The Dark Underbelly of Hymns

HYMN: a song in praise to God, or gods. UNDERBELLY: the underside of an animal; an inferior or concealed part of something. Staple these two ideas together in dark unnatural congress and you get something like a mime with Tourette's Syndrome, shouting random obscenities at a little girl on the street. You get men (and a heavily tattooed, bodily-modified woman named Godiva – rowrrr!) who just aren't right in the head, but who are allowed to roam the streets with razors and drivers licenses and ferrets like they're normal, church-going people, singing normal, church-going songs, right up until that moment when you realize they're really singing demented clown-chants. No, these stories are not hymns, but "The Dark Underbelly of Hymns". Enjoy! Martin Mundt's second collection of horror, humor and the macabre contains a dozen must-read tales, including "The Worst Mime In The World" and "The 'Nothing Good Ever Came Out Of Being Asked By Your Girlfriend If You Were A Cannibal' Blues."

About the Author

Martin Mundt has published one novel - "Reanimated Americans" - (Creeping Hemlock Press) and two collections of short stories - "The Dark Underbelly of Hymns" (Delirium Books) and "The Crawling Abattoir" (Twilight Tales Publications) - both re-issued in 2013 by Dark Arts Books at www.darkartsbooks.com. He has also published the novella "The Cranston Gibberer"(Bad Moon Books) and 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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