Mother Goose.
