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Title: Apocalypse Minor
Subtitle: Tales of Blood and Sulphur, Book 1
Author: J G Clay
Narrator: Chris Barnes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-22-16
Publisher: Dynamic Ram Audio
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
The Smiling Men: once the face of friendly law enforcement, now brutal enforcers for the conniving Arch Pastor Michael and his equally twisted comrade, Lady Penelope. As Michael and Penelope use these enhanced super soldiers to crush the populace of Britain into submission, one man prepares to unleash the end of the Smiling Men...maybe even the end of the world. For the world stops when the Smiling Men cry.
Taken from J.G. Clay's enthralling Tales of Blood and Sulphur: Apocalypse Minor and expertly narrated by Chris Barnes, "The World Stops When the Smiling Men Cry" will drag you kicking and screaming into a near, and possible, future, one darker and more brutal than anything foreseen.
Members Reviews:
The best kind of train wreck!
I bought this on a whim, and I have not been in the least bit disappointed. It is a freak show of the macabre, and the grotesque. A perfectly delightful spectacle, in written form. The way the short stories seamlessly knit together, well it was a pleasant departure from the run of the mill horror that is usually found under the cover of more well known writers.
The only thing that got me, was one inconsistency...she could not have been pregnant with his child...the price he paid would have made that impossible...other than that, a very well written endeavor.
Welcome to the Omniverse...stay a while.
I adore this book. It is a great read, and while it carries its influences on its sleeve, it has its own voice. Mr. Clay has created at continuum that I cannot wait to visit again. The stories are all stand alone yet all tie into each other with an easy deftness that I don't see very often. I cannot recommend this book enough. Get this and immerse yourself in the world of the Onmiverse...gods, battles, aliens(?), and tales of blood and sulfur. What more could you want?
Not meant for the faint-hearted...
First and foremost, this book took me way out of my comfort zone. I must admit I am not too fond of horror or stories that give me the chills. But this book was different.
This book is a collection of twelve short stories. Each of them can be read in isolation. Yet, somewhere there was a common thread that ran through each one. If I say that they were similarly dissimilar or dissimilarly similar then I won't be wrong.
Clay has a different style of narrating. In fact, the stories have an inherent tone of fear as a backdrop. The way he has used words to create fear in the minds of readers is commendable. However, there are a few places where he has used slangs and that put me off a bit. It is my personal view, maybe since I am not used to hearing such words hence the hesitation. And that is the reason for reduction of one star. Keeping that aside, each story had the power to create mental imageries. In fact, there were two stories that had me so scared that I had no option but to take time to get over the goosebumps they gave me.
Most of the stories had protagonists who aptly justified their role in their respective stories. There were two stories whose characters appeared weak. But again, maybe they were meant to be so.
To sum up, the book is worth reading. However, these tales of blood and sulphur are gory and violent. Definitely a no-no for young readers and faint hearted people. Read it at your risk and at the cost of losing sleep thanks to the fear you would develop.
