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In his first collection, Brandon Ford delivers 18 brand new, never before published tales of the dark, twisted, and macabre. Buried within these gnarled pages, you’ll discover jilted lovers, cheating spouses, bizarre fetishes, acid trips, and roaming sleepwalkers. You’ll meet noisy neighbors, struggling writers, vengeful females, and even a monster or two.
With DECAYED ETCHINGS, you’ll dive headfirst into a world of ghoulish delights that will surely satisfy even the most jaded gorehound. In this world, there is always something lurid hiding beneath. You need only scratch the surface.
- Sales Rank: #548061 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-01-30
- Released on: 2015-01-30
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
"Gruesome revenge, delightfully twisted circumstances, vicious irony... Decayed Etchings is worth a read." --Dread Central
"[Brandon Ford's] ability to create rich, textured characters and set up a creepy atmosphere is second to none." --Anything Horror
"One of the best collections of stories I've had the pleasure of reading." --Pop Culture Beast
"It packs an emotional wallop!" --Crimson Screams
"Decayed Etchings will leave you begging for more of Ford's work." --Brittle Endings
"You'll be amused, shocked, and satisfyingly haunted..." --WebbWeavers
"Disturbing... Horrific... Sadistic... A gore-soaked blood-fest." --Dark River Press
About the Author
Brandon Ford has published several horror/suspense novels, including THE FINAL GIRL, OPEN WOUNDS, and PAY PHONE, as well as the collections DECAYED ETCHINGS, MERCILESS, and COFFEE AT MIDNIGHT. He currently resides in Philadelphia.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
DECAYED ETCHINGS is an Exercise in the Macabre
By Scott
Just finished reading this anthology of short stories from author Brandon Ford. Ford already has three novels under his belt (CRYSTAL BAY, SPLATTERED BEAUTY, and PAY PHONE) and also has short stories in seven different anthology collections. But with DECAYED ETCHINGS Ford showcases 18 of his own stories collected in one anthology. This is the first work I've read from Brandon Ford and in many ways he hits the mark by giving us some interesting, well-developed characters and, in some cases, puts them in some very interesting situations. What surprised me the most, though, is that the majority of stories here really aren't "horror" stories. To be fair, Ford never claims that they are, but the description of the book does say that Ford "delivers 18 brand new, never before published tales of the dark, twisted, and macabre." This kind of implies that we're dealing with the horror genre. The stories are good, have you, and some of them are excellent, but at most I'd call them "thrillers" or "suspense stories" more so than horror. Let's look at some of them.
The first story, "Goodbye, Elsie," is about a man, Victor, who isn't taking the break up with his wife very well. He snaps and starts trashing his apartment and anything that was Elsie's. As the story progresses we learn a few things about Victor that paints a different story of what caused the break up and there's even an interesting element that Ford throws in but never fully explores. "Goodbye, Elsie" has interesting and well developed characters, but it falters a little with the ending. These are elements I see over and again in Ford's writings.
"Band of Gold" is by far Ford's goriest story as Bill frantically searches for his wedding band that he lost when he was cheating on his wife with a prostitute. He thinks he knows where he lost his ring and he'll do anything to get it back ... and he does indeed do anything!! We again get some fantastic character development as Bill goes from a rather meek guy to one determined to find his ring. The motivation for Bill turning as dark as he did was there and I totally bought into this dark turn. The gore comes at you suddenly in this one and it was very well done. But, as mentioned above, the ending isn't all that strong. We get such a solid build up, great character arc, and gore, that it's a shame he ends the story on such a rather bland note. Ending aside, though, this is a story worth checking out.
Other strong stories include "A Walk in the Park," "My Sacred Slumber" (which has a really dark ending that stuck with me after reading it), "I'm Up Here," and "Famous Last Words." These stories are also the one's that have more of a horror-ish feel to them (except "Famous Last Words." Not very horrific, but it's a great story). Most of the stories in DECAYED ETCHINGS would make great TWILIGHT ZONE episodes (as long as the endings were re-worked). Most aren't gory, but they all seem to have a rather ironic edge to them (like many TWILIGHT ZONE eps have). Ford's strength is no doubt in the characters he builds in each story. I found myself able to relate to many of them and I cared what happened to them. I'm definitely going to check out one, if not all, of his novels. If he can create such rich, detailed characters in 10-12 pages, I definitely gotta see what he can do with a few characters over a hundred pages.
DECAYED ETCHINGS is overall an enjoyable collection of Brandon Ford's short stories. His ability to create rich, textured characters and set up a creepy atmosphere is second to none. But I would like to see Ford work on the endings of his stories more in order to give each entry that "punch" readers will be looking for. Check out DECAYED ETCHINGS; you'll have a fun time with it. Check out the collection here.
My Summary:
Author: Brandon Ford
Plot: 3 out of 5 stars (for the overall anthology)
Gore: 3 out of 10 skulls
Zombie Mayhem: 0 out of 5 brains
Reviewed by Scott Shoyer for [...]
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Exceptional Collection! Unique Stories!
By Nancy Doris
Exceptional collection of short stories. The collection is unique and bizarre. The stories are an interesting mix of modern horror tales. After I read the second story I realized that this author is gifted. The author takes the reader on a journey of different types of horrors. Brandon Ford is a talented horror writer. I am looking forward to his next work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Variety and darkness abound
By Gabino Iglesias
Many people say variety is the spice of life. In Brandon Ford's Decayed Etchings, the short fiction is a celebration of variety. While darkness is the underlying element of cohesion that brings the story collection together, Ford throws in everything from gore and depression to noir humor and absolute weirdness. The result of all this variety is a very engaging and a truly entertaining collection of short horror that contains something for everyone.
The first tale, "Goodbye, Elsie", serves as a great introduction to the collection and might also be considered an excellent starting piece for those who are not familiar with Ford's work. The narrative follows an angry, vindictive husband who's basically destroying everything his wife left behind when she left. He comes across a rat while on his rampage and the rodent suffers a very painful demise, but karma strikes back at the husband with a vengeance.
The next two stories, "The Suitor" and "Prognosis Negative", progress into even darker territory and help Decayed Etchings hook its talons into the reader. The first is a strange combination of sexy and sad that works perfectly well. The second is about a pregnant woman who's kidnapped by a man who thinks she's responsible for his horrible disease even though the only thing she did was take his blood. The narrative is tense and the woman's anguish is described in rich detail, making it a tale that stays with the reader after the last word.
I generally try to steer clear of comparisons, but in the case of Decayed Etchings, comparing Ford to a couple of writers might be the perfect way to explain just how richly diverse his fiction is. For example, "Band of Gold", undeniably one of the best stories in a collection with no throwaways, immediately brings to mind the stomach churning gore and unflinching honesty of Edward Lee. In the story, a man freaks out about losing his wedding ring inside a prostitute. I won't give you the tastiest details, but if you're familiar with Lee's work, you know what's coming. In contrast, "Cat Call", a narrative in which a police officer rescues a cat stuck in a tree, is a much darker and funnier version of what someone like David Sedaris might write if he decided to shed some animal blood. You would never expect to get Sedaris and Lee in the same anthology, but that's exactly what Ford brings to the table.
On top of those mentioned above, there are a handful of tales that help push the book into must-read territory for horror fans:
Trippity-Do-Da is bizarro horror that's part bad acid trip, part dream, and part omen.
"I'm Up Here" is a amusing read wrapped in a healthy dose of bodily monstrosity, teeth and death.
"Bookends" is every writer's dream and worse nightmare all wrapped into a enjoyable story about a road trip gone horribly wrong.
"My Sacred Slumber" brings together a bit of physical violence with a lot of blood, a beheading, three murders and the hell a little girl has to go through while a stranger puts his paws on her in the middle of the night.
"Uninvited" is an absolute must-read for anyone who's heard a voice in their home when they thought they were alone.
Last but not least, "A Walk in the Park" is a creepy tale about a man who seems to be having problems with sleepwalking and ends up waking to one of the most horrible realities imaginable.
Ford makes you cringe as a man eviscerates a woman with his own hands, but he's also smart enough to also make sure he scars you emotionally as well. If anything can be said to be exactly the same in all the stories, it's the fact that the author has a profound understanding of the plurality of shades of fear there are. Between the gore, the tense situations presented, the plethora of sadists and squirming victims, the healthy dose of sex, the onslaught of violent finales and the straight, pull-no-punches kind of prose, Decayed Etchings is a varied, gruesome and very entertaining compilation that deserves to be read.
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