God Laughs When You Die
"A host of drug dealers meets a foe they cannot kill. The president
accidentally invites demons into the country and watches the pope turn
into a sabertooth tiger. A man, dead since 1920, lives again in present
day Los Angeles to satiate a malevolent goddess. These tales by Michael
Boatman will disturb, terrify and traumatize you. Boatman grabs you by
throat and drags you kicking and screaming through his prose. With a
dash of Lansdale and a smattering of Martin's Wild Cards, the tales
within inhabit the dark and nasty side of our souls, and throughout
Boatman infuses it all with a keen wit and an eye for detail. And when
he lets you up to breathe, like God, you might just find yourself
laughing. This is the sort of stuff I like to read as the bells sound
midnight." – Paul Haines, award-winning author of Doorways for the
Dispossessed
"Boatman's debut collection will knock you down and
kick you in the teeth. Alternatingly hysterical, grotesque, bizarre, and fantastic, Boatman's collection is a must-read for anyone itching to
get their hands on fresh new fiction that pulls no punches." – Ronald
Damien Malfi, author of The Nature of Monsters and The Fall of Never
"Michael Boatman writes like a visitor from hell. Someone out on short term
leave for bad behavior. I love this stuff. He's one of the new, and more than promising, writers making his mark, and a dark and wonderful mark
it is." – Joe R. Lansdale
Contents:
- Introduction by David J. Schow
- Folds
- The Tarantula Memoirs
- The Drop
- Katchina
- Bloodbath at Landsdale Towers
- Dormant
- The Ugly Truth
- The Long Lost Life of Rufus Bleak
- The Last American President
