The Crawling Abattoir

For a group of short stories written over a period of several years for unrelated reasons, "The Crawling Abattoir" wouldn't seem a like candidate to have a theme, but it does: the hilarity of horror. The funny side of agony. Hit me with your torture-shtick! From the desperation of a lonely necrophile deeply frustrated by unrequited corpse-love; to a really rotten clown's long drawn-out discovery that success comes only after paying his dues in multiple broken bones, lacerated kidneys, lots and lots of blood and more; and to the horrible, horrible, (really horrible) misfortunes of Little Timmy, an innocent youngster badly mistreated by the world for no very good reason other than the reader's enjoyment; this collection will jam a rusty icepick all the way through your funny-bone, and you'll laugh until you cry through months of expensive, excruciating elbow rehabilitation. Enjoy!

About the Author

Martin Mundt has published one novel, "Reanimated Americans" with Creeping Hemlock Press; a novella, "The Cranston Gibberer" with Bad Moon Books; and two collections of short stories, "The Dark Underbelly of Hymns" (originally published by Delirium Books), and "The Crawling Abattoir" (originally published by Twilight Tales Publications). Both collections were re-issued in 2013 by Dark Arts Books at www.darkartsbooks.com. He had three stories appear in the anthology "Candy in the Dumpster", the first book published by Dark Arts Books in 2006. Mundt founded the webzine www.feralfiction.com in 2004. His play, "The Jackie Sexknife Show", was produced by the Crooked Twilight Theatre Company in Chicago in 2003. Seven of his short stories have received Honorable Mention in "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" anthologies. His film reviews can be found at www.Talestoterrify.com. He won the Flash Fiction contests at the World Horror Conventions in 2005 and 2006 with stories that cannot be read in front of children. He can be found in cyberspace at www.martinmundt.com

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