But You Scared Me the Most: And Other Short Stories 2024 by Manderino, John NEUF

Product Name: But You Scared Me the Most: And Other Short Stories 2024 by Manderino, John NEUF
EAN：9781613734759 UPC：9781613734759 ISBN：9781613734759 MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 224 2024 pages
This collection of twenty-six dark but often humorous short stories features a pantheon of disturbed and disturbing characters, human and otherwise. Many of the stories are modern takes on classic monsters crafted with twisted plots. The Wolfman of "Wolfman and Janice" is doing the best he can under very trying circumstances, especially when confronted with eating his elderly neighbors cat. Theres an adolescent vampire-wannabe who is suffering badly: in love for the first time. "Frankenstein and His Mother" is a terrifying story of a grown man who wears a Frankenstein mask, lives with his mother, and watches TV and eats corn chips all day, too afraid to work. "Draculas Daughter" turns a pretentious hippie into an honest ghost. And Bigfootlonely, sexually frustratedtells all. Other stories feature characters who seem perfectly normal until theyre alone. Phil, for instance, is never so happy as when hes with his inflatable girlfriend, Vanessauntil she tells him the devastating truth about himself. Elderly Ellen is running out of patience with her dead husband George, whos turned prankish.
"Bob and Todd" tells the story of a hitchhiking ride gone bad that will have readers squirming in their seats. More than just standard monster stories, the tales in But You Scared Me the Most reveal the dark heart of human nature.