Some things are funny when they shouldn't be, and DEATH SONGS FROM THE NAKED MAN will leave you simultaneously laughing, shivering... and wondering WTF is wrong with James Newman and Donn Gash. From the title story, a bullet-riddled collaboration about bizarre goings-on at a convenience store, to solo tales from each author about screwed-up people living (and dying) in a screwed-up world, DEATH SONGS FROM THE NAKED MAN is a collection of four strange stories that will have you singing along with its cast of characters: "We're all mad here."
But be warned... it's not over till the guy in his birthday suit chimes in with a tune of his own.
Death Songs from the Naked Man is a short story collection from Donn Gash and James Newman. The first story is the title story and tells of a bunch of shoppers in a shop 'n' go about to get a pleasant surprise when a naked man walks in holding a gun. Shits about to get real when a guy pulls in for petrol and his head meets Mr Bullet.
'Tubby went down like he suddenly remembered an urgent appointment with the sidewalk. One of his legs worked like he was trying to kick-start a motor-bike.'
Now it's just a matter of counting bullets, how many does that fucker hold, six or seven?
Next up is Donn Gash with Hot August Night and Bert, a truck driver, not the most attractive guy on the planet it has to be said. So you might think somethings not quite right when a hot looking red head offers him the night of his life in the hotel across the way. Hopefully his fruit of the looms are in a suitable state for a night of passion.
The third story is Gun Therapy where needs must on the Rocky path of marriage and then the excellent Revenge Flick by James Newman, where every man's worst nightmare becomes real for the man with no balls. So let's examine the film business and find out how a man with all the right bits can suddenly become the man with no balls. Join him on his journey to find that asshole, the one who had ruined his life, the Man Who Makes Movies.
All told some really well written stories by James Newman and Donn Gash, my favourite was Revenge Flick, you seriously can't help but feel for this guy and while you're at it, give 'em a feel, just check they're still there because this guy, he can't, poor bastard.
09 - Forward by James A Moore 11 - "Death Songs From the Naked Man" by James Newman & Donn Gash 29 - "Beatdown On Mulberry Lane" by Donn Gash 41 - "A Town Called Hatred" by James Newman 51 - About The Authors
This chapbook is signed by James Newman and Donn Gash
Wonderful tales of oddities, tragedies, weirdos and more. Great stories, I liked all of them, especially the last first and the last ones. Thoroughly enjoyable and recommending to all fans of modern horror!